Claiming:Camp/Ernestine Tangviik

Name: Ernestine Tangviik

Gender: Female

God Parent: Phobos, Morpheus, Thanatos

Mortal Parent: Kali Tangviik

Anthem: Cannibal by Kesha



Appearance: Short curly dirty blonde hair, dark brown eyes usually hidden by her bangs, heart-shaped face, very thin, average height at 5'6

Personality: Secretive, twisted sense of humor, described as being insane, mentally cracked and messed up from abuse and suicide of her mother, can't be scared easily, has the cruelty of a child, unaware of her own aforementioned cruel tendencies, can be hostile, is usually rude, can be dangerous, is very suspicious and mistrusting, states she's a cannibal just to scare people

History: Ernestine was born July 22, 1996 to a 31 year old named Kali Tangviik, and Phobos/Morpheus/Thanatos. Kali already had a 10 year old daughter named Celestyn from a different relationship. Celestyn didn't trust nor like Phobos/Morpheus/Thanatos and even her young half-sister, Ernestine. A few months later, when Ernestine was 6 months old, Phobos/Morpheus/Thanatos left Kali and the family without a goodbye or an explication.

Kali, who was still deeply in love with him, went insane with grief. She started drinking heavily and beating her oldest daughter, then her youngest. She blamed her children for Phobos/Morpheus/Thanatos' disappearance, so she made their lives' a living hell. From the age of 11 months to age 5, Ernestine was abused by her mother. The abuse almost drove Ernestine insane as well, but she maintained her sanity. Meanwhile, Celestyn became even more bitter to Ernestine, blaming her and her father on the abuse.

When Ernestine was 3 (and Celestyn was 13), Kali gave into her major depression and shot and killed herself into front of her children. Kali's suicide was enough to push Ernestine over the edge and make her mentally cracked. Ernestine and Celestyn were soon sent to live with her grandmother, Rosemary Tangviik. It was there that strange things started happening to Ernestine. She would complain to her grandmother of seeing shadows and strange things following her. Confused, she would say it was just her imagination.

But that wasn't all of Ernestine's problems. Ernestine loved scaring other children and enjoyed talking to herself instead of other people. She also liked threatening people. Ernestine would sometimes play with dangerous things like knives and matches before her grandmother, Rosemary, took them away. After a while, she began to search everyday all over Ernestine's room for dangerous weapons. But on July 19, 2000, Rosemary forgot to check under Ernestine's pillow. Under the pillow was her grandmother's lighter and Ernestine was bursting with joy when she saw it.

With her grandmother in the kitchen and her older sister at a friend's house, Ernestine walked into the living room and lit the lighter. Ernestine stared at the fire for a moment, before she accidentally grabbed the wrong side of it with her other hand. Ernestine let out a cry, and dropped it on the carpet. The lighter's fire started to spread, catching some of the carpet on fire. Ernestine became afraid that her grandmother would see and would punish her severely, so she climbed out of window on her grandmother's first floor living room. Ernestine quickly raced across the road, and hid behind a tree, not looking back.

Meanwhile, the tiny fire that Ernestine had lit was spreading even more and was getting bigger. Soon, the small flame had engulfed almost the whole room. Rosemary walked into the living room because she had smelled smoke and was looking for her lighter. She was horrified to see the flames. Confused, she wondered what started the blaze. Then she remembered her missing lighter and Ernestine's love of it.

Even more horrified, she called out her granddaughter's name over and over again, with no answer. She searched and called more, as the fire continued to spread. But, sadly, Rosemary collapsed from lack of oxygen and died a few minutes later. By the time the firefighters arrived, neighbors were gathering outside, seeing the smoke from the windows. Upon entering, they discovered the dead Rosemary. While they rushed Rosemary to the hospital, a neighbor discovered Ernestine in their yard across the street. They brought her over and comforted her and Celestyn, who arrived moments earlier.

Celestyn blamed Ernestine for the death of their grandmother as they were taken to an orphanage in New York City. After that, Celestyn didn't talk to Ernestine, even when Ernestine followed her around. But a few months later, Celestyn was adopted by a nice couple and Ernestine was left alone in the orphanage. Ernestine started trying to run away at age 7, but was allows caught before she stopped running away at age 11.

Soon after that, she began to have the same things that happened at her grandmother's happen at the orphanage. She would complain to the women there of seeing shadows and strange things following her. All the women thought she was crazy, except for one named Aurora Melbye. She actually listened to Ernestine's tales, unlike the other ladies. Soon, Aurora and Ernestine were friends.

On Ernestine's 13th birthday, while in Aurora's dorm, a strange symbol appeared above Ernestine's head and Ernestine started to freak out. Aurora pulled her outside quickly, telling her they needed to talk and that they needed to leave. Confused, Ernestine followed. Aurora began to explain, in the car, that Ernestine was a demigod, she herself was a satyr, and that she needed to get her to Camp Half-Blood quickly. Ernestine was still confused, but choose to go along with it.

When they entered Manhatten, a small humanoid figure in the sky began to follow them. Aurora drove faster, and they were soon on a dirt road in the middle of no where, with the figure still following them. Arriving at a normal looking hill, Aurora stopped, grabbed Ernestine, and ran as fast as she could (which was very fast). Just as she was going to go through a large gate there, something flew into them, throwing them backwards onto the ground. The harpy flew quickly towards Ernestine, but Aurora threw her shoes at it, causing it scream and flew off course, only scratching Ernestine on the arm.

With the harpy dazed, but flying at them again, Aurora grabbed Ernestine again and pulled her through the gate. She then helped her to the Big House.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in our own sunshine 17:03, April 25, 2012 (UTC)