Claiming:Camp/Dorian Valdez



Name: Dorian Valdez (Born: Javier Uriel)

Gender: Male

God Parent: Palaemon, Poseidon, Ares

Mortal Parent: Meredith Uriel

Appearance: (See Photo)

Personality: Javier (Dorian) has a very complex array of emotions, mostly maintaining his tough, overconfident, and arrogant, boy attitude in front of people and bottling his emotions up inside of him. He is able to maintain a normal attitude even under stressful situations, such as being in a room with a dangerous drug dealer with a knife. Yet, he has a heart and sometimes cannot bear the emotional burden of some events, such as his parents death.

Nationality: Costa Rican-American

Siblings: Aria Valdez (Half-Sister)

History: Meredith was in her mid-twenties when she started off as a lifeguard on the beaches of Burlington, California to earn so extra money for college. She was enrolled at the local university and majored in marine biology in hopes of becoming a marine scientist. During that summer, she rescued a man named Juan Pablo while he was drowning. Meredith learned that he was an immigrant from Costa Rica about her age. After the attack and his quick recovery, he visited the beach more often just to see Meredith. The two became friends and formed an intimate relationship with one another.

After Meredith became pregnant with her unborn son, Juan became more distant and later returned to Costa Rica. Meredith was later killed in a car accident. His mother, Meredith, was apparently kept on life support long enough for doctors to deliver Javier through c-section. After his birth, he was proclaimed as an orphan.

Javier was then adopted by policeman Kyle Valdez and his wife, Tara. The couple changed Javier's name to Damon Valdez in honor of their deceased son who was murdered during a home invasion at the age of fourteen. Javier, now Dorian, grew up as a reckless individual.

When Dorian turned seven, he became overly aggressive and lashed out on anyone who opposed him at school. Dorian was constantly involved violence and fights. Students who had teased because he was an outlier where nearly beaten to death at the hands of Dorian. However, Dorian's abuse and bullying comes from a darker place. It is really an example of someone perpetuating a cycle of abuse. In other words, his adoptive father beats him so badly, the only thing he knows how to do is be mean to other, weaker people. At the age of eleven, still enduring his fathers physical abuse, Dorian decided to runaway from home.

Dorian stole his adoptive parents money and escaped his house and took a bus to Galveston, Texas where he attempted to locate a girl named Maria Hernandez who happened to be his friend when he attended elementary school. Her parents allowed Dorian to stay after hearing his story. After a court battle, Maria's parents were granted permission to become Dorian's new legal guardians.

Maria pressured Dorian to join the swim team with her when they entered high school. He reluctantly attended the practice and in time grew to admire the sport. Dorian dedicated most of his free time training and competing for his swim team, and had won countless trophies for it. He was a natural born swift swimmer and rarely lost to anyone.

Weapons: Dual Swords, Dagger, Throwing Knife