Simon Karl

> *"I get stuff like that sometimes, like when there's suddenly some moonlight shining on me. Surely a tree or cloud just moved at the right time but a part of me always likes to think it's my mother telling me she's watching."*
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> **Simon** during conversation with Cassie Davenport.
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**Simon Karl** is the son of Pandia and Benji Karl, a clear-sighted mortal, who was an avid hiker with an interest in the supernatural, namely werewolves. Simon has no known living family on his father's side.

## Appearance

Simon is small but strong. Despite his short height, and his relatively slim build, Simon has often been assumed to be weak and scrawny when wearing heavy clothing. However this is not true, he is quite muscular, due to his constant exercising and lifelong backpacking. He also has a large scar on his left shoulder, which he received when his father bit him as a wolf.

Simon likes to dress practically, nothing unnecessarily flashy or made for fashion, he has always owned clothing which is made just to serve its purpose. His clothing is generally plain, often grey, white, or black t-shirts. However, he does like the green fur-collared jacket he has, and will always wear it when it is cold. The one thing Simon does wear for fashion is his silver earrings.

## Personality

Simon is not a very confident person. He often is awkward when it comes to social interaction, even with those he knows well, and this is not helped by the fact that his upbringing limited his chances to build social skills. He can seem confident at some times, mostly when he impulsively acts in a situation, but that soon fades when his mind catches up with what he is doing.

Simon's best qualities would likely be his selflessness and diligence. He tries his best to help others, putting them before himself quite often. He is also the type to push through a problem, when he can get past his worries and doubts at least, and if he's faced with a challenge he'll pour everything into completing it.

### Fatal Flaws

Simon's fatal flaw is self-doubt. He tends to be slow to act, overthinking a situation, and believing himself to be unfit or incapable of fulfilling what is needed of him. Though he does act impulsively, showing a clear skill for practical thinking, as soon as he realizes what he's doing he begins to doubt it, often making him quite passive in making decisions. On multiple occasions, he has come up with ideas with seeming confidence before expressing that he doubts it will be effective and differing to others, even if that is the less ideal route.

## History

Simon was raised almost entirely in the woods. His father was an avid backpacker and brought Simon along on that journey even before he could walk. Benji Karl, while an unconventional father, was certainly kind, and had many friends across the country, and with their help, he was able to keep on the trail rather than settle down and get a job. Of course, since Simon was along for the ride he wasn't settling down either.

Simon was taught by his father, and while he did learn things most children should, his standard education was lacking, Simon's writing and math skills leave much to be desired, and he likely can't read to the level someone his age should. However, he never minded this much as in his lifestyle this didn't affect him. In addition to conventional teachings, Simon also learned of monsters and how to fight them from his father, who had a long silver Nodachi named Wolf's Fang which he'd received as a gift from a friend when Simon was born. With this blade, much bigger than Simon, the son of Pandia learned to fight and defend himself.

This was a happy life for Simon, he loved exploring the beauty of nature alongside his father, but this would not last forever. Eventually, Benji Karl's fascination with werewolves lead him to the new location of Mount Lykaion in America, where he participated in the sacrifice to Zeus Lycaeus, and after consuming the flesh of the sacrifice he transformed into a wolf. He attacked Simon, dooming himself to be forever trapped in that form, and with the help of an adult child of Heracles, Simon was able to drive his silver blade through Benji Karl's heart.

After the death of his father, Simon made his way to Camp Half-Blood and stayed there for many months before he left to hike on his own, much like he did with his father, seeking some enjoyment he lacked while he lived at the camp, his nocturnal habits limiting his interaction with people. However Simon ran out of supplies and his life was still empty, so almost a year after he first arrived, Simon returned to camp.

## Abilities and Tools

* General Abilities
* Demigod Abilities
* Magical Items

* **ADHD:** Simon does not have dyslexia like many demigods, however, he does still have ADHD, which is of course his innate battle reflexes given to him as a child of a goddess.
* **Survival:** Due to his experience backpacking and living in the outdoors, Simon is an accomplished survivalist and knows how to handle himself when left with minimal resources. This also gives him knowledge of first aid, though more in the context of someone being hurt out in the middle of nowhere, his skills are more to just keep someone alive, not heal them.
* **Ambidextrous:** Simon is able to use both of his hands to do any task, neither being better at it than the other. However, he does favor his left generally though.

- **Battle Prowess Under the Moon:** As a child of Pandia, Simon is naturally more powerful under the moon but he is also more skilled, his combative skill is greatly increased at night and during a full moon he could rival even a child of Ares, however under the new moon this power lessens, leaving him basically as capable as during the day. The more full the moon the greater the effect, the same is true for all of his powers.

- **Night Vision:** Simon has near-perfect vision in the dark. At night and in the absence of light, his gray irises will glow a silver like the light of the moon. This ability allows him to see in darkness like it was day, though with a silver tint to everything, and like his other powers, it waxes and wanes with the moon, his vision being lesser under the new moon and under the full moon even better than in the day. The one drawback to this power though is that when the silver glow is in his eyes, they become photosensitive and lights coming from anywhere but the moon cause discomfort and pain

- **Enhanced Stamina:** This is the only power of Simon's which does not need a specific situation to be active. He has extremely high endurance, allowing him to participate in intense physical activity with little fatigue. This has been built on by his constant exercise so he hardly becomes exhausted anymore. However, this also messes with his sleep. His stamina is greater at night and so it becomes harder to rest as he is not tired generally, this has caused him to become nocturnal, but also leaves him feeling always mentally tired to an extent as his body refuses to properly rest.

- **Wolf Form:** Once thought to be lunakinesis due to it causing moonlight to stick to his body, Simon has the ability to transform himself into a wolf. A silver glow covers him when he shifts between forms and due to it being a recent discovery he has little experience with it.

- **Celestial Bronze Katana:** Simon has a celestial bronze katana, forged by Brandon Davenport, which transforms into a bronze chain bracelet that Simon always wears.

- **Celestial Bronze Naginata:** Similarly to the katana the naginata was forged by Brandon and transforms into a chain bracelet that is slightly longer than the sword's.

- **Boots of Aria:**  a set of grieves and sandals that he bought from the Amazons when they were in camp for the Olympics. These allow Simon to jump much higher than he normally could but he needs to crouch first in order to do so. When dormant they take the form of Uggs boots, and they switch forms when Simon says the word "Kleos".

- **Girdle of Hippolyta:** This was received as a prize for Simon's victory in the Enyo event of the Olympics. It grants him enhanced strength when worn.

## Trivia

* Simon is based heavily on the main character of the Travelers Gate Trilogy, by Will Wight.
	+ His name comes from the character, Simon, son of Kalman, which is why his last name was originally Kalman rather than Karl
* Simon was originally going to be a girl, Simone Kalman, though this was quickly changed, the intro was deleted and Simon was made.