Claiming:Camp/Austin

Name: Austin Sting/Austin Levine/Austin Agris

Gender:Male

God Parent: Aristaeus, Dionysus, Demeter

Mortal Parent: April Marsh (Aristaeus/Dionysus) or Todd Marsh (Demeter)

Appearance:

Personality: Austin is fun loving, outdoorsy, outgoing, immature with an affinity for the earth and somewhat vengeful.

History:

Aristaeus: With a fondness for places with blooming populations of bees and a thriving honey industry, Aristaeus had long been attracted to the small city of Watsonville, California. One day he came upon a struggling honeymaking company and was immediately taken with the owner, a woman named April Marsh. Transfixed, he revealed himself to her and attempted to seduce her but despite her awe she had no patients for such things with her honeymaking company in disarray. Undeterred, Aristaeus made her a promise: If she would agree to sleep with him, then he would provide her with a gift that would make her farm prosperous for years to come. She finally relented, and nine months later she gave birth to a son. She decided to name him Austin for her father and gave him the surname Sting in honor of Aristaeus. Over the next couple of years she struggled severely to maintain her struggling company and provide for herself and her son. But once Austin reached the age of three, strange and fortuitous events began occuring at her bee farm. Little by little the amount of bees in her cages and the quantity and quality of her honey began steadily increasing. When Austin turned 5 and with profits soaring, April decided to reveal to him the story of his birth and the true reason for their farm's success. While initially shocked, Austin came to embrace his abilities and dedicated himself toward enhancing his powers and helping his mother the best he could. As his powers increased, so too did the fame and fortune of the company, and by the time he was 10 it had become the pride of Watsonville. The wealth garnered from the company's success allowed April to sufficiently deal with a majority of the drawbacks of having a son of Aristaeus such as his dyslexia, ADHD and occasional impulse to punish those who upset him by punishing them with bee stings. But as the family prospered, the astounding success of the company drew a wary and jealous eye. Hernan Martinez, a wealthy and spiteful owner of a rival honey company that had long held dominance in Watsonville prior to the development of Austin's powers became more and more furious and vowed to put his rivals in their place. He recognized Austin as a son of Aristaeus immediately for he was a demigod himself, a son of Pandia. For a long time, Hernan was unable to do much to hinder the rise of the rival company except nightly burnings of the hives which was discovered by April and Austin early on and prevented soon after by appropriate security measures. But around Austin's 12th birthday,  Hernan was sent on a quest by his mother to locate one of her lost artifacts, and when he was succesful she granted him a favor of allowing him to summon two monsters of his choosing for whatever purpose he desired. Possessing a sense of mercy despite his greed, Hernan desired to use the first monster to simply do minor damage to the farm and try to scare the family into submission. He decided that a harpy attack was the best way to accomplish this. Hernan's Harpy devastated the bee farm and killed a significant number of bees, but a well placed sting shot to its heart by Austin felled the creature and he and April refused to capitulate. His lingering twinge of mercy thoroughly depleted, Hernan furiously summoned forth a flaming minotaur which torched the entire farm as well as their home with April and Austin barely getting out alive. April finally capitulated and agreed to depart Watsonville and so Hernan triumphantly recalled the minotaur and arrogantly recommended Austin seek out Camp Half-Blood. Still possessing a significant amount of wealth, April and Austin decided to move to Long Island, New York where Austin could continue training and April could revive her business. They never forgot the cruelty they suffered at the hands of Hernan however, and Austin vowed that when his training was complete he would return to Watsonville and have his revenge.

Dionysus: Similar history except Dionysus comes to Watsonville to view its blooming wine industry, comes across April's struggling winery and the birth of their son Austin and the development of his powers spurs the winery to immense success and draws the ire of rival Winemaker Hernan Martinez.

Demeter: Similar history except Demeter comes to Watsonville to enjoy its predominant farming culture and comes across a small struggling farm owned by Austin's father Todd. The birth of their son and the development of Austin's powers spurs the farm to immense success draws the ire of rival farm owner Hernan Martinez.

Weapons: A bow and arrows made from honeycomb (Aristaeus), A pair of celestial bronze short swords (Dionysus), A pair of curved celestial bronze sickles (Demeter), Celestial Bronze chestplate (all)