James Reynolds

James Reynolds is a 17-year-old Greek demigod, the son of Achlys and twin to Maria Reynolds. He came to camp at fourteen

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Achlys II, Jamesy Boy, St Jamesy Boy, Jay, JJ, Little brother, Jimmy, Jimbo

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Nashville, Tennessee (Formerly)

## Family

### Adoptive/Step Family

* Charlene (step-mother)
* Francesca (older step-sister)
* Jackson (younger step-brother)

### Biological Family

* Akhlys (Mother)
* Calvin (Father)
* Maria (Twin-Sister)
* Erebus, Gaia, Tartarus, Hemera, (uncles and aunts)
* Ethan Reyes, Grace Davis, Thomas Hunter, Nancy Campbell (Cousins)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Usually has red or maroon
* Jan jacket
* A white shirt or sometimes wears a scarlet red shirt
* Jeans
* Brown boots
* Black crystal necklace

## History

### Early Life

James and Maria Reynolds (twins) were born to Calvin Reynolds, a clear sighted and Achlys, the primordial goddess of the Death-Mist, poison, misery, and sadness, in Nashville, Tennessee on October 8, 2004. Maria was born first and five minutes later, James was born. Calvin’s life revolved purely around his Mexican roots. The 32-year-old, American native was influenced greatly by his Mexican father and aunt. His own mother had drowned, just after his 17th birthday. Upon doing research, Calvin found himself to be a very distant relation of The House of Trastámara, a house that once ruled Spain. Walking home from the library one day, he ran into a woman whose aura told him that she was a lying, cold individual. Calvin, normally going for the happier women, asked the woman on a date. The woman, Kennedy, or Achlys smiled, and began to take advantage of Calvin’s kindness, as he reminded her of Erebus in a distant physical way. The reason? Unlike Erebus, Calvin was kind and nice, so she was attracted to him. Though, despite this, he still reminded her of Erebus some way. Within a week, she managed to warp him from being a nice, happy man, to a cold, deceitful one. It was surprisingly easy for the goddess, as Calvin was partly mad himself.

Within a month, the goddess was pregnant with twins, and told to look after them, no matter how disgusted he could be. During the nine months of Achlys pregnancy, two things happened that play an important factor in Maria’s and James's lives. First, Calvin became even more sinister and cold. The second, the goddess left Calvin only weeks before she was due, leaving him to be enraged at the goddess, causing him to abuse his only child at the time, Francesca. A few weeks after the departure of the goddess, two cradles appeared on the doorstep of the Reynolds household, on the eighth of October in 2004. Francesca, being 13, and used to the abuse now, was yelled at, to get the post. She did so, and seeing the two children on the doorstep, she called for her father. Calvin was reluctant at first to come to the door, but eventually, he did, and saw the two babies, and a note, neatly placed in the middle, of the left cradle. He read it, and discovered that he had impregnated a goddess, and now had two children with her. After telling Francesca that she had two younger siblings, and seeing the happiness on her face, Calvin was determined to shut out all of the memories that he had made with Achlys, and return to how he used to be. The first ‘act’ that he did, was to ask Francesca to name her siblings. So Francesca named them Maria Lorelei and James Phoebus .

### Childhood

For the first 5 years of the two demigod’s young lives, it was peaceful. Their father had married a daughter of an English duke, and had a son with her, named Jackson. It remained peaceful until Francesca, who was now 18 and wanted to know why her father had abused her, asked Calvin about his reasoning to abuse her. He simply said that it was Maria’s and James’ faults; if they hadn't been born, he would have never met their mother. This snapped something inside of Francesca. Now finding out that her two, innocent younger siblings had caused her so many years of emotional, mental and physical pain, made her turn cold towards them, mainly towards James.

### First Monster Encounter

When they were 10, Maria was invited to her sister’s wedding, yet James’ invitation was excluded. Thinking that his older sister’s behavior towards him was normal, he acted like her, becoming cold and manipulative. That same year, Calvin told them the story of La Llorona, which gave them a fear of dark forests, the ocean and the dark. Charlene, Calvin’s wife, always had a soft spot for James, and always made sure that he was OK before Maria and sometimes, but very rarely, Jackson. On their 12th birthday, James and Maria were attacked by a Sphinx, whilst they were in their school’s ‘quiet’ area. At the time, it was only them, and a teacher; Miss Munroe. Not known to them, Miss Munroe was a demi-titan herself and distracted the Sphinx, telling the two to run back to their home, and tell their father about what happened.

Maria and James heard Miss Munroe’s final screams, before running into their sister. Maria had been injured by the Sphinx, so James had to bargain with his sister. After a few minutes of pleading for her to help him, James gave up on Francesca, and told her that if she wouldn’t help Maria, he’d do it on his own. Now grabbing his sister’s hand, James dragged Maria in the direction of their house. Now seeing that James would do anything to protect his sister, Francesca felt respect towards her younger brother, and told him that she’d help him, if he told her what had happened.

### Other Attacks

James explained about the Sphinx and how it had gashed at her. Fortunately for him, Francesca could see the monster and helped the two escape. Upon arriving at their house, Francesca explained to Calvin what happened, and told him to move Maria and James far away from Tennessee, and any potential threats. Using some of the money that her father gave her, Charlene moved the family to New York, hoping that there, they’d be safer. For the first few months, they were, and lived happily in Manhattan, New York. Only three, short months later, the twins were attacked by a hell hound. This time, unlike the last, they were semi prepared for it. It happened when they were playing golf in their back garden, so James and Maria already had weapons to use.  By this time, Calvin found it only fair on his kids to tell them that they were demigods, not their mother, but he said that she was a goddess of a negative force (misery). He also mentioned Camp, and how when they wanted to, they could go there and stay either year round, or summer only. That’s when Francesca, who was visiting them for the weekend stepped in, and said that they should go at a later age, perhaps 13 or 14

### Coming to Camp

After the second attack, The Reynolds family traveled from city to city, trying to avoid monster attacks. Most of the time, they did, but there was the occasional attack where they got caught up in either fighting, or trying to get away ever quicker. Eventually, on their fourteenth birthday their father dropped them off at camp, and told them that they would be moving back to their old family home, in Tennessee (though the twins never went back)

## Personality

At first introductions, James never fails to appear as a neutral individual in that nobody quite knows where his loyalties lie. His morals, motives, and emotions often come across as ambiguous, leaving many to perceive him as a rather bleak - if not somewhat malevolent - person. His often stoic expression paired with a neutral, sometimes monotonous tone of voice leads him to be seen as cold and unapproachable. However, that is far from the truth. While yes, he is very neutral ground, and cold-hearted, he’s not a complete emo child. Around the people he trusts, he is more open and friendly. With his twin, they are more chaotic but tend to argue a lot as James is the more down-to-earth twin, while Maria is somewhat "chaotic" and reckless, doing things without thinking. James is most of the time pretty relaxed and unpredictable. James can be sarcastic most of the time when he is around people he doesn't know. When people get to know him, he can be pretty friendly and a very nice person. James is extremely friendly and sociable. Although he makes friends almost instantly James is incredibly competitive and will fight tooth and nail in even the most trivial competitions. He is also very smart. Maria says that he puts the hyper in ADHD, will never put down his tools unless there is a good reason for him to, and is mostly happy. At times, he can be a bit snarky and sarcastic to those he doesn't like, and is said to speak "fluent sarcasm". At times, he blurts the first thing that comes to mind and many people think he's rude, but he is mostly a good person. He is super protective of his sister, and would do anything for her. Despite Maria being the older twin, James is the leader between the two of them, but that's just how it's always been. Because he loves to make friends, he trusts people easily, which gets him hurt sometimes. He loves to laugh and makes jokes, which brightens anywhere he goes. At most times, James is very hyper, full of lots of energy, and carefree. When he is hurt, he hides it with happiness, hoping it will eventually go away. He is very intelligent, even though he may not show it. He is very loyal and is reassuring when his friends or family is upset.

### Fatal flaw

James' fatal flaw is wrath and he is often quick to anger

## Appearance

Much like his twin sister, James is a very handsome seventeen year old of Mexican descent. He is often described as having the sane curly brown hair that is shoulder length and he keeps in a small pony tail, smooth tanned skin, and brown eyes. He normally wears a jean jacket, a white shirt or sometimes wears a scarlet red shirt and jeans. He also has the same crystal necklace as his sister, that he got when he was born

## Powers and Abilities

### Achlys Kid Powers

* He can make someone feel his pain for a while
* He can force a person to relive their worst nightmares or see a vision of their loved one dead in front of them
* He can let out a Bloodcurdling screech that stops the hearts of all who hear it
* He can spit the Death-Mist at his opponents' eyes causing them to go blind
* He is immune to any and all forms of poison, given that bis mother is the personification of poison. In fact, he can eat poisonous foods and consume toxic liquids that others cannot without any ill or fatal side effects. He is also able to summon and manipulate any kind of toxic or poison and are able to cause all types of poison.
* He is immune to the poisoning and damaging effects caused by radiation and he can stand in radioactive sites without being affected by radiation, no matter how contaminated an area is. He can swim in radioactive waste without so much as an issue, and he has radiation poisoning, being able to cure or cause it
* He can breath out poisonous gas. He can also weaponize smog and/or pollute the air to make it hard to breathe.
* He is immune to the effects of poisonous gases such as mustard gas and carbon dioxide, and can breathe smog like it was normal air.
* He can shadow travel and can do so for longer than children of Hades, but if he does, she tires out for longer.
* He can navigate the underworld without an issue.
* He can detoxify a person by simply touching them, but that alone cannot heal the damage done by the poisoning.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: As a demigod, James 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.
* Beauty and Allure: James, much like his sister, is a very handsome boy,
* Intelligence: James is shown to have amazing intelligence
* Silver tongue: James is shown to be good a lying and is very persuasive
* Fighting Skills: James is shown to be good at fighting
* Swordsmanship: James is a natural sword user
* Spanish: Since James is Mexican, he is fluent in Spanish
* Archery: James is a skilled Archer
* Superhuman durability: As a demi-primordial, James is more durable than a regular human being
* Superhuman strength: As a demi-primordial, James is much stronger than the average mortal
* Superhuman Reflexes: As a demi-primordial, James reflexes are greater than the average mortal
* Superhuman Agility: As a demi-primordial, James is more agile than the average mortal

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Hector Pineda

Other than Maria, Hector is his second best friend. The two share the same love of mischief and they love messing with their friends, so it would natural for them to get along and they often hang out with Amber

#### Amber Knowles

Other than Maria, Amber is his third best friend The two share the same love of mischief and they love messing with their friends, so it would natural for them to get along and they often hang out with the others

### Family

#### Achlys (Mother)

James has never met her, but he does have some respect for her as a goddess

#### Calvin (Father)

James and his father have a very complicated relationship. Since Calvin was turned cold, he would often neglect his oldest daughter, the twins and his youngest son. Since the two have been dropped off at camp, James hasn't contacted his father since

#### Maria (Twin sister)

Maria and James are partners in crime. The two are inseparable and are *always* seen together. James would do anything to keep his twin safe, and Maria would do the same, despite their arguments, they love each other

## Etymology

The name James means the same exact thing as Jacob—**“supplanter” or substitute**—and comes from the original Hebrew word for Jacob. Because of its connection to Jacob, James is a Biblical name (two of Jesus' apostles were named James)

The common last name Reynolds is a patronymic surname meaning "**son of Reynold**." The given name Reynold derives from the Germanic name Reginold composed of the elements ragin, meaning "counsel, advice" and wald, meaning "rule. "

## Trivia

1. James face claim could be Anthony Ramos, who played John Laurens and Phillip Hamilton in *Hamilton* and Usnavi in *In The Heights*
2. James is Bisexual
3. James two fears, those being losing his twin and being betrayed
4. James is left handed
5. James and his sister were born on October 8, making them Libras
6. James' favorite food is pizza
7. James' middle name is Phobeus, after Apollo's roman name
8. Jame is the younger twin