Claiming:Camp/Haru Matsumoto



Name: Haru Hikaru Matsumoto ( はる    ひかる   松本 )

Age: 17

Gender: Female

God Parent: Cybele, Mnemosyne, Eris

Mortal Parent: Hiroomi Matsumoto

Appearance: Model - Shin Se Kyung

Personality: Haru has a very upbeat and cheerful personality. She likes making people smile, laugh, or happy in general. She's very energetic and has trouble sitting still. Haru is a very audacious and spontaneous person and has no sense of shyness whatsoever. She tends to speak her mind, having almost no filter with what she says. Despite this, she is quick to apologise when she's slipped up with her words. Haru also tends to be very prideful, maintaning a tough front. She doesn't want people to see her cry or be in a weak state. Haru can also be a very lazy person, often procastinating when given something to work on. She also has trouble maintaning focus. Haru believes that loyalty is most important, and holds her friends close to her. She's willing to do almost anything for her loved ones.

History: Hiroomi Matsumoto was a successful business man working in Kyoto as the president of his own company. He was the heir of his company, and once he became of age his father passed down the company into his hands. Once he finished school he became the new head of the family company. His family ran a chain of luxury jewelry, Matsumoto Jewels. When he had taken a business trip to Osaka, he met Haru's mother. Cybele was in the personification of a young, beautiful, Japanese woman with the name of Mio Nakamura. Hiroomi was entranced by her beauty, and invited her to lunch after the meeting. When he found Mio had an apartment in Kyoto, they began to have lunch together every week. Every week turned into every day and soon lunch together turned into dates.

One thing led onto another and Haru was conceived. Mio, actually being a goddess, had to leave as soon as possible and didn't get the chance to tell Hiroomi about her true form and about their baby. Hiroomi was devastated by the abrupt departure of Mio, but soon got over it. However, some time later a baby was found at the doorstep of his mansion. Hiroomi, startled, took the baby in and called for a maid to watch over it while he tried to figure out whose the infant belonged to. He remembered that night with Mio before she had left and the realisation hit him head on. He at once set out a search to find Mio Nakamura, which ended a few years later as a failure. Hiroomi, with the help of the household staff, raised the baby that he later named Haru Hikaru Matsumoto.

Hiroomi was very busy and needed the assistance of several maids and butlers to help him raise his daughter. Despite this, he always made sure to find time to spend with Haru everyday. He loved Haru very much, and this was very apparent. Haru loved her father a lot as well, and the two were nearly inseperable. Hiroomi, although he spent much money on Haru, never forgot about teaching her to become respectful. However, he also wanted to teach her to be herself. Haru grew up never really caring how anyone else thought of her, because she believed that only her opinion of herself mattered. Hiroomi hired a tutor to school Haru once she became of age to go to school. Her tutor taught her English at the age of six.

Haru lived a luxurious life, but she didn't let this go to her head. She never complained about anything because she was so grateful of how fortunate she was. Haru was always recognised as the prestigious daughter of the Matsumoto Jewels, but she didn't like others' image of her being a goody-goody and a snob. When she was eight, she was able to attend one of her father's parties. Haru instantly charmed all of her father's business partners and associates. When she was ten, her father married the daughter of one of his business partners. However, two years later, they divorced. Haru was very close to her step-mother and was given a choice to stay in Japan with Hiroomi or join her stepmother in Manhattan. She chose to stay in Japan.

That same year, she had her first monster attack. It was near her thirteen birthday and her father decided to take her their vacation home near the ocean. A telekhine attacked her while she was playing near the shore. Luckily, one of the maids was a daughter of Pandia. She had her weapon, a spear, concealed as a bracelet. She heard Haru's screams and rushed in to rescue her. The maid, Mitsuki, was able to kill the monster before it did any major damage to Haru. Mitsuki took Haru to her father and explained everything--her godly mother (they weren't sure which of the goddesses she was), her godly bloodline, and most importantly Camp. Haru, even after much failed persuasion, refused to go to Camp.

She wanted to stay with her father. Hiroomi was okay with this under one circumstance. Mitsuki had explained that many more monster attacks would happen to Haru, and this was the primary concern for Hiroomi. Hiroomi hired Mitsuki to become Haru's companion and 'bodyguard.' Mitsuki and Haru became very close over the years, and Haru was grateful for Mitsuki's protection. Mitsuki was like an older sister figure for Haru, and she looked up to her a lot. After yearly (sometimes even twice in a year) minor monster attacks, Haru lived a secure life as a demigod. This all changed when she was fourteen.

This was when the Tohoku earthquake struck Japan. Haru was living in Sendai with Mitsuki, Hiroomi, and her grandmother at the time. The earthquake and tsunami combined destroyed their home and killed Hiroomi and Haru's grandmother. She spent two days in a refugee camp when her stepmother, May, flew in from Manhattan to take Haru and Mitsuki back to America. Haru went to a private school in Manhattan from then on, and Mitsuki taught her basic self-defence.

When Haru turned fifteen, she decided to go to Camp for just one summer. She came back--claimed as a daughter of Cybele--with a pair of celestial bronze dual katanas, which could transform into a silver charm bracelet. Haru loved going to Camp so much that she went the following summer when she was sixteen. The year she was to turn seventeen, a devastating fire burned down her step-mother's home. Everyone was killed. Haru had nowhere to go, and with a heavy heart she packed all of her belongings and made Camp her permanent place of residence.

Weapons: CB dual katanas