User blog comment:Viper 121/Viper, the RP Character!/@comment-82.17.96.118-20140828092906/@comment-82.17.96.118-20140901153714

Hmmm.... where to start? I know that Vimes (his first name may be Sam but really it's only his wife who calls him that) is the descendant of "old stoneface" Vimes who executed a King who was known for "being very fond of children" and that Vimes is the captain of the Ankh-Morpork city watch. Perhaps you'd like some quotes from him and about him? "The Law goes all the way up, and all the way down" " Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn’t like the phrase ‘The innocent have nothing to fear’, believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like ‘The innocent have nothing to fear’." Vimes had floated on the face of the darkness, and there he had found enlightenment growing, and understood that fear and rage could be hammered into a sword, and the desire to once again read a book to a child could be forged into a shield and armour for a ragged dying castaway, who thereafter shook hands with kings.

‘Don’t hit somebody who surrenders and, if a man drops his weapon, be a little bit wary of him until you’re certain he hasn’t got another one tucked away somewhere, right? If in doubt, knock ’em out.’

How easy it is to kill, yes, but not when a smart young copper who thinks you are a good guy is looking to you. At home, the Watch and his family surrounded Vimes like a wall. Here the good guy was the good guy because he didn’t want anyone to see him being bad. He did not want to be ashamed. He did not want to be the darkness.

Sam Vimes once arrested me for treason. And Sam Vimes once arrested a dragon. Sam Vimes stopped a war between nations by arresting two high commands. He's an arresting fellow, Sam Vimes. Sam Vimes killed a werewolf with his bare hands, and carries law with him like a lamp. Watchmen across half the continent will say that Sam Vimes is as straight as an arrow, can't be corrupted, won't be turned, never took a bribe.'

Vetinari: 'Given, then, a contest between an invisible and very powerful quasi-demonic thing of pure vengeance on the one hand, and the commander on the other, where would you wager, say... one dollar?'Drumknott: 'I wouldn't, sir. That looks like one that would go to the judges.'

And one more quote, or else I will have posted far too much, but this should paint an okay picture of what I was talking about Vimes having a strong will. This last quote takes place inside his head, or something like that. He created me. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who Watches the Watchmen?? Me. I watch him. Always. You will not force him to murder for you.What kind of human creates his own policeman?One who fears the dark.And so he should.Indeed. But I think you misunderstand. I am not here to keep darkness out. I'm here to keep it in. Call me the Guarding Dark. Imagine how strong I must be.'''