Simion the Wise

Simion dawning the hat passed down to him from Monke Santa

### Affiliation

Nomad Monke CoalitionSyndicate (Former)Tetra Kingdom (Former)Gigantopithecus Khannate

### Relatives

Rufus (Father), Mongo (Son), Nunchook (Illegitimate son), Unnamed Dragon (Wife), Rammy (Distant Cousin)

## Physical description

### Powers

Earth magic, Lightning Magic, Ice Magic, Necromancy, Size Manipulation

### **Overview**

Simion is a Gigantopithecus who was born in Dalri in the southern Farlands. Simion has lead a successful life with such feats as being a Council Member, Leading the Tetra Kingdom and mastering man forms of magic. Simion has fought in many wars, beginning with the Shado Wars where he fought on the same side as the coalition and most recently the War of Fools on the side of the Tetra Kingdom. He is known for helping rebuild the Gigantopithecus tribe with Rammy, founding New Monk City and being one of the Founding Members of the Tetra Kingdom.

### **Family**

Simion has very little family, due to being born as an only child and being part of an interspecies family with his Father Rufus being an Orangutan and his mother being a Gigantopithecus, giving him a shorter appearance than most other Gigantopithecus. Simion is distantly related to Rammy and thus is distantly related to the Gigantopithecus royal family. Simion bore two known sons, Nunchook and Mongo. Simion is speculated to have many more unknown children

### **Powers**

Simion is a revered mage, training in many different schools of magic. His strongest being Earth Magic in which he was taught by the various Gigantopithecus Tribes and uses the Earth Dragon to help make his magic stronger. Simion is also a highly skilled necromancer, learning the arts when Bugman was still in the isles. Though most famous of his powers are his size transformation and mysterious lance that he wields. His powers allowing him to transform to around 120 meters in height. His lance, a blood red and long dual pronged spear being able to transform with him.

## Pre LeBowian History

### **Adolescence (452 - 430 BLC)**

Simion was born to an impoverished family in the southern Farlands. His Father Rufus and his mother lived a meager life on a farm, being able to feed themselves but having very little excess for anything besides the bare minimum. Around the age of five, his mother died leaving just him and his father to live on the farm. Simion's father was a kind ape but always very distant with him, spending long times away from home as soon as he was able to tend to the crops by himself. Simion never knew what his father was doing but in doing so, he would procure more food and more money so it never really slipped his mind to investigate any further

By the time he had turned seventeen, Simion yearned for a new life. With his Father bringing in more money, Simion would occasionally skim from the banana reserves to save for a boat. His father never noticed resulting in him being able to buy a boat by his 21st birthday. With his fathers blessings he was able to leave home and headed for the south of the isles where he would begin anew.

### **Journeying the Isles (430 - 218 BLC)**

Upon leaving the Farlands, Simion journeyed for many years going practically everywhere in the isles and learning many different disciplines as he did so. It began with learning the art of Spiral in the Badlands shortly after he left his home in around 428 BLC. Shortly after leaning such, he met up with a group of Gigantopithecus from them he learned Earth Magic. He traveled with them for many years before leaving them in 390 BLC. Simion would continue to travel, primarily by boat and becoming a master seaman in his time. He would even learn how to make and craft potions which he would make for himself and sell on occasion.

One of the most influential events that would happen to Simion during this time is when he would find the Lance of Longinus. Deep in a cave in the Gorilla mountains, he would find a dungeon which contained the lance. Upon touching it, he created a bond with it allowing for the lance to come to him upon his call. After receiving the Lance in 301 ALC, Simion would continue on with his seabound journeys, meeting many different apes along the way.

After over 200 years of journeying, rapid and deadly attacks from a very powerful dark ape mage would take place, Normally, Simion would not associate himself with this but soon, he found out that the mage performing the attacks was his father he felt an obligation to fight him.

### **The Rufus Wars and Sack of Monkedon (218 - 216 BLC)**

Upon finding out what his Father had been doing he would begin to pursue his Father. The rapid succession and random nature of the attacks, it was hard for him to initially track them down. After awhile though in 217 BLC, he was able to finally be able to start fully following the fleet and able to start whittling down the numbers of the attacking forces. The number of the attacks would slow down over time but it would never really be enough for them to stop fully

After around a year of trailing the forces, Simion would end up meeting with the forces at Monkedon. This would be the final battle from Rufus' merry band. In the Sack Of Monkedon, The entire city of Monkedon was destroyed by the invading forces. But due tot eh local military presence and Simion's defense, no more soldiers from the attacking force were left to cause any further damage. After the death of all the soldiers, Simion confronted Rufus and they ended up fighting. During this battle, Simion would end up finding out that for all the years he was at home Rufus was practicing dark magic in an attempt to take over the Isles. Simion would end up defeating him in a hard and long fought battle. Rufus was buried underneath a large red oak tree on a hill overlooking the city.

### **Self Exile (216 - 25 BLC)**

After the initial battle, Simion was depressed. Truly, he killed his own father and had no family of his own to fall back to. He spent many years on his boat, sailing the oceans looking for some type of purpose. In this time, he would continue learning and practicing magic. The years he spent at sea changed him, making him become a less serious ape. Some thinking, that he even lost his mind during this time. But throughout it all he came out stronger and would return to taking up jobs and returning to ports to meet the many friends he had made along the way.

As the years went on, He would notice the increasing tensions throughout the entire isle. He was consistently pressured to become a mercenary and was steadfast in his neutral ideologies, because of what had happened previously. He would continue smuggling goods and transporting apes across the isles to make ends meet and would eventually purchase an even larger ship which he would go around on.

### **Training of Ronan (25 - 2 BLC)**

In 25 BLC, Simion would meet travel to the Elder Isles and meet Green Banana King, Ronan. Simion and Ronan would very quickly strike up a friendship. Due in part to this friendship and Ronan recently losing his instructor, Earl, Simion would offer to train Ronan in exchange for him accompanying Simion around the isles. Soon after, Simion and Ronan would leave the Elder Isles and his training would begin. Simion would train Ronan in many arts including: Lightning Magic, Earth Magic, Seamanship and various different fighting styles.

Simion and Ronan would travel and train with one another for well over twenty years. But after a time, Ronan would realize his nation needed his guidance. Simion upon hearing this would take Ronan on one final trip to Monkedon, where he had buried his father and tell him of the tragic tale that had befallen him before. Afterwards, the two exchanged one last sparring session and parted ways from each other.

## Post LeBowian History

### **Return to a Nomadic Lifestyle and New friends (2 BLC - 23 ALC)**

The LeBowian conquests marked a significant change in Simion's life. After Ronan left, he more or less returned to traveling the isles and even created a small group of Nomadic adventuring apes he dubbed the Nomad Monke Coalition. This group though small, prospered off of small meetings and being able to fund new ships and adventures for the members to go on.

After a few years of living nomadically again, Simion would begin to get more heavily involved in Isles conflicts and politics. In 8 ALC, Bugman would begin his reign of terror throughout many different regions of the isles. He had conjured massive armies of undead which would attack unsuspecting ports and villages. During a few of these attacks, Simion would mee both Tzar and Rammy.

He would soon become great friends with both. The trio would often travel and embark on adventures, whether those being fighting the onslaught of Bugman's armies or pleading their case to the high council to seek an intervention, the trio accomplished a lot. During one of their most famous voyages in waters southwest of the Farlands, They would be attacked by a Kraken. The trio fought hard but Tzar would sacrifice himself in an attempt to kill the Kraken and save them. After this Tzar was presumed to be dead. Shortly after Tzar's presumed death, Simion and Rammy would meet up with one another again and begin to help revive the Gigantopithecus species.

### **Shadow Wars (23 - 33 ALC)**

With the onset of the Shadow Wars, much would begin to change in Simion's life. It took a two years for him to actually join the combat. When he did, he would join on the side of the Syndicate. It wouldn't be long before he was placed upon the field of battle. Though he had fought in various battles against Rufus, Simion would struggle on the battle field seeing as it was his first ever true war. The concept of killing so many, whether they be the dark puppet from vile hands of Mondo, or they be apes fighting on the other end of this war.

The war was not all bad for him however. The war would lead to him creating many new friendships with many powerful apes from around the isles such as Warybar, Luther of the Capuchin, Babhood, and Darnelious All of which being on the same side of the conflict as him. He saw all his fellow syndicate allies as brothers and would continue to to help throughout the war.

Upon the final battle, which occurred in the Shadow Realm, Simion would find himself leading among the legions of troops which the armies had procured. As the battle raged on, Simion saw a friend of his, Monke Santa, crash and presumably die. He would rush over to see if he was live and upon looking, there was nothing there besides his famous red hat. Seeing this, he would pick it up and dawn it as his own to carry on the legacy of his fallen friend. The Syndicate would go on to win the battle and subsequently the entire war. The war would affect him adversely and lead to him returning to his ways of peace and much much more.