Post by Simon Winchester on Jun 27, 2016 21:08:29 GMT -8
SIMON CARL WINCHESTER
"What did I tell you about killing people, with my gun!?"
"What did I tell you about killing people, with my gun!?"
The Basics
Full Name: Simon Carl Winchester
Nickname/Alias: Si, Boss, Caaaarrlll
Species: Virginia Opossum
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Occupation:
District: Downtown/City Central
Appearance
Fur/Tail: Simon's main fur color is a light cream mixed with lighter greys and browns mixed throughout. He is somewhat fluffy and soft, but short on his face. He has a tuft of hair on the top of his head that sticks up for the most part. His hands and feet have fur that taper down to nothing, revealing dark skin with pink toe tips. His ears have almost no fur on them and are a dark color. His tail is long and dark, and he can use it more than most mammals can use their tails.
Clothing: Simon is not really a naturalist. He has a varied wardrobe, but generally clean cut and well kept. Quite often in darker colors and the color red. He can change clothes quite often in the day as well, from tshirts to looking ready to go to a high class
Overview: On the exterior Simon appears to be friendly and welcoming for a possum. He smiles, he is proud and he is confident in himself. But don't let the smiles fool you, his mind is always working and making stories. He may give the appearance of friendliness but quite literally turn around and stab you in the back with that same smile. He's not too bulky, and for his species fairly tall. Which for a possum is only around 2'6", but he packs a lot of bite in such a package. He is outgoing in many ways and quite exaggerated in movement, as well as built well for climbing. He has a long tail and fairly long snout. His eyes are a light icy blue.
Personality
Personality Description: Simon is a controlling, demanding, and self centered ass as far as most are concerned. He likes everyone to do as he says when he says it and anyone not willing to do so is going to to be having a bad day if he has his way. He prefers to be in charge and doesn't mind stepping over others to get what he wants. The only things valuable to him now are salable goods, baked goods, Quinn, and a couple of his loved members. Otherwise he does not really care about anyone else. He has a general distrust of the justice system as he has learned enough about it to stay out of the system himself. He prefers to just deal with issues himself than to trust the police. The most interaction he has with the police is bribing them and wiggling himself out of charges.
When it comes to his people, he treats most of the younger ones a lot nicer than he does the adults. He likes to take in orphans or young individuals off the street and try to 'raise them' for his own purposes. He wants to raise his next generation for his needs. There are always kids on the streets, someone has to take them under their wing and teach them the streets and Simon believes it to be his job to do so. He runs his group with a strict set of rules and expectations. Everyone does their part, respects each other, and the family will protect them. He does not tolerate anyone slacking or avoiding work worth anything.
When it comes to his family, Simon is super protective. He protects Quinn with his life and does not want anything to happen to her. He tried to shelter her from the business for a while, but now only allows her to do easy things. He loves his family dearly and they are the only thing that comes before his possessions. He loves anything that shines or is worth a lot of money, as money and family are his two biggest motivations. Simon is not afraid to let anyone see when his mood changes but he is careful to avoid letting anyone see him scared. He does have a tendency to be loud and out there, but not normally in a friendly way. Even as a customer he insists and demands what he wants or it is not pretty. He will tell you what he means and rarely has any regrets for anything he does. He does think through most of what he does before he does it though, to avoid actually making any more mistakes.
Simon is an authoritative type and doesn't believe in the legal system, laws, or politics. He believes his own way is right and that is the only way anything should be done.
Strengths:
- His connections. Some of his biggest strength both literal and otherwise is in his connections with other mammals. He couldn't be king of intimidation working alone after all. Without his gang and those he works with he wouldn't be that scary.
- Confidence, he knows what he is capable of and isn't afraid to let you know. May come off as cocky, but it has helped him to maintain control.
- Cunning, he's a planner and pretty good at working his way through things. Beating the legal system, working loopholes in deals he makes, all that sort of thing. He's mastered the skill.
- Does understand his mortality and so he is very careful with who he engages with. While being power hungry he is not willing to engage in fights he knows he can't win. Or has a high probability of failing. Such as his mutual agreement with Mr Big to simply stay off each other's turf as much as possible.
- Skilled with weaponry and knowledgeable in the legal system. He works in weapons trading and knows his merchandise well. He is also well informed on laws and how things work, which has allowed him to remain out of jail to this day.
- Organized, he likes things organized his way and his way only.
Weaknesses
- Anger, he throws quite the fit when he gets angry at others.
- Moodiness, Simon is nearly unpredictable for some. He can be happy one moment, then kill you the next. He's good at playing one mood and then changing to another very quickly as well. Simon is quite happy when his unpredictable moods cause others to fear him.
- He is a small mammal, and without weapons and alone he is not really that effective of a fighter. A large mammal such as a tiger could likely take him down easily. Physically he is not very intimidating. He's more of a run, hide, or play dead type when cornered unarmed.
- Lack of care, beyond a select few "chosen" family members, Simon doesn't really care about others. This puts distance between him and most he has met. Others living in fear of him does not provide for lasting positive relationships and when Quinn is out he gets quite lonely at home.
- Most of his life is lived avoiding the police and having become recognizable it has become increasingly hard to just go and have fun anywhere.
- Doesn't know when to shut up sometimes which has run him into problems with other mammals. Including the cause of his wife's death.
Likes:
- Loves being in control of others. Whether through fear or respect he doesn't care but he loves it when others follow his orders.
- Likes to bake, a lot. His original life goal was to be a baker.
- Shiny things are a downfall love of his. He's always had a love for anything that shines or sparkles. So he steals quite a bit of it.
- Also has a love for anything deadly, but to be used on someone else not him.
Dislikes/Fears:
- Loss of his daughter, Quinn is everything to him especially after the loss of his wife. He does anything for her to avoid losing her in any way.
- Death. Simon fears dying himself, which has caused him to surround himself in so many to either protect him or die for him instead. He plays cocky but deep down he does not want to die.
- Losing control, losing everything he has built. Maybe even worse than death for Simon is having his gang/family taken from him. Losing everything he's worked to build. Actual possessions included. He is very attached to everything from his jewelry to his best members.
History
History: Simon was born in a very bad area of Zootopia. His parents worked for the sanitation department but made hardly enough money to support the entire family. Simon was the middle child of five possum children. Often they ended up scavenging through the trash for any little thing. They weren't well off at all and Simon from a young age was skilled in making the most out of scraps and having to find things for himself. He hated having to fight for his things, while watching other children getting everything they wanted for very little work. He was angry at the world for how unfair it was to him and a little Simon swore that he would make the world work for him no matter what it took.
The older he got, the more gutsy the young possum got. All the way to outright theft at some points. His parents tried too convince him that crime was wrong. They had worked honestly for their entire lives and did not want their son to get into such a life. They tried to get Simon into other hobbies, but the only one that really stuck was baking. Simon, who always had a sweet tooth, found baked goods to be oddly relaxing. For a while it satisfied the possum as he sold little baked goods to fellow students and neighbors. Those who weren't too picky to buy from a student baker anyways. He looked like he was heading into business.
But it didn't take long for that dream to get crushed. A large cat neighbor came to young Simon's stand, and rather than purchasing his food and grabbed the table of baked cookies and dumped them all on the floor with a laugh. How could anyone eat food from a trash digging possum? He had grabbed Simon, tossed him to the side, and left him sitting among the crumbs of his hard work. Telling him that he should just give up before he got someone sick. Simon sat in fear staring at the mess for a long time before his mind set on how he would respond.
Simon would get nowhere being the nice kid on the corner with cookies. He still baked for fun, but he stopped selling them for a while. He stopped letting himself be pushed around either. He was not going to be scared anymore, and so he jumped in to getting at his bullies before they could even think of their next attack on him. Simon also managed to employ the assistance of a large bear named Lewis to help where he physically couldn't handle other students. The pair worked together to gain control of the school. Where Simon could steal and blackmail, Lewis was strong enough to intimidate. The two gained a following through offering to leave alone those who joined them. His little posse started in high school with Simon and a grizzly. And the possum got a taste of control of his fellow students, and he never looked back.
After graduation the two moved on to start a bake shop. Finally Simon would realize his dream, and with quite the following. He even managed to make the cat bully from before work for him cleaning his dishes. But it just wasn't enough... Once the business was successful enough that he had money stored up, he started to buy into some lesser legal products. Weapons at first, as the possum wanted to protect himself. Then other things, including a booming business in narcotic substances. Simon wanted control of his little section of downtown, and making the already existing dealers work for him was just another step toward it. He controlled the supply, and so Simon was the most important guy in the area. It didn't hurt that he befriended some of the better makers in Zootopia. It was his greed that drove him into the businesses. Dangerous loans, threatening people to get them to do things, bribing, withholding the goods they wanted... it made him feel powerful.
He met his lovely wife at about twenty-two. She had come into his bakery for honest baked goods, but unfortunately in the middle of a meeting about their weapons business. His guards, including Lewis and a very angry looking Rhino, nearly killed her for interrupting. Simon demanded they put her down, and cut the meeting short. He instead took her to actually get her cookies, apologizing for his brute's attempts to harm her. She was gentle and innocent and he befriended her carefully. She fell in love, even though for a while he kept his real business a bit unclear for her. The two got married in the next year.
Simon's gang grew and grew, as did their business. The possum was cunning and charming. Soon they had a daughter and named her Quinn. She was the light of their worlds. Simon stepped up his income the best he could, spoiling the baby with everything he could do. His family was his first, his business his second, and for years he was happy that way. He kept his gang and his family... he had everything. And then he made the mistake of running his mouth at a rival. He'd had things easy, managed to make a truce with almost everyone. Except these wolves. And Simon was not smart enough to leave things alone. He challenged the wolf pack, and the next day he came home to an empty house. Quinn was in school, but his wife should have been home...
Simon rushed to find her, sending his members out on the hunt for whoever might have her... and then they found her. Killed by the wolves to make a point. Simon went on a rampage, declaring war against the wolves and sending his after them. In his rage Simon attacked the wolf leader and took him down in his wife's name. He would be sure that they would never bother him again... in the couple years since they have not messed with him. He has kept a strong hold on Quinn though, protecting her as much as he could, maybe too much. He has remained in their family home, unwilling to remodel entirely in memory of his lost love... it was devastating to the possum who had very few.
Currently he holds some of the biggest stake in the weapons tread in Zootopia, and keeps a mutual respect with the lovely crew that work under Mr. Big. He is very careful with who he keeps relations to.
And All The Rest
How You Found Us: (How did you find City of Zootopia?)
Alias: Kelor
Comments: Images are from Over the Hedge.
Codewords: Simon makes his own rules. [[SIMON CAN GO MAKE HIS OWN SITE.]]
