Neilos Próta

Neilos Próta is the seventeen year old (really thousand year old) Greek Son of Perseus and Andromeda. He came to camp at seventeen years old

## Basic Stuff

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Olympus (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Perseus (Father)
* Andromeda (Mother)
* Perses, Heleus, Alcaeus, Sthenelus, Electryon, Mestor, Cynurus, Gorgophone, Autochthe (Siblings)
* Various children of Zeus (Uncles and Aunts)
* The Children of said various children of Zeus (Cousins)

## Appearance

### Outfit

IN GREECE/ON OLYMPUS* Greek Chiton
* Greek Sandals

AT CAMP

* Light brown skirt
* Khaki shorts
* Sandals

## History

### Early Life

Neilos Próta was born to Perseus, the first Hero and Andromeda, Princess of Aethiopia in Aethiopia, Greece. (I guess you should know this story, but this goes into back story on how Perseus and Andromeda met, so I'm adding it). His parents met while Perseus was on the way back to Seriphos, Perseus stopped in the kingdom of Aethiopia. This mythical Ethiopia was ruled by King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia. Cassiopeia, having boasted that her daughter Andromeda was equal in beauty to the Nereids, drew the vengeance of Poseidon, who sent an inundation on the land and a sea serpent, Cetus, which destroyed man and beast. The oracle of Ammon announced that no relief would be found until the king exposed his daughter Andromeda to the monster, and so she was fastened naked to a rock on the shore. Perseus slew the monster and, setting her free, claimed her in marriage. Perseus married Andromeda in spite of Phineus, to whom she had before been promised. At the wedding a quarrel took place between the rivals, and Phineus was turned to stone by the sight of Medusa's head that Perseus had kept.

### Childhood

Neilos was the youngest of ten children, with two sisters and seven brothers, and generally had a great relationship with his family. He would often train with his father, who wanted him to be a great hero like him one day and would also spend time with his mother, and they would talk for hours about everything and anything. He would also spend time with his siblings, mainly causes trouble with his brothers and letting his sisters dress him up. He was around seventeen years old when his father died of old age, and soon his mother as well. While his siblings were off becoming kings or something, Neilos was left alone as the youngest. However, one day after he went to sleep, the god Zeus spirited Neilos away. This was because Zeus had a vision that Neilos would be a hero some day. When Neilos woke up, Zeus blessed him with immortality, saying that one day, his time would come to be a hero. From then on, Neilos was actually raised by Zeus.

### Immortal Life

Neilos had a decent time on Olympus, following his grandfathers orders, being a good kid, etc. He would cry when he found out his siblings died, and was often comforted by his step-grandmother, Hera, who was strangely kind to him, almost motherly. Neilos spent his time training with his uncle, Ares, who taught him how to fight, along with many of the other Olympians. One day, while Poseidon was visiting from Atlantis, he met his second cousin, Rosabella, daughter of Bellerophon, and they became friends with each other. True, they were rarely allowed to visit or hang each other, they would often try to write to each other or use Iris Messages. After a few hundred years went by, and it was near the end of the second titan war that Neilos was sent to camp. Zeus, seeing as he already sent Isaac and Zamaya to camp, decided to sent Neilos there as well. Neilos was sent to Camp Olympia in Big Bear where he was claimed as a Legacy of Zeus, and was placed into the Zeus cabin

## Personality

Neilos is this mysterious, reserved boy who hates to open up with people. He comes across as cold, but that's usually because he's afraid to let the real Neilos show. His mother thinks he's top notch at his job, so he doesn't let who he really is out. Emotions confuse him, they are things that bring him pain and he knows they bring other's pain too. So he accepts the emotions slowly. He feels so fragile when he accepts them, though, so he won't befriend someone or admit that he's their friend until about six months after normal people would call them his friend. His eyes are actually the most expressive parts of him, if he's watching you and his eyes look sad, you can pretty much determine you're soon gonna be in trouble. He's an observer of humanity, rather than an active participant. He believes that for every one person, there's the complete and total opposite, Lucky=Unlucky, Good=bad, nice=mean, etc. Percy is afraid of storms. Thunder and lightning terrify him and he always cuddles with his cat and buries his face in his pillow until the storms over. At first glance, Neilos is often seen and not heard around Camp Olympia, seemingly quiet and disinterested in the chaos around him, and he might even seem quite shy to those who don't know him well. Silent, reserved, always looking down at the floor. People naturally assume that Neilos must simply be a shrinking violet who wishes to hide away from the world, a wallflower who's scared to interact. In fact, shyness has nothing to do with it. Neilos doesn't enjoy conflict at all. He finds it annoying, loud, and frankly unneeded in day to day life. Neilos also knows that by being quiet he can get by conflicts without intervening, therefore making a calm, often silent demeanor the most clever choice if one wants to avoid getting caught up in other people's arguments and get by without having to deal with the problems of different pantheons. Why would he choose to bother with fights and arguments when he can slip by unnoticed? Despite his outer-demeanor, Neilos can be quite persuasive when the situation calls for it, able to charm people and tell them what they want to hear in order to get them to listen to what he has to say and convince them what he wants them to think, able to get people wrapped around his finger, per se, though he doesn't often do this, it's a rather useful trait to have. He's calm and calculated in his actions, often taking the time to think before he says or does anything that could cause him trouble, and is able to keep a level-head in most situations even if others would be nervous from the stress at that point, and it gives him an almost eerie vibe of being apathetic and uncaring. He can display odd tendencies due to being born a thousand years, and if he does happen to be driven to the point of stress, often starts speaking in cryptic riddles and quotes until he calms down which can of course, confuse other non-mythic people and make it harder for anyone to understand what's even going on with him. Even if he's a little cold, he really does have a good heart underneath and is trying his best despite how he comes off to others. Neilos is often homesick for Aethiopia and doesn't mind expressing his dislike of the new age compared to Aethiopia, and the thing he seems to fear greatly is losing his precious memories of his home, even though due to aging he sees most of them through a thick layer of nostalgia already, and he seems to constantly end up feeling out of place in Camp Olympia, like a puzzle piece that doesn't quite fit properly. The years are far too long, They hardly have any card hippos whatsoever, and what's a school day without tea time? He just doesn't get it, everything in this new place seems.. warped and wrong, and he just wants to go home, this view of things can often lead to him seeming bitter or even hateful of Camp Olympia, and even though he doesn't like it as much as Aethiopia, he doesn't hate per se, He's just homesick. Neilos doesn't seem as outwardly quirky as the other Hero Club members, but in time it's visible that he does have his fair share of oddities, it's just harder to tell with him due to his quiet nature. He seems to take after the hyperlogical side of his immortality, being oddly specific yet still somehow quite strange.

### Fatal flaw

Neilos' fatal flaw is his anxiety. He tends to worry about small things and it takes him a while to calm down. He is learning to control his flaw

## Appearance

Neilos is often described as a young looking seventeen year old boy. He is described as having curly brown hair, dark blue eyes, and light tanned skin. While living in Ancient Greece, he wore traditional ancient Greek clothing but now at camp he wears a light brown shirt, khaki shorts, brown sandals, and a black cloak

## Powers and Abilities

### Legacy Powers

* He is a skilled swordsman and innately knows how to handle any weapon.
* He minor Electrokinesis.
* He can create spectral Gorgon Heads that turn those around him to stone, though he uses this ability as a last resort.
* He is able to adapt to an opponent's fighting style.
* He has enhanced speed, reflexes, eyesight and endurance.
* He has Aerokinesis, or the power to control the winds.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: He possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that he uses to analyze the fighting style of his opponent.
* Dyslexia: His brain is "hard-wired" for divine Ancient Greek instead of mortal languages.
* Swordsmanship: Being trained by his father and the god of war, he is a skilled sword user
* Fighting skills: Being trained by Ares himself, he is a skilled fighter
* Enhanced speed: He is extremely fast and quick on the battle field
* Immortality: When Neilos was seventeen, he gained immortality, which stops him from aging and dying, though he can still get hurt
* Superhuman strength: Being a Legacy, Neilos is stronger than the average mortal
* Superhuman agility: Being a Legacy, Neilos is more is more agile than the average mortal
* Superhuman durability: Being a Legacy, Neilos is more durable than the average mortal
* Superhuman reflexes: Being a Legacy, Neilos' reflexes are faster than an average mortal

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Eustace Mizéria

Both Neilos and Esutace are rather quite, and have confound comfort in each other, watching their friends antics while sometimes joining in themselves. They like to read together and spend their time quietly chatting with one another

### Family

#### Perseus (Father)

Neilos had a very close relationship with his father, who taught him how to use a sword and was a good father to Neilos. Neilos misses his father very much

#### Andromeda (Mother)

Neilos had a very close relationship with his mother and would spend time with his mother, and they would talk for hours about everything and anything.

#### Siblings (Seven brothers and two sisters)

Now Neilos was the youngest of ten siblings and he was rather close with all of them, mainly causes trouble with his brothers and letting his sisters dress him up.

## Etymology

Neilos was the Greek name for **the River Nile**, and possibly of Semitic origin meaning **"river"**.

Próta is the Greek word for **First**

## Trivia

1. His last name means first as his father was the **first** hero
2. He has a fear of snakes and storms
3. He is asexual
4. The name of his mother, Andromeda, is also the name of Theodosius' twin sister
5. His middle name, Everett, means **"brave” or “strong boar.”** (This was also the name of my grandfather)
6. His favorite colors are green and brown
7. He likes to wear a black cloak, and claims it makes him "cool"
8. If he were born in modern time he would have been born March 25, Aries, The First Zodiac Sign in the zodiacal year