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|age = 34 (death, [[2023]])<br/>88 (engram, [[2077]])
|age = 34 (death, [[2023]])<br>88 (engram, [[2077]])
|status = Deceased (physically)<br/>Dependent ([[engram]])
|status = Deceased (physically)<br>Dependent ([[engram]])
|dob = November 16, [[1988]]
|dob = November 16, [[1988]]
|place_of_birth = College Station, [[Texas]]
|place_of_birth = College Station, [[Texas]]
|dod = August 20, 2023 (original)<br/>2077 (engram; dependent)
|dod = August 20, 2023 (original)<br>2077 (engram; dependent)
|place_of_death = [[Arasaka Towers]] (original; engram, dependent)<br/>[[Arasaka Orbital Station]] (engram, dependent)<br/>[[Edward Kernaghan Military Medical Center]] (engram, dependent)
|place_of_death = [[Arasaka Towers]] (original; engram, dependent)<br>[[Arasaka Orbital Station]] (engram, dependent)<br>[[Edward Kernaghan Military Medical Center]] (engram, dependent)
|home = [[Night City]]
|home = [[Night City]]
|gender = Male
|gender = Male
|hair_color = Black (dye)<ref group="Reddit" name="MMReddit1">{{RefReddit|user = therealmaxmike|url = r/cyberpunkgame/comments/r2x4au/comment/hmg1eba/|text = Nice catch there. The CDPR and RTG crews have worked long and hard to match characters up to where we figured they would be between the two times. I did retcon the braid line, but I was actually explaining the fact that Keanu's Johnny wasn't the blond David Bowie type I'd envisioned when I wrote NFW-- the additional Spider line was with the permission of my wife, (who created Spider as her personal character) and was to show the typical kind of interaction between Johnny and Spider.|altuser = Mike Pondsmith}}</ref><br/>Blond (natural)
|hair_color = Black (dye)<ref group="Reddit" name="MMReddit1">{{RefReddit|user = therealmaxmike|url = r/cyberpunkgame/comments/r2x4au/comment/hmg1eba/|text = Nice catch there. The CDPR and RTG crews have worked long and hard to match characters up to where we figured they would be between the two times. I did retcon the braid line, but I was actually explaining the fact that Keanu's Johnny wasn't the blond David Bowie type I'd envisioned when I wrote NFW-- the additional Spider line was with the permission of my wife, (who created Spider as her personal character) and was to show the typical kind of interaction between Johnny and Spider.|altuser = Mike Pondsmith}}</ref><br>Blond (natural)
|eyes = Brown
|eyes = Brown
|cyberware = [[#Equipment|See Cyberware]]
|cyberware = [[#Equipment|See Cyberware]]
|equipment = [[#Equipment|See Equipment]]
|equipment = [[#Equipment|See Equipment]]
|partner = Several unnamed ex-girlfriends<br/>[[Rogue Amendiares]] (ex-girlfriend)<br/>[[Alt Cunningham]] (girlfriend, deceased)
|partner = Several unnamed ex-girlfriends<br>[[Rogue Amendiares]] (ex-girlfriend)<br>[[Alt Cunningham]] (girlfriend, deceased)
|affiliation = [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. Army]] (formerly)<br/>[[Samurai]] (formerly)<br/>Universal Music (formerly)<br/>[[Silverhand Studios]]
|affiliation = [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. Army]] (formerly)<br>[[Samurai]] (formerly)<br>Universal Music (formerly)<br>[[Silverhand Studios]]
|occupation = Ex-soldier<br/>Musician
|occupation = Ex-soldier<br>Musician
|role = [[Rockerboy]]
|role = [[Rockerboy]]
|voiced_by = [[Keanu Reeves]]<br/>[[Dennis Lyxzen]] (vocalist)
|voiced_by = [[Keanu Reeves]]<br>[[Dennis Lyxzen]] (vocalist)
|appears_games = {{CP|2013}}<br/>{{CP|2020}}<br/>{{CP|CG}}<br/>{{CP|RED}}<br/>{{CP|2077}}<br/>{{CP|2077PL}}
|appears_games = {{CP|2013}}<br>{{CP|2020}}<br>{{CP|CG}}<br>{{CP|RED}}<br>{{CP|2077}}<br>{{CP|2077PL}}
|appears_books = {{CP|2077AB}}
|appears_books = {{CP|REDRBI}}<br/>{{CP|2077AB}}
|appears_other =  
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{{Block Quote|text=I saw corps ... transform Night City into a machine fueled by people's crushed spirits, broken dreams and emptied pockets. Corps've long controlled our lives, taken lots... and now they're after our souls! ... I've declared war not 'cause capitalism's a thorn in my side or outta nostalgia for an America gone by. This war's a people's war against a system that's spiralled outta our control.|speaker=Johnny Silverhand during [[Tapeworm]]|citation={{CP|2077}}}}
{{Block Quote|text=I saw corps ... transform Night City into a machine fueled by people's crushed spirits, broken dreams and emptied pockets. Corps've long controlled our lives, taken lots... and now they're after our souls! ... I've declared war not 'cause capitalism's a thorn in my side or outta nostalgia for an America gone by. This war's a people's war against a system that's spiralled outta our control.|speaker=Johnny Silverhand during [[Tapeworm]]|citation={{CP|2077}}}}
'''Johnny Silverhand''', born '''Robert John Linder''',<ref name="NFAQ">[[Never Fade Away (quest)]]</ref><ref group="Twitter" name="CPGTwitter1">{{RefX|user=CyberpunkGame|url=1514589582255394816|text=Did you know that Johnny Silverhand's real name is Robert John Linder? He was born on November 16th in College Station, Texas back in 1988 and he used that name until he lost a friend and an arm while fighting in the Second Central American Conflict.}}</ref> was a famous and influential [[rockerboy]] and lead singer of the band [[Samurai]] before its breakup in 2008.<ref name="CP2013">{{RefCP|2013}}</ref> A military veteran who defined the rockerboy movement as it is known today, Silverhand was the most prominent figure who fought against the corrupt [[Government of the United States|NUSA government]] and [[Corporation|megacorporations]], often being described as a terrorist because of this. Despite being charismatic and quite the charmer, he was also known to be irrational, impulsive, and manipulative.<ref name="CP2020">{{RefCP|2020|33,41,43,191-192,218,225}}</ref>
'''Johnny Silverhand''', born '''Robert John Linder''',<ref name="NFAQ">[[Never Fade Away (quest)]]</ref><ref group="Twitter" name="CPGTwitter1">{{RefX|user=CyberpunkGame|url=1514589582255394816|text=Did you know that Johnny Silverhand's real name is Robert John Linder? He was born on November 16th in College Station, Texas back in 1988 and he used that name until he lost a friend and an arm while fighting in the Second Central American Conflict.}}</ref> was a famous and influential [[rockerboy]] and lead singer of the band [[Samurai]] before its breakup in 2008.<ref name="CP2013">{{RefCP|2013}}</ref> A military veteran who defined the rockerboy movement as it is known today, Silverhand was the most prominent figure who fought against the corrupt [[Government of the United States|American government]] and [[Corporation|megacorporations]], often being described as a terrorist because of this. Despite being charismatic and quite the charmer, he was also known to be irrational, impulsive, and manipulative.<ref name="CP2020">{{RefCP|2020|33,41,43,191-192,218,225}}</ref>


Silverhand got his nickname from the silvery bionic left arm he had implanted after losing his actual arm in the [[Second Central American War]]. Most probably one of the early victims of [[cyberpsychosis]] as a result, he then became very temperamental and "on the edge."<ref group="Reddit" name="MMReddit3"/> He is described in one interview as having been driven by "dedication and ambitions, but at the end of the day, he doesn't care much for the people around him as long as they are used to accomplish his goals."<ref>[[Mike Pondsmith]] Deep Dive Interview 2019</ref>{{Cite}}
Silverhand got his nickname from the silvery bionic left arm he had implanted after losing his actual arm in the [[Second Central American War]]. Most probably one of the early victims of [[cyberpsychosis]] as a result, he then became very temperamental and "on the edge."<ref group="Reddit" name="MMReddit3"/> He is described in one interview as having been driven by "dedication and ambitions, but at the end of the day, he doesn't care much for the people around him as long as they are used to accomplish his goals."<ref>[[Mike Pondsmith]] Deep Dive Interview 2019</ref>{{Cite}}


Eventually, Silverhand was killed by [[Adam Smasher]] during the [[Night City Holocaust]] on August 20th, 2023. However, his consciousness was saved as an [[engram]] and stored on a [[Relic]] after his encounter with Smasher, but just prior to his bodily death. The engram is not Silverhand's actual consciousness, but instead a digital replication of his personality which, when copied onto Relic 2.0, is engineered to overwrite itself onto its host like a virus.
Eventually, Silverhand was killed by [[Adam Smasher]] during the [[Night City Holocaust]] on August 20th, 2023. However, his consciousness was saved as an [[engram]] and stored after his encounter with Smasher, but just prior to his bodily death. The engram is not Silverhand's actual consciousness, but instead a digital replication of his personality which, when it was copied onto the [[Relic]] 2.0 in [[2077]], it was engineered to overwrite itself onto its host like a virus.


==Biography==
==Biography==
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!Label
!Label
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|SINS of Your Brothers<ref name="Rocker2013" /><ref name="DarkFuture" />
|SINS of Your Brothers<ref name="Rocker2013" /><ref name="DarkFuture" /><ref name="REDRBI">{{RefCP|REDRBI|12}}</ref>
|2009<ref name="DarkFuture" />
|2009<ref name="DarkFuture" /><ref name="REDRBI" />
|Universal Music
|Universal Records
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|-
|[[A Cool Metal Fire (album)|A Cool Metal Fire]]<ref name="CP2020" />
|[[A Cool Metal Fire (album)|A Cool Metal Fire]]<ref name="CP2020" /><ref name="REDRBI" />
|June 2013<ref name="CP2020" />
|June 2013<ref name="CP2020" />
|Universal Music
|Universal Records
|-
|-
|Never Fade Away, Collector's Edition<ref name="Villa">[[Villa Eurodyne]] - Samurai vinyls displayed on the ground floor</ref>
|Return From Exile<ref name="REDRBI" />
|2018
|?
|?
|-
|Clone Wars<ref name="CP2020" /><ref name="REDRBI" />
|2020
|?
|?
|-
|-
|Clone Wars<ref name="CP2020" />
|Never Fade Away, Collector's Edition<ref name="Villa">[[Villa Eurodyne]] - Samurai vinyls displayed on the ground floor</ref>
|2020
|?
|?
|?
|-
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!Label
!Label
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|-
|Dancing With My Axe<ref name="CP2020" />
|Phantom Hand<ref name="REDRBI" />
|SINS of Your Brothers
|2009
|Universal Records
|-
|Never Faithful<ref name="REDRBI" />
|SINS of Your Brothers
|2009
|Universal Records
|-
|Rancid Water<ref name="REDRBI" />
|SINS of Your Brothers
|2009
|Universal Records
|-
|Old Gold<ref name="REDRBI" />
|SINS of Your Brothers
|2009
|Universal Records
|-
|Kill Steel<ref name="REDRBI" />
|SINS of Your Brothers
|2009
|Universal Records
|-
|Dancing With My Axe<ref name="CP2020" /><ref name="REDRBI" />
|A Cool Metal Fire
|A Cool Metal Fire
|2013
|2013
|Universal Music
|Universal Records
|-
|[[Never Fade Away (song)|Never Fade Away]]<ref name="CP2020" /><ref name="DarkFuture" /><ref name="REDRBI" />
|A Cool Metal Fire<ref name="CP2020" /> / Never Fade Away, Collector's Edition<ref name="Villa" />
|2013 / ?
|Universal Records
|-
|-
|[[Chippin' In (song)|Chippin' In]]<ref name="CP2020" />
|(Out of) The City<ref name="CP2020" /><ref name="REDRBI" />
|A Cool Metal Fire
|A Cool Metal Fire
|2013
|2013
|Universal Music
|Universal Records
|-
|-
|(Out of) The City<ref name="CP2020" />
|Flashing Lights<ref name="CP2020" /><ref name="REDRBI" />
|A Cool Metal Fire
|A Cool Metal Fire
|2013
|2013
|Universal Music
|Universal Records
|-
|-
|Flashing Lights<ref name="CP2020" />
|[[Chippin' In (song)|Chippin' In]]<ref name="CP2020" /><ref name="REDRBI" />
|A Cool Metal Fire
|A Cool Metal Fire
|2013
|2013
|Universal Music
|Universal Records
|-
|[[Never Fade Away (song)|Never Fade Away]]<ref name="CP2020" /><ref name="DarkFuture" /><ref>[[Time Machine]] - Never Fade Away album on the vinyls' display section</ref>
|A Cool Metal Fire<ref name="CP2020" /> / Never Fade Away, Collector's Edition<ref name="Villa" />
|2013 / ?
|Universal Music
|-
|-
|Old Gold
|Death Stage Nine<ref name="REDRBI" />
|Never Fade Away, Collector's Edition
|Return From Exile
|?
|2018
|?
|?
|-
|-
|Synergize
|Gaze Into Galaxy<ref name="REDRBI" />
|Never Fade Away, Collector's Edition
|Return From Exile
|?
|2018
|?
|?
|-
|-
|Return of the Sparrow
|Mechanical Heart<ref name="REDRBI" />
|Never Fade Away, Collector's Edition
|Return From Exile
|?
|2018
|?
|?
|-
|-
|Gaze Into Galaxy
|Purple Flame<ref name="REDRBI" />
|Never Fade Away, Collector's Edition
|Return From Exile
|?
|2018
|?
|?
|-
|-
|Lambs Rise
|Synergize<ref name="REDRBI" />
|Never Fade Away, Collector's Edition
|Clone Wars
|?
|2020
|?
|?
|-
|-
|Mechanical Heart
|Return of the Sparrow<ref name="REDRBI" />
|Never Fade Away, Collector's Edition
|Clone Wars
|?
|2020
|?
|?
|-
|-
|Kill Steel
|Lambs Rise<ref name="REDRBI" />
|Never Fade Away, Collector's Edition
|Clone Wars
|?
|2020
|?
|?
|-
|-
|Purple Flame
|Sun's Shadow<ref name="REDRBI" />
|Never Fade Away, Collector's Edition
|Clone Wars
|?
|2020
|?
|-
|Sun's Shadow
|Never Fade Away, Collector's Edition
|?
|?
|?
|-
|-
|[[Black Dog (song)|Black Dog]]
|[[Black Dog (song)|Black Dog]]
|N/A
|Single
|2023 (unreleased) / Time of the Red (rediscovered)<ref name="Dog" />
|2023 (unreleased) / 2045 (rediscovered)<ref name="REDRBI" />
|N/A
|N/A
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**The individual who fought Adam Smasher on the rooftop was in fact [[Morgan Blackhand]]. Blackhand, however, is completely omitted from the engram's memories. Further, the assault was perpetrated by Militech themselves, along with the plan to plant the mini-nuke that was purported to have prematurely detonated.<ref name="LLF" />
**The individual who fought Adam Smasher on the rooftop was in fact [[Morgan Blackhand]]. Blackhand, however, is completely omitted from the engram's memories. Further, the assault was perpetrated by Militech themselves, along with the plan to plant the mini-nuke that was purported to have prematurely detonated.<ref name="LLF" />
*The flashbacks show [[Mbole Ebunike]] denouncing the attack on the Towers. This was not possible as he had stepped down as Mayor a month prior to these events due to health reasons.<ref name="LLF" />
*The flashbacks show [[Mbole Ebunike]] denouncing the attack on the Towers. This was not possible as he had stepped down as Mayor a month prior to these events due to health reasons.<ref name="LLF" />
*During [[Holdin' On]], Johnny's engram claims he never had sex with Kerry because he's a man; however, in the Samurai section of ''[[Cyberpunk 2077 - The Complete Official Guide|Cyberpunk 2077 - The Complete Official Guide]],'' it's stated that Johnny had sex with ''every'' member of Samurai while he was alive— including Kerry and Henry.<ref>https://imgur.com/a/N7Ys6ob</ref>


==Game Information (2077)==
==Game Information (2077)==
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*Blood Type: 0 NEG
*Blood Type: 0 NEG


Considering Johnny states that these tags belonged to a fellow army companion who died during the war, it would imply "Robert John Linder" is not Johnny's real name. However, it's most likely that he no longer considers himself Linder.<ref name="Tapeworm" />
Johnny states that these tags belonged to a fellow army companion who died during the war. However, he most likely no longer considers himself Linder after seeing the horrors caused by megacorps, having become Silverhand (physically and figuratively).<ref name="Tapeworm" />


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*Pondsmith's original inspiration for Johnny was primarily [[wikipedia:David Bowie|David Bowie]] with a sprinkling of [[wikipedia:Bryan Adams|Bryan Adams]].<ref group="Reddit" name="MMReddit4">{{RefReddit|user=therealmaxmike|url=r/LowSodiumCyberpunk/comments/l3bmrr/comment/glycqr4/?context=3|text=Yep, Bowie with a tiny bit of Bryan Adams TBH. But I like Keanu's take and Bowie is dead anyway.|altuser=Mike Pondsmith}}</ref>
*Pondsmith's original inspiration for Johnny was primarily [[wikipedia:David Bowie|David Bowie]] with a sprinkling of [[wikipedia:Bryan Adams|Bryan Adams]].<ref group="Reddit" name="MMReddit4">{{RefReddit|user=therealmaxmike|url=r/LowSodiumCyberpunk/comments/l3bmrr/comment/glycqr4/?context=3|text=Yep, Bowie with a tiny bit of Bryan Adams TBH. But I like Keanu's take and Bowie is dead anyway.|altuser=Mike Pondsmith}}</ref>
*Pondsmith has stated that Rogue's and Johnny's relationship was based on a couple he knew during college.<ref group="Reddit" name="MMReddit5">{{RefReddit|user=therealmaxike|url=r/LowSodiumCyberpunk/comments/vqkq4y/rogue_circa_2013/iepzbmg/?context=3|text=Nice Job. Pondsmith Approved. Srsly tho, Rogue is the perfect example of when fan shipping doesn't happen. I based her and Johnny's relationship on a IRL couple I knew back in college; I really wanted her to dump the guy so that I was no longer tempted to break his leg when he mistreated her.|altuser=Mike Pondsmith}}</ref>
*Pondsmith has stated that Rogue's and Johnny's relationship was based on a couple he knew during college.<ref group="Reddit" name="MMReddit5">{{RefReddit|user=therealmaxike|url=r/LowSodiumCyberpunk/comments/vqkq4y/rogue_circa_2013/iepzbmg/?context=3|text=Nice Job. Pondsmith Approved. Srsly tho, Rogue is the perfect example of when fan shipping doesn't happen. I based her and Johnny's relationship on a IRL couple I knew back in college; I really wanted her to dump the guy so that I was no longer tempted to break his leg when he mistreated her.|altuser=Mike Pondsmith}}</ref>
*Johnny appears as [[w:c:fortnite:Johnny Silverhand|a skin]] in [[w:c:fortnite:Fortnite|Fortnite]] [[w:c:fortnite:Chapter 6: Season 1|Chapter 6, Season 1]] alongside [[V]] and several other cosmetic items as part of the [[w:c:fortnite:Night City Denizens Set|Night City Denizens Set]].
*Johnny appears as [[w:c:fortnite:Johnny Silverhand|a skin]] in [[w:c:fortnite:Fortnite|Fortnite]] [[w:c:fortnite:Chapter 6: Season 1|Chapter 6, Season 1]] alongside female [[V]] and several other cosmetic items as part of the [[w:c:fortnite:Night City Denizens Set|Night City Denizens Set]].


==References==
==References==
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