Archived:Emily Matthews

''“The moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It’s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it’s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human. Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections.”''

- Emily Matthews

Emily Matthews  (Αιμιλία Μάθιους) is a Greek demigod and a daughter of Pandia, the Greek goddess of the full moon. She is also known under the alias Empress of the Moon. She is currently residing in the Pandia's Cabin at the Camp Half-Blood.

How her parents met
Daniel Matthews has graduated at Harvard as an astronomist and an astro-physicist as the best one in his class. Even as a little child he gazed upon the stars and celestial bodies. The one that had always caught his attention was the Moon. As a child, he ofte got bullied and had no friends. That resulted in him having imaginary friends. His 'best' friend was the Moon, which then he had called Luna. Every night, he would talk to her and watch as the moonlight danced across his room. As he grew older, he spent less time talking to Luna and more time studying and playing outside, like all kids did. Still, once in a while he would talk to Luna. He hadn't forgotten her. He had just replaced her.

After he gratuaded, everyone was celebrating including Daniel. They have organised a ball-dance. Everyone dressed formally. His eyes caught a beautiful girl dressed in a silk grey knee-lenght elegant dress. She was standing next to a window and a tray of moonlight passed her grey eyes as they made eye-contact. He felt something he has never felt before. Lust. He decided to approach her. As he started approaching her, he realised that she has dissapeared. He looked around and saw her standing next to the window across the room. He got confused, but he kept going. As he got closer, he started to see small grey traits around her and that confused him even more. As he got there, the trails dissapeared.

Pandia's dissapearance and Emily's birth
He asked her to dance with him and she took the offer. She was moving gracefully on the dance-floor as the moonlight was shining on them. They started to talk and get to know eachother. They soon fell in love. He didn't know her name. They ditched the ball. After ten minutes, they found themselves lying on the grass. She then said "Pandia. I know you've been wondering what's my name the whole night." Later on that night, they made love and Emily was concieved. Pandia has suddenly dissapeared. That broke Daniel's heart. He spent months and months searching for her until one day she misteriously showed up. But she wasn't alone. She held a baby-girl in her arms. Pandia explained that she's a greek goddess, that their child is a demigod, about monsters, other demigods and the camp. Afterwards, she told him that she can't keep the girl anymore. Pandia has then dissapeared. She left her daughter a silver ring and told her to keep it.

Early life
It was hard growing up for Emily. Her dad was always away and she was forced to spend time with her unemployed uncle. Her dad provided her with everything she needed, except for him. His work days now lasted longer and he didn't have any weekends free. Her uncle decided to dedicate him to turning Emily into a beautiful sophisticated young lady. He started teaching her French, giving her piano lessons and ballet, but she had different interests. She looked into the night sky and admired the Moon, the stars and other astronomical objects. She studied the constellations in her free time, alongside the activities her uncle was teaching. At the age of six, she got registered at a primary school in New York. Her dyslexia didn't stop her from being at the top of her class. Everyone admired her will.

First encounter with a monster
Things were perfect for Emily until her 14th birthday. She was coming back from school and out of sudden a large snake-lady appeared. It was a dracanae. She froze. She had no idea what to do. Emily started running towards the apartment of her uncle. The snake-lady started following her, but a young girl appeared out of nowhere and stabbed the snake-woman with a large knife. The dracanae dissapeared. She couldn't believe her own eyes. She got frightened and ran. She decided to keep the story for herself because she knew no one would trust her. She continued to live a normal life. At least during daytime. Ever since, she has been having nightmares about snakes which resulted in her developing ophidiophobia. She became more catious and aware of her surrounding. From that moment, every once in a while, some weird looking creature would appear and try to kill her, but someone (or something) would always stop it. What she didn't know then was that the kids who were killing the monsters were actually demigods from Camp Half-Blood who were most likely on their quests. She thought she was going insane and shared it with her uncle who was clear-sighted. He told her not to worry about them. Later on,while her uncle was walking around the town, he saw a satyr. He kindly asked him to watch out for Emily, resulting in satyr becoming her guardian. Her uncle and dad decided to give her a chance to live a normal life without knowing about monsters, gods and their children. That lasted for two years. Even though she wasn't aware of it, she noticed that everyday after school she was followed by the same man. Again, she thought she was going insane and kept it for herself.

First battle against a monster
Things were going great. The monsters stopped appearing. She had gotten a weird present from an unknown person. She got grey hairclips which turned out to be Celestial Bronze Tessen Fans, but she wasn't aware of that. On her 16th birthday, at the exact same spot she saw the same monster. The same thing happened. She froze. The hairclips, which were in her pocket, started to feel heavy. She took them out and they started to envelope themselves in dull grey glow. Little did she knew, it was a present from her mother. She had an urge to flick them. As she did it, the hairclips transformed into a pair of fans. She had a crazy idea. Why not throw one at the snake lady? As she threw it, the fan started to spin itself, revealing celestial bronze blaids. The dracanae simply evaded it and went for the girl. She saw the fan was returning to her like a boomerang. It was near the dracanae, all she needed to do was move a little to the right and the fan would directly hit her body. She decided to throw the other one the same way she threw the first one, hoping that the snake-lady would move to the right. Luckily, she did, but she moved a bit too far. Still, the fan scratched her arm. The dracanae hissed at the girl and rushed towards her with incredible speed. She took out a sword and was aiming for Emily. However, Emily swiftly evaded it as she leaped in the air and landed on the grass. The fans were returning to her and she had to catch them. That was the problem. she put her hands up and caught them, but the blades cut her hands. She was bleeding. The dracanae took the chance to directly attack the girl. She wanted to stab her directly in the chest. Emily lied on the ground and rolled away from her. She threw one of the fans, aiming for the dracanae head. She dodged it, but the fan was returning back. It stabbed her in the back. Dracanae hissed loudly. Emily new this was her chance. She threw the other fan, aiming for the arm with the sword. Luckily, she hit it resulting with the sword being dropped. Emily carefully picked it and stabbed the dracanae with it right in the chest. The snake-lady screamed in agony as she turned to dust. The fans returned to her and she turned them into hairclips.

Finding out about Greek gods, demigods and Camp Half-Blood
She was very confused, when she heard a clap in the background, alongside a cheer. "Bravo, kiddo." said a man with a wooden bat in his right hand. "I tought I was going to do it, but you were faster." he continued. Emily panicked and started to run in the opposite direction. "Hey, I won't hurt you. Please, come back!" yelled the man. She didn't want to, but something inside was telling her to do so. He invited her for a cup of coffee at the nearby cafe-bar. He said that he needed to make a phonecall and left her alone for five minutes. Emily grabbed her hairclips in case something attacked her again. The satyr called her dad and uncle and explained what has happened to them. Also, he told them to pack her stuff so that they could save some time. He came back to Emily and explained everything to her. She was mind-blown. A girl like me, a demigod? she kept thinking. "Now let's go to your uncle's appartment and get your stuff, we're going to a camp that has many other kids like you." said the satyr.

Arrival at the camp
When she came home, her father and uncle were waiting for her. They both gave her a hug. She could see that most of her stuff was packed. They explained that they knew something like this would happen at some point, that they got contacted by her guardian telling them to pack her up and that she would have to leave. She burst to tears. Even though she didn't want to go, she knew she had to. She hugged her uncle and dad one more time as she grabbed her bags. Emily and satyr left to the Camp Half-Blood, while her relatives stayed in New York.

Natural Abilities
Trilinguality: Emily is capable of speaking English (her mother tongue), Ancient Greek (like every Greek demigod) and French (taught by her uncle).

Celestial Bronze Tessen Fans
Tessen Fans were fans used by the Japanese to signal to troops, use as weapons, and deflect arrows with during times of war. They are metal ("tessen" is Japanese for "fan of iron") and can slice through most small enemies, or collide with large enemies. They are hard to aim, but fly medium-range. If they miss, they usually come back to her like a boomerang only they have a more complicated flight pattern than most other boomerangs.

Emily's fans have a normal design. They have black end plates. When opened, they resemble moon phases which are split by several celestial bronze blades. When thrown, the blades lose their pattern, shine bright (the fuller the moon, the brighter it shines) and look like a flying circular saw blade. When not in use, they can turn into two grey hairclips which Emily keeps in her hair.