Archived:Freddie Mason

Appearance
Freddie is tall, around 6'4" with brown hair and blue eyes. He dresses pretty casually usually though has been known to dress up for the right occasion.

Personality
Freddie is a rather gregarious person most of the time, he parties, plays music, makes jokes, and is considered a good time all around. There are times though when all Freddie wants is to look up at the stars and think, he usually writes songs during these times and needs to be alone. Freddie's weakness is that he tends to be very promiscuous, and it just happens to be that the people he sleeps with are other men.

History
Sylvia Mason was an intelligent and driven woman. When she met Freddie's father she was a grad student studying Astro-physics at Stanford. He came to her pretending to be one of her professors. After working together on a paper, they soon become romantically entangled. Three months before her doctoral review she learned she was pregnant. Astraeus then told her who he really was. After she found out, she was shocked to say the least and that shock then turned to anger. They fought for hours before eventually she forgave him. Before he left for the last time he gave Sylvia a package and told her to give it to their child when the time was right. She kept that in the back of her closet for the next fifteen years hoping she would never have to give it to her child. Fredrick Mason was born in Cedars-Sinai hospital six months after Sylvia got her doctorate and close to nine months after she last saw Astraeus.

Freddie grew up in New York City where his mother was a professor at NYU. He lived in a brownstone on the upper east side, and went to all the best private schools. This didn't mean he had an entirely happy childhood though, he was never an absolute genius or bookworm and this caused a lot of tension between him and his mother. He was always more interested in music and art. He started to play the piano at age five, and soon picked up guitar, drums, and the bass. His interest in music was viewed as a waste of time by his mother, and they grew apart very quickly. When he was thirteen he started his first band, and became pretty talented actually. Starting from the age of thirteen though he knew he was different. He started to develop his powers, and started to attract monsters. So his mother sent him to the camp she was told about before he was born. After two weeks though, he missed the city so much he left camp and came back to Manhattan. He never forgot what he learned in those two weeks though.

Following his trip to camp, Freddie had several close calls with monsters over the years, but had always been able to tell and outwit them. By the age of seventeen he had started playing several clubs and venues across the city. One night while he was playing a gig he saw an older woman watching him very intently. After his set when he packed up the woman approached him and gave him her card. She told him she was an agent and would like to help him get a record deal. A couple days later he called the number and they decided to have a meeting at his house. When she showed up at his house he quickly began to realize something was off about her, and so did his mom. She excused herself minutes before the agent pounced and revealed herself as a harpy. As soon as she changed into her monster form, Sylvia returned and tossed Freddie the package his father had left for him years ago. He ripped open the wrappings and was shocked to see a large star shaped shield and a celestial bronze sword. He used the shield to avoid the harpy's claws and then wildly swiped, luckily slicing the harpy's head clean off. `After the fight was over, as him and his mother were cleaning up he realized he ripped up a letter while opening the package. The letter told him of both his history and powers. Days of talks ensued between Freddie and Sylvia talking about everything from his father to Camp. Finally they both came to the realization that it would be better if Freddie went to Camp Half-Blood. So off he went, arriving at the camp fresh and early the next day.

Weapons
Freddie has a large star shaped shaped shield given to him by his father. He also possesses a celestial bronze sword.

Offensive
Children of Astraeus have the ability to summon miniature stars which can be thrown like a weapon; the stars, however, dissipate quickly.

Children of Astraeus have the ability to focus an intense beam of plasma which will burn anything it touches.

Defensive
Children of Astraeus have the ability to summon a cluster of miniature stars directly in front of them which can be used to block incoming attacks; the stars, however, dissipate quickly.

Children of Astraeus have the ability to conjure a mock shield, made of very small stars, which can be used to defend from attacks; prolonged use may burn the conjurer.

Passive
Children of Astraeus an innately stronger during the night.

Children of Astraeus have the innate ability to see in all directions at once during the night.

Supplementary
Children of Astraeus have the ability to create temporary light sources, similar to concept of a flare, which will alight an area for a short time.

3 Months After Character is Made
Children of Astraeus are able to cause an eclipse, blotting out the sun for a short time, this drains a lot of energy, though the ability cannot be used multiple times in a row.

6 Months After Character is Made
Children of Astraeus are able to turn into pure star light for a short time during the night. While in this state, the user is granted flight and immune to all attacks; however, once the user changes back they will be extremely drained and immobile for a long time.

9 Months After Character is Made
In rare cases, children of Astraeus have the ability to conjure a miniature version of a constellation to fight for them for a short time, but it can be no larger than 2 to 3 times the size of the user, and the user is immobilised while the constellation fights for them

Traits
Children of Astraeus know all the constellations in the sky.

Children of Astraeus can tell the time, date, and their location simply by looking at the sky.

Children of Astraeus make excellent astrologists.