- Simkin (character)
Simkin is the name of a fictional character from the
Darksword Trilogy written byMargaret Weis andTracy Hickman .Background
In the Darksword Trilogy by Weis and Hickman, Simkin the Fool is by far the most intriguing character. Here is an excerpt from "Darksword Adventures" by Weis and Hickman which describes Simkin's origin: "Joram makes two observations about Simkin: first, that Simkin plays the game for the game's sake, and second, that he is magic personified." His knowledge of everyone and everything that occurs in the world makes him a player in every event from the most mundane to matters that the very world depends on. He is amoral, self-absorbed, unfeeling yet handsome (when he is not a garishly colored teapot), charming and extremely funny.
Characteristics
Simkin is often referred to as "the fool". His known abilities are to shape change into anything at all at a whim. He can also cast various powerful spells. The character has little to no concern over what happens to the people around him and enjoys causing chaos just to see what will happen.
Other Occurrences
"Simkin" is a common nickname chosen by many net geeks on various chat and gaming servers.
"Simkin" is also a high-level lightweight embeddable scripting language which works with Java or C++ and XML.
External links
* [http://www.simkin.co.uk Simkin homepage]
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