The Painter

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Cisgender man (he/him)

Simon James Fitzsimmons

Fitz, Fitzy, Private Fitzsimmons

Wols

What Happened on Wols

Simon

He Has Heard

Sie-mon

James

Supplanter

James

Fitzsimmons

Son of Sigmund

Fitz-simm-ins

Human

Tall, narrow shoulders, slim

A bit below average

Light, some faint freckles

6'1"

Somewhere between blonde and brown

Grey-green

Neatly styled; he's very particular about it.

Nearsighted; wears wire-rimmed glasses

Although to a much lesser extent than Niklos Holloron, Simon also has his share of scars. Most are thin and faint, and across his torso, back, upper arms, and thighs, and the lasting impact of being jumped and beaten on Chora.

Simon mostly keeps to himself. Although he's part of the Golden Iris crew, he's the one who tends to slip through the cracks, just as he likes it. He's very critical of himself, and holds deep self-loathing and regret due to an accident he caused during the War. He's skilled at what he does and seems humble about it, although he secretly adores the praise he receives. When among friends, he's generally quiet and soft-spoken, although he does occasionally make jokes or snide comments. He's very jumpy and slightly paranoid, mostly due to his time in the War, and seems to be perpetually nervous and on-edge. At his core, he's a very kindhearted man, but he's convinced himself that he isn't deserving of kindness.
While Hank Schriver sees Simon as some sort of tortured genius and romanticizes him, it's clear to everyone else that Simon is a deeply unhealthy person whose paranoia and lasting trauma have already cost a life, albeit accidentally, and needs intervention before his self-loathing eats away at him completely.

Often fidgeting his hands, whether it's by tapping his fingers or by popping them, bending them, etc.

Painting, playing the flute, writing.

To do good in the world and make up for what he did

Painting, writing, playing the flute, honestly anything that keeps his hands and mind busy.

Very introverted, self-loathing, self-conscious, paranoid, jumpy.

PTSD, anxiety

His paints and canvases

Hank Schriver
Oona Tamsin
Grady O'Neill

Robins

His rifle

Former soldier; current painter

Blue

Fresh bread

Simon was born on Chora, not that he'd ever let that information get out. His family fled the planet when he was around 3 and moved to Wols, getting new documents that said they were born on Wols from the start. He struggled with the change, but soon grew to love his new home. Unfortunately, the Choran War broke out and he was drafted at age 18 to fight. After a year of training he was sent into the fields as a mechanic, and then as a soldier. When he was stationed in the thick of it on Chora, he was jumped and attacked by enemy soldiers. He evaded capture (or so he thought; the soldiers were less looking for a Wols soldier to take captive as opposed to someone to beat senseless to prove a point) but was still badly injured, and the experience left him deeply traumatized, paranoid, and jumpy. One night while he was on a mission, he heard a noise from behind him. He assumed that it was another Choran soldier and--as he was injured--didn't think he could fight them off again. He fired at the figure, only to learn to his horror that the person he shot was an unarmed Choran child, not a soldier. He served for another four months before the Truce, and then returned to Wols, wracked by regret and self-loathing after what he'd done.

Fairly high

November 9th

Marianne and Michael Fitzsimmons

Art credit to the makowka character maker II Picrew by makowka

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