Camp Half-blood roleplay?

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Camp Half-blood roleplay?

Camp Half-blood roleplay?

So, uh, I kind of vanished, and as I usually do when I return, I decided to make a roleplay. I'm taking a mythology class right now and we're going over Greek mythology, and it made me want to make a Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus roleplay. Now, of course, it's been about three years since I've read either series, and I never actually finished Heroes of Olympus, so I might get a few things wrong. This roleplay is more like an alternate timeline anyways. Or just far enough in the future that the events taking place in them simply don't effect anything anymore.

Rules--

1. Your charries can be satyrs, nymphs, or demigods. However, the demigods godly parents can only be GREEK gods, just to keep things from getting too confusing.

2. You can have up to five charries.

3. We'll start when there is five people total (including me!)

4. Don't roleplay as canon characters (because obviously, they aren't our characters to use.) Now of course, there may be a few characters we have to use, however, characters like Chiron and the gods themselves are characters from Greek mythology so they don't really belong to Rick Riordan anyways.

5. The godly parents don't have to be main gods! You can totally have a character who is the child of, say, one of the Graces, or Iris, or something.

6. Anyone can join even after we've started, just read through the roleplay so you're caught up on things.

7. We'll figure out the plot as we go.

Here's the character sheet:

Name:

Gender/pronouns:

Godly parent:

Personality:

Appearance:

Skills/Abilities:

Years they've been attending Camp (none is allowed, if they're a newcomer):

Backstory (optional):

Other: 

I'll post my charries after this shows up. 

submitted by Sybill, age ????, Ikea
(October 17, 2020 - 9:56 am)

I hope it's not too late to join? I'm making two charries.

Name: Oliver Sanchez

Gender/pronouns: Male, he/him

Godly parent: Hestia, goddess of the heart & family

Personality: Kind, gentle, a little shy, helpful, hates conflict

Appearance: Medium height and skinny with light brown skin and dark brown wavy hair. Tortoiseshell glasses.

Skills/Abilities: He's able to summon fire, but it's a special fire that doesn't burn anybody. It's used for warmth and comfort.

Years they've been attending Camp (none is allowed, if they're a newcomer): This is his second year. He only goes during the summer.

Backstory (optional): He grew up in Massachusetts with his dad, who told him about his mother's identity when he was very young, so it didn't come as a shock. Unlike most demigods, he wasn't attacked on his way to Camp Halfblood because no one really minds Hestia or her children. 

Other: He's fourteen.

 

Name: Nadia Mahi'ai

Gender/pronouns: Female, she/her

Godly parent: Hecate

Personality: Clever, confident, maybe thinks she's a little smarter than she is

Appearance: Brown skin, short wavy dark brown hair, normally wears colorful clothes

Skills/Abilities: MAGIC POWERS! She can scry, which is a magical technique to find people, and she has an awesome staff thing that she can blast people with if she wants to.

Years they've been attending Camp (none is allowed, if they're a newcomer): Third year, goes only during summer

Backstory (optional): Lives with her dad in LA when she's not at Camp Halfblood. She found out who her mother was when she was on a whalewatching tour with her dad and they got attacked by sea monsters. She demanded an explanation and her dad told her who her mother really was. The next summer she went to Camp Halfblood.

Other: She's twelve

 

 

submitted by Lupine, Platform 9 and 3/4
(October 20, 2020 - 12:47 pm)

Since Hestia is technically a virgin goddess (Like Athena and Artemis), what if her children, like, appeared in the fireplace/hearth of the mortal's home? A bit like how Athena's kids are supposedly literal brain chlldren? Just a thought!

submitted by Chinchilla/, TheArtfulMongoose
(October 20, 2020 - 2:11 pm)

Hmm, I hadn't realized that. Sure, that sounds like a good idea! OK I'll change Oliver's backstory to include that :)

submitted by Lupine, Platform 9 and 3/4
(October 20, 2020 - 5:12 pm)

Can I reserve a spot? I just have one charrie.

submitted by Blackfooted Bobcat
(October 20, 2020 - 1:12 pm)
submitted by Yes,YouCanStillJoin!, age @everyone
(October 20, 2020 - 2:16 pm)

Kaya~

Kaya ran over and found a whole bunch of Hunters on the ground, along with a girl-possibly 13, looking very dizzy. "What happened?" She asked. "Did we win?" Shane looked at her. "No, we didn't an illusion..." She had been in the forest, so she hadn't seen anything happen. "Oh no...we can't let them win again!" For the four years she had been at Camp, the Hunters had won. She raced into the forest and ran to where the flag was hidden. But she saw shadows in the woods. Hunters, or something else? Whatever the shadows were, she needed to defend the flag. She grabbed the nearest weapon-a discarded sword. She walked in a circle, and something lept out out of the shadows. 

submitted by Moondrop
(October 20, 2020 - 3:09 pm)

Name: Josephine “Joey” Blake

Gender/pronouns: female, she/her/hers

Godly parent: She’s a daughter of Iris

Personality: Talkative, laughs a lot, generally very cheerful. She doesn’t really have a temper and is usually smiling. Her common sense is not strong, but her moral compass is.

Appearance: Average height and size. One brown eye and one green eye. Curly, chin length black hair usually held back by several colorful barrettes. Lots of rainbow string bracelets. She has really long arms and legs. Pale freckled skin.

Skills/Abilities: Good with pegasi, and is very fast.

Years they've been attending Camp: 1 (this is her second)

Other: no shipping, please. Also, Joey is twelve.

~~

I'll post as soon as I can! This was a super cool idea, Sybill! 

submitted by Luminescence, age 12, Atlantis
(October 20, 2020 - 3:26 pm)

Maylin

~~

Maylin was lost. Again. Why did this have to happen every time they played capture the flag? She looked around at the trees, trying to see if she recognized any of them, but they all looked the same to her. Navigation was not her skill.

Suddenly she heard sounds coming from up head. They sounded like voices, but she couldn't decipher what they were saying. Maylin drew her sword and approached them cautiously. Through the bushes she could make out a tall figure, Shane. She was about to call out when she noticed he wasn't alone. Two hunters were before him, their weapons drawn.

submitted by Hawthorne
(October 20, 2020 - 4:31 pm)

Joey~

“Who do you think’s going to win?” asked Joey conversationally, jumping up and down excitedly. “Stop jumping. The Hunters,” said Nadia, who was paired with her, probably due to both of them being the only camper in their respective cabins.

“Really? I think we can do it this year,” said Joey firmly. “No. The Hunters have won, what, sixty something times? In a row?” Nadia said sarcastically. “Ugh, you’re right,” Joey groaned, and stopped jumping.

“Well, when are we supposed to attack?” Joey asked after a minute of silence. Nadia shrugged. “The Athena kids said to wait for some other campers to join us.” 

“Okay… where are they?” Joey asked, adjusting her armor. “How am I supposed to know?” Nadia snapped. Joey raised her eyebrows and resisted the urge to come back with a clever retort.

After a few more minutes of awkward silence broken only by the grating noise of Joey sheathing and resheathing her daggers- and a “Will you stop doing that?” from Nadia- the pair noticed a group of orange shirted campers running toward Zeus’s fist with the Hunters’ flag.

“They didn’t wait for us!” Joey said, annoyed. “They aren’t real. Change of plans. You and I are doing this ourselves,” Nadia said, standing up. “Wait what,” Joey said.

“Ugh whatever! Just follow me!” Nadia yelled, and ran into the forest. After a moment of indecision, Joey followed.

Someone popped out of the bushes. Joey screamed. Nadia cursed in Ancient Greek. “Calm down I’m on your side!” the person said.

~~

Anyone can be that person. Also @Lupine I hope I didn’t control Nadia too much.

submitted by Luminescence, age XI, California
(October 20, 2020 - 5:25 pm)

Leigh~

Leigh brushed leaves out of his hair and grinned at Joey and Nadia. "What's up?" he asked, trying to sound as suave as one could when they'd just been hiding in a bush.  

Joey raised her eyebrows. "Have you been hiding in that bush the entire time?"

"Maaaybe," he said sheepishly. "But our team just ran past, so it'll be over soon."

"Nope," Nadia responded, shaking her head. "That was an illusion." Leigh was awestruck.  Maybe those huntress girls had more talents than being annoyingly skilled. "We were gonna go get the Hunters' flag ourselves before you showed up," she told him. "You wanna help us?"

He hesitated.  Capture-the-flag wasn't really his thing.  But if it meant getting revenge on that Hunter Lore, who foiled his lated scheme...  His face broke into a grin as he imagined how he was gonna make her pay. "Yeah, I'll join you," he said.

They sneaked through the woods until they could see a glimmer of silver. "It was kinda stupid to make their flag so shiny," Joey commented, stifling a laugh.  Three armed Hunters in sliver parkas surrounded the flag, which bore the symbolds of a bow and a leaping deer.  

"Does anyone have long-range weapons?" Leigh asked.

Nadia held up a twisted wooden staff. "I can blast them with a sleep spell."

"Great.  Hmm... Joey, if you grab one of those Hunter's jackets, do you think you could draw their symbol on it?"

Joey nodded. "Yup.  Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

He just smiled.  Nadia muttered a few strange words and a lavender mist settled over the clearing where the flag was.  The Hunters' expressions became groggy and they sank to the ground.  Joey swiftly sprinted out from behind her hiding place and grabbed their flag and a jacket off one of the Hunters.  She ran back to Leigh and Nadia, looking gleeful.  Leigh pulled a Sharpie out of his back pocket and handed it to her, and she started drawing.  Rule number five of being Leigh was always keep a Sharpie handy.  He snapped a branch off of the nearest tree and hung the silver jacket on it.  Joey returned the branch to where the flag had been moments earlier, and the team ran back through the woods, holding the Hunters' flag aloft.

Leigh was feeling pretty smug and clever.  The flag swap had been his idea, after all.  He considered himself a master trickster.  Up ahead a group of campers and Hunters were fighting, but Nadia led them around the battle.  They were reaching camper territory when a chilling howl broke through the night.  "Keep going!" Nadia urged.  The team kept running, but Leigh had the feeling that something was following them.  And then the thing pounced, knocking him down.  He could feel the thing's claws digging into him, and warm blood dripped down his back.

"Go!" he yelled to Joey and Nadia, his voice cracking. "Don't stop!"

They hestitated, but them he heard the girls' footsteps running away.  He turned to face the creature that had attacked him. "What... are you?" he asked through gritted teeth.

submitted by Sterling
(October 21, 2020 - 3:46 pm)

Awesome, le's GOOOOOOOOOOO. Here's the sheet:

Name: Kai Whickerwater (Yes I know Kai is technically a guy's name but... come on. It's awesome.)

Age: 14

Gender/pronouns: She/her

Godly parent: Hestia, goddess of the hearth and home. Chief goddess among all mortals, given first and last rights, she who shares the honour of all sacrificies.

Personality: Usually gives the impression of someone who has it together, usually doesn't inside. Would definitely be the mom/mediator in any friendgroup. A very honest, upright person, though she could lie if she had to. She's used to being alone, and so sometimes gives the impression of being closed off to other people. If you don't ask she won't tell, sort of thing. That's more due to her assuming no one would want to know, but if she really trusts someone and/or believes they will listen, she'll open up easily. This is kinda reflected in how she fights - She's used to fighting alone and may look absorbed in her own battle, but she's looking out for the others on the field too. She can switch to supporting another person, but her fighting style doesn't adapt well to others trying to do the same to her. She's definitely the solid friend you'd vent to after a breakup XP. She's more of a kick-in-the-crotch-first, talk later fighter. She's a pretty good leader but is willing to step down if her being in charge is causing conflict. She's a wee bit high strung right now, so she'll probably be a bit harsher to others than normal. Being in a forest brings back bad memories...

Appearance: Medium height, olive skin and long black hair, usually tied up in a ponytail. She has a serious-looking face with a strong jaw. Usually wears a red bomber jacket (Used to be her dad's) over her Camp Halfblood T-shirt. 

Skills/Abilities: Has an affinity with fire and heat. I wouldn't go so far as to say she can throw fireballs (...yet), but she can heat up her hands to a temperature that can burn most people (though that's very dependant on her amotional state and intent) and is more heat-proof than the average demigod. If she's concentrating she won't be burned by fire, (Supernatural fire excluded) but she'd probably get some nasty burns if she, like, walked into lava. She could theoretically blast out fire at close range but she doesn't have any control over that. She doesn't know how to fight with a sword yet, but she used a baseball bat when out fighting monsters and it's basically the same thing, right? Feel free to let others comment on how bad she is with a sword in the capture-the-flag game. A more subtle power is that she can get people to work together very well. (This ties into Hestia being the godess of community) Whether it's solving an argument, pumping people up to fight together, or just keeping a friend group together in the middle of a huge spat, she has a talent for helping people get along with each other. This is more of a subtle social thing, obviously she couldn't get two serious enemies to make up on the battlefield or anything. Used to attend self-defence lessons but barely remembers anything.

Years they've been attending Camp (none is allowed, if they're a newcomer): None! She only just arrived two or three days ago. She's still not totally sure what's going on and throwing her into a capture-the-flag game was probably not a good idea.

 

Backstory (optional): Lived in a small apartment in new york with a dozen other siblings (Not demigods, those siblings came after). Struck out from home as soon as she realised monsters where appearing around her. She was on the run for about seven months before eventually getting into the countryside. Had a run in with Laestrygonians at a diner. At first she though the staff were all just really tall, but...

Those guys will probably never forgive her for breaking their coffee machine. She'll never forgive them for what she saw in the fridge. Met a satyr that guided her to Camp Halfblood soon after. Still really freaked out by humanoid monsters.

Other: Really enjoys marzipan. Open to shipping, preferably girls.

Heh, that was pretty long, especially in the personality department... sorry about that!

 

submitted by Chinchilla/, TheArtfulMongoose
(October 21, 2020 - 6:14 pm)

HI!! I'm so happy to see you back on the CB! <3

<3 Fidelity 

submitted by Fidelity
(October 21, 2020 - 6:27 pm)

Thanks! It's good to see you back too! It's definitely been a while for me... I'm looking forward to some quality CB time.

submitted by Chinchilla/, TheArtfulMongoose
(October 21, 2020 - 9:19 pm)

Heyy our charries are siblings! Hestia is my favorite goddess! In my opinion it's totally lame that the goddess of hearth and home gave up her seat for the god of wine. Like, which one is more important? xD Anyway. That's my short rant for the day.

submitted by Lupine, Platform 9 and 3/4
(October 21, 2020 - 7:53 pm)

I completely agree, that's probably one of my least favourite myths to be honest. It's weird how little information there is about Hestia, considering how important she must have been to people back then. I mean, part of every offering made to any god was set aside for her! She's quite literally the goddess of everyday, functioning family life. Since our charries are related, should Kai develope a sort of older-sister relationship with Oliver? I just love the idea of them running around in the woods together. Also since most monsters wouldn't target Hestia's kids let's just say that the Laestrygonians might have let her pass by had she not broken that coffee machine. 

submitted by Chinchilla/, TheArtfulMongoose
(October 21, 2020 - 9:31 pm)