#Elliot Kwanji Jeon

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NAME: Elliot Kwanji Jeon

AGE: 21

FACECLAIM: Byun Baekhyun

HERITAGE: Child of Aphrodite

AFFILIATION: Legionnaire of the Second Cohort

STATUS: Taken (played by Ash)

HEADCANONS:

Though Elliot has control over makeup in a magical sense, they still love to apply makeup manually. It’s a skill they learned and mastered in their early teenage years, and they find it therapeutic, especially after their father’s death.

To say that people were surprised when Elliot made it into the second cohort would have been an understatement. They were known by the Greeks for being extra, and spending way too much time shopping online for clothes and makeup, but something that only some know is that Elliot loves to fight. Their favored weapons are the spear and dual daggers, and when they’re not online shopping or giving advice to their younger siblings, they’re out trying to find a worthy opponent who can measure up against their years of experience and bottomless well of bloodlust. Elliot also loves to use people’s conceptions of them against them, often playing dumb and mild just to bite back with razor sharp fangs.

BIOGRAPHY:

!! mention of homophobia tw !!

Growing up, there were too many things different about Elliot, so it seemed. They grew up understanding French even though all they spoke at home with their father was English and Korean, they were much prettier than other children their age, and they never liked being called a boy. Because of these reasons, they were bullied often in their school in Korea, where kids were ruthless and the parents even more so. Realizing that Korea was not the right place to raise such a unique child, Elliot’s father moved them to New York when Elliot was 7, and enrolled Elliot into a private school, hoping that there would be more tolerance for his child there.

He was right. Elliot was immediately cooed over by the teachers and other parents for being “sensitive” and pretty. Very few people made homophobic remarks toward Elliot, and these people were largely ignored or rebuked by Elliot’s and Elliot’s father’s growing circle of friends. However, after an encounter with a harpy when they were nine, Elliot was escorted by a satyr to Camp Half-Blood and has been attending every summer since.

The moment Elliot saw an older camper fight expertly with a spear, they wanted to do all they could to become proficient with the weapon. So, when other kids were doing electives like arts and crafts, Greek mythology crash courses, and rock-climbing, Elliot, through some blackmail they will heavily deny, finessed hours each week outside of regular training time to practice with older campers.

After years of repression, Elliot finally came out to their friends and father as transgender. At that point, they had already experimented a lot with makeup, and developed a liking for pleated skirts (oddly specific, but they swear it’s for the aesthetic). The discomfort that had grown since childhood of being labeled a male disappeared as their friends and family slowly acclimated to the information.

Now, Elliot is a licensed and popular makeup artist, giving them connections to the regular world that makes them well-known with anyone interested in the fashion world. No one really accuses them of just using magic anymore, especially after a particular instance where Elliot borrowed a magic-canceling artefact from the Athena kids one day and did an open show of them just applying makeup on people. They moved to New Rome to offer moral support and maybe cut a bitch or two, figuring that it was the least they could do for their fellow Greeks.

[fireandgloryrpg]

Congratulations ASH and welcome! We’re so happy to accept your application to play ELLIOT KWANJI JEON with the faceclaim of BYUN BAEKHYUN in Fire & Glory RPG! We can’t wait to begin roleplaying with you so please remember to look over our checklist!

Out of Character Information:

Name: Ash

Pronouns: Her/she

Age: 21, 04/17/97

Timezone: GMT +8 until Sept, GMT -4 starting Sept

Original Character Application:

Name: Elliot Kwanji Jeon

Age and Birthday: 21, 10/17/96

Faceclaim: First choice: Byun Baekhyun, Second choice: Yook Sungjae (Please note that though both my choices are singers/dancers, they also act. If you guys still have a problem with this, I don’t mind changing my FC choices.)

Heritage:  Elliot’s mother is Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty.

ABILITIES: Though Elliot doesn’t have charmspeak, they’re still quite charming without it. They have magical control over clothes, makeup and jewelry, amokinesis, the ability to speak fluent French, high social abilities and awareness, and the ability to use Permanent Makeup on others.

AFFILIATION: Second Cohort

Headcanons:

Though Elliot has control over makeup in a magical sense, they still love to apply makeup manually. It’s a skill they learned and mastered in their early teenage years, and they find it therapeutic, especially after their father’s death.

To say that people were surprised when Elliot made it into the second cohort would have been an understatement. They were known by the Greeks for being extra, and spending way too much time shopping online for clothes and makeup, but something that only some know is that Elliot loves to fight. Their favored weapons are the spear and dual daggers, and when they’re not online shopping or giving advice to their younger siblings, they’re out trying to find a worthy opponent who can measure up against their years of experience and bottomless well of bloodlust. Elliot also loves to use people’s conceptions of them against them, often playing dumb and mild just to bite back with razor sharp fangs.

Biography:

!! mention of homophobia tw !!

Growing up, there were too many things different about Elliot, so it seemed. They grew up understanding French even though all they spoke at home with their father was English and Korean, they were much prettier than other children their age, and they never liked being called a boy. Because of these reasons, they were bullied often in their school in Korea, where kids were ruthless and the parents even more so. Realizing that Korea was not the right place to raise such a unique child, Elliot’s father moved them to New York when Elliot was 7, and enrolled Elliot into a private school, hoping that there would be more tolerance for his child there.

He was right. Elliot was immediately cooed over by the teachers and other parents for being “sensitive” and pretty. Very few people made homophobic remarks toward Elliot, and these people were largely ignored or rebuked by Elliot’s and Elliot’s father’s growing circle of friends. However, after an encounter with a harpy when they were nine, Elliot was escorted by a satyr to Camp Half-Blood and has been attending every summer since.

The moment Elliot saw an older camper fight expertly with a spear, they wanted to do all they could to become proficient with the weapon. So, when other kids were doing electives like arts and crafts, Greek mythology crash courses, and rock-climbing, Elliot, through some blackmail they will heavily deny, finessed hours each week outside of regular training time to practice with older campers.

After years of repression, Elliot finally came out to their friends and father as transgender. At that point, they had already experimented a lot with makeup, and developed a liking for pleated skirts (oddly specific, but they swear it’s for the aesthetic). The discomfort that had grown since childhood of being labeled a male disappeared as their friends and family slowly acclimated to the information.

Now, Elliot is a licensed and popular makeup artist, giving them connections to the regular world that makes them well-known with anyone interested in the fashion world. No one really accuses them of just using magic anymore, especially after a particular instance where Elliot borrowed a magic-canceling artefact from the Athena kids one day and did an open show of them just applying makeup on people. They moved to New Rome to offer moral support and maybe cut a bitch or two, figuring that it was the least they could do for their fellow Greeks.

Para Sample:

It was the dead of night when Elliot arrived at Camp Jupiter for the first time.

For once, they weren’t wearing makeup. In fact, nothing about their appearance was polished in any way. Their hoodie and jeans had new holes that weren’t there when they had started their journey from Los Angeles, and they knew for sure that their sneakers were pretty much gone too. All they had that was still in relatively good condition was the spear strapped to their back and daggers sheathed in their belt, but even they were dirtied, having been covered in monster blood.

Still, a spear and two daggers would do perfectly well against whatever lay on or beyond the bridge ahead. Elliot scanned the bridge, trying to see if there were sentries or if there were some kind of monsters lurking in the shadows. When they saw neither, they crossed and made their way southeast, as Grover had told them to when he resigned himself to Elliot’s ill-advised trek.

Suddenly, Elliot felt a slight pressure on the nape of their neck.

Fuck.

“State your name and purpose,” a cold voice said.

“Elliot Jeon, child of Aphrodite from Camp Half-Blood, here to… ah… provide moral support,” Elliot said. They considered shrugging, but eventually decided against it, as they didn’t want their head to suddenly end up on the ground. Instead, they slowly raised their arms, trying to seem harmless.

A pause. “Did you come alone?"

"Yeah.”

“The woods are heavily infested with monsters, and you came alone and didn’t die?” The person asked incredulously.

“Yeah. Are you going to take me to Camp Jupiter now?” Elliot was getting impatient; it had been a long journey, and the initial adrenaline and recklessness that had taken ahold of them was starting to wear off.

Another pause. “I suppose,” the voice mumbled. “Just don’t try anything funny."

"Thank you."

The pressure disappeared from their neck. Deeming it safe to move freely, Elliot turned to face their ambusher, who cast them one sharp look before starting in a light jog towards what Elliot assumed to be Camp Jupiter.

The dude wasn’t much of a talker, Elliot learned as they tried to engage him in conversation. They did manage to extract information on how the camp worked from him though, so by the time a praetor– Reyna, Elliot recognized– woke up and greeted them, Elliot already got the general gist. Satisfied and unwilling to stay awake any longer than necessary, Reyna grilled Elliot a little more to ascertain their identify ("You can’t be too careful these days,” she said with a grimace), then sent Elliot to the fifth cohort barracks until they could be otherwise placed.

When Elliot finally flopped onto bed, they were freshly showered and dressed in a pair of borrowed sweatpants. There were various cuts and bruises on their skin, but considering how calm and numb they felt now, it was well worth it.

Their dad’s death hit them harder than they thought. Even makeup, fashion and clubbing didn’t help them cope at all, so Elliot turned to the one other thing they knew would work: killing things. Now that they were back among people and would be looking to establish connections and find old friends, however, they knew they would have to start putting on their mask of makeup and fashionable outfits again.

No one would have to know why and how they got here, Elliot decided. People were used to their spontaneity; they would accept that Elliot suddenly showed up, no questions asked.

Yes, that would be best, Elliot thought again as they drifted off to sleep, saddened yet comforted by the walls that built themselves, brick by brick, around them. That would be best…