Eustace Mizéria

### Other Family

* Moros, Keres, Thanatos, Hypnos, Koalemos, Oneiroi, Momus, Hesperides, The Fates, Nemesis, Apate, Philotes, Geras, Styx, Dolos, Ponos, Euphrosyne, Epiphron, Continentia, Petulantia, Misericordia, Pertinacia (MaternalAunts and Uncles)
* Juniper, George, Hayley, Natalie, Agatha (Maternal Cousins)

## Other Information

### Powers

* Emotion related powers
* Misery related powers
* Umbrakinesis
* Shadow travel

### Skills

* Swordsmanship
* Hand to hand combat
* Gauntlet proficiency
* Cooking skills

### Interests & Hobbies

Cooking

Eustace Mizéria is a 2023-introduced and all-around/fiction-only character. He is the son of Oizys, Goddess of Misery, Grief, Anxiety, and Depression and Eurylochus, Odysseus’ second in command, from Greek Mythology, and currently attends Ever After High through the Mythology Program. In the destiny conflict, he is on the Rebel Side, since he doesn't want to be like his parents.

## Character

### **Personality**

On the surface, Eustace can be characterized by his iron-willed and industrious work ethic, as well as his voracious taste for knowledge. He is remarked by his peers and teachers alike to be a stellar student, both academically and socially, which there is no doubt about it – after all, there is seldom a single day in which Eustace does not arrive to his classes fully-equipped with in-depth knowledge of the material and an eagerness to learn more, nor does he make his presence known without humoring his fellow classmates and teachers with his dry yet clever wit. However, due to grim developments pertaining to the disappearance of his closest friend, it is clear that Eustace is cracking beneath his aforementioned surface. On the outside, Eustace puts on a cold persona, showing no care for most people, but is truly soft on the inside, caring for his friends and new found family. But his constant connection to death causes a feeling of uneasiness and anxiety, a product of his secret fear for the morbid and his love for beauty. This is the primary reason he usually refrains from any sort of violence. His days are rounded by a  palpable calmness. In the empty spaces where his time could have been consumed  by some sort of teenage life crisis, he reads literature instead. He will read anything, from his beloved classics to nursery rhymes - which must be a side effect of his greed for knowledge, the fear of dying oblivious. Eustace often has difficulty sleeping. If he is in a state of mind of stress or paranoia, whether if it's actually during chaos, work load, disorganization or simply, the constant fear for his life, where he's generally attentive and tense, his thoughts are much louder than the silence that surrounds him making it difficult to even sleep for a few hours. It's not just physical, it's mental as well, because in a state of paranoia he's more prone to nightmares and occasionally violent night terrors. It's one of the reasons he won't stay with anyone at night, trying not to startle them with the sudden acting out of his not exactly pleasant dreams. He also has a tendency to do what anyone tells him to do, as that’s how he was raised by his mother; like a servant, only needed to help spread her misery to the mortal world. Eustace does not talk much and is prone to remaining silent, a habit he has formed from his early years as a teenage runaway. When on the run, it's essential that you're as closeted as possible, because in reality, it's not the world that's cruel, it's the people in it. He is afraid that if he opens his mouth, a word vomit regarding everything he is afraid everything will intensify. He chooses to refrain from any sort of affectionate relationship outside his clique of Greek myth loving misfits, simply because he does not have the capacity to feel any sort of guilt when he dies; he is extremely intimidated by the idea of people missing him when he's gone but again, he can not wholly detach himself in danger of remorse; he is a lovable creature, someone in constant need of exclamations of love and affection.

He does crave physical touch, as he has forgotten what it's like to not be touched in a harmful manner; it makes him feel a lot more comfortable and is guaranteed to stop a panic attack. A hand in his hair is sometimes a lot more useful than a few comforting words. Now, if the hand is accompanied by a kiss, the uneasiness will disappear with it. He's in love with not exactly love, but with the actions that declare it; it's quite convenient if you think about it - casual relationships do help him avoid attachment but manage to satisfy his dependance on affection. People who have similar interests as him often provide suitable company for him as she doesn’t feel the pressure to fill the space between them with words and fragments of his past and future. He does not essentially prefer silence but he can much more easily palate the company of someone he does not feel comfortable with if they sit in silence. Eustace really finds it interesting how people are essentially immortalized after death. He's particularly interested in the family dynamics / juxtaposition of it all – how a man’s grief over his friend and the goddess of said grief can create a child, how a hunter’s sister can age two years after the death of her sister, but the first sister will forever be stuck in the same age, perpetually stuck in people’s memory as an age years younger than she would actually be had she not been killed. It’s a testimony to the fact that life continues on outside of death and that the world doesn’t stop for anyone. He typically is a reserved individual who speaks the bare minimum with company. He is keen to keep a low profile and be unnoticeable if not unknowable. However, if provoked or mocked, Eustace can reveal thin patience and snappy remarks. All of his friends have suggested at least once that he attends some sort of anger management club, which unfortunately for them only managed to fuel his wrath. When angry he is totally opposed to everything he is asked to do and does his best to intensify the situation. His anger is most notable through his mouth, which seems to have a mind of its own, (refusing to consider any aspects where it would get him in trouble). He is purposefully difficult. Understanding him takes wits, when he soughts to dry your patience and leave you with an arid chest. The only factors that could witness the softer side of him are the ones who he lets look past his jumble of lies and meaningless murmurs, which he has to admit is a very rare occurrence. Nothing is acted out before planned in advance, while simultaneously remaining unpredictable. Everything he performs comes with layers of intent, moments where expected patterns or blows dissolve into something else. Eustace also has an appreciation for other people’s cultures and pantheons as shown as he helped make mooncakes with Crescent Huang, daughter of Chang’e. At times, Eustace is brave, loyal and laid back with his friends and even a bit rebellious, as he went against his mothers orders many times. Overall, Eustace is truly a complex person

### **Appearance**

Eustace is a tough and stoic looking seventeen year old with a “permanent deadpan expression”. Eustace is described as having short dark brown hair, dark skin, and brown eyes. While under his mother’s control, Eustace wore clothes of black and purple, the colors of misery. Once he left, and got to EAH, he wears a gray/blue shirt, black pants, and blue sneakers.

### **Hobbies and Interests**

#### Cooking

In order to cope with his trauma, Eustace has taken up cooking, and he likes to make things from his friends various cultures, in order to become closer with his friends and get a taste from places he's always wanted to visit

## Myths

### **How does Eustace fit into it?**

Eustace, as the son of both Eurylochus and Oizys, has two destinies, but he leans more to his father's destiny than his

### **Viewpoint on Destiny**

Eustace his a rebel. His mother put him through years of abuse so, he doesn't want to be like her, and he's never met his dad (but he knows Eurylochus died due to his clownery and mutiny), so he's not willing to be like his dad either, so he is a rebel

## Powers/Abilities

### Oizys Kid Powers

* He can temporarily induce feelings or thoughts of misery, grief, worry, despair, and other negative emotions upon others (verbally or nonverbally), as well as cause cognitive distortions.
* He is able to temporarily take away the negative emotions and thoughts of others by placing them upon himself (therefore suffering from what others have been feeling).
* He is able to temporarily take away the negative emotions and thoughts of others by being immune to the effects of the Cocytus river, Cocytus' powers, and his children's powers.
* He can engulf a large area with his aura, causing any being (Mortal, God, Demigod, Nymph, satyr, etc) within its reach to be overwhelmed with intense feelings of sadness and cry uncontrollably. Eustace seems to activate this ability involuntary whenever he is shedding tears in an emotional state (e.g. joy or nostalgia). He can turn this aura off or have it not affect people whenever he wants
* He has the ability of umbrakinesis, or the ability to control shadows and darkness. He can make weapons out of these shadows
* He can shadow travel

### 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.
* Greek: Eustace speaks Fluent Greek, being born in Ancient Greece
* Will Power: Eustace has a great amount of mental and physical will power
* Swordsmanship: He is a skilled sword user
* Hand to hand combat: Eustace is a very skilled person when it comes to hand-to-hand combat. In fact, this is his preferred way of combat
* Immortality: When Eustace was seventeen, he gained immortality, which stops him from aging and dying, though he can still get hurt
* Superhuman strength: Being a demigod, Eustace is stronger than the average mortal
* Superhuman agility: Being a demigod, Eustace is more is more agile than the average mortal
* Superhuman durability: Being a demigod, Eustace is more durable than the average mortal
* Superhuman reflexes: Being a demigod, Eustace reflexes are faster than an average mortal
* Gauntlet proficiency: With is power of shadow manipulation, Eustace can summon a pair of gauntlets. Eustace is highly proficient when using his gauntlets and is extremely skilled in hand-to-hand combat. He can deal massive strikes that can deal a heavy amount of damage and deliver swift blows with lightning speed.
* Spanish: Eustace taught himself how to speak Spanish and is fluent in the language

## Relationships

### **Family**

#### Oizys (Mother)

Eustace has a very negative relationship with his mother since she would abuse him and treat him like a servant for many years. When Eustace was claimed, he stared at his mother's symbol with resentment and bitterness, feeling nothing but hatred towards her. They don't talk to each other anymore, but Eustace is rather close to the rest of his immortal family

#### Eurylochus (Father)

Eustace has never met his father, since Oizys made the decision to not even *tell* Eurlyochus that they had a son. Eustace hates that his mother fulled his father's mutiny, and is very much aware that he was born from their misery. Eustace feels that in another lifetime, he would have had a good relationship with his father

### **Friends**

#### Phoebus Pax (Son of Polites and Eirene)

Eustace met Phoebus shortly after escaping his mother, in the Garden of Eirene. Eustace was very confused on *why* Phoebus was just... standing there and asked some questions. Eustace then came to realization that Phoebus' mother may have left him there on purpose, which caused Phoebus to lash out, saying his mother would never do such a thing. When Phoebus soon realized this for himself, he began to cry bitterly, and Eustace sat next to him, doing his best to comfort him. Since then the two have been friends with each other

#### Athanasia Ithaca (Daughter of Odysseus and Athena)

Eustace and Phoebus while walking in the mortal world sometime in the year 1910. The two boys were already friends with each other, and the two could tell that Athanasia was very new to making friends, so they did their best to help her feel welcomed. As time went on, the three became close friends with each other, with Athanasia acting as almost a leader figure of the trio.

### **Romance**

Eustace identifies as Demisexual and is currently single

## Class Schedule

**1st Period:** Mythos Magic

**2nd Period:** Psyches and Psychiatry

**3rd Period:** Mythematics

**4th Period:** Olympian Olympics

**5th Period:** History of Heroes

**6th Period:** Rogues and Assassins

## Quotes

"If you break us apart we'll just come back newer, and we'll always be thrice the god that you are!"

"Those were just the desperate lies of a god who's been caught. You don't need to worry about her anymore."

"I was used like a pearl!"

"You abused me!"-Eustace confronting his mother

"Mistakes happen, even when you can see the future."-to Athanasia

"Here, in darkness, everything's okay. Listen to the waves, and let them fade away. Here comes a thought."

"I've known hardships and confusion, but love can live through it all, if you face the truth together!"

## Outfits

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## Trivia

* He is somewhat based on both Garnet and Pearl from Steven Universe
	+ His theme song is Stronger Than You, along with True Kinda Love
* His middle name, Devland, means **"fierce courage"** and his last name is Greek for Misery
* If he were born in modern times he would have been born September 2, Virgo, The Observant Kind
* Unlike his friends who normally fight with spears, swords, and bows (and a gun in Damon's case), Eustace fights with his gauntlets
* He was also born through parthenogenesis, from Eurylochus' aura of grief and anger, combined with Oizys' godly aura and power
* He likes to make moon cakes and claims they're his favorite food to make