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Headcanons:

Absolutely has a historical crush on Hannibal. 

His leather jacket is his main comfort object. It was a gift from his sister when they finally had enough money for small gifts. (It’s from a Goodwill so it doesn’t fit quite right, but it makes him feel more protected.)

His triggers are contact with his back and the smell of overpowering cologne. This last one in particular tends to make him very on edge in the Aphrodite cabin. 

He feels kinda uncomfortable around older campers but has a small protective streak for the younger ones. It’s nice not being the littlest sibling for a change.

Nic’s beauty comes more from a combination of “imperfections.” His nose curves a little too low, his eyes too big, and on anyone else, his smile would look like a smirk (lopsided). The combination, however, makes him attractive, yes, but in a more human than supernatural way. He’s less intimidating, but he feels like this contributes to the many reasons he doesn’t feel quite fit in the Aphrodite cabin.

He can and will abduct your cat. He has started crying over cats being too cute before and he will do it again. 

Really bad ADHD. This impacts his short term memory so he always has some sticky notes in his pocket to jot things down. He also fiddles with it as he daydreams. 

He hates it, but making people temporarily fall in love with him has become easy from years of practice. 

Powers:

- they have magical control over clothes, makeup, and jewelry. they are able to change its colour, shape, material, etc. the only thing they can't do is summon anything out of nowhere.

- they have the ability to temporarily change their physical features. (rare)

- they have the ability to speak fluent french.

- they have the ability to make makeup appear on others or themselves.

- they have the ability to curse people so all of their clothes are two sizes too small for them for a period of time. (saps energy)

amokinesis:

- they can sense when someone is in love and who they are in love with.

- they can make people temporarily fall in love with them.

-  Mari has its origins from the ancient Korean language. It's original meaning is "mountaintop" but it also means "good, the best, the first, etc"

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BIOGRAPHY

‘You look like your mother. If only you actually were her.’ Those were the last words her father said to Mari before she stormed out of their penthouse in the middle of New York City, about two years ago now.

Mari Elle Choi is the daughter of a rich Korean diplomat who worked for the Korean embassy in the US. Their home base was mainly in New York, but he traveled a lot, taking his home schooled daughter and her nanny/tutor with him. Before she came to camp, Mari had no actual place to call home, since New York didn’t seem much like home either. Paris, Los Angeles, Washington, Seoul, Amsterdam, New York, Beijing; every city she ever went to was just a passing acquaintance. The only two constants in her life were her father and her tutor, who was like a mother to her. Or at least more of a parental figure than her father ever was. Mari was a footnote in his life. Aphrodite had been the peak of his love life. She’d left him broken and with a child he didn’t want. After her, he’d searched for the goddess in every women he had an affair with, which were a lot. He didn’t spend much time with his daughter, Eventually even Mari’s tutor, probably the only person she was actually attached to and who had ever shown her genuine love and who she dared to love because she trusted the woman wouldn’t leave. That changed of course when her relationship with Elle’s father went south and so at 18, Mari lost the only real constant in her life.

All of this piled up made her lose trust in people. They always leave in the end right? The evening her father kicked Mari’s tutor out of their lives, they’d just come back from some fancy event that had to do with her father’s job. Mari’s father travelled a lot between Asia and America, but this particular time he’d been sent to Europe for about a week. Italy to be precise. Monsters are even more of a hazard there than back in the states of course. However, back then Mari had no idea she was a demigod. She got in a fight with her father about his affair with her tutor, and as a result she stormed out of their hotel suite onto the streets of Rome. All these years she’d been protected by always being surrounded by tons of security and changing locations so often. She’d never go out on her own, always having her tutor or a bodyguard with her. Now she ventured into the winding streets of Rome, only to be met with a trio of Empousai. She narrowly escaped, using the charmspeak that she had developed as a young child in a manipulative environment. She did end up with a scar, now a long white line running from her hip to just above her knee.

She had to go to the hospital of course, to the annoyance of her father. He’d never known her mother’s true identity, only that he’d never met a women like her. Ironically he had always described her as divine or a goddess. Mari also had trouble reconciling what had happened with the reality she knew. Besides, her father had always reminded her of the importance of keeping his image intact. They were supposed to play perfect family at any events, to the point where Mari told everyone her mother had died in childbirth. 

So when it came to telling people what had landed her in the hospital, she twisted it into something more easily to grasp for any normal human being, including herself. The story as she told it was that she was attacked by three random homeless girls, some sort of robbery gone wrong. However, a satyr who was disguised as a nurse at the hospital picked up on the plot holes in the story that didn’t make sense to anyone else, but where red flags to him. When Mari’s dad had left - admittedly not very long after Mari had arrived at the hospital - the satyr convinced her to come to camp, even if she was very sceptical at first. She mostly agreed because she didn’t want to stay with her dad anymore, blaming him for her tutor leaving. She told him it was some kind of boarding school and rehabilitation centre, and he agreed to let her go because well, he wouldn’t have to hire a new tutor or extra body guard in that way.

She got claimed by Aphrodite pretty much the moment she stepped into camp. Some kind of cruel irony, she had never thought much about any gods existing, let alone that she was a daughter of one of them. And then especially the goddess of love, she hated it. It only further made her believe true love is a sham. If there are love gods managing every move, plotting people’s lives? Then love surely just isn’t real. However, in the past two years she has learned that her mother stands for much more than just romantic love, and though she still doesn’t believe in love, she has become a bit softer towards other kinds of love. Her siblings, who showed her what family is supposed to be like for the first time, helped with that too. It’s still something she struggles with however, and also with the stereotypes attached to being a daughter of Aphrodite.

HEADCANONS

- Mari carries two knifes with her at all times. They’re made by the Hephaestus cabin, and she helped design them. They’re very thin and easy to hide under clothing, like the hemline of her skirts for example. If she has any more spots where she can hide weapons, she often adds a butterfly knife or other small blades. - This habit has originated from the attack that lead to her being brought to camp. She felt utterly out of control, terrified and helpless in that instant. Before that night, she’d just been a rich kid who hung out more with her father’s colleagues and bodyguards then people her own age. She’d never had to fight before. After the initial shock of arriving at camp had faded, she threw herself into a busy training schedule, and now she is very skilled at hand to hand combat. - She could be an assassin at this point, if she wanted to. She knows how to hide weapons, she knows how to use them so subtly that no one notices. She’s pretty deadly, but it’s not in her nature to actually go down that path. - Since her entire childhood was spend practically friendless, she has trouble interacting with people her age sometimes, though there are a few exceptions. Like the girl she met at a fancy event in nyc shortly before she moved to camp, who later turned out to be one of her sisters (cough amiria cough). It has also gotten better since she has arrived at camp and is surrounded by solely people under 25, instead of solely people who are 35 and older. - However, she is very well versed in pop culture, because social media. Duh. - She is fluent in English and French, and conversational in Korean, Italian, German, Chinese, Spanish and Dutch, just from overhearing it while visiting those countries so often. - Since she spend most of her life playing the role of the perfect daughter, and still has to take on that role occasionally when her dad drags her to events to keep up his image, she has learned to be very charming. This was also how she developed her charmspeak abilities from a young age. - At camp she often lets that facade drop however, and you’ll get a more straight-to-the-point version of her. - Besides being pretty badass, she’s still very feminine. She’ll kick your ass in heels and a skirt, basically. - If you wake her up too early she’ll kill you. Literally. She sleeps with a knife under her pillow after a certain instance of one of her eros cousins thinking he could bring her breakfast on her birthday. He regretted that.

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biography

kimberly wood was just a kid. living with her lonely but supportive dad, the mystery of who her mom was tucked away. on her eighth birthday, a woman came to talk to her father. before she knew it, she was in a car, repeatedly screaming and yelling at her father, why were they leaving? why can’t they stay? and they didn’t. she was dropped off at camp half-blood. for maybe a year, she stayed in the hermes cabin, sulky and lonely. and then, directly after the first war, she was claimed. maybe months ago, she’d started exploring the idea of magic, and one night in the amphitheatre as she tried out a spell, her mother’s symbol appeared above her head. 

she didn’t complain. kim had tried to contact her father, tell him how excited she was. but when the message made contact, all that showed was a dimly lit and trashed apartment. that was years ago. so she nurtured her powers. she grew older with time and nearly perfected her mist manipulation. she was happy. she belonged. she never dwells on the sad parts. never dwell on the sad parts.

fun lil facts

- born January twelve, capricorn

- i consider her theme to be “oh no!” by miranda and the diamonds!!

- kim has way too many mood swings tbh

- if you need her, find her in the amphitheatre or outside her cabin- she’s found there usually.

- very, very neutral

- probably uses the protection spell a lot

- mist manipulation is her favourite thing

- probably will add more

powers

☀ Background (Read: Background and Then Some Headcanons)

한광호, Son of Apollo, 24, Korean-American-ish

Gwang Ho was born in Seoul, but moved to Seattle with his mother, Tae Yang, when he was five years old to avoid being caught by some nasty monsters. They were lucky to find an apartment in Seattle above a Korean restaurant that kept him safe from detection by obscuring his scent. They still live there. His mother has found work in that restaurant, and Gwang Ho lives in Seattle with his mother when he isn’t at Camp.

Tae Yang and Gwang Ho live in America as illegal immigrants. Tae Yang originally came on a student visa and went to English school on a two-year curriculum, but when the curriculum ended, so did her visa, and she never was able to make up another excuse to request for a visa renewal. She has an illegally acquired social security number, she pays her taxes, and she has lived in America for 15 years, but, in the end, she is still considered an illegal immigrant. 

Tae Yang’s English isn’t all that great, so Gwang Ho helps her out with learning English and translates for her when they're doing stuff outside. He learned English by growing up in America and going to school from elementary school through high school.

Gwang Ho was claimed when he was five years old, after receiving his name from his mother. He doesn’t remember the experience, but his mother always told him that it was magical. 

He was told about his godly father, Apollo, when he was 12 years old, when his actual powers truly began manifesting. This was also the age when he was introduced to Camp Half Blood. Although many campers have traumatizing stories about the first move to Camp, his trip was relatively easy. Relatively meaning, he almost died maybe two times, compared to the other campers’ three, four, or five.

Ever since he was a young child, he, like all children of Apollo, had an affinity and talent in both archery and music. Gwang Ho plays the piano, the guitar, and other various instruments, and he also sings as a hobby. He refused to play on the Varsity Archery Team, even though his mother urged him to, at his high school because he thought it would be unfair for the other players. And, frankly, it was.

Melee combat though? Not good. His swordsmanship is bad, and his martial arts skills need heavy improvement. This dude is too clumsy and lacks dexterity to do melee.

Gwang Ho’s powers (along with the standard Apollo’s child package of archery, music, and rhyming couplet cursing) include: basic photokinesis (nothing fancy, over-glorified Lumos-type spells), basic healing magic (an extension of his photokinesis, but healing magic really drains him out quickly. As in, he could die if he tried to heal a wound too large), precognition/foresight (gets That’s So Raven-type ‘visions’ sometimes), and the ability to be completely oblivious to any sort of drama that’s happening. (Check out my About page for more info)

I’m serious, it took him more than a year to realize that Percy and Annabeth had a thing going on. More than two years to realize why there were no children of Artemis. 

☀ Personality

 Optimistic. Hilarious. Scatterbrained. Oblivious. ENFP. Hufflepuff.

Friendly, charming, comedic, and very lighthearted, Gwang Ho is known to be a bit of a dork.

He isn’t very good at determining when a situation is hostile or not. I mean, when he is obviously about to fight a monster, then he knows, but subtextual savage disses??? Those fly past him.

Before people get to know him, they might assume that he’s very confident, has high self-esteem, and is an all-around very happy person.

In reality, he is usually happy, but he’s most happy when he’s hiding something that’s bothering him. And he isn’t confident. Although he has a wide variety of inherited abilities from Apollo, compared to his cabinmates, they’re less refined and concentrated. He’s a Jack of All Trades, and he hates that because he feels like he isn’t good at anything. He’s just okay at everything.

☀ Other Notes

He never decided on an English name for himself because of the significance of his Korean name (see: the backstory). He’s also not good at making decisions in the first place.

He’s a meme god.

He doesn’t sleep. All day, all 24-hours, is daytime for him. There is no night. (Average bedtime = 3 AM, Average wake-up time = Sunrise) Maybe this is a power too???

He’s a bit of a romantic, loves to watch RomComs, and sighs in satisfaction when he sees a happy couple. Gets along well with Aphrodite’s children.

The last time he had real contact with his father was when he was claimed.

He does sometimes (every few years) get a parcel in the mail with a weird poem and some candy. It’s probably from his dad, I guess. Or maybe the local church??

He’s bisexual, but he’s straight-acting in public, which is relatively easy because he does have a preference for girls.

☀ Mun Stuff

CK. He/Him. 19. @hdoubleu

I’m from Washington, and I go back home during school breaks. The uni I go to is still on the east coast, though, so I’ll mostly be active on EST timezone.

I’ve been RPing for about 4 years. Although I’ve been on and off because of schoolwork and what-not, I’ve always loved doing it! I’m a pretty slow writer, so I’m sorry if I take a bit to reply!

meet quinlan nolan hayes,

about:

he was born 20 years ago to a young college student by the name of colleen hayes and the god hermes. obviously, hermes didn’t stick around and that left colleen to raise quinlan by herself while also balancing school work. fortunately her parents helped out

life got easier for the little family after she graduated- her steady (she was a nurse) income allowed them to live a fairly stable life, albeit not in the best neighborhood. 

his mother was often busy working, so quinlan had to learn to take care of himself at an early age. and he was pretty good at it, he could do his homework by himself, he could fix his dinner, patch up his cuts and bruises

when he was around the age of ten- everything in quinlan’s life started to change, he had always been on the smaller side but his mischievous ways and slippery hands hadn’t gone unnoticed by the older kids. and they saw a potential in him. so they took him under their wing.

it was here that quinlan’s penchant as a troublemaker truly shone- he learned to hustle people, he stole more frequently, he pick-pocketed, essentially he became a thief.

and he got away with it- for roughly three years. and then his life changed, his mother met the rich declan walsh at work and they quickly fell head over heels in love. and before quinlan knew it they were getting married and he was being whisked away to a new, lavish life style.

unfortunately this lifestyle didn’t take kindly to the kid from the rough neighborhood of town who settled arguments with his fists and stole from his neighbor’s for a few extra dollars. 

his first run in with the law came when a neighbor called the cops because he was snooping through their garage. he was let off with a warning.

the second came a few months later, when he was caught robbing a conveince store. his father talked to the cops, he received a warning. 

after the second strike- his parents made it very clear, if he was caught again he’d be kicked out of the house.

it happened a year later. out of fear of losing everything, he’d kept his head low, stayed out of trouble- turned his life around. and then his friend from his old neighborhood came knocking, said he had a plan, said he needed quinlan. and longing for the excitement, he said yes.

his parents arrived at the police station, his bags already packed. they paid his bail, and dropped him off at a shelter. he didn’t stay. 

he spent a few weeks on the streets before a satyr found him and took him to camp half-blood where he’s been ever since.

he’s recently started communicating with his mother and while neither has made an effort to meet face to face, she has sent him a couple hundred dollars here or there and he appreciates it. 

fun facts:

a couple of years ago quinlan ran for the position of cabin leader as a joke and much to his shock, he won. however he quickly found that he rather enjoys being in charge, he’s a pretty laid back leader, letting everyone take care of themselves. 

over the years quinlan has built up a reputation as the guy you go to when you need to get something, no questions asked. no one is sure how he does it and he’s never offered any sort of explanation but he’s good at what he does.

this includes drugs, alcohol, fast food, pirated movies, false i.d.s

he’s adopted "Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse.” as his motto, essentially he just wants to have a good time.

pinterest board: (x)

playlist: gives you hell - all-american rejects, morning in america - jon bellion, basket case - green day, no interruption - hoodie allen, young, wild & free - snoop dogg & wiz khalifa, tonight tonight - hot chelle rae

wanted connections:

best friend- his partner in crime, his other-half, the ron to his harry, the fred to his george, the cameron to his ferris, the charles to his jake, idek at his point. 

frenemy- a friendly sort of competition / one-upsmanship going on, has been known to get out of hand

protege- someone that he’s taken under his wing, he’s showing them the world of being a thief, teaching them all of his tricks. 

squad

exes

crushes

unrequited love- he’s desperate to get with them, they want nothing todo with him

one night stands/friends with benefits

HEADCANONS

- her actual name is oretta-laetitia foscari, but she’s changed it throughout the centuries to blend in, and because it’s a whole mouthful. she’s a bastard child of history’s longest reigning doge of venice, francesco foscari. her mother was a servant in his household. - because of this connection and the fact that the doge couldn’t be bothered to be too discrete about his affairs anyways, she grew up amongst venice’s most noble and wealthy families. pretty dresses, huge villas, the whole thing. - she was always a very curious and opinionated child, though she used to be more quiet about those opinions when she was very young. after all, it wasn’t a ladies place to speak out. especially not when that lady was a bastard and black. - through the years she started to rebel more and more though. she didn’t like the system that she was stuck in. she often sneaked books out of the library to read, or would talk about ‘unladylike’ things like gosh darn science with her friends (often other daughters of servants, bastard or not). - to make matters worse, she discovered that she liked girls the same way she liked boys. and while she was discovering that, her family decided that it was time for her to marry. they didn’t put too much pressure on her though, since she was only a bastard. her father couldn’t really use her as a political pawn. for a few years she could avoid any marriage plans. - at 22 she fell for a girl named cezilia, the daughter of a brazilian merchant who had been traveling around europe and was now staying in venice for a while. the feeling was mutual, but of course they had to hide their relationship. it worked for a about 4 months. eventually they grew careless, and were discovered. - a witchhunt ensued. orla and cezilia had planned to pack some belongings and then meet eachother at night on a deserted dock to flee the city by boat. orla waited and waited, but cezilia never showed. up until this day she still does not know what exactly became of her love. some said she was hung, some said she was burned at the stake, some said they never found her either, etc etc. all stories vary, but orla fears the worst. - orla didn’t get very far once she got to the mainland before she got into trouble. she was hungry, she tried to steal a loaf of bread but got caught. she didn’t even really try to defend herself, beaten numb by the recent losses. then suddenly, there was a trio of women clad in white and silver coming to her aid. they took her in and it only took orla a few days to decide she wanted to join these rebellious women. she found a second home with them. - her birthname had been leaving a bitter taste in her mouth for months after the joined the hunt. it didn’t feel like it fit her anymore, a reminder of a past life. she asked to be called orla, a nickname cezilia gave her. a way to carry the girl with her constantly.

- orla has been part of the hunt for almost 600 years now. she’s seen practically everything, and yet she can’t stop being absolutely enamoured by life on a daily basis. - she has seen the origins of camp half blood in america, and she’s stayed there a few times already through the years. after a recent run in with a particular massive giant badger during which the injured her right leg, artemis send her to camp. now she can also keep the goddess up to date with whatever developments are happening at camp with the whole dexter business. - she’s had quite a few wolves throughout the centuries. right now she has a three years old wolf named nani, which means “dwarves” in italian, because nani was the runt of her litter. - when orla is off-duty, she likes to travel. she tries to go back to venice at least once a year.

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