Julia Vera

Julia Vera is a seventeen year old Greek Demigod daughter of Pheme and Wilbur Vera. She came to camp at fifteen years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Julie, Jules, Jully, Juju, Jubilee, Pheme, Fame Girl, Famous

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Hollywood, California (Formerly)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Green shirt
* Black skirt or jeans
* Gold sneakers
* Golden accessories

## History

### Early Life

Julia Vera was born to Pheme, the goddess of gossip, rumor, reputation, common talk, report, and fame and Wilbur Vera, a clear sighted mortal in Hollywood, California on June 3, 2004. Wilbur Vera met Pheme on a chilly September He was walking back home from a late shift as a policeman, being his station's prime sergeant. During his nocturne stroll, he bumped into none other than the goddess of Fame, Pheme. The deity, very angry at being bumped into, started shouting at the man. The officer only replied with common sense, despite the vivid aura of power she released. Her aura didn't seem to affect him all that much, which made her interested by the man. She reluctantly left him, letting Wilbur return home, wondering for some unknown reason who the mysterious woman was. Wonder wasn't needed when the two met again, at a pub, while the young cop was off duty. Pheme was much more seductive on this encounter, convincing him to join her for a drink. He started getting attracted to her, but it wasn't because of the alcohol delirium. She had a strange, yet fascinating way of showing her affection. She was rather playful, gaining gossip on any person and sharing the funniest bit of news while they talked. After a drink, Pheme asked if he wood want to head to his apartment for some intimacy. He denied, simply wanting to get to know her a bit more. He goddess agreed afterwards, slightly impressed a man wouldn't accept such an offer. And from that thought, they soon began an honest relationship.

3 months had passed before they had taken the "next step". By then, Wilbur was head over heels for the goddess, in love. Pheme had sadly left after the intercourse, without saying anything before her departure, aside from a brief but meaningful I'll always love you. Heartbroken, Wilbur returned to his ordinary life, forcefully forgetting his former flame. It wasn't long, 5 months to be precise, before that changed. Upon arriving home after a day at work, he found a basket on his house's doorsteps. In the open the basket rested none other than a gorgeous baby covered in woolen sheets. A note hung on the basket's side. 'This is our child. Take good care of her. I'll always love you, ~Pheme'. The new father was unacknowledged fact that Pheme was actually a goddess. She had decided not to tell Wilbur anything about the Greek World, as she knew he was skeptical and that he wouldn't take it well, no matter what lengths were taken to prove it. Since the child reminded him so much about Pheme in her mortal form, he decided to keep her, swooned by the uncanny resemblance. He named the baby girl Julia, after his late sister.

### Childhood

Julia lived a fairly ordinary childhood, for what it was worth, being a demigod. Her father had gotten married to another woman, named Lydia, who was oddly a former child of Aphrodite. The old half-blood was unaware that her step-daughter was also the child of a goddess, any less than Wilbur knew that the two people currently dearest to him were demigods. Regardless of being clueless of each other's heritage, the small family got along pretty well, trying to make Julia's life as happy as possible. Being raised by an enthusiastic mother-figure, she wasn't as morbid as other children of Pheme, but rather the opposite. The child knew that Lydia wasn't her biological mother, but refrained from bringing up the topic, as his father darkened whenever it came up. Having a wonderful step-mother did the trick. Why wonder about a woman that had abandoned her when she had someone who cared for her more than anything in the world?

Alas, things kept going normally in the beginning. Julia had a fairly high amount of friends in school, always being bright around others. She was likable by many, but whenever she got angered, she would spread the most awful rumors, which was something she got from her mother. Although, these uncontrollable actions didn't appear often and easily got forgotten. Able to talk herself out of anything, she easily got the situations controlled. When Julia reached the age of 12, she got diagnosed with ADHD, slowly getting unconcerned in class. Her condition kept getting worst, as she for dyslexia merely a year later. Because Julia's family lived near the city's dumpster alley, her scent was harder for monsters to track, leaving her safe. Lydia didn't have to fend off any monsters for a while either, except for a few unseen Hell hounds lurking every now and then. She could easily disintegrate them without her husband or Julia seeing them. Being a child of Aphrodite, her scent wasn't very strong either, so the attacks were only a mere obstacle to withstand in order to keep things as ordinary as they could be.

### First Monster Attack

That all changed after the Julia turned 12, on her first monster attack. Since her scent was hidden, it had taken long before any monster could notice her. While having a quick stroll in her neighborhood with her step-mother, a strange woman approached the two. Her clothing was dark, and she had her face covered as well. She was only confused from her presence, before her expression turned horrified, as she realized that a perturbing creature stood in the previous position of the odd lady. Before she could lift a finger, the monster, that was an empousa, lunged at Julia. The trained daughter of Aphrodite only has to take out her sword and slash it on the unarmed monster before it into dust, leaving a stunned Julia dazed. After realizing that Julia was a demigod, she took her home, and explained the young girl about everything there was to know. (Camp, Olympians, monsters, etc.) She even offered bringing her to camp, getting an immediate decline. She refused leaving her family no matter what. After arguing for a while on the matter, the father shortly came home. Lydia, already convinced that there wasn't anything she could do to change her step-daughter's decision, kept her mouth shut. Shortly after the incident, Lydia gave Julia a Celestial Bronze dagger she kept as a backup. She told her to try and use it when it was needed. The weapon had the ability to morph into a necklace.

Lydia decided to home-school Julia, fearing for her safety. Wilbur didn't have many suspicions, as he thought that his wife was only trying to spend more time with his child. And so, it went on. For the next few years, monster attempted to attack with no success, all unnoticed by the father. Lydia would always end up killing the monsters. Julia, in her part, had began training with her sword in secrecy, often when her father was at work. She once even managed defeating a weak hell hound alongside her step-mother, though it was all she could manage at the moment. She wasn't much of a fighter, despite her constant efforts and her guardian's help. The charade continued until Julia eventually turned 15. A harpy had attacked the two demigods while Wilbur was out. Lydia, at the time, was very ill. The battle was short, and Lydia had gotten severely injured by the time she managed to kill the beast. Her time protecting Julia was over.

### Getting to Camp

The father had gotten home by the time it was over. All he could see was an injured woman, as he didn't have the possibility to see the pile of monster-remains through the mist. He demanded an explanation, soon getting one. It took him a while to believe them, but eventually did. Without another word, betrayed that they had kept this secret for so long, he took Julia. Since Lydia couldn't protect her anymore, he decided to take her to this "camp", following Lydia's directions. He knew that his daughter needed training, since she was unable to defend herself in small attacks. After a long drive to Big Bear, Julia was on her way to camp. Soon after her goodbyes, she entered camp, getting claimed by none other than Pheme.

## Personality

Julia, as the daughter of the goddess gossip, likes spreading rumors and is very close to Cora and her friends. She likes to make everything a competition and likes to compare things to others. Julia, much like some people tends to be catty, vindictive. Though she is not as mean as the other girls in her group. She also often talks to Aubrey and Max to talk about celebrity drama or camp gossip. Other than that, Julia is a very two-sided girl with a way of talking and is very popular. Julia is warm and enthusiastic, typically very bright and full of potential. She seems to live in a world of possibilities, and can become very passionate and excited about things. She is a charming, ingenuous, risk-taking, sensitive, people-oriented individual with capabilities ranging across a broad spectrum. She feels that she is living her life as her true self, walking in step with what she believes is right. She has a strong need to be independent, and resists being controlled or labelled. When angered, these statements may easily be contradicted with various limitations. Trickster. If there is one thing Jules loves more than anything, it's stirring up trouble. Especially for the demigods of her pantheon. (She has a thing against most heroes, but especially those from her pantheon.) She loves to spread rumors and blow things out of proportion for the sheer joy of watching the end results. She is very messed up. She loves gossip. She listens to just as much rumors as she starts. She loves to tell people other people's darkest secrets and if they already know the secret she's trying to tell them, she'll make something up just to keep their interest. She doesn't like it when someone else beats her to the punch. Probably because she loves to create drama, she loves theater. She was in her old school's Creative Theater Group and is always competing to be the star of their performances. She lives for the spotlight. And not just onstage. Jules loves to be the center of attention whenever possible. Whether it's use magic on a field trip even after strictly being told not to, or popping in out of nowhere, usually declaring "tada" it's guaranteed she'll try to be the main focus at any time. Jules is very manipulative. She can make someone believe that she likes them when in reality she hates them. She probably could do the reverse, but there's not that many people that she actually likes. She distrusts people, knows there going to be talking about her behind her back the moment she's out of earshot. (Gossips are the most paranoid about gossip against them.) Tell-tale signs she's up to something. Her smile goes from a real one to more of a smirk, she tosses her hair back, she runs the fabric of her skirt through her fingers, and she hums. Really, if you know the kind of person she is, it isn't hard to tell when she's up to something. But thanks to Julia's hard work at it, no one knows the kind of person she really is, and therefore don't catch the signs. Jules is very big on being the most powerful hero. If there is any person around that can do something she can't, or can do something better than she can, she will spend hours studying and practicing so she can do that thing better than they can because of course she has to be the best. At everything even remotely to do with magic. Julia has been seen staring at mothers embracing their children, or fathers playing with their kids, not in a longing way, not in a judgmental way, in a confused way. She honestly doesn't understand why they do that, she doesn't understand why they act differently than her mother does with her, and she doesn't understand why it's seen as normal. She doesn't let herself stare very long though.

### Fatal flaw

Julia's fatal flaw is Arrogance. She can be arrogant and often thinks she's better than most people. She can often been vain about her looks, though she tries her best not to be

## Appearance

Julia is a young and beautiful looking seventeen year old girl of Puerto Rican descent. She has curly black hair, aqua blue eyes, and smooth bronze skin. She wears colors of green and gold, often seen wearing a sleeveless green shirt, a black skirt or jeans, and golden sneakers. She also has a habit of wearing golden accessories as welll

## Powers and Abilities

### Pheme Kid Powers

* She can curse someone to only gossip for a while
* She can create rumors about anything.
* She can see someone's reputation.
* She can create illusions of fame to distract her opponents for a while.
* She has charm speak she can activate her charm speak by saying: A little birdy told me...
* She has insanely good hearing
* She can shape shift into animals she's seen before

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Julia's supernatural alertness and keen senses that keep her ready for, and alive, in battle
* Dyslexia: Her brain is "hard-wired" for divine Ancient Greek instead of mortal languages.
* Dagger usage: She is skilled with a dagger
* Superhuman strength: As a demigod, Julia is much stronger than the average mortal
* Superhuman agility: As a demigod, Julia is more agile than the average mortal
* Superhuman durability: As a demigod, Julia is more durable than a regular human being
* Superhuman reflexes: As a demigod, Julia reflexes are greater than the average mortal
* Spanish: Julia, being of Puerto Rican descent, can speak fluent Spanish

## Relationships

### Family

#### Pheme (Mother)

Julia loves her mother very much and often prays to her in times of need. She wishes to make her mother proud by becoming famous one day

#### Wilbur (Father)

Julia is also rather close with her father and often writes to him

### Friends

#### Cora Williams

Now Cora doesn't have many friends (Other than Hera) but Julia seems to be a good friend to Cora. The two girls are often seen around each other, gossiping about other campers

## Etymology

Julia is a girl's name with Latin origins. The name Julia means **“youthful”** or **“Jove's child”**

Found as name of village near Almiera [Almería]. May be from latin "abora," meaning **edge or border**, or from Basque "bera" meaning **"plomo,"**

## Trivia

1. Julia is often known as Gossip Girl by a few campers
2. She is a Gemini
3. Both her and Ariadne's fathers have the same name (Wilbur)
4. Her name means **“youthful”** or **“Jove's child”**
5. She writes about all the campers
6. Her favorite color is teal
7. She is Puerto Rican
8. She loves Reality TV