Claiming:Camp/Stanley Montgomery

Name: Stanley Stem

Gender: Male

God Parent: Demeter, Persephone, Cybele

Mortal Parent: Stephen Montgomery

Appearance:

Personality: Stanley is very mature, yet also is often very happy-go-lucky in his attitude toward things. Stanley loves all things nature, especially plants and flowers and he is afraid of fire.

History:    The on of a wealthy farm owner in Tennessee, Stephen Montgomery had long resisted leaving the sheltered farm life he had grown up with because he lacked inspiration and because of his dwarfism even has he reached his 20's. One day Demeter, who on a leisure trip around the bible belt sampling crops came across the farm and took note of the talented yet pathless dwarf. She approached him and told him she came seeking employment at the farm. So struck was he by her beauty that he hired her on the spot, with his only evaluation asking for her name, which she said was Flora Davies. Over the next year as they worked together, Demeter and Stephen grew closer and closer and soon were dating. One day she announced to Stephen that she was pregnant, This was joyous news for both of them but it was soon overshadowed with the news that Stephen's' father had died of a heart attack. Throughout Demeter's pregnancy, Stephen fretted and dreaded that his child would be born with Dwarfism as he had been but Demeter made him promise that their child would be their child no matter what. Soon Demeter gave birth to a young son, and the couple decided to name him Stanley. 3 months after his birth while Demeter was supposedly out shopping, Stephen got a call from the doctor who delivered Stanley asking him to come to the hospital. When he got there, the doctor informed him that after examining the results of Stanley's birth, he believed  that Stanley was highly likely to develop Dwarfism. Devastated, Stephen took Stanley home to tell his wife the news. When he got home she wasn't there yet her car was, and on the fridge he found a note. The note explained to him that she was the goddess Demeter and that due to rules amongst the gods, she was not able to stay and help raise Stanley. It also said that she knew that Stanley would grow up with dwarfism but reminded Stephen of the promise he had made. Overcome with rage and disbelief, Stephen tore up the note and came to convince himself that his wife had simply left him for someone better. Unable to continue living on a farm that reminded him of so much loss and sorrow, Stephen sold the farm and decided to move himself and Stanley to Salem, Oregon and study to become a teacher. With a lot of wealth at his disposal and not much time on his hands, Stephen decided to hire a nanny to help bring up Stanley.