Fanon:Hypatia Pydnaia

Hypatia Pydnaia (alias Hypatia of Pydna, formerly Hyperia), born July 17, 1960, is a major character and a former member of the Scholars' Alliance, now residing alongside the Union of the Insane as one of the sane Sim (and the only sane core member) in the group. Hyperia is the main character in the later part of the first Time Warp, having successfully subjugated the Beauty 4. Hyperia has mastered Mixology, Handiness, Gardening, Fishing, Painting, Logics, Cooking, Invention, Martial Arts, and Nectar Making, in addition to 8 points in Writing, 9 points in atheletic skills and 4 points in Guitar. Hyperia is alongside Kallisto and Stratonike the core characters of the second Time Warp and the de facto head of the Union of the Insane, while keeping in touch with all the members of the household, being friends forever with the remaining members, while being just under a good friend with Kallistrata. Hyperia is in unfriendly terms with Lysistrata and Stratonike (although the unfriendliness with the latter has temporarily subsided), while in utterly hostile terms with Christopher Steel, who accused her of cheating on him.

Hypatia works as one of the 3 mad scientists, alongside Eurydike Alkmaionida and Polyxena Attalida, although at a much higher wage at the level of 1064 simoleons per hour (more than the combined wages of the other two, earning 564 and 404 simoleon per hour respectively), which is further supplemented by the Union's control of most of the lucrative real estates, rendering Hyperia one of the most powerful sims in the neighborhood (inspiring fear and awe alike). Hyperia serves as the head of the household, due to the codex rendering her as the head since Hyperia has the most potent set of skills, having a total of 129 points' worth of skills, counting 1 point for each level in a skill.

Anabasis
Hypatia (then Hyperia) was certainly a talented one, rising in skills and profession with almost unhuman speed. Having said that, it was only a matter of time before Hyperia set her eyes upon the Beauty 4, and before anyone knew what hit them, successfully subjugate the Beauty 4 into her fold in terms largely favorable to her. Having assumed the leadership of the Beauty 4, Hyperia was careful to assure autonomy, preventing an internal collapse at least in the first time warp.

The rise of a solid supersim family was firmly established by Hyperia: it was Hyperia who firmly solidified the concept of a supersim, an idea that started with Stratonike who was the first to advocate academic monasticism, partly encouraged by the Attalid line which happened to be pro-intellectualist. Hyperia's establishment of the Scholars' Alliance was further bolstered by the transfer of Stratonike to the house, which was a great joy for the receiver, while the Attalids were happy about having a representative in the effectively most powerful household at the time.

The Schism
However, all of this would change with a new variable Christopher Steel, who wasn't there in the first time warp when Hyperia was introduced. His infernal kissing skill was able to captivate both Hyperia and Achaia, which leads to a conflict in interest in the household. Although there were others captivated by Christopher Steel, they were out of the Scholars' Alliance's radar, because they were too busy to pick which one to support. Demetria sided with Achaia, and this led to the initial Schism, which was in itself a two part process, starting with the foundation of the Union of the Insane by Kallisto and Stratonike, later completed with Hyperia's migration. From that point onward, Hyperia avoided Christopher Steel, lest Hyperia make an enemy of Achaia Oropia and thus solidify the enmity between her and now decaying Scholars' Alliance (which now is reduced to 3 of the Beauty 4 and two ancestors turned daughters of two of them)

A new Beginning
And indeed, the transition marked a new cornerstone, which would involve what would be dubbed the Skills Race between her and Kallisto. Despite its competitive nature, Kallisto and Hyperia by no means were enemies, and both showered their favor to who they saw as the third-in-command, Stratonike Attalida. Now occupied with an productive activity, Hyperia pretty much severed herself from the realm of romance, much to the disapproval of Gobias Koffi. Some times later, Hyperia alongside all the core members of the Union of the Insane achieved immortality by drinking the Age Freeze Potion.

The Great Feud
However, Hyperia's decision to cut herself from the realm of romance angered Christopher Steel, the first of Hyperia's romantic partner. Christopher Steel, who was essentially an Cassanova having juggled at one point Achaia, Hyperia, Ayesha and Jamie, decided to take Hyperia down and called her out for cheating on him. This single event would be noted as the Great Feud, even more so than the expired enmity between the Landgraabs and the Altos. This was so for many reasons: Hyperia essentially had the core members of the household as an retinue of sorts, including Lysistrata who was one of the most liked members of the neighborhood. Secondly, Christopher Steel also made an enemy of Jamie in his campaign of romance, which became an even more of a boon, as Jamie was herself a friend forever to Lysistrata like Hyperia, ensuring that Lysistrata would take Hyperia's (and Jamie's) side in the psychological war. Thirdly, Hyperia was no longer enemies with Demetria, and because Thessalonike wasn't exactly at good terms with Achaia, Christopher's girlfriend, he couldn't count on the support of one of the great Greek households for support, a factor not helped by the fact that Hyperia gave words of congratulation to Demetria when it was found out that Demetria had become an fiancee of Abraham Finkel and the decline of the Scholars' Alliance itself.

Romance Heresy and Aftermath
Of course, this monolithic academic monastic life sacrificed social element to such a degree that even the generally Unflirty and Shy Union of the Insane sought romances. Even before the actual heresy (well, codified by Kallisto) itself, Stratonike's mean streak started to break apart the delicate Union of the Insane, shattering the close bond that was crucial to the volatile group, although for strange reasons Stratonike did not engage in rude conversation with Kallisto and hence maintained the friends forever relationship. Unfortunately, Hyperia was picked on the most, as Hyperia was the sane sim around (alongside Stephanophoros, who had his own issues with Kallisto and Lysistrata) and relationships degraded to a point where Stratonike and Lysistrata were slightly disgusted by Hyperia and vice versa, leading to the attenuation that was further sped up by romances, and as fate would have it, Lysistrata was Leighton Sekemoto's romantic interest while Sam Sekemoto was that of Hyperia. After the attenuation, Hyperia decided to adopt a male sim to make up for the loss of Stephanophoros, and named the baby Demetrios, who would soon make friends with Hyperia, Kallisto, and Kallistrata.

Disciple and Detente
The baby Demetrios was originally meant to be a disciple, thoroughly educated in Hellenic setting and culture, and of course, embrace it. However, Demetrios was a fish out of water for the most part: He was a disciplinarian and friendly initially, which wasn't in line with nor flat out against the household values. Demetrios was simply in a different dimension. However, he had a imaginary friend and he named it Eunike. Little did he know that it would inherit 2 of Hypatia's traits, namely Shy and Computer Whiz, and despite their strong bond and a shared star sign (Both were Gemini), their personalities were divergent for the most part. Christopher Steel however gave a visit to the long bitter ex-girlfriend (of course, he still had his black history of having juggled 4 girls, including Achaia), and although the initial discussions were inconclusive, it was a time of detante, a time of reduced tension. Although not much of a feat, Hypatia also temporarily solved problems with Stratonike, although it was a circumstantial one helped out by Hypatia's call to help out a recently established dance club, something that attracted a party-loving household such as the Attalids.

Second Academic Revolution
With the second revolution, Hypatia's (now renamed Hypatia) contact with Sam Sekemoto has been minimal, contacting simply to maintain friendship: In fact, Kallisto and Kallistrata, who happened to take over Eurydike's role as party hosters didn't bother to invite him (or Leighton at that). Hypatia, despite the sudden nadir in romance, wasn't shaken: in a way, Hypatia's attitude towards romance was like a wave with troughs and crests, and Hypatia continued to help raise the kids and taught them skills alongside Eurydike, Kallisto, Kallistrata, and increasingly Antigone especially after her admittance to the ranks of the core members.

Hypatia, however, did not attend the foundation party for the new Amphitheatron, built at Kallisto's idea and expense to be more effective at hosting public entertainment (helped by the extra moodlet). Hypatia was more interested in making more carving: in fact, one of Union's primary source of income was carving, which was behind Tiberium and real estates, and probably ahead of salaries, despite Hypatia's and Eurydike's record high wages.

Later on, Kallisto defeated Hypatia's purpose of having a successor to train by coming up with the idea of Initiate households: the argument was based on the fear that the disciples may turn to heresy of partying (and of course, romance) due to the reality of the situation where the core members were pretty much required by practical needs to host public entertainment, leaving them in less dense areas with less reason to party. Hypatia was against this, but due to lack of support, was defeated by Kallisto since Kallistrata voted in Kallisto's favor.

Trivia

 * Hypatia's star sign is that of the author's.
 * The name Hyperia was a mistake: the name was supposed to be Hypatia (Beware, there is a potentially NSFW image), alluding to the first notable woman mathematician. The name was changed since November 11th.
 * Despite her status as a mad scientist, Hypatia lacks the Insane trait, and is the only core member to lack the insane trait.
 * Despite her high skill in handiness and some aptitude in Inventing, Hypatia performs horribly in the inventing table. This however is no longer an issue.
 * Hypatia and Lysistrata are the only characters who have the potential to generate 10k per week via work, figures taken from July 6th figure. For more leaderboard, visit the main Fanon page.HyperiaInvent.png
 * Hypatia is a 5-star celebrity, just like the other veteran characters Kallisto and Stratonike who came from the first time warp.
 * Pydna, from which the surname Pydnaia comes from, was the location of the Battle of Pydna (where Titus Quinctius Flaminius, who is portrayed as a sim character in the story, fought against Philip V), and this also was a point with Hypatia who would be that one "Hellenic Overlord" that Cato will oppose vigorously. Strangely enough, Cato is good friends with Hypatia.
 * Hypatia once had a wish to get married. It was annulled, while Hyperia now successfully made a Simbot and joined the other Higher Core Members as a uber-inventor. Surprisingly, Hypatia can make time machines, harvesters and miners but cannot make most of the lower end inventions, only having the knowhows to make few types of basic toys and widgets.
 * Hypatia has the greatest set of skills. However, Hypatia mastered only 11 skills, compared to Kallisto and Kallistrata's 12 each.
 * Hypatia was the first sim I created with Late Night expansion installed, and hence the first with minimal bust.