Claiming:Camp/Altaira Madison

Name: Altaira "Taira" Madison (Taira is pronounced Terra)

'''Gender: Female

Godly Parent:


 * #1 Astraeus
 * #2 Nyx
 * #3 Pandia

Mortal Parent: Amedea Madison/Arcturus Madison (depending on the godly parent chosen)

Appearance:

Altaira has long, light blonde hair and light blue-green eyes. She finds her appearance ironic, it's so bright and light when she prefers the dark. She's sixteen years old, standing at 5'7", though she still knows people much taller than her. She has fair skin, but has a few freckle dotting her face across the bridge of her nose. She could be considered pretty, but she never believes it herself.

Personality:


 * Taira's biggest flaw is that she's a total pushover. She's a follower, not a leader. She's easily influenced, and if something goes wrong she's almost always convinced it's her fault. She cares more about others than she does herself. She has a stutter that shows only when she gets nervous, she blushes too much, she taps her fingers when she's bored or anxious, and she occasionally bites her lip to stop herself from rambling. She tends to look down at the ground and almost always has a small, shy smile on her face. During the day this is her personality, even around close friends.


 * One of her favorite hobbies, though it is considered absolutely boring to most, is making star charts. Her biggest want in life is to be accepted. She liked the night. She could see perfectly fine in it, and she had no idea why, but the dark didn't bother her.


 * Because of her pushover attitude and the fact that she's easily influenced, at her old school she succumbed to peer pressure easily and normally snuck out at night to go to parties and such. Because it's night, a whole new more outgoing, calm and friendly side is shown.

History:

If her godly parent is...


 * Astraeus: Amedea Madison was a renowned astronomer, she wrote books on the topic and was even skilled in Astrology as well, but that was more of a hobby and interest than an actual career. This attracted the attention of the god Astraeus. Although Amedea was interested in a long-term relationship, meeting the god resulted in nothing but a one-night-stand. When she found out she was pregnant, Astraeus visited her again and revealed that he was a god. She was told to keep it a secret from Taira, and she promised reluctantly. Still, she was very tempted and decided to name the baby Altaira after the star Altair, as a tiny hint to her parentage that Taira just assumed was because of her mother's interest in astronomy.


 * Nyx: Arcturus Madison was a life of the party type of person. He met the goddess Nyx in a nightclub, which resulted in a drunken one-night-stand. He went on with his life, until the same girl from the club showed up on his doorstep with a baby. She explained everything, and he was convinced that he was crazy for a while, but finally accepted it.


 * Pandia: Arcturus Madison was a selenologist from New York. In April 1995 he travelled to Hong Kong to view a lunar eclipse, where he met Pandia. The two bonded over their mutual interest in the moon, and eventually begun a brief relationship. It ended when he travelled back to NYC. Nine months later, he met Pandia again who explained who she was. He accepted the baby, who he named Altaira.

Rest of her life that would not be affected much by choice of godly parent...


 * Taira was born with ADHD and Dyslexia, though she can control the former more. She was diagnosed with both in kindergarten, but continued to a normal public school, with special help from her English teachers there. At school, she was the shy girl who was too nervous to make new friends, and rarely opened up. She ate lunch with a few people but rarely opened her mouth to voice her opinions on certain topics, and only felt truly comfortable around her parent.


 * Soon her classmates realized how easy it would be to push her around, and she soon became the nerd that did almost anything for almost anyone just because she wanted to be well-liked by others. Her true friends are the ones who don't take advantage of her willingness, and are trying to get her to change and learn to decline a request every once in a while. So far, all their attempts have been futile.


 * A lot of people took advantage of the fact she could succumb to peer pressure easily. They started taking her out to parties, but she had to sneak out of the little apartment she shared with her dad/mom though. He/She was too overprotective of her, and despite her sweet persona, she felt like rolling her eyes because they were always convinced that something was going to kill her one day. She got more friends, and though she knew some were only using her, the thought of having a friend overshadowed that worry.


 * One day she was leaving a party, and it was dark on the way home. She decided to walk the party venue wasn't that far from their apartment building anyway while talking to a friend of hers on her cellphone. She passed by an alley and saw this huge scorpion. It was a bit smaller than a medium sized car and she was terrified. She told her friend, but that friend of hers knew that Taira was scared of normal scorpions and thought she was exaggerating, and so she told Taira to ignore it.


 * Just when she thought it was going to die, a boy with crutches she recognized from the party showed up. She didn't know him well, but automatically assumed that he was taking the same route home. He saw it too, and when she closed her eyes, preparing to die while muttering silent prayers, she heard a clash. When she opened her eyes, giant scorpion thing was on the ground, dead, and she noticed that the boy didn't have his crutches with him. She saw that one crutch was on the ground, and the other was stabbed into the soft underside of the scorpion. Then, she noticed that he had the legs of a goat and promptly fainted.


 * When she woke up, she believed it was all a dream, but she wasn't in her bed. She was in the infirmary, though she didn't need treatment for any wounds, as she didn't gain any. Everything was explained to her, but she remained sceptic until she saw the boy from last night in clear daylight and was told that everything has already been explained to her mortal parent. This confused her too much, but nonetheless participated in camp activities until one night she was claimed as a child of...

Weapons: A CHB knife/dagger.