Claiming:Camp/Velocus Gratidius

Name: Arcus Gratidius

Gender: Male

God Parent: Iris, Pandia, Aphrodite

Mortal Parent: Lars Gratidius

Appearance: 6'2"

Personality: Arcus is a roman. He is fierce, strong, competitive, agile, and brave. He is also very intelligent. He learns quicly, which has come in handy recently with the learning of his new world. He can be quite harsh, but is also very gentle at most times. He loves to hang out with friends, and to make new ones. Once he does make friends, he is very loyal, and will protect them no matter what the costs. He is very athletic, and knows how to fight. He is very skilled in almost every weapon he puts his hands on. He loves the arts, and loves to draw and listen to music. He also is a huge animal person. His favorite animal is a dog.

History: Lars Gratidius was a wealthy senator in the city of Ancient Rome. LArs was a lonely. All of the other senators had wives, and families. Lars had nothing. Nowomen ever took interest in him, and the only time he got love from a womanwas when he bought it. He did not like to buy women unlike the other senators. He wanted a women that he could love. A woman that he could call his own. Thats when she came.

One afternoon Lars was in the forum when he accidently ran into a woman. The woman was beautiful, with long flowing blonde hair, and eyes that were not just one color, they were a mixture of many. Everything about her was flawless. Lars knew this woman was the one. He apologized to her, and she accepted his apology. Lars eventually started to see the women everyday after that and finally asked her about herself. She said her name was Vernia, and that she had just recently came to Rome. Lars and Vernia sent the next couple days getting to know each other, and they fell in love. One day Vernia just left Lars, leaving him depressed.

Months later, Lars came home from the Forum, and found a baby in his house. Along with the baby was a note.

"Dear Lars, I'm so sorry for leaving you. I had no choice. I'm slowly going insane because of the other one inside of my head. I can't hold her back for long. You must take care of him. He is our son. If you love me, you will love him. I love you and take care. Love Vernia or Iris, Greek Goddess of the Rainbow"

Lars almost did not believe this, but he trusted his love. He named his son Arcus, and raised his son like every other roman boy. At the age of seven, he started his education to become a citizen, and a soldier of Rome. Arcus went to the local school. Arcus was an excellent student. He stayed with his studies, and rarely got beat for being wrong. Like most boys of the wealthy class, he attended grammar school at the age of 12. He then went onto learning public speaking at the age of 16. After his education was complete Arcus signed up for the military.

While in military training he was taught to march, use his weapons, and he vigorously trained physically. He was then able to fight alongside other romans in against their biggest enemy, Carthage.

Arcus was one of the many soldiers of a roman ship during the First Punic War. Carthage, being a strong naval force, took out many of the roman ships, one being Arcus'. Arcus' ship was torn apart by the Carthaginians, and he barely survived. He was floating in the middle of the Mediterranean on a piece of wood. He was floating for hours, and he knew he would die out there. All of his hard training and education, and his life was over. But what came next was not going to make his life any easier... or shorter.

That night, the Mediterranean got fierce. The waves were huge and furious. The wind picked up and lighting and thunder came every couple seconds. Arcus knew this is what would kill him. He would just let a wave take him and drown him and that would be that. Right? WRONG! A wave did take him, and it knocked him unconscious, but when he woke up he was on an island. The island was covered in beautiful plants. He stood up and explored the island. After a couple of hours of exploring, he found a group of women that were tending to a bunch of people. One of the women ran to him and told him to have a snack and handed him a flower. Arcus was starving so why not. He ate a flower, and he had many after that. Arcus had many of these flowers every day. What seemed like a few days later Arcus had no flowers to eat, and the whole island had changed. It changed into a beautiful building with lots of lights and tables, and a box that had people, ghosts, and other things trapped inside of them. Arcus was very confused by this. How did the island change into this? He did not like the new island. He ran for an opening, many of the women trying to stop him. He pushed them all out of his way, and he finally made it outside.

Outside of the building was even weirder. There were many people walking around, and other buildings like the one he just exited were behind him. He wanted to go home. He had to find his way home. He ran through the crowds of weirdly dressed people, and he quickly got lost. He did not know where he was. He asked many people where he was but they all looked at him weird, and spoke in a language he didn't understand. He finally asked a woman and she answered back in greek, which Arcus learned in school, "Hello demigod" The woman laughed and then she showed her true form. She had flaming hair and metal leg and a goat leg. And what did she call Arcus? a demigod? like a child of a god? Not possible. Arcus gathered his thoughts and ran, screaming for help, but he realized he wasn't speaking latin. He was yelling in greek. The woman finally caught him and threw him against a wall. The woman raised her dagger to kill Arcus when the empousa turned to dust. Behind where the woman used to be was a teenage boy and girl. Arcus asked who they were and they told then they were Derrick and Amber. They told him they were demigods and they were on a quest and they were heading back to camp when they heard his calls for help and they came. The two asked who he was and he told them. They asked about his tattered armor, and he told them it was the normal thing to wear for a roman soldier. The two exchanged a worried look and then they took him back to camp.

Once he got to camp, he spoke with Alexander. Alexander had Arcus explain everything. Arcus told him about going to war with the Carthaginians, and losing. About being stranded and then how the storm brought him to the women with the flowers. He then told about the recent attack of the woman and then coming here. Arcus said he was very confused. Alexander explained everything. He told him that the island he was on was the Lotus-Eaters island. Once you are on the island, time flies by in what seems like a couple days. It had actually been centuries. He told Arcus that since he hadn't ate any lotus flowers that day, that he realized he had been tricked. The woman that attacked him was an empousa, a monster. And it is true that he is a demigod, they just do not know who his godly parent is. They then helped Arcus understand the new life that he will have to live,and taught him everything they could.

Weapons: CB Bow and Arrow,CB Gladius

  Niall Horan + Louis Tomlinson = Nouis Horanson <3     ~Iris Message Me!~      *~Boreas~*     22:19, November 16, 2013 (UTC)