Simon Novak

=• APPEARANCE •= At first glance the one thing to note about Simon is that he's rather short for a Mordesh. His height tops at only six and a half feet. Be that as it may, you could say he has a 'napoleon complex' in regards to his fellow Grismarans. He thinks he's better than everybody and his overconfidence in just about everything, especially his trade skill and profession can easily be seen as cockiness. Once with dark brown hair like his father, but full and rampant like his mother's, the 'frankenboy' seems to have dyed it permanently black, with some purple and blue hues. His pale gray skin is splotched and veined like any other of his kind now thanks to the Contagion, causing his leering purple eyes to stand out against the contrast of black make-up he tends to wear. His chosen attire is usually a trench-coat and any assortment of cargo pants or tight pants, usually in a combination of black, blue, and gold. As a weapon-smith and engineer, Simon's usually with one of two heavy guns - Steg and Megasaur.

Both his hands are cybernetic, beginning from just below the elbow. Since his mother mangled his original appendages, he was granted prosthesis and what weapon-smith or engineer could pass up modifying that? Not Simon. In fact, he modified them into something along the line of 'swiss army knives'. Each finger is one unique type of weapon or gadget hidden - this includes, tasers, tranq shots, screwdriver, wrench, buzzsaw, some small grenades and c4 explosives that can deploy from the palms of his hands. All fingers can retract some metal talons - they are not as long as stalker's claws nor do they protrude from the knuckles. They more resemble the claws of a velocirex and protrude from his fingertips. Simon definitely has a theme going here - yes, he loves dinosaurs and even modified his bots to resemble them, most notable are his triceratops Bruiserbot named Trike and his raptor Artillerybot named Rappy. =• RECENT HAPPENINGS •= Not only did he find his father, Uncle Nico and their new family, which he finds unsavory, Simon also got himself a girlfriend. Imagine that... =• HISTORY •= Back on Grismara, Simon was never described as a good boy by anyone - mischievous, naughty, rambunctious - a prankster, bully and problem child. Cornelius was the hand of discipline and though he loved his son, was looked up at with disdain from the growing boy. Clarice, his mother, were much closer. She took a more softer approach at diffusing his tantrums and the sort.

Upon the initial mayhem of the Contagion causing his mother to go Ravenous, Simon was left for dead - abandoned by his father - or so this is how he perceives it. Bitter to the very end at his old man, Simon hates him and lets him know every chance he gets. Killing him is probably on his agenda, but the sadistic 'frankenboy' deems watching him squirm, cower and cry a much better punishment.

Before their reunion, however, Simon did have to escape Grismara. To survive his Ravenous mother, he painfully held an axe to behead her. This was his very first kill, but never the last. After the surgery the surviving Mordesh received for their Vitalus Serum implants, Simon soon lead him and the family Butler, Vitaly, on daring assaults against the Ravenous and Dominion scouring Grismara. There were many close calls, not only from being eaten or shot, but going Ravenous when Vitalus supplies became an issue. Vitaly, in fact, met a dark ending from the barrel of Simon's heavy gun, Steg. Running out of Vitalus again, Simon was determined to live at any cost, even the lives of any other Mordesh.

Watching many of his people die, including his one playmate and friend, Ami, he finally made it off of the planet. The escape ship was intercepted by Dominion, unfortunately, and all within were taken to a smaller prison-ship to be interrogated and imprisoned, if lucky. Simon knew he wouldn't be and after a night of madness and panicking within the confines of his cell, he planned and successfully executed an escape. This happening lead him to become even more cocky in his game, even though it was just a small prison ship - Simon didn't care, that prison break he caused was badass.

Once again, running a close call, needing a new Vitalus cycle, he made it to the Gambler's Ruin on an escape pod. Out of the lion's den now, Vitalus replenished and in one piece, but the hard part now really begun - adjusting to Exile life. Nope. Once woken from his cryopod, Simon made haste to get down to Nexus and turn his back on both factions.