Karissa Rosales

Karissa Rosales is a seventeen year old Hawaiian demigod daughter of Merau and Alexander Rosales. She came to camp at 12 years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Kari, Kar, Rissa, Karis, Lady Death, Rosales, Issy, Krissy, Kriss, Iris, Merau

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Waipahu, Hawaii (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Merau (Mother)
* Alexander (Father)
* Pat and Katelyn \*mortal Uncle and Aunts, new Guardians)
* Zane Wind (Paternal Cousin)

## Items

### Weapons

Underworld bow and arrowStygian Iron Dagger

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Usually black and different shades of purple
* Black zip up jacket or purple shirt
* Dark purple and black skirt
* Black shirt that says “Lady Death in white writing or plain purple shirt
* Purple and white sneakers

**TW: Mentions of Neglect**

## History

### Early Life

Karissa Rosales was born to Alexander Rosales, a clear sighted mortal and Merau, Hawaiian goddess of The Underworld and Death in Waipahu, Hawaii, on October 18, 2004. Her mother and father met at a Rammstein concert. Her father accidentally bumped into her, and it was love at first site. They spend the rest of the concert together, but they weren't interested in the music. They spend the whole time talking, and Alexander found he had much in common with this mysterious woman, named Maggie (Merau). Afterwards, they went to the bar sharing a few drinks, then spent the night together. The more they saw each other, the more chaotic Alexander's life became, and his only focal point was on Maggie. Then out of nowhere, Maggie old him everything, how she was a Goddess and she was pregnant but couldn't keep the baby. He laughed at such a ridiculous assertion, but felt betrayed that she was going to leave him. When the baby came and Maggie left him, with a note explaining Camp Olympua. When Karissa was born, Pele took a sorta liking to her, and blessed her with fire manipulation

### Childhood

Ever since Merau left him, Alexander fell into a depression and began to turn to alcoholism. Soon, he began to neglect his daughter. Karissa was often left by herself, and was often taken care of by friends of Alexander, whenever he went out. For the most part, her childhood was very lonely. It was until she was six years old until she was taken from her father. When she was six, her first grade teacher noticed that Karissa was covered in dirt and was often forgotten to be picked up from school at the end of the day. The teacher decided to call CPS. When CPS showed up at the Rosales' house, they saw the house dirty and it smelled of alcohol. CPS decided to take Karissa from her father. Before they could move her into the foster system, one of Alexander's friends has said that Alexander had a sister living in New York and suggested Karissa be sent to live with her. After a month of finally finding Karissa's aunt, she was sent to live with her aunt Katelyn, who had recently married a man named Pat. She sorta got along with them. Things were going well, that was until she met her cousin when she was eight

### Meeting Zane

When Karissa was eight years old, her uncle and aunt said that she had cousin who would be living with them. She wasn't really to keen on having someone else, especially a cousin who she's never met before, move into her "family's" house, but she was willing to be open to meeting them! Karissa initially thought they would be younger than her, but was a bit shocked to hear that they would be the same age as her. Three days since hearing the knew, Karissa and her uncle and aunt went to pick up the cousin from the air port. Karissa was introduced to her cousin, Zane Wind, her paternal cousin. She and Zane were properly introduced to each other and were even room mates seeing as they were now cousins, but the two didn't really get along. They often argued and sometimes they would turn physical (With Karissa being the more violent one) and they had to be separated a lot. Most of the time, when they wouldn't argue, they would be doing their own things. Things were looking...descent. Karis started getting used to living with her Aunt and Uncle and started...tolerating her cousin more. It wasn't until her first monster attack, which would change everything.

### Monster Attack

Zane and Karissa (who were both ten years old at the time) where sent by their aunt and uncle to go by somethings from the local corner store. On the way the two had begun arguing over something stupid (If water was better than soda (this was an actual argument me and my friends had lol) ), though they tried not to be to loud since they had manners

"But waters healthy-er!" Karissa urged

"I *know* that *Kari* but soda just be-" he was cut off by a growling noise coming from an ally way. He stopped walking

"What is it?" Karissa asked, a hint of concern in her voice

"I think I hear growling" the blonde responded

The duo walked over to the ally way where the growling came from and poked where the sound was and suddenly a very large dog which was really a hell hound and it started attacking the two. Karissa instantly grabbed her cousin's hand and the hell hound chased them. The two forgot about the corner store and where chased to the park. Meanwhile, Pat and Kate noted that Karissa and Zane were taking longer and went to go find them. They asked around until some pointed out they saw two kids being chased by a large dog head in the direction of the park. The couple got to the park and saw Karissa and Zane trying to fight back against the large dogs. When the hell hounds caught sight of the couple, it went to them. While Zane and Karissa where trying to protect their uncle and aunts, a satyr appeared and killed the hell hounds, but before any one could blink, the satyr disappeared. The family of four returned home to heal the scratches. The two ten year olds were both shaken up, but Zane felt guilty...He had walked over to the hell hound and prompt it to take them. Karissa noticed that Zane stayed in his room for a while

### Coming to Camp

It had been two years since the cousin's first monster attack and Karissa could tell her cousins still felt gulity. This didn't help him later in life since the two cousins kept running into monsters. When the two were twelve, Karissa came across an interesting sight. It was late, and Karissa decided to go lay down. When she got to her shared room with Zane, she saw him packing his side of the room.

"What are you doing?" She asked

"I'm leaving" Zane responded

"Is there a reason?"

"Yeah. I feel I'm-" Karissa cut him off

"Putting the family in danger?"

"Yeah...how did you know?"

Karissa sat on her bed, on her side of the room

"Cause I've been feeling the same way...Ever since-"

"We got attack by those dogs?"

"Yeah..."

"Oh..."

The two sat in front of each other, letting the quite fill the room

"I don't hate you Zane...I wan't you know that. So, where ever you go...I'm going with you"

"Okay then... start packing then"

Zane helped Karissa pack her things and in the dead of night, the two sneaked out of the apartment and made their way on the streets of California. Karissa and Zane wandered the streets, often stealing things they could to survive. Over time, the two bonded, but at the same time, they still argued. While on the streets, they ran into an girl named Rosemary Hudson, who was a year older than them. Rosemary took a liking to the two of them, and decided to "adopt" them as her younger siblings. Rosemary was protective of them, and they all got along great. It wasn't they were found by the satyr who had first save Zane and Karissa from their first attack. The satyr could tell they were demigods and offered to bring them to camp. They agreed and where brought. All the three demigods were claimed by their respective godly parents (Shu: Zane, Merau: Karissa, and Serket: Rosemary)

## Personality

All of Karissa’s characteristics, traits and mannerisms can be summed up in one phrase: a classic and true hero. The daughter of Merau is a confident leader with self-pride that extends to all aspects of her being. Karissa has an unshakable awareness that she’s perfectly capable and that, combined with her natural sense of responsibility, makes her appear inherently trustworthy and command deep respect. In return, Karissa strongly values the people who place their trust in her, and strives to see them flourish and improve with her help. Given her heritage, it is unsurprising that Karissa favors the dark. She considers herself the Lady of The Underground and takes it upon herself to be “Death’s ambassador”. To Karissa it is a duty to comfort those who have uncertainties about the Afterlife. However, Karissa does resemble traits of an Aphrodite kid. Karissa is loving and is mostly all about love and positive emotions. Karissa firmly believes that love isn’t exclusive and that anyone and everyone can partake in it, though she doesn’t enjoy love herself (Bein Aro-Ace). Karissa is a mysterious individual. She is warm and welcoming to those around her, but she has very strange behavior. Karissa takes part in weird things such as reading tea leaves, meditating near the water and is somehow able to move from place to place without people noticing. But, Karissa is mostly very calm, even when people freak out around her. She is relaxed every morning and helps people understand their feelings with her aura reading. At school, Karissa shows signs of chaotic behavior. She believes that her myth is too unknown for her type, and wants to flip the script. Ironically, she isn't as active as someone who'd want an interesting story would act, and prefers to go the lazy way. Karissa also has a careless side, seeming to be unfazed by dangerous things or when her friends are mildly suffering. Karissa is a bit of a trouble maker, though it is all in good fun. She sticks up for what she believes in, and will always be there to help out her friends in their time of need, even if it means lying to others to help herself, or her friends. She has her small sibling rivalry with Zane (who is her cousin), though the two are really partners in crime. Though Karissa may seem quiet and calm most times, other times, she's also chaotic and extra. When she's around close friends, Karissa is excitable, loud and very easy to laugh at. She can often be found hanging off a friend's arm, or shooting mischievous smirks.

### Fatal flaws

One of Karissa's fatal flaws is Ambition. She is willing to do anything to make herself noticed. Her second fatal flaw is loyalty, she is willing to do anything to save her loved ones, even give her own life

## Appearance

Karissa is often described as a beautiful seventeen year old girl of Hawaiian and Puerto Rican descent and is standing at average height (5’8). She is often described as having smooth and warm tanned skin, dark brown eyes, and long and wavy black hair, usually tied in a ponytail with some hair falling in her face. Her main colors in many of her outfits are black and different shades of purple. Her main outfit is a black zip up jacket, a dark purple and black skirt, a black shirt that says “Lady Death'' in white writing, and purple and white sneakers or a plain purple shirt and a black sweater with the same skirt and shoes

## Powers and Abilities

### Merau Kid Powers

* She has the power of necromancy, or the power to communicate with and control dead things.
* She can sense when a friend is dead or dying.
* She can see peoples' life auras.
* She has the power of umbrakinesis, or the ability to control shadows and darkness.
* She can Shadow travel.
* She can vanquish any undead with just one attack.
* She can turn people into ghosts and send them to the underworld.
* She, like Aubrey, has a blessed power, that power is Pyrokinesis or fire manipulation.
* She can see the dead and communicate with them.
* She can go invisible for a short amount of time.
* She can erase memories of certain events, things, or people.
* She has the power to sense death.
* She can minorly drain her opponent's life-force, though not enough to kill.
* She has the power to disguise people as undead and back.
* She has the power to enter and exit the Underworld as she pleases.
* She knows the name, gender, and cause of death of everybody that has recently died in a select radius, but she can block those thoughts if she concentrates hard enough.
* She is able to summon lost spirits to guide them since she has the power of necromancy.
* She can send spirits back to the underworld.
* She can conjure a shield dome of solid shadows around her as a defense against attacks.
* She can create weapons and constructs out of shadows to a certain extent.
* She can bend shadows to a certain extent to hide herself, people, or objects.
* She can speak to the dead and see lost souls.
* She can summon skeletons and ghosts to help fight battles

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Like most demigods, she possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that she uses to analyze the fighting style of her opponent.
* Dyslexia: Karissa's brain is hard wired for Ancient Hawaiian
* Weapon proficiency: Karissa is good with most weapons
* Parkour skills: Karissa is good a parkour
* Running skills: Karissa is very fast
* Swordsmanship: Karissa is good with a sword
* Dagger usage: Karissa is good with a dagger
* Knifemanship: Karissa is skilled with using a knife
* Persuasion: Karissa is known to be very persuasive
* Flexibility: Karissa is very flexible, which helps in battle and in dancing
* Leadership: Karissa is known to be a good leader
* Superhuman strength: Being a demigod, Karissa is far stronger than the average mortal and most demigods
* Superhuman agility: Being a demigod, Karissa is a lot more agile than a regular mortal
* Superhuman durability: Kairssa is shown to be far more durable than a mortal and most demigods
* Superhuman reflexes: Karissa has incredible reflexes, which was proven throughout her life
* Spanish: Karissa, being Puerto Rican, can speak Spanish Fluently
* Hawaiian: Karissa, being from Hawaii, can speak fluent Hawaiian

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Zane Wind

Zane and Karissa got off on the wrong foot when they first met. The two met when Karissa was taken in by her aunt, who married Zane's uncle, who had taken in Zane. As children they often got into arguments and often teased each other. It wasn't until their first monster attack and when Zane decided to leave since he felt he was putting his family in danger, that Karissa decided to travel with them. On their journey, the two became closer, but the two still have their arguments at times

### Family

#### Merau (Mother)

Though Karissa has never met her mother, she does respect her. Karissa wishes her mother could have at least visited once as a kid. Merau however, does care for her daughter and is proud of her accomplishments

#### Alexander (Father)

Karissa doesn't like talking about her father. Growing up, he was an alcoholic, and was very neglectful. Karissa was soon taken by her aunt, who had married Zane's uncle, so the two cousins met each other. She over all has a negative relationship with her father.

## Etymology

The name Karissa means **Grace, kindness** and is of Greek Origin

Rosales is a Spanish and Portuguese surname, from the Old Spanish and Latin **"rosa"**, meaning **"rose"**. Many towns were named Rosales from the general plural of rosa, and thus it became a locational surname, particularly in Galicia, a Christian kingdom in northwest Spain.

## Trivia

1. Karissa's blessed power is fire manipulation
2. Her middle name is Estella, meaning **"Star"**
3. Karissa is a fan of Bo Burnham
4. Karissa's favorite son is The World's Smallest Violin by AJR
5. Karissa is often called Kari by others
6. Karissa's favorite food is Cheese Cake
7. Karissa and Zane are the second pair of characters to be related but from different pantheon. Maddy and Damian are the other pair with Damian being Greek and Maddy being Norse
8. She loves to play the guitar