Simon Rinse

Bradley Webster

(maternal-grandfather)

Tommy Rinse (half-brother)

Kallum Rinse (half-brother)

Aily Rinse (half-sister)

Count Io Lancephil

Posis Barony

**Simon Rinse** is the first prince of Rinse Kingdom. He is the maternal grandson of Duke Bradley Webster. Soon after the succession war began, he took control of Miller Castle and crowned himself king. However, it was an empty title as he did not have the royal family's crest and the national seal which were hidden by Duke Francis Wilson before the death of Deni Von Rinse.

## Personality

In the beginning, he received all of his father, King Deni Von Rinse's, attention. However, every time his father had a new child Simon Rinse would find himself neglected. Thus, he began training really hard to make his father proud of him, however, this ended up being counter-productive as his father found it hard to love his young son who had matured too quickly. This led to Simon Rinse's personality distorting and him becoming overprotective and conscious of "his people." In his mind, if his friends or subordinates do not love or respect him wholeheartedly then they are his enemies.

One commendable part about his nature is that he cares more about a person's accomplishments and abilities than their background.

## Background

Due to practicing the Pienville Mana Technique, which granted the user amazing strength but corrupted the mind, his mind has become weak and his nature has become extremely aggressive and volatile. As his mastery of the technique increased, his ability to control his rage decreased.

## History

### Previous Timeline

Simon Rinse lost his mind when his younger brother, Kallum Rinse, ascended to the throne instead of him. His madness was more due to the fact that Kallum Rinse was far less capable than him rather than over losing the throne. Due to his nature of believing a person's abilities to be the most significant factor in their success, or lack thereof, he simply could not accept his less capable brother becoming the king.

Due to Simon Rinse losing his mind, his corrupted mana technique turned him into a pure evil being who killed anyone and everyone that got near him. In fact, he even killed his grandfather in his rage. His evil nature only attracted monsters whom he led to destroy the entire western parts of the Rinse Kingdom starting from the Grain Mountain Range. Finally, he was put down by Pierce, his brother-in-law.

### Current Timeline

Simon Rinse was assigned to the Tale region during the Poskein Exodus. In the final stages of the exodus, he was tricked by Baron Elton Coat into attacking Baron Mito Posis and Baron Luke Aip who were both of Prince Tommy Rinse. Despite Roan's advice of waiting a few days to finish off the remaining monsters and then attacking the traitors, Simon Rinse was unable to calm his rage and suddenly rushed to attack the two Barons. However, due to the lacking numbers of his force and the lack of planning, they were in a severe disadvantage. This became worse when Baron Elton Coat, who promised reinforcements, also betrayed him. Simon Rinse completely lost himself in his rage and was about to rush into enemy camp when his retainers somehow managed to calm him down. Seeing the terrible odds of victory, Count Io Lancephil stayed behind to allow Simon Rinse and his retainers to escape. However, before they could run far, they unfortunately ran into a patrol squad of Baron Luke Aip. When all hope seemed lost, Amaranth Troop appeared and saved him. They then proceeded to subjugate the forces of Baron Mito Posis and Baron Luke Aip as Roan executed the two. As a reward for his stellar achievements in the exodus and saving his life, Simon Rinse granted the title of Baron to Roan.

Due to his achievements in the Poskein Exodus that vastly overshadowed his siblings despite them working together, he was sure that he would be named Grand Duke of Grain Mountain which is only given to the Crown Prince. However, due to Duke Francis Wilson not wishing for a civil war to begin, he advised King Deni Von Rinse to delay the appointment of Grand Duke of Grain Mountain. Still, Simon Rinse was awarded the territory of the two traitors Baron Mito Posis and Baron Luke Aip. Simon Rinse almost made an outburst over the unfair treatment but managed to quell his rage.

A few days later, Simon ordered Viscount Tio Ruin to gift an excellent bow to both Roan and Harrison.

Soon, the news of Baron Elton Coat giving his territory to Byron Kingdom in exchange for their protection spread throughout the capital. Simon Rinse was ready to go suppress the rebel, however, King Deni Von Rinse, once again, turned it into a competition amongst the three princes. However, this time the three princes were to send a proxy in their stead. Simon Rinse chose Roan and Roan ingeniously captured and executed Baron Elton Coat while destroying the reinforcements from Byron Kingdom. However, once again, King Deni Von Rinse refrained from appointing any of princes as the Grand Duke of Grain Mountain. Roan was awarded the Coat Barony and its neighboring Renard Barony. He leased the Coat Barony to Prince Simon Rinse as it allowed him to gain influence in the northern regions of the kingdom.

After Chris informed Roan of Manus Pershion utterly defeating the combined forces of Byron Kingdom and Istel Kingdom, Roan shared this news with Prince Simon Rinse and urged Simon to improve relations with Pershion Kingdom and, especially, with Manus Pershion. Simon Rinse agreed that they shouldn't approach the first prince, Reitas Pershion, since he is a close friend of Prince Kallum Rinse. Thus, Roan secretly left for the Pershion Kingdom.

During the succession war, he displayed himself to be an inhumane commander since he killed even the soldiers who surrendered for raising their weapons against him. Due to this, many soldiers stopped fighting against his army. Afterwards, he crowned himself king. Due to Roan not attending the coronation, a schism formed between the two. Widening this gap, Bradley Webster fooled Simon Rinse into believing that he found a cure for his evil mana. In fact, he used Hexers to destroy his sanity and turned him into a mindless puppet. However, as he soon came to know, the owner of the puppet was not he but the leader of the hexers, Hesul. Hesul then ordered Simon to kill Bradley Webster and declared that he would create hell on earth to allow the people to realize what the secluded hexers had to go through since birth.