Claiming:Camp/James Maelstrom

Name: James Maelstrom

Gender: male

God Parent: Boreas, Aoelus or Zephirus (least preferible)

Mortal Parent: Synthia Maelstrom

Age: 16

Appearance: blue eyes, 5'5", grayish-silver hair (not dyed. It's a lack of pigment), wears a blue, light wieght jacket over his camp shirt, and cargo pants.

Personality: James may be shy around people, but that doesn't stop him from telling a joke or two. In fact, people generally see him either as very secluded and serious, or maybe just a bit too silly and incompetent. Though he does not discriminate between who hears his jokes, don't think that he is comfortable around people he doesn't know well. James is one of the few demigods who is not dyslexic; reading is one of his favorite activities. If he is ADHD, he has never been diagnosed.

History: James is from the upper peninsula of Michigan. He was homeschooled his whole life. He lived with his mother and no one else; although it did occur to him that he did not know his father, it always seemed that was too awkward of a topic to discuss. He first learned of his heritage when he was attacked by a laestrygonian that strayed south of its home in search of a meal. He spent over a day on his own attempting to escape it. Over the course of this time he discovered some of his powers. Eventually the giant was destroyed by another demigod and James was taken to camp. If James is shocked by this turn of events, he hides it well beneath a facade of jokes and seclusion.

Weapons: medium length straight sword (two if possible). If he is a son of Boreas he will replace them at some point with swords made of super-dense ice (it will, however, require a lot of water vapor to materialize the(se) sword(s).

Fighting style: James has always been a fan of swords. They have so much going for them: a daring appearance, a fantastic convenience, and an bodacious spelling (who doesn't "w"s?) Most of his favorite fictional characters have swords; so of course ever since he got his hands on one (or two) he hasn't stopped carrying it around and practicing whenever he can. Shields on the other hand, he can do without. He finds them too bulky to use in the complicated maneuvers he is desperately trying to master. Instead he prefers to dodge and deflect attacks with his weapon(s), and he has a knack for it. Although he doesn't realize it yet, he is learning to respond to the motion in the air. This motion clues him in on attacks instants before he would otherwise be able to detect them. He can even feel attacks from behind (although this tends to backfire, as he is liable to freeze up when he detects them). Maelstromis (talk) 20:24, September 18, 2012 (UTC)