Child Simon

Child Simon ⴁⴀⴅⴘⴅⴈ ⴑⴈⴋⴍⴌ
Minor Paragon of Morality
Member of the Minor Maradisoban Panenthon
Other names	Prophet Callistratus
Abode	Lasha Palace
Planet	Imedio
Weapon	Personali
Symbol	8 Golden Whiskers
Adherents	First, Third, and Fourth Generation Maradisoba
Gender	Male

The Child Simon (ⴁⴀⴅⴘⴅⴈ ⴑⴈⴋⴍⴌ) is a Minor Maradisoban Paragon and is one of the Maradisoban Paragons of Morality of morality. He is a disputed paragon within the Maradsioban Minor Panenthon. Child Simon is only mentioned in the Solomonite Accounts within the Account of K'anaman Children, where he is depicted as the main character. Within the story, 250 K'anaman Children wander outside the K'anama Assembly after what all of them described to Solomon the Wise as a Divination. During their journey to Serenope, the Child Simon is considered to be their leader and self-appoints himself. He is however, killed by an animal and impaled on top of its antler. When the children first see his death and do nothing, they are then bestowed a series of Ts’q’evla. The first consequence Ts’q’evla is an Endless night causing total darkness. The 250 children afterwards fall to depravity and barbarism. Afterwards the Child Simon ascends and ends the endless night. He leads them to Asatiani where the 250 children find Solomon the Wise. They confess their transgressions and their violations, and Solomon the Wise forgives them all.

There is much debate to the accuracy and holiness to the Child Simon. His existence was debated all throughout the period of Second Generation Maradisoba by many different Metsnieris. The Account of K'anaman Children is considered to be Holy Text according to the Metsneris Sakhli during this generation. The Child Simon is not portrayed in many other historical texts, but has been portrayed within art and statues. The Child Simon is depicted as tall and young with an entirely black coat. Unlike most other Akannus at the time, Simon only had one buck tooth and 8 Golden Whiskers. His clothing consisted of a Mosaskhami and a Sheguardi Tavit|, the clothing of a K'vari Sheguardi.

Members within Third Generation Maradisoba considered the Child Simon to be a real figure within the Minor Panenthon. The Metsnieris Sakhli heeded the advice of Tsiklauri Onkelos, but was still considered to be a debated paragons in Maradisoban canon. It was theorized by Tsiklauri that the Child Simon later grew to be the Prophet Callistratus that existed during the Spiridonic Era. The Prophet Callistratus had an entirely black body, with 8 Golden Whiskers. Callistratus later challenged Spiridon to a duel in the name of the Patriarch Abiathar, which was considered one of the many events that transitioned Second Generation to Third Generation. However this would mean that Simon was similar to that of a Homitian, as Spiridon was over 1,142 years after his account.

Within Fourth Generation Maradisoba, it is unclear as to where Child Simon stands, however based on the Onkelian Targmna, it is widely accepted that the Child Simon and the Prophet Callistratus are the same person and that his challenging and killing of Spiridon in the name of Abiathar helped foward the Maradisoba Generation Advancement. It is also accepted that he is not a Homitian, but his powers after ascension allowed him to remain ageless, as this has been the case for many people who have ascended, including Callistratus.

Origin

Canonically Child Simon was born in the late Solomonite Era, 5 years before the arrival of the 100 Holy Akannus. The Child Simon was speculated to have been born in the middle of the Solomonite Era, 4 years before the arrival of the 100 Holy Akannus led by the Metsnieri Besarion and Metsnieri Eustace. His parents are unknown and were not wed, as Marriage during Pre-Timeless Era was forbidden in any circumstance. According to the Onkelian Targmna, the Child Simon as an individual is not mentioned further, and is afterwards called the Prophet Callistratus.

Earlier observers within Second Generation Maradisoba had very few discussions on his account as he was considered not to be a paragon within the Minor Panenthon.

The physical description of him within the account were:

"კურთხევა შვილ სიმონზე. იგ მაღალი იყო, ის შვიდი თაღები იყო. ის შავი ბეწვისგან იყო. სქელი მტკიცე და ახალგაზრდა სხეული. მას ერთი გამორჩეული კბილი ჰქონდა და რვა ოქროსფერი ულვაში."

"K’urtkheva shvil simonze. ig maghali iq’o, is shvidi taghebi iq’o. is shavi bets’visgan iq’o. skeli mt’k’itse da akhalgazrda skheuli. mas erti gamorcheuli k’bili hkonda da rva okrosperi ulvashi."

"Blessings upon the Child Simon. He was high, he was of seven arches. He was of black fur. A thick resolve, and a young body. He had a single distinctive tooth and 8 golden whiskers."

In the Account of the K'anaman Children

Within the context of the Account of the K'anaman Children, Child Simon served as a K'vari Sheguardi in the K'anaman Assembly under its then recorded leader, Samuel the Holy. Child Simon isn't mentioned until the second chapter of the account, where he proclaims his name. During the second chapter, Simon steps on a stone near the entrance of the forest and speaks to the 250 Children who followed.

"დამიმახსოვრე შვილებო, რადგან მე სიმონ ვარ. ჩვენ უნდა ვიმოგზაუროთ სერენოპი, რომ უპასუხოს მარადიზობას. გამომყევი, შვილებო. აქედან სერენოპამდე."

"Damimakhsovre shvilebo, radgan me Simon var. Chven unda vimogzaurot serenop’i, rom up’asukhos maradisoba. Gamomq’evi, shvilebo. Akedan serenop’amde.

"Heed me my children, for I am Simon. We must travel to Serenope, to respond to Maradisoba. Follow me, my children. From here to Serenope.

Once Simon steps into off the stone, he is given a Divination, telling him of his importance as a leader, but also the need to have patience. For three nights they went through the Eastern K'anaman Forest, attempting to get to Serenope. Simon attempted to connect a divination of his own, but did not succeed. A child asked him to recount in honest that his divination was about, telling the child of what he had heard. His telling of a divination is considered to be a Sinamdvilis Tsodva.

The commiting of a Sinamdvilis Tsodva had bounded his fate to a