Donovan Hemora

This character belongs to Yukaronachan

Personality[]

A soft kind boy Donovan cares deeply for most everything. He seems like a cheesy happy go lucky kind of guy when you meet him. The only downfall is with his usual high energy cheery mood when he goes down he hits rock bottom like a boulder tossed off a cliff.

History[]

Birth to move to the US (8):

When Palaemon first met Veronica Hemora he was in a port town in Southern Australia. She was there working on a new talent shoot for her employers new summer catalog. Veronica was a photographer for a swim suit catalog that catered to men and women alike but on this trip she was working with new male talent. When Veronica saw Palaemon at the open audition she knew she had come across an excellent new model. He had taken the form of a tan buff man. Veronica approached him after and asked if she could take some more pictures of him and he happily obliged having noticed the lovely redhead with her freckled face and angular frame. She thanked him simply stating she wanted to get some extra shots for the team to pick from. He simply smiled and told her it was no trouble at all.

The next few weeks were spent together taking pictures in various locations around the harbor town as Veronica sought out the perfect shot. Working so closely together with all her models Veronica couldn't help but notice Palaemon eyeing her. She was not put off by the idea of him finding her alluring and on the 14th day of the photo shoots she asked him if he was interested in her. He wasn't one to let his prey know he wasn't interested and he immediately made it known by pulling her against him. The next week was spent torn between work and the summer fling they were experiencing. Veronica was not stupid however and did not think this to be love or anything of the sort just lust. After the final day of shooting Veronica said her goodbyes and headed back for her hometown with all the pictures she had taken, of course of all the models not just Palaemon.

Three months later Veronica was shocked to find she had been impregnated by Palaemon. She had thought she had been careful about not letting him do this. She was not terribly upset by the pregnancy however considering she was a photographer and her job would not be in jeopardy, and if she were fully honest with herself she had been feeling an ache for a child. She informed her employer about her condition and she took on a job in the home office studio and worked fewer hours behind the camera to allow herself time to take care of herself and the home she kept considering she would be a single mother. Her job at the home office allowed her to take excellent care of herself and several months later her son was born. He was such a bubbly happy cute baby and an absolute joy to raise. He developed a bit ahead of the curve, walking and talking earlier than normal babies. Because of this he was let into a preschool at three and he very quickly became the most popular kid on the playground for what that’s worth to preschoolers. As Donovan grew up he kept up with his energetic bubbly attitude but behind closed doors some days he just let his body rest and it resulted in deep lows where he struggled to get out of bed. When he turned eight his mom got an offer to go to America for a lucrative position being the lead photographer at their new branch. The thought of moving Donovan from his home made her worry but Donovan assured her it was fine, and to be honest he was looking forward to the adventure of living in the US.

First Monster Attack (12):

Life in America was amazing for Donovan and Veronica. Veronica was on top of her craft in the big cities and picturesque beaches of the USA. As Donovan grew he showed interest in his mothers craft but not in the form of taking the photos but rather being a model as well. As he was far too young to be in her actual magazines Veronica told him he could join the other models but his photos would be his alone. Just a few days before Donovan’s twelfth birthday Veronica surprised him with a trip to Paris for his present. They took the plane there and explored all the beautiful sights there, but the trip wasnt all sunshine and roses. The entire time Donovan couldn’t shake the feeling he was being watched. And he had a sneaking suspicion he had seen the same woman several times as they made their way around the city.

On his actual birthday Veronica gave Donovan a gift that slightly perplexed him. He was not exactly a jewelery person but she gave him a small chain that she said was to attach to his belt loops. The charms on it were a bit odd but he thought they looked rather impressive and he quickly attached it to his shorts. Veronica gave him a second gift as well, which was a brand new cell phone which he had been asking for. It was unusual for his mom to give him two gifts so he asked why she had given him both and she explained that the chain was actually from his father. He was shocked greatly because his mom had never told him anything about his father but that he was a model she had met in Australia. When he pressed further she shut him down again saying he had asked her to give him the chain specifically on his twelfth birthday and that was all she would say about it. He frowned but knew he would get no further and instead sat down and set up his new phone.

Later that night after Veronica had gone to sleep Donovan snuck out of their hotel room for a breath of air. It was unusually cold here in Paris and as he stepped outside his breath fogged upwards into the air. He hugged himself because he was wearing a short sleeve shirt and shorts. He hadn’t planned on staying out long but as he watched the cars drive by he spotted that woman that had been following them the entire time since they had lan- wait since before then. He remembered seeing her on the plane too. His eyes narrowed and he thought about going over to confront her. But something about the way the light shifted when his eyes closed into slivers suddenly she looked like a grotesque woman made of half metal. He took a step back in shock and she seemed to register this and moved to leave. Something in Donovan screamed she was trouble but he was determined to confront her so he took off after her.

It was a couple blocks before he saw her again and she was looking right at him as if she knew he would follow her. She smirked at him and again the veil lifted and he saw the grotesque beast underneath and he felt his stomach drop. He was in trouble now and he knew it, she was coming right at him. All his courage about the confrontation fled him and he ran in the opposite direction. He felt her like a creeping cold behind him and he tried to lose her by ducking into a side alley way. As he emerged on the other side he realized he was totally lost and on a street devoid of anyone else. He muttered a curse under his breath and tried to run again but then someone whispered in his ear, “There is nowhere to run child,” so instead he ran to the opposite side of the street and turned to face the exit of the alleyway.

The woman slunk out of the dark and smiled a wicked smile at him. She whispered something softly and Donovan felt his focus fade slightly as she lay a thick enchantment across the boy. Something in him cried out for him to run but the woman was just so strong he struggled to even keep on his feet. He heard someone else shout for him to run and his gaze shifted from the woman to a pair of people a little down the street, another woman and a very handsome man. He felt the fog in his mind lift slightly and he heard them shout again and his body listened and ran over to the pair. As the man checked on Donovan the woman charged the empousa with a trident aiming to pierce her. As the woman and the empousa fought Donovan felt the fog lifting from his mind and he looked up into the emerald eyes of the man that was looking him over for injuries. “You seem well enough and it seems Alizza managed to distract her enough for the enchantment to wear off. Can you fight? Cuz this is about to get hairy.” He winked at Donovan and turned to face the pair.

The Empousa was getting the upper hand and so the man dove into the fray causing the tide to start to turn in their favor as his short sword and the long reach of the trident forced her to split her attention. Donovan felt a fire raging up inside of him and he wanted to help the pair and suddenly he felt something cool in his grasp. He looked down to see a pair of bladed tonfa made of a sort of bronze. He had studied a bit of martial arts back in the States and it was going to pay off here. He charged into the fray creating a third focal point for the Empousai and they quickly overwhelmed her. With a final thrust the woman’s trident turned the monstrous woman into golden dust.

Donovan collapsed to his knees in exhaustion as the fight ended and the man came over to check on him. As the man lifted Donovan easily into his arms he asked him where he lived. Donovan mumbled out the name of the hotel and the man and woman looked at each other and began moving towards where the hotel was. They asked him questions along the way but Donovan could only manage short answers. As they reached the hotel the man sat Donovan on his feet and leaned in very close to whisper something in Donovan’s ear. The magic laced into the man's words meant Donovan was helpless to resist as he used his charm-speak. He told Donovan to go upstairs and clean up then go to sleep. To Donovan’s surprise they followed him into the hotel where they were also apparently staying and he went upstairs and slept like the dead.

Return to the US and Training (12-16):

The next few days Donovan kept running into the man from the night before in the hotel and they chatted and found out they lived fairly close to one another back in the states. Donovan asked a million questions about what had happened and the man tried to explain as best he could but even his knowledge was limited. He introduced her to the woman from before, a satyr named Alizza. She tried to explain in the gaps that the man, Markuz, couldn’t. They told him about camp but Donovan was reluctant to go, and they didn’t want to force it on him if it wasn’t his choice.

Soon it was time to head back home and Markuz gave Donovan his phone number so they could stay in touch. He told Donovan that based on what his father had given him he should continue studying his martial arts once he got back into the states. The flight home was fairly mundane. When they landed back home Donovan and his mom went back to their normal lives until a couple weeks went by and something shook up their mundane life.

Donovan was out on a run with his mom on speakerphone when he was tackled from the side by a Hellhound. The fight was tough and loud and Donovan was unable to reach his phone to hang up. After the beast crumbled to dust he picked up his phone and realized his mom had heard the whole thing. He assured her he was fine but she demanded he come straight home. When he got back they talked well into the night about everything, from Donovan’s father to his newfound powers. Veronica demanded that Donovan have Markuz come to their home so she could meet the man. When he arrived she talked with him in private. He told her about the camp but it seemed even she wasn’t certain about sending him. And so when they returned Markuz told Donovan he would help train him in his fighting skills.

Over the next couple years Donovan and Markuz would meet and practice his ability to fight. Sometimes Alizza would come along as well and the three would practice together giving Donovan valuable experience in combat with both close and mid range opponents. Just before his sixteenth birthday Markuz and Alizza told him they were going to have to leave him alone because they were being pulled away for a quest. Donovan was sad to see them go. They said goodbye and Donovan went home to let Veronica know. Before they left though they told him about the camp for Demigods again if he ever needed or wanted to go there.

Time Leading up to camp (16-18):

Donovan continued to train almost daily to keep himself fit and ready. The monsters still came but he was always ready, never leaving home without the chain that held his weapons. When he wasn’t busy training he was working with his mom who allowed him to model for her and her magazine with permission from her editors. It wasn’t hard to convince them considering how well he looked and how he carried himself.

A couple of years passed and as Donovan’s eighteenth birthday fast appraoched he desired to meet more demigods like him, as he felt disconnected from a whole part of himself. He asked his mom about the camp and possibly going. She was worried about the idea but could see the desire in his eyes and smiled weakly. She gave him her permission and drove him as close to the camp as she could and dropped him off. After a couple days at the camp Donovan was claimed by Palaemon and sent to his cabin.

Powers[]

Offensive[]

Children of Palaemon have the ability to grow multiple rows of shark teeth and then dislocate their jaws in order to attack with them.
Children of Palaemon are able to tap into primal shark instincts which allows them to attack with enhanced speed and ferocity. However, this ability can often lose to loss of self-control and only lasts for a short time.

Defensive[]

Children of Palaemon can become thick skinned like a shark while in human form which causes them to be resistant to physical attacks.
Children of Palaemon have the ability to create a defensive shield made from the electroreceptive energies they perceive around them for a short time (sharks have the ability to detect eletrical stimuli around them).Due to the electrical nature of the shield, if anyone comes in contact with it they would receive an electric shock.

Passive[]

Children of Palaemon can innately breathe underwater and everything they touch in their human form, stays or becomes dry in water, unless they want to become wet.
Children of Palaemon, can survive falling from high altitudes as long as they land in water, they can also go as deep into the ocean as they desire without any effects from the water pressure.
Children of Palaemon have the ability to hear prey or enemies from many miles away, as sharks have extremely sharp senses of hearing
Children of Palaemon are normally affected by blood and when they smell it much like a shark. They will normally go into a frenzied rage and attack whoever is at the source of the blood. If the target is an ally, they can resist the urges through sheer willpower.

Supplementary[]

Children of Palaemon have the ability to summon sharks and command them. The more sharks summoned/commanded and the bigger they are, the more energy is drained.
Children of Palaemon are able to transform into any currently living species of shark while underwater. The longer they remain in this form, the more energy it drains; and the longer the break they need between transformations.
As Palaemon was also a sea god, his children have the ability to Water Travel, a sort of teleportation; the further the distance, the more is energy drained, and there must be a substantial amount of water at both ends.
Children of Palaemon have a degree of control over water, but not to the extent of a child of Poseidon. They can manipulate water to be used as a shield or move water to fire a water blast of high pressure. And they can telekinetically move it with their mind. The longer they maintain control over water, the more energy is drained.

3 Months After Character is Made[]

Children of Palaemon have the ability to transform the surrounding area into a harbor as their father was the patron god of harbors. Whilst this harbor is in use, the user can fight in its waters and have their existing powers enhanced substantially. The harbor that the user creates can vary in size, and the larger the harbor is the more it drains the user. After the user relinquishes hold on the harbor they are somewhat drained and the power may only be used once in a fight.

6 Months After Character is Made[]

Children of Palaemon can materialize semi-living water constructs that take the form of sharks. The constructs have the strength and instincts of normal sharks. They can float around in the air and will follow the commands of the user. They can summon up to 3 sharks, such as Great Whites or Hammerheads, or up to 7 smaller ones such as a cookie cutter sharks. The bigger they are and the longer they stay solid, the more energy is drained. Once the user dismisses the sharks, they are somewhat drained and the water sharks dissipate into harmless puddles of water.

9 Months After Character is Made[]

Children of Palaemon can morph their bodies into a humanoid shark form, in this form their strength is doubled. Their skin becomes durable as in Defensive 1. Their skeletons turn into cartilage, much like that of a sharks, so that they become more flexible and their bones more resilient. This can aid them in fights as it halves the weight of their bones, making them lighter on their feet and faster as they have less weight to move around. Also their existing Hydrokinetic abilities become stronger. Once the user reverts to their normal form, they are quite drained and will struggle to move or stay conscious.

Traits[]

Children of Palaemon, usually prefer to be near and/or in the water.
Children of Palaemon, generally enjoy water sports, and are excellent swimmers.
Children of Palaemon are normally talented at chasing and hunting their prey.
Children of Palaemon tend to be much more comfortable than other people with swimming in the ocean because they are not frightened by sharks.

Relationships[]

Name	Relation	Feelings
Victoria Hemora	Mother	Sorry mom but there's a part of me I really need to learn more about.
Palaemon	Father	I don't know you all that well but howdy I hope me and my siblings get along well~