Manuel Lewis

Manuel Lewis is a seventeen year old Greek Demigod son of Aion and Stella Lewis. He came to Camp at 14 years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Manny, Zodiac Kid, Manu, Constellation, Aion

### Affiliation

* Camp Olympia
* The Choir
* The Primordials

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently) Montebello, California (Formerly)

## Family

### Adoptive/Step Family

Daniel Ryenold (step-father)Laura Reynolds (Step-sister)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* normally dark colors
* Black jean jackets
* Gray skirt with a clock on it
* Black jeans

Brown boots

## History

### Early Life

Manuel Lewis was born to Aion, god and Hellenistic deity of perpetual time, eternity, and zodiac and Stella Lewis, on June 5, 2004 in Montebello, California. Stella was an intelligent and driven woman. When she met Manuel's father she was a grad student studying Astor-physics at Stanford. He came to her pretending to be one of her professors. After working together on a paper, they soon become romantically entangled. Three months before her doctoral review she learned she was pregnant. Aion then told her who he really was. After she found out, she was shocked to say the least and that shock then turned to anger. They fought for hours before eventually she forgave him. Before he left for the last time he gave Stella a package and told her to give it to their child when the time was right. She kept that in the back of her closet for the next fifteen years hoping she would never have to give it to her child. Manuel was born in Montebello, California six months after Stella got her doctorate and close to nine months after she last saw Aion.

### Childhood

Manuel where his mother was a professor at Stanford. He lived in an apartment near the school, and went to all the best private schools. This didn't mean he had an entirely happy childhood though, he was never an absolute genius or bookworm and this caused a lot of tension between him and his mother. He was always more interested in music and art. He started to play the piano at age five, and soon picked up guitar, drums, and the bass. His interest in music was viewed as a waste of time by his mother, and they grew apart very quickly. When he was thirteen he started his first band, and became pretty talented actually.

### Starting to discover things

Starting from the age of thirteen though he knew he was different. He started to develop his powers, and started to attract monsters. So his mother sent him to the camp she was told about before he was born. After two weeks though, he missed the city so much he left camp and came back to Los Angeles. He never forgot what he learned in those two weeks though.

### A Journey To Camp

Following his trip to camp, Manuel had several close calls with monsters over the years, but had always been able to tell and outwit them. By the age of fourteen he had started playing several clubs and venues across the city. One night while he was playing a gig he saw an older woman watching him very intently. After his set when he packed up the woman approached him and gave him her card. She told him she was an agent and would like to help him get a record deal. A couple days later he called the number and they decided to have a meeting at his house. When she showed up at his house he quickly began to realize something was off about her, and so did his mom. She excused herself minutes before the agent pounced and revealed herself as a harpy.

As soon as she changed into her monster form, Stella returned and tossed Manuel the package his father had left for him years ago. He ripped open the wrappings and was shocked to see a large clock shaped shield and a celestial bronze sword. He used the shield to avoid the harpy's claws and then wildly swiped, luckily slicing the harpy's head clean off. `After the fight was over, as him and his mother were cleaning up he realized he ripped up a letter while opening the package. The letter told him of both his history and powers. Days of talks ensued between Manuel and Stella talking about everything from his father to Camp. Finally they both came to the realization that it would be better if Manuel went to Camp Olympia. So off he went, arriving at the camp fresh and early the next day. We was soon claimed by Aion

## Personality

Manuel is described as a tech-savvy kid. He's good at coding and hacking computers and phones. He's also known to be book smart rather than street smart, but he's really good at combat. Manuel is known to be brave and a leader. He's charismatic but competitive. At times, he can be stuck up and is known as a try hard and he's also somewhat moody and sarcastic. As the brother figure of the Choir, Manuel has assumed all positions of the warm “older” brother type. Although nowhere near as street-smart as the others, he still watches over his team like his life depended on it. He knows that none of them need any protection, but he can’t help looking out for them. Manuel is one to follow behind the rest of the group, both because he can’t directly relate to the combat aspects of the group. Manuel shows others this side of him as well, often protecting his friends and classmates from further harm. He has a bit of bias towards the choir, but will watch over his other peers as well. He has a habit of putting himself first before others because he wants people to be safe and happy. When possible, he would sacrifice himself and often has to be patched up afterwards. Even if Manuel is a tough guy, he is also very warm and friendly. He has an easy time getting along with people, and can be described as a warm cocoa drink during winter. Manuel has a permanent gentle smile on his face, even during tests and under pressure (though he does frown when sad, scowl when angry, etc.). He has a contagious aura that one can’t help but be affected by his positive energy. He tries to avoid negativity as he does not want to rewind any time that he deems toxic. If anyone wants to be friends, he would always say yes, even if it is someone that is a villain or wants to use him. He is not oblivious and does catch on, but he is honestly too nice for his own kind. That isn’t to say that he wouldn’t ax someone’s head off if one of his siblings got hurt. Secretly, Manuel has a habit of letting people step over him like a doormat. He would not speak up for himself because he is afraid of hurting the other person whether it is verbally or physically. He keeps all comments to himself and bites his tongue more often than most. The feelings of the other party is way more important than his own self, and even with all the strength of the world, Manuel could not bear to think about hurting others feelings. He honestly wouldn’t even ask for help when he can’t do something, not because of pride, but because of the fear of disturbing someone else. Manuel is a rather gregarious person most of the time, he parties, plays music, makes jokes, and is considered a good time all around. There are times though when all Manuel wants is to look up at the stars and think, he usually writes songs during these times and needs to be alone. Manuels weakness is that he tends to be very promiscuous, and it just happens to be that the people he sleeps with are other men.

### Fatal flaw

Manuel's fatal flaw is his ambition. He tries to be the best and often tends to "suck up" to his teachers to try and get good grades

## Appearance

Manuel is described as a tall looking seventeen year old boy of Mexican Descent. Manuel is described as having curly dark brown hair, tanned skin, and brown eyes. He is often seen wearing black jean jacket, black pants, a gray shirt with a clock on it, and gray shoes

## Powers and Abilities

### Aion Kid Powers

* He is good Chronokinetic Combat.
* He is immune to the effects of time manipulation.
* He can also manipulate time around an object or area. For example, he can make objects destroyed by the ravages of time as pristine as they were by rewinding the time to a state when they were brand new, or make an area as it appeared thousands of years ago before the current time
* He can speed up and slow down time. However, this demands a little of energy from him
* He can fire blasts of chronal energy that age targets they hit. Enemies will feel temporarily exhausted and less powerful, while objects will permanently erode and weaken. The effects compound with multiple hits, which could eventually age objects to dust given repeat use.
* He can greatly accelerate time on an opponent’s body without warning for a few seconds, making them stumble or mistime attacks as they can’t keep up with their own movements.
* He can release an extremely-short-range pulse of chronal energy that freezes time on inanimate objects, briefly locking them in place. The pulse only extends about 10 cm from their body, and the larger the objects affected, the more he is drained. It can be used to block weapons, but this requires expert timing.
* He can see a few seconds into the future; allowing him to possibly predict the actions of others, but also obscuring his sight at times.
* He is able to see the lifespan of others, but are forbidden to share information about the lifespan in any way.
* He has the ability to travel back and forth in time, but they are unable to interact with or change past events, only to see the events play out. When he goes forward in time he only sees “possible” futures, that does not mean those future events will come to pass.
* He can accelerate and control the growth of nearby living plants, which can be used to create constructs or hamper foes.
* He is able to “invest” energy into a specific point in the future, weakening himself for the duration. At the chosen moment, he can harvest the stored energy for an explosive burst of power and agility that is stronger the longer he is drained.
* He has the ability to slow time in a small area around them roughly three times his size, gradually slowing all movement but his own over ten seconds. People close to them would feel resistance as if underwater, making it progressively harder to move the longer he spends inside the area. Anyone who remains for the full effect will be briefly frozen in time, unable to move at all for a short duration. He is considerably drained afterward.
* He can communicate with and understand snakes and are immune to snake venom. This is because one of Aion's symbols are circled snakes
* He is able to control, and, if their symbol represents an animal, communicate with the thing that their symbol represents (for example, if you're a libra and you are a child of Aion you can cause scales to fall out of the sky if you want because scales represent the libra sign).

### Zodiac Powers

He can manipulate the powers of the zodiac signs and bend them to their will. He is able to manipulate the symbols, energies and the manifestations of the signs, possibly including the connections they have to their planets, elements, gemstones, metals, entities, etc.

* **Aries**- He can mimic/transform into caprines (Goat-antelopes), he has fire manipulation, he can manipulate gold and iron, he can manipulate diamonds, and he can manipulate wool
* **Taurus**- He can mimic/transform into bovines including cattle, antelopes, caprines, gazelles, etc, he has earth manipulation, he has power associated with Venus (Love/beauty powers), he can manipulate copper
* **Gemini**- He can make clones of himself, he has air manipulation, he has power associated with Mercury (Speed, intelligence, ect), he can manipulate the chemical mercury, he can shapeshift
* **Cancer**- He can mimic/transform into crabs, he can manipulate water, he has powers related to the moon (Lunar manipulation, healing powers, etc), he can manipulate silver, he has enhanced speed
* **Leo**- He can mimic/transform into lions. He has fire manipulation, he has powers related to the sun (solar manipulation, healing powers, life force manipulation, etc), he can manipulate gold and has light manipulation
* **Virgo**- He has earth manipulation, he has power associated with Mercury (Speed, intelligence, ect), he can manipulate the chemical mercury, he can tunnel through matter
* **Libra**- He can transform into inanimate objects, he has air manipulation, he has power associated with Venus (Love/beauty powers), he can manipulate copper, can change the direction which gravity pulls objects to an area,
* **Scorpio**- He can mimic/transform into scorpions, he has water manipulation, he has powers associated with Mars/Pluto (Blood, plain and anger manipulation, truth, earth subconscious and monetary manipulation)
* **Sagittarius**- fire manipulation, has powers related to jupiter (order manipulation, luck teleportation, monetary manipulation, law manipulation etc,) gold manipulation
* **Capricorn**- Can mimic/transform into goats, earth manipulation, has powers related to saturn (Limit, authority, structure, precognition, justice manipulation)
* **Aquarius**- Air manipulation,  has powers related to saturn/uranus (Limit, authority, structure, precognition, justice, electricity, metal manipulation), can manipulate aluminum and water
* **Pisces**- Can mimic/transform into fish, has water manipulation, has powers related to neptune (illusion manipulation, binding, confusion inducement), platinum manipulation

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Manuel's supernatural alertness and keen senses that keep him ready for, and alive, in battle.
* Dyslexia: Manuel's brain is "hard-wired" for divine Ancient Greek instead of mortal languages.
* Tech skills: Manuel is great at using computers and technology and is really great at hacking
* Intelligence: Manuel is known to bet very intelligent and smart, despite acting like the opposite
* Combat skills: Manuel is great at fighting and combat
* Speed: Manuel is very fast when running
* Astronomy/zodiac knowledge: Manuel knows a lot about astrology, the stars, and the different zodiac wheels for different cultures
* Ax usage: Manuel is good at using an ax
* Superhuman strength: As a demi-primordial, Manuel is stronger than the average mortal.
* Superhuman durability: Being a demi-primordial, Manuel is more durable than a regular mortal
* Superhuman Agility: Being a demi-primordial, Manuel is more agile than a regular mortal
* Superhuman Reflexes: Being a demi-primordial, Manuel reflexes are faster than a regular human

## Relationship

### Friends

#### Laura Reynolds

Laura Reynolds is a Slavic demigod, the daughter of Dodola, and she and Manuel are step-siblings. Their respective families came together when they were 16, but even before that, they were friends. They also get along together very well.

### Family

#### Aion (Father)

Manuel hasn't met his father yet, but he does want to meet him. In times of distress, Manuel does pray to his father and respects him

#### Stella (Mother)

The relationship between the mother and son is very strained. Manuel was never an absolute genius or bookworm and this caused a lot of tension between him and his mother. He was always more interested in music and art. Manuel does love his mother

## Etymology

Manuel is a male given name originating in the Hebrew name Immanu'el (עִמָּנוּאֵל‎, which means **"God with us."**) It was possibly brought from the Byzantine Empire (as Μανουήλ) to Spain and Portugal, where it has been used since at least the 13th century.

This name is from the post-Classical Latin name Ludovicus, the latinized form of the Germanic name Hlūtwīg, meaning **"famed battle**" (hlūt meaning "loud" or "famous" and wīg meaning "battle"). The name developed into the Old French Clovis, Clouis, and Louis.

## Trivia

1. Manuel owns a journal in which he draws in. His journal has a lot of ugly doodles and pretty words. The pages are decorated like he puts thoughts in every line. Sometimes he squishes flowers between the pages.
2. He can do a back flip and tries to find excuses to do one all the time. “Oh, I got a B on the test!” **\*does a back flip\***
3. He loves doing sports, mainly track and baseball
4. He can’t swim and fears the ocean or any body of water
5. Manuel is ticklish but wears too many layers for someone to try and tickle him. Plus he subconsciously punches anyone that puts their hands at his waist. He would apologize so many times if he does, however.
6. He loves eating healthy, but his guilty pleasure is blueberry cheesecake. He can only have it once a month otherwise he would feel so bad for consuming sugar.
7. He is Asexual and is currently dating the son of Seshat, Andrew Hamilton
8. He is known to be very strong and carry a lot of people at once