Loretta Potvin

Loretta Potvin was the twenty two year old (technically sixteen) Greek Demigod Daughter of Apollo and Legacy of Asteria, through her mother, Aria Potvin. She was the older sister to Melody and Rhea. She came to camp at fourteen years old

## Basic Stuff

### Age

22 (Biologically, at death)16 (Chronologically)

### Affiliation

* Camp Olympia
* The Hunters of Artemis
* Elysium

### Residence

* Elysium (Currently)
* Camp Olympia (Formerly)
* New Orleans, Louisiana (Formerly)

### Status

Deceased (Currently)Alive/immortal (formerly)

## Family

### Adoptive/Step Family

* Travis (Stepdad)
* Shaun and Samuel (Step-brothers)
* Hunters of Artemis (Cousins/Adopted sisters)

### Biological Family

* Apollo (Father)
* Aria (Mother)
* Melody and Rhea (Younger sisters)
* A bunch of Apollo Children in mythology (divine half-siblings)
* Artemis (Aunt)
* Leilani Gomez (cousin)
* Zoe Potvin (ancestor)
* Asteria (Grandmother)
* Eliza Gardener (Distant relative)

## Appearance

### Outfit

AT CAMP* Jean jacket
* White and yellow shirt
* Jeans
* Aqua blue converse

WITH THE HUNTERS

* White shirt
* Silver jacket
* Silvery camo pants
* Black combat boots
* A silver circlet

**TW: Mentions of abuse and other dark themes**

## History

### Early Life

Loretta Potvin was born to Aria Potvin, a daughter of Asteria and Apollo the god of archery, music, light, prophecy, and medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 7, 1999. Aria had met Apollo one night a bar hosting a karaoke night. Aria went on stage to sing one of her favorite songs and Apollo (disguised as a man with brown hair and blue eyes) watched from the audience. When she was finished and the next person had gone up, Apollo began to chat with Aria, not only loving her voice, but could also sense that she was a demigod. Aria knew who Apollo was, but didn't mind and the two began to fall in love with each other. They began to date each other, Apollo coming down from Olympus to be with Aria. Soon, Aria realized she was going to have a baby, and Apollo was . When their baby was born, Aria named her Loretta. In the next few years, the two would have two more kids together. In 2004, Apollo came to Aria, taking the form of a man with brown skin and blonde hair, but Aria could still see him for who he was and they would have their daughter, Melody. In 2008, Apollo took the form of his Roman counter part, Phoebus and went to Aria, who could still tell he was a god, and they had their third daughter, Rhea. After Rhea was born, Apollo knew he couldn't be with his family, and told his older daughters (who were nine at the time) that he would be going on a trip for a while, and left, never to be seen again. Aria was then left heart-broken by the sun god.

### Childhood/The Scar Incident

The three girls took the last name of their mother, however, their living conditions were harsh. They weren't allowed to leave the house, and prevented from going to school and were only allowed to visit family with their mother. When the older girls were nine and four, and Rhea was only a few months old their older cousins Adrian and Isabella came over who were eleven and ten at the time. It was during spring break and the five kids were in the kitchen. Both Adrian and Isabella were Middle children and jealous that Aria had loved all three equally even without having a dad. The two took Melody into a separate room claiming they wanted to give her a surprise, hiding two razor blades. The older kids told the younger to hold out her arms and close her eyes. She was expecting a surprise but instead was greeted with two sharp stings in both her arms and screamed. Loretta ran to the room and saw her cousins had given her a six-inch scar on each of Melody’s arms and she told her mom to call 911 which she did. She was taken to the hospital and the doctor said while her scars did heal they would be visible and there wasn’t anything he could do to get rid of them. Year after the Scar incident, when the girls were ten, five, and one their mother got married to a mortal man named Travis and had two sons, Shaun and Samuel. Since she was a demigod, Melody was a target for monsters which caused constant fighting between the sisters and her parents, her mom would also hit Melody and her sisters were too scared to do anything and became an alcoholic who felt that they were constantly putting everyone in danger.

During that time, their Aunt Ruby would take care of the five kids, and attempted to teach the three girls how to read. When Melody was seven years old, Loretta (who was 11 at the time), and Rhea who was two went to visit her mom’s side of the family where they played with her cousins while the adults talked. Loretta argued with cousins about her scars her cousins had caused her younger sister which caused a rift in the family that caused the separation between Lorretta, Melody, Rhea, and the rest of the family for many years. As mentioned before, the three girls were lock up in their own house, never to leave the house at all. As a result, the three weren't given the proper education a child would need (Melody mentioning how she herself could barley read or do basic math.). Loretta was given the role as care taker in her house, which caused a lot of pressure on her, but she mainly focused on her siblings, rather than Shaun and Samuel. When Loretta was twelve years old, she had gone into Melody's room to get her ready for the day, but discovered she was missing, not knowing that Melody had ran away. Loretta searched the whole house for her sister, but couldn't find her. Loretta called her aunt in a panic telling her that Melody was no where to be found. Ruby and Loretta put up missing poster signs, but Melody was never found.

### Coming to Camp

Loretta was only fourteen when she was brought to camp. She and her sister had been playing in their house, their step-father and step-brothers were out of town and their mother passed out like usual. Loretta's mind wandered while Rhea played, thinking of her missing sister and *praying* that Melody would be okay. While she was thinking, a five year old Rhea had opened the door and wandered out of the house. Loretta gave chase to her younger sister, not wanting to lose her as well. When she finally caught up to Rhea, the two bumped into a satyr, who instantly sensed they were demigods. The satyr informed them of this, and Loretta, who was willing to do anything to get herself and Rhea out of their mother's house, agreed to come to camp with them. The two sisters were led to camp by the satyr and were claimed as daughters of Apollo. At camp, they reunited with Melody.

### Joining the Hunters

Before the first war, at the age of sixteen, Loretta joined the hunters of Artemis. She had felt her sisters would be safe at camp, finally away from their mother and also wanted a chance to explore the world. Of course, she felt a little guilty leaving her sisters, who were eleven and seven at the time, but she promised she would Iris Message them any time she could. Around that time, she got word of her sister's quest and prayed she would be safe. Loretta didn't really like Melody's friends all the much since she felt they were putting her in danger, but trusted Melody to make the right choices. Around that time, Loretta met fellow huntress of Artemis, Zamaya Reynoso, daughter of Jupiter (Isaac's sister) and the two got along great. Loretta frequently Iris Messaged her sisters and was always happy to hear how they were doing. Loretta felt at peace, knowing her family was safe, but... all good things must come to an end eventually

### Death

At the time, Loretta was visiting Camp to see her sisters when she got the news she was needed back with the Hunters. Before she left, Loretta gave Melody her huntress jacket as "an early Christmas present" since Melody had said she wanted to be like Loretta. Before she left, both Melody and Rhea were worried about this hunt, but Loretta made a promise that she would come back to them. Unfortunately, Loretta would not be able to keep this promise...While traveling with the Hunters, they were attack by a Manticore. As much as they fought greatly, the Manticore was powerful. Soon, The Manticore went after a new Huntress, but before it could hurt this new huntress, Loretta pushed her out of the way, and Loretta was stabbed by the monster. This stab was enough for Loretta to lose her immortality and fatally injure her. She was brought back to camp, where some huntresses attempted to heal her, but she passed away, with her last words to her father, who had come down from Olympus in a panic, asking him to tell her sisters that she loved them. Apollo went to his two other daughters, delivering the news of their sister's death. Loretta was judged by the Three Judges of The Underworld was sent to Elysium

## Personality

Loretta was a very kind girl. She knows the names of all the constellations and owns a book on all of the stars. She was distraught when Melody ran away, showing how protective of her sisters she was. Loretta was definitely a girl who likes to speak what's on her mind. She was outgoing and loved to spend time with her sisters and the hunters. In times of trouble she was quick thinking but because of this, she would also jump into situations too quickly. Loretta was also very loyal to the Hunters and Camp Olympia. Loretta was known to be a very fast learner, quickly learning how to use a bow very fast. Loretta was also a free-willed and talented girl. Unlike her sister, Melody, Loretta liked poetry and was very good at it, though she never really told anyone. She hated when people argued in front of her, since it brought back memories from her childhood, hearing her mother and aunt argue, so most of the time, she usually stayed out of verbal arguments, but in battle, she was fearless. Loretta had boundless energy and exerted it constantly. She was a very sweet and loving person. She was also known to have a sarcastic streak to herself, something Melody seemed to have gotten from her, and was also very stubborn. She was not necessarily the really talkative kind of person but once you struck a conversation with her she was sure to keep you entertained. Loretta was also very skilled in the piano, often teaching Rhea (She tried teaching Melody, but she liked playing the guitar or ukulele). Over all, Loretta was an interesting girl to have been friends with, and lit up her friends' world, just by being herself.

### Fatal flaw

Loretta's fatal flaw was loyalty, she would've done anything to protect her sisters and friends, the flaw leading her to her death

## Appearance

Loretta was noted to have her mom’s brown hair and got her dad’s light skin and blue eyes. When not with the huntress she often wore a jean jacket, a white and yellow shirt, jeans, and aqua converse. When with the hunters she wore a white shirt, a silver jacket, silvery camo pants, and black combat boots.

## Powers and Abilities

### Apollo Kid Powers

* She could heal others by singing an ancient Greek song to her father.
* She had the power of Vitakinesis, or the power to control the human healing factor,
* She could channel diseases into her arrows, causing anyone who was hit with these arrows to become sick for a time. Those with particularly strong disease abilities can even cause illness without needing to have any kind of physical contact with her victims
* She had the power of Photokinesis or light manipulation. It could be used to generate heat (though not fire). Sometimes this is used in emergencies for cauterization or so that she could see her work. In times of distress, she could use this to kill and blind opponents.
* She had the power of Heliokinesis, or the power to absorb, redirect, and manipulate solar energy
* Since her dad is the god of poetry and music, she could curse people to either speak in rhyming couplets or to constantly sing, for a limited time.
* As her dad is the god of prophecy, she was born with the power of precognition, or the power to see the future, though typically in limited forms.
* Since her dad is the god of oracles, she could sense when an oracle is about to have a premonition.
* Since her dad is the god of the Oracle, she had the vague ability to understand what the prophecies mean, although she usually didn't talk about it.
* She was extremely skilled at anything having to do with missile projectiles, such as archery and basketball.
* She was really great at science and she could control things related to science like chemicals
* She could light travel. (It's like shadow travel but only with light).
* She could touch a person and get a sense of what state their body is in (such as identifying organ damage). She could also use this to know the patient's heart rate and blood type.
* She could transfer pain between people with physical contact, meaning that she could take the pain away from her patients and take it on instead as long as she touched them. If a third party is also in contact with her, the pain can be transferred to them, too. This is useful when it is evenly distributed between people, meaning that one person is not in critical pain
* Since her father is a light god, she could see well in brightness and tend to remain unaffected by powerful lights or the sun.
* She could scream loud enough to deafen opponents, though this is difficult to use around allies, as it could hurt them.
* She had a piercing whistle that can stun opponents
* Her mood would affect the health of those around them. If she was upset, people tend to become sick. This was not an intentional or conscious action, it was more like a reflex.
* She could hear things at frequencies some can't. Dog whistles could be heard by her, for instance.
* She could sense where the sun is shining, meaning that they know where on the planet it is day at all times.
* She could sense what certain light waves are, identifying infrared light, black light, and others.
* She was one of few Apollo kids to be born with plague powers. She could inflict illness on others, causing them to die of all kinds of diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, Ebola, scarlet fever, smallpox, severe pneumonia, AIDS, cholera, SARS, influenza, leprosy, polio, and even the Bubonic plague
* She could use sound waves as offensive weapons.
* She was able to foresee potential future attacks, allowing her a short span of time to prepare for these attacks.

### Legacy of Asteria Powers

* She could control, summon and make stars from thin air
* She had minor control over light and darkness
* She could memorize any star map and then write it down perfectly
* She could see at night as well as she can in the daytime
* She could night-travel. It’s like shadow travel, but she moves in the positions of the stars.
* She had minor control of salt-water as her maternal grandmother is the goddess of the Island of Delos

### General Abilities

* Archery: Loretta, as a huntress and daughter of the archery god, was great at Archery
* ADHD: Loretta's supernatural alertness and keen senses where what kept her ready for battle
* Hunting skills: Loretta was a skilled huntress
* Singing skills: Loretta was a skilled singer
* Intimidation: Loretta was very intimidating
* Dagger usage: Loretta was skilled with a dagger
* French: Loretta could speak French fluently
* Spanish: Loretta could speak Spanish fluently
* Greek: Loretta could speak Greek Fluently
* Accuracy: Loretta had great accuracy
* Disarmament: Loretta was good with disarming opponents in battle
* Persuasion: Loretta was known to be very persuasive
* Superhuman strength: Being a demigod, Loretta was stronger than the average mortal.
* Superhuman agility: Being a demigod, Loretta was more agilie than the average mortal
* Superhuman durability: Being a demigod, Loretta was more durable than the average mortal
* Superhuman reflexes: Being a demigod, Loretta had incredible reflexes

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Zamaya Reynoso

Loretta and Zamaya were very close when they met through the Hunters. Zamaya understood Loretta's need to protect her younger sisters, since Zamaya had a similar need to protect her brother, Isaac, and the two girls themselves had a very sisterly relationship, and continue this relationship even in death

### Family

#### Apollo (Father)

While Loretta had never met her father, she did love him. Generally, she gave her utmost respect to him since he is her father and a god. Apollo is shown to care for his children, and Loretta was no exception. He wanted her to be safe, and was extremely saddened when she died, refusing to let the come out of the clouds for a while

#### Aria (Mother)

Well, the relationship that the mother and daughter had was complicated. Aria used to abuse her daughters and cared for them very little. Loretta was angry about how little Aria worried when Melody ran away. Loretta was a tiny bit sad when Aria died

#### Melody (Younger sister)

Loretta knew how much Melody looked up to her, and Loretta was very protective of her younger sisters, as she would make sure her sisters couldn't hear their mom and aunt arguing. Even in Elysium, Loretta worries about her

#### Rhea (Youngest sister)

Loretta's youngest sister, and someone who she loved, Rhea was very bight and bubbly and made their lives in New Orleans Better. Just like Melody, Loretta was very protective of her, but she doesn't know about the mental break down her sister had after she died.

## Etymology

Loretta means **“from Laurentum”** (an ancient Italian city) and **“laurel”** (from Latin “laurus/laurea”), which is a symbol of victory, fame, honor or accomplishment.

In some cases possibly also French and Walloon: shortened form of Potdevin a metonymic occupational name for a wine merchant or a nickname for a wine drinker from pot de vin **'wine jar'**.

## Trivia

1. Loretta's middle name was Aria, after her mother and means **"lioness,” “air,” “noble,”** and **“honorable”**
2. Loretta was the first person to find out Melody ran away, the second was Ruby
3. Loretta used to think of Daedalus as a brother figure but as Daedalus began to go insane, she soon lost her faith in him. Once she got to Elysium, she proceed to punch and shout at him for the destruction of Olympus
4. In the past Loretta greatly disapprove of Melody’s friendship with George, the reason being, she doesn’t think that the daughter of a healing god and the son of death himself would end well however, after seeing the lengths George has gone to protect and love her sister, she has come to like the son of Thanatos
5. Loretta would cover Rhea and Melody’s ears when Ruby and their mom, Aria fought
	1. She would also try to teach her sisters how to read
6. Each of the Potvin Sisters' looks are all made based on the form their father took before they were born
	1. Loretta gets her brown hair from her mom but the blue eyes and light skin from her father
	2. Melody gets the brown hair and gold eyes from her mom but the dark skin from *both* her parents
	3. Rhea gets the blonde hair, blue eyes, and blonde hair from her father, no traits from her mother
7. Though Loretta doesn't know it, when she died, Apollo refused to let the sun shine for around three weeks
8. Loretta was the only Apollo kid to not play an instrument
	1. Melody plays the ukulele, lyre and piano
	2. Rhea played the Xylophone