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Alaska= Name:Alaska Eira Jansen

Age: 16

God Parent: Iris

Mortal Parent: Lake Jansen

Personality: Alaska grew up half of her life without her father and her whole life without a mother, save for her aunt. But because her cousin Zane had stood up and took the responsibility for taking care of her, she was influenced so much by him. She tends to be really bright and happy, but socializing with lots of people is a weakness. She speaks her feeling out through photography and art - may be it in painting form or sketch. However, when she knew all about her reality, she became more concealed, only letting her cousin and her aunt be the ones she shows herself to.

Alaska loves solitude and little company at the same time. As her name would suggest, winter is the best season for her. She felt comfortable and okay when her family, specifically her cousin, was there. Unfortunately, Zane chose a different path, and this broke her heart. She became more closed, more rash and harsh and a bit dysphoric. Sooner she was diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder. After meeting her cousin again, she decided to give in to her reality but never left her own ways.

History:

Parents

January 17, 2000

Dear Mom,

''I know it’s been a long time, but I still need to stay here in California. The company I’ve decided to work under told me that I should stay here for a few more weeks. I’m sorry, but I promise I will come home soon. Please stop worrying. Everything’s going smooth and great.''

''                                                                                                                       Love, Your son, Lake''

Just after sending that letter to the mail, Lake Jansen and Iris went out for a date. It was a long day, but Iris had decided to stay with him and give a bit help with the short letter to his mother in Norway. A few weeks earlier, Lake had somehow bumped into Iris in a museum when he was trying to get ideas from the paintings in there. They had a little conversation, which turned out long and happy for them. They decided to meet again in a park. Sooner, they started dating.

Now, Lake brought her to a fancy hotel restaurant. Iris was joyed, and just can’t pick one thing from the menu. Lake knew everything about her—from the tiny thing that she wasn’t a normal woman to the big detail that she was a Greek goddess. It didn’t matter to him; he just loved her, and that’s all.

They decided to stay in the hotel, having everything there pretty and cool. But that was the last date the two ever had. Two days later, Iris disappeared without a trace, leaving Lake confused and doubtful. Three weeks later, he moved back to Norway and reunited with his mother and sister.

Fortunately, Lake had gotten over Iris. The bad news was, she appeared in their doorstep one night, four months later. He was so surprised that he couldn’t even speak. His mother decided to let her in; the cold might bite the baby she was cradling. Iris told everything that had happened to Lake. At first, he was in disbelief for her not telling him. She kept convincing him ‘til he finally agreed and took the baby. Iris promised him she’ll be watching, and that someone would help him through all it.

Early childhood

Alaska could consider her childhood pretty awesome. She went to a nice school, and eventually overcame her dyslexia after years of reading and understanding. She had a nice family—a loving dad, a supportive aunt and a happy grandmother—even though she never had a mother. It was all perfect until a disaster came. When she turned seven, her father died in a car accident. He was driving on a road above a cliff when the car lost brakes, slid, and spiraled down to the sea.

It was a hard time for Alaska. After learning about her son’s death, Alaska’s grandmother died from a severe heart attack. Her Aunt Lydia had to work harder for the both of them. It was hard for them to get over everything, until someone knocked on their door in a cold, wintery night.

Lydia opened the door, and found a young man in thick jacket and a rucksack slung on his shoulder. He told her he was a relative, and that Lake called for him. Lydia was hesitating, but she let him in and introduced himself as Zane Lystad. She then remembered that the Lystads were a close relative of theirs. He told her he would stay and help, since Lake was a close friend. Lydia agreed, and also introduced him to Alaska.

Zane became a big part of Alaska’s life. He was so nice and kind that all her worries began to fade one by one in the background. She considered him as a father figure, even though he was her cousin. Zane helped her, but he knew better. As a son of Eos, he started to train Alaska in to protecting herself from the troubles every demigod faces.

When she turned eight, Zane gave her bronze fans for training. Hitting, throwing it like a boomerang, and fanning them out to an opponent and the like were the first things he taught her. Lydia didn’t mind; she knew what was going on. She was later trained to use swords. Wooden swords were the first ones she used. Then real ones.

Alaska was pretty confused why her cousin would teach her all those, but she didn’t ask. She loved it. Martial arts came next, for addition.

<p class="MsoNormal">First Monster Attack

<p class="MsoNormal">Zane knew she’d be attack earlier than when should be, so he gave to her the real weapons he had in store for her from Iris herself. He gave her a pair of Celestial bronze fans that can reflect light and blind an enemy. One of the fans can turn into a sword, and the other a shield, by will. The shield had embedded mirror prisms, which can also blind an enemy by reflected light.

<p class="MsoNormal">Alaska was very happy that she kept training herself, even without Zane. She brought them with her everywhere, as she could just hang them on her belt or have them as bracelets. When she turned eleven, she proved that she trained right.

<p class="MsoNormal">Walking alone in the quiet streets to their town from school, she was met by a lone empousa. Seeing its mismatched legs, Alaska was pretty confused but familiar. Once it was near enough, it ran to her so fast, she barely had time to dodge. She immediately took her fans from her belt and charged. She fanned one out and threw it at the monster. Distracting it, she turned the other one into a shield and deflected light from it. A few seconds of blinding light, she took her other fan back and turned it to a sword.

<p class="MsoNormal">The empousa pounced on her, pinning her to the ground. Hissing and muttering curses, it tried to rip her apart. Before it tried to bite her, Zane came running and slashed the monster in two with his sword. Gold dust covered Alaska, but she was frightened and thankful at the same time. While walking home, Zane explained everything from her being a demigod to the different monsters and dangers that she will be facing.

<p class="MsoNormal">Broken Life

<p class="MsoNormal">Alaska decided to continue schooling, but also continue her training. After a lot of persuasion, she finally got Zane to keep teaching her, including her abilities as a demigod. She practiced and practiced her powers, and by those training, it needed a lot of time before she passed out of tiredness. She enjoyed her life, even though she knew it was dangerous. A week after her twelfth birthday, she got attacked by some dracanae. Lucky for her, she was with Zane and together they fought. She tried asking him why he was so good at fighting, be he kept telling her it’s a long story.

<p class="MsoNormal">Five months after that, she met a hellhound, but easily defeated it with combined gymnastics after practicing it for school extracurricular. Proud, she went home overjoyed. However, she was greeted by the news that her Aunt Lydia was involved in a hostage and she was one of the few people shot. Crying, she ran out the house and stayed in their forest backyard, trying to not believe what she heard.

<p class="MsoNormal">She eventually got over it after almost a year. She met a harpy, and with anger, she slashed and dodged until it burst into golden dust. At school, she was never the same bright and active Alaska. She’d only speak with her close friends, and of course, Zane. The next thing she knew, her closest friend at school was leaving for Russia. It saddened her more, and made her feel lonelier. Painting and photography were her major ways of expressing how she felt. She'd sometimes shine rainbows through the light of the forest, a way of telling Zane she's fine.

<p class="MsoNormal">Zane tried to cheer her up, but it only worked tiny bit by tiny bit. Alaska soon wanted to be alone often, just listening to music or drawing stuff. Her friends visited her, but to no use. She would only open up to Zane. For over a year she was like that, having her cousin destroy every monster that came near them.

<p class="MsoNormal">Then Alaska realized something. Since the day she met her cousin until now, eight years’ time, he never aged a bit. He gave no sign of growing older. This totally confused her and soon kept starting to ask him all about it, but he kept denying and turning back from her. Until one day he got enough. He told her he wasn’t even her cousin, but a relative of their family from long ago. That he was someone who saw so much that he couldn’t take it anymore. That he had chosen a path that he thought would help him.

<p class="MsoNormal">Alaska was sure surprised. She never thought of such an idea. Zane then told her she was ready, that he had already taught her enough. He went to leave, but Alaska tried to stop him. After so much forcing, Zane decided to bring her with him to New York, but he planned that he would part once they get there.

<p class="MsoNormal">Arrival at Camp Half-Blood

<p class="MsoNormal">Alaska was anxious. So many questions bugged her, and she didn’t want Zane to leave her. Once they landed, they took a hotel and stayed there for two nights. When Zane saw that Alaska wouldn’t doubt that he’d leave, he left the hotel and went to find his destination, leaving Alaska a note about all that she should know and also payment for the room.

<p class="MsoNormal">Alaska woke up and the first thing she saw was the note. The entire note said was that Zane has already chosen for himself. He only stayed with her because he wanted to make sure she’d be okay and ready when he was to leave. That somehow she’d understand soon. That maybe they’d meet again, but not like all the times they spent together. That he loved her very much and would always hope for her to be safe.

<p class="MsoNormal">She read it again and cried each time. Zane left instructions written on another paper, but she chose to stay in the hotel for a while and try to calm down. For some three days, she cried and let everything out until someone came to visit. In an instant, she jumped out of her bed, thinking it was Zane. When she opened the door, she was greeted a good morning by a short, dark-skinned, curly-haired guy who had crutches.

<p class="MsoNormal">She knitted her brows, but they guy introduced himself as Chris. Alaska just shut the door. He knocked again and again until she let him in. Alaska asked him harshly what he was doing, and he replied that he was just going to bring her somewhere safe. Then she got the idea. She said no, but Chris pleaded. For the past year, she refused to believe that the gods were even by their side. She hated her mom and everything that was happening to her.

<p class="MsoNormal">Chris felt her loneliness, and he told her that the camp would be the best place to start a new life. It was hard for him, convincing her and getting his mind off the violent ways she’d act towards him. For three more days, he tried to convince her, despite her curses and ruthless behavior. At last, she changed her mind, thinking that maybe if she came with him to the camp for demigods, she might be able to find a way to locate her beloved cousin.

<p class="MsoNormal">Having two bus rides and a cab and a bit of walking, they arrived at the borders of the Camp. She clutched the letter Zane left in her hand and the necklace he gave her on her twelfth birthday in the other. But she knew she’d never live the same way again.

Name: Zane Khyllian Lystad
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God Parent: Eos

Mortal Parent: Eioneus

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History:

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It started on the time when Aphrodite cursed Eos for consorting with Ares. Because of the curse, she started abducting men who seemed beautiful in her eyes. The most notable ones were Tithonus, Cephalus, Orion and Cleitus. But one of those young men that were taken was Eioneus, an Athenian who was a hardworking person and was known to be very helpful in his little village. Having his nice attitude and good looks, he caught the goddess’ eye. Soon enough, he was brought into her abode at the edge of Oceanus.

Eioneus had seen Cephalus turned immortal by Eos. He felt sorry for Tithonus, after having him made immortal by Zeus on the request of Eos, but forgot to mention eternal youth. He was also made to be one of those who took care of Tithonus once he started to shrivel into an old man of immortality before she locked him up in a private room. Eioneus realized he never found a liking for Eos, but to his surprise, the goddess never minded. She was pretty demanding, and he knew better than to defy a deity.

Eos then gave birth to a baby boy. Eioneus was totally stunned, but he pleaded with the goddess to bring them both back to Athens. Touched and worried for the sake of the child, she took them back to where Eioneus lived. There, he married a kind woman named Kharis. She happily accepted the child and never gave complains that he was a son of a goddess. Eioneus gave her the privilege to name the boy. Kharis named him Evandros.

Early Childhood

Growing up, Evandros knew about his real mother. Though he felt it awkwardly, he learned to accept to it and just hide it from everyone. He grew up under his parents’ lessons of good deeds and attributes. He had lots of friends, but only a few he had considered ‘real’ friends. Since his father took up carpentry, he started watching his father work when he was six, and tried helping, like bringing tools and the like. He started school at seven, as his father had sufficient money for his education. When he was nine, he had learned the basics of sculpting using wood. He made sculptures of maybe just flowers and easier things while attending school.

Evandros encountered the first monster he had ever seen in his whole life when he was ten. He was walking home from school when he heard screeching sounds and metal clanking nearby. He hid behind a huge, random boulder and peeked to see what it was. He saw a man in light armor, holding a huge sword that fended off a lone harpy. Evandros thought it was cool when the man slashed at it and the monster burst to golden dust. Quickly as it burst, the man ran away. It was so awesome that the kid went home hopping and smiling from ear to ear.

Monster attacks

Evandros never told anything about it to his parents. He acted like he saw nothing. Until the next year, he came face to face with a dracanae. He didn’t know how it got to his own isolated garden not far from their home, and fortunately, his school gave wrestling lessons. It slashed its snake trunks at him, but thankfully, he had great dodging skills. Sadly, he was caught by the ankle and held upside down. It murmured unintelligible words until a sword tip jabbed itself from its chest and sliced upward. The monster burst into dust, and Evandros hit his side hard he wanted to cry. Instead, he watched in a bit of confusion as a woman with a shield and sword ran down the steps to the main town.

Evandros’ guessed there were lots of people there that knew about monsters and how to fight them. He still didn’t tell stuff about it. Each year, he became better in working his way around tools and woods, became stronger than the last day, and knew how to somehow wield a sword. And for each year, it’s either a monster, or monsters, attack him and he somehow defeats it or another person, maybe another demigod, did it.

Turning eighteen, he was required to join military training. His mortal mother, Kharis, didn’t want to, but there was nothing she could do but give her son moral support.

Trojan War

Evandros and all the people knew about the war waging between the Greeks and Trojans. The war had taken a toll on each of the lands. It had been nine years already, fruitless, with only wounded soldiers sailing back for healing and fresh warriors sailing to war. Evandros, together with his batch of soldiers that were trained for two years, were sent to Troy to reinforce the ones still planning out the fall of the enemy city. Once they arrived, most of them were assigned to help the remaining military groups ready to fight, with Odysseus and Diomedes. They heard Paris had been killed, but still, more Greeks got killed.

Evandros tended the wounded and helped with their healing. He soon was with arranging the weapons to be needed when the plan was done. He had stayed there for months until the plan of carrying out the Trojan horse was made. He hid with the others in Tenedos as they waited for Odysseus and his little army’s signal. Sooner than expected, they sailed back and made a bloodbath out of the city of Troy. Evandros knew it was ridiculous to kill people, but he did it for his country. After the wreck they’ve made, they burned Troy, which made the gods angry as to the destruction of their temples and the sacrilegious acts of the Greeks, know before as Achaeans.

The ship Evandros was on was unfortunately thrown off the sea by the anger of Poseidon. The leaders they were with drowned, mostly being swallowed by huge, mad waves. Evandros tried to hold on tight to a piece of wood from the wrecked ship. The last thing he knew was that a huge wave was about to crash onto him to his death.

Service under the Dawn

Evandros woke up. He wondered where he was. Even before he sought his surroundings, he asked questions in his head.'' Am I in the Underworld? Did I die drowning? Have I met the Judges? Did I make it past Elysium, or maybe not?'' He started to take in where he was. White, shining walls etched with gold and silver decors and symbols surrounded him. Arches were on either side of him, one holding a huge, glass window and the other a silk curtain towards a hall. Out the window was the ocean as far as the eye could see. He tried processing things, but he found it hard to imagine that he’s alive. Or was he really? Maybe he ended up in Elysium after all.

Later, a woman in a white dress came to the room he was in, telling him that someone would like to see him in the other hall. He followed, unsure of what to do. When he arrived in the hall, all the walls gleaming and sparkling and fading into the colors of dawn, he saw another woman. She was tall, a very lovely face and rosy fingers. She smiled so charmingly even he couldn’t process her in his own mind. But something told him he knew her.

The woman started by telling Evandros she saved him from drowning, bringing him into her palace and taking care of him. She told him she had been watching over him for years, and wanted to find a way to meet him. Then she introduced herself as Eos, goddess of the dawn and his real mother. Surely, he was shocked by all the turn of tables. Eos answered all his questions. She told him that all the soldiers he was with that had been involved with the gods’ anger were already known to dead to the Achaeans. It had been days since the news spread out, that Greece had won against Troy and that a lot risked their lives and died, including him.

Evandros’ was poignant. He wondered how his parents at home were. Were they doing okay? Have they got over him? Eos then told him, as if answering his questions, that his mortal mother died of too much worry. His father, Eioneus, had lost his family in just a few days. Consumed by too much grief and sorrow, he didn’t know what he was doing and walked off a cliff, falling to rocks that caused his death. After hearing all those, Evandros wanted to die. He wanted to be with his family, wherever they might be. He pleaded to Eos to just finish him off, but she gave him another option instead.

She offered him to work for her and live in her palace. Seeing his good and fine deeds, she knew he was worth it. Telling him that his parents wouldn’t want him to die but to continue living and doing the good and right, she convinced him to stay.