Post by camiliafreedmont on Aug 12, 2009 12:12:55 GMT -5
Camilia Freedmont
friendly, creative, optimistic
friendly, creative, optimistic
BACK TO BASICS ' '
Full Name: Camilia Jane Freedmont
Significance of Name: Thalia means "flourishing" or "bloom," Camela is Greek for "beautiful flower," Camilia is a variation on Camela
Nickname(s): Cammie
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Orientation: Straight
Grade: Sophmore
Celeb you're using: Rachel McAdams
Deity: Thalia - Greek
Title of your deity: Muse of Comedy, one of the three Graces/Charities
STRIKE A POSE ' '
Physical Appearance: Cammie is rather small, at only 5'3 and 105 lbs. She has a runner's build, very lean. She moves quickly, but doesn't quite have the ability for sports. She is fair skinned which burns easily. Her slender hands are most comfortable when holding a pen or playing an instrument.
She has a thick head of dark curls that falls below her shoulders. She normally wears it down, either tucked behind her ears or pushed back with a headband. She likes to play with her hair when she's thinking. Cammie has bright eyes that change color from blue to green, depending on her mood.
Cammie sports a very bohemian style. She normally wears either her favorite pair of jeans (worn, frayed, and patched) or a flowing skirt. She likes wearing black Chucks, which she has covered in doodles, or a comfortable pair of sandals. Her shirts vary from worn t-shirts to blouses with an indie feel.
LET'S GET TO KNOW YOU BETTER ' '
Personality Description: Cammie is a bright, spirited teenager. She is generally happy and optimistic, although she tends to have a short temper on cloudy days. An extrovert, she is outgoing and likes meeting new people. She talks a lot, and to anyone. She is a hard worker, but is a bit clumsy. She gets frustrated easily when she struggles with something. She loves nature and finds inspiration in long walks.
Cammie loves books, and travels with an extensive collection. Her favorite stories have happy endings. She loves music, and owns an extensive music collection on her laptop and MP3 player, which she always keeps near by. Cammie sometimes trusts too easily, which combined with her curiosity can get her into trouble. She also enjoys writing in her spare time.
Cammie is happiest when surrounded by others. She struggles with her gift, as she doesn't want to force the arts on others, and she is conflicted about how she needs to use her abilities. She is strongly connected to her family, and she misses her younger sister. Cammie enjoys learning to control her telepathy, both to ignore (since she can't completely block them out) the thoughts of those around her, and to hone and target her inspiration skills.
Likes: Writing, Singing, Performing, Making Friends, Swimming
Dislikes: clouds, starless nights, fights, getting angry, being told she isn't able to do something
Strength: The Arts, generally writing
Weaknesses: Moody, Too Trusting, Clumsy, Rash, Gets frustrated easily when learning new things, Stubborn
Fears: Being left alone
Goal: To become a published author
Power/Ability: Telepathy- As a Muse, Thalia would have to inspire her artists, both through the physical and the mental. Through telepathy, Thalia would have been able to both hear the thoughts of her artists, and help give them a mental push in the right direction for their work. Cammie inherited this gift.
WELCOME TO MY LIFE ' '
(I have to go for now, I shall finish this tonight!)
Origin:
History: Cammie was always a strangely gifted child. From the time she could walk, she was fascinated by the family’s unused piano. She began to play short little melodies on her own by the age of four, and her mother, Tonya, hired the only piano teacher in their small Wisconsin town. Tonya didn’t know quite how to handle her daughter, but she did her best. A single mother, she worked hard to enroll Cammie (on scholarship) to a small private school for gifted children. Cammie excelled, particularly in reading and writing. She began writing short stories as soon as she learned to write. As she grew up, she was active in choir, theatre, and the school’s orchestra. She was a bright student and a happy girl. Several students called Cammie a teacher’s pet, but most of them liked her, and Cammie was happy with her group of friends. She was active and happy at school, and at home she spent her free time caring for her younger sister while her mother was at work. Cammie and her sister never met their father, he had vanished before her sister was born, when Cammie was too young to remember. From the way her mother spoke of him, Cammie guessed they weren't the first family he abandoned.
Gifted as she was, it wasn’t until she turned 13 that she realized she was really different from everyone else. She began hearing people’s voices in her head. At first it was only when she was touching them, but within months, she began to hear the thoughts of people just standing close to her. The better she knew the person, the better she could hear them. And then, the students around her began acting oddly. At first, it was only her friends who had a sudden urge to paint, write, or dance. The only connection between her friends’ creations was the happy feeling they gave off. It all had a happy ending, or pictured a cheerful scene. Soon, even the football jocks were approaching Cammie with sonnets and drawings, seeking her approval. And the weird thing was, Cammie had heard the sonnets and seen the sketches before- in her mind. She was somehow pushing all her inspirations outward, onto her classmates. She didn’t understand.
She kept quiet about all of this at first; afraid her mother would laugh at her if she told her about what was happening. But finally, Cammie couldn’t take anymore. She heard her mother thinking about her, worrying about her. She broke down one night, and told her mother she thought she was going crazy. Rather than laugh at her or call the loony bin, Tonya just looked at Cammie for a moment. Then she told her she wasn’t crazy, that she’d figure something out. After researching on the internet, Tonya found the Pantheon Academy and knew she had to send her daughter away. She guessed, based on Cammie’s gift for the arts that she had been chosen by a Muse. So, for her freshman year of high school, Cammie packed up and moved away, ready to start at a school for people just like her.
CONNECTION TO THE MYTH ' '
Thalia is traditionally pictured with long, dark, curly hair. A modern version, Cammie has shorter curly hair, but with Thalia's blue eyes. She shares the Muse's artistic side, and is gifted in art, music, and literature. She also is able to inspire those around her to create (and she has learned to control this gift, so it doesn't affect everyone around her like at her old school). Thalia was the Charity of Good Cheer, and Camilia shares this optimism and cheerfulness. Her favorite plant is ivy, which is often a symbol of Thalia (she is traditionally pictured wearing an Ivy laurel), and whatever she creates, it is always a comedy, either funny or with a happy ending (based on the traditional definition of comedy).
ROLEPLAYING SAMPLE ' '
From the Half Blood Academy boards: Lanie stood awkwardly outside the door to the Apollo cabin. She didn't see anyone around. Well, Chiron had told her this was to be her new home...might as well go in. Dragging her suitcase behind her, Lanie walked in. There was only one other bunk with stuff on it, so she had her pick of the rest. She hoisted her suitcase onto a bed by one of the windows and began to get herself settled.
When she was finished, her bunkmate still hadn't returned. Lanie didn't know any of the students she saw loitering outside their cabins, and she wasn't sure yet. Normally outgoing, she was still trying to get over the fact that she was at a school for children of the Greek Gods. Deciding anyone that wanted to be friendly could come to her until she was feeling more up to being social, Lanie grabbed a book and sat herself on the steps of her new home.
BEHIND THE SCENE ' '
From the Half Blood Academy forums where you advertised
Your name: Chloe
Age: 19
How long have you been RPing? like 9 years, on and off and in various forms, mostly in forums, but a few chats as well.
Where/How did you find us?
