Solomon

Solomon is a unseen character in the game. The player can collect his notes as they journey through the Old City which detail his story

Life
Much like Jonah, Solomon was self-taught and relied on reading from libraries rather than formal teaching. He would later decry the latter as completely useless.

Personality
Pompous in the extreme and very verbose Solomon prefers to be alone rather then surrounded by 'fools'. In his first paragraph his notes, after proclaiming himself to be of no importance, compliments the skill of reader for finding his notes. He then takes back his compliment and espouses that the reader most likely won't understand the complexities of his notes and thoughts and that even if the player does understand that everything is pointless anyway.

Although the character Belle falls in love with Solomon he finds her irritating and hates that she pays him any heed at all, though that doesn't stop him from obsessing about her. He is also shown to be fairly sarcastic and dry as evidenced not only through his notes but also Jonah's notes as well.

Symbolism
Solomon comes from the Hebrew name שְׁלֹמֹה (Shelomoh) which means 'peace' which can be related to his desire to seek peace and quiet throughout the course of his own journey.

In the biblical sense, Solomon is the name of a wise king who was punished for turning away from God and was visited by the Queen of Sheba.

Solomon can also be seen as a contrast to Jonah. Whereas Jonah accepts change and is willing to allow his ideas to be challenged, Solomon rejects changes and is obliged to defend his beliefs.

It is interesting that Solomon is the only person who provides an outside opinion