Layla Hemmings

Layla Hemmings is a seventeen year old Greek Demigod, the daughter of Leto and Paxton Hemmings. She came to camp at eleven years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Laylay, Lay, Leto, Laylabug. Mother Hen, Ghost Girl, The Shy One

### Affiliation

* Camp Olympia
* The Olympias
* Some of The Titans

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Frankfort, Kentucky (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Leto (Mother)
* Paxton (Father)
* Artemis and Apollo (Half-siblings)
* Asteria and Lelantos (Aunt and Aunts)
* Hecate, Eliza Gardner, Ruby and Aria Potvin, Logan Chase, and Aura (Cousins)
* Loretta Potvin, Leilani Gomez, Melody Potvin, , Rhea Potvin, (Technical nieces)

## Items

### Weapons

Silver daggerA witches staff made from Iron bark hat has runes etched into it that she uses to heal injuries and cast spells

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Usually calm and dull colors
* Gray jean jacket
* White shirt with flowers on it
* Blue jeans
* Brown boots

## History

### Early Life

Layla Hemmings was born to Paxton Hemmings, a clear sighted mortal and Leto Titaness of Motherhood and Demurity. She was the Protector of the Youth in Frankfort, Kentucky on January 5, 2004. Her father, Paxton Hemming, was 34 years old when he met Leto. At that time he was a prison warden. He met Leto while at a cafe and from then he said she was the love of his life, of course he didn't know she was a god. He admired her strong-will. But after she gave birth she disappeared and left Layla with her father 4 months later.

### Childhood

Layla was born and raised in Kentucky. When Leto left her father he got very depressed and devastated that the love of his life left him. Which meant there wasn't much love and family bonding time for her and not a lot of attention. Although her father still cared for her he wasn't there for him in tough times. Because of this she isn't very social and not really open to people. By the age of 10 she decided that why should she bother staying in a household that didn't have time for her, so she ran away with only two possessions, her silver necklace that she got from her father which she got from Leto, and a backpack with some money.

### Coming to Camp

When Layla ran away from home and started wandering the streets of Kentucky and soon got on a boat to California. When Layla lived on the streets her main way of survival was pocketing (Though she wasn't very good at it) and dumpster diving, for the most part she left people alone. She encountered her first monster attack a year and 3 months after she ran away from home. It was a myrmex worker, while running she met a satyr who showed her that her necklace could turn into a celestial bronze sword, and helped her defeat the myrmex worker. After that the satry took her back to camp. After spending a week there Leto claimed her at the dining pavilion.

## Personality

Layla is a very motherly person. She is often compared with Aubrey and Evelyn as motherly figures and also tends to be very shy around new people but once you get to know her she is a very fun person to be around. Layla gets along with Eliza and Aria, being her cousins and with The Apollo children and Hunter of Artemis plus Leilani. She is not very confrontational and only fights in case of emergencies or self-defense. She is very friendly and gets along well with most people and is mainly the peacekeeper at camp. She often acts out of kindness and helps people no matter where they stand, expecting nothing in return, such as when she made a small Christmas tree for the kids who don’t have a family or are year-rounders. She often takes on a parental role, even calling Leilani and Melody her “twins”  and showing concern about protecting the younger campers like Sam, Jewel and Tristan. However, she also has a chaotic side, such as when she and Hector played a prank on The Hestia cabin and blamed Isaiah. She enjoys pranking others since it does not go too far. She tries not to cause lasting harm to others with her actions and prefers to resolve situations peacefully. Oftentimes, Layla is mischievous (like any child of Hermes) but has a good sense of when to stop a prank. She keeps the peace in the cabin and was at first, mistaken as a child of Harmonia due to her peaceful nature. Get on her bad side or hurt her friends and family and you'll find yourself sleeping upside down from the highest branch of a pine tree. She likes anything soft and blue/red. She values bravery, justice and friendship above all things. She's always smiling and has great skill when it comes to making friends. (and opening complicated locks with a single hairpin). Layla is a bubbly, kind, and friendly person. She generally gets along with everyone in the family, and considers most of them her friends. Layla has also been shown to be a capable leader, as she has been seen as the leader of Demi-Titans. As brave and bold as fireworks, Layla is a force to be reckoned with. Tremendously opinionated, she gets the utmost pleasure out of calling out anybody on their hypocrisy, their cowardice, and/or above all, their lack of respect and politeness. And that doesn’t just go for the friends she’s surrounded by: she expects admirability and reliability from absolutely everybody. It’s impossible to avoid her opinions, as not only does she express them freely in the open, but she also sprinkles them throughout her writings. Suffice it to say, Layla is most accurately classified as progressive. She’s a huge proponent of change, and works tirelessly to see old systems brought down and better ones take their place. And despite her often successful efforts, she hardly ever takes the time to celebrate her victories. Rather, she prefers to move on to what’s next. She enjoys immediate accomplishments to an almost detrimental degree, and could be seen as a workaholic of sorts. Layla is an open person. She’s very easily brought into conversation, and has an energy that makes those around her feel like they’re in an honest presence. However, she is as analytical as she is open. She likes to study people, their expressions, their words, and especially, their wardrobe. A big believer in presentation, she’s actually grateful to be at Camp Olympia as she sees a gold mine of witnessing firsthand what people with endless resources and easily-deciphered inspirations will choose to style themselves as. A critic at heart, to her it’s the most intriguing thing. However, this can be hit or miss. A lot of people prefer not to be examined, and Layla may or may not register this at all times, which can make her come across as insensitive. Whatever the case, she’s certainly the type of person to often stick to her own group, and she also has an additional "legion" of "followers" who would, in fact, kill to hear what she thinks. Layla only hopes she’s using this platform to spread the right messages.

### Fatal flaw

Layla's fatal flaw is her loyalty. She would do anything to make sure her friends and loved ones are safe

## Appearance

Layla is often described as a young and beautiful seventeen year old girl. Layla has platinum blonde hair, hazel eyes, light skin, and slight freckles on her skin. She wears a gray jean jacket, a white shirt with flowers on it, jeans, and brown boots

## Powers and Abilities

### Leto Kid Powers

* She has the ability to feel others emotions, and can often offer others advice based on how she perceive the emotion. This can be defined as a natural parental instinct she inherited from her mother.
* She has the ability to cast magic. Unlike Octavia, her magic is stronger in the daylight and is a lot less noticeable. Casting Magic uses a lot of energy in her and can seriously injure her easily.
* When she sees a child in danger, she gets a surge of strength and becomes somewhat of a mama bear. In other words, you will be sorry if you mess with a child under her protection
* She is a natural caretaker and is usually skilled at healing
* Since her mother is the goddess of modesty she can become unnoticeable for a short time.
* She remains visible but people will simply ignore her
* She can make an opponent feel pregnant. This can make the opponent feel heavier, nauseous, and overall fatigued. This although is draining for her

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Layla's supernatural alertness and keen senses that keep her ready for, and alive, in battle
* Dysleixa: Her brain is hard-wired for Ancient Greek
* Swordsmanship: Layla is a natural sword user
* Intelligence: Layla is known to be very smart
* Dagger usage: Layla is good with a dagger
* Fighting skills: Layla has natural fighting skills
* Archery: Being related to The Twin Archers, Layla is pretty good with a bow
* Superhuman strength: As a demigod, Layla is stronger than the average mortal. Even when battered and exhausted.
* Superhuman agility: Being a demigod, Layla has shown countless times his amazing agility
* Superhuman durability: Being a demigod, Layla is more durable than a regular human
* Superhuman reflexes: Layla has incredible reflexes, which is proven throughout her life

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Eliza Gardner

Eliza and Layla get along pretty well with each other since they are cousins. They, along with Octavia and Michael, practice magic together and cast spells together in battle. They like to think of each other as sisters

### Family

#### Leto (Mother)

While Layla doesn't know her mother just yet, Layla still prays to her every night and Leto makes sure to watch over her daughter

#### Paxton (Father)

Layla has a pretty neutral/negative relationship with her father. Since Leto left, Paxton fell into a depression and never really formed a relationship with his daughter, which is what caused Layla to run away. Layla doesn't talk to him or about him much

## Etymology

In Hebrew and Arabic the word Leila or Laila means **"night", "dark"** and the name is often given to girls born during the night, signifying "daughter of the night".

Hemming is a masculine name probably of Scandinavian origin (ON Hemmingr), and regarded as originally a byname meaning '**skin of the shanks of a four-footed animal**'.

## Trivia

1. Layla is the half sister of Artemis and Apollo, who she is actually pretty close to
2. Layla refers to Leilani and Melody as "her twins"
3. Layla says if she ever has children, she wants two children at most. She has two boy names and two girl names ranked from 1-2. For boy, name 1 is Scott after her father, and name 2 is Phoebus, after her immortal brother. For girls, she has Leilani for 1 because it is similar to her "niece" Leilani or Venatirx (Trixie), as number 2, since Venatrix is Latin for huntress, and it honors her immortal sister
4. Layla loves to baby sit
5. Layla's name means "Night" similar to her immortal sister, as the moon is apart of the night
6. Layla loves listing to pop music
7. She loves vintage style clothing
8. Layla's voice is "soothing and motherly" according to Melody and Leilani