Simão

Simão
Dragon Quest III Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
Sprite(s)
Japanese name	サイモン
Romaji	Saimon
Old localization	Simon
Race	Human
Family	Son of Simão

Simão is a posthumous character who appears in Dragon Quest III. A swordsman of great skill, he carried the mountaincleaver as his weapon of choice.

Appearances[edit]

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation[edit]

Simão was a citizen of Manoza who was charged with treason by the false King of Manoza a decade before the events of the game. He was sentenced to imprisonment in the Shrine of Shackles, where he would meet his end. His spirit lingers on within the prison and tells the Hero to find the sword next to his remains.

Simão's son remains in Manoza and warns the Hero that the King is not to be trusted. He is aware that his father was imprisoned, but does not know that he has passed on.

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake[edit]

Simão's role in the story has been expanded, revealing him to have been an ally and travelling companion of Ortega. The two are shown meeting in a duel where they compliment one another's skills and elect to form a two-man party. When speaking to Simão's ghost in the Shrine of Shackles he wonders what has become of his son and Ortega, with his regret binding him to the prison and preventing him from departing to the afterlife. A flashback shows that he was the one to suggest that the duo separate for a time so he could investigate the dark rumors surrounding Manoza, but due to his imprisonment Simão was unable to fulfill his promise to reunite with Ortega, forcing the man to brave the fires of Mt. Necrogond alone.

Simão mistakes the Hero for Ortega and instructs the player to hurl the mountaincleaver into the volcano. During the ending he is shown watching over the real King of Manoza holding an audience with his son as an unseen phantom.

With the scenario changes in the HD version stating that the boss troll was an agent of Baramos deliberately sent to replace the King of Manoza, it is possible that the archfiend devised the impersonation and tyranny against the Manozans as a trap to lure out Simão. As Ortega was already being targeted by monsters it stands that Simão would be as well due to their time together, and Baramos would want to eliminate anyone with the means to enter his realm. It is fortunate that the boss troll's stupidity allowed Simão to smuggle the mountaincleaver into the Shrine of Shackles.

Trivia[edit]

Simão's Japanese name, Simon, may be in reference to the real-world South American revolutionary leader Simón Bolívar. Like Simão, Bolívar opposed a corrupt king, and was hailed as a national hero in several South American countries, including Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia.