CHB: Into the Storm - Discussion Thread

[The Fox]

General Information
Full name: Chad Baker
Nicknames: The Last Son of Sparta
Gender/Pronouns: Male
Age: 15
Birthday: 3/15
Sexuality: Straight

Camp Information
Weapon(s): Gladius, 2 Aspi, Spear
Godly Parent: Athena
Claimed?: Yes
Cabin: Athena
Powers: heightened intelligence, innate combat mastery, combat foresight
Number of Beads on Necklace: 0

Physical Description
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 180 lbs
He is a rather athletic young man that would fit in on any sports team. His hair is an off black that he keeps buzzed to about 1/2" in length. His eyes are a grassy green. He wears a grey hooded jacket with a black stripe running vertically on the left side, ruining any symmetry in the design. The sleeves have a zipper that circles all the way around his arms and allow him to detach the sleeves. These sleeves function as his Aspi when they are hidden. His pants are usually black slacks or blue Jean's, depending on what he grabs from the closet that day. On both wrists are bracelets that hold2 charms each. One charm becomes a Gladius while the other a spear when he removes them.

Personality & Background
Personality: stoic and respectful, yet cocky in the fields he has expertise in. Will make smarmy remarks when he feels disrespected.

Likes: fighting monsters, sports, hanging out in shopping districts

Dislikes: ruined plans, bad strategies, unnecessary sacrifices

Fatal flaws: wont leave an ally behind if they can be rescued, often lies about how injured he is so no one has to worry about him.

Backstory: Chad is the modern day equivalent of the typical ancient spartan soldier. His father's lineage can be traced all the way back to the ancient days while his mother is Athena herself. He was made aware of his abilities when he was 10 and underwent a very strict training regimen to ready him for camp half blood. Chad, however, was disinterested in going as he liked the idea of being challenged by monsters on a regular basis. Thus his entry was delayed until he was 15, where he had to be convinced (lied to) he was being sent there to help guard against monsters. Athena ended up claiming him a year prior after he was able to fend off and force a laestrygonian giant to fall into a deep ravine without the aid of his weapons or shields. Unbeknownst to Chad, this giant actually survived. Chad's survival, however, was enough to get Athena's attention and claim him for trapping the monster in the ravine.

Personal Relationships

[/i]Family:[/i] Father (alive), mother (Athena)

[WitchHazel]

Accepted!! c:

[norvina!]

General Information
Full name: valentina merlot bicchieri
Nicknames: val
Gender/Pronouns: cisfemale
Age: twenty-two
Birthday: june 1st
Sexuality: pansexual

Camp Information
Weapon(s): cherry kiss - a flavored vape that is functional, turns into a bo-staff when you press the button twice (example)
golden touch - pair of golden brass knuckles, sharpened near the edges slightly. received them from her father. (example)
a refilling wine glass - a beautifully crafted glass and cover, will never end up empty, another gift she'd received from her father (example)
Godly Parent: dionysus
Claimed?: yes
Cabin: twelve
Powers: alcokinesis - the ability to control and create alcohol such as wine.
chlorokineses - abilty to control plants, limited to only vine plants such as grapes or strawberries.
insanity inducement - can cause or cure insanity in a person. it takes prolonged contact with said person for her to cure or cause insanity.

(other smaller abilities)
feline communication - can communicate with any animal of the feline type
water to wine - she can turn actual water into wine, huge party trick for her
alcohol resistant - valentina views this more as a curse than a blessing, no matter how much she drinks she won't feel the affects of alcohol
alleviate dysphoria - she can alleviate the feelings of gender dysphoria

Number of Beads on Necklace: unknown, she lost her necklace years ago

Physical Description
val stands around 5'5 average height, slim build slightly athletic. back length curly dark brown hair, wide rich brown eyes with slight dark bags underneath, scars running over the side of her lip to the tip of her chin like scratches left behind from a wild cat. two small moles beneath her left eye, and another one below the right side of her lip. wears loose clothing like large hoodies, flowy dresses. small vines can be seen sticking out from her hair sort of like a small crown on her head.

Personality & Background
valentina merlot bicchieri was left behind with her father, her mother was a beautiful italian woman who slowly went insane while being around dionysus. she was restrained while giving birth to protect the baby, dionysus had no choice but to bring her to camp. raised around her father and other kids, she enjoyed her life at the camp. she trained and practiced alot in hand to hand combat, excelling in such she now takes time to train newbies before they learn other forms of combat.

val is naturally relaxing, practically intoxicating to be around. she's very open and accepting, she can also be extremely tricky and loves to play mind games. to some she can come off as intimidating and overwhelming. studies things like hypnosis, always asking for voulnteers to get hypnotized. she leaves the camp sometimes to go out on her own and just enjoy society, somewhat of a free spirit although she always returns to camp. purchased a huge burmese python from a casino owner who had been mistreating him and used him only for show. named him ichiro, he has a huge enclosure within the dionysus cabin. very clingy towards val he tends to wrap himself around her body while she goes out.

Personal Relationships
message me on discord if you have any ideas!
vina!#6969

Anything Else
ichiro picture

[WitchHazel]

Accepted! c:

[Kveykva]

alright, the skelebois are just on the horizon, so
I'm gonna hold off on their post for a little bit to let everyone finish up interactions n get in their ideal positions to take on the encounter

[WitchHazel]

Sounds good!
Just a heads up, we're gonna do a little timeskip with the questers to get 'em further away from camp - I'll spearhead that next time I post; which will likely be tonight or tomorrow.

[Takara]

General Information
Full name: Zeke Hopewell
Nicknames: Zoom, Xerox, Jake, Z, Zed, Zero, Speed, Hide & Zeke, EZ open tab, Zipline, anything you want, but will only respond if he likes it (Juliet, this is for you)
Gender/Pronouns: Cismale, he/him
Age: 17
Birthday: November 17th
Sexuality: Aromatic Asexual

Camp Information
Weapon(s): A damascused karambit (main), and a tungsten blowtorch for Greek fire (fun and games)
Godly Parent: Hermes
Claimed?: Yes
Cabin: 11
Powers & Skills:

• Teleportation: Zeke is able to move faster than the human brain can comprehend, resulting in a teleportation effect. He uses this often, and it's easily his most advanced power
• Navigation: Zeke never gets lost and if placed in an unfamilar city, he will easy find his way around
• Language adept: Zeke can pick up languages easy, and is always able to find a way to communicate with others

-Excellent at card games that require speed or sleigh of hand
-Can jump very high
Number of Beads on Necklace: 14 (Zeke's mom thought it was a lovely way for him to be supervised and give her some free time, so she started leaving him for the summers when he was quite young. He's been full time since her passing last year)
Ambrosia and Nectar: Ambrosia is peanut butter pie (usually, sometimes its tres leches cake), nectar is sweet tea

Physical Description
Zeke is 5"5', (~165 cm), mostly due to his father's influence. He has a stocky build with wide shoulders and powerful legs. He has dark skin and dark brown eyes that are almost black. His tightly curled hair is styled into a fade cut. Zeke will wear anything that he feels like at the moment, meaning that some days he rocks a toga and other days it's jeans and someone else's shirt (it most likely belongs to one of his siblings, and no, he did not ask before "borrowing" it).

Personality
Zeke is outgoing and open, but he tends to live in the moment rather than form lasting bonds. He's known as being one of the more respectible Hermes kids, though that is like being the tallest dwarf. Zeke loves being in high places and can often be found on the roof of a building or in the upper branches of a tree.

Zeke loves being included, even if the people he's hanging out with aren't friends beneath a surface veneer. He's a people pleaser, but this has also helped him develop a silken tongue for maneuvering what he wants from people. This is something he does mostly unintentionally. He also happens to be a great peacemaker and often is the voice of reason behind getting an Ares bully to let go of their target.

Despite his years of experience at camp, Zeke has never shown any desire to lead, preferring instead to be part of the trouble for counselors and camp directors (but at least he cleans up his messes...mostly). In reality, this is mainly because leading would mean accepting that he is no longer a little kid, and will soon have to leave this place that feels like a part of himself.

likes: Seeing things from new perspectives, Camp, exploring
dislikes: Getting yelled at, criticism, changes out of his control, peanut butter,
fears: Growing up, gore, being disliked,
fatal flaw: Zeke is afraid of changing and losing what he has now, so he holds on too tight to relationships and situations that hold him back from his full potential. He ignores what is in favor of what was, and fails to see what could be.

Quirks: Can often be found on rooftops or in trees, burns through shoes quickly, reflects attitude of those around him subconsciously, avoids entering combat directly unless cornered or pinned, whistles when lost in thought, will do just about anything out of spite,


Background
Though originally from Georgia, Zeke has spent every summer at camp since he was out of diapers. This had a profound effect on his development. Zeke loves the buzzing energy at camp, the electricity of it all. Away from camp, he feels like a shell of himself, a lone guitar instead of a full band. He's shy and indecisive, a sharp contrast to the Zeke at camp who's seemingly fearless and completely carefree.

It's easy to be more of yourself when you fit into what people expect of you, and that's why Zeke is more at home at camp than hes ever felt at his real home.

Personal Relationships
Key: ♠- Enemies ♤- Dislikes ♧-Neutral/negative ♢-Neutral ♦- Neutral/positive ♡- Friend ♥-Good Friend ❣-Love interest

Mother- Zeke doesn't see eye to eye with his mom, mostly because she was overwhelmed with him as a child and was more than happy to push him off on other people to deal with. Looking back, his time spent with her is bittersweet at best, and he can't say that he's as sad as he should be given the situation.

Hermes- Based on a single picture of him seen as a small child, Zeke is of the opinion that he could "take him" easily in a fight. They have yet to meet, so this hasn't come up since

Aoife [♦]- Loves shooting the breeze with her, but also loves sending her into his siblings (harmless, jeez!) pranks.

Cain [♡]- Is it bad to use people for your own amusement? Probably. But that won't stop Zeke! He loves giving the man increasing absurd shopping lists, amongst other things, in grand attempts to get him to crack. It hasn't happened yet, but you just wait and see!

Hank [♡]- Do you know how easy it is to manipulate this kid? Seriously, his easy going nature has saved Zeke from being the target of many a prank, a fact that he is immensely grateful for. Izzy might find him sus, but she's easy enough to appease with a treat or two

Ophelia [♢]- She has only been at camp a year. She's lucky if he could recognize her in a lineup, much less remember her name. It's never good to get attached to newbies...

Reese [♤]- He talks like an old man. Dresses like one as well. Are we back in the 1960's? Dude, it's 2020, get a life!


Anything Else

[WitchHazel]

Accepted!!
Also quester timeskip post is up just an FYI! They are now at a small roadside diner called "Ma's Diner" c:

[sammy,]

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███xxi. euphemia callisto. ii. 'elfie'. iii. sixteen. iv. cis female.''x'''x█
███xxv. she/her pronouns. vi. pansexual. vii. dionysus.
███xxviii. summer camper. ix. birthday is fifteenth of october.
███xxx. esfp - 'the entertainer'.

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outside

physical appearance
↳ xxxelfie is five foot eight, slender, with freckled skin and bright, shining eyes. her hair is a wavy blonde that appears
golden when exposed to direct sunlight. fitting to her name, she has an elvish look about her, if one ignores her grac
ceful and taller-than-average build. she seems to be able to switch her appearance at will with a change in posture,
a blink of cerulean blue eyes. when this shift occurs, she goes from rather unassuming and average to the centre of
attention. if she tried to, she could contend with the aphrodite cabin in terms of appearance, though most of her ti
me spent at camp is spent trying to look as obscenely 'normal' as she can muster.
personality
↳ xxxthough once upon a time she thrived on attention, elfie is somewhat inward nowadays. often reckless, capable of
intense rudeness, volatility and stubbornness - and sometimes a touch manipulative, she's got an image that she likes
to maintain as someone who is untouchable. she avoids emotions deemed 'confusing' or 'scary' like the plague, fearful
of the concept of commitment and vulnerability. otherwise, she's down to earth, does her best to be kind, and has an
outgoing streak that lends itself to natural leadership. elfie has a profound dedication to her craft and her camp, and
will stop at nothing to achieve improvement. she feels the need to prove herself and her capabilities more than would
be considered normal - doesn't want to be seen as a spoilt brat who's had everything handed to her - though can often
lose focus or tunnel on something that does not help her in the long run. conflict-averse but happy to listen to the occ
asional bout of gossip, and in need of near-constant stimulation to prevent boredom, it's easy to underestimate her an
d difficult to earn her trust - but once earned, she becomes highly protective and loyal.

inside

history
↳ xxxat eleven, elfie decided that she wanted to be an actress. her mother was emotionally unreachable, unstable in
many senses, controlling to a high degree - and when she expressed this yearning, it wasn't long before she was being
paraded in front of potential agents, mother dearest searching for a paycheck and the bragging rights of a daughter su
rrounded by fame. the attempt wasn't going well. not the right face; not the right vibe; too young to be a real actress;
too old to be a child star - but in her last audition, something shifted. all of her energy was poured into wanting to be
liked, adored, and by the grace of dionysus, this was granted. hired on the spot, without even saying her lines, put int
o every opportunity that was presented to her - and of which, there were many.

it was a wonderful thing. all of a sudden her and her mother came into a vast amount of money, their lives changing al
most overnight. she was attended to at her every waking whim, but this obsession soured when the media turned - as it
always does. attention became smear campaigns became stalkers knocking on her front door in the depths of the night -
it started becoming a bit of a problem. in the midsts of all of this, at thirteen, only a year into her status of 'overnight s
ensation', she experienced her first episode of psychosis, melting down live on air. the tabloids pointed fingers at a con
trolling mother, and though half correct, the truth lay within her patriarch's gift, burnout from such consistent usage of
her powers. a stint in an adolescent mental health ward and she was back on track - the work had been done, after all.
she didn't need to make people obsess with her anymore; they were already caught in the throes of it.

the visits from monsters - not papparazi, not stalkers, real monsters - started when she was fourteen. summers began b
eing spent at camp, a nice respite from the mess that was becoming her mortal life. during the year, she would work on
her projects - the films, the tv shows, the short-lived record deal - and in summer, she could be a normal person again.
well, not quite normal, considering she was still very much a demigod, but normal in the sense of 'just like everybody els
e'. the presence of her father within the camp was also appreciated, and though he acted as though he couldn't stand th
e mere sight of her, it became clear that he had some kind of soft spot for her.

due to her history with using her powers, she remains tentative about inducing mania in others, still not fully healed fro
m the mess that was her first episode, and because of this, became more focused on the melee aspects of combat, beco
ming proficient in archery, swordsmanship and hand-to-hand spars.
likes
↳ xxxgrapes, nature, quiet people, duelling, 'the right kind of' attention, the occasional mischief, being able to act lik
e a 'real' teenager, astronomy, archery.
dislikes
↳ xxxthe media in general, 'false' people, the dark, pigeons, raisins, the cold, politics, being 'out of the loop', presumpt
ive judgement
fears
↳ xxxlosing control of herself, swimming, dogs.
strengths
↳ xxxelfie's history and presence in the spotlight has made her a good judge of the intentions of people. she's more obser
vant than your average joe, picking apart the 'characters' that people play, the roles that they take in their lives whether
intentionally or otherwise. she has excellent people skills when she tries - oozing charisma and wit, and never seems to r
un out of things to talk about when speaking to someone that stimulates her mind in the correct way. she's bold and confi
dent, knows her limits and pushes them to achieve some level of excellence - her presence tends to push other people to
reach their own greatness, as well.
weaknesses
↳ xxxelfie is turbulent and sensitive, but doesn't know when to ask for help when she needs it - thinks that it's dangerou
s, vulnerability, and this makes her very difficult to crack through the ice of - and very difficult to help when it's evident
ly needed. her past mental health issues are not over with yet, still medicated against the occasional delusions of grande
ur that were almost encouraged by her mother, and she has deep fear that she'll lose control - for this reason, almost cou
nter-intuitively, she acts recklessly and beyond her means, because if she can control the chaos she causes, then she's sti
ll within her own mind. that's how she reasons with it, anyway. it doesn't go very well. her aversion to using her powers m
akes her an easier target than most, and an inherent distrust for most people mixed with an avoidance of vulnerability do
esn't tend to go well. prone to burnout, she pushes herself to the edge of collapse. at times, elfie is objectively a danger
to herself - but she has to keep the performance going, has to keep dancing.

powers

mania inducement - advanced
↳ xxxwith a bit of focus, elfie can make people obsessed with her, rid themselves of their inhibitions and descend into brief
insanity. in a similar sense, she can cure it - with a bit more effort, admittedly - and return order and focus to those w
ho have lost it. using this power for prolonged periods of time gradually rescinds her own mental wellbeing, so she avoi
ds it at almost all costs nowadays.
chlorokinesis - intermediate
↳ xxxelfie can summon grapevines from just about anywhere, ferment or ripen fruits with the lightest of touches and transf
orm any drink into wine. of course, she can't yet drink it, which is a shame, but useful in certain scenarios.

weapons

paris
↳ xxxa bow, named after the doom of troy. it usually uses celestial bronze-tipped arrows, though while training she prefers
iron tips.
maelstrom
↳ xxxa celestial bronze sabre. when not in use, it is disguised as a cuff bracelet. its blade is three feet long, the hilt decorated
with etchings of vines.

[WitchHazel]

Accepted!! c: