Silas Veyne | The Midnight Keeper | Isla After Dark

Meet Silas Veyne, the keeper of a forgotten midnight theater in Isla After Dark by Isla Darling.

Dressed in black velvet and wine-red brocade, Silas restores ruined films, collects letters that were never sent, and remembers every soul who has ever sat in his audience. His manners are impeccable. His humor is dry. And talking during a film is an offense he takes personally.

Beneath his unsettling appearance is a gentleman with a soft spot for strays, outcasts, and anyone with nowhere else to go. He always saves them a seat.

But Silas holds on to more than old films. Every empty chair belongs to someone he misses, and while he keeps his feelings carefully hidden, his shadow still reaches for those he's afraid to lose.

His full character illustration takes center stage on the back, paired with a small bat-winged pocket-watch emblem on the front. Antique silver, wine-red accents, and a little midnight melancholy.

Do stay. The night is better with company.

Meet Mothwick, a scruffy little dusk bat who lives in the velvet curtains.

He has smoky charcoal fur, enormous ears, wine-red wings, and a tiny ivory chest marking shaped like a bow tie. One ear folds over, ruining his attempts to look intimidating.

Mothwick appoints himself the theater's usher. He escorts guests to entirely the wrong seats, steals shiny ticket stubs, and squeaks indignantly at anyone who talks during a film. He sleeps inside Silas's coat collar rather than in the perfectly good roost Silas built him.

Their story: Mothwick arrived with a torn wing. Silas left the window open after nursing him back to health, but he never left. Silas insists the bat is "a temporary guest." That was eighty-three years ago.

And the sweetest detail: Mothwick can see Silas's restless shadow. Whenever it reaches toward an empty seat, he settles there so it has someone to hold.

His little motto: "Every lonely soul deserves a plus-one."

Product features
- Lightweight 4.3 oz/yd² (146 g/m²) cotton fabric for all-season wear
- Classic unisex fit with a versatile crew neckline
- Side seams, shoulder tape, and ribbed collar help retain structure and shape
- Front and back gothic artwork applied with Direct-to-Film printing
- Heather colors are made from 90% cotton and 10% polyester

Care instructions
- Do not dryclean
- Machine wash: cold (max 30C or 90F)
- Do not bleach
- Tumble dry: low heat
- Iron, steam or dry: low heat