Hiram

Hiram is an mentally disturbed extremely unstable techno-phobic anarcho-primitivist cannibal living in the Los Padres Forest outside of Los Angeles, the secondary antagonist of Dan Vs. Technology, and the primary antagonist of the episodes Dan plot.

Appearance

Hiram is a tall man, around 6'10 scaled to Chris. He has brown and extremely overgrown hair, along with a beard and mustache, equally overgrown. He wears a pair of faded red overalls and a faded red button up shirt, and two old shoes. He appears to be missing most of his teeth, and has Heterochromia, one dark eye and one blue eye.

Personality and Mental State

Hiram is extremely unstable, showing signs of severe techno-phobia, schizing out at the mention of any tech made after the 1800s or so. While it is never explicitly shown, Hiram is mentioned(both by himself and Dan)to be a cannibal, eating the occasional stranded motorist who suffered an accident nearby.

He is also probably an Adipophiliac, as he seems to take great pleasure in watching Peggy(the fat woman on his zoetrope)bathe.

He may have some other, more general mental disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar, but it's hard to judge.

Hiram seems to put on a friendly helpful facade to stranded travelers, in order to lull them into a false sense of security to kill and eat them. He seems to genuinely enjoy the company of fellow techno-phobes, gleefully proclaiming he, Dan, and Chris can stay up eating jerky and telling stories, as well as offering them water and car help. But if you indicate a love for any semi-recent tech(including television) he'll quickly schiz out and begin gleefully plotting your demise.

Life prior to the events of Dan Vs. Technology

At some point in time prior to 1996 (likely between the mid 70s and early 80s, when the computer market was fresh and open to new people) Hiram met Barry Ditmer, and the two became partners in the Omnicron Tech Company, co-founding the business.

Hirams exact role in the early company is not as clear as Barry's was, but it's known many of their best early ideas(such as the original Omnicron, and likely some of their video players) came from him, and that Hiram was none the wiser to Barry's slowly building delusions or sense of a grand vision.

In 1996, Barry stole Hirams half of the company through unknown means, took credit for all of his ideas, and then cut all ties with him, throwing him out onto the street. This event clearly had a deep impact on Hiram, who began a non-stop downward spiral after.

Following his betrayal at the hands of his former partner, Hiram goes off the grid(likely for financial and security reasons) and begins to develop extremely techno-phobic and anarcho-primitivist views. Fleeing into the Los Padres Forest, Hiram constructs a shack out of discarded materials along the highway, and lives off of nature, his only companion being an antiquated erotica zoetrope, featuring a BBW in a bubble bath.

Overtime, his mental and physical health deteriorated further. The slightest showing of modern technology(late 1800s or later) will lead him to twitchy spasms and psychotic episodes likely to end poorly who whomever distubed him. He also began to develop Sapievoric tendencies..as in, he became a cannibal, and would cook and eat any motorists unlucky enough to become stranded on the nearby road.