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Player Information

Player Name: Noah
Pronouns: He/him, they/them
Age: 37
Preferred Means of Contact: kingdonkey, discord is still kingdonkey
Invitation: Link
Other Characters In Game: N/A
Do you have any plans for this character in the game? I mostly want to get him to a place where he's able to give himself some grace and take his second chance, helping others. I'm sure there will be a little struggle, but he could help out in some ways. Especially given demigod powers and such.

Character Information

Character's Full Name: Luke Castellan
Character's Pronouns: He/him
Character's Canon: Percy Jackson/Riordanverse
Character's Canon Point: The end of The Last Olympian
Character's Age: 23
Did your character willingly come to Iyashikei? If yes, why? Yes. He felt that he was dead and maybe this was his way to atone for what he'd done back home.
Will they need any special accommodations upon arrival? He did just stab himself in the armpit recently, so probably yes. He may need medical people.

Character's History: History

Character's Personality:

Please be mindful that this and his history have mentions of self-harm/suicide (to save the world, but)

Questions:

1. Tell us about who your character is and what someone’s first impression would be upon meeting them. How would your character act once someone got to know them? Before dying, he was more of a confident, cocky, mischievous sort of person and would come off that way. After dying and basically realizing the shit he's done, he's a bit more likely to come off as confident, but more subdued than usual. He's still willing to put on a front and is perhaps a bit over confident in his abilities and strength, however, which can come across to others. Once someone gets to know them, though, they will probably see a little more of the side of him that he was before: willing to help others and willing to protect the people that needed protecting from whatever happens. It's still going to be a while before he fully reveals everything he's ever done, but that's something he might let out slowly over time. There will still be that anger and bitterness, but it's not something that takes him over fully. And he will perhaps be a little more silly and playful.

2. What is something unique and interesting about them, or what is a fun little tidbit that sets them apart from the crowd? He used to fight monsters with nothing but a nine iron (hence the journal name).

3. What does your character think their flaws are? What do they think their strengths are? What are their actual flaws and strengths? He almost certainly feels like his flaws are not always being able to care for the people that needed him. Not being able to save them. Not having the skills he needed for that. He's only just starting to see the angerness and bitterness he had as flaws, but he thinks that if the gods hadn't been them, he wouldn't have had to feel that. He feels his strengths are being able to plan ahead, being able to make the impromptu hidden places for them to stay in while they were traveling. He feels that his abilities, his being able to think on his feet, and his willingness to go the extra mile are things that are his strengths. As well as his ability to fight.

His fatal flaw is his excessive anger. It blinded him to things and drove him to be someone that was willing to destroy everything around him. He's overconfident to the point of being cocky about his abilities and his skills. He was even overly confident in his ability to get Annabeth and Thalia on his side. He's manipulative (which could be a strength if he hadn't used it for evil). As for the strengths, he is able to think fairly fast on his feet. He does, deep down, give a shit about people and want to not have people killed for no reason. He has SOME morals anyway. He managed to fight monsters off with a nine iron! That is a skill probably most people don't have.

4. What is a common misconception other characters have about your character? Ummm...Most of the conceptions people have of him being an evil asshole are half true anyway. He did kind of give his body over to an evil Titan that was going to destroy the world and led to the deaths of many. Probably the only real misconception people have had was that he was a flirt...and that's only because he was using his acting skills to flirt with people and manipulate them...into doing stuff for him.

Character Abilities:
Dyslexia: His mind is hardwired to read Greek, so other languages are just a weeee bit more difficult. It can cause a lot of issues in the human world. He's lived around Annabeth long enough to have picked up a few tricks here and there, but he still struggles a lot.

ADHD: Like other demigods, this is considered a strength because it gives them faster reflexes and makes them more or less better in a fight because they can react faster and have better focus.

Superstrength/durability: This is less so about superhuman powers and more so about being stronger than your average human. He can take a lot of hits and give a lot of hits.

Willpower: His willpower was strong enough that he could hold up the sky for Atlas. I doubt anything like this is likely to happen and I'm not sure where this would help in the game, but I'm open to plotting ideas.

Swordsmanship/fighting: Luke's had a lot of training in the five years he's been at camp and he was already pretty good at a fight even before that. He was able to stay alive even after losing his sword and having only a nine iron to fight with.

Superhuman speed: As a child of Hermes, he is faster and fairly athletic. He is one of the few that can also run so fast he can run on air and teleport. In the book he's noted as disappearing in a dark ripple. This is obviously something that will take a lot out of him in general. I also think with the need for invitations to go places, the teleportation wouldn't work in the setting without an invitation to the second settlement still. I'm also fine with that part of his powers being nerfed.

Acting Skills and Manipulation: As a child of Hermes, manipulation is just part of the whole vibe. He's fairly skilled at getting people to do things and acting in ways that are useful to get people to help. He probably won't use this power that much and I'm fine with people seeing through it and calling bullshit if he does. He might use it if he gets into any trouble with the Elders and needs to fake being chill to avoid death.

Enhanced Theft Abilities: Again, as a child of Hermes, the ability to steal is increased and the ability to do so without getting caught. He was able to steal the Helm of Darkness and Zeus' Masterbolt without detection in the books. Like with the acting/manipulation stuff, I'm happy to have this be on a case by case basis. If people are fine with plotting out that Luke takes something and gets away with it, then I'm set for this. If not, also fine for him to not be able to or to get caught. He likely isn't going to use this too much anyway.

Clauditiskinesis: Luke can magically sense the internal structure and mechanisms of any lock he touches. He is able to make it unlock telekinetically if he concentrates enough. While he doesn't really like to use this power too much, he has used it when necessary. I'm going to say this is going to come with a cost of energy to avoid it being overused. So he needs a recharge time before he can do telekinetic lockpicking. Also will make sure players/mods are fine if it's something that could affect the plot.

Lock Intuition: He is able to identify curses or traps on mechanical locks. If he concentrates hard enough, he can deactivate them. The amount of focus needed can be tiring, so he isn't going to be able to do this multiple times in a row and only when it's okay for the plot/players involved will I allow this to be successful.

Alchemy: Luke can make potions. He was able to make Greek Fire after a little research as a kid. I'd actually like to see him maybe dive into this a little more. He could help Solvunn potentially with more potions if necessary. Maybe more on the healing side than something else.

Telekinesis: In the books, he was able to summon chairs for Annabeth, Percy, and Tyson when they came on his ship. It doesn't specifically say how powerful his ability is, but I'm going to leave it as something basic. He can summon things and banish things. Maybe, with time, he could get a little stronger by practicing with magic, but I will leave that as something that has a fairly low weight requirement.

Chrimatakinesis: Luke is reportedly very good with money. Whether that's having a good eye for investments, knowing what real money looks like, or being good at bargaining in situations where money is involved, he is at least good at not being broke.

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