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| - Simon Voltaire, the Master of Paris, is the powerful Spark who rules over Europa's version of the City of Light. He is characterized as being content to stay at home defending only his own area and working in private inside Europa's version of the Eiffel Tower on his own projects, but maintaining the peace of Paris with an iron hand and the politest lawmen, who are normally given a wide amount of latitude to deal with problems. He a truly substantial man, on the lines of Master Payne, only even taller and wider, with dark purplish skin, white hair and his right eye either covered with or replaced by a large green lens. (Green appears to be his chosen color in terms of fashion as well.) He shows a distinct lack of appreciation for fine hats. He is at least 200 years old, and assisted the original Storm King in his war against that era's Heterodynes; it is eventually revealed that he has wearily extended his existence by turning himself into some variety of cyborg; much of his aforementioned mass appears to be [ mechanical components.] [[Chronology - Volume #|✣ ]] He has been described as once being the apprentice of the master-Spark Van Rijn. He has a daughter, Colette, who is in service to her father's government as a spy, along with numerous other offspring of various ages who all reside at the family château when in Paris. The Master has stated (not to Colette herself) that he has hopes of her [ being worthy of replacing] [[Chronology - Volume #|✣ ]] him as the city's ruler/controller.
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