Caenis Rhodes

### Monster Parent

"I am the Son of the Telchines, specifically my father is Lycus one of the eldest"

### Killer Style

"I love matching the darkness of the depths with the brightness of the reefs."

### Monster Quirk

"Whenever I stare at things too long, my eyes flare up and they start to hurt...then the thing I kept staring at breaks."

### Pet

"I'm thinking of adopting a Ophiotaurus...Just gotta keep it a secret from my Dads...and all the other family members.."

### Favorite Activity

"I love sneaking out to the local Witches Coven and perusing through their collection of Spells...don't tell my Dad!"

### Biggest Pet Peeve

"I hate it when people complain about the smell of Wet Dog Fur...I get it...in my defence deodorant is not that effective in the water....!"

### Fav School Subject

"I love delving into the depths of Ancient Ickstory, the hidden treasures of the Monster and Normie World fascinates me."

### Least Fav Subject

"Ocean-ogre-phy...I know, a Sea Monster who hates the study of the Ocean... I just hate all forms of science and prefer the mystery of my Homeland."

### Favorite Color

"I love the deep blue of the ocean, with flourishing amounts of coral colours."

### Favorite Food

"I love the taste of Kelp Pasta, the dough and the kelp combined together with the sweet taste of Salty Golden Cheese."

### BFFs

"Ahh how can I choose so many friends in the deep...ahhhhh let me check with my Land friends"

### Diary

"I've placed an assortments of curses on my diary...have a go."

A child of the Sea whose heart is as wider than the very ocean and as Wild as a Sea Storm. **Caenis "Caen" Rhodes** is the son of the Mythical Group of Water Deities, the Telchines. He has recently left the isle of Rhodes, under the watchful eye of his family to come out of the sea and onto the land at **Monster High**.

## Character

### Background

Caenis background stretches a bit further back with his fathers. Ever since the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of what his Telchine father calls "monotheism" his family has long since departed the Grecian Isles. Ignoring the complete fall of the Olympians they departed for Auswailia.

Now Caenis was born not in the same way as other monsters. So he was born from a unique unknown ritual via similar methods to the birth of the Protogenoi and Amphitrite. Achieving a unique been from Spontaneous Formation and Parthenogenesis. After a long gruelling 13 months, Caenis was born from seafoam and petrified wood, becoming the much loved child of the Telchine Clan.

Through most of his whole life Caenis was raised on a Phantom Island, only leaving to attend school or to visit interdimensional worlds with his father. Yet he longed for a bigger connection to the outside world, and he received the chance after being accepted into the Monster High Exchange program.

### Personality

Caenis approaches everything with a new view. Given his entire life secluded primarily upon a Phantom Island, a chance to see the living world is something he describes as fascinating. He is always curious and sometimes that can either be endearing to others or a problem. As it often causes people to either be uncomfortable or something bad to happen, as a result of his curiosity. But in all honesty he has a really dog like personality, always ready for action and excitement of all kind. Having a strong sense of camaraderie and loyalty to those who have become his friends.

### Appearance

Caenis has a prominent fusion of canine and humanoid features, such as a canine nose. He has a mixture of pale bluish grey similar to that of a seal, along his body are darker slate blue Tiger shark patterns along his arms and legs and even across his face. His irises are golden in colouration with star shaped pupils, his hair is in a faux hawk with shorter sides coloured brown with streaks of sapphire blue drifting through. His body type is that of an ectomorph, with a somewhat muscular physique. He stands at a height of 6 foot 2, with a bodyweight around 90 kg for a ectomorph body. Along his hands he has scales forming upon his hands leading down to webbed clawed hands, with his feet also being webbed. They also feature fins on his hands and feed. His tail is a thin dog like tail with scales, his ears are also notched similar to fins.

### Monster Parents

Caenis Rhodes is inspired by a mythological set of Sea God Magicians known as the **Telchines.** The common description of the Telchines is that they had flippers instead of hands, the head of dogs and were known as sea children. Commonly depicted as a Aquatic Canine

The **Telchines** are supposedly the original inhabitants of the Island of Rhodes. Their origins depend on the sources but is based on the primary parentage of Pontus and Thalassa. Their roles varied from agriculture ministers of the gods, where they also involved in the building of many temples. While they are also said to invent or at least he master artists in mythology especially in metalworking and are sometimes thought of as the creators of the Trident of Poseidon and Cronus Sickle. Often being associated or confused with the Cyclopes, the first children of Gaea and Uranus. While in later times and in the eyes of the romans, they are seen as vicious sorcerers and wizards, with evil eyes and holding the power of destruction with a legend of them creating a powerful poison from the river Styx.

### Abilities and Skills

Caenis is a Telchine, a divine entity of the ocean. Given his young age, he holds the power of that of a Demigod. As he ages his power will increase, gaining new or developing his powers further. The powers he currently holds are:

* **Aquatic Adaptation**: As a Sea Monster, Caenis is able to to survive and adapt to underwater environments, being able to breathe water in lieu of air. As well as being able to endure high water pressure and extreme water temperatures. His sense are also unaffected by the water.
	+ **Speed Swimming**: Caenis when putting in the effort can swim at incredibly high speeds, being unaffected by water resistance.
	+ **Swimming Tail**: Caenis as a Sea Monster possess the power to transform his lower body, tail included into a long fish tail. He changes his legs into a tail in a burst of bubbles.
* **Elemental Manipulation**: Caenis as a Divine Entity is capable of manipulating the elements. For him its elements that relate to the Coastal Regions and will gain more power and abilities as he ages.
	+ **Atmokinesis**: Caenis is able to manipulate the weather, but only on a small scale such as the size of a car. He can manipulate and even generate aspects related to weather such as meterogical patterns, rain, wind, lighting, snow and temperature changes.
	+ **Hydrokinesis**: As a Water Monster and a Water Deity he has the power to create, control and manipulate water at Will. being capable of molding it in an unlimited number of shapes and even in the form of animals. Caenis is also capable of manipulate the very pressure of the Water, hardening it and applying great amounts of depth pressure.
* **Enhanced** **Craftsmanship**: Caenis as a Telchine possess the inate ability to craft items of high quality and even magical power.
* **Evil Eye**: Caenis possess the legendary power of the Evil eyes, a power possessing the ability to curse someone when stared at. Its a common power amongst the Telchines and is unlike the gorgon's powers. As they can turn it on, currently Caenis struggles with keeping it under control and prefers not to make eye contact with it.
* **Magic**: Caenis by birth has the ability to cast magic. His magic has a silver colouration with bubbles forming, especially when using telekinesis. Magic is not an omnipotent power and requires some components. It requires intent and verbal, component and somatic comments are needed when casting a spell. Caenis has knowledge in several branches either from his father such as Alchemy, Dark Arts, Potion Creation and Sea Magic. While he studies Animancy and Enchantment.
* **Supernatural Condition**: Caenis as a divine being possess supernatural capabilities and attributes that are beyond physical and human possibilities. Having great amount of strength, speed and durability.
	+ **Semi-Immortality**: Caenis at 17 has a unique form of Immorality where he only ages once every 10 years as is common for Telchines. When he reaches his physical prime he will stop aging, and his semi-immorality will become true immorality.
* **Toxigenesis**: Caenis is capable of generating poisonous water similar to the Waters of the River of Styx. At his current age his poison just makes people sicker and has a painful wound for a couple of days. This power is developed genetically as his father and uncles first developed the power.

## Relationships

### Family

Caenis shares a very good relationship with his older father Lycus. Having been raised by a single father, Caenis understands the pressure his father was under to give him a good life, especially when under the oppressive views of the Olympians. His father gave up his own homeland in order to give him a better life and that's something Caenis holds dear in his heart. He used to hate being home schooled by his father, hidden away on their Phantom Island, but as he grew up he treasures that time together. Often sending him a magical email everyday telling him of his many land adventures. His relationship with his Uncles are also treasured, given as he is currently the only Telchine Pup as off current times. He is highly treasured by them and often receives a bundle of rare and cursed jewels, even allowing him to spend sometime at their ancestral home on the Holidays in order to further bond.

His relationship to the other divine entities of the Greecian Pantheon is not as well maintained. His relationship with his Grandmother Thallassa and Grandfather Pontus is not well defined as they often to not interact with the monster world as much, but they often provide him with what he needs such as the small Phantom Island off the coast of the Catacombs of Monster High. His relationship with the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkaries is well maintained as they too are not homindiae divine entities, and do understand the pain of being a monster within monsters. He by choice has no relationship with any gods or titans aside from C.A Cupid, as he does not want to be dragged into their constant and "petty" action.

His relationship with C.A Cupid was brief as he only learned about her until after she left from Ever After High, yet took the time to message and get in contact with his distant adopted cousin. His relationship with Posea is not that well maintained, given his familial hatred for Poseidon. Yet he tries as he adores Amphitrite and is trying to build a relationship with Posea.

### Friends

Caenis maintains a very positive and well-built relationship with **Pearl Tanifa** and **Chloe Yaroma**. With Pearl he loves hearing her stories about the Boo Zealand, finding her unique cultural approach as inspiring and fangtastic. Often asking for her advice before talking to his more traditional family members. With Chloe he loves her wild and proud approach, taking comfort in having such a fierce and proud Ghoul to support him.

Caenis has recently met up with **Nitocris Setnakhte** and **Lara Aicaya**, finding both ghouls to be amazing. He loved answering Lara’s questions on being a sea monster and listening to her talk about her feelings and offering her the best advice he could possibly muster. Nitocris is someone he considers a dog's best friend, given their both canine natures. They even love to interact in the exact same way as dogs when talking to each other. Caenis often chats with Nito about ancient history given that she lived it.

### Romances

Caenis has had his eyes on many Mansters that attend Monster High, following on a more open and bromance type of relationships with them and many other bros. With the primary reason of wanting to keep his options open while still bonding and having fun with other guys. Yet a guy that would come to mind would be **Reynard Lustre**.

### Enemies

Caenis enemies would have to be both the Titans and Olympians as his family has suffered from the sheer brunt, of their brutal wars. As such he treats most of them like enemies, keeping a firm distance from them and their many children.

### Pets

Caenis has been looking for an animal for so long, he has been pulled out of rescues for a long time. Currently he has adopted a Ophiotaurus named Poro, a legendary half bull and half serpent. He rescued it from the sea before the Titans and Gods started to fight over the poor thing. He currently is hiding it in some Sea Caves around his Phantom Island.

## Outfits & Forms

#### **Monstro Loci Garb**

A new monster that came up from the deep, Caenis wears an outfit that rises up from the very sea itself. He wears a shirt with the depiction of a sandy beach, leading to the ocean with a light purple sky with a golden sun. While over the top he wore a midnight blue leather jacket with a light blue fishnet over the top. He wears board shorts that are styled like clumps of seaweed with segmented bottoms, which are paired with his sandals with a grey stone colouration and design with the same seaweed straps with pearls around the bottoms.

#### **Respectable Scarer**

Every monster of the deep needs to learn how to shine when in a respectable light. His attire is elegant and form-fitting, consisting of a royal blue dress shirt with a light blue water surface pattern, with a long translucent sea net attached to the end of the shirt. While over the top he wore wear a black vest with a white depiction of a shark on the back. Showing off attachments of aquatic animals such as sharks, jellyfish and crabs in golden and silver models. He wears golden boots depicting silver anchors, and bubbles.

#### **Screech Sea Diver**

He has a light blue and teal striped tank top without sleeves. The shirt a single picture of a a black and white sea shell of the front. His gray pants have images of pink, red and yellow coral with white sharks and black sea serpents. His shoes are fin styled flip flops with pearl straps.

#### **Eternal Slumber**

His sleeping and sleepover clothing is rather simple than most of his other clothing. He simply wears a dark teal singlet and shorts made purely from silk. The cuffs and the legs of the shorts are shorter than they usually are in his Monstro loci clothing. On the shirt there is an image of a sleeping seal. While the shorts would have dolphins jumping over waves, similar to sheep jumping over

#### **Gruesome Gardner**

He wears a aqua formal shirt with blue anemone. His pants are blue with a yellow and green kelp imprint imprint along his jeans. His shoes are cowboy styled, with golden spurs. He possesses a beige cowboy hat which is styled which has a pink coloured coral branch along the entire hat with blue roses around the hat's brim. He also possesses beige gardening gloves with a blue anemone on the back. His hair has green roots and blue hair colouring. This is his summer, gardening and his gloom and bloom clothing. Over the top of his clothing he wears a translucent green vine vest encircling his chest and going up to his neck with translucent blue rose collar, he also features these vines along his arms.

#### **Winter Frights**

He wears a long sleeved shirt which is coloured teal with a blue heart on the front and the sleeves being white. He possesses dark blue pants with fake fur around the bottom. Over the top he wears a dark blue winter coat with grey fur on the hood and bottom. The hood is designed to take his ears, his hair is coloured a light blue and lilac. The entire theme of his Winter Frights outfit would be based similar to a Selkie.

#### **Murderous Jest**

His clothing consists of a royal violet and green clown fish patterned long coat-like shirt, with the sleeves being much larger and having a translucent teal fin membrane type. His shoes boots with sharks teeth. His clothing colouration is primarily dark grey and green, with the sharks teeth being neon green. His hair is coloured Green with blue roots. He has blue diamonds covering both of his eyes. This is his Circus and his carnival clothing, with a waterball and shark tooth juggling act.

#### **Hardgore Rock**

His clothing consists of a black shirt with an image of twin sea-serpents. He wears dark grey jeans that are ribbed around his lower legs, the jeans are being held up by a spiked belt. He also possesses a spiked collar on his neck and on his wrists. He wears a sleeveless leather jacket with a high collar and spikes upon his shoulders. This is his music clothing.

### ***Chimeric Freaksions***

#### **Thallasian Merfreak**

In this form his body is drastically different from normal.. His hair gains silver streaks in them. He possesses a toga like outfit with a seafoam green colouration with the edges of the toga having a light blue wave design. He possesses a simple rope necklace with a crystal on the end. This is his aquatic form. His legs and tail have been replaced with a long and thick seal smooth tail with the ends of the tail flaring out in a large forked fin.

#### **Similar Simulacrum**

Due to an accident with a spell which was totally not his fault! Despite that mistake he was given a more fluid like body as he was transformed into a slime monster. His entire body has gained a silver colouration and has taken on a more gelatine and gooey body. His sclera has become dark blue and his irises have become white, with his pupils having a Nuclear Symbol instead. His hair has changed to seafoam green and neon blue and has become wavy and volumous. In this form he wears a black shirt with green wavy jelly styled sleeves the shirt having a slime pattern upon the shirt, He wears dark grey slime designed shorts with teal nuclear signs.

## Trivia

* This was a character long overdue for creation, yet was made specifically for the July 2022 Mystery Monster Student 2022.
* This character is a work in progress.
* Caenis is made for the MMS July '22 challenge