The privacy robe
A hood, a face cover, a private conversation. Privacy becomes a part of ordinary life, rather than something reserved for the extraordinary.
The face of Veridia
The robe
stays on.
Programmer. Acolyte.
Keeper in the making.
The first character introduced in
Snowmoon, by Vitalik Buterin.
Privacy. Proof. Steering.
A world worth understanding.More than
a purple robe.
Snowmoon begins with Gladias in Kalimar, a leafy district of Meldan, Veridia’s capital. He writes code, studies law and has a family to come home to.
He starts as an Acolyte of the Order of Steering. Later, he chooses the Keeper path, drawn to the rules and incentives that shape everyday life. He wants to change the rubrics themselves.
Meet him in the original storyPrivacy is
part of the day.
Stone homes, tree-lined paths and a sky bridge above the autobuses. Gladias moves through a green city, with Emerald close at hand. Behind its everyday technology are familiar questions: who gets to see, who gets to build, and who sets the rules?
Built to be open
Building a Silverchat client showed Gladias what open systems make possible — and why that freedom is worth protecting.
Fix the rubric
The Keeper path puts society’s rubrics and incentives in focus. Gladias wants to understand what makes a system work.
Ask Emerald.
The local AI on Gladias’s hand device.
Directions, messages, a second opinion.
Always close at hand.
The story
comes first.
Snowmoon is a work of fiction by Vitalik Buterin. These chapters are a starting point for getting to know Gladias, his choices and the world around him.
Explore the full bookThe novel is the source of the lore. The art, slogans and memes on this site are community interpretations.
01Chapter oneStep into Veridia
Start at the beginning: meet Gladias and discover the setting behind the purple robe.
Read chapter 106Chapter sixFollow the Keeper path
Keep reading into Gladias’s place in the Order of Steering, with an eye on how rules and incentives shape his world.
Read chapter 608Chapter eightMeet the person within
A selection hearing reveals his background, his Silverchat project and his reasons for joining the Order. Beyond the hearing, family life gives us another side of Gladias.
Read chapter 8Follow Gladias.
Lore, memes and conversations from the world of Gladias.
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