Vidcund is blond with large green tinted glasses, and he enjoys stargazing and basically anything that has to do with study. As a teenager, he lost a fight to General Buzz Grunt and went steady with Circe Beaker, his childhood friend, who is now married to his bitter rival, Loki Beaker. He still has crush on Circe, but this feeling is not mutual as she only sees him as a friend.
If he uses the telescope as soon as the lot is first loaded, he will be abducted. Vidcund is known to be the shoving Sim when a Sim from another household stargazes with telescope during the day. This is because Vidcund is the first Sim created in Strangetown. If Vidcund stargazes through telescope, Olive Specter will be the shoving Sim instead.
In The Sims 2 for PSP, Vidcund kidnapped Pascal's alien son, Tycho, for funding on a secret experiment.
The name Vidcund is made up. Vidkun is a Norwegian first name, which fell out of fashion as Vidkun Quisling became leader of the Nazi puppet government of Norway during World War II.
Curious refers to an individual who is interested in the world around them. Someone who is curious may have a thirst for knowledge, which refers to Vidcund's aspiration.