Simred

"Simred"

- Oh, us? We are Ozen's Subterranean Bandits.

Simred is a Black Whistle Delver and a member of Ozen's subterranean delver squad, the Subterranean Bandits.

Appearance
Simred has messy, dark grayish hair and eye bags from possible sleeploss. He wears an dark blue muffler above a gray jacket.

Personality
Due to his brief appearance not much of his character traits are shown, but he seems kind, devoted to Ozen and cares for Marulk.

Seeker Camp Arc
Marulk goes to get Simred and the other Subterranean Bandits during the fight between Ozen and Reg, in hopes they can help to stop them.

After Reg regains consciousness, Simred, and the other Subterranean Bandits, inform him about what happened after he passed out and that Ozen was only testing them to judge if Riko and Reg are ready to hold their own in the next layers.

During Reg's and Riko's training, Simred, and the other Subterranean Bandits, keep an eye on them and report their progress to Ozen.

When Reg and Riko leave the Seeker Camp, he sees them off with the other Bandits.

Curse Fleet Arc
After Yelme had managed to steal objects out of Cravali's pocket, he notes that Tepasté had a really keen eye and Cravali also didn't give him much room to work with which caused him to only be able to steal a few scraps. Zapo notes Cravali to be a genius solo delver and as he picks up a note Yelme managed to steal. Neither Simred nor Yelme can make sense of the note reading "Faraway Nest" to which Zapo is surprised they never heard of that.

The scene skips forward 14 days later in surface time, to the lowest point of the Inverted Forest, the destination of the joint delving project with the forward expedition party having arrived: Hablog as Delve General Leader of the project, Simred as Forward Expedition Party Leader and as Gyarike as Lead Strategist.

They find themselves before a large, seemingly ripped away section in the forest which looks like something opened a hole into it. Simred asks rhetorically that his couldn't have been caused by natural causes, Hablog notes nobody ever having tried for this place before and even the scholars to be excited, and Gyarike states that whoever opened this hole must have known of Artifacts existing in that opened section.

As Hablog shines his headlamp into it, he remarks the many Storage Vessels, which would be classed as Second Grade Artifacts. He further notes that something of this scale will surely make it into Delver history and they will need a lot of man power with it at least taking several weeks to recover everything, along with the time it takes to dig routes for the Blue Whistles. Gyarike factors this as at least three months in surface time.

Hablog questions Simred about the situation of the lookouts and Simred tells him they have one of the Seeker Camp's big Telescopes set on this location. Hablog further notes he can see no Special Grade Relics as far as he can tell and Gyarike notes that whoever made this hole most likely took them if any had been there at all.

Gyarike notices fresh vestiges calling it a parting gift and directs the groups attention to something that isn't quite visible for the readers but causes shock to the group. This obscured object for the reader causes Hablog to instruct Simred to tell the Seeker Camp to activate a high Glowstone signal for better visibility and they will need a determination of whether or not this area is prohibited, as well as informing Ozen they will need her help as soon as she returns.

Delving Expertise
As Delver, Simred holds the rank of Black Whistle.

Trivia

 * Simred is the highest ranked delver among the Subterranean Bandits.
 * Simred served as Forward Expedition Party Leader during the joint delving project.