Ben Simons
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Jan 06, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Ben is
"Work is fine for killin' time, but it's a shaky way to make a living."
Personal Information
- Role
- Primary
- Nickname
- Bentley Albert Simons (Full Name): Bent St. Clair (Alias)
- Profession
- White Rose Theater - Owner/Manager
- Birthdate
- 02/27/1845
- Relationship Status
- Single
Appearance
- Playby
- Jack Kelly
- Height
- 6'0
- Build
- Medium
- Hair Color
- Dark Brown
- Eye Color
- Hazel
Biography
- Reputation
Strengths and Weaknesses (depending on the situation)...
- Can push boundaries
- Likes discovering and using new things and ideas
- Rational and practical
- Original - likes to experiment with new ideas and solutions
- Perceptive
- Communicates clearly, with direct and factual questions and answers
- Sociable
- Can be insensitive at times
- Impatient
- Risk-prone
- Loves to solve problems here and now
- Can be defiant
- Employment Details
Self-Employed, Gambler and Entrepeneur
A professional gambler by trade but will do other work if he needs to raise money for a big game, venture or bet. He runs weekly poker/faro games for the town's elite in one of the upstairs rooms at his theater.
- Expertise
Can a handle a gun and rifle
Is an expert card player
- Kith & Kin
Relations in Kalispell...
Uncle: Charles Wentworth Sr.
Aunt: Rebecca Wentworth
Cousins
- Matt Wentworth
- Mike Wentworth
- Sam Wentworth
- Charlie Wentworth
- Timeline
1845 - 1865
- Born in Washington D.C. on 27 February 1845 to Elizabeth (nee Martin) and Jacob Simons.
- Has a good and well-rounded education with an interest in mathematics especially the laws of probability. His interest in card games and gambling in general begins in his early teens.
- Sister - Eliza (Liz) is born in 1850.
- His father, Jacob joins the Union Army at the start of the Civil War and is killed in battle in 1863. Ben becomes the provider for his mother and sister
- Two years after his father's death, his mother remarries. Since his step-father is a man of means and able to support his mother and sister, Ben uses this opportunity to strike out on his own.
1865 - April/May 1876
- Becomes an expert card player and travels around the country always looking for the next big game or at least one that will keep him financially solvent. He also works in various odd jobs when he needs to raise some capital.
- He changes his name to Bent St. Clair as it sounds more like a professional gambler's name than Ben Simons.
- Due to an unfortunate incident (and dalliance with a very wealthy man's wife), Ben is forced to go back to Washington, where he offers his services to his Aunt Rebecca (his mother's sister) and escorts her on her trip to Kalispell. He decides to lay low in Kalispell for the time being.
Summer 1876
- Buys the White Rose Inn and converts it to a theatre (playhouse)
Player
- Written By
- JulieS