Archived:Primum Herpet

Personality
Always a quiet and laid - back kid, Primum never managed to fit in at school, and after a few years after the incident, He gave up trying. In spite of being great at sports, (as well as being skilled with mechanics) he never tried his hand at sports, because of the accident he had at the age of five at the sports stadium. He fiercely loves his father though, and once kicked a basketball at a guy who was insulting him so hard, that caused him to fly back fifteen feet and fall in a pool. He hates it when people think Primum is a girl's name.

.He used to be unpopular at school, partly because everybody thought he was stuck - up, which he kinda was, thinking he could excel at anything easily if he tried his hand at it. everybody also thought he was a freak due to the incident, which further caused him to fail at P.E. and sports purposely, not because he was worried that others would pick on him, but because he hated to think what would happen to to others if he lost his temper and he also hated to be the centre of attention.

History
Thomas had met Nike when the former had been out of a job, and was about to apply for an interview at Ford Motor Company, where he caught the goddess of victory's eye by his sheer determination to win. Impressed, Nike had guided him and revealed herself to him only after the interview was over. Strangely, Thomas was able to believe her, because he could see through the Mist.

Primum was born after Thomas had a night out with Nike, but the latter left, telling her mortal lover that he would have to take care of his son himself, and also telling him to send Primum to camp before twelve. Thomas was overjoyed, since he had no family members and was ready to shower all the love and affection he had missed, due to his miserable childhood spent under his uncle and aunt.

Primum, since his birth, had been a weird kid. His father didn't tell him his parentage, but loved him dearly. In return, he developed the same fierce love of his father, and they were each the other's best companion. Despite that, Primum knew he was a werid kid from an early age. Once, when he had been ten, he had gone to the stadium to watch the soccer match. The trouble had started when his favoured team had scored a goal, and he ha dclapped so hard that somehow the seats in front of him had been sent flying into the ground. he had also been bruised in the process.

The second time, when he had applied for soccer tryouts. the one who had been testing him had turned out to be a jerk, and had kicked the ball too high to be kicked, especially by a "scrawny sixth - grader". However, due to his tremndous willpower, he had leaped up inhumanly high, and kicked the ball. Only when he had landed did he realize what he had done. the others were murmuring about how he had flown through the air, and he remembered the odd sensation, a tingling in his bcak, like he had grown wings, which he had. this event led him to become permenantly branded as a freak. Several other events, one in which he had kicked a basketball at a guy who was insulting him so hard, that caused him to fly back fifteen feet and fall in a pool convinced him never to lose his temper and most guys not to mess with him.

Life would perhaps continued like that for outcast kid Primum, hadn't that fateful Friday come when he was thirteen. Primum was definitely surprised, when one day, out of the blue, Thomas came and informed him of a summer camp he was going to put him for that summer, since thomas had been called for a prestigious project. Primum was surprised of course, since his father turned down any project if it meant separation from his son. But Thomas did say that his finances were down and the project would help them out, so he agreed to help his father. However, he had a feeling his father was lying.

They arrived at Long Island, or Camp Half - Blood, though Primum didn't know what it was then except for a strawberry field. He was also kind of weirded out by his father's behavious since he seemed really freaked out by some pigeons following him the entire car - trip, and that he had once stopped to buy a whistle before resuming the journey quickly. However, he decided to confront his dad when the latter tried to make him hurry into the strawberry field without saying goodbye. in the midst of his statement "Do you think that someone's following us?" he notices the pigeons arrive. However, they weren't really pigeons of course, as they soon turned into Stymphalion birds, and attacked them. As they ran, Thomas tossed Primum his whistle and told him to blow. Blessed with Nike's power to doubly amplify the power of an object, Primum blew the whistle, causing the birds to become disoriented. at the same moment, after which he used a curved branch as a boomerang (which he had once fashioned at the age of ten and had kept with him) and dispatched them. Thomas then decides to tell him about his parentage and powers, and also apologizes for keeping him a year longer than his mother had instructed, which he had done because he couldn't bear to be separated from his only family, but that it was no loneger possible; life a s a demigod was dangerous. He goes to camp. of course, after making Thomas promise he would pick him up in a month. As tribute to one of the first heroes to use a whistle to dispatch foes, he was presented with a whistle made of Celestial Bronze by the Hephaestus campers. His first time at camp was eventful too, since near the end of the second week, he once even helped the Hephaestus cabin to dispatch a rogue automaton, by hitting it with a basketball at it's weak spot from the air. This earned him the friendship of his campmates who stopped calling him a "hyped - up victory brat" (which they had been doing since they were claimed) as well as a Celestial Bronze sword with the cross - guards in the shape of his mother's wings.

Powers

 * He is able to clap their hands so hard and fast due to their enhanced strength that it sends a small shock-wave out. The shock-wave generates enough force to knock an opponent off their feet and sometimes leaves bruises on his skin.
 * He is able to channel his energy with and create a link to an object, can be a weapon or a sports related item, which causes their next attack with this object to be two times more powerful. Once used, it can not be used again on the object for the remainder of the fight and it drains the user somewhat.
 * Since his mother was depicted as a winged goddess, he can sprout wings for a short time, this enables them to fly; the longer they maintain this state, the more energy it drains. He must rest between flights and cannot make long distance traveling without resting often. However his wings are vulnerable to injuries and magic; they can also be customized to the user’s preference.