Claiming:Camp/Abhimanyu Singh

Name: Abhimanyu ("Abhi") Singh

Age: 15

Gender: Male

God Parent: Apollo

Mortal Parent: Purnima Singh. She is a clear-sighted mortal. She is descended from the legendary Lunar Dynasty of India. Her branch of the Dynasty, in particular, has been involved with the "other world" for millennia. Hence, they are able to see magical creatures and events more clearly than others.

Appearance: Height 5'9", lean, muscular, dark brown skin, black hair, brown eyes. Has a tattoo of a rising Sun on his forehead. Wears a crescent moon - shaped amulet around his neck.

Personality: Abhimanyu is a friendly person, like his mother. He likes to meet new people and learn more about them. He passionately tries to learn more about different languages, cultures, viewpoints and, to a lesser extent, religions. Coming from a fairly conservative society, Abhi hasn't had enough exposure to the LGBTQ community. He tries to learn more about them as well. Heck, he even likes to chat with friendly monsters and immortals to understand their background.

Abhi is helpful by nature. His mother and grandparents have impressed upon him to help those who are in trouble. As a result, Abhi speaks out if he sees something happening that he feels is wrong. However, he doesn't actively interfere unless he feels it is necessary.

His grandparents have made Abhi work hard from a young age. The experience has made him more humble. He is willing to accept his mistakes if someone else points them out.

Abhi loves music of all kinds. He keeps humming beautiful tunes he has heard, to himself. He is also passionate about archery. He tries to read up ancient manuals on archery, from various cultures, so that he can become a better archer. Abhi wants to make his father Apollo and his (claimed) maternal ancestor, the fabled archer Arjuna, proud. He hopes to decipher the secrets of the 'special' arrows and sword that his mother gave him.

History: Purnima had come to an American university to study literature, mainly of Indian and other ancient mythologies. She had also been a state-level archer. She met Apollo there. He fell in love with her. He liked her willingness to explore others' points of view and her passion for learning about other mythologies. He introduced himself to her in the guise of another student from India. Soon, Purnima fell in love with Apollo as well.

She requested him to visit her parents back home in India. Apollo made up a fake profile and managed to impress Purnima's parents. Apollo and Purnima got married. A year later, Abhi was born. A few months after that, Apollo revealed his true nature to his wife and in-laws. Then he left, promising that he would keep watching over his son. The family made up a story that the boy's father had been in the Indian army and gone missing in action at the border with Pakistan.

Abhi's family showered him with love. Abhi's mother and grandparents told him many mythological stories about his mother's as well as his father's side.They also told him that his father was from the Greek myths, but never told him who exactly. They also made sure he learnt the basics of archery, swordfighting and martial arts. Abhi was trained in North Indian (Hindustani) classical music as well.

Abhi's family called many pandits (priests) and carried out many pujas (rituals) to make sure that harmful forces wouldn't affect their child. They home-schooled him, against enormous societal pressure. They would insist that he be back at home before 8 in the night.

However, Abhi's destiny had to eventually catch up with him. One night, when he was 12, a harpy managed to penetrate their home's magical charms. She began threatening to kill him. Abhi quickly picked up a bow, nocked an arrow and hit the harpy in the chest. It didn't kill her, as it was not some special material from the Greek myths. However, it did scare her off. Abhi's mother and grandparents were scared, relieved and proud of their boy.Sadly, for another three years, the harpy, named Rakshasi, wouldn't leave poor Abhi alone.

Every month or so, the harpy would come back with other goons. Sometimes, she would convince local authorities to get Abhi's family evicted from the house for various reasons. Each time, Abhi's family was lucky enough to escape. Abhi grew tired of these magical thugs. One day, when Rakshasi came with five other harpies, Abhi walked straight up to her and said, "What do you want?" She said, "I want your blood."

Abhi replied, "Let's have a one-on-one duel. If you win, you can do as you please. If I win, your gang shall stay away from my home for the next 50 years. Do you accept my terms? Swear on the Styx or the Ganges, as you wish." She swore to his terms. Abhi's nanaji (grandpa) gave him some strange-looking bronze arrows and told him to use them against the harpy.

They fought each other on an open field. Abhi struggled to hit Rakshasi, because she moved as fast as the wind. Rakshasi too found it difficult to touch Abhi, who dodged all her strikes. After a hard fight, Abhi managed to fire an arrow straight at her heart. This time, the harpy burst into dust and feathers. Abhi had won.

Abhi was shocked. He ran back to his home, crying that the arrow actually killed the harpy. His mother consoled him and said, "Monsters don't die like us. She will come back eventually. Also, no one will find any dead body." His grandparents told him that he had done the right thing by standing up to wrongs.

Unfortunately, Rakshasi's sisters didn't leave Abhi alone. Every time Abhi would go out, the harpies would attack him outside his home, citing a loophole in the oath. Abhi would often get clawed in his arms and legs, while trying to escape.

One month earlier, the harpies were troubling Abhi again. When he was trying to run away, he bumped into a tourist. The new man seemed to have a walking problem. He also seemed to be able to see the monsters. He said in an American accent, "Stand back, kid." Then he pulled out a club from his backpack and quickly killed the harpies. The man said, "Hi kid. I am Jeff Bush. I am a satyr - half man, half goat. You're special. You need to be taken to a safe place." Abhi invited Jeff to his home.

Purnima told Abhi to go back to his room. Jeff then told Purnima and her parents about Camp Half-Blood, and its director, Alexander the Great. Jeff told them that her son needed to stay in camp. It would be safer for him. Grandpa Singh became worried. After all, his ancestor Puru (Porus) had fought Alexander. Would that Yunani  (Hindi word for 'Greek') be too harsh on their boy?

After lots of resistance, they finally accepted Jeff's proposal. Jeff was able to pull some strings and arrange a visa for America and some sudden flight tickets. Then, two weeks earlier, Abhi bid farewell to his family, with a heavy heart, and took off for America with Jeff.

They landed at the John F Kennedy International airport and arranged transport till Delphi Strawberry Service. The duo had barely reached when a group of telkhine thugs came up to them. They made racist remarks about Abhi and threatened to beat him up. They all pulled out swords and chains as well. Abhi calmly nocked an arrow in his bow, uttered a chant, and released it. The arrow turned into a net and trapped them all.

Abhi and Jeff ran towards Half-Blood hill, and crossed into the Camp. Abhi met the Ares kids patrolling the border, who took him to the lake. Immediately, a shining harp appeared above his head. Abhimanyu Singh had been claimed by Apollo, god of poetry, archery, prophecy, healing and the sun. Alexander the Great came up to him and said, "Welcome to Camp Half-Blood, Indikos (Indian). It is always a pleasure to meet a descendant of king Porus. Make yourself comfortable, child of Apollo."

Abhi realised that he was special : partly "solar" and partly "lunar".

Weapons: Abhimanyu prefers a bow and arrow. Bow is medium size, strong string. Has a quiver of arrows, mainly made by Hephaestus cabin. He also has some arrows given by his mother. She claims they are divine weapons, like the ones their ancestors used. Abhi also has a talwar sword given by his mother. She claims their ancestors went to war with it. She has asked him to keep the sword and arrows as a good luck charm and use them only when they are really necessary.

VishwaUser (talk) 05:13, April 7, 2017 (UTC)

Heya, I'm Frost, a Helper around here. I'll be the one looking over your form today, so let's see what happens...
 * How old is he? Nine and older is the required limit for camp.
 * Three parents are not required anymore. And Helios wouldn't be allowed for regular campers as is, he would be a BC, which is something you can only get when you're a level three.
 * Please write at least a paragraph for personality.
 * Normally gods are allowed to stay for at least a month after the baby's born, but revealing location of camp directly is known as divine intervention. They can reveal it in a letter or a dream, but directly saying location is not allowed.
 * Most first attacks happen at the age of twelve-thirteen. Fourteen is allowed if there's a good enough reason. Please change the age of first attack.
 * Another thing about attacks is that one happens at least every month to every year. Please add more attacks invovled.
 * Is Purnima a Clear-Sighted Mortal? If so, please add that in.
 * If not, please change what she would have seen the Harpy to. Maybe a falcon attacking Abhimanyu is what she saw?
 * Chiron and Mr. D are no longer at camp. Instead it is Alexander the Great.
 * What happened once he got to America? Did he get attacked more?
 * The longest a camper can be at camp in a forum is two weeks for GodModding purposes. Please state exactly how long he's been at camp.

And that's all I noticed so far! So fix/add those things I pointed out, and then I'll come back and check it out. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me by using the name on my signature.