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* - - Natalia. Oskmey. Erickson. - - *
Name ;; Natalia Oskmey Erickson
Nickname(s) ;; Nat, May, troublemaker
Age ;; Sixteen
Birthday ;; Nov 18 1998
Gender ;; Female
Species ;; Demigod
Immortal Parent ;; Pluto
Years at Camp ;; 6
Celebrity Claim ;; India Eisley
Appearance ;; With long wavy black hair, and eyes that can seem a shade of blue or green depending on lighting, Natalia is a beautiful girl. Though she is petite her limbs are graceful with a touch of muscle to them. She is very concerned with her appearance, though more of the natural sort than the cosmetically adjusted sort. There is always paint on her fingernails and toe nails, though both are kept short. The polish serving to keep them strong. She treats her skin with natural oils, and scrubs, taking off dead skin and callouses as they form. She knows how important callouses can be to using weapons, but she has rings to aid in her archery. Thin elegant archery gloves as well are part of her wardrobe. Perhaps along with half of Los Angeles' fashion shops.
For her clothing Natalia prefers to wear dresses and skirts. Easier to hide the multitude of knives she keeps on her at all times. You may see her sitting in the dirt, or laying in the grass. She cares very little for how dirty her clothing gets, as she can always buy more if needed. Though more often than not she has a special concoction to get rid of stains.
Personality ;; A three way killer, she's beautiful, smart, and funny. The worst part of her personality is that she knows these things. At times she can be cocky, and a little bit uppity to those around her. Even casting a downward glance at some Venus girls for not being as intelligent or interesting as she is. Of course this doesn't mean she is smarter or more interesting than them, it's simply her view point. For the most part she won't acknowledged people as her equals until they prove themselves. However once you prove your worth in her eyes you will have the most loyal friend imaginable.
Natalia takes care of her own. Her friends, her family, those people she will protect with every drop of blood in her body. Pluto hath no fury like that of Natalia Erickson when one of her friends had been wronged, or hurt. She does not forgive, she does not forget. Death is not the final answer for her though, death was not an apt punishment for all.
Though her father is a child of death, her mother dealt in life. Seeing the love of her mother at work for others left a deep impression on her. All of those in her family showed family as being first, everything else was second. That mentality sticks with her. Though her mother's outward show of love to others let her realize being second didn't mean others couldn't be protected as well. This had lead her to the wish of following her mother into the medical field, something people have picked on her about because she is a daughter of Pluto.
Despite all of her cockiness, and self importance, Natalia treats people with respect and fairness when she first meets them. Wishing to give people the benefit of the doubt before they prove they are incompetent. Though she also refuses to have high hopes for anyone at the same time, having a smidgen of common sense she does not believe to be too high of a hope. At times it has been proven to be so. There is always an element of distrust with others. She personally believes that if you trust someone whole heatedly when you first meet them you are being cruel. That you do not wish to get to know them better. When trust is blind it means you are not trying, you are idle in the world, and she is not fond of it. Believing it is far worse to give up on understanding people than it is to doubt them.
Powers ;;
Umbrakinesis:: Shadows are this girls best friend. She dances with them, through them, just as naturally as one breaths air. Instead of opening or closing doors Natalia simply shadow travels the short distance into the room she's going. Her precision is so perfect she could cut a nerve without affecting anything around it. Though she has high precision she lacks strength. When shadow traveling she feels no sickness or nausea herself, and causes very little in other people. The cost is her distance, and number of people she can take with her. She can only travel a third of the way around the earth, shorter for every person that comes with her. If he tries to push farther she will fall unconscious, even at these limits she tires out quickly becoming vulnerable to attack.
Geokinesis:: Though Natalia uses this ability in small quantities, she does not use it very often. Usually it's used to help her with a step up, or to smooth ground as she walks. She can affect small bits of earth at will, but nothing large.
Sight Unseen:: Using her connection to the earth Natalia is able to pick up even the slightest vibrations through physical contact with the ground, enabling her to perceive surroundings as precisely as normal sight. Able to sense the structure and materials of solid substances, including the presence of caves, material changes, structural weaknesses, etc. Even without this though she is able to see in complete darkness, though with less light colors become more muted in tone until they are a grey scale. Because of this her eyes shine like a cat's in the dark.
Hellhound Command:: Natalia has a strange way with hellhounds, namely that they actually listen to her. In a voice worthy of a daughter of Pluto she may give simple commands to hellhounds, nothing complex or heavily time consuming. Stay, attack, guard, leave, roll over, commands one might readily teach a k9. Some hellhounds seem to like her as well, while the more wild sort resist as much as they can.
Projectiles: : Taking to the bow like a fish out of water, Natalia is able to hit targets from an unusually far distance with excellent accuracy. Better than an untrained child of Apollo even, though certainly not as well as those with legion training.
Knowledge: : Not many know, but Apollo is the god of Knowledge and this appears in his grandchild. She has learned almost a dozen languages from study and immersion, along with memorizing medical procedures from text books. She lacks the wisdom from medical practice, but she knows the theory behind most medical procedures.
Family ;;
Birth Name : : Veronika Jandrokovic
Blood : :
As an upright lawful man, Pluto easily caught the eye of a young Lawyer. She was attractive and carried a dark beauty in the click of her heels. Her eyes were full of life and hope, with the cunning edge of intelligence. If the man she wanted didn't fall for her easily, it only made things more interesting. She was able to catch Pluto's heart, and had a child with him. Not caring if he was married or if he could stay to help with their daughter.
Mother: Anya Jandrokovic [Former Lawyer : : Currently Deceased][Legacy of Apollo]
Father: Pluto [God of the Underworld]
Adoptive : :
Natalia's adoptive family was well developed before she came along, but she was not less welcomed. Though her adoptive father was of a 'minor' god, shadows where within his powers and helped her learn how to use her own.
Mother: Anemone Erikson [Nurse][Daughter of Aesculapius]
Father: Rune Erikson [Former Assassin : : Currently Businessman][Son of Mors]
Brothers:
Alexander Erikson[10yrs in 1st cohort][27 years old][Businessman]
Octavian Erikson[10yrs in 2nd cohort][23 years old][Entrepreneur]
Jukka Erikson[10yrs in 5th cohort][23 years old]
["Archeologist" aka Grave Looter : : Black Market Dealer]
Languages ;; Russian, Latin, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Morse Code, ASL
History ;;Russia was a cold environment for anyone, though in her mothers house it was warm. Growing up with her mother left her with little to need, other than a bit more love and attention. The daughter of Pluto's mother was a lawyer, often called a shark of a woman. Though many knew of the cold harsh side of the Russian people, little Natalia (then known as Veronika) knew they had warm hearts. Even her mother, strict as she could be, was warm and always made time to encourage her interests. There was so much love for emotions where she lived, logical was good and something her mother cared about, but at the heart of everyone was emotions. Powerful, beautiful.
A heavy trial came across her mothers desk, something few others would touch for fear of their life. When she was told this she replied that she knew the ruler of Pluto to be a very personable gentleman. That she had no fear of seeing him again. Though her daughter she put in a safe place while the trial was going on, she may not be afraid of death, loved Pluto still, but her daughter need not die so soon. At only seven years old Natalia made her way through the bus systems and train systems to see the finality of her mothers court case. Her mother had gone to so many of her ballet recitals, she felt she should go see her mother as well. That was the day she saw her mother die.
On the beautiful steps of the court, her mother was killed in plane sight. Every single news camera had it's own angle, and some new anchors had blood splattered on their faces. Falling to her knees Natalia believed that was not her mother. Her distress causing the tendrils of shadows to pull at her. Wanting to see her mother, begging in her own mind to see her mother, she was pulled to the underworld. In her fear of the dark tendrils she trashed, tore herself out of the dark only to see a far worse sight before her eyes. The Fields of Punishment lay before her eyes, adrenaline was the only thing keeping her awake from the energy she had used accidentally. Unable to move, unable to tear her eyes away, she cried.
Pluto found his daughter there, some how still awake. Unable to sleep, unable to move from the horrors she saw. Forcing the sight from her eyes, covering them with his hand, he took her away from there. Perhaps as broken as a child could be she shivered and shuttered in a place the living shouldn't be. Taking a cup from the Lethe, Pluto offered his daughter it as drink. To wipe the things she had seen from her young mind. Not taking anything from a stranger, he took her to her mother. Angry at him at first, she listened to him and agreed. Quietly Natalia drank the strange liquid her mother offered, some of her self coming back upon seeing her mother well. Given no time to ask questions, the girl fell into something of a sleep while standing.
Pluto sent a hellhound with the girl to make sure she got to where he wanted her to be. On the streets of Russia, a teenage boy found the girl. There he saw a cup in her hands with a substance he knew only from lore. With a golden dagger in hand he made a call. Soon shadows engulfed them, and they appeared in front of Rune Erickson. A happy grin from the boy, and a “Look what I found, can we keep her?” was all his father needed. Anemone needed more convincing on the other hand, a lot more convincing. Though they already had a name prepared for if they had a daughter. This unknown girl they gave the name Natalia Oskmey Erickson, and made her family.
Rune knew of the hound immediately after it came to the house, that it posed no threat to his family he left it be. With that he pieced together her lineage and began to train her in the use of her powers. Training her came slow, she was confused and frightened at her lack of knowledge, but her new family was calm and patient. When she first arrived she was nearly blank. Words were the only thing that didn't fail her, and even those came slow. Learning everything from new languages, to Roman history filled some of the void that was left from her fateful drink. Trailing after people, watching them and learning by observing for the first few years. After that she seemed to have her personality built up again, joking and smiling and laughing. This was the only family she knew, and the only life she knew now.
Anemone treated her injuries, took her to the hospital on occasion to show Natalia her work as a Nurse. Safety procedures dealing with cleanliness became second habit. Her father got her a tea set, and made her brothers play with her. Though they didn't need too much coaxing, especially Jukka since he had brought her to the house. He had a certain feeling of responsibility, while his twin, Octavian, felt it was equally his responsibility to make sure she didn't get into trouble. The oldest brother simply looked at them all as annoying, though he loved them and would make sure no one spoke ill of them. At least not in his presence. All of them picked on each other relentlessly, and the only reason fist fights didn't break out was because of their parents. Their mother could put the fear of gods into them with a stare.
Taking up a multitude of languages, because she begged her dad while her mom wouldn't let her give up on anything easily. Any language someone at school would speak had the girl immediately run home and demanded to learn how to speak it, with plenty of please and sugar on top. Being the little sister and the youngest got her a lot of things, with only a please and some big blue eyes.
During the time she spent with the Erickson's up she listened to stories from her mother and father on the Legion, and when they were legionnaires. It sounded fun, and dangerous. Something right up her alley. Listen to your higher ups, be respectful. Those where obvious things, but she expected much less of that than what it really was. Having lived with two demigods she knew how to follow an order in a dangerous situation. Stand still. Go hide. She could comply immediately without hesitation anymore, and it had kept her alive as her parents took care of any threats. To do that kind of thing all day every day? It wore on Natalia. Her brother Jukka decided to show her how he unwound. By pranking the other cohorts.
It was best to not get caught, and of course never brag about the pranks. Not to tell others about them either, unless you wanted to get caught and scrub the toilets. Which happened a time or two, but no where near as often how often she was able to put something harmless in place to annoy others. She would even prank those within her own cohort, because you can't have people figuring that one out.
During the day she woke up for training, and worked just as hard as she played. Putting time and effort into everything she could. Sword fighting was her weak point, and really just melee in general. It was too close, and sometimes her heart would get the best of her. She would slash out a bit more wildly, her strikes being much wider than necessary with danger right in her face.
Throughout her Legion career her parents visited, having spent their ten years in Camp Jupiter themselves. Sometimes they would stay for a weekend, or just drop by for a few hours. They did this for all their children, along with a whole album full of embarrassing pictures they had.
In the Second Titan war she had only just entered Camp Jupiter, though she had some prior training she was young and inexperienced. Most of the war is a blur to her, made hazy by fear. There was shouting, and pain. She was injured, having been at the back when the hellhounds flanked them. In the trouble her own hound saved her. He bit deep into her arm in the process but dragged her to medical attention none the less. Many others where not so lucky.
Jukka and Octavian where only there for the first three years she was in the Legion, then they left for other things and Natalia was left to her own devices. She missed staying at home with her parents, and her brothers. It seemed like once she got used to their shinanigins they where off to another place. Off to Camp, off from camp. She just missed staying with her family, though she'd never admit it. You don't hand out secrets like that.
The next war came around, and she found her brother on the battlefield. Working for Saturn. It was confusing, and more than once her arrow accidentally nicked an ally enough to divert a hit on her sibling. He did the same, though with a 'misplaced' dagger instead of an arrow. No one charged her, the battlefield was already so hectic. She had been in Centurion Yates special training for Medics as well, so perhaps people over looked what they saw because of those she helped. Who knows.
Now she feels she's gotten a hang of things, that she's seen more than most other people her age and is quite the adult. Though she doesn't look forward to being an actual adult, with responsibility and being tied down to a house. She loves traveling anywhere and everywhere, but to be an adult is to settle down with a house and a family. To get some kind of job, and be super boring. So she planned to enjoy life as much as she could right now, so long as she was back at Camp in time for lights out anyway.
Site Alias ;; Rhia
Reading;; just the first series
Roleplaying Experience ;; 9yrs
Sample RP ;; please see Rhiannon, Tessa, or Mors
