POWER DESCRIPTIONS

Simon does not actively use either of his powers.

Pyrokinesis: Simon can set things on fire, though he doesn't have very good control over it.

Animal Shifting: He is unable to control this, and cannot actually turn into any sort of animal. However, whenever "the demon" comes out, his pupils turn to slits, his hair becomes almost mane like in nature, and he grows fangs and claws,
which are both fairly powerful in themselves. He likens it to a tiger or a lion, though he cannot actually turn into them.

APPEARANCE

Simon is around 6'2" tall and weighs a healthy weight for his height, despite the fact that he eats nothing of any nutritional value. He has really long black and violet hair, but sometimes he finds ways to hide the fact that it is actually long. Usually by braiding it. But that's only if he really has to, since he does like having his hair long. He has really bright, almost inhumanly so, violet magenta eyes. He dresses very strangely. Sometimes he is in a suit, but other times he wears a leopard print hoodie. Most of the time he has long, acrylic manicured nails that are usually bright pink or purple. He likes wearing bright obnoxious colors. He also will weave flowers, feathers, coins, or bells into his hair.

PERSONALITY

All in all, Simon is a really nice guy. He's really upbeat,
or at least he tries to be. He always has sympathy for others, and is really always up for giving everyone hugs, especially if they don't seem to want them. He isn't exactly the brightest kid in the class when it comes to school work, but that doesn't mean that he is stupid. Education has never really been his strong suit, as he was homeschooled in a certain way most of his life. He barely knew how to read or write before coming here. But he is a clever guy. He can easily pick locks, set traps, and oh don't get him started on the pranks. He is very skilled at talking his way out of things, as well as picking pockets and sneaking into places that he really shouldn't be in. He does not think that these things make him any sort of criminal. It's just how he was raised. He also has a real sweet tooth and can almost always be found with candy in his mouth.

There is another side to him though, that he has never seemed to get over. This Simon only really comes out when he's under extreme pressure or if he feels extremely threatened. He does not speak, and acts much like a child would, except the part where he set everything on fire. Once he feels safe enough, he lets the real Simon back. Simon is aware of this other side of himself, and simply refers to it as "Demonul", or "the demon".

BIOGRAPHY

Simon was born rather late in his mother's life. But it was a miracle when he was. He has three older sisters, none of which were such happy news as he was. If there was a head family in his group, his was it. So not being able to bear sons was really horrid on his mother. But alas, he was born, strong and healthy. The beginning of his life was as normal as any Romani boy's could have been. He was taught how to steal, how to sneak, how to pick locks. He was taught all of their customs and practices, and it was looking like he was going to be the pride and joy of the group that they had expected him to be.

But that just wasn't going to be the case. Once he started hitting puberty, things really changed for him. He found himself having a crush on one of his cousins. One of his male cousins. They had always been pretty close growing up, and it was no real surprise that he felt the way he did. Or at least, he thought so. It had just been a quick kiss was all. Something small, insignificant to everyone else. But they had been caught as soon as it began. Both of them were punished rather severely for such a disgraceful and impure act. Luckily they were stood up for, saying that they were just kids. But his father was livid about it, and decided if his son was truly ready for such things, that they would find him a wife.

It was the worst day of his life really, being dragged from place to place, being told to pick the proper wife for himself.
It was a sort of punishment for him, knowing that he was going to strip some little girl away from her family and bring her into this chaotic world. But eventually, he found one. He was ordered to follow his parents, and broke into the house of the girl and her parents once they had all gone to bed. His mother went off to find the girl, knocking her out and carrying her out of the house, while he and his father went to deal with the parents. It was imperative that no evidence was left behind. He didn't want to do it, but he didn't have a choice. First he killed the girl's father, dragging the knife hesitantly across his throat. And then he killer her mother, stabbing her straight in the heart. It had been a lot harder to do than he imagined, and his father gave him a bag to throw up in. Still, there was some form of redemption in the act.

A few weeks went by before the girl they had kidnapped was even let out of the closet they kept her in. She was left in the same clothes, but she was fed on a regular basis, and mostly taken care of. Another month went by and she was allowed out and about their small mobile home. Another month or two and she was practically one of them. His mother taught her how to sew and how to cook, as well as taught her how to do their laundry, as there were special ways to do it.

Another year would go by before the girl hit puberty, and shortly after, they were wed. Their wedding night was rather forced upon them, as Simon really wanted nothing to do with the girl, just as she really wasn't ready for it either, but they weren't given a choice. After a few months, it started to become evident that the girl was pregnant, despite how young she still was. Of course she was shunned by most of the group for this, but still, his parents were happy about it for some twisted reason. At least, until she miscarried. It hadn't been good for her either. She had gotten really sick, and Simon was really worried that she could be dying, but she survived. They stole some antibiotics for her, and soon enough she started to get better.

But for Simon, it was all over. There was no way in hell he was doing that again. The boy's powers had developed shortly after all of this, due to the simple strain on him. He was beaten nearly every day as a part of his "fight training", which he was not really very good at. But this night was different. He was exhausted and had gone to bed, not realizing that his wife was already in it, sleeping away. This caused an outrage and his father tried to come and kill the witch in her sleep.
But he wasn't going to have any of that. Something in him snapped and suddenly, everything was on fire. His father flew back and smashed his head into the counter. The sight of his blood drove him into some sort of rage, as he went and repeatedly bashed the man's skull in. He tore the trailer apart, made it look like some sort of animal had gotten in, not that it would have mattered once the place burned to the ground. He managed to get his wife out and left her in a safe place a half of a mile away from their camp before he took off into the woods.

Simon came to totally naked. His body ached and was covered with soot and sweat and dirt. He was in the middle of a forest and had no real idea where the hell he had come from or how he had gotten there. But flashes started to come to him of the night before and how horrible it had been. It took him almost a week to find some sort of civilization again, instantly breaking into an empty house, stealing himself some clothes, some food, and getting himself washed up.

A few months had passed, and he wandered from place to place, surviving as he always had, but never looking back. No way was he ever going back. He just hoped that his wife had the same sense...

He was approached in the weirdest way to attend the school. He had gone to pick a man's pocket, as he looked rather upstanding, and instead, he got nothing but a card with his name on it, and an address. It freaked him out for the longest time, but curiosity got the better of him, and he wound up being talked into attending the school.

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