"Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does."
The Basics
Full Name: Nathan Alexander Hensleigh (hens-lay)
Age: 24
Birthdate: 27th of July
Gender: Male
Godly Parent: Poseidon
Personality
Favorites
Color: Blue and Green
Food: Steaks
Drink: Water (hah!) - and red wine
Music: He's very versatile and has no preferences as to music-types. He often finds himself liking only one or two songs from a rock artist, for instance and hating the rest, while liking a song made my Rihanns simply because he liked the beat, or the message in the song.
Nate is a sweet and caring guy; the kind of teacher who will pick up on a student feeling bad, and will take the person aside, asking what's wrong in an attempt to help. He is, however, also a very firm person, not one to let his student get away with anything. When teaching, Nate, or should I say, Mr. Hensleigh can be rather strict, though if his student behave themselves, he also likes to just sit down and talk to them. After all, he's not really all that much older than them. He loves to ask the student how a particular class went in their opinion, always trying to improve himself as a teacher, as he's pretty new to the trait. He often tries new teaching methods and so. For instance, in learning of a certain battle, he might talk to the physical training teacher about re-enacting the thing with the students. Also, he's always open to any ideas from the students. He is in no way a class-room-dictator, even if he demands his students' respect.
He's very confident of himself and his abilities - you sort of have to be if you want to be a good teacher. He's pretty much always smiling and will always give praise to anyone who deserves it. He's a pretty humorous guy and he often attempts to make his students laugh with him, because he feels it lightens up the classroom, as he knows some of them find history boring and would like to change that. He wants every lesson to be a good experience to both himself and his students. He also likes to tease the students, harmlessly bullying them - however, he only does that with people who he knows can take it. He's pretty good at reading people at a first glance, though others can very rarely read him. Mostly because he doesn't show it if he's upset. He puts it in the back of his mind and plasters on a smile.
A big flaw Nate has, as everyone has their downsides, is his extreme liking towards women... and lots of them. He has never been in love, but he enjoys the company of women, he loves talking to them and charming them. He loves the game of seduction, though he is able to refrain from starting anything with the students. Problem is, he probably won't be able to stop it if they start... a bit of a problem, should anything like that happen.
Similarites to Their Godly Parent: Well, there's his little problem regarding women. He certainly inherited that from his father. He's completely opposite when it comes to temper, though; Nate doesn't get angry. Or, at least it's very rare and quite subtle.
History
First Memory: His mother carrying him into the ocean. Even though he was only a small child, Nate remembers the soothing feel of the water vividly.
Relationship with Mortal Parent: Well, she's dead, so he doesn't have one. She died of cancer about three years ago, but up until then they had a pretty good relationship, despite the fact that they hardly ever saw eachother due to distance.
Nathan, being a son of Poseidon, always had an almost uncanny fascination with water, along with an unnatural talent for swimming. This made him a children's Olympics swimmer at a very young age. He wasn't told of his father, and didn't really ask either, until he was 11 years old, at which point his mother finally, and with an extreme amount of stuttering, told him that he was a son of Poseidon after said god had come to inform her of the academy. Nate who wasn't very keen on having to leave his human life behind, put up a fight about going - mostly because he didn't really believe her. He thought it was just one of her ramblings, as she had never been quite right in the head. Regardless, Nate ended up at the academy, as his parents wanted, in which he finished his education until high school. After this, he left the protected grounds to seek out more extensive educational possibilities. This led him to study history in college.
Nathan grew to love the academy, along with accepting himself and his heritage - it helped a bit after he created his first wave. After finishing his studies in 'the real world', Nate fluttered about for a while before returning to the academy, deciding that he wanted to help educate the next generation of demigods like himself. Also, who wants to teach at a normal, human school, when the academy is so much more entertaining? He has only been there for a couple of weeks, however.