Simoom (OrphicIsBR41NDE4D)

## Simoom

**Simoom** is a fan character of *I Hope So* made by orphic. After getting separated from his coalition during a haboob and spending some time in the Starlit Stretch, he now travels the savannah alongside his companion, Brash.

## Summary

> *Simoom is a young cheetah who, when not traveling, will occupy the outskirts of the Starlit Stretch. Over the past few seasons, he's built a positive rapport with the resident pride and benefited considerably from it; no longer having to worry so much about getting run off by them and even being allowed to scavenge from their kills first.*
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## Appearance

Simoom is a Northeast African cheetah (otherwise known as a Sudanese cheetah), with the king mutation. His subspecies is known for their darker pelts, lack of lower leg spots, and ability to grow a winter coat when exposed to the cold. Like most cheetahs with the king mutation, he's maintained a considerable amount of his ruff. His eyes are a rusty brown.

## Backstory

Simoom was born alongside his littermates, Monsoon and Typhoon, during the rainy season to an older female by the name of Foehn. Her experience, especially when it came to raising cubs, resulted in them having a peaceful upbringing and all three made it into early adulthood. They formed a movement and lived a nomadic lifestyle together up until getting separated during a large dust storm near the Starlit Stretch.

Simoom was traumatized deeply by their forceful parting, having never been on his own before, and is still haunted by his siblings' fates. He gravitates towards the Starlit Stretch and its occupants despite his wanderlust not only in hopes that he might, one day, be able to cross paths with them again but to combat the loneliness.

Unfortunately, while having been kinder to him than most of their ilk, the pride tended to keep Simoom at a distance when not employing his help; regarding him as enigmatic and unpredictable due to both his differing species and own personal distrust of them. This surface-level relationship, of course, did little to remedy the feelings of utter desolation he was experiencing but it was still better than nothing.

When Brash had first arrived at the Starlit Stretch, there'd been notable conflict between him and Simoom; Brash unsettled by the cheetah's presence in the pride's day-to-day life and Simoom resenting the fact the other had been accepted into its fold without so much as a second thought while he, himself, remained isolated.

The antagonistic nature of their relationship persisted, primarily, due to the transparency of their distaste for one another but would eventually die down as they learned to tolerate the other's proximal existence. In some ways, this had saddened Simoom; the cantankerous newcomer having been one of the few consistent sources of interactions he'd had. In others, it'd been relieving; making enemies with a lion had never been the brightest idea out on the savannah and, besides, it was better that he'd not gotten used to its dependability yet— the novelty always wore off, after all, and he'd be left to his own devices once more...

...except he wasn't. While the unconventionality of the situation did dissipate, as did the overt hostility, Brash continued to acknowledge Simoom's presence in a way that most of the Starlit Stretch's pride did not. This was due to the lion's lingering reservations towards the smaller cat but, after a solo hunt gone wrong and a surprising assist from Simoom, would graduate into a subconscious desire to figure out what was going on in that head of his.

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## Trivia

* Name meanings:
	+ Simoom: *"a hot, dry, dust-laden wind blowing in the desert, especially in Arabia", "translates to 'poison wind', given because the sudden onset of simoom can cause heat stroke."*
* If Simoom was...
	+ ...in Golden Grove, his name would be "Graceful" according to Brash. "Dashing" was also suggested as a joke.
	+ ...in Thundering Mountains, his name would be "Turritella."
	+ ...in Red Stone, his name would be "Cyclamen."
	+ ...in Edge's Kingdom, his name would be "Flare."
	+ ...in Kingblessed Coast, his name would be "Shrimp."

## Family Tree

    = **Male**

    = **Female**

    = **Unknown/Other**

## Gallery

Reference artwork of SimoomReference artwork of Simoom as an adolescentReference artwork of Simoom as a cubSImoom endeared by Storm infodumping about HopeBright and Simoom talking about Darkness and Brash (@rcadecarpet)Chibis of Brash and Simoom being teased by the rest of the IHS cast (@CalicoPikachu)Brash and Simoom playing (@CalicoPikachu)Storm and Simoom racingBrash and Simoom cuddlingSimoom recovering from protecting his kill as Brash stands guard (@MOONANDAMBER)Brash and Simoom walking together (@Gamba\_16)Chibi of Simoom (@Ausilotus)Simoom teasing Brash for his bed head (@GrassyEggroll)Pride art of Simoom and Brash (@rcadecarpet)Storm and Wind introducing Simoom to TempestAdamant posing with the (very short) SimoomBrash and Simoom embracing (@Madgurl97)"And this is Simoom, my ex-boyfriend." "You need to stop introducing me to people like that."Beaten-up Simoom headshot (@ShamaxWolf)
## References

1. ↑ https://toyhou.se/16822143.simoom
2. ↑ http://messybeast.com/genetics/mutant-cheetahs.html