Crystal Bay

Crystal Bay is a seventeen year old Greek Demigod daughter of Clio and Miles Bay. She came to camp at around fourteen years old

## Basic Stuff

### Affiliation

* Camp Olympia
* The Muses
* The Trix

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Columbia, South Carolina (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Clio (Mother)
* Miles (Father)
* Historia Bay (Older sister)
* Hymenaeus and Hyacinthus (Half-brothers)
* The Nine Muses (Aunts)
* Cora Williams, Elena Agape, Emerald Amanda, Makayla Cervantes, Paige Abbot, Tina Ernest, Theodora Asimov, and Uma Johnson (Cousins)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Usually blue in her clothing
* Blue t-shirt that has a red rectangle with a tiny white rectangle on it
* Faded blue jeans
* White sneakers
* White clout goggles

## History

### Early Life

Crystal Bay was born to Miles Bay, mortal and Cilo, goddess of History in Columbia, South Carolina on June 24, 2004. It was ninteen years ago when Clio began to seriously worry about her existence, and what the future would hold for her. Like her other sisters, she had planned to have a child to someday carry her torch for her in a time of need. The only issue was how she would find the right mortal to have a child with. It wasn’t just a matter of securing her domain, but also a need to have a child with someone who could nurture and appreciate her child. Eventually, she stumbled upon Miles Bay, an English professor living in  Columbia, South Carolina on sabbatical. Miles was everything Clio wanted in a lover and as a future father. He was caring, a little eccentric, and fascinated with historical literature. One day while Miles was visiting the library for some research material on civil-war era poetry. Clio disguised herself as a librarian and offered to help Miles find all the materials he needed, as anything historical was her specialty.

The two at first kept everything professional, but as the flirting became more apparent research partners soon became dinner partners. As these situations often end, Clio eventually made her way back to Olympus, not before leaving behind at first, a baby Historia then two years later, a baby Crystal, for Miles to take care of. Accompanying the children, was a very detailed letter with not only an explanation of the Greek God business but also strongly worded instructions on how to raise the sisters based on the best historical techniques. Even with the instructions given, Miles had no idea how to keep two demigod children safe all the time, and for the first few months, he struggled to take care of the girls at all. By the time his sabbatical was over with, he had no other choice but to hunt down the woman who had practically raised him while his parents were out on archaeological dig sites. Thankfully, Henrietta Dupart was more than willing to help the Bay family in any way she could. However, that wasn’t the only reason why she went to help raise the girls. Unbeknownst to Miles Henrietta was also a demigod child of Hecate, and a descendant of the famous voodoo queen Marie Laveau. She could tell there was something special about Crystal  and that she would need as much protection growing up as he could possibly get.

### Childhood

Growing up, Crystal was a sheltered child who didn’t have many friends in school. Part of it was due to Miles and Henrietta, but another part of it was due to Crystal’s own reserved personality, however, her older sister was much more social. It took her almost a month before she made her first friend in first grade. Crystal met Bryce on the swings during recess one day, the two of them didn’t really have anyone else to play with so they just swung in silence. Eventually, the two matched pace and moved in sync for the rest of recess. Bryce laughed to himself, which made Crystal more anxious than she'd ever been. When she finally mustered the courage to ask, the answer Bryce gave shocked her. “It means we’re marwied now!” Bryce said with a smile. Crystal smiled back and the two of them were best of friends after that moment. The two of them did a lot together, and Crystal and eventually Historia, started to call Bryce’s mom Aunt Mal after a while. The two of them even had a plan to set up Mal and Miles together since they were both single and they had just finished watching the parent trap on repeat all summer. For a while, everything seemed to be going really well. Crystal and her sister would make their way to Bryce’s house so they could hang out and then walk back to The Bay's so they could have camp-outs in his backyard. At first, Henrietta, Historia or Mal would walk the two of them back and forth, but as the two of them got older they begged to make the walk alone. The two women compromised with the kids on the condition that they each took a special item each time they walked alone to each other's house. Mal gave Bryce a pocket watch, but Crystal received something much more inconspicuous, a bracelet. It wasn’t until Crystal was about nine years old when she first encountered a problem in his walks.

### Monster Attack

One day Crystal got a little too distracted and wandered off of her regular route, leading her older sister to chace her down. A strange-looking bird caught her eye and decided to follow it to see if there were more. Their father loved to note strange fauna she encountered so just wandered to see if she could find anything more exciting about it for her father. Without realizing it, The sisters ended up at a park with few people around. They had followed the bird into a small clearing blocked off by a walking trail and some trees.  They were astounded to see an entire flock of the birds being completely overlooked by all the other animals in the park. They two girls were so distracted that they failed to realize the birds had all turned to stare at them in unison. As they turned back down the path from the clearing, the birds all took flight with their beaks and talons at the ready. Historia heard their wings in the air but didn’t bother to pay attention until the first one nose-dived at the poor girls leaving a scratch across their cheek.

Crystal yelped in pain but they were too far away for anyone to notice and Historia realized just how alone she really was. Another one of the birds swooped down and cut the back of Crystal's calf. Just before a third one could come down and attack her, Historia finally remembered about the tie bar Henrietta gave them. With nothing but instinct, Historia reached into her pocket for the small bronze bar and watched in amazement as it turned into a heavy old looking trumpet. Historia put the mouthpiece to her lips and blew into it as loudly as she could. The noise was loud enough to confuse the birds just long enough for the girls to make it out of the park and into safety. Without any thought, she just made their way to Mal and Bryce’s apartment where she knew she would be safe from anything else. Mal took care of Historia and Crystal as best as she could, but from then on everything changed about the girl's safety. Henrietta and Mal agreed that it was time to make sure both of the kids knew who they really were and how to best take care of them. Even Miles joined in with what he had learned here and there from the note, Clio left.

### As the years go by

As Historia, Crystal and Bryce got older, their friendship got stronger but also took on different forms. In middle school Crystal an Bryce joined different extracurriculars and only had a few shared classes, while Historia was a lot more popular. That didn’t stop the two of them from trying to spend time with each other as much as they could outside of school. Part of it was for safety in numbers, but another part of it was something more. Crystal came out the second she understood that she liked both boys and girls, but leaned more towards boys and a lot of that had to do with Bryce himself. Mal was actually the first person Crystal told, and she supported her from the beginning. As the years went on there were moments Crystal thought that Bryce felt the same way, but she was never sure. Bryce was never the best with emotions, but his stoicism was just part of the charm for Crystal. By the time Crystal couldn’t handle the what if any longer, Bryce had moved to Camp Olympia. Crystal knew the move was coming, Mal even tried to get Crystal and Historia to come with them, but the girls couldn’t leave their father so they watched as two of the closest people in her life moved away

### Coming to Camp

It wasn’t until Crystal was nearly fourteen years old (History was 16) that she moved to camp under horrific circumstances. Miles, Historia, Crystal and Henrietta went on a hike and picnic to celebrate Crystal's transition to high school. The four of them went to their favorite lunch spot at a secluded overlook that few people knew about. Unfortunately, Henrietta and Crystal failed to notice that a colony of myrmekes had made their new home under the hiking trails. As the four of them were enjoying their lunch, a group of the monsters followed the scent of the three demigods and attacked them. Miles stayed back towards the edge of the overlook, while Henrietta, Historia and Crystal tried their best to scare the myrmekes away. Everything seemed to be going fine until one of the myrmekes sprayed acids around the ledge Miles was hiding on. Henrietta finished killing the monsters as Crystal and Historia ran to help their father but it was too late. The wood holding up the overlook began to break off into the gorge below with Miles in tow.  The next few weeks were a blur for the girls. Between the funeral, all the condolences, and Henrietta deciding it was time for them to leave Columbia for a new start, Crystal realized he was going to end up at Camp Olympia just like Bryce. Hopefully, she would be safe from any more danger. Once at camp, Crystal became friends with Cora Williams and became the second leader of the Trix, camps’ group of mean girls, while Historia and Kyra (Cora's older sister) became close to each other.

## Personality

Crystal was Cora’s right-hand “man”. She was somewhat of a sadist, getting enjoyment from bullying the younger campers. She often bullied Jewel for being “a pathetic mortal.” She was and still is a master manipulator, being able to fake her emotions. She doesn’t get along with Katherine but they used to be friends along with Grace and Nancy, and call them “Traitors for siding with those Demidorks” despite being one herself. She tends to be an airhead and flirty. Crystal shared many similar traits with Cora such as being snooty, stuck-up, and petty, often calling other campers who are new “demidorks” However, she seemed to be the follower, with Cora being the leader. *Big mistake.* It’s a lie. All of it. Having meticulously developed this extremely complex and approachable facade over a long period of time, the majority of those Crystal comes across will never truly get to know who she really is. And *they’re* the lucky ones. Those clever enough to have deciphered Crystal will tell you (provided they’re still around) that she’s cunning, manipulative, and above all, ruthless. Goal-oriented and confident to many extremes, to say her actions are in response to insecurities of any kind is a gross misconception. Her motivations for lying are purely founded upon the idea that being trusted and well-liked will make people easier to manipulate. So, if she needs to say, rid herself of certain obstacles, knowing they are unsuspecting will make her efforts that much easier to carry out. This mindset has brought her quite a ways in life. Due to her cunning, Crystal is extremely, almost frighteningly intelligent. She does make an attempt to get good grades in all her classes, but this is more out of trying to be a perfect future queen and to keep up false appearances as opposed to, well, actually believing she has anything to learn. Some classes do prove themselves to be exceptions when she’s actually engaged, however, and in those cases, she’ll likely breeze through the subjects without effort. Not only traditionally smart; she is also extremely clever and quick on her feet. With her wit, she could probably escape out of almost any bind, internal or external. She’s also rather competitive and **f**eels an innate desire to outdo anyone with a similar status or destiny, and due to her high self-esteem, she’s never prepared to lose. Whenever she in fact does, she always takes it personally, which doesn't bode well for whoever beat her. Obsessive is one vague way to describe Crystal's various contingencies and acts of revenge, although her methods are incredibly diverse, varying greatly and mostly dependent on whatever action they are in response to. Whenever someone has the nerve to threaten her, she will quite subtly but effectively cut them down so they will fail, and probably so discreetly they don't even know about it. If that does not pan out, or if anyone else catches on and gets involved, Crystal tends to remain calm and simply extends the boundaries of what she’s willing to do accordingly. And should an alternate situation arise, she will not hold back on feminine advantages, using her princess-like charms to gain what she desires. Still, these are all last resort, and it’s a very rare outcome for one of her more simple plans to not work. In any case, she’d cite blackmail as a personal favorite method, and if it weren’t for her reputation, she’d actively and publicly encourage it. Morality is a difficult thing to discern regarding Crystal. While she has done plenty of terrible things, and will likely continue to do so, she's not necessarily cruel or masochistic by any means. Perhaps the best way to define it is: *if it benefits her self-interest, she shall do it. If it doesn't, then why even bother?* At least that's what she tells herself to maintain self-control. More selfish than anything, she's hardly the type of person to want to cause chaos for the sake of it. In fact, as a future goddess of History, chaos is something she actively attempts to avoid and therefore often tries to keep the peace, playing the role of mediator. Due to many years of close calls, she has gotten quite adept at damage control. This isn’t to say Crystal is not interested in causing trouble, however, and should doing so ever further her goals, one can expect her to be the mastermind behind the ensuing chaos. Crystal has a bad habit of viewing other people as tools, pawns, or anything less than human in order to achieve her goals. In fact, she seems to be disinterested in people and the value of human life as a whole. Obviously, there are exceptions to this, and she doesn’t live to make others suffer (exceptions being in regards to her enemies/rivals), she just does what’s good for her and her alone. But when she does care for someone, though, she really, truly cares for them, and absolutely no one may even consider harming them to get to her. This is a possible reason as to why she doesn’t get terribly acquainted with anybody she might begin to care for. So one could say there is a protective quality to Crystal, but it’s mostly for her own self-preservation, and it rarely extends to other people. But then again, she is all about those exceptions. Change is not something Crystal is good with. She's so used to manipulating others and having her way so often that when things don't work out for her, she's often clueless about what to do next, and it’s in these moments that her cunning fails her. She'll for sure spend every minute trying to figure out how to fix things, and if that doesn't work out, she’ll be resigned for a moment and absolutely furious. She hides this anger, surely, but fears her temper is what will eventually out all her secrets, and she has so many it'd essentially ruin her. It hasn't happened yet, thank Gods, but even the possibility of it is one of the few things Crystal genuinely fears. Crystal herself isn’t exactly sure why she’s so obsessed with the story of The Muses, but it’s the one goal of being Cilo that has shaped her entire personality, life, and even relationships. She has never bought into the idea that one can earn a position of power through complete innocence, which is exactly why she lies, cheats, steals, or just does what she does. Perhaps if someone was able to convince her otherwise, she might be a completely different and better person.

### Fatal flaw

Crystal's fatal flaw is Manipulation. As said before, Crystal is a master manipulator, being able to fake her emotions really well. She used to be able to do this whenever she was being mean, but she now only uses this in emergencies

## Appearance

Crystal is often described as a very beautiful seventeen year old girl. Crystal is described with platinum blonde hair, sapphire blue eyes and smooth light skin. She often wears a blue t-shirt that has a red rectangle (referencing the street brand "Supreme"), with a tiny white rectangle on it; jeans and white sunglasses, commonly referred to as "clout goggles."

## Powers and Abilities

### Clio Kid Powers

* She can curse someone to only speak in rhymes for a while.
* She can induce a feeling of inspiration in someone.
* She has the ability to communicate with and understand swans and magpies, given that they are their mother's sacred animals.
* She has the power to create an illusion of a part of history for a time.
* She has the power of post-cognition, or the power to see the past

### General Abilities

* ADHD: As a demigod, Crystal possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that she uses to analyze the fighting style of her opponent.
* Dyslexia: Her brain is "hard-wired" for divine Ancient Greek instead of mortal languages.
* Willpower: Crystal has ton of will power
* History knowledge: Crystal, as the daughter of the muse of History, has innate knowledge of history
* Intelligence: Crystal is know to be very intelligent
* Manipulation: Crystal is known to be a master manipulator
* Acting skills: Crystal is good at acting and faking her emotions
* Superhuman durability: As a demigod, Crystal is more durable than a regular human being
* Superhuman strength: As a demigod, Crystal is much stronger than the average mortal
* Superhuman Reflexes: As a demigod, Crystal reflexes are greater than the average mortal
* Superhuman Agility: As a demigod, Crystal is more agile than the average mortal

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Cora Williams

Crystal's best friend is Cora Williams. They both met at camp , and the two are pretty close. They hang out with each other often, and Cora supports Crystal in most of her hobbies. However, their relationship isn't exactly perfect. Cora tends to treat Crystal like an inferior, and often uses her as cheap labor, or as a hench girl for one of her plans. Still, she goes along with it anyway, as she sees Cora as a friend

### Family

#### Clio (Mother)

Clio and her daughter have a very good relationship with each other. Clio is proud about how much Crystal has grown through out her life and continues to watch over her as she grows

#### Miles (Father)

Miles and his daughter were very close. Crystal misses her father and feels guilty she couldn't save him

#### Historia (Older sister)

Historia and Crystal used to be close with each other when they were younger, but as Historia grew more popular and was the more social of the two sisters, they began to grow apart. The rift between the two sisters grew bigger as Crystal grew more cruel and arrogant and they often got into arguments with each other. They don't see each other as sisters anymore, just two girls who bare the same last name

## Etymology

Crystal means **Ice; Gem, earth mineral; Clear**. Crystal is a girl's name of Greek origin. Crystal symbolizes something clear or precious and derives from "krystallos," which is the Greek word for **ice**.

Bay is a surname used in many countries around the world. The name has many variations and meanings. English, French, and Dutch: **nickname for someone with chestnut or auburn hair**, from Middle English, Old French bay, bai, Middle Dutch bay **'reddish brown'** (Latin badius, used originally of horses)

## Trivia

1. With in the Trix, its a Common Theme that the girls first names have the same initials as their godly parents
	1. Cora - Calliope
	2. Crystal - Clio
	3. Elena - Erato
	4. Emerald - Euterpe
	5. Makayla - Melpomene
	6. Paige - Polyhymnia
	7. Tina - Terpsichore
	8. Theodora - Thalia (The Muse)
	9. Uma - Urania
	10. Clara - Clotho
	11. Lily - Lachesis
	12. Amelia - Atropos
	13. Avery - Agalia
	14. Trinity - Thalia (the Grace)
	15. Emma - Euphrosyne
2. Crystal is often seen as Cora's right hand "man"
3. Crystal is associated with the color White
4. Crystal was slightly based of Georgenotfound
5. Crystal knows a lot about history
6. Crystal hated being called Crissy
7. Crystal can play the hard
8. She is the Co-Leader of The Trix