Name: Nikki Riverstone
Age: 17
Appearance:
She resembles this image almost precisely, except that the hair in the back is long enough to trail down her neck and to her shoulders. And, of course, when at Camp Half-Blood, she wears the orange shirt of Camp Half-Blood. She absolutely hates it; she does not like bright colors.
Personality: She is a dark, confident, and generally hard-headed young woman. Bitter over the lack of her mother’s attention, her anger turns itself on the world around her, and anyone in it. She is sarcastic and secretive, rarely talking about herself. She hates it when someone tries to pry into her personal life. She can be cruel and sadistic, and loves battle perhaps a little bit too much. Many have observed that she should have been a Child of Ares. However, underneath that thorny exterior is a teenage girl just like any other; interested in boys, desperate for friends to understand what she is. Her strange abilities manifested when she was very young; she has always been able to speak with the dead. When she was very little, she did not realize that they were dead, and she spoke to them believing they were there. As such, she had no friends; they all thought she was ‘strange’. This only made her more bitter. Being among people who understand her may change her in unexpected ways. As it is, she is viciously protective of anyone who is a victim in any way, even if she is not particularly nice to them herself.
Likes: Peace and quiet, darkness, shadow, being alone, being with very close friends, thinking, talking (only to very close friends), strategy, battle, chocolate, water, the cold, caves, graveyards, churches, sarcasm
Dislikes: Sour foods, noisy places, crowds, most people (except her very closest friends), weakness, being entirely alone, bitter foods, spicy foods, sunlight, daytime, rain. Physical contact also makes her remarkably uncomfortable.
Hobbies: She spends most of her time practicing with her katana. She also loves to ride on the back of the Pegasus at Camp Half-Blood. When she is not doing that, she is probably locked up in her cabin, reading. She does not enjoy much company; only that of her brothers and sisters, and her closest friends.
Fears: She hates the thought of falling, and oddly enough of dying. It is difficult to die, when you are a child of Hades and are accustomed to dominion over death.
Magical Items:
• Katana – made from Styrgian steel, it is capable of banishing the dead. It is a totally lethal weapon, sharp enough to cut cleanly through stone.
• Medalion – a medallion from her father, which enables her to speak to Hades, or to her brother Nico, at any time she wishes.
History: Raised by a dancer, bitter over the lack of attention her mother could afford her, and possessed of the ability to see the dead, she never had many friends. Even when she arrived at Camp Half-Blood, her only friend was the counselor of her cabin, Nico di Angelo. She got along very well with her brother; she even came to love him. And slowly, over time, she became fond of some of the others, thogh she would never admit that she loves them. There has been little in her history besides that.
God Parent: Hades
Human Parent: Crimson Riverstone – she was never the sort one would expect to draw the attention of a god. She was a dancer in Los Angeles; and not the proper kind. She was, for all intents and purposes, a stripper. Dancing naked in a club, she often did even less proper work for money, after hours. She had been pregnant twelves times before she met Hades. She was in love at first sight, naturally. It was not long before she learned that she was pregnant with his child, but this time she chose to keep it. The result was Nikki, half God, half girl. Shortly after Nikki’s birth, Hades left, in order to keep the child and the woman safe. Crimson went back to dancing. This was the world that Nikki was born into. She hates her mother with a flaming passion, because the woman spends more time with her clients than with her daughter. This bitterness has shaped Nikki’s entire life.