Archived:Ryver Sambora

Personality
For the most part, Ryver is a very easy girl to get along with. Even with her ADHD, she is considered fairly calm. She's very friendly and can make friends pretty easily with just about anybody. Not to make a pun, but she goes with the flow most of the time. But, she does have her moments. When you get her angry, watch out. Her rage is something you do not want to experience. And most of the time, she doesn't remember any of her actions when she snaps. She is loyal to no end, doing anything for anybody who has given her friendship. She can also be very protective over those she loves. But, the closer you get to her, the more you notice her sarcasm and witt. She uses it heavily on those she's closest to, meaning no harm.

History
Marina's parents were from Havana, Cuba, but moved to Belmar, New Jersey of all places way before she was born. Her parents were quite rich by the time they had her. They had a beach house, meaning Marina could visit the beach whenever she wanted. She was always quite fascinated by the ocean. The way it was so beautiful, yet so dangerous. Knowing it could be completely calm one minute and then a complete hurricane the next. She took swims in the ocean daily and aspired to be an Olympic swimmer. She was quite good at this, too, getting medals all the time in high school swim meets.

Finally, when she was 18, she got her chance to try out for the Olympic swim team. She trained every day for hours, sunrise to sunset, using the ocean as her preferred method of doing so. Her parents rarely ever saw their daughter. Only for lunch and dinner. One day, she was training as usual when she felt like someone was watching her. She ignored this, remembering that it wasn't really a private beach, so of course there would be people there. But the feeling continued and when she finally looked over, she saw a man. He had jet black hair and stunning green eyes. She didn't know why she was drawn to him, but she walked over.

The first thing he asked was what she was doing. He was at the beach pretty often and always saw her swimming. She told him her story and he seemed amused. He finally asked her name and she gave it to him, asking his in turn. He told her Arroyo and she was interested. She had never heard the name, but she thought it didn't quite suit him, but she decided to not question it as he invited her to a bar. She got drunk and it's pretty explanatory what happens next. It was a perfectly cliche bar story that she wouldn't remember in the morning.

Months passed and she didn't know she was pregnant until she was 3 1/2 months along. She decided, for her baby's safety, she would lead her boyfriend, a full-blood Cuban named Ruben, to believe that the kid was his. He fully believed her and was ecstatic to be having a child. That is, until she was born. Ruben wasn't there for the birth at Marina's request. He found this odd, but went with it. She gave birth to a healthy baby girl she decided to name Ryver Starr Sambora. A letter appeared from Arroyo, who explained that he was really the god of the sea, Poseidon. Most people wouldn't believe this, but she did. There was also a necklace for Ryver, a bottle with sand in it laced in a gold chain. Engraved on the bottle was her name with waves underneath.

Ruben was finally allowed to visit "his" daughter once they were asleep, once again at Marina's request. He came in and picked up the baby, marveling at how beautiful she was. He cooed to her and spoke to her. When she opened her eyes, he knew she wasn't his. Nobody in his or Marina's family had green eyes. This drove Ruben crazy and he even tried to drown the baby, shocked and frustrated that she wasn't dying. When he pulled her out, she wasn't even wet, which freaked him out. He demanded answers from Marina, who just told him that the father was a random man she met at a bar one night.

Ryver noticed she was different early on. She couldn't read well, for she had dyslexia. She couldn't pay attention, for she had ADHD. Her mother refused the school's attempts to get her to take medication for the ADHD, causing Ryver to get detentions quite a bit. She never really had any friends. It wasn't any better at home, though. Her mother and step-father had had a son of their own named Richard. Ruben treated Richard like the golden child, yet beat the crap out of her. She wasn't allowed to ask for anything that her mother gave her, which was very little because of Ruben.

She never had a set school. They would get close to figuring out she was being beaten and they pulled her out, putting her in yet another boarding school. She never felt safe, even when she was rooming with 3 other girls who seemed to be okay with her. Finally, the summer she turned 9, Marina gave her up for adoption after she was attacked by a harpy and handed her the necklace Poseidon provided at her birth. She was adopted by a family in Long Island. They raised her on a horse farm and regularly took her to the ocean. Very early on, she noticed she could do things with water that others couldn't. It seemed to bend at her will, go wherever she wanted it to. She could swim and not get wet and stay underwater for as long as she wanted, being able to breathe. She never told the family, for she thought she was a freak. She also never told them that she was attacked by monsters pretty often and she couldn't figure it out. Luckily, she accidentally came across that her necklace could turn into a sword, so she's been able to defend herself.

The attacks have gotten more common the older she has gotten, so a friend of hers, who turned out to be a satyr, helped her get to camp.

Offensive
of water which can be used for combat; however, only one weapon can be conjured at a time and it cannot be bigger than the one who conjured it. They can also make small non-combative objects out of water.
 * 1) Children of Poseidon can fire a powerful blast of water with high pressure, the equivalent to that of a powerful fire hose.
 * 2) Children of Poseidon have the ability to conjure a weapon out

Defensive
bodies, hardening their muscles and skin to the point where they are immune to physical attacks for a short time.
 * 1) Children of Poseidon can densify the water pressure in their own

Passive
some large enough to contain allies and sustain them for a moderate time before popping. long as they land in water, they can also go as deep into the ocean as they desire without any effects from the water pressure.
 * 1) Children of Poseidon can innately breathe and heal slightly faster underwater.
 * 2) Children of Poseidon can keep themselves and everything they touch dry in the water, unless they choose to become wet.
 * 3) Children of Poseidon can make air bubbles form under water,
 * 1) Children of Poseidon can survive falling from high altitudes as

Supplementary
earthquakes, only large enough to knock anyone in the immediate vicinity of the user off their feat, and only for a few seconds. of teleportation; the further the distance, the more is energy drained, and there must be a substantial amount of water at both ends. high rate. The larger amount of water used, the more energy it drains. command equestrian animals, such as horses, giraffes, zebras and hippocampi. They can also do the same with all animals that dwell in the sea, the more animals summoned and the bigger they are. The more energy is drained. water formed around the user into a protective barrier of water with eight or so whip-like limbs which can be used to grasp or strike an attacking opponent or to intercept and seize incoming projectiles. The longer this form is maintained, the more energy is drained.
 * 1) Children of Poseidon have the ability to create minor
 * 1) Children of Poseidon have the ability to Water Travel, a sort
 * 1) Children of Poseidon are able to telekinetically move water at a
 * 1) Children of Poseidon are able to summon and telepathically
 * 1) Children of Poseidon can create the octopus form, a body of

3 Months After Character is Made
tall, which can not harm them. The tidal wave could injure an opponent and give the user a chance to flee.
 * 1) Children of Poseidon can summon a tidal wave of up to 25-feet

6 Months After Character is Made
of the water, or hippocampi while in the water, for short times, the longer they remain in the form, the more energy it drains and the more time they need to rest between transforming.
 * 1) Children of Poseidon are able to transform into horses while out

9 Months After Character is Made
state of pure water for a short time, during this they are immune to attacks. The hydrokinetic abilities they already possess are enhanced by this state. the user will be extremely drained once the transformation ends. Unable to move and could possibly faint.
 * 1) Children of Poseidon are able to transform their bodies into a

Traits
water and are able to innately feel the difference between freshwater and saltwater.
 * 1) Children of Poseidon always know their exact coordinates when in
 * 1) Children of Poseidon normally have a love for water, and generally excel at water sports.
 * 2) Children of Poseidon tend to be favored by animals of the sea.
 * 3) Children of Poseidon often have a natural affinity for horses and many grow up to become equestrians.