Andrew James

Andrew James was a 24 year old Greek Demigod son of Thetis and Kevin James and former Leader of the Titan Army. He came to camp at fourteen years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Andy, Andy J, My Love (Daedalus, sometimes), Son of Thetis, Traitor, Titan Leader,

### Affiliation

Camp Olympia (formerly)Titan Army (formerly)

### Residence

* Hartford, Connecticut (Formerly)
* Camp Olympia (Formerly)
* The Queen Cassiopeia (Formerly)
* Elysium (Currently)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Thetis (Mother)
* Kevin (Father)
* Achilles (Half-brother)
* Adrian Peleus (Half-nephew)
* Nereids, Nerites (Uncle and aunts)
* Hermes (Paternal grandfather)
* Hermes Cabin (distant relatives)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* No particular aesthetic
* Black jacket
* Light green t-shirt
* Jeans
* Gray sneakers

## History

### Early Life

Andrew James was born in Hartford, Connecticut on June 22, 1997 to Kevin James, a son of Hermes, and Thetis, a minor goddess of Sea and unofficial leader of the Nereids. he family lived happily for a year or so. As a baby, his parents took Andrew with them to Camp Olympia, where Kevin wanted to host the Oracle of Delphi, which had been cursed by Hades for many years. Right before entering the big house, he gave his squirming baby son to Thetis. Shortly after, a green glow lights up the house's windows and a frightened Thetis hands baby Andrew to Chiron in order to try to save Kevin, but it was too late. The Oracle's curse didn't let him become the new host and instead made him foresee his son's tragic future, driving him insane

### Running Away

When he was nine years old, Andrew ran away from his home because of his father’s  unstable mental problems. He traveled for years, lonely and unhappy. Once in a while, Andrew would try befriending a mortal, but they would never understand when he tried telling them the truth about himself, thinking that it was some sort of game, so he had always ended up leaving. At some point, his Celestial Bronze sword had somehow gotten melted in acid by a monster, so he took to using a golf club as a makeshift weapon. When he was about fourteen, Andrew found a daughter of Jupiter named Zamaya Reynoso (age 12) in a dragon's cave outside Baton Rouge after she had followed Zeus's sacred goat, Amaltheia, there. Being a demigod herself, Zamaya was able to understand Andrew The two chose to team up to stay alive, subsequently traveling across the United States, battling monsters (at one point, several automaton statues) and fending for themselves with Zamaya  "saving [his] life a dozen times."

### Encounter with Halcyon Green and Melody

One morning, the duo reached New Orleans where once again, Zamaya was in pursuit of Amaltheia. Andrew seemed to have developed a crush on Zamaya and just couldn't tell her no, even though he knew it was against his better judgment. The goat directed them to an old mansion and once inside thanks to Andrew’s  handiwork, they discovered it was a deadly trap. They met Halcyon Green, a legacy of Apollo, who had been imprisoned inside the mansion and became unable to speak because he had saved a girl's life in his youth with his abilities to see into the future, thus incurring the wrath of the gods. A part of Hal's curse was to bring in demigods to be eaten by the three leucrotae, who feed at sunset.Andrew was enraged that the gods would do this to Hal and wanted to find a way to rescue him and Zamaya al told them that every demigod thought that at first, that they could escape, but soon realized it wasn't possible. Hal told them of a treasure that was in the mansion, assuming they came there for it, but they hadn't. They went after it anyway. Andrew was magically able to break the lock and Zamaya was able to claim the Aegis bracelet as a sign from Jupiter as he has a shield very similar in design. They were running out of time and ways of defeating the leucrotae until Andrew discovered they could make Greek Fire after hours of searching the Internet with no solution. Within the hour, they had created the Greek Fire from different ingredients and some lightning.

Hal decided that he would sacrifice himself to give them time to escape, as he may have foreseen earlier on. But before he did, Hal had predicted Andrew’s dark future but left him vague answers when questioned about it. Andrew didn't know what he meant, but was disturbed from what he said. Hal later gave Andrew his personal diary and a dagger and made Andrew promise that he would learn from his mistakes, which Andrew interpreted as not being pushed around by the gods. When the leucrotae attacked, Hal used the Greek Fire to cause an explosion, which killed himself and two of the monsters. One leucrota escaped, but barely, which surprised Andrew, but Zamaya  was able to use the bracelet to summon Aegis and scare the monster away, giving them enough to reach the doors, just as the mansion completely exploded. Andrew and Zamaya got away quickly, cleaning up in the local restrooms and resting before Andrew sensed a presence in a nearby alley. It was in that alley that the two met 7-year-old Melody Potvin, and adopted her as his little sister after realizing she was a demigod who had run away from home. Andrew gave Melody the dagger Hal had given him, and the trio left Manhattan headed to their safe house on the Hudson River. Andrew would later write down this incident in the green leather diary that Halcyon had given him. Andrew, Zamaya and Melody fought for survival and avoided monsters together. They seem to have taken quite a few photos of themselves during this time, as shown in ‘The Lost Warrior’, They show Andrew wearing ragged makeshift leather armor over his t-shirt, enthusiastically pointing to a dark alley, Andrew and Melody sitting at a campfire and laughing hysterically, and a photo of them together with Zamaya. Melody reveals that during this time, she, Andrew and Zamaya had made about a dozen camouflaged half-blood safe houses (woven from plants, like Native American huts), that still contain sleeping bags, blankets, ice chests, and kerosene lamps, along with Celestial Bronze javelin tips, quivers with arrows, swords, and nectar with ambrosia.

### Meeting Thetis and The Hunters

At some point, Zamaya  got injured by a monster and Andrew and Melody  wanted to rest. Given the situation, Andrew  took the girls to his father’s house to heal their wounds. When they approached the house, a loud female voice boomed above: "You shouldn't have returned", but that didn't seem to matter to Andrew. There, Andrew met his mother, Thetis, for the first time. Andrew was angry and resentful, and demanded to know why Theits had never shown up when Andrew had desperately prayed while he hid from his father when he  had fits, or when they were running from monsters. During this conversation, Thetis inadvertently revealed that she knew Andrew’s fate. Andrew eagerly asked about it since Hal had only given him vague answers, but Thetis refused to tell him as she had already said too much. Andrew then told his mother that she couldn't possibly love him if she wouldn't tell him and angrily left with Zamaya and Melody. According to Zamaya, from that point on, Andrew was never the same and began to act like he had something to prove, which the young Melody didn't see as a problem since Andrew was her personal hero. They got into more skirmishes because of his recklessness, fighting more monsters since Andrew wanted to pick a fight with each one he came across. They once ran into the Hunters of Artemis, who asked Zamaya to join but she refused because she didn't want to leave Andrew and Melody. Astra Stardust, Artemis’ lieutenant, hauntingly told her that she was being stupid, that Andrew would betray her and he would let her down someday, which caused Zamaya to resent and dislike the Hunters

### Journey to Camp Olympia

Eventually, a Satyr named Clover Rosa found the trio. The quartet began to travel to Camp Olympia, but were chased by monsters sent by Hades, still furious and bitter about Zeus having once murdered his beloved Mariah Gonzales for having children, hoping to kill Zamaya. Furthermore, Clover took some wrong turns on the way and led them into an abandoned mansion, which was a Cyclops lair. The Cyclopes separated them, using a loved one's voice to lure each person into a trap. When Melody found them, Andrew, Zamaya and Clover were tied up and hanging from the ceiling. The Cyclops used her sisters’ voices to lure Melody to her death, but she stabbed the Cyclops in the foot with her Dagger and untied Zamaya  who took it from there. However, the Cyclops had slowed them down enough for a pack of Hell hounds and all three Furies to catch up to them. Upon finally reaching the Camp Olympia border, Hal's first prediction came true: Zamaya chose to sacrifice herself so that Andrew, Clover and Melody  could get into camp without being killed by the monsters that were hot on their trail. While Zamaya held back Hades' approaching army with her Aegis shield, Andrew was forced to lead a sobbing Melody up Camp Olympia Hill. Melody stumbled, twisting her ankle, and Andrew scooped her up and carried her. As Zamaya was dying surrounded by monsters, Jupiter took pity on his daughter and turned her into a pine tree so that she wouldn't die and have to be judged by Hades. From that point on, Andrew  lived at camp all year round, all the while gradually falling into darkness, furious at the gods, bitter about Zamaya’s fate.

### Failed Quest and Allegiance to Kronos

When he was about seventeen, Andrew was offered a quest by his mother Theits: to seek a Golden Apple at the Garden of Hesperides from the tree. Andrew  was honored by this offer, but eventually began to question it as it was done before by the hero Hercules and he didn't want to do a quest someone had already done. He went on this journey, but failed and was scarred on his face by the dragon guarding the tree, Ladon. However, Andrew apparently was able to injure Ladon and steal a claw. He returned to the camp and according to his words, was treated with "pity" by the campers. Andrew's grudge against Olympus and his mother increased dramatically since then. Andrew was later contacted in his sleep by Kronos and convinced to join the Titan's cause out of a desire for revenge. As revealed in fourth story Andrew accepted the sword Backbiter from Kronos after pledging himself to him, taking the blade as proof of his oath, ultimately betraying Camp Olympia, just as Halcyon had predicted that he would. As revealed in the first story, someone (most likely the forger) died in the creation of the sinister sword. After pledging allegiance to the Titan King, Andrew was assigned to steal the Master Bolt, Zeus's primary weapon, and the Helm of Darkness, Hades's godly weapon, in order to start a civil war between the gods. On a camp field trip to Olympus Andrew made his move. While the other campers and counselors were asleep, he entered the throne room and was able to steal the weapons without arousing suspicion. The gods believed that no one would ever dare steal their symbols of power, so they left them by their thrones. The gods later discovered the theft and went to search for the thief. The Furies went to work searching for Hades, while Zeus sent out his best trackers, Artemis, Ares, Apollo, Hermes, and Athena. Lyssa found Andrew and fought with him to get the bolt back. According to Andrew, she would have won, but underestimated her opponent and was outmatched. However, he managed to save himself by speaking in Kronos's words that if the Master Bolt was successfully stolen, there would be a full-scale war. Lyssa was awed by this and spared Andrew  but took the Bolt and the Helm with her before she left and kept them in her possession instead of giving them to Zeus. It is presumably that Lyssa was dreaming of Kronos. Andrew then managed to make it safely back to Mount Olympus before anyone noticed his absence.

## Personality

Like the tides, Andrew has changed. As a child, Andrew was more selfless and moral in his youth, blaming the gods only for what he saw as injustice, such as Thetis abandoning him and not trying to help his sick father (whose crazy antics terrified him to the point of run away from home), Juipter abandoning Zamaya, and Apollo doing nothing to help Melody in her abusive home. Andrew took his new responsibility as the group's surrogate father very seriously and was determined to do a better job than his own father did with him despite his young age, constantly looking out for Zamaya and Melody. After Halcyon makes him promise to learn from his past mistakes, Andrew misunderstands this as not letting the Olympians push him around and begins to feel motivated to fight back. This is the first time he begins questioning the gods himself. Zamaya's sacrifice greatly depressed him, blaming Zeus for not finding another way to save her from Hades, though he found *some* comfort in another demigod named Daedalus (And even some romantic feelings). However, the final straw would finally come after Andrew failed on his quest to retrieve a golden apple from the Garden of the Hesperides. He saw no glory in repeating what others had done and felt very unmotivated on his quest, especially since he already fought monsters until he was 14 years old and trained very hard afterwards. He felt so miserable at the gods that "wanted to pull Olympus down stone by stone", to the point Kronos felt his despair. Even Melody claimed Andrew never was the same ever since returning from his quest. For the sake of resurrecting Kronos, Andrew became crueler and callous than ever, even willing to send Caspian to his certain death into Tartarus. Further demonstrations of Andrew's newfound cruelty are his lack of consideration before poisoning Zamaya's pine (though he did this only to have Caspian resurrect her), his blackmail of Zora Natalia, his sadistic intention to make Caspian watch as his friend and step-sister (Clover and Alexa respectively) were devoured by an Aethiopian Drakon, and sneering at Zamaya when the latter held him at the point of a sword. Like his previous friends Zamaya, Melody, Caspain, Andrew had an extremely strong will worthy of a hero. He was able to hold the weight of the sky and fight Daedalus head on despite him using Zamaya's Aegis shield replica which had intimidated even the likes of Ladon. As times goes on, he even fought Kronos himself for the control of his body, stating that a war was not what he wanted. However, Andrew can be reckless when trying to prove himself something overconfident in his abilities, negative traits he acknowledged. Examples include when he took unnecessary risks during his travels before the Camp Olympia, and when he nearly got killed by Lyssa, saved only by Kronos's intervention. However, Andrew still did seem to possess at least some morals, being furious with Kelli for egregiously murdering a boy in Seattle and disapproving of Kampê's release due to her chaotic nature. According to Andrew himself. Kronos punished him with nightmares every time he failed. In the third story he developed his first doubts about the Titan King's cause, to the point that he began to help Caspian and his friends during their quest. According to Kronos himself, he "had to pressure Andrew in many ways" in order to convince him to bathe in the Styx. In the end, Melody reminds Andrew of his initial promise to be a proper family, which encourages Andrew to finally realize that he was misled and manipulated by Kronos the entire time. Ultimately, Andrew proves that he is good at heart and chooses to sacrifice himself in order to destroy Kronos. Just before he dies, Andrew makes Caspian promise to never let another war like that ever happen again and selflessly pleads him to makes sure that all of the unclaimed demigods are finally claimed by their parents.

#### Fatal flaw

Andrew's fatal flaw was his **excessive wrath**. He was unable to forgive his mother Thetis for what he had been through. Andrew's anger blinded him so much that he went against his closest friends. By the time he realized it, it was too late and Andrew ended up sacrificing himself.

## Appearance

When Caspian is shown a photo of Andrew from Melody, the photo shows a 15-year-old Andrew a sandy blonde haired boy with a mischievous smile. He wore a ragged makeshift leather armor over his T-shirt. Andrew is described as a tall, college-aged young man with an athletic, muscular build. He had short-cropped sandy blonde hair, blue eyes, a sharp nose, and the sneaky look like all Hermes demigod children, though he is a legacy of Hermes. Many people found him particularly attractive, even the Empousa Kelli and his former romantic partner, Daedalus. The only thing unsettling about Andrew's appearance was a thick, deep pale scar that ran from the bottom of his eye down to his chin caused by Ladon, the guardian dragon of the Garden of the Hesperides. In the third story began to look sickly and aged. His usually tanned skin became ghostly pale, his hair became white and gained gray streaks from holding the sky for days, especially under the moonlight. By the fourth story, Andrew's healthy appearance returned as he became closer to being taken over by Kronos. This was most likely due to taking on the Curse of Achilles. Caspian thought he looked *too* healthy, as Andrew's skin had an unnatural glow to it. As casual wear, he wore a black jacket, a light green shirt, jeans and gray sneakers

## Powers and Abilities

### Thetis Kid Powers

* He has the power of Hydrokinesis
* He can communicate with all water creatures
* He has Hydrogenesis or the ability to create water
* He can water travel
* He can use water to heal himself

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Like all demigods, Andrew possessed inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that he used to analyze the fighting style of his opponent.
* Dyslexia: His brain was "hardwired" for Ancient Greek instead of modern languages.
* Fighting skills: Even before coming to Camp Olympia, Andrew was able to survive out in the open for years, even when he lost his sword was forced to use a golf club as a weapon instead. According to Daedalus was "an amazing monster-fighter, even without training." During the five years he spent at Camp Olympia, Andrew greatly enhanced his fighting abilities.
* Swordsmanship: Andrew was a highly capable swordsman known for his speed, far surpassing even the children of Ares and Athena in skill.
* Will Power: Andrew had a near indomitable willpower. He was able to hold up the sky long enough to trick Damian and managed to fight Daedalus. Andrew was even able to temporarily wrest control over his body from Kronos.
* Superhuman Strength: As a demigod, Andrew was stronger than the average mortal. He was able to match Daedalus in an intense duel despite Daedalus being able to use small vines to try and disarm him
* Superhuman Durability: As a demigod, Andrew was stronger than the average mortal.
* Superhuman Agility: As a demigod, Andrew was far more agile than the average mortal, being able to dodge all of Daedalus punches
* Superhuman Reflexes: As a demigod, Andrew had far better reflexes than the average mortal

## Relationships

### Love Interest

#### Daedalus

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 dule, Daedalus mentions that "it hurt to fight the person I loved" and tried to convice 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

#### Zamaya Reynoso

Unlike any other mortals that Andrew had previously come across prior to meeting Zamaya, she was able to understand and empathize with him, so they decided to stay together, fending for themselves. During this period, Zamaya "saved [his] life a dozen times". It is hinted that the two may have been involved in a romantic relationship before Zamaya had sacrificed herself at Olympia Hill

#### Melody Potvin

Melody and Andrew were great friends up until his betrayal. Melody saw Andrew as an older brother, and Andrew liked hearing Melody's stories that came from her imagination. Andrew would always express great concern whenever Melody would mention her mother's abuse as if it were a normal thing, and wanted her to heal. Melody does't like to talk about Andrew any more because it makes her sad, but when she does, she talks about the positive things about Andrew and all the good memories she has of him.

### Family

#### Kevin James (Father)

Soon after Andrew's birth, his father tried to take in the spirit of the Oracle of Delphi, but failed as Hades had cursed the Oracle during World War II so that her spirit would never move on. He suffered several side effects for many years, such as seeing glimpses of Andrew's future. Kevin would go into spats of screaming that scared Andrew growing up until he ran away from home. Andrew eventually went back to his father's house with Zamaya and Melody to get medical supplies, which was when he finally meets his mother. He and Thetis got into an argument when Andrew demanded to know why she had abandoned him with his father in such a state. He ran away again and eventually made it to Camp Olympia. His father still waited every day for him to return and made him sandwiches and cookies. Andrew visited him one last time in-between the third and fourth stories since he needed his blessing to bathe in the River Styx.

#### Thetis (Mother)

Andrew felt that his mother abandoned him and his father in a frail state, which was the main reason for his hatred towards all the Gods. Andrew had already begun to resent Thetis and isn't very interested in meeting her, but he still tries to be hopeful and silently prays for Thetis to show him that there actually is "an upside to being [her] son." However, when they finally meet shortly thereafter, Andrew and Thetis get into an argument, with Andrew demanding to know why Thetis had abandoned his family and pleading with his mother to reveal his fate since Halcyon had only given him vague answers. After Thetis didn't reveal his future, Andrew ultimately storms off, never to see his mother again. According to Zamaya, from that point on, Andrew was never the same and began to act like he had something to prove, leading the trio into more skirmishes. Andrew's resentment only increased several years later, when Thetis had Chiron give him a quest that had already been completed by another hero. However, Andrew failed in his quest to steal a golden apple and was left with a deep scar to remind him of his failure. From that point on, Andrew's resentment became utter hatred, which induced him to ultimately betray Camp Olympia by siding with Kronos. On the other hand, Thetis loved her son very much and felt guilty for not being able to help Andrew more. She sent Caspian to try and bring him back, but was disappointed when he wasn't able to. She becomes furious at Melody, as she had chosen not to join Andrew (Instead choosing Daedalus whose mental health was declining) before he became Kronos' vessel, though Thetis is shown later admitting to Caspian that it wasn't her fault. Thetis still miss her son

## Etymology

The word is derived from the Greek: Ἀνδρέας, Andreas, itself related to Ancient Greek: ἀνήρ/ἀνδρός aner/andros, "man" (as opposed to "woman"), thus meaning **"manly" and, as consequence, "brave", "strong", "courageous", and "warrior"**. In the King James Bible, the Greek "Ἀνδρέας" is translated as Andrew.

**It comes from the personal name Jacob, the Latin Jacobus via the Late Latin Jacomus**.

## Trivia

1. Andrew and Daedalus both play important roles in the battle for Olympia, with Andrew being the host of Kronos and sacrificing himself to stop the war and Daedalus being the one to ultimately destroy Olympus after the war was declared over
2. Andrew also coined the phrase "They were never fit to rule" after his betrayal was reviled. Daedalus was the second person to use this when he was confronted by his mother Athena before blowing up Olympus
	1. This quote is a reference to the Dream SMP quote "It was never meant to be" coined by Eret
3. Andrew's appearance, personality and backstory are based on Luke Castellan
4. According to his father, peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, Kool-Aid and chocolate chip cookies were Andrew's favorite things to have for lunch.
5. Both Andrew and Caspian are similar in many ways
	1. Both are the children of water gods
	2. Both of them have bathed in the River Styx
	3. Both of their mortal parents can/could see through the Mist
	4. At some point they were both in Hermes' Cabin.
	5. Both of them, at one point, felt resentment towards their respective immortal parents
	6. Both of them are their immortal parent's favorite sons.
6. Andrew is related to the hero Achilles
7. Anthony Baker (Son of Trivia) bore a striking resemblance to Andrew, which caused Caspian to think he knew him
8. Andrew is 6'3