#icaria: intro

[myhearthealing]

Kate McKinley Abbott

( LILY COLLINS, CISFEMALE, SHE/HER ) ⌇ have you seen KATE ABBOTT around icaria? they are the 32 year old child of ATHENA. they remind me of SPLIT LIPS, LAUGHING UNCONTROLLABLY, LONG CONVERSATIONS, and OVERSIZED SWEATERS. They’ve been on the island for # 1 1/2 years.

Kate was born to Carter Abbott and Athena. Carter was a man very set in his ways, and was easily obsessed with something, and that apparently meant with women, too. One evening he’d called for Athena again, begging for another night with her. She’d obliged and Kate came into the world much the same way her older brother did: the goddess showed up and gave her over to him, explaining this was his child. He’d named her Kate, not for any particular reason but thought it was a strong name. McKinley to match the president theme with her older brother. Her baby years were easy but the moment she learned to walk she immediately became a ball of fire. It was easy to run from her dad with the reflexes she came with; no one could shift their body without her knowing about it. The realm thing she’d also discovered early on, and it was fun to hide things like food she didn’t want to eat, her father’s shoes, Lincoln’s stuff to annoy him. She thought their family was great and nothing was wrong. But looking back she could see the signs of it falling apart. Her father slowly became more and more obsessed with his research until one day when she was only twelve years old, he vanished, leaving Lincoln, who was basically a kid himself, to take care of himself and his younger sister. Kate tried hard to make things easier on her older brother, who she knew was already giving up a lot. But sometimes she couldn’t control herself. Someone makes a rude comment to her, someone touches her boob without permission, and before she can really think about it they’re on the ground and she’s suspended. Sometimes it would be as small as a dirty look. She made a lot of enemies, so when she finally graduated she was happy to leave and the school was happy to see her go. She left for the University of Massachusetts, Boston just to go, not because she really had a passion for anything. Kate majored in communications and made a lot more friends. She stuck around and got a masters as well. Maybe it was Boston itself, or the friends she made there, but she finally felt comfortable. Her battle reflexes must have worn themselves out. Kate fell in love with a handsome but aloof man named Finn while they were both doing post-grad studies. She thought he loved her back, based on the way he asked her to marry him and all. She planned it all: a small but beautiful wedding, where nothing was out of place. Except the groom. After the man embarrassed her in front of both of their families by not even bothering to show up, she was heartbroken. Kate is a woman who is unable to stop herself from wearing her heart on her sleeve and oversharing, and she was afraid she was insufferable after the fact, and her reflexes seemed to come back twofold. She knew she needed to leave Boston before she hurt anyone, so she left for Icaria about a year and a half ago, where she could live close to her brother without him having to take care of her, and to get a fresh start where she could put everything behind her.

[yonacausesproblems]

( SARA WAISGLASS, FEMALE, SHE/HER ) ⌇ have you seen YONA ONASIS around icaria? they are the 21 year old child of CHARON. they remind me of FRAGRANT OREGANO, RUNNING TO CATCH UP, and A DUSTY OLD BOOK WITH A PEELING SPINE. They’ve been on the island for 14 YEARS.

All right, let’s do this one more time.

death mentions tw

Is there a 5′4″ sized hole in your life that could use a dose of reckless enthusiasm and ridiculous pranks? Look no further.

Yona’s a total enabler. She’s great at pushing you to follow your dreams but will also wholeheartedly encourage your worst choices. Sorry, fellow Icarian youth that she grew up with. (Side note- there is a whole mess of feelings going on with said youths)

She’s Baz’s niece (in this house we love and appreciate Baz Onasis @basil-onasis​), and she was adopted into his family through a convoluted series of events that she doesn’t entirely remember or understand

Do you think 6 is too many parental figures to have in your life?

Yona’s place of birth is Nyack, New York purely because I think it’s fun to read and say

She sells homegrown oregano and doesn’t correct people when they think it’s weed. It’s good shit, though. Don’t knock it until you’ve made a pizza with it

Partied it up starting in high school but pretty much mastered the art of sipping one drink the entire night

Someone isn’t nearly as hardcore or brave as she pretends

She latches onto people that are older than her that she thinks are cool and follows them around

Girl is so over jokes about yoni eggs at this point. Want to make her mad? It’s not hard

This character comes with a big trigger warning for death mentions because her dad is well, uh, Charon, and he’s the not-so-cheerful ferryman for the newly deceased. If she touches an object that was in possession of a dead person, she relives their memories around the object. It makes handling money a weird experience.

Some suggested connections can be found here. I’m up for all kinds of plotting tomfoolery, though, so let’s get creative

[vulncrablcmuscs]

( GREGG SULKIN, CISMALE, HE/HIM ) ⌇ have you seen RIVER DAVIS around icaria? they are the TWENTY-EIGHT year old child of DEMETER. they remind me of BOXES FULL OF PLASTIC FLOWERS, THE SMELL OF SALTWATER FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, & CLOTHES SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE FLOOR. They’ve been on the island for 28 YEARS.

the basics

full name.    river julian davis

aka.    riv

age.    28

gender & pronouns.  cis male & he/him

face claim.   gregg sulkin

sexual orientation.    bisexual

birthplace.   icaria, greece

birth date.   may 26th

current residence.    icaria, greece

ethnicity.   english & greek

language(s).   english & greek

godly parent.   demeter

human parent.     spencer davis

sibling(s).    rhys douglas ( maternal half )

education.   high school

occupation.    employee at ugly mug cafe

aesthetic(s).     boxes full of plastic flowers, the smell of saltwater first thing in the morning, & clothes spread out across the floor

power(s).     can change the current weather into whatever he wants with just the snap of his finger ( weather manipulation ) and has the ability to turn whatever he wants into a plant with just a thought ( plant generation & manipulation ).

his biography

river is the product of an affair his goddess mother had with a fisherman from icaria.

given that he grew up in icaria, which was a designated home for demi-gods, river has always known about his heritage.

his powers surfaced at a young age.

the first power showed up when he was five. one day in kindergarten, his teacher gave him a fake flower, and while holding it in his hand, river somehow managed to turn the plastic flower into a real flower. 

from that day on, river constantly found himself turning all of the fake flowers he came across in life into real ones.

one day, while out fishing with his father on the boat, river was holding his fishing rod and out of nowhere, the rod turned into a flower. it was in that moment that river realized he could turn anything into a plant.

at first, he could only do this while holding the object, but river was soon able to just look at an object and think about turning it into a plant and it would do so before his own eyes.

his second power surfaced in his teenage years. river was standing in the streets with his friends one day, and in the middle of having an idea, he snapped his fingers, only to be completely caught off guard as the sky changed above them and it began to rain.

for a while after this, he avoided snapping his fingers, but he practiced his control over this power for a while and is now able to control when a snap changes the weather.

river met gianna, aka his bestest friend in the whole world, when he was ten years old. even though she was four years younger than him, river didn’t mind spending time with her. she was like the little sister he never got to have.

after graduation, river chose not to go to college and instead partnered with his father on his fishing endeavors, turning that into his job. he did that for nine years before he finally decided he’d had enough.

gianna became his saving grace when she got him a job at the cafe where she worked, giving him his first real job ever.

he doesn’t go around bragging about it, but ya boy is definitely what we would call a ho. he’s had his fair share of hookups in his lifetime and unless he suddenly falls madly in love, he doesn’t necessarily have any plans of stopping this way of life anytime soon.

possible connections

other descendants of demeter ( basically , half siblings for him to bond with )

people with similar powers ( plants or weather related )

other best friends ( ya boy needs more of those )

enemies ( he can be kinda dicky at times )

cafe customers ( gimme some peeps that come to the cafe regularly )

crushes (  likely someone with a crush on him , but whatever works )

exes ( he’s a ho , remember ? )

[absentialucis]

( BREE KISH, CISFEMALE, SHE/HER ) ⌇ have you seen AISLING O’LEARY around icaria? they are the 24 year old child of KHIONE. they remind me of THE JOY OF THE FIRST SNOWFALL, BUYING TOO MANY SHOES THAT YOU DO NOT NEED and KARAOKE NIGHTS EVERY FRIDAY. They’ve been on the island for 1 month.

Statistics ---

Full Name: Aisling Izett O’Leary Age: Twenty-Four Birthday: February 3, 1996 Godly Parent: Khione Godly Attribute: Sound Absorption Sexual Orientation: Pansexual

Biography ---

Aisling O’Leary’s birth was one that might have surprised some people. Her uncle had two children with the goddess Khione, which was not a secret kept from her own father. The two brothers were close and no secret was kept between the two of them. Until Cillian fell in love. It was an affair that would last three years on and off, with the woman always having to travel for work. It didn’t ring any alarm bells and when she returned with a child, Cillian was elated until he was told by Khione that she was in fact the mother of Lyra and Lachlan, his brother’s children. Feeling crushing guilt because of it, Cillian never disclosed who Aisling’s mother was, deciding to just keep that to himself.

As Aisling got older, Cillian began to notice that if a sound bothered her it would suddenly disappear. When she was about four years old, a siren startled the toddler and as she was crying suddenly the noise disappeared until it was far enough away not to bother her any longer. This continued to happen when she was annoyed, even silencing him when he was scolding her once for going outside in the middle of the night. It took a while to figure out that she wasn’t just silencing things around her but she seemed to thrive once she did so. This made him fearful that someone might figure out the secret he had kept to himself all these years and pulled her from her school under the pretenses of travelling for work. 

Every few years they would move to a new place around Europe, letting her go to school and be a normal child until she was figured out once more. When settling down in the UK for a few years, Cillian had the surprise of his life and met Steve Collins. At first they talked off an on for a little while about their own girls but soon enough he found himself once more in love, this time with this man. It seemed it was a mutual thing and before long their family of two ended up growing into a family of four, with another daughter joining into the mix. 

Once both her and Faye were out of school, Aisling ended up skipping school in favor of taking odd jobs here and there. Nothing really interested her in a way to make a living, she enjoyed sewing her own clothes but didn’t want to work in the fashion industry. Or at least she didn’t until she met Eve McCarthy. After meeting and partying together in several different clubs, the woman offered Aisling a job as a model and the rest was history. 

Now that Eve seemed to be settling in Icaria, for the brief time she assumed the woman would be there, Aisling figured she would have to come here eventually for work. Besides, she knew it was the place that her cousins had grown up in and she had visited a few times over the years. 

Current Connections ---

Lyra and Lachlan - Paternal Cousins/Maternal Siblings Fae - Step-sister Eve - Friend/Boss Astrid - FWB

[torimetaxas]

( LAUREN COHAN, CIS FEMALE, SHE/HER ) ⌇ have you seen VICTORIA "TORI” METAXAS around icaria? they are the THIRTY-FIVE year old child of HERMES. they remind me of CANDY WRAPPERS ON THE FLOOR, A PATCHWORK RESUME, and AN AWKWARD THUMBS UP. They’ve been on the island for 35 YEARS.

Oh gosh oh gosh, I’m excited. In a nutshell, Lilith Thompson had a kid with Hermes pretty young, and shipped Victoria off to get adopted for Reasons (get over it, Lilith. You’ve got three daughters now). Turns out the adoptive mom lived on Icaria. Tori didn’t know/care about her birth fam... until they showed up. Finn in particular looked like her, and she realized that these were her younger half-siblings and not some random Thompsons. Finding out about Mira really messed Tori up. Tori’s not super chill about Mira, and she’s super chill to everyone else. Mira has literally done nothing wrong. If you want more details, check out the bio!

Personality-wise, she’s go-with-the-flow, (typically) optimistic, and supportive. Tori does feel like she’s washed out at finding a steady career, some stable relationship/marriage, and fulfilling hobbies. Since her mom (the not Lilith one) passed, Tori started to feel bad about not doing something more with her own life. Her mom gave her nothing but love and encouragement, and Tori wonders if she wasted that.

Tori’s easy to plot with even without her wild secret backstory. She’s been on Icaria since she was a baby, so as of this moment, I think she’s actually lived on the isle for the longest time out of the taken characters. With a nasty quirk of not lasting in jobs for more than six months on a not-so-big island, there’s a strong chance that she’s either applied to work at or been hired at most businesses. 

Her next job lined up is at Gatzunis’ Growings now that Millie’s on her way out. Tori might just be the only one willing to brave the mess that is the Suttons.

Here are some assorted potential connections:

Former employers

Former coworkers

Customers that have witnessed her doing weird things at work 

Fam

As good as fam

Friends

Really close friends

Folks she doesn’t vibe with

Partying/drinking buddies

Peeps who are close to the Thompson kids for Tori to casually leverage information out of

People she’s a bad influence on

People who are a good influence on her like wow

People she encourages to follow their ✰ dreams ✰

Classmates from way back in grade school

Kids she babysat when she was like 11 to 16 years old (and was a terrible influence on)

Kids (way back when) she accidentally swore in front of while their parents were around

Hook-ups, (messy, probs) relationships and flirty things, present or past. 

Absurd things. I don’t know. Let’s go wild- I love unique connections and Tori’s pretty different from my other characters.

To moderately degrade your quality of life, please enjoy(?) this stupid meme i made:

Give this post or the discord linking to this a like, and I'll drop into your dms to plot!

[jude-walker]

( JESSE WILIAMS, CISMALE, HE/HIM ) ⌇ have you seen JUDE WALKER around icaria? they are the AGE year old child of ASCLEPIUS. they remind me of RHYTHMIC BEEPING OF HOSPITAL MACHINES, CAREFUL BRUSHES OF SKIN AGAINST SKIN, AND UNFINISHED CROSSWORDS. They’ve been on the island for # 1 DAY

WHO ARE YOU BRINGING TO THE ISLE?

FACECLAIM: Jesse Williams

NAME: Jude Sebastian Walker

AGE: 34

BIRTHDAY: 19th of October 1986

OCCUPATION: Emergency & Trauma Doctor

HOMETOWN: New York City

PETS: N/A

POWERS:

Energy Absorption - Jude has a horrific power that if he touches you with his bare hands, he takes away your energy/life force. Obviously. being a doctor that’s a bit problematic, but he wears a thin pair of black gloves constantly to ensure he doesn’t kill anyone accidentally.

BIOGRAPHY:

Jude Walker was born into a poor family in the Bronx, that had seven people living in a two bedroom apartment. His mother Dina Walker had always tried her best, bless her heart, to ensure her children had everything, but it just had never worked out for her. Jude is the youngest of her six children, a mixture of both boys and girls, but he was her little miracle child. Asclepius had met Dina once night when she had been drowning her sorrows in a bar, and it seems that he took pity on her story and blessed her with a son who could actually account for something. With her other children being a mix of criminals and dead beats (not her own words of course), Jude was destined for greatness, from the moment that he was able to walk, that she knew.

Being the youngest of six kids, Jude got bullied a lot by his older siblings, but he never really let it bother him. He knew it was because he was more intelligent than them, because he got better grades than them, and because he didn’t get in trouble as they did. Dina pushed her youngest towards medicine, knowing who his father was, and knowing that he’d get the most potential out of his life if he followed his affinity to medicine. At birthdays and Christmas, he was gifted things such as a doctors kid, a doctors coat, and a toy stethoscope that he enjoyed playing it - but not as much as his mother would have liked. He actually preferred music, and had a pretty good singing voice and affinity for the guitar - but that wasn’t the life he was destined to lead.

Dina pretty much guilted her son into following a career in medicine. Without really trying too hard, his grades were good enough to get a scholarship to John Hopkins university, and once he had graduated as a MD, he’d be able to look after the family more than she ever had been able to. Jude wanted to go down the path of music, he wanted to study music tech at university, and musical performance, but seeing the disappointed look on his mother’s face was enough to make him change his mind. She’d raised him, given him as much as she could, and it was only fair that he did the same for her in return.

It was when he was in medical school of course, that Jude found out what his power was from his father. His father being a god was something that his mother had never hidden from him, and he’d expected something to show itself sooner or later, but nothing like what he had thought. He’d been doing some work experience in a free clinic when it had first happened - when he’d been greeting at patient by shaking her hand and suddenly she could barely breathe. At first, Jude though it was an allergic reaction to something that had perhaps been on his skin when he had been working previously, as she got better once he had let go. After washing his hands profusely, he attempted to shake hands with another patient later on that day, and the same thing happened. This time he had held on too long, and the guy had almost collapsed. It took it happening for a third time for him to head home for the day, to call his father down from the heavens (the only time that he has ever done so) to ask what the hell was going on. He was told that his gifts with medicine came as a price, and that was that his hands could no longer heal, only hurt. Jude was gifted with a pair of thin, black gloves that allowed him to still feel things on a patient’s body, such as their pulse or any abrasions, but he wouldn’t be able to touch them without them on. This didn’t just go for patients, but with anyone. He had to be careful hugging his mother, touching a woman - anything.

Once Jude had graduated from university, he got himself a job in Baltimore at a local hospital, and found himself easily falling into the role as a trauma doctor, even though his mind would sometimes flit to music, and what he could have been doing if he hadn’t been Asclepius’ son. Jude was living his life quite casually and calmly, getting on with things as best he could because of his power, not knowing anything about other demigods, until he met Odessa.

Walking home from work one day, Jude had stumbled upon a crash on one of the main roads, and instantly he had ran over to help. He’d taken his gloves off once he had left the hospital, obviously not planning on touching anyone and that thought barely crossed his mind until he was done getting the man into the recovery position, and the ambulance crew took over. He took in a deep breath as he looked down at his hands, visibly beginning to shake, and spoke out loud “how can I touch people? How is this happening?” Obviously, some people looked at him like he was a mental person, but a red-head stepped out of the crowd and came over to him, laughing about how she had turned off his power.

That was the start of a beautiful friendship, of Jude becoming a big brother like figure (after a few times sleeping together they realised it wasn’t going to work as anything more) to the girl, looking out for her knowing that she would always find herself in trouble. It was a few years later, when she told him that her brother had died and was heading off to an island full of demi-gods that Jude was really shocked. He’d never known her to have any other family, he thought he was the closest thing that she, and where the hell was this island?

After Odessa left, it took Jude two weeks to hand in his notice at the hospital, pack up his life, and move to the island in Greece. He’s not going to let her go off on her own and get herself into all sort of messes, but he also wants to know if he had any siblings that he doesn’t know about in Icaria, and what it’s like living on an isle full of demigods.

[luciferpens]

( HARRY SHUM JR, MALE, HE/HIM ) ⌇ have you seen KAI YEOH around icaria? they are the 35 year old child of HERMES. they remind me of a THOUSANDS OF FILLED BOOK SHELVES, SLIPPERY FINGERS WRAPPED AROUND A LOCKPICK, INFALLIBLE MEMORY, and A CARING NATURE. They’ve been on the island for 18 years.

BASICS

FULL NAME: Kai yeoh

NICKNAMES: K

FACE CLAIM: Harry Shum Jr.

AGE: Thirty-five

SEXUALITY: pansexual & panromantic

DATE OF BIRTH: June 1, 1985

GENDER/PRONOUNS: cis male he/him

EDUCATION: H.S. Diploma. 

OCCUPATION: Librarian

GODLY PARENT: Hermes

GODLY POWERS: Enhanced thievery; he can steal practically anything without being seen. Prophecy & intelligence: These two combined into one allowing Kai to have a perfect memory and ability to tell people small glimpses into their future or their past depending on what he needs to know to help them get to what they need. Persuasion: He can sometimes persuade people into doing whatever he wants or pushing people to do what they actually want to do without inhibitions. 

BIO + BULLET POINTS

Orphan -- dropped off the day he was born or within a day or so

Had a habit of leading parents to their perfect child -- even, no especially, if it wasn’t himself.  Think Good Luck Chuck.

He was a bit chaotic as a little kid -- either soulful guide or a pickpocket trickster. 

TW: Child abuse

At nine he was fostered; but he saw something he shouldn’t have and him, along with the bio kids, were all sent back to the foster system (they were trafficking foster kids)

Was bullied as a kid in school for being a foster kid. 

His second foster home (12) screamed and yelled. so he stole money from them

The third (13) abused him; he was sent into the hospital four times most on life support or something similar. 

The fourth (16) got him addicted to perception drugs. When he was pulled out he went through severe withdrawals but is doing good now.

The fifth (17) he doesn’t even try to think of. Its just dark. He refuses to talk about it. 

End TW

He found out around 17.5 years old that he was a hermes kid after a slip up from a caregiver. Hermes appeared after a prayer and moved him to Icaria

He met Angelia the librarian. His older sister. She treated him like a son and took care of him while also teaching him the ways of the infinite library that moves around the world. (Think TARDIS but just a huge library) 

At 24 he adopted another foster from his old home who he realized was a demigod. Her name is Dory. He’s raised her as his little girl since she was 10.

Angela died when he was 25 and he has since been the head librarian. 

Kai has no earthly idea who his parents are. Or, well at least who his mother is. He arrived at the orphanage’s doorstep on the first of June wrapped in a blanket with talaria embroidered on the blanket. All throughout his infancy he was a calm and quiet child. Why he hadn’t been adopted out right, when babies are usually the first to go? He’s got no idea. All he knows is that for the first five years of his life? Things were relatively normal for someone living in the american orphanage system. He learned to take care of himself, how to bathe, wipe his own ass, how to dress and look semi-decent. No one was going to help him do it -- not really. But, he made friends -- then saw them get adopted and rarely ever saw them again after that. The average life of an orphan in the system.

When he was five though, things started to change. It all started with a simple sentence. “I’M NOT THE ONE YOU WANT, HE IS.” It slipped out of Kai’s mouth before he understood what he was saying, his finger pointed to a boy playing with a toy a few feet away. The parents were confused but took it as a sign Kai didn’t want to go with them. They adopted the kid not long after. This started a chain of events, parents would come in, they’d look at Kai and think “I want him” but Kai would point them to a child they actually wanted, the one that would fit their family best. Think Good Luck Chuck but with adoption instead. This was a trait he kept up for the next 12 years that he was in the foster care system.

Strangely enough -- Kai was okay with it. It kept him out of bad situations with parents who would have ended up sending him back, it kept him with others and helped them find good homes. Sure, it was lonely, it was depressing and quiet at times, but he knew he was doing some good in the world by being there. Besides? Who wouldn’t want to find their perfect family? All those kids got it… he wanted it too. So he worked on himself, he tried to be a model kid, tried to be a happy-go-lucky despite being in the system. As a young boy he was highly intelligent, curious, playful and quick. He was known around the orphanage as both a leader and a trickster. His siblings never quite sure which version of him they were going to get on any given day. Would he be the clever trickster that could steal anything out from under your nose or would he be the soulful guide that helped families find their perfect child? No one knew, hell he didn’t even know.

At 9 he was fostered for the first time, unable to convince the family that he wasn’t who they wanted. (He had no recommendation because no child jumped out to him as being perfect for that family) They took him home and for the first time in his 9 years he saw what a somewhat normal family was like. It started so simply, so happily. Kai was enjoying being part of a family, of having siblings and a mom and dad. The new family took him to the doctors, took him to camps, he had sleepovers with class friends, he played sports. He actually felt like a normal child. Things had been going so well… but life had other plans and he now knows… was trying to protect him. The thing that would end up with him back in foster care, was his insane memory. He could recite anything he ever read, almost any conversation he had. This by itself, not a bad thing, a bit of a burden, but not horrible. (Imagine remembering every word someone ever said to you and feeling like your brain could be overly full at times) The issue came when his mischievous trickster side reared its head and he snuck around the house in the middle of the night when they had a babysitter.

TW: CHILD ABUSE He found things he shouldn’t have, files that talked about how the money they got was spent, files that documented previous children -- ones he saw no proof of around the house. Files that lead a curious 9 year old to recite word for word to his social worker one day on a check up -- and ended with all of the children, even the family’s biological ones being taken away from them. He wouldn’t find out till he was a teen that the family had been “losing” teens for over a decade; claiming they ran away from home and just ended up back in foster care…. When in reality they were trafficking them. Selling the foster kids to the highest bidder; he wouldn’t find out until his mid 20s that most of those kids? They ended up addicted to drugs or dead, abuse of all types having driven them mad.

Back in the home, now 10 going on 11, Kai fell back into old habits; Pointing families to the perfect kid, helping out around the orphanage by taking care of the younger kids, pulling little tricks, stealing small things when he was out and about. Kai was -- back to his normal. An orphan who did his best to hide that fact at school. The kid who stole and lied his way into any clothing or food he would possibly want. An orphan who did his best to look normal. Trying not to get bullied for the oversized, dirty clothes that were a standard of being an orphan. He went in and out of four more foster homes before he aged out of the system. Each one having their own serious issues; It had started with the yelling in the first family since almost being sold. They yelled and screamed and called him all sorts of names. Soon Kai had stopped caring what people said and only cared how they acted. And his own acts? Well he stole money all the time from the family since he felt it was a good payment for dealing with their yelling. Soon he was taken then placed in another home…. This time it was physical, they said little to him and if they did it was always cold and mean. They hit him though, bet the ever living hell out of him. He ended up in the hospital four times on life support before they took him away. The third family had actually been decent -- but the bio kids in the house abused drugs and -- well soon Kai had fallen into that as well. Luckily for Kai he was ripped from that family after a couple of months, and while withdrawal had been hell on earth, he got past it. The fourth? He was 17 when he was put into his fourth and last foster home. And, well the fourth he was there for ten days before he ran away and showed back up at the orphanage. Kai doesn’t talk about what happened in that home, he’ll ignore any references to the last home.

TW END After each incident Kai became a bit colder, a bit more closed off. He went from a happy boy to a teen who’s look could cut you, whose words made you fork over your money and who’s memory you could never doubt and never wanted to go up against (people tried but they always lost that bet.) Once he was back at the orphanage and now 17.4 years old he spent all his free time at school and trying to avoid the home. To avoid seeing kids get their happy endings with their perfect family while he was left without. He made a family of friends and spent much of his free time sleeping over at their houses but -- it was never the same. No place felt quite right. It was around this time that he came back to the home and the oldest care worker was cleaning the kitchen. She started to talk about the night he had shown up. How his blanket had talaria on it and how they almost named him Hermes until they saw the name Kai scribbled onto the blanket. She pulled the blanket out of a closet and handed it over to him. That night he spent hours looking up mythos around Hermes, about where the blanket could have come from and who his mother might have been.

The research -- revealed some interesting things. Little things he had always noticed about himself stuck out as similar to Hermes. The ridiculous ability he had to steal anything without ever being noticed, how easily he could convince people do do whatever he asked, his -- insane memory. Now, Kai had never been a religious kid, but seeing how similar he was to Hermes? He prayed that night to the greek god knowing nothing would happen….. Except it did. Hermes showed up the next morning pretending to be a parent wanting a kid and asked to see the teens. He found Kai and the two spent the next day together -- and that's when Kai learned all about the greek gods, about how HE was a demi-god, about how he had powers and skills and how there was a whole island of people like him. Those who had powers and those who would allow him to -- live his life how he wanted without the shackles of the foster system and american government.

Without a second thought Kai said he wanted to go, he had no skills, no real job experience but -- well it had to be better than this. So Hermes’ took him, he was 17.5 years old when he arrived on the island. Hermes set him up in a house and then -- introduced him to the library. A building that comes and goes as its needed. It can appear anywhere in the world at any moment, it appears, always, as a small one story building that looks like it’d be one -- maybe two medium sized rooms; but when you open the door? It’s massive, as far as the eye can see, floors reaching for the sky, thousands and thousands of rows of shelves. It was bigger on the inside. Just like the TARDIS from his favorite TV show. He was instantly greeted by the librarian, an elderly woman with a sweet smile who grabbed him by the cheeks and said “AH, MY NEW ASSISTANT. NICE TO MEET ANOTHER HERMES KID.” She was like him, able to tell what it was people needed then to give it to them. He was left with her -- and for the first time in his life he actually was home. The stacks of books and this old lady -- this was where he was meant to be.

Angelia became the mother he never had, she taught him how to control his skills; they played games of stealing things from one another without being caught, Angelia taught him languages, she tested his memory, tested his ability to figure out what people really needed -- and then she taught him how to predict the future a derivative power of what people needed and wanted but more precise. Angelia taught him how to cook, how to do basic “adulting” things, she treated him like a human and for the first time in his life? As a kid -- She let him just have fun without worrying about food, about safety and others. And Kai? Kai finally learned to relax -- just a little. He learned to trust… just a little. In Kai’s mind, there was no one better on this earth than Angelia. She was a saint of a demi-god.

For the first time in his life Kai was also able to explore who he was as a person, he came out as bisexual, slept around and actually got himself a boyfriend for a short period of time. The two were quite happy but all good things must come to and end and around the age of 24 the two broke up and went their separate ways. Since then Kai hasn’t settled back down, he’s enjoyed being single and is a frequent face in Phryne much to the dismay of Angelia who wanted nothing more than to see him settle down and get married.

When he turned 23 he met the Larsen kids and realized that one of the children back at the home was irrily similar. After a talk with their father he knew what he had to do. He rushed back and within a week had adopted Dory. Dory had been a child he had seen come in and out of the home since he was 13. A cute little girl who wanted nothing more than to be loved and understood. Her love of bees needng to be appreciated as well. But she kept getting sent back, her love and understanding of bees being to much for most families. He knew she was a demi-god like him and just needed the right family -- and and -- he was the right family. Now she was his. His 10 year old to take care of. He brought her back to the library, set her up in her own room, and spoiled her like he had always wanted to be as a kid himself.

When dory was just hitting 11 she called him papa -- and his heart melted. He became even more wrapped around her finger. He'd do anything for that little girl. Between Angelia and Dory Kai had finally found himself a family and a home. Angelia did her best to try and set Kai up on dates, trying to find him that last little bit of a missing family she wanted so desperatly to see him have. She didn't care if it was a man, a woman or someone non-binary. She just wanted to see her own "adopted" son get something she never had; a true love. Someone to share it all with. A wedding.....

Sadly, Angelia would never get to see him marry. She died just three weeks after his 25th birthday. Kai had had 8 long wonderful years with his older sister/mother. But he had to step up and become the librarian. Before she passed she had trained him in every aspect that was the library. That they had the position and honor of gathering the history of the world in written text. It wasn’t something they actually wrote so much as it was -- like a digital download. The library would appear in a country, a new book would appear on the proper shelf and they’d leave to go onto the next. Over and over again. People came and went to the library -- never questioning why they could only see it once a month, or why they seemed to forget it existed until the day it appeared. They never questioned why they always had to trade knowledge for knowledge they just -- accepted it and moved along.

Kai now is the head and only librarian. He is looking for a pupil, someone to train and help him run the library. A part of him hopes it's another Hermes’ kid… or another orphan. One he can help like Angelia helped him. Kai lives in a smallish apartment inside the library. Kai is an eccentric, fashionable and all around chill guy. He cares deeply about others but does a good job of hiding it behind a facade.

[tcthestarss]

meet autumn!

( MINKA KELLY, CIS-FEMALE, SHE/HER ) ⌇ have you seen AUTUMN HOLLY around icaria? they are the THIRTY-SEVEN year old child of HESTIA. they remind me of PUMPKIN SPICE HOT CHOCOLATE WITH CINNAMON, A CHILD’S LAUGHTER, AND MULTICOLOUR FALL LEAVES. They’ve been on the island for TWO WEEKS.

Autumn always knew that she was a demigod. Her mothers, Brietta Holly and Hestia, never kept that from her. And considering who her godly parent was, she has always been incredibly proud. Autumn grew up in a small community of demigods and their mortal parents near Gatlinburg in Tennessee, never having to fear of exposing herself and who/what she is. While she loved the community and especially her mother Brie, she knew that she wanted to see more of the world. And so, she left for Boston at nineteen to attend college to first get her business degree and then to attend culinary school.

At first, it was quite a culture shock for her. The then-nineteen year old initially stayed in her dorm room the first two weeks and had been a bit scared of the large city. Fortunately, Hestia had been able to talk to her and gave her courage. It wasn’t long until she was more so out of the dorm instead of in, always being in class or with her friends or at work. Autumn adapted quickly to life in New England and years later, at the age of 25, she opened up her own restaurant: Oikos Hearth, in honor of her mother. With the family consisting of comfort food, especially Southern, it soon became a huge hit in the neighborhood of Somerville. Autumn was a busy woman but gods, she was happy. And soon enough that two years later, her happiness would only grow. All thanks to a woman by the name of Scarlett Allen.

Having been in a few relationships before, the Southern belle fell hard and fast for her. She would find herself gushing about her with her mothers, truly believing that she could be the One. And when they ended up getting married three years later, it had only confirmed it even more. Every day for the past ten years, she has fallen more and more in love with the younger woman. When they finally took the next big step and adopted their son, Jackson, she knew that she had a perfect life. Married to the love of her life, an adorable child, a booming business, living in the most perfect place in the world: what more could she have wanted? Truly, nothing could ruin her happiness.

Or... so she thought. The day Scarlett left, Autumn had felt a part of her disappear. It had shattered her heart when she saw the divorce papers and that heartbreaking note. It was almost as if Scarlett Allen had been a ghost and to explain to Jackson where his mommy went... She couldn’t answer him. Those couple of months there had been a struggle mentally and emotionally. The only reason she’d been able to even get out of bed was because of her son, even though she had to constantly keep a brave face for him. But once the two year old was asleep in bed, Autumn finally allowed herself to cry and share her sorrow. Her mothers and friends were all supporting, all confused as well as to why Scarlett just left like that. And her note had only left them all even more confused.

Eventually, Hestia reminded Autumn of the island Icaria. While in Boston the past almost twenty years, she had kept her identity a secret. She’d been fortunate to find a few other demigods, but overall, no one knew. Not even Scarlett, whom she believed to have been a normal human. With them having been closed to their ten year anniversary, Autumn had been planning to tell her. She believed that it was finally time to do so and she trusted her, more than anyone. Having lost that opportunity shattered her. And so, with the promise of another community of demigods actually within Greece, Autumn Holly took the goddess’s advice. She has spent the past two weeks moving in, preparing the new location of Oikos Hearth, and even adopted three wonderful older dogs: Cinnamon, a corgi; Vanilla, an Australian Shepherd; and Pumpkin, a Saint Bernard. 

While her heart is still heavy and there are still some bad days, Autumn is looking forward to this new start with her son. It’s not easy being a newly divorcee, but as long as she has her family and is able to make some new friends, she’s sure things will eventually get better. At least, she hopes so.

[nikhilvara]

( DEV PATEL, MALE, HE/HIM ) ⌇ have you seen NIKHIL VARA around icaria? they are the TWENTY-NINE year old child of IRIS. they remind me of WISTFULLY STARING AT THE SEA, BARELY USED NOTEBOOKS, AND A VINTAGE ROLODEX.

Name: Nikhil Vara

Nickname: Nik (although he generally prefers his full first name, he’s okay with the nickname)

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Orientation: Gay

Parents: Prakash Vara and Iris

Occupation: Principal of a branch of a company in business insurance brokerage

tl:dr

Nikhil is a melancholy enterprising insurance salesman. He's Chloe's third cousin who was jealous that someone didn't have to keep parentage a complete secret. While he thinks she's annoying, he impulsively moved to Icaria to try to get more information for Chloe's dad Daniel. This is the most daring thing that Nikhil has done in his entire life.

Recommended Reading

Background about Nikhil’s uncle (2nd cousin once removed) Daniel Vara: https://chloevara.tumblr.com/post/624134603468374016/iiiits-daniel-vara-time-daniel-was-the-baby-of

Plans

After showing up at Chloe’s address, he’s going to move in with Mari and start paying some of the rent while he finds his footing. He will attempt to start selling business insurance, taking advantage of the fact that most insurers aren’t aware of the risks involved on Icaria. He’s going to try to relay news to Chloe’s dad, and make sure that all of Chloe’s friends are okay. Unfortunately, Nikhil is not very good with people on a non-business level.

Biography is below the cut, and has a trigger warning for homophobia

Brief Biography:

Nikhil is Chloe’s third cousin. Their grandfathers are first cousins and best friends, and their favorite pastime was trying to one-up one another when it came to their children’s and grandchildren’s achievements and good deeds. Growing up, Nikhil always liked  Daniel (his cousin, but Nikhil always called Daniel ‘uncle’) but thought his little cousin Chloe was the most annoying person he had ever met in his life. Of course Chloe had no idea because Nikhil wasn’t exactly a callous person, but he dreaded being trapped at the kids table with her.

When Nikhil was seven, his single father (a courier) admitted that he was the result of a rather unusual encounter with the Greek goddess Iris. He met his mother a year later, and was awe-struck by how impressive she seemed. Since he so infrequently saw his mother, she seemed like more of a fairy godmother than a parent. Nikhil’s memories of her were always warm, but his father made him keep it a secret. The part that hurt the most was how Chloe’s parentage was always a weird family secret. Nikhil was always pretty sure he met Hestia once when she popped by at Uncle Daniel and Aunt Dani’s house. The audacity of Chloe being a family secret rather Nikhil than just a Nikhil-and-Papa secret always made him seethe.

And so he grew up, occasionally having clandestine moments with his mother, and watching his father get married to an extremely okay widow. He kept his head down, got good grades in school, and made his grandfather proud. Most people don’t set out to have a career in insurance, but Nikhil took the job for the growth opportunity. He never really could finish that novel he always dreamed of writing. He did extremely well, and focused on his career over interpersonal relationships. Apparently, guys weren’t so fond of dating someone who would support his parents financially but wouldn’t take a boyfriend home to meet the parents.

He heard about the missing demigods years ago from his mother, but didn’t think that moving to Icaria would do him any good. Plus Chloe moved there, and that sounded like a headache and a half. He didn’t even consider moving there until he got wind of when his cousin disappeared. Never had Nikhil seen his uncle so absolutely defeated. What were you supposed to say to the man who always made you feel welcome and safe? The one that Nikhil had come out to (and sworn to secrecy which had been kept so far).

Daniel had apparently exhausted all avenues of contacting all of Chloe’s friends that he knew. After the most painful and heart wrenching phone call of his life, Nikhil decided to move to Icaria and see what he could do about the Chloe situation. Nikhil hadn't even told Daniel that he was a demigod himself, and he was already set to open up a branch of his insurance company in Icaria.

[flo-roman]

( Annie Murphy, Female, She/her ) ⌇ have you seen FLORENCE ROMAN around icaria? they are the 28 year old child of DIONYSUS. they remind me of EXPENSIVE WINE DRUNK ON THE BALCONY WATCHING THE SUNSET, SILK DRESSES and MOOD LIGHTING . They’ve been on the island for 28 years. 

TW: drugs

Florence Roman was born the younger child of the Roman siblings, two children that were abandoned by their mother shortly after her birth. The girl remembers nothing about her biological parent, as she was only three months old when the siblings were taken to Icaria by their father. Her older brother, Nathaniel, was the only constantly in her life. and is still the only person in the world that she can trust or rely on. He was the one that told her everything about their childhood when she was old enough - that the woman that had raised them wasn’t their mother, that she was a drug addict who hadn’t been able to take care of them, and that their father was a Greek god. 

As she grew up, Florence was the party child out of the two of them. Nate had been the sort of person who wanted to set up a life for the two of them to live comfortably, whilst Flo had grown up as a wild girl, partying until the late hours of the morning, and stumbling home out of her mind on whatever she had been able to get her hands on. Her stint with drugs however was short-lived - Nate had sat her down and given her an ultimatum, advising that she was to stop herself from going down the route that her mother had, or he would cut her off. Having been the one to always look after her, Florence knew that what he was doing was out of care for her, and she went along with what he said.

Despite the fact that she is still a party girl, Florence does venture into Roman Properties from time to time, having a flimsy role in the company that her brother has set up. She’s usually found taking someone around an apartment or a house with her high heels clicking on the marble floor, a bright smile on her face as she tries to sell it - but she’s nowhere near as good as Nate.

[maristela]

Key Stats:

Full name: Maristela Ines Olivera

Nicknames: Mari, but will also go by Stela, Stel, or nearly anything else anyone decides to call her.

Age: 19

Height: 4′11″

Gender: Female

Pronouns: she/her

Orientation: Pansexual

Godly parent: Amphitrite

Powers: Hydrokinesis, aquatic breathing, ability to communicate with sea creatures (she’s best with dolphins and seals), ability to withstand high (water) pressure and cold (water) temperatures, rudimentary ability to see in limited/lack of light (underwater only), stronger around/in water, especially the ocean (but weaker in dry environments with limited/no water sources).

Side effects: prefers to drink salt water instead of fresh water, feels recharged after spending time in the sea and tends to feel tired if she spends too long away from it.

Nationality: American

(Human) ancestry: Argentine

Faceclaim: Amanda Arcuri

Personality:

Bubbly and generally fun to be around, but has had a difficult time making close friends in the past and isn’t fully aware of how strange she is.

Self-sufficient in her own way, though she’s used to being on a two-person team and doesn’t quite want or know how to ask for help.

High creativity - this manifests itself in her art projects (there are usually multiple of these happening at once), fashion choices (she tends to treat thrift shops like they’re her own personal rotating wardrobe, occasionally even buying and reselling the same items multiple times as they go in and out of her personal sense of style), and general desire to create.

Resourceful - probably would survive a zombie apocalypse (maybe not a zombie shark apocalypse)

Other details:

Maristela was born (given by Amphitrite?) to a single father on Staten Island, but the pair relocated to a series of beach towns along the east coast over the years.

Though not unintelligent, Mari had a difficult time with school growing up. Her father’s aspirations for her to seek further education after finishing high school were largely ignored - instead, she tagged along with him on odd jobs and imagined making her way in the world in a similar fashion to him.

Despite her mother’s encouragement she had no intention of moving to Icaria, only agreeing to do so at her father’s insistence. Still, she misses him terribly and isn’t sure she made the right choice by listening to him.

Although she dislikes all pollution, Mari has a particularly antagonistic relationship with single-use plastics due to their propensity to wind up in the ocean.

That said, she’s happy to use discarded items in her various art projects. Other found objects that make it into her projects include naturally occurring items such as seashells and sea glass.

Mari is very interested making her own alternatives to environmentally harmful products, and has been experimenting with making her own soaps and shampoo, typically including ingredients foraged from the ocean (i.e. seaweed). She may just turn this into a business someday, though she’s wary of potentially over-harvesting ingredients.

She has a preference for salty foods over sweet ones, to the extent that her levels of salt consumption would lead to dangerously high blood pressure if she were fully human.

Wanted Connections:

Nothing in particular comes to mind (I don’t think she knew any demigods prior to moving here 2 days ago), but would love to plot!

[myhearthealing]

Isobel “Bel” Cromwell

( BARBIE FERREIRA, NONBINARY, THEY/THEM, SHE/HER ) ⌇ have you seen ISOBEL CROMWELL around icaria? they are the 22 year old child of THANATOS. they remind me of LOUNGING ON ROOFS AFTER DARK, PUTTING UP NEON LIGHTS IN YOUR ROOM, and MAKING RANDOM MIXED DRINKS BASED SOLELY ON REFRIGERATOR CONTENTS . They’ve been on the island for 3 days.

age: 22 birthdate: February 19th, 1998 sexuality: bisexual lineage: daughter of Thanatos occupation: employed at Dew Drops

TW: Emotional Abuse

Isobel is the baby sister of Millicent and Kelly Anne Cromwell, born to Morgana Cromwell and the god Thanatos: the god–or sometimes angel–of peaceful death. Bel was much closer to their sisters than their mother. Millie was kind, more of a mother than her actual mother, and Kelly was the one she could always go to for mischief and things their mother wouldn’t approve of. Morgana on the other hand, was awful to Bel, either constantly making fun of them and treating them like garbage, or ignoring them completely in favor of Millie and Kelly. In short, thanks to Isobel’s size and her rebellious nature, she was a lost cause from the get-go. They’d spent the majority of their life coming to Millie to talk about everything, and Morgana was basically a stranger who paid their living expenses. Millie and Kelly were their best friends.

One evening when Bel was nine, Morgana and Bel had a huge fight, and because they went to talk to their sisters afterwards, Morgana interfered, saying them and their sisters were ‘plotting against her’ and took matters into her own hands to separate them. Bel was sent to a boarding school, and didn’t get to see her sisters as often anymore. They made it their mission to call them as often as they could, and write letters and emails. Eventually, they made a system where Bel and Millie would share a journal, mailing it back and forth and writing in it when it was their turn. When Millie graduated high school she left immediately for Icaria, and then there was no need for Isobel to be in that expensive school any more, and no real need to separate them any more. Morgana would not hear of letting another one of her daughters out of her sight, and Isobel was forced home at 14 and stayed under their mother’s wing instead of going on to college in another town. She graduated from the community college with an Associates in Visual Arts, as sketching and sculpting were her favorite things to do.

Isobel didn’t necessarily have another place to go, and Morgana wasn’t going to let them move to Icaria as well, but their mother didn’t know about the talents they’d learned while at school. While there, they’d contacted their father, who didn’t explain much, but did help locate their powers and gave them a random key before leaving forever. They already knew they had some ability to communicate with spirits. But now they also knew they could fly, but the how was going to be more difficult. It took a lot of nights racing out to the forests before security could see to practice, and then eventually it became jumping off of buildings in the dead of night. Isobel still had limits, but this they could live with. Now they had something their mother couldn’t take away.

Bel bided their time at home, constantly sneaking out and still sending the journal back and forth with Millie. When they received word from their cousin Wyatt that Millie was taken, the one thing that was a safe bet that would never happen on Icaria, Isobel was distraught. Isobel pleaded with their mother to let them go to Icaria to be with their cousins but their mother still refused. One sticky and hot night in August, they were on the roof of their home, when they discovered a letter in their pocket. They didn’t need the black stationery to know it was from their father, and enclosed was an address. The address was to a storage locker, Isobel soon found, and the key belonged to one of them.

Inside the locker, they found nothing except two plane tickets….and a motorcycle. They’d spent a couple months quietly packing their things with Kelly, what savings they and their sister could scrounge up (Kelly, ever the more responsible one had saved up a lot more than her) and taking a motorcycle class, all without their mother finding out. Then finally, what they were waiting for happened. News that Millie was back. Isobel didn’t stop to ask permission, only paid for their things to be shipped to Icaria and made preparations. Bidding goodbye to Minnesota, Isobel and Kelly left Morgana without so much as a goodbye.

[grapesofmac]

( ZENDAYA COLEMAN, CISFEMALE, SHE/HER ) ⌇ have you seen Mackenzie “Mac” Stevenson around icaria? they are the TWENTY ONE year old child of DIONYSUS. they remind me of TACKY BUTTON UP SHIRTS, LOUD BUMPING BASS AND FITS OF MANIC GIGGLES. They’ve been on the island for THREE DAYS. 

TW: Mentions of Drug and alcohol use

- Mac was born into the world having no knowledge of who her father or mother was. She was unwanted by a young woman who panicked about the responsibilities that would come with a demigod for a child, and Dionysus wasn’t one to stick around after what was a supposed one night stand at a random wild party. So baby Mackenzie was thrown around the California foster system from house to house, not staying long especially in houses that held large amounts of other kids due to “complications”. Despite her unfortunate circumstances Mac has never held any ill will towards her non existent parents, actually she was a little too okay with the situation. 

- The complications that caused so much of the moving never could really be physically traced back to Mac, but every time the girl was moved to another home it was like all hell broke loose. Couples would get into more crazed fights with each other, other foster kids would cause party riots and completely trash their homes, and some people who would never think of turning to drugs and alcohol would feel a sudden impulse to try them for the hell of it. Rumors spread around the system fast that somehow Mac was just some strangely cursed child, and she thrived off of the mania of it all. 

- Of course, as she got older she tried to use substances herself, but none of them worked. She found out that the only way she felt any sort of high or state of ecstasy was when she pushed others to get to that state of release, to completely let go of themselves whether through drugs, drinks or partying. The bigger the crowd ridding a high the more she felt it all herself, and so much more alive. She didn’t know it at the time but it was her power of influenced mania and ecstasy that was causing it all, and using it lead to the success she has today. Think of her power as that little devil on your shoulder telling you to do that dangerous but exciting thing, just very loud and pushy. 

- The EDM scene was where Mac thrived the most. The sense of community, all of the festivals, the lights and music was perfect. She never had a family until she fell into this crowd and naturally picked up some tips and tricks to become her own artist. Once she was eighteen Mac quickly started to play at small venues, mainly focusing on the bumping electro and dubstep part of the art but also dipping into other genres. Because of her power it was easy to hype up a crowd, and she quickly climbed the ranks until big name festivals were calling her up to preform. 

- Her first big gig was when she finally met Dionysus, and everything started to add up. He was impressed with how far she had come and was trying to convince her that with fame came dangers, so it was best that she quit now and leave for Icaria. She waved him off and said she would go to the island after she made it big, since the thrill of the large crowds was just too good to pass up. Her newfound bloodline gave Mac an idea though, and almost like a tribute to her father used his name as her own stage name. It didn’t take long for Mac to fulfill her wishes, soon she was the frontrunner for huge venues and festivals around the world and the satisfying rush of the crowds going nuts to her music with it.

- The feeling of danger was starting to somehow creep up on Mac though, so she finally did one last huge gig in Greece before going in search for Icaria. The island is a bit... underwhelming to her and she feels sapped of her high, but with a little whisper here and there she feels like she can get her party going once again.

- Things to make note of: Mac is a very bad influence. She will never tell you not to do something that can be destructive and impulsive if it seems fun to her at the moment. She speaks in almost a California surfer-esque tone, and wears any kind of loud and tacky shirts she can get ahold of. No Hawaiian button up is safe around this girl at all. A lot of the time she forgets she’s even famous, at least in the EDM community so when she goes to a club she gets excited when they play her music despite how regularly it can happen. 

[vulncrablcmuscs]

intro posts !

because my intro’s tend to get lost on my blog and searching for them is too much work , i figured i would make life easier for everyone and pin them to my blog -- so here you go !

luna.

maci.

nova.

river.

thea.

[absentialucis]

( REGÉ-JEAN PAGE, CISMALE, HE/HIM ) ⌇ have you seen WILL THOMPSON around icaria? they are the TWENTY-EIGHT year old child of EOS. they remind me of THE SOUND OF TATTOO GUNS HUMMING IN THE BACKGROUND, DISAPPEARING FOR YEARS ON END and LOOKING ANGRIER THAN YOU ARE. They’ve been on the island for 1 DAY.

Statistics ---

Full Name: Will Alexander Thompson Age: Twenty-Eight Birthday: March 20, 1992 Godly Parent: Eos Godly Attribute: Virtuakinesis and Invisibility. Sexual Orientation: Pansexual Occupation: Owner of Spin-O-Rama Speakeasy

Biography ---

Everyone knows the stories of the Thompson clan. Whether you know of the tales of Lilith Thompson and her clan of demigod children who raised themselves or Morgana Cromwell (nee Thompson) and her overbearing ways, not many were told of the tales of Judas ‘Jake’ Thompson. JT was the eldest of the Thompson Three, having caught the attention of Tyche earlier than the girls were even on the radar. That was what started JT’s neverending batch of kids showing up in Minnesota. They only seemed to stop after Will, just Will, Thompson was dropped off on his father’s doorstep by the goddess of dawn herself.

Growing up with his brothers, Will was always the one that stayed out of trouble. It was hard when you had so many siblings constantly fawning over the baby of the family. That didn’t mean that Will didn’t love his brothers. Leo and Mike were some of his favorite people walking the planet. It wasn’t until Will went off to college that things started setting in. At first, Will adored living on campus at the University of Chicago was a dream come true. Soon enough he was falling into the wrong crowd, being pressured by living so far away from his family and his roommate realizing how impressionable he happened to be.

This took over his life and quickly he was rising through the ranks of the gang he unknowingly joined. His powers seemed to work really well in a gang environment, the ability to make himself invisible and then give people hallucinations as to what was going on. That was where he met Gwen Vern and Levi Ryder. Will and Gwen became inseparable, finding solace in each other more times than not, while Levi became the little brother Will had always wanted. He fell into a loving role with the younger man, willing to die in order to protect either of the two that he loved.

That was where things went downhill for him. When Levi and his mother suddenly were missing without a trace, Will feared the worst had happened. Things had been tense with the leader of the gang, the man who had raised Levi as his own, who seemed not to want any mention of the younger man around him. This raised more questions than Will was able to handle. Going to the police, Will made a deal with them to give all the information he could on the whole operation and in return he was put into witness protection. His only regret was not knowing how they were going to handle his disappearance and not being able to say goodbye to his loved ones.

For the last few years, Will had been stationed as Phillip Jones in the state of Washington. He ended up buying a tattoo shop and trying to live a life as unassumingly as he could. This was a second chance to get himself back on track and he knew not to squander it. Two months ago, Will was told that they had finally managed to convict and dismantle his previous gang and he was free to return to his old life. The first thing the man did was contact JT Thompson, having a loving reunion with his father before heading for Icaria to be with his brother once more. Before he arrived he used his life savings to redo the local laundry mat, building a speakeasy into the back of it designed to his tastes and an apartment made above the shop for him to stay in. He’s only just arrived on the beautiful island of Icaria but Will has no idea how much he’s about to shake up with his arrival.

Current Connections ---

Mike Thompson - Older paternal brother

Elsa Kingsley and Rye Richards - Maternal sisters

Thompsons/Cromwells - Cousins he probably hasn’t met

Gwen Vera - Best friend who thinks he’s dead

Levi Ryder - Pseudo-brother who he is very protective of.

[richboymax]

( Ian Somerhalder / he/him / Male ) ⌇ have you seen Maxwell Armstrong around Icaria? they are the 30 year old child of Aphrodite. they remind me of Steaming hot tubs, candle light dinners and flirtatious smiles. They’ve been on the island for two days . ( it’s me! Deee!)

TW: Drugs, Gambling

The Armstrong name is well known in Las Vegas, due to a string of casinos owned by their family. Almost everyone is in the family is in the gambling business, being it owning a casino, or working in one of them, and Max was going to be no different. Josiah Armstong had met Aphrodite in the Armstrong casino that his grandfather had once owned, and that now belonged to him, having spotted her lounging on the hood of a ferrari that he kept in the hallway as a ‘prize’ - that no-one was going to win of course - and it didn’t take long before he was under her spell, and the two had a child together. 

Being the goddess that she was however, Aphrodite didn’t stay around and Josiah was left to raise his son alone - and brought him up the only way that he knew, in the gambling world. Max was a common sight around Armstrong Casino with the regulars and became a favourite of all of the regulars that were always around, running around and playing between the machines or helping out with any of the employees if they needed him. As he grew up and took on the looks of his mother more than his father, his attracting to the ladies to the casino and his father and him came up with an idea to cash in on this. They opened a small club underneath the casino, a sex club that was only open to people that they knew well or trusted - a place where depravity was encouraged and Max could earn money whilst still working for the casino and helping out his father. He was sort of the prize attraction for a while, being paid for women to sleep with him whilst the club grew and grew until they had enough staff that he could just sit back and enjoy what they had built up. 

With the money however, Max started to live dangerously. He got addicted to gambling in his father’s casino, no matter how much he tried to drag him away from the machines, and he found himself addicted to cocaine, having tried it once from one of the dancers in their club. No matter how much Josiah tried to stop the twenty-one year old, and even with Aphrodite joining once to try and speak to their son about the route that he was going down - nothing could stop it. It only got worse when his father died in a car accident just after his twenty-third birthday - leaving him in charge of Armstrong Casino. 

Max hadn’t been ready to live without his father, or to run a business and he brought one of his best friends in to help, a child of Tyche that he had met in the club as a co-owner. He had began to start loosing money, not sure of his fathers tricks of the trade in order to keep the profits rolling in - and he used their powers in order to turn the luck towards the casino. He left his friend to do a lot of the day to day running of the casino whilst he partied hard each night, losing himself further and further each day. 

A few weeks ago however, Max found himself being cornered when on the way back to his apartment one night. Apparently, he owed a lot of money to one of the rougher members of the underground gambling club that he had been a part of - more money that he wanted to give. After a heavy beating, he was told that he had three days to gather the money together or else they’d come back for him. Not wanting to give that amount of money, Max decided to move to an island that his mother had told him about, Icaria - and now here he is. 

His casino was signed over to his uncle, no longer his to take care of and he dragged his best friend with him to keep them safe as well. They’re both brand new in town, ready to wreak havoc.