Character from The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss
Kvothe's truest friend — warm-hearted, earnest, and constitutionally incapable of deception, he is the gentle center of a circle drawn by sharper minds.
Simmon is the rarest thing at the University: a genuinely good person. He speaks with unguarded warmth, worries openly about his friends, and turns red when he lies, which is one of many reasons he almost never tries. He studies alchemy with quiet competence, writes poetry he is too shy to share, and provides the emotional anchor that keeps Kvothe and Wilem from drifting into their respective intensities. He falls for Fela with the helpless transparency of a man who has never learned to hide what he feels. In a story full of secrets and deceptions, Simmon is the character who says exactly what he means and means exactly what he says. This is not weakness — it is a kind of courage that Kvothe, for all his brilliance, cannot match.
Sandy-haired and open-faced, with the kind of honest features that make lying physically painful for him. His expressions are entirely readable — joy, worry, indignation all play across his face like weather across open country. He has the soft build of a man more comfortable with books than swords, and his smile comes easily and means exactly what it appears to mean.
Also known as: Simmon, Sim