Simon Martin-Edwards
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-- Simon
Simon is clearly out of his depth. As an Asset and Contractor Relations Liaison, much of Simon's life revolved around his job with TITAN and sending mail in every digital, magical, and physical form between their corporate office and their contractors- like Cain. On his first (and last) field assignment, Simon was sent to investigate Cain's decision to drastically subcontract his work to unauthorized parties. Unfortunately, his inexperience and TITAN's willingness to overlook employee well-being has led him into an interesting position he is not yet aware of.
Table of ContentsBackstorySimon Martin-Edwards is a native to Marrow, the capital city of Fulguria where he grew up with an even balance of magic and technology present, especially driven by TITAN's ongoing study into both and the combinations thereof. Despite having high aspirations to become a magic engineer in TITAN's research and development department, Simon has never been gifted in the practice of magic needed to make it in that field. Instead he settled for a comfortable (until now) position at a desk job, facilitating correspondence with TITAN's various contractors and assets. He has been stuck in the same position with TITAN since graduating from the University of Marrow. He was never exceptional in looks or personality and only slightly more competent than any given person at his job, leading to him being frequently passed over for promotions or special assignments, until this time.
In an attempt to climb the corporate ladder, Simon volunteered to be assigned to Cain as his contact at TITAN and offer him the job of exorcising the Terminal, having already met him at his shop in Marrow. Unfortunately that later led Simon to being assigned this in-person task to travel to the Bifrost Terminal ahead of the stated entry time and confront Cain about the open invitation he extended to unauthorized parties to enter the Terminal.
Without the worldly knowledge of safe hiking practices or the ability to convince anyone to escort him to the Terminal, Simon underwent the trip to the peak early one morning while the sun was still up and the weather seemed at least passable. At some point during his expedition he recalls the weather turning very quickly for the worse. He managed to stumble in and out of consciousness until he simply found himself inside the lobby of the Terminal with his winter coat missing. He isn't sure how he arrived or if something or someone helped get him here. |
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Personality
Simon is not in the habit of hiding things so much as he is being overlooked. He was never an exceptional person in any way, and he's spent most of his life managing to coast by on his work ethic.
Now that he is trapped inside The Terminal, Simon is best described as skittish, nervous, and completely uncomfortable. He is well aware that he lacks any of the talent, skills, or equipment the others arrived with to be able to deal with these circumstances, and any loyalty he had for his employers is well and truly gone. He is willing to cooperate fully with the expedition team and do anything necessary to get himself out of this situation, even if it means going even deeper into this gods-forsaken metal coffin.
Simon will comply with anything the expedition team asks of him, as he understands they're his best chance of survival, and he's willing to sell out any of the low-level corporate knowledge he has about the terminal to help them. He's prone to staying in the middle of the pack with more skilled combatants on as many sides as he can manage. However, he is specifically appalled that there are not one, but several children present in the expedition, and he is willing to put himself in danger to protect them, even if they're demonstrably more capable of defending themselves than he is.
Likes:
- Iced Coffee Drinks
- Recreational Magic ie: Illusions, games, magic for its own sake.
- Modern amenities
Dislikes:
- Cain, for ending him up in this position
- His name being pronounced "Simone"
- Poor Organization
Location
Simon is found hiding under a table in one of the first few rooms that branches off of the lobby, hiding from one of the terminal's entities, whether it is still in the room or not.
Job
Simon is an employee for TITAN in their administrative division. He volunteered to be appointed as Cain's contact with TITAN and was the representative to offer Cain the contract to exorcise the Bifrost Terminal initially. He was later sent to cut off Cain's expedition into the Terminal after TITAN caught wind of Cain's open invitation for unauthorized contractors to enter the Terminal with him en masse. Unfortunately after arriving early he was scared deeper into the terminal before he could actually keep anyone from entering.
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
This section is intended for a slow reveal. Consider pacing before using this section or any later attributes marked blue.
MAJOR SPOILERS, HANDLE WITH CARE
Simon did not survive his trek up the mountain, at least not entirely. He was too unprepared, and somewhere on the mountain is his heavy winter coat, abandoned after something Other found him freezing to death. Simon is not aware of this fact and continues to move somehow, unaware of his lack of any body heat despite constantly shivering from the cold.
Kazimir (He/They/It) is a spirit native to Panthea, the tallest and most unforgiving of mountains on this continent. He is a spirit of the freezing cold that claims the lives of all things that come unprepared to ward him off, as natural as the wind and snow on the mountain itself. While he can often be seen as malevolent or even evil, he cares only for the continuation of himself and his station and is not concerned with mortal morality. Kazimir manifests visually and in any psychic probing as a large white wolf with piercing blue eyes a floppy ushanka Winter hat, a somewhat old-timey affectation native to Origa. When he speaks it is short and dispassionately with a very old native accent of this area, most commonly approximated as Russian. Natives might recognize him as a frequent feature of local bedtime stories about the dangers of going out at night or not wearing your coat.
Kazimir has his own goal in the Terminal. As a spirit older than the Terminal, possibly older than Origa, he was here, unseen, when it was being built, nipping at the heels of construction workers and pacing the edges of camp fires to watch for the overconfident and drunk to wander into his domain. During the short week that the Terminal was operational he felt something inside, a doorway to a world frozen over completely where summer and sun would never shrink his domain to the peak of a mountain and every living thing teetered at the edge of his jaws at all times. Unfortunately the building was kept too warm and comfortable for the attendant beings for him to be able to enter it. Hardly a week later the door was closed and his hope of reaching that wonderland was cut off again. Now with the possibility of the gates being reopened, he has taken his chance to reach it once more.
Kazimir as a spirit of Death by Freezing found Simon at that critical point at the very edge of doing so. But seeing a familiar symbol on his coat, the wolf became suddenly more interested in what Simon could do for him while not completely dead. Currently Kazimir is possessing Simon, living in his frozen body like a suit of armour and keeping him at the very edge of freezing to death and unaware of the wolf's presence. Just as a death by freezing was his to claim, it was his to withhold, after all. Kazimir is currently happy to stay in the background of Simon's body, letting him stay under the radar until his goals are met and he can escape to that frozen world. If Simon becomes under true physical threat, Kazimir can take control, completely shifting Simon's body language and voice as well as freezing his hair into a white permafrost. Simon's mind is rendered unconscious during these periods and he does not experience anything Kazimir does while he is in control.
They can be separated with the right skills, and any exorcist here would find it even easy to do. However, Kazimir would be quick to remind anyone making the attempt that they'd be killing Simon to do so, as the spirit is the only thing keeping him from truly dying. It will take more tact for Simon to leave the Terminal truly alive.
Abilities
✦ Magi-Tech Implant
A small green crystal on Simon's left temple is an outward indication of a deeper Magi-Tech creation that is bound to much of his brain and nervous system to allow him to interface with TITAN technology and perform administrative tasks at any location.
Comparable in power to a contemporary smart phone, Simon is able to give motion and voice commands to his implant to perform various tasks including the storage and retrieval of information, communication with compatible technology, and even saving things he can see and hear using his eyes and ears as a sort of recording device. Normally it would allow him access to TITAN systems and archives, but having been cut off from those it will be largely nonfunctional.
✦ Projection Stations
Normally Simon's interactions with his implant involve him waving his hands around in complex motions that only he can see the results of. At certain points in the Bifrost Terminal once the power has been restored, Simon will have access to Caster terminals which will allow him to produce illusory projections of his interface, images, videos, sounds, etc. This doesn't happen at the speed and complexity of true illusion magic so much as a somewhat tech capable person with a projector and presentation software.
✦ Tagging In
Spoilers
Kazimir, the Winter Wolf can take over Simon's body, making him effectively immune to pain (but not injury) besides heat and fire related attacks. He also becomes much more physically strong and agile, often picking up nearby objects like chairs and fire axes as weapons. He will attempt to end any confrontation with a physical threat by biting a vital area and draining all heat from his victim's body before disengaging and turning control back over to Simon.
Skills & Stats
Simon is somewhat gifted with navigating technological systems, especially ones that TITAN created or that he can access wirelessly via his Implant.
Simon does not carry a weapon and is not a capable combatant. See above spoilers.
✦ General Stats
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✦ Psychological Stats ✦
| Charisma | ✦✦✦✧✧✧✧✧✧✧ | Kindness | ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✧✧✧ |
| Patience | ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✧✧✧ | Intelligence | ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✧✧ |
| Confidence | ✦✦✧✧✧✧✧✧✧✧ | Perception | ✦✦✦✦✦✧✧✧✧✧ |
| Discipline | ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✧✧ | Psych stamina | ✦✦✧✧✧✧✧✧✧✧ |
| Courage | ✦✦✦✧✧✧✧✧✧✧ | Caution | ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✧✧ |
| Honesty | ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✧ | Loyalty | ✦✦✦✦✧✧✧✧✧✧ |
| Maturity | ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✧✧✧ | Creativity | ✦✦✦✦✦✧✧✧✧✧ |
| Cleanliness | ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ | Work ethic | ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦ |
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*Kazimir tagging in greatly boosts all Physical Stats, Confidence, Courage, and Perception while lowering Discipline and Caution.
Judge NPC Usage
Simon and Kazimir are open for all uses within the OCT. Keep it SFW, and don't claim them as your own, obviously.
Gallery
✦ Simon and Kazimir were originally in a Cyberpunk style Chronicles of Darkness campaign and heavily edited to appear in this universe.
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