Ariadne Parker

Ariadne Parker is a seventeen year old daughter of Arachne and Wilbur Parker, a clear sighted mortal. She came to camp at twelve years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Ari, Aria, Ria, Ariadna, Arachne, Spider-Girl, Webby, Terrifying Girl, The Weaver, Child of The Most Terrifying Monster, Spider Face/Head,

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)San Francisco, California (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Arachne (Mother)
* Wilbur (Father)
* Closter (Half-brother)
* Phalanx (Uncle)
* All Spiders (distant relatives)

## Items

### Weapons

Black and silver bow and arrowStygian iron sword

### Other Items

* Drawing/Writing Pens
* Phone
* Notebooks

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Usually in colors of like black, red, and purple
* Red polka-dotted sneakers
* Black shirt with tiny red graffiti all over it
* White skinny jeans accompany her legs
* Red spider web-shaped earrings
* Red and silver bracelets
* One red wrist-high glove

## History

### Early Life

Ariadne Parker was born to Wilbur Parker, a clear sighted mortal and Arachne, goddess of spiders, challenge, and weaving in San Francisco, California on April 5, 2004. Wilbur met Ariadne's mother when they were on a cruise. They first started talking, then soon they fell in love. They moved down to California, had Ariadne and they were happy for a few months. That was until her mom left, baring a child. Her father didn't know, until she returned, holding a girl wrapped in a little pink blanket. "Her name is Ariadne" She announced. Wilbur stared in shock, before welcoming them both. After her mom gave birth to her, she stayed to help take care of the child. Unfortunately, her dad thought it was forever, she left, after helping with the child for about 3 months, when she went grocery shopping. Her dad became depressed, and nearly killed himself, when she was just 6. This had a big impact on her. From then on, she became independent, and refused to let anyone help her.

### Childhood

Before everything odd started happening to her, she had a fairly normal life for someone who's dad was an alcoholic. They never lived in nice homes, or apartments, she never went to the nicest schools. But her dad did let her enjoy the very few things that she did enjoy. She loved art, and music. She loved ballet. So the few bucks they could spare, when he was trying to get better, she got ballet. She got a cello and an instructor, and finally, art. Although, he never managed to stay sober, he tried several times. Mostly whenever Ariadne was threatened to be taken away. Because of her dad, she never had many friends. She never had nice clothes; she was stuck with cheap ones from goodwill that were three sizes too big. Then a few weeks before her first monster attack, she met two girls named Gemma Stevens and Marie Joyce Watson, though she insisted on being called MJ, but Ariadne just called her Marie. Two people who turned out to be her friends, and they had many things in common.

When Ariadne was seven years old, she met her two old neighbors, Mayari and Basilio, and they coincidentally had the same last name as Ariadne; Parker. Ariadne first met them when she went to their house to ask for some food. Mayari and Basilo immediately got the young girl some food, and from then on, began to treat Ariadne as their own daughter, since they didn't have any children of their own. Ever sense then, Ariadne began to spend more time with Mayari and Basilio (or as Ariadne called them "Miss Mayari" and "Mr. Basilio") She was happy. And then she was thrown a curve ball

### First monster attack

When she was about 9, the first monster attacked. It was a large, the size of a pickup truck, scorpion. It was a dark, chocolate brown. It happened when she was heading out of her ballet practice, walking home through the woods that separated the shopping mall, from the apartments. It was waiting on the path for her, as if it had gotten there directly after she went to practice. A rather loud yelp from Ariadne woke it up, causing it to start trying to sting her with it's long tail, while snapping it's pincers. They "played" a game of merry go round for a few moments, until her protector, a satyr, and friends Gemma and Marie, came from seemingly out of nowhere to save her. They lost it, as well as loosing themselves in the city. Soon, thereafter she was given her ring and weapon, by a demigod who told them it was cursed. The demigods claimed that whomever used it, would be brought to their doom, and became insane. (He clearly seemed insane, she thought.) Although, she didn't believe it. In fact, it has brought her luck.

However, where most kids would go, directly after their first monster attack, Ariadne refused. She had her dad to take care of, she didn't want to worry Mayari or Basilio, and she was about to do a big production on Swan Lake. Not only that, but her cello instructor told her that if she stopped now, she would have to catch up which would be a shame since she was really good. It just wasn't the time to go to this silly camp. Gemma and Marie stayed with her, and after each monster attack for three years (another one by the same scorpion, another by a fire horse, a hell hound), Gemma, Marie and Aurore managed to convince her dad to move them from city to city. A few days before her 12th birthday, Gemma told her that they needed to go, now. Marie used that fact that her dad and new guardians were put in risk with her here,  and that she didn't have any recitals coming up, nor did she have any cell practices for a few weeks. Ariadne agreed. However, a few months before she left, Basilio had died from a stroke, but Mayari had given Ariadne a tape he had made a few days before he died. In the tape, Basilio had explained that he was a demigod himself (a son of Apollo) and told Ariadne all about Camp Olympia, leaving her to finally believe everything about what Marie and Gemma had told her.

### Coming to Camp

Before they left, Ariadne took most of her fathers money. Which was a grand total of $600 (all of it would've been over a grand! Whoa!). This surprised Ariadne, but it helped them make it to camp. With the money, Marie offered a taxi, or bus trip. Both Ariadne denied, since she got massively sick on both of them. Instead they took a train to Los Angeles. However, they had to take buses, and walk the rest of the way. It surprised Ariadne, how short it took by train; only a few hours! But by then, they were low on money. Several times she called her dad, but he was always blabbering drunk, and couldn't even remember who she was, or her first name. So, one night while they were camping a few hundred miles away from camp, she called their hospital, and had him admitted for alcohol abuse. When she was done, She called Mayari and told her that she was going to Camp, and promised to call her when she was safe. When they arrived at camp, it was like a castle on a hill, in her opinion. Even though it was hardly anything, it was a miracle in Ariadne's mind. She grew up reading about Greek heroes, and learning about the Gods. Now here she was, about to become, if not a minor hero, one. She couldn't wait.

## Personality

Ariadne is hardworking and slightly mischievous She loves finding things to keep her busy and distracted and, due to having the ability to grow four extra limbs, Ariadne is one of the most productive demigods in existence. Multitasking is not a problem for her, although it can suddenly burn her out. While she is seen as nice to most people, the one person she dislikes is Damian, son of Athena because of their mothers’ rivalry with each other (Along with many members of the Athena Cabin. The two (Ariadne and Damian) often argue a lot and it is very rare for them to get along and they aren’t friends, merely tolerating each other and only fighting if provoked. She is a fierce geek with a wide range of interests, the most predominant being her love for comic books. She is intellectually gifted, especially in the literary area, and she does showcase her intelligence in her expression, as she speaks wisely and in a complicated way, as seen by others. She's also an ultimate fashion lover, and her spider heritage makes her spectacular at sewing, though her true passion can be found in drawing and sketching. She even has her very own comic book series, drawn and written by herself. Bursting with equal amounts of creativity and sass, Ariadne is also just as cheeky as she looks, being a very sly demigod that is almost always focused on her projects and never really a joiner activities at Camp. She can mostly be seen climbing walls and hanging on spiderwebs. She is completely aware that she is intimidating to some students and seems to purposely make herself even more intimidating, dressing aggressively and, just as a tease, letting her "spider side" out, exhibiting a lot of spider behavior, making an effort to be creepy, even though she is very passionate about the protection of her mother’s descendants and the misconceptions established by the mortals and other demigods. Despite this, she is very kind and a good listener, always willing to lend a hand or four more. Ariadne is also very clever and intelligent, as a child, she always took an interest in books, science, and math. She always wanted to discover new information and she could retain it. Apart from a few things, he's really bad at remembering names, and can be really absent-minded. Gentle, kind, and sweet also can describe Ariadne she cannot ever be rude to anyone, it's just not in her nature. She is also mostly optimistic for someone who grew up with a very terrible childhood. Sweet as sugar, Ari just wants to make friends and wrap everyone up in homemade cowls and scarves. She’s always seen with a smile on her face and eyes lit up with happiness, until someone (Damian) starts freaking out about the spider in the dinning hall – usually meaning her. She’s a gentle soul, who only ever wants the best for people. She likes to crochet, and gives winter items to homeless people and secretly leaves them for students who can’t afford them. Many campers often assume that Ariadne just wants to be mean to them and won’t accept her gifts unless it’s done in secret. Ariadne is a fidgeter, fingers always twitching when she’s not weaving or working on some art project. She runs an anonymous advice blog, where she gives weaving tips and art advice, as well as advice for how to talk to people. Unfortunately, she very rarely takes her own advice and has yet to have a complete conversation with someone who isn’t on the internet. She doesn’t enjoy hurting people, despite what many may think about spiders. In fact, she’s a valiant defender of arachnids and explainer of arachnid reasoning in the wild world. Despite the fact that she’s humanoid in appearance, she still very much reacts like a spider would to things that frighten her – which is.. kind of everything. Ari has a mild anxiety disorder, and it doesn’t take much to accidentally set her off into an anxiety attack. This is why she keeps weaving hooks in her hair and yarn in her bag, so that she can calm herself down if need be. Weaving keeps her calm and allows her to collect her thoughts.

### Fatal flaw

Ariadne's fatal flaw is hubris. She thinks she can do anything and do it well.

## Appearance

Ariadne is often described as a "beautiful yet scary" seventeen year old girl of very distant Colombian descent. Ariadne has pale olive skin, wavy black hair tied in a ponytail, dark red eyes that are said to be like rubies. She is often seen wearing red polka-dotted sneakers, a black shirt with tiny red graffiti all over it. White skinny jeans accompany her legs, along with red spider web-shaped earrings, red and silver bracelets, and one red wrist-high glove.

## Powers and Abilities

### Arachne Kid Powers

* She has the power to produce spider silk from spinnerets in her fingertips and palms
* She can communicate with spiders
* She also can shape shift into spiders, either normal-sized or giant-sized
* she has venomous fangs, which she can use to poison her enemies. The venom is non-fatal but will cause extreme pain and stiffness, headaches, nausea, and urticaria (hives)
* She has the ability to grow four extra limbs for various purposes.
* She has the proportionate strength, speed, agility, and durability of a spider.
* She has the power to climb on walls.
* The webs that she makes can be as strong and sturdy as Grade 4 Titanium alloy, thus taking more effort to destroy it, and they can be as sticky as superglue. The more the ensnared victim struggles, the more they get stuck in the webbing. If Ariadne is on the web, she can detect that prey has been caught by the vibrations caused by struggling.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: As a demigod, Ariadne possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that she uses to analyze the fighting style of her opponent.
* Archery: Ariadne is great at Archery, and using her extra arms also gives her an advantage as well
* Swordsmanship: Ariadne is great at using a sword
* Superhuman durability: As a demigod, Ariadne is more durable than a regular human being
* Superhuman strength: As a demigod, Ariadne is much stronger than the average mortal
* Superhuman Reflexes: As a demigod, Ariadne reflexes are greater than the average mortal
* Superhuman Agility: As a demigod, Ariadne is more agile than the average mortal
* Weaving: Because Arachne is the goddess of weaving, Ariadne is a natural weaver
* Webbing: Ariadne is skilled at web art

## Relationships

### Friends

#### The Family Demigod

The UnderSquad, The "Family" Demigod, The Revengers, whatever you want to call them are some of Ariadne's best friends (except for Damian, of course). She sees them like her family (Damian as an annoying brother) and loves them a lot

#### Gemma Stevens

Gemma and Ariadne her pretty close friends, emphasis on *were* in that sentence. Gemma was the daughter of Dione, goddess of Earth, nymphs and the Oracle of Dodona. and Ariadne noted her skill with a dagger and two became friends in school (along with Marie). As the two girls grew up along side each other, and Gemma ended up developing a crush on Ariadne, but Ariadne rejected her, confessing to Gemma that she was asexual and didn't feel the same way, but they still stayed friends. However, during the second titan war, Gemma was killed. During the battle, Gemma was stabbed in the abdomen from one of the demigods supporting Kronos. Ariadne quickly ran over to the healers (Aka Melody and Zoe) for help, but it was to late... Gemma had died in Ariadne's arms, leaving Ariadne to grieve

#### Marie Watson

Marie and Ariadne her pretty close friends, emphasis on *were* in that sentence. Marie was the daughter of Pistis, goddess/spirit of good faith, trust and reliability, and Ariadne noted her skill in hand-to-hand combat and, with Gemma, became friends with Ariadne in school. The two girls were best friends, talking about everything and always hanging around each other at camp, to the point were the two were confused as a couple. But then, much like Gemma, Marie died in the second titan war, being killed by one of the monsters during the battle. Ariadne got news of her death second hand (from Evan) and began to cry, saying that she should have been the one to save her friends.

### Family

#### Arachne (Mother)

Ariadne has never met her mother. She just knows for a fact she doesn’t really like her, especially after the times she’s heard her myths. However, after a while, she's learn to like her mom a bit

#### Wilbur (Father)

Ariadne has never really liked her father. He became an alcoholic and often neglected. Ariadne, never wants to see her father again

## Etymology

Ariadne as a girl's name is pronounced ar-ee-AHD-nee. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Ariadne is **"most holy"**.

Parker is a surname of English origin, derived from Old French with the meaning "**keeper of the park**". "Parker" was also a nickname given to gamekeepers in medieval England.

## Trivia

1. Ariadne's middle name is Lydia and, coincidentally Arachne was noted to be a Lydian maiden
2. Ariadne has a fear of Owls, Athena's sacred animal, just like Daedalus, Damian, Skye, and Gianna have a fear of Spiders
3. Ariadne's favorite super hero is well, Spider Man
	1. Honestly, I think Ariadne would be her worlds "spider-woman", which makes Basilio an Uncle Ben variant, Gemma a Gwen Stacy variant, and Marie an MJ variant, which means that their deaths were all "canon events"
4. Ariadne hates roller skating
5. Ariadne is named after the Crete Princess, Ariadne
	1. She was also named this as Ariadne sounds rather similar to Arachne
6. Ariadne hates tomatoes
7. Ariadne has her very own comic book series, drawn and written by herself
8. Ariadne is and Aries