The Original Character Court
Nova Grace Schoell (resubmission)
Basics
Name: Nova Grace Schoell
[What's with the name? I mean, Nova isn't exactly a common name. <- still wasn't answered]
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Australian
Hair color: light brown hair with purple streaks
Eye color: light green eyes with flecks of gold around the pupil.
[Not sure if this actually happens. I forgot. I'll ask a friend. Okay so gold isn't natural. Brown is.]
Height: 5'0"
Weight: 100 pounds
Other physical descriptions: Nova is fit and has what most people think of as a swimmer's build. She's tan from spending hours out in the sun surfing. She has a splash of freckles across her nose and cheeks that are visible during the summer. Both her ears are pierced twice and she has a small scar running across her collarbone; a result from a surgery she had when she broke her collarbone when she was eight. Her hair is shoulder length and curls at the ends. She always keeps her hair short as long hair always gets in her face.
Sexual orientation: Heterosexual
Godly parent: Asteria
Mortal parent: Matthew Schoell - A Virginia police officer. He got Asteria's attention by visiting an astrometry
[*astronomy]
center where Asteria was working.
[Gods would have their own little shops that are inaccessible to mortals]
He had a huge interest in the stars and space and soon Asteria developed a liking towards Matthew.
Other relationships:
She has no known half-siblings, but she has one or two mortal friends she'll hang out with on a regular basis. Because of her godly parent being a minor goddess, she's able to live in the mortal world, and usually spends the summers at camp when her friends are away on vacation and her dad is busy with work.
Personality
Positive traits:
Nova is one of those calm, mellow demigods. She can get random fits of energy that leave the impression that she's crazy. She's no social butterfly, but she has one or two friends she'll hang out with outside of Camp.
She prefers to be alone, as she likes being able to think, but she can, and will, tolerate company.
She's hardworking, but has the constant need to prove herself as a demigod because of who her mother is.
Negative traits:
Nova has trust issues due to incidents in her past. Her trust issues mainly include kids her own age, as she was betrayed by people she thought were her friends.
[What how when why?]
After a friend left her to deal with the law,
[what?]
her trust issues multiplied.
Fears/Phobias: Bugs- When Nova was younger, she lived in a small house that bugs had easy access to. One day, she found a roach in her bed. Turns out, the roach had laid eggs under her pillow. She's had the fear of bugs since.
[Ew]
Fatal Flaw: Nova has trouble trusting people. Due to many incidents in her childhood, she has trouble trusting people her own age. She's wary of who she trusts, as she's afraid she'll end up hurt. But sometimes Nova will refuse to trust the right person and as a result, ends up trusting the wrong person.
[Interesting. Unique.]
Combat-related questions
Camp: Half-Blood
Weapon of choice: A small dagger called Nox. The blade is about 12 inches and is made of Celestial Bronze.
She keeps it in a sheath on her thigh.
Powers and Abilities: Because of her godly parent, Nova has the ability to create stars.
[What good will making stars do? Look, Asteria's connection with stars is that she can read prophecies because of the stars. Making stars is a god-thing to do. I suggest you stick to the whole prophecies and night-related abilities.]
She usually uses this ability to create light when it's needed, as she can channel the energy to the palm of her hand and hold it there for a limited amount of time.
[stars are made of plasma. The whole photokinesis thing sure but don't make stars.]
Other times, she'll make a new star and put it up in the sky in place of the faded/dying stars.
[no]
But because doing so drains her energy, she doesn't do it a lot and the stars she does make usually end up having a short lifetime of approximately a century.
Backstory:
Nova was born in Australia, but only lived there for five years before her father got a job in the States. She moved to Virginia and has lived there since. She has a very faint accent that will show a lot when she's upset.
Before Nova learned she was a demigod, her life was pretty normal for a demigod. Like mentioned earlier, her mom was minor, and therefore, Nova didn't attract many monsters unlike other demigods. She usually attracted the smaller monsters, and she could deal with those no problem.
[how? I mean, no prior training so how could she deal with those?]
She had a small group of friends who liked causing trouble, and Nova usually ended up getting caught in the middle of their fun. After several incidents, she backed away and started hanging out with just herself.
Many years later, she befriends two mortals who earned her trust by helping her defend some kids her former friends were bullying, which, in Nova's book, was best friend worthy.
When Nova isn't at camp during the summer, the trio is almost always together. Nova's dad is a Virginia police officer (who can also see through the Mist) and Nova has a good relationship with him. She lives with her dad and when he's working, she'll sometimes take her bike and visit him.
When Nova found out she was a demigod, she was thirteen. She had just fought her first monster
[Wait, this is a bit confusing. Up there you said "She usually attracted the smaller monsters, and she could deal with those no problem." And now...? Please check the timeline? or smth?]
and her dad, worried for his daughter, decided it was time for her to see camp. Her dad was taking her up Half-Blood Hill and all of a sudden, a star appeared over Nova's head. Not recognizing the symbol, she asked her dad and found out her mom was Asteria, the minor (Titan) goddess of nocturnal racles and falling stars.
[According to my references it's just oracles and prophecies in the night and prophetic dreams. Oh! and necromancy]
She spent the summer at camp learning how to use her powers, and at the end of the summer, went back to her father. While at camp, she learned a lot. She learned how to use her powers,
[honestly, her powers don't make sense]
to avoid the strawberry field as she's slightly allergic to them, and that she hates jigsaw puzzles, as they require an extreme amount of concentration and Nova has the attention span of a goldfish.
Since Asteria has no cabin, she usually sleeps in the Big House and sits with Chiron at meal times.
[Um... Hermes cabin? Does that ring a bell?]
Right before she leaves to spend the year with her dad, strange disappearances start occuring. At first, Nova had no interest in these disappearances since they were all mortals and strange things happen to them all the time,
[Um... to mortals? No.]
but once she learned her dad was among the missing, she set off on a quest with two others to find the missing mortals.
Comments:
Powers are still iffy. Backstory is a little eh. Besides that she's okay
Final judgement: Elysium
Name: Nova Grace Schoell
[What's with the name? I mean, Nova isn't exactly a common name. <- still wasn't answered]
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Australian
Hair color: light brown hair with purple streaks
Eye color: light green eyes with flecks of gold around the pupil.
[Not sure if this actually happens. I forgot. I'll ask a friend. Okay so gold isn't natural. Brown is.]
Height: 5'0"
Weight: 100 pounds
Other physical descriptions: Nova is fit and has what most people think of as a swimmer's build. She's tan from spending hours out in the sun surfing. She has a splash of freckles across her nose and cheeks that are visible during the summer. Both her ears are pierced twice and she has a small scar running across her collarbone; a result from a surgery she had when she broke her collarbone when she was eight. Her hair is shoulder length and curls at the ends. She always keeps her hair short as long hair always gets in her face.
Sexual orientation: Heterosexual
Godly parent: Asteria
Mortal parent: Matthew Schoell - A Virginia police officer. He got Asteria's attention by visiting an astrometry
[*astronomy]
center where Asteria was working.
[Gods would have their own little shops that are inaccessible to mortals]
He had a huge interest in the stars and space and soon Asteria developed a liking towards Matthew.
Other relationships:
She has no known half-siblings, but she has one or two mortal friends she'll hang out with on a regular basis. Because of her godly parent being a minor goddess, she's able to live in the mortal world, and usually spends the summers at camp when her friends are away on vacation and her dad is busy with work.
Personality
Positive traits:
Nova is one of those calm, mellow demigods. She can get random fits of energy that leave the impression that she's crazy. She's no social butterfly, but she has one or two friends she'll hang out with outside of Camp.
She prefers to be alone, as she likes being able to think, but she can, and will, tolerate company.
She's hardworking, but has the constant need to prove herself as a demigod because of who her mother is.
Negative traits:
Nova has trust issues due to incidents in her past. Her trust issues mainly include kids her own age, as she was betrayed by people she thought were her friends.
[What how when why?]
After a friend left her to deal with the law,
[what?]
her trust issues multiplied.
Fears/Phobias: Bugs- When Nova was younger, she lived in a small house that bugs had easy access to. One day, she found a roach in her bed. Turns out, the roach had laid eggs under her pillow. She's had the fear of bugs since.
[Ew]
Fatal Flaw: Nova has trouble trusting people. Due to many incidents in her childhood, she has trouble trusting people her own age. She's wary of who she trusts, as she's afraid she'll end up hurt. But sometimes Nova will refuse to trust the right person and as a result, ends up trusting the wrong person.
[Interesting. Unique.]
Combat-related questions
Camp: Half-Blood
Weapon of choice: A small dagger called Nox. The blade is about 12 inches and is made of Celestial Bronze.
She keeps it in a sheath on her thigh.
Powers and Abilities: Because of her godly parent, Nova has the ability to create stars.
[What good will making stars do? Look, Asteria's connection with stars is that she can read prophecies because of the stars. Making stars is a god-thing to do. I suggest you stick to the whole prophecies and night-related abilities.]
She usually uses this ability to create light when it's needed, as she can channel the energy to the palm of her hand and hold it there for a limited amount of time.
[stars are made of plasma. The whole photokinesis thing sure but don't make stars.]
Other times, she'll make a new star and put it up in the sky in place of the faded/dying stars.
[no]
But because doing so drains her energy, she doesn't do it a lot and the stars she does make usually end up having a short lifetime of approximately a century.
Backstory:
Nova was born in Australia, but only lived there for five years before her father got a job in the States. She moved to Virginia and has lived there since. She has a very faint accent that will show a lot when she's upset.
Before Nova learned she was a demigod, her life was pretty normal for a demigod. Like mentioned earlier, her mom was minor, and therefore, Nova didn't attract many monsters unlike other demigods. She usually attracted the smaller monsters, and she could deal with those no problem.
[how? I mean, no prior training so how could she deal with those?]
She had a small group of friends who liked causing trouble, and Nova usually ended up getting caught in the middle of their fun. After several incidents, she backed away and started hanging out with just herself.
Many years later, she befriends two mortals who earned her trust by helping her defend some kids her former friends were bullying, which, in Nova's book, was best friend worthy.
When Nova isn't at camp during the summer, the trio is almost always together. Nova's dad is a Virginia police officer (who can also see through the Mist) and Nova has a good relationship with him. She lives with her dad and when he's working, she'll sometimes take her bike and visit him.
When Nova found out she was a demigod, she was thirteen. She had just fought her first monster
[Wait, this is a bit confusing. Up there you said "She usually attracted the smaller monsters, and she could deal with those no problem." And now...? Please check the timeline? or smth?]
and her dad, worried for his daughter, decided it was time for her to see camp. Her dad was taking her up Half-Blood Hill and all of a sudden, a star appeared over Nova's head. Not recognizing the symbol, she asked her dad and found out her mom was Asteria, the minor (Titan) goddess of nocturnal racles and falling stars.
[According to my references it's just oracles and prophecies in the night and prophetic dreams. Oh! and necromancy]
She spent the summer at camp learning how to use her powers, and at the end of the summer, went back to her father. While at camp, she learned a lot. She learned how to use her powers,
[honestly, her powers don't make sense]
to avoid the strawberry field as she's slightly allergic to them, and that she hates jigsaw puzzles, as they require an extreme amount of concentration and Nova has the attention span of a goldfish.
Since Asteria has no cabin, she usually sleeps in the Big House and sits with Chiron at meal times.
[Um... Hermes cabin? Does that ring a bell?]
Right before she leaves to spend the year with her dad, strange disappearances start occuring. At first, Nova had no interest in these disappearances since they were all mortals and strange things happen to them all the time,
[Um... to mortals? No.]
but once she learned her dad was among the missing, she set off on a quest with two others to find the missing mortals.
Comments:
Powers are still iffy. Backstory is a little eh. Besides that she's okay
Final judgement: Elysium
I am SO sorry for your loss. I havent lost too many people in my life, but i have lost enough to know its a horrible thing to go through. Are you going to continue The Original Character Court without her?
5/15/16