Daedalus

Daedalus is a 22 year old (Really a 1,000 year old) Greek demigod, the son of Athena and inventor of the Labyrinth. He is famous (or infamous) for blowing up Olympus and being killed by his own mother. Daedalus is has been revived after nearly two years of being dead

## Daedalus

(Art by Ariineko on Twitter, Yes it's Wilbur, Dae is based on him)

## Basic Stuff

### Age

22 (chronologically)At least 1,000 (biologically)

### Alias

Dae, Dad (by Melody, “accidentally), Big-D, Dirty Cime Boy, Lover Boy, Big Bro, JD Kinnie, Mr. Revived, Revivebur Kinnie

### Residence

* Camp Olympia (Currently)
* Elysium (Formerly)
* Ancient Athens (Formerly)

### Love Interest

Indra (Water Nymph, currently)Andrew James (Son of Thetis, Formerly)

## Family

### Adopted Family

* Zoe Potvin (Pseudo sister)
* Amelia Moreno (Pseudo sister, formerly)
* Kelene (Pseudo sister)
* The Family Demigod (Pseudo niblings)
* Hippolyta (Pseudo twin sister)

### Children

Icarus and Iapyx (Bio children, dead)Melody Potvin ("Adopted" daughter)

### Biological Family

* Athena (Mother)
* Palamaon (Father)
* Damian Mendoza (Half-Brother)
* Skye O'Connell Rosenberg, Gianna Washington, and Athanasia Ithaca (Half-sisters)
* Perdix and Metiadusa (Sisters)
* Calos (Nephew, son of Perdix)

## Items

### Other Items

Drawn picture of him and MelodyA penny Damian gave him

## Apperance

### Eye color

* Gray (Formerly)
* Red (Revived)
* Light purple (While possessed by Kelene)

### Outfit

* White shirt
* Black jacket
* Black pants
* Black shoes

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* Gray sweater
* Red beanie

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* Long brown trench coat
* Yellow shirt
* Black cloak
* Finger-less black gloves

PS. Daedalus is inspired by C!Wilbur of the Dream SMP. Also not mythologically accurate

## History

### Early Life

Daedalus was born to Athena, the goddess of wisdom, reason, crafts, weaving, war, strategic war,  battle strategy, courage, law, justice, strength, inspiration, and civilization and Palamaon, a mortal man. Not much is known about his early life, but all he recounts is that his father wasn't the best. He grew up learning the art of inventing and architecture. He soon became known as a brilliant inventor. One day, when he was seventeen and wandering the forest, he fell into a river and was saved by a nymph named Indra. The two got along instantly and after a few years, they became a couple. It wasn't before when Daedalus's home was attacked and forced to leave Crete. Indra thought he was dead and grieved for many years

### First Life and First Death

A skilled inventor and artificer, Daedalus was hired by Minos of Crete, to create the Labyrinth, in order to house the Minotaur. During this time, the god Apollo warned the inventor not to give the Labyrinth a malevolent consciousness, but Daedalus ignored him. When he aided the hero Theseus and Princess Ariadne (Minos' daughter), his treachery was discovered, as Minos had Daedalus and his son, Icarus, thrown in prison with little chance of escape. Daedalus, however, told his son: "although he blocks the lands and waves, the sky still opes its regions; thither let us go, for Minos may hold all in his power save the heavenly airs." He spoke, and turned his mind to arts unknown, reshaping nature to his will. He then began to craft a set of wings, placing the feathers in a row, with the shorter ones following the longer, as if they were growing on a slope. Then he bound the middle with thread and the bottom part with wax, and bent the feathers in a slight curve, so that it would imitate the wing of a genuine bird. Daedalus instructed his son: "I caution you, Icarus, to fly the middle path, lest, if you fly lower, the waves weigh down the feathers, and if higher, the sun's fire scorch them. You must fly between both perils; now, with me your guide, let us take to our journey!" As he taught these instructions of flying, he bound the wings to his shoulders.

Between his labors and warnings, his old cheeks grew moist and his fatherly hands shook. He then gave his son a kiss, never to be given again, and, sustained by the feathers, he flew before and feared for his companion. Soon, when Icarus began to rejoice in this bold flight, he forsook his guide; drawn by the desire for the sky and aroused by their lofty ascent he drove his course higher and higher. But his nearness then to the sun caused the fragrant wax, the feathers' bonds, to melt. In vain, he shook his bare arms, and bereft of his means he could catch no wind, but, crying out his father's name, he was received into the sea. Then Daedalus cried, "Icarus! Icarus! Where are you? In which place should I seek you, Icarus?" When he beheld the feathers afloat in the waves, he cursed his own arts which had wrought this doom. He buried the body in a grave, and that land which holds it is named, after the buried child, Icaria.

Years later, Daedalus went to live with his nephew, Calos (Though he was also named Perdix or Talos, but I'm calling him Calos since other some sources say that Perdix was the name of Daedalus' sister) and trained him in the ways of the mechanical arts. Although Calos was fairly young, he showed signs of ingenuity and intelligence that could have in time rivaled even Daedalus himself. One day Calos showed his uncle plans for a way to live forever by transferring your consciousness (called *animus* - Latin for *soul,* or *mind*) into an automaton. While Daedalus claimed it was impossible, Calos showed him his notes on the subject, but Daedalus still claimed it wouldn't work. Eventually, Daedalus' jealousy over his nephew's brilliance turned to anger and he made an unforgivable decision. Daedalus challenged Calos to a game of catch and while playing pushed him over the edge of a balcony. Athena saw this and transformed Calos into a partridge. It was here that marked the beginning of Daedalus' negative relationship with his mother. When Daedalus was seeming twenty two, he retired to the Cretan colony of Telmessos, ruled by Minos's estranged brother Sarpedon, and while wandering outside the city, he was bitten by a snake and died.

### First Revival

It had been a thousand years since Daedalus died. He spent his life in Elysium and he spent most of his time with a daughter of Ares by the name of Hippolyta. One day, in the year 2012, there was an opening to The over-world and He and Hippolyta escaped. Though Hades knew, he decided not to worry about it, since he had an underworld to rule. The two soon found their way to Camp Olympia in California. They were both acquainted with their half-siblings. When Daedalus met Damian, the two got along seemingly well, but Daedalus was more close to a daughter of Apollo, named Melody. He treated Melody as if she was his daughter and was protective of her. Things seemed good, and Daedalus helped managed camp well.

### Descent into Madness Second Death

In years to come, before the first war but after being betrayed by Andrew James, Daedalus began a descent into madness. Like Andrew, he begun to resent the gods for Leaving Him and the demigods he saw as his family, and also wished to protect Melody. While wandering the forest, Daedalus wondered if he was on the right side of history. He voiced his concerns aloud to Melody, coming to the realization that he was playing the role of a villain. Instead of rejecting this, though, Daedalus embraced it, seeing it as his only path to a satisfactory ending. It became clear that during the upcoming mounts before the war, his mental state had been on a rapid decline, as he began to reconsider his relationships with his allies and his supporters. Daedalus seemed convinced that even Damian was not trustworthy, and that as soon as it was clear Kronos would win, he would drop them for good. Melody tried to dissuade Daedalus from his paranoid delusions, but failed, and Daedalus came to the realization that no matter what he did, he would lose. If he killed Andrew, the members of The Titan Army would come after him - but if he remained inactive, Andrew would come after him and have him executed. In his own words, he had nothing left to lose, which meant he had nothing stopping him from doing whatever he wanted.

In a rush of anger, Daedalus declared that if they couldn't have happy lives, then their parents shouldn't either and he began to plot to blow Mount Olympus up. He arranged a meeting with Kronos' seventh godly child, Kelene and initially secured 51 blocks of TNT from him, storing them in his cabin, subsequently rigging Olympus in an optimal pattern for destruction, priming them for their intended detonation during the height of the war. Over time, in the upcoming days before the final battle, Daedalus seemed to be a little better as he worked alongside the Jr. Olympians fighting with his allies and expressing a false sense of hope - though, notably, he refused to wear any armor. He reassured Melody that he would not detonate the land if things went well, and that he had no intention of going down with Olympus, and voiced belief that everyone was on his side. This was all an act; at several points over the course of fighting, Daedalus spoke up about how it was most likely that he himself was the traitor, and he had full intentions of blowing up Olympus. and of killing himself in the process from the get-go. During early conflict, Kelene seemed to make an effort not to attack Daedalus despite his lack of armor, and Daedalus purposefully missed several opportunities he had to attack the goddess

Despite his somewhat suspicious behavior, such as his purposeful trailing behind the group, or his disappearance mid-fight to speak to Kelene privately, nobody seemed to take the threat of him betraying them seriously, likely believing Daedalus' betrayal would be too obvious to be true. Near the end of the war, Melody gave Caspian her dagger as they both realized that Andrew was the true hero of the prophecy. Caspian gave Andrew the dagger, who stabbed himself in his mortal point, his left shoulder. While Andrew died, Kelene, on cue stopped the fighting and herded everyone into the Hecate Cabin to watch Anthony, the second leader of the titan army die of a drug-induced heart attack. In order to make the others let their guard down, Kelene proceeded to claim that there had been no traitor, to which Daedalus feigned a surprised reaction.

In the haze of supposed victory, Daedalus excused himself, intending to make true on his promise to destroy Olympus once and for all, having come to the conclusion that the home he had once fought for - even with his friends and Kronos dead - was well and truly dead. Finally realizing that she needed to step in and save her son, Athena appeared behind him and attempted to talk him out of it, but Daedalus could not be convinced, and he detonated the explosives, destroying the majority of Olympus. In a fit of guilt, Daedalus handed Athena his spear and begged for his mother to kill him. Athena initially refused, but Daedalus pointed out that everyone gathering around the ground to look up at Olympus wanted him dead, and expressed fear about what would happen if he was spared. After a long hesitation, the goddess of Wisdom complied, and Daedalus surveyed the damage he had caused once more before dying in his mother's arms. Athena mentions that she wished for his son to The Fields of Asphodel and work his way to Elysium.

### His After Life

While in the Fields of Asphodel, Daedalus described it as a void. Daedalus spent what he perceived to be at least nine years with Anthony and Andrew. However, the circumstances of a resurrection attempt (For a demigod named Adelaide) led to a weakening of the barrier between life and death, as well as Anthony's disappearance - despite his lengthy stay with his enemy, their relationship didn't seem to improve, as Daedalus was thankful to get away from him. Daedalus remained unaware of the happenings at Camp as a result of his stay in the void, though he soon noticed a space opening up in the afterlife for Melody. Daedalus described the Afterlife as a train station where nobody saves for the other dead campers. After Kelene was thrown into Tartarus, as a result of the weakening of the barrier, Daedalus somehow contacted The Jr. Olympians from the afterlife. He attempted to find out how they'd evaded death, trying to cheer Melody and Damian up when he appeared somber. The Group assumed they were speaking to Hades, but Daedalus confirmed that it was really him. He expressed pride in their victory. Melody told Daedalus that Kelene knew how to bring people back from the dead and planed to use it to bring back Loretta and him. Daedalus gets upset and says that both him and Loretta are content with death. An argument breaks out between the dead man and Apollo's daughter, but Daedalus takes the time to re-state that he is proud of Melody and her friends.

### Second Revival

Now, picture this. You're dead, sitting in a train station by yourself while two of your friends are being punished, while some others get to live a good after life. Suddenly, the train stops and out pops the girl you once saw as your family. Well imagine Dae's surprise when Melody Potvin appeared in the after life with a large gash in her chest. The two spent their time talking, though Melody was still scared of him. After what seemed to be two weeks, but it was really five days, Melody was brought back to life by George Flores, who had walked into the underworld. A few months later, Kelene needed a new demigod to bring back to life when she heard Melody was brought back. The goddess chose Daedalus and with a few spells, he woke up in a forest. Kelene explained to him that she brought him back and though Daedalus owed her. Daedalus rejected this thought and went to find Melody, with the though of needed to apologize to her. He soon found his way to The Family Demigod's house and while everyone was in town, Melody was by herself. Daedalus went inside the house and after being tackled by the daughter of Apollo and one heart to heart conversation later, the two developed a good relationship once again.

## Personality

In the past, Daedalus was cocky and self-assured, with a firm instinctive belief in the principle of personal freedom. Despite his pseudo-confidence, he seemed fairly unaware of the dire consequences that being a half-blood would be. However, being the son of Athena, Daedalus displayed powerful charisma and leadership skills, and heavily preferred to use words rather than weapons, consistently sticking to this moral of non-violence. Daedalus would eventually become hardened and resigned to the reality that power is determined through pain. Before the War, Dae tried to prevent the conflict, only resorting to violence after negotiations fell through. He also banned armor with the Olympians in the hopes of forming and reinforcing a peaceful group- the rule has stuck, even after his death. Dae was also a resilient leader and refused to back down on several occasions, despite facing extraordinary odds and death. He only considered surrendering when the Olympians had been nearly defeated after Andrew’s betrayal and had their cabins partly destroyed by Titan Army members. He also did not force anybody to fight for him during the war and displayed trust in his fellow soldiers, loyalty to their cause, and selflessness. During his madness, Dae had believed that his and Damian’s plan to help the gods was morally correct due to Anthony’s dictator-like rule. However, he soon reconsidered this stance, as Anthony had been right to join the TA and had lost faith in his mother, thinking that he had become the villain. His trust issues worsened, leading to a state of paranoia, as more and more people seemed to leave his side. With the help of Hippolyta, he blew up the front of Olympus, with Athena trying to stop him, he felt an overwhelming sense of guilt and had Athena kill him. Now that he is revived, he regained most of his original personality with some of his insanity. He is known to be extremely protective and possessive of Melody, who he considers his daughter and often acts very fatherly towards her. He is generally acting cheerier than before and has seeming to have shed some of his more severely manic tendencies, though after being revived, Dae was initially dazed, but quickly perked up as he grew accustomed to his surroundings. He appeared to be far more energetic, having supposedly picked up a new reason to live as a result of his extensive death, and regarded his limbo as a personal hell. He was overjoyed at having been freed, and rambled extensively, never standing still. He was happy to be back, but feels that he doesn't owe Kelene anything. Over all, Daedalus is an... interesting character

### Fatal flaw

Much like his half-brother, Daedalus' fatal flaw is hubris, otherwise known as excessive pride: he thinks he can do anything and do it well. This is a trait many Athena Children have.

## Appearance

Daedalus has light skin, gray eyes, and brown hair. His casual wear consisted of two outfits. The first was a white shirt, black jacket, black pants, and black shoes. He also had an outfit with a gray sweater and a red beanie. When he began his descent into madness he wore a long brown trench coat (with a red stain that Daedalus claimed to be blood, wine, or food), Yellow shirt, black cloak, and fingerl-ess black gloves. He also rolled up the sleeves of the trench coat unevenly. Now being revived, he wears a dark brown coat over a yellow sweater and a bloodied bandage on his left arm. He claims that it is the same trench coat he’d been wearing at the time of his death. His previously all-brown hair now has white streaks running through the front of it, presumably as an aftereffect of his death, though he claims it was from stress.

## Powers and Abilities

### Athena Kid Powers

* He has great battle strategies due to his mother being the Goddess of wisdom and strategy.
* He is extremely wise like his mother, He has divine wisdom have even have knowledge of cosmic things.
* He is excellent in battle since his mother is and the goddess of defensive warfare and skill.
* He is very persuasive and can get people to do his bidding easily.
* He never forgets what he heard just like their mother.
* He can summon weapons and can weave weapons since his mother is the Goddess of weaving.
* He has minor audiokinesis. He can memorize others with singing. He also can hear quiet things.
* He can conjure weapons. He can summon weapons like offspring's of Ares too. He can curse weapons and disarm other's weapons.
* He has minor mystiokinesis. He can curse objects and he is kind of like Children of Hecate but dimmed down a bit. He can't do all spells and big spells need to be done with multiple offspring's of Athena
* He has minor chlorokinesis. Since their aunt is Demeter and Athena was able to control (to a degree) over flora, meaning me can make flowers and small plants grow or wilt with his emotions
* He has control over Owls and Serpents just like his mother.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Daedalus' supernatural alertness and keen senses that keep him ready for, and alive, in battle.
* Fighting Skills: As the son of Athena, Daedalus is a highly proficient combatant
* Weapon proficiency: he can instinctively know how to use any weapon
* Superhuman agility: Being the son of a war goddess, Daedalus has shown countless times his amazing agility.
* Superhuman strength: Being the son of a war goddess, Daedalus is stronger than the average mortal. Even when battered and exhausted.
* Superhuman durability: Being the son of a war goddess, Daedalus is more durable than a regular human
* Superhuman reflexes: Being the son of a war goddess, Daedalus' reflexes are much more stronger than the regular mortal
* Strategic skill: Like his mother, Daedalus is a master tactician himself. His analytical skills are extremely sharp, which helps him to try to outsmart his opponents through creative plans
* Craftsmen ship: Because his mother is the goddess of crafts, Daedalus inherited her skill.
* Architecture: Daedalus often studies ancient buildings and designs his own works, such as a temple for the gods. He can calculate the respective weights of several construction materials with few glances.
* Musical Skills: Daedalus can play instruments (mainly the guitar) and sing very well
* Pyrotechnics: Daedalus is really good with making things like fireworks and things relating to bombs

## Relationships

### Romance

#### Indra

Daedalus' romance was a water nymph or Naiad named Indra. The two met when Daedalus was seventeen and had fallen into a river and was saved by her. The two carried on a pretty sweet romance. The two where separated when Daedalus's home was attacked and forced to leave Crete. Indra thought he was dead and grieved for many years. When Daedalus was brought back to life, the two found each other and they still loved each other. Then when Daedalus went insane and died *again* Indra became depressed. Then when finally Dae was revived for good, Daedalus was able to reconnect with Indra and they became a couple once again.

#### Andrew James

Daedalus also had another lover in the form of Andrew James, son of Thetis. Mention by both these characters, Daedalus and Andrew carried on a brief relationship with each other. At the end of the first story, Daedalus said that they "ended things" and refused to talk about him. During their duel, Daedalus mentions that "it hurt to fight the person I loved" and tried to convince him to come back to Camp Olympia. In the after life, they had an awkward reunion with each other, as Andrew didn't know Daedalus was planing to blow up Olympus, they remained friendly with each other, and Daedalus often thinks about his former lover now that he is revived

### Friends

#### Hippolyta

In the afterlife, Hippolyta and Daedalus became close friends. Since the two escape the underworld at the same time, they consider each other twins, often acting like siblings. The two were allies to their half-siblings, Hippolyta joining her brother to help fight the first war. However, Daedalus refused to wholly trust Hippolyta, even after she had proved herself to be trust worthy (somewhat) believing that due to Lyta's motive to stab people, he would eventually grow tired of the group's tactics and switch sides in order to fight for Kronos and create some excitement. After Dae's snap, he trusted Ares' daughter even less, despite the fact that they both aligned themselves in goals of making themselves known to their respective parents (Ares and Athena). After realizing that Hippolyta wholeheartedly supported Daedalus' destructive plans, Dae easily began to trust her again. After the war and Dae's revival, the two parted on somewhat good terms as Hippolyta felt no sympathy for betraying her family (Leo), while Daedalus is trying to make up for what he done

#### Melody Potvin

In life, Daedalus often acted as Melody's father-figure and mentor, helping her grow up at camp. On multiple occasions, he held Melody back from her own anger-issues, doing his best to keep her from making dire mistakes during her times as a first time quest member. With Daedalus, Melody bloomed into a confident and matured fighter, willing to risk everything for friends. Melody seemed to reject Dae as a father, but she did see him as an older brother and a good friend. Their relationship became very strained due to Daedalus' decreasing mental health to the point where Melody could no longer see Dae as an ally, which upset her greatly - she was used to looking up to Dae, and it scared her to have to take charge. However, they remained together out of necessity, and Melody voiced a desire to snap Dae out of his spiral, even directly telling her friends not to give up on him - showing that she still genuinely cared about him. During his spiral, Melody was also shown to be somewhat scared of him, but tried to be brave. When Melody died herself, Daedalus comforted her, showing that he still cares for her a lot. Even when both demigods have been revived, Daedalus is protective (even a bit possessive) of her and likes to keep her safe. Over all their relationship is...interesting

### Family

#### Athena (Mother)

Athena is Daedalus' mother. Not much is known about the exact nature of their relationship before Dae's spiral since Athena wasn't really in Dae's life, but it was most likely neutral. Daedalus opinion highly, thinking back to her and wondering if she'd be proud of him in what he once considered to be his final moments. Athena was the one who attempted to stop Daedalus detonate Olympus near the end of the war, during which their dialogue was strained and tense, proving how Dae's piral had driven a further wedge in their relationship. Ultimately, Daedalus begged his mother to kill him while he was overwhelmed with guilt, despite his mother's resistance, and Athena reluctantly agreed to follow his wishes. Athena is shown to love both of her sons and felt heavy guilt for killing her oldest. When Daedalus was reserected, Athena ran to him and gave him a big hug while crying.

#### Palamaon (Father)

Not much is known about Daedalus' relationship with his father, but Dae mentions that he "wasn't the best father" so it maybe negative

#### Damian (Half-brother)

Daedalus was Damian's older (half) brother. While the two clashed with each other in a fashion that one might expect from siblings, Damian looked up to Daedalus immensely, admiring his leadership, and considered him one of his best friends. During most of Dae's life, Damian was his disciple and second in command. Under Daedalus, Damian learned to be loyal to The Olympians and it was Daedalus' teaching that help Damian conquer the quest with his friends. Things changed when the First War grew closer. Due to Daedalus' declining mental state, their relationship grew strained, and Damian was forced to reconsider his idolization of his brother. He began losing his trust in him, and his attempts to dissuade him from executing the TNT plot all fell short. At the end of the Battle of Olympia believed that he was coming back around, and initially attempted to reinstate him as head counselor of the Athena Cabin - but he was quickly proven wrong when Daedalus blew up Olympus, right in front of him. During death, Dae discovered that he can travel to and from Camp Olympia as a ghost, but now that he's been revived, he often visits. The two often have arguments and they haven't fully reconciled.

## Trivia

1. In traditional mythology, both of Daedalus' parents were regular mortals; his father's name was either Metion, Eupalamus, or Palamaon, and his mother, Alcippe, Iphinoe, or Phrasimede
2. Daedalus has said that he and Damian represent both sides of Athena. Damian represents Wisdom, Battle Strategy, Reason and Warfare and Daedalus represented Arts, Crafts, civilization, and skill
3. Daedalus is similar to C!Wilbur Soot of The Dream SMP
	* Both died at the hands of their parent by being stabbed (Athena, Philza)
	* Both had manipulated someone they considered a little sibling (Melody, Tommy)
	* Both Blew up an important landmark (Olympus, L’manberg)
4. In addition to being similar to C!Wilbur, they are very different, the most notable difference is that Wilbur died after blowing up L’manberg on purpose, while Daedalus felt guilty for blowing up Olympus, and asked his mom to kill him
5. Daedalus considers Melody like a daughter and his dying wish was for the gods to take care of ‘his brother and daughter’
6. Daedalus is often mistaken as a son of Apollo or Aphrodite since he is very skilled at music, specifically the guitar and he has been noted to be very handsome\
7. Daedalus often refused to wear armor. This was due to his peaceful mindset, but later, as he started to abandon that mindset, it was due to a dangerous lack of self-preservation
8. During his spiral, Daedalus experimented with smoking, drinking, and vaping. It's not clear if he kept up his streak of substance abuse after his second revival.