Archers of Apollo

The **Archers of Apollo** are bachelors (which can be Gods, demigods, mortals, satyrs and male nymphs) who have sworn loyalty to Apollo to join him in the male version of the hunt. It was made by Apollo due to the unfairness of his twin. They are given semi-immortality unless they die in battle or show disloyalty to Apollo.

## Description

The archers of Apollo take up most of Apollo's time, he guards them while sometimes they do jobs for him. They hunt monsters and don’t associate with the Hunters due to Apollo's wishes as he doesn’t want Artemis to find about his archers.

Due to their oath, they can’t speak to the hunters unless they have to. They usually camp out in cold states but sometimes camp out in other places. When the archers visit the camp, they stay in the Apollo Cabin.

## History

Apollo saw how unfair it was for male maidens not to be able to join the hunt, there was also no groups for men. They were formed one hundred years after the hunt was formed.

He made the archers and gave them semi-immortality like the hunters and gave them cool archery skills so it could be fair for them. Especially if they couldn't do archery before joining.

## Known Archers

**Leader:** Apollo

**Lieutenant of the Archers of Apollo:** Kiran Porter

**Other archers:** Lincoln Wilson (son of Athena), Elijah Knowles (son of Loki), Thiago Sarmiento (son of Thanatos), Anthony Bayhill (son of Helios), Isaac Fawcet (mortal), Zephyr Donovan (Aon of Aphrodite), AJ Ackerman (son of Discordia), John Agegold (son of Saturn), Kalvin Hunt (mortal), Josh O'Hara (son of Palioxis), Jonah La Croix (son of Dionysus)

**Deceased archers:** None

**Honorary archers:** None

**Former archers:** Troy Bekker (negotiated his leaving with Apollo)

**Unknown fate:** Maurice Hemlock (MIA)

## Oath

***“I pledge myself to the god Apollo.***

***I turn my back on hunters and love.***

***accept eternal loyalty to Apollo,***

***and join the Archers."***

If Apollo accepts, they are teleported to him instantly. If he doesn't, they aren't and kept in the same place.

## Abilities

* **Eternal youth**: Archers are immortal (can't die of illnesses, age, etc.) unless they show disloyalty to Apollo.
* **Archery**: They have excellent aim with their bow and arrows. Better so than his own kids.
* **Enhanced Physical Prowess**: They are naturally stronger and faster than a mortal, demigod, or nymph.
* **Audiokinesis**: They can make a sharp noise which can temporarily stun opponents.
* **Photokinesis**: They can blind people with this ability.
* Fire immunity.
* Heat resistance (Apollo's the god of the Sun, need some heat resistance).
* Archers of Apollo can indeed ride the sun chariot.

## Equipment

Archers are known to move around, they have campsite things shrunk as the size of a pea. They keep it in their backpacks. During summer and spring, they wear tank tops, light jackets, shorts and combat boots. In fall and winter, they wear tank tops, parkas/ski jackets, jeans and combat boots. They are mostly dark or pale colors.

### Items

* **Burning**: It’s named burning due to fact it mainly burns people, in summer or spring, when it gets cold. They take it and dump it on themselves, it makes their bodies burning hot but since they are Apollo's archers, they are immune.
* **Sunforge Steel knives**: Sunforge steel weapons are rare weapons created by elves that remain as hot as when they were forged for hundreds of years. The sheath they are kept in is inscribed with runes to protect the wielder from the extreme heat. It is said that Sunforge blades can cut through anything, even solid steel. However, they are unable to cut through objects that have been imbued with magic. What is truly remarkable is that while the blade remains hot, the weapon itself is also incredibly durable, maintaining incredible physical cohesion despite being well beyond the melting point of contemporary steel. While little has been seen of these defensive weapons, they are shown to be incredibly powerful. When locked together in a group and slammed into the ground, they can release a powerful shockwave that can knock back large waves of enemies. They mainly use this with weapons though Apollo and other gods have the most powerful versions.
* **Olympian Silver Bows and arrows**: Olympian silver is a metal that is mined from The Ancient Greek Artemesian or Temple to Artemis which is now behind Mt.Rushmore in South Dakota. It is cooled in a river on Mt.Olympus. It is mainly forged into daggers or arrowheads but archers use it as their primary bows and arrows.
* **Blaze apple**: It’s an apple equivalent to a whole dish, meaning archers won’t get hungry.
* **Phoebus**: It’s apart of every weapon and mostly daggers they use. It is made by some of the sun and forged by Hephaestus into weapons. Mostly daggers, they can burn any monster to death or leave them on the verge of death.
* **Walkie talkies**: They have these to communicate in far places.
* **Explosion arrows**: these arrows explode when shot. It erupted into flames only Apollo and his archers can walk through.

### Bags

* Ambrosia
* Nectar
* First aid
* Binoculars
* Grappling hook

## Trivia

* Trans FTM can join.
* Gods/Demigods from any pantheon can join.
* Children of Apollo rarely join.
* Homophobia is unacceptable in the Archers of Apollo. Apollo himself might rage on those who descriminate against the LGBTQ+ community. Archers, who showed signs of homophobia, were mostly changed into flowers by Apollo.
* During Ramadan, Archers have the choice to fast with their fellow Muslim Archers or not to. Usually, most choose to and so does Apollo.
* Any sort of Nymph (as long as the said Nymph is male or identifies as male) can join the Archers.
* Apollo's archers are usually in colder states (ex: Alaska, Minnesota, Maine, etc.) because they enjoy hunting there.
* The Archers (after the Last Olympian) go to colder conuntrie (ex: Russia, Finland, etc.) to find demigods to recruit or help Satyrs find them and lead them to camp.
* Satyrs can join, however if they expose themself to Artemis they will be turned into a flower because of Apollo's fits of rage when he does find that out.
* The Archers can be intimidating to newcomers
* They have a bit of a rivalry with The Hunters of Artemis
	+ This an exception with Kiran and Zoe, who are rather good friends with each other