Derek McKinney

  Derek McKinney

Son of Hephaestus

(This Character Belongs to Cosmiggy)



History
 History

Andreana McKinney, was a company head's secretary. She is dedicated to work and loves her job. She is trusted by her bosses as well as her fellow workers. She has many friends and one of those are Clara, her best friend. One day, she bought a cappuccino but accidentally bumped into this guy which introduced himself as Alex. The cappuccino dumped into the ground and Alex immediately apologized. He bought another cappuccino for Andreana, hoping to make it up to her. She soon found out that she and Alex works on the same company. They started bonding with each other ever since and eventually, they started dating each other. They soon realized that they fell in love with each other and one night, Andreana and Alex had an affair. A few weeks later, Andreana found out she was pregnant. She kept it a secret to everyone except for Clara and Alex. A few months later and her pregnancy was somehow visible and so, she faced an inquiry at work and she was eventually fired. She found a new job working as a local maid for a small family until her pregnancy came to an end. On October 16, 1995, Andreana gave birth to a healthy, baby boy which she named Derek. She resigned of her maid job immediately. The next day, Alex, however was nowhere to be found. Andreana thought he left them for another girl. She promised herself never to love again and she focused her attention on her son, Derek ever since.

Derek grew up as a healthy, intelligent and helpful boy. He loves to be alone at times because he loves to read. He is also quite silent. He attends a public school while his mother, found a new job as a waitress in a diner not too far from his school so she always gets the chance to bring him food from the diner. One day, Andreana brought Derek to the mall to buy him new clothes, new shoes and new school supplies to award his son for the help he's done for her these past years. However, when they went home to their apartment, they realized they were robbed. All of Andreana's life savings are taken away. Due to this, Andreana needs to save her money more and decided to walk to work everyday. This caused her to be late every single day. A few months later and this went on. She was eventually fired again. She spent every single day then to find a new job in order to support his son. This saddens Derek. He wishes to help her mother but he couldn't. Eventually, her mother wasn't able to pay for their house rent and was kicked off the house. Clara, helped them and brought them to his house. Clara also had a son about Derek's age. His name was Joshua. On a weekend, Clara went with Andreana to find a job. They were instructed to boil the stew left from tomorrow and so they did. Before dinner, Derek opened the stove and left the Stew in it. He and Joshua played video games for a while and they completely forgot about the stew. They slept and later that night, The house was on fire. They only woke up because of the howling neighbors outside. They both tried to go outside but a falling debris caught Joshua. Derek tried to save him but then the firemen came and took Derek out of the house. The firemen wasn't able to save Joshua as well as the house. It burned into ashes and when Clara found oout that it was Derek's fault Joshua died, she kicked them out. Andreana took the part time job of a janitress in a school and once she had enough money, she and Derek moved to New York City. They managed to find a small hut near Central Park and lived in there for the next few years.

When Derek turned 14, her mother was diagnosed to lung cancer and eventually died. It was sad for Derek but he managed to live on. He had a job as a zookeeper in the local zoo and got used to his work eventually. When he turned 16, he was alone in his hut because he had a day-off. He heard some grunting from outside and a Hellhound attacked him. He managed to get out of the hut and ran into Central Park where he ran into a man with goat legs. It was a satyr. The satyr handed him some throwing knives and asked him to help him defeat the Hellhound. Derek threw some knives and one luckily hit the Hellhound in the head. It dissolved in the air. The satyr told him everything about who he is. About how he became a demigod and why he needs to go to Camp Half - Blood. He packed his things and left a note to his friend, telling them he resign at work. He and the satyr went to Camp Half-Blood and a few hours later, he was claimed by Hephaestus. The next day, he found a box lying on his bed. He opened it and it contains a headphone and a baller. The headphone magically transforms into a Silver Katana and the Baller transforms into a Celestial Bronze Shield.



 

Personality
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Derek prefers to be silent though he can be a little feisty sometimes. He is quite intelligent and loves to read books. He also prefers to be alone though he can use some company sometimes. He can be a good friend and if you two are good friends, he can be fun to be around with. He is also honest and a helpful person.

Powers
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<font face="Century Gothic" size="4" color="#D45833">Offensive

 * 1) <font face="Century Gothic" size="4" color="#D45833">Children of Hephaestus have the ability to see each specific weakness in another person’s armor and are proficient at striking them in order to do the most efficient amount of damage.

<font face="Century Gothic" size="4" color="#D45833">Defensive

 * 1) <font face="Century Gothic" size="4" color="#D45833">Children of Hephaestus can become resistant to all types of physical attacks for a short time.

<font face="Century Gothic" size="4" color="#D45833">Passive

 * 1) <font face="Century Gothic" size="4" color="#D45833">Children of Hephaestus are innately extremely resistant to heat and fire.
 * 2) <font face="Century Gothic" size="4" color="#D45833">Children of Hephaestus are innately stronger and faster than others.
 * 3) <font face="Century Gothic" size="4" color="#D45833">Children of Hephaestus are innately able to use any enchanted materials for use in weapons or armor; however, they are not as proficient with it as someone who would naturally be able to use them.

<font face="Century Gothic" size="4" color="#D45833">Supplementary

 * 1) <font face="Century Gothic" size="4" color="#D45833">Children of Hephaestus have the ability to release heat from their hands in order to cauterize an open wound.
 * 2) <font face="Century Gothic" size="4" color="#D45833">Children of Hephaestus have the ability to control a single mechanical object with their mind; doing so, however, immobilizes the child of Hephaestus until control is broken.

<font face="Century Gothic" size="4" color="#D45833">Traits

 * 1) <font face="Century Gothic" size="4" color="#D45833">They are great mechanics.
 * 2) <font face="Century Gothic" size="4" color="#D45833">Are able to make all sorts of machines, including automatons.
 * 3) <font face="Century Gothic" size="4" color="#D45833">Are excellent sculptors.
 * 4) <font face="Century Gothic" size="4" color="#D45833">They are able to create transforming weaponry.
 * 5) <font face="Century Gothic" size="4" color="#D45833">They are excellent at creating weapons and armor of all natures.

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