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Claiming

 * List all the elements needed for a valid claim, to the best of your ability.

The elements needed for a demigod claim are:


 * The name of the character.
 * Their current age.
 * 3 godly parent choices, in order of preference, and of the same gender.
 * The mortal parent's name.
 * Either an image of the character's physique and/or a small description of their looks.
 * A few lines describing the character's personality; their habits and traits.
 * A history would be needed, from 3-4 paragraphs long, and even more if preferred. It must explain how the character's parents met, how the child was sheltered after the birth, a small childhood history on how they were treated, their first monster attack and how they survived, the outcome (how they survived) and how they got to camp.
 * A signature would be preferred.

I hope that covers it all.

First Claim
This is a copy of my first ever claim. Take a look over it and tell me exactly what's wrong and what needs to be changed as you would with any other claim.

Name: Azalea Winter

Gender: Female

God Parent: 1. Nike 2. Ares 3. Athena

Mortal Parent: Craig Winter

Appearance: Azalea has dyed blue hair and deep brown almond-shaped eyes. She's around 5'4" and 126lbs. Her physique is althletic from so many years of martial arts and she has especially strong arm and leg muscles. There is a birthmark on the small of her back in the shape of a trophy.

Personality: Azalea is often quiet and reserved as she is introverted to an extent, but around good friends she is loud and cheerful. She is kind, forgiving and gentle in general, but in battle she is full of silent determination and no mercy. She has a quirky taste in music and can often be found listening to her Ipod when she is alone as it often helps her re-focus on life.

History: Craig Winter met Nike while he was in America coaching world-renowned athletes. She approached him after he had finished teaching an up and coming sprinter, and asked him out for coffee. The two instantly connected over their love of good sport and while they were watching a Red Sox baseball game, Craig proposed to an already pregnant Nike. She accepted the proposal, and for eight months the couple happily planned their wedding. Nike gave birth to Azalea three weeks before the wedding date, and explained to Craig exactly whom she was and who Azalea was going to be.

Craig took all the information in slowly and finally accepted the truth that their daughter would be a demigod. Nike was overjoyed and gave him a package for their baby that she explained, would become Azalea’s first weapon. She pulled a silver armband with a bronze double-bladed dagger motif on it out of a blue velvet box and slid it onto Azalea’s arm. The band adjusted to fit her arm and stayed put. Nike grinned. Craig took Azalea home to his and Nike’s New York apartment as soon as he could and set up her room there.

Disaster struck. On her way home from hospital, Nike got into a car crash and her body was never found. Craig was devastated and moved out of New York to Maine to escape his memories. Baby Azalea was only one month old.

In Maine, Craig became a tree farmer and every weekend he would take Azalea to look at the trees. When Azalea started school she became the athletic girl; the girl who would always participate in sport and excel no matter what. Craig enrolled Azalea in martial arts and began teaching her how to climb trees.

When Azalea was 8, she was diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD. Craig wasn’t surprised, as Nike had warned him about it, but Azalea was devastated. At 10, Azalea had already become a high level black belt in martial arts and was referred to a ninjitsu school where students would be able to train with weapons and learn the art of stealth. She became their top student and was adept at handling all weapons.

One night, while Craig was inspecting the trees on his farm, Azalea sat by herself, out of sight of her father. A woman approached her and asked for directions. The woman was dressed in a black shroud that trailed to the ground and covered her face. As Azalea jumped down from where she was sitting to help the woman, she ripped her shroud off to reveal that she a thick snake tail from the waist down. The woman’s eyes glowed red and she lunged at Azalea, gashing her upper arm near the armband. Azalea moved her hand to cover the wound, and lightly brushed the dagger motif on her armband. It tingled slightly, and began to grow. At full size, Azalea held a double-bladed, celestial bronze dagger in her hand. The woman hissed at the dagger, and coiled back to gain momentum for a strike, but before she could injure Azalea again, Azalea leapt onto the woman and stabbed the dagger into the woman’s heart. The woman shrieked, and turned to a pile a golden dust.

That was Azalea’s first monster attack. She never told her father, as she thought he wouldn’t want to know. Azalea began growing into her powers and monsters began attacking more frequently. When Azalea was at the tree farm, she taught herself to leap from tree to tree in massive bounds and basic aerial combat moves. At the ninja school, she became more and more proficient in all weapons; especially her custom made double chained Kama. She even ordered bespoke ninja robes to move easily and silently in.

When Azalea was fourteen, a manticore attacked her while her father was home. Because of all her previous monster attacks, Azalea defeated the beast with her dagger with ease, but her father was shaken and drove Azalea to Camp Half-Blood that night. She had only had time to pack basic things like her ninja robes, her Kama, and a spare pair of jeans. When her father walked her to the arch to Camp Half-Blood, he said goodbye, kissed her on the cheek and walked away.

Azalea walked through the arch and was greeted by a blazing symbol floating above her head and a satyr that lead her to her new brothers and sisters in Nike’s cabin and her new life as a demigod.

Weapons: Celestial bronze dagger (from Azalea's armband), celestial bronze Ninja Kama (one of the Hephaestus kids made her one).

Comments
It would be preferred that you would alter all the three godly parents' genders to female, to avoid complications afterwards. Gods and goddesses may not marry mortals, therefore Nike wouldn't have accepted his sudden proposal. How much time did the pregnancy take prior to the birth? How old was she when she was first attacked? Daggers are great secondary weapons, but they are not accepted as main ones. How did she get her hands on a sword made from a child of Hephaestus?

-Waves

''You forgot to remind me about putting my signature there. Also, there is never a sword mentioned; a kama is a sort of scythe/sickle. You also could have asked to expand on the monster attacks over the years, but other than that, good jod! ''

Task 3
Your task is to check at least 7 claims between now and 9/04/14. I'll be checking your progress as closely as I can.

Claims
I'll try to do them all when I have the time. :)


 * 1) Claiming:Camp/Audrey Hemlock
 * 2) Claiming:Camp/Braeburn Smith
 * 3) Claiming:Camp/Richard Mulligan