Claiming:Camp/Octavian Messina

Name: Octavian Messina

Gender: Male

God Parent: Nemesis, Athena, Apate

Mortal Parent: Leonardo Messina

Appearance: Octavian has pale skin, and black, long, hair that's parted in the center. His face is rather gaunt, he has dark green eyes, and he has a slim frame.



Personality: Octavian is rather quiet, while he' polite enough at camp, in mortal schools he was a borderline misanthrope. If Octavian doesn't like someone, he'll rarely take steps to hide it, and almost always has something cruel to say about someone, though he usually only acts when he's prompted to.

History: Leonardo Messina grew up a talented individual. From a young age, he learned how to play the violin, which led to singing, and other instruments. From the day he enrolled in school, he was a straight A student, and he kept fit by taking kickboxing classes. Bullies would find a hard time with him, as he could easily thrash anyone dumb enough to try and push him around. As he got older, he became more interested in poetry, and spent more time writing in his free time then anything else. Women would often throw themselves at Leo's feet, and he would step over them, uninterested.

One day, as a grown man, he was walking the streets at night, when he noticed a man running full speed at his direction. The man had an obviously stolen purse, with a woman chasing him. As he neared, Leo tripped him, and took the purse back. He returned the purse, before kicking the thief for good measure, when he heard an applaud. A woman, apparently witnessing the situation, complemented him on how swiftly he dealt judgement. Leo, for the first time found himself enthralled with this woman, and wished to know her better. To his surprise, she offered to go home with him for the night.

All it took was one night.

Nine months later, Leo was presented with a child, along with a letter saying he must take care of him. Accepting the child, and naming him Octavian, Leo's life took a drastic change. He got a job, bought a house, and started putting his child first. Octavian growing up, due to his circumstances, was obviously different from everyone else, though he dealt with bullying a different way from his father. Octavian had a devilish tongue, often provoking or repelling other children with hurtful words, leading to a lack of friends. He also got in trouble a lot, as anytime he wasn't being bullied, he saw it happen to someone else, and could never leave it alone. Nevertheless, Octavian was close to his father, and spent a lot of time with him, learning how to play violin, or reading poetry.

When Octavian was 24, a strange man moved into the neighborhood. He was built like a bull, and always wore a hat, that shielded his face from sight. Octavian was always uncomfortable around this stranger, as he swore he could feel ravenous looks in his direction. When arriving home one day, he heard his father beckon from the kitchen. He began to walk there, only to bump into his father on the way. His father told Octavian to wait, as he investigated. There was a yelp of pain, followed by a crash. Octavian rushed to the kitchen, to find that strange brute in the kitchen, and his father laying across from him, unconscious with blood coming from his mouth, and a kitchen knife in his hand.

Enraged, he took the knife, and lunged at the brute, stabbing again, and again, until his arms became weak. He looked upon the man who invaded his home, and saw the knife plunged into a single eye on the center of his face. He returned to his father, but he was already dead. The neighbors called the police, and Octavian ended up being sent to a foster home. After a year, he had one friend. One friend he ran away with, a satyr who led him to camp Half-Blood when Octavian was 15.

Weapons: He prefers a silver shortsword, so that he doesn't have to focus too much on wielding a heavy weapon.

--Theunbound64 (talk) 03:23, June 10, 2013 (UTC)