The Idiot

The Idiot was a human wandering philosopher, known for his carelessness and the surprising ability to topple the beliefs of other people.

## Personality

The Idiot lived his life being careless, indifferent to everything, and unattached to the material world. In consequence, there was no place he could call home, wandering through the world, often sleeping under the naked sky. His other key trait was his humility - never being driven by ego, he could recognize and admit that he doesn't understand everything and isn't capable of everything, treating his mind as a nearly empty vessel. This has lead him to develop his signature philosophical approach of asking questions until he gets to the very nature of whatever he is discussing or contemplating. Eventually, he learned to weaponize this technique, framing the questions in a way that expose the flaws in other's reasoning.

The Idiot enjoyed living in the moment, indulging the simplest of pleasures. He often engaged in philosophical dispute just to mock the seeming over-complication of human culture, heralding the superiority of a simpler lifestyle.

## Biography

* The Idiot's early days are a mystery, likely irreversibly lost to history, but his legend of a wandering eccentric philosopher slowly developed at that time
* while taking a nap in the meadow of the Transparent Valley, The Idiot has encountered Lady Madness. She was trying to tempt him with limitless knowledge, but he was wise enough to refuse, which intrigued her. That was the beginning of their long-lasting friendship that would then turn into romance.
* Eventually, their romance would result in Dementia's pregnancy, which would result in the birth of Descartes
* Descartes was sent to The Real to be raised by The Idiot, which was fascinated by the prospect of shaping a fresh mind and participating in a process as inherently natural as fatherhood
* After 8 years of travel and intense learning, The Idiot grew too bored and burdened by the responsibility to carry it out anymore, donating Descartes to a random toolmaker to become their apprentice and eventually be integrated into proper human society
* the Idiot would then resume his aimless pilgrimage, happy to be careless again
* Many years later, hearing the rumors of a raving maddened genius wreaking havoc, the Idiot re-encountered Descartes with the intent of humbling him back into reason. He succeeded, causing Descartes to start his own lonesome pilgrimage.
* over a decade later, the Idiot met Descartes after his ascension, furious that he can't access the realm of the gods. The Idiot tried to convince Descartes to give up on this pursuit and appreciate the simplicity of mortality instead, but to no avail.
* The Idiot was contacted by Teneber with the mission of destroying rampaging, all-powerful Descartes. Unknown to her, it was already his plan.
* The Idiot destroyed a Nightmare Engine, annihilating himself and Descartes in the process, preventing the apocalyptic event of Descartes's rampage
* The Idiot was then reborn in the Ideal, as his pure life has resulted in establishing an archetype
* from then on, The Idiot would happily live on as the eternal lover of Lady Madness

## Inspiration

The Idiot is pretty blatantly inspired by the real life character of Diogenes.