Claiming:Broken Covenant/Chen Jun Shik - Accepted

Name: Chen Jun Shik

Godly Parent: Attis

Mortal Parent: Chen Jung-hee

Current Age: late 14

Model: Park Hyung Seok

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History: Thousands of years ago, in ancient Greece, lived a consort of Cybele. He was a shepherd boy named Attis. With his looks and talents, the king decided to give his daughter to him in hand of marriage. Once the wedding melody was played, Cybele was angered by his infidelity and intoxicated Attis, causing him to castrate himself in madness. The goddess then took his spirit and sealed it in a pine tree. In repentance to what she has done, Cybele asked for Zeus to preserve her lover’s body; that one day, she may revive it in due season.

The deified mortal Attis longed to see the world once again because his spirit was trapped inside the pine tree he died beside to thousands of years ago. He wanted revenge against Cybele, because he wouldn't be in such a situation if it weren't for her driving him mad. Although she was one of those responsible for preserving his body and spirit (the other being Zeus), it still didn't appease him.

Finally, it came the day of his revival. With pity and regret, Cybele restored Attis' body into its former glory. She then freed his soul and transferred it to his body, and his castrated organs were also restored. With her feelings rekindled, the goddess readily allowed him to roam around the modern world with the condition to remain as her consort once more. Attis, however, sought for revenge and pretentiously complied. Roaming the streets of New York, Attis found a few women of different appearance. They had black hair and black eyes, unlike the Caucasians. Intrigued by their unique beauty, he decided to fly towards the origin of these women, an Asian country. He knew having a child far from America would benefit him greatly, so flew to Jeju Island and found the serenity more than blissful. There, the deity felt stricken with thirst. Suddenly, he was invited by a Korean woman, Jung-hee Chen, to her home where he was treated as the village's honored guest.

At first, all that was in the divinity's mind and heart was vengeance against his previous lover but things started to changed. Weeks passed and Attis was enjoying himself in the village. He fell deeply in love with Jung-Hee and had a few intimate nights. Things turned upside down when the woman told Attis about her pregnancy. Know he would be putting her and his child's life at risk if he stayed any longer, the deity told the mortal the truth. Surprisingly, Jung-Hee accepted all of these as well and still wanted to bear his son. The god blessed his children, including the unborn one, so that they may be safe from Cybele.

Three years later, Attis decided to privately visit South Korea, specifically, the mountain village in Jeju. What the immortal saw in the farm house warmed his heart. With the village's kind people, his unborn child now grew up to be a fit toddler hailed "Seo-jun." At that moment, Jung-hee was singing a melodious lullaby to the half-asleep Seo-jun. Before going to sleep, his son whispered one word that broke his heart, "appa." Once Seo-jun fell asleep, the god knocked on the door and was warmly welcomed.

Jung-hee told the god of their problems, especially in finance. Attis then gave the woman a moderate sum of money and blessed her crops to grow bountifully. The immortal shared his side of dilemmas, especially the tighter watch of Cybele on him. When their mother mentioned Seo-Jun's loneliness, the child's father decided to give him a sibling. In the other room, the two again shared a passionate night prior to the god's leave. Eight months later, a healthy baby boy was born, and he was lauded "Jun-Shik."

Seo-Jun and Jun-Shik spent their childhood helping Jung-Hee in tending their small farm. Unlike normal kids who would wake up early in the morning to go to school, they woke up early to ready fields and feed livestock. There were also times that they would butcher animals, and went with their mother to the market to sell their harvest. It was too early for them to experience the difficulty of everyday labor, but if they stopped working, they would have nothing to eat. They made enough money to satiate only their hunger, and the rare excess they received was for emergency situations. Included in the reserved money was the one Attis gave Jung-Hee. The Chen family basically lived a simple yet toil-filled life, but you wouldn't hear them complaining. When they have spare time, Seo-Jun and Jun-Shik would visit a friend of theirs who went to school to learn at a least a few things.

Actually, that friend of theirs was the only one who understood their situation; the rest of the kids at the village didn't. They would pick on Jun-Shik, because he was helpless, weak, and clumsy; he was bullied in a nutshell. But his big brother always came to the rescue. Seo-Jun got into fights just to defend him, and did everything to protect him. It was for this reason that they didn't try bullying Jun-Shik whenever he was around. They practically feared Seo-Jun, and it was his reputation that kept them at bay.

As they aged, Attis' protective blessing started to wear off, and he wasn't aware of this. Eventually, Cybele discovered her consort's infidelity, and the existence of his offsprings. Furious, she threatened him of forcing his spirit back into the pine tree and destroying his body so he would escape no more if he didn't kill his mistress and children. In turn, Attis refused to submit, as he would not rather see them die. In his own accord, he went back to the pine tree, where he castrated himself once more. As he was god, he couldn't die, but his body and spirit merged with the tree itself, where he would prepare for his miraculous rebirth in the future. His severed organs, on the other hand, bore itself on the ground and started to grow roots underground to whereabouts unknown; that was Attis' final act of sacrifice for his children. Cybele arrived too late and tried to free Attis out of desperation, but the tree dispelled her magic. With this, she turned all retribution upon the Chen family.

Cybele searched the world on their whereabouts, and it led her to a mountain village in South Korea. She disguised as an old woman, and entered the village. She immediately sensed the blood of Attis on a small run-down farm, and went straight there. She was answered by Jun-Shik; to confirm his bloodline, she gave him a sack of seeds, and by the direct contact they made, she was assured that he and Seo-Jun were the ones she was looking for. Weeks later, she spread a plague on the small village, killing Jung-Hee in the process. Cybele exempted the brothers, because she wanted them to suffer more than just losing a mother. Seo-Jun was only 13 while Jun-Shik was 10 years old.

Months after the plague, the siblings were left for dead out of starvation because their farm was gravely affected by Cybele's wrath. Almost all of the village-people had succumbed, save for them and some who managed to survive but were dying already. Basically, they were the last of the village, with no one else to get help from but each other. However, in the face of disaster, an astonishing miracle happened. From the ground of their farm grew a large pine tree and the plague-stricken fields were made fertile once again. Of course, Seo-Jun and Jun-Shik had no idea of everything that occurred and credited the events to a Korean god. The death of their mother was still fresh in their memory, but they went on with life, as they were the only ones left to support each other. The miracle that had happened was the fruit of Attis' sacrifice back then.

The siblings became accustomed into living alone, and it was all thanks to the pine tree that generated life to provide them with food to eat and water to drink, and the feeling of "protection" it gave them. The pine tree's powers sort of functioned like Thalia's Pine Tree at camp, as it fended off any monster that tried approaching them at its borders. It protected them for the next four years, and during those times, Cybele wasn't able to enter the farm's borders, yet she wanted to torment the brothers. With that, she sent the both of them nightmares occasionally; it either involved the death of Jung-Hee, or the death of their father, Attis, whom they never knew. There even came a time that Jun-Shik was nearly driven insane by the nightmares, and nearly hurt Seo-Jun.

Once those four years had passed, the pine tree's power became weak enough for monsters to break in. Cybele used the opportunity to send a wild lion to come crashing into their farm. Seo-Jun was near the point of being mortally wounded trying to protect Jun-Shik, which triggered the latter to give back everything his brother, had done for him. He boldly faced the lion, and was unfortunately killed. The remaining essence of the pine tree caused Jun-Shik to be a pine tree himself, encasing his body and soul within it. Cybele then finally appeared to Seo-Jun, cruelly triumphant. She herself told him everything, from the existence of the Greek gods to her acts of revenge against Attis. With still some guilt left, she gave him the opportunity to revive Jun-Shik under one condition; if he truly was Attis' child, then he would castrate himself, right on his 18th birthday, which was a week from then. She also swore that if he did it, she would not bother them again, and he will live with his brother in peace. She and the lion then disappeared, leaving a devastated Seo-Jun and a pine tree for his brother.

For the following days, Cybele drove him mad once again in his nightmares; this time, the impact was much severe from before. Seo-Jun's 18th birthday came, and his mind was totally twisted and messed up, yet part of him wanted his brother to live so badly, because he was the only family her ever had. Using the last piece of sanity left in him, he stood at the foot of his brother's pine tree with a knife at hand, and swiftly castrated himself. Cybele's promise then came true; Seo-Jun bled and fell unconscious, but was barely alive, while Jun-Shik was revived back to his human form.

Fearing that the lion might come back for them, he carried his brother and fled to the forest. He realized what his brother had done for him, and he felt even more gratitude for his sacrifice. As he cried and cried in the forest while he held his brother, a satyr happened to pass by. He healed their wounds and brought them to his camp where he heeded their story.

When Seo-Jun woke up, however, he was just staring into space, alive, yet almost not sentient. The satyr pitied them, and offered his help to bring them to Camp Half-Blood. In behalf of his brother, Jun-Shik agreed to come with him, in hopes of escaping their horrible life. A week later, they arrived at camp; the satyr promised to keep Seo-Jun's ordeal a secret, and left them at Hermes' Cabin to be claimed. However, weeks passed, and they weren't claimed by their god parent. When despair was imminent, Attis was able to penetrate into their dreams, and told his side of the story. He told them that if they were able to find his pine tree, he would restore Seo-Jun mutilated body, all the while apologizing for the trouble he and Cybele had caused to them.

In the next few days, Jun-Shik thought about their whole life, and realized the fault of their existence and the the gods involved in their suffering, and decided to leave camp. As he wandered around New York City with his brother at tow, they encountered Godfrey Strauss, a member of the Broken Covenant. Intrigued by their story, he invited them to join the BC, where he assured that the help he needed was within reach. Once they arrived, other members treated Seo-Jun’s mental problem. They managed to rescue his sanity, but it will take a really long time before he recovers completely. Ever since then, they have sworn their loyalty to Heinrich Alten under the faction of Opus Superum.

Choice of Weapon: Celestial Bronze Hooked Swords forged at camp. When unused, it takes form of a cross necklace. It is enchanted to return to Jun Shik if gone for more than 10 minutes from him.

Faction: Opus Superum

Reason: (Credits to Hyu for most stuff >.<")

"We were born for the purpose of our father's vengeance, as a way to slap the ugly truth to his consort. And yet, he tried protecting us from her, as if he was trying to say that he made us into existence to boast, then "erase" our existence once he had his moment of glory. He used our mother to escape the reality of being forced to love someone else, and look at what misfortune he had caused; he had called the goddess' wrath, and killed our only family member left. Our father tried to clean up his mess by protecting us for those four lonely years, and yet he did nothing when we faced our ordeals. We feared each day that the monsters trying to get past our father's barrier would kill us for good. We weren't even claimed. My brother has sacrificed too many, just for the sake of our survival, including his own mind and body. It is time to act. As if it was our fault of being born, unnecessary deaths and misfortunes were cast upon us; we wish not to suffer through these anymore. If he's trying to repay our misfortunes, I do not see it; therefore, it is merely filled with false hope. We have seen. We are coming. We will conquer. I believe if you will have us, brother and I will make an excellent and loyal addition to your honorable faction."

- Chen Jun-shik