Archived:Mason Jennings

Personality
Mason is an all around nice person. He likes to talk to people, but if they pry to close he'll back out. He is very shy and quiet around older males, however, something that everyone wonders about (so does he). Though he is very awkward in large groups, he can still find a way to make people laugh or smile. He is very girly sometimes, and is the right guy to go to for advice

History
Mason's early history isn't that bad. Not compared with other people. Hephaetus met with his mother at a book signing. His mother, Maritha, had written many books about dynamics and engineering. Hephaetus liked her books, and went to a signing, where he fell in love with her beauty and brains. He asked her out and she accepted.

A crap load dates later, this came to that and poof, Mason was conceived. Hephaestus left soon after this, as most gods do, but Maritha was quite calm with the whole thing. She  halfway expected it when he always had "car troubles" and left her suddenly. When she discovered she pregnant, she was overcome with joy at having a child.

Mason was born, and he became the light of her world. Around this point in her life, his mother figured out that there was something different about Mason. He was smarter then the other kids, but he had ADHD and dyslexia. He was good with his hands, but reading and writing didn't come well to him. He was bullied in school for this, and his mother switched to private school. It was better there, and he slowly worked at his grades.When he was 12 his father appeared in his dreams ,and told him everything about him, and about camp, and that he had to go so he could stay alive. This was before monsters could even be bothered by him at all.

His first monster attack, however was when he was visiting his mother. He figured it was safe because it wasn't far from camp, but he was wrong. He was sitting with his mother in the dining room when a hell hound broke in. The glass of the windows shattered and it jumped on Mason. His only thought was protecting his mother, so he went into action. Using his dart and blow gun, he took down the hell hound. It destroyed their apartment. Mason helped his mother clean up the glass before heading back to camp. To this day, he still feels bad about breaking his mother's apartment.

Offensive

 * 1) Children of Hephaestus have the ability to see each specific weakness in another person’s armor and are proficient at striking them in order to do the most efficient amount of damage.

Defensive

 * 1) Children of Hephaestus can become resistant to all types of physical attacks for a short time.
 * 2) Children of Hephaestus are able to create a wall of stone, no larger than 2 to 3 times the size of the user, to temporarily blunt attacks

Passive

 * 1) Children of Hephaestus are innately extremely resistant to heat and fire.
 * 2) Children of Hephaestus are innately stronger and faster than others.
 * 3) Children of Hephaestus are innately able to use any enchanted materials for use in weapons or armor; however, they are not as proficient with it as someone who would naturally be able to use them.

Supplementary

 * 1) Children of Hephaestus have the ability to release heat from their hands in order to cauterize an open wound.
 * 2) Children of Hephaestus are able to create a smoke screen that suffocates and hinders enemies for a short time, using it to either escape or do one sneak attack

3 Months After Character is Made

 * 1) Children of Hephaestus have the ability to control a single mechanical object with their mind; doing so, however, immobilizes the child of Hephaestus until control is broken. This only works on objects mechanically controlled, not objects controlled by magic.

6 Months After Character is Made

 * 1) Children of Hephaestus have the ability to create and control fire; however, it is extremely chaotic and will burn anything near it no matter the intention of the child of Hephaestus.

9 Months After Character is Made

 * 1) Children of Hephaestus are able to bring to life a sculpture to fight for them for a short time, while the sculpture is fighting for them, they are weakened and unable to attack themselves

Traits

 * 1) They are great mechanics.
 * 2) Are able to make all sorts of machines, including automatons.
 * 3) Are excellent sculptors, stonemasons, architects, builders, carpenters and wood-workers
 * 4) They are able to create transforming weaponry.
 * 5) They are excellent at creating weapons and armor of all natures.
 * 6) They are adept at the forge and metal working
 * 7) They make great fire fighters and volcanologists