Cressida Priestess

Cressida Priestess is the seventeen year old (really a thousand) Greek Daughter of Cassandra and an unknown father. She came to camp at seventeen years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Cress, Cressy, Cresto, Cresto-Changeo, Daughter of Cassandra, The Prophet

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Troy, Greece (Formerly)

## Family

### Adoptive/Step Family

Artemis (Adopted mother)The Hunters of Artemis (Adopted sisters)

### Biological Family

* Cassandra (Mother)
* Unknown father
* Teledamus and Pelops (Half-brothers)
* Paris, Deiphobus, Helenus, Hector, plus a lot more (Uncles and Aunts)
* Andromeda Trojan, Theodosius Trojan, and Philip Priam (Cousins)
* Aborted child (offspring) (Deceased)

## Appearance

### Outfit

IN DELPHI* Greek Dress
* Greek sandals

WITH THE HUNTERS

* White shirt
* Silver jacket
* Silvery camo pants
* A circlet
* Black combat boots

AT CAMP

* Gray shirt
* Purple skirt
* Black leggins
* Gray boots

**TW: Mentions of SA**

## History

### Early Life

Cressida Priestess was born to Cassandra, princess of Troy and a unknown father just five years before the Trojan war. Cassandra fell in love with a man (possibly a member of Troy's royal guards) and together they had a daughter, who they named Cressida. However, a month after their daughter was born, Cressida's father had gotten sick and passed away. The next year, Cassandra had a terrible vision of the Trojan war, and wanting her daughter to be safe, traveled to the city of Delphi and visited the temple of Apollo. Once there, she placed her daughter on the steps on the temple and began to pray and beg the god Apollo to at least watch over her daughter, and when she was finished she left back to Troy, hoping her daughter would be safe

### Childhood

Cressida was raised in the city of Delphi was often taken care of by the other members of the temple. However, sometimes a man would come by to watch over her. The man claimed to have known her real mother and was told to watch over Cressida. The man, who was really the god Apollo, helped Cressida learn her own power of Prophecy and taught her other basic things like reading and writing, but when the day would end, the man would leave. The only reason why Apollo did listen to Cassandra's prayer, was because he felt *real* bad about placing the curse on her, and thought that at least watching over her daughter would be a way to make it up to her. However, when Cressida was around thirteen years old, an older man found her very beautiful and wished to court her, but Cressida refused. This angered the man who then kidnapped her and did terrible things to her which resulted in her pregnancy. When the other temple members found out, they forced her to have an abortion. When Apollo found out what had happened to Cressida, he found the man and sent him a horrible sickness and ended up killing him. Apollo requested that the man be sent to the fields of punishment.

Cressida was never the same after that, she distrusted many older people, didn't matter what gender, if they were older than Cressida, she would be a little afraid. The only person she did trust was the man who she saw as her father (AKA disguised Apollo). The man cared for Cressida like his own, and Cressida told him what had happened to her. The man comforted Cressida, and said that the gods would bring a very hard punishment on her attacker (Like what Apollo had done). After that day, the other temple members were ashamed, and they began to treat her as an outcast, not wanting her at the temple, something she felt very sad about. By the time she was seventeen years old, she decided to join the hunters of Artemis, since she felt very lonely. After she joined, she felt much more accepted

### Life with the hunters

That same year, the hunters encountered a pair of twins, Andromeda and Theodosius, the children of Hector and Andromache... Cressida's cousins. At first, Artemis was playing to kill kill Theodosius for going to kill an animal, but Andromeda intervened, saying that he was only trying to provide for the two of them. Artemis seemed to like Andromeda's bravery and compassion and wanted to make her apart of the huntresses. Andromeda said that she would only join Artemis, if she made Theodosius immortal as well, promising that he would never try to flirt with them or hurt any of them. Artemis thought for a moment, but then honored Andromeda's request, allowing Andromeda to join and making Theodosius immortal as well. Many of the hunters were wary of Theodosius, but they grew to like him over time. Cressida soon became close with her cousins and life was pretty sweet. Many years went by and the would also meet Holly and Elias, the twin children of Helen and Menelaus.

Holly also joined the hunters and had a similar request to Andromeda in making her brother Elias immortal as well. During her time with the hunters, Andromeda would learn many different skills and see the world evolve. She would meet hunters like Zoe Potvin, in 1756, who explained she joined after losing her husband and her twin daughters Anne and Estelle. Holly, Elias, Theo, Andromeda, and Cressida grew to love Zoe as a mother, which Zoe returned to the teens, seeing the them as her children. In 1848, When Zoe began to start Camp Olympia (a fear years after Big Bear was founded), they missed her, but she and the other hunters continued to go hunting. She and the other huntress would meet Zamaya Reynoso, Melody Potvin and Andrew James, who Zamaya would later offend since she chose to go with her friends. Andromeda loved her life with the hunters, but Holly, when meeting Zamaya again, she was surprised to see Zamaya joining the Hunters. Andromeda was also upset to learn the hunters died, such as Helen Gonzales, Loretta Potvin, and Astra Stardust. Cressida soon came to camp with Holly, Elias, Andromeda and Theodosius, preferring to stay with Cabin Mythology, than with the hunters.

## Personality

Cressida is often described as meek and quiet. She tends to shy away from human contact but does greatly appreciate the kindness of others. Most of the time she would rather play her beautiful, soulful music on the lyre rather than talk to others or leave home. On the rare occasion she does make a friend, she will stand up for them where necessary, despite her fear. However, is quite warm and friendly once you warm up to her and works well in a team. She can take orders well and does not forget any details when given a task. She loves books and has a sense of moral justice, doing only what will harm people the least. However, she holds even the closest of friends at a distance within her heart, making it easy to lose her trust in you. With her friends, Cressida is extroverted and cheerful. She always wants to help people, even those she doesn’t know. With an excellent sense of direction, she hardly ever gets lost. Her happy personality sometimes makes others think she’s naive, but it’s not true, you still have to work for Cressida’s trust. Cressida is extremely preppy and always brings a sense of safety when you are with her. She tends to be very kind and nice to everyone no matter who you are. Cressida Priestess is nothing short of a handful. She appears confident and charming on the surface, but this is often superficial as despite her high levels of self-confidence in relation to her physical appearance, she wonders if she’ll never connect with others the way she’s supposed to. This concern is mostly due to her not having a soul - she is unable to love. She yearns to experience love in all its forms, a fact she usually hides beneath her cold exterior. Cressida does feel positive emotions, but they’re typically weaker than negative ones, so they’re really quite ‘dull.’ Even negative emotions aren’t as strong as they should be, leaving her feeling a tad empty. This is not all bad as she is rarely heartbroken or angry (yet!) but she wishes she could feel what others feel. She can be quite dishonest; she often pushes others away by creating a persona that is standoffish, cold, and critical because she doesn’t think she’ll be able to give enough to people. In this sense, she feels she is saving people from the heartbreak of her death (if being a rebel doesn’t stop her story from happening). However, despite all this, she can be a great person to be around - - once you get to know her. She is helpful to others and although she’s a tad bitter, she believes that even if she can’t help herself, she should at least help others. She is selective and will only help those she thinks deserve it, which is usually her friends and family. She will go to many lengths to protect them from harm. She can be a tad mischievous, though. She’d never seriously hurt someone, but she’s partial to a few harmless jokes here and there. This ties in with her helpfulness — she likes to cheer people up by making them laugh, even if she herself cannot be cheered up. However, she does this covertly; many do not know that the pranks are hers. She doesn’t like to take credit for them. She is quite compassionate and empathetic towards others, despite not understanding what people feel as much as she should and she is thankful for this as she would hate to live without empathy - in her eyes, it makes the world go round. She does wonder why she can feel other’s emotions more than her own, though, and chalks it up to the fact that her brain works perfectly fine, even if her soul doesn’t. Her soul affects what she feels, but not her brain’s knowledge and understanding of other people’s feelings and conflicts in the world. She is also very intelligent, taking a great interest in science. This often surprises people; her charming (and somewhat cunning) nature is quickly judged as silly and shallow, something which annoys Cressida quite a lot.

### Fatal flaw

Cressida's fatal flaw is her Feeling of inferiority being unwanted or not trusted, the one no one wanted. She also can say the wrong things at the wrong time.

## Appearance

Cressida is often described as a seventeen-year-old girl, though her beauty is described as timeless. She has light brown/caramel brown hair that is long and curly. She has her mother's blue eyes and tanned skin. As a huntress of Artemis, she wears a white shirt, a silver jacket, silvery camo pants, a circlet, and black combat boots. Despite being considered a tomboy, Cressida often wears a dark purple skirt, a gray shirt, black leggings, and gray boots.

## Powers and Abilities

### Normal Powers

* Cressida inherited her mother's power of prophecy, meaning she can see any point in time, from only a few seconds or minutes into the future and/or past, up to events throughout time, whether that be along her timeline or along with the timelines of others.
* She has powerful psychometry, which means that she can find out details of an object with touch, and sometimes without.
* She has telepathy, which she can use to read minds, memories, emotions as well as influence them. It is not as powerful as mind control, but more like strong persuasion.
* She can also send mental blasts.
* She has telekinesis, which means that she can move objects and people with their mind.
* She can hear and see ghosts.

### Hunters of Artemis Powers

* She is extremely proficient at archery, even more so than the Apollo kids.
* She is semi-immortal, which means that she does not age or get sick, but she can die in battle, or if she breaks her vow.
* She has a telepathic connection with wolves and falcons.
* She can summon her bows and arrows, and her hunting knives, whenever she needs them, but it is tiresome.
* She has excellent night vision, so much so, that she can see as well at nighttime as she can in the daytime.
* She has enhanced strength, agility, and dexterity.

### General Abilities

* Greek: Being born in Ancient Greece, Cressida can speak fluent Greek
* Fighting skills: Cressida is known to be a very good fighter
* Beauty and Allure: Cressida is known to be very beautiful and can use this to get people to do what she wants
* Huntress immortality: As a hunter of Artemis, Cressida was granted semi-immortal, which means that she does not age or get sick, but she can die in battle, or if she breaks her vow.
* Intimidation: Cressida can be very intimidating as a huntress
* Dagger usage: She is a skilled dagger user
* Flexibility: Cressida is very flexible

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Andromeda Trojan

Andromeda and Cressida are close as friends and as cousins. They love hunting and exploring together and they like teasing Philip and Theodosius. They are very close, almost like sisters

### Family

#### Cassandra (Mother)

Cressida never knew her mother since Cassandra gave her up just before the war, so Cressida would be safe. Cressida has read her mother's story, and hinds it very tragic. She misses her mother a lot

#### Unknown man (Father)

Cressida never knew her father since he died when she was a baby

## Etymology

Cressida is a girl's name with Greek origins. The name Cressida means **“gold”**

Her last name, Priestess, means **a female priest of a non-Christian religion.**

## Trivia

1. She is Asexual
2. She is often known as "The Prophet" by her friends
3. Her favorite color is turquoise
4. She didn't know that it was Apollo who basically raised her until recently
5. She has a fear of snakes
6. Her theme song is Here Comes A Thought from Steven Universe
7. Her dagger is made out of glass and can not be broken
8. If she were born in modern times, she would have been born September 25, Libra, The Thoughtful Kind