Nathan Victor

Nathaniel "Nathan" Victor is a 17-year-old Greek demigod, the son of Nike and Legacy of Poseidon through his father, Clayson Victor. He came to camp at nine/ten years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Nathan, Nate, Natty, Victory, Nike, Winner

### Residence

Camp Olympia (currently)Ottawa, Canada (formerly)

### Love Interest

None (Currently)Harper Samuel (Formerly, crush)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Nike (Mother)
* Clayson (Father)
* Isidoros Telamon (Half-brother)
* Bia, Kratos and Zelus (Uncles and Aunt)
* Kyle, Samuel, and Triton Zale and Xenos Locris (Cousins)
* Poseidon (Grandfather)
* Naomi Portal, Caspian Portal, and Moana de Mare (Distant relatives)

## Items

### Weapons

A celestial bronze sword named άκρη της νίκης (edge of victory)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Usually made for being active
* Black Nike shirt
* Blue basketball shorts
* Black and gold Nike sneakers

## History

### Early Life

Nathaniel “Nathan” Victor was born to Clayson Victor, a son of Poseidon and Nike the goddess of victory, strength, and speed in Ottawa, Canada on June 11, 2004. Nathan’s father, Clay, was a professional boxer in the Summer Olympic games. Clay only won the gold medal once. That year, after he won, he went to a bar with a few boxing friends of his. There, he met a woman in a golden dress. She knew who he was right away, as if she knew he would be there. They started talking about his boxing match and sports in general. The woman seemed really into them, even more than he was. After a couple drinks, Clay took her up to his hotel room. Clay would wake up the next morning, to find her gone. She returned nine months later, with a one day old baby boy, at one of his boxing matches. He saw her with a child in the crowd and became incredibly distracted. His opponent hit him with an uppercut to the jaw, however this somehow caused his opponent to lose balance and fall over. Clay returned to his locker room victorious. There, he would find a basket with a baby boy in it, and a note from Nike, describing who she was, and how she made him win the boxing match when he became distracted by her in the crowd.

Being a demigod of Poseidon he believed the note without a second thought. The third item in the basket besides Nathan and the note was a small black box, containing a celestial bronze men’s ring, with a picture of a pair of wings and the words άκρη της νίκης (edge of victory) engraved on them. The note would also explain that when worn by a child of Nike, the ring would turn into a rare and useful weapon when Nathan takes it off. Clay stopped boxing in order to raise Nathan as a single parent in Canada He also researched everything he could about Greek mythology, especially Nike, wanting to know as much about his son’s mother as possible. (He had only limited knowledge of the demigod world and Greek myths despite being a demigod.) Because Clay knew that monsters can “smell” demigods and will come after them and attack them, and was scared out of his mind during his first monster attack, Clay decided to raise Nathan so that Nathan was aware of what he was, so he could defend himself from the inevitable.

### Childhood

Nathan grew up incredibly athletic and was always one of the most popular kids in his grade, but always felt like a part of him was missing by having a Greek goddess as a mother that he couldn’t tell his friends about. Nathan wore the ring his mother had gotten him constantly, as it was his only connection to her, but was always too afraid to see what would happen if he took it off. Nathan’s father was always protective of Nathan , but knowing that Nathan was more powerful than he would ever be, figured that the best way to protect him would be to train with him. Starting in first grade, Clay taught his son boxing and hand to hand combat every day before school, took him to daily fencing lessons after school, and when those were done they would go to the archery range together. Nathan and his dad formed an incredibly close bond, training together all of the time. However, in second grade, Nathan’s ADHD and Dyslexia became more apparent, causing him to struggle in school (specifically English), but he pushed through and received Cs in English, history, and math and As in his other subjects. By the time he was eight, he was the top boxer from Canada in his age group and was nationally ranked.

### First Monster Attack

Nathan’s first encounter with a monster came when he was eight years old. He was in the locker room having just finished a basketball game. Nathan knew about his protector, another boy on his basketball team and a friend as well as a satyr, (Nathan's father figured out that he was satyr and told Nathan) however he and the rest of the team had already left. Being the captain, Nathan decided to stay after the game to practice for the playoffs, which were coming up in a week. Nathan was attacked by two harpies, who would jump him. Instinctively, having trained for this moment his whole life, and done extensive research on every kind of monster out there (thanks to his dad's obsession over Greek Myths ever since he met Nike), Nathan elbowed the harpy who had attacked him from behind, put her in a headlock, and with strength he didn’t even know he had, threw her against the lockers, denting them. He pinned the other harpy up against the wall and took off the ring he received from his mother. The ring would transform into a Celestial Bronze sword.

Even though he was stunned and shocked by what had just happened, Nathan kept focused on the fight. He decapitated the harpy and it turned to dust. The second harpy had recovered from being thrown and it charged at Nathan. Nathan swung his sword, which the harpy dodged by flying backwards. She flew up to the ceiling, and the dove down at Nathan claws stretched out. Nathan  dove to the side, recovered from his dive, and stabbed the harpy in the back. Even though Nathan  knew what he was, his father had told him this was going to happen to him eventually, and he was ready, Nathan was scared out of his mind. He didn’t know what to do, and knew that if his dad or his protector (his friend and basketball teammate) found out about the attack, he would be forced to go to Camp Olympia and separated from his father. Nathan decided not to tell anybody about the attack and went on with his life, pretending it never happened. He went home from the game that day as if all was normal.

### Second Attack and Coming to Camp

Nathan’s next encounter with monsters took place a year and six months later at The Canadian Tire Centre the day after his ninth birthday when he was at a professional basketball game with his dad and his friend Brian (his protector). His father, unable to see through the mist, had learned everything he possibly could about it in order to keep his son safe. He had learned that Hellhounds tend to look like poodles through the mist. Seeing three dogs, running down the aisles towards them, he quickly pointed them out to Brian, who confirmed they were Hell hounds. Brian took out a dagger (which he sneaked into the arena somehow) and Nathan took off his ring, and his ring transformed into its sword form. Nathan’s ather tackled one of the Hell hounds, wrestling with it, struggling to dodge its bite. Meanwhile, Nathan was struggling to keep the other two Hell hounds away from him. Nathan heard Brian yell something at him, while he was fighting off another Hell hound on the other side of their seats. Nathan's father broke the leg of the hell hound he was fighting, and it winced in pain. He gave him an uppercut to the mouth and ran over to his son in the other aisle. Together, Brian and Nathan killed the two Hell hounds. Nathan’s father and Brian wanted to take Nathan to Camp Olympia  then, as the crowd had stopped watching the game and was staring at them. As much as Nathan rotested, saying he wanted to live a normal life for a little while longer, he was in no shape to argue. He was exhausted, and being stared at by hundreds of people. He reached camp that evening, after a eight hour flight to California. He stayed in the Hermes Cabin for around five months, before getting claimed by Nike

## Personality

Nathan is very kind. He is a very good friend and is willing to give everyone a chance. is insanely loyal to his friends and cares about them deeply, like when he stopped Caspian from his fatal flaw. As school goes on, he even becomes reckless with his friends, like when he slammed a minor god into a wall for not healing Harper fast enough. Nathan is also a very good listener, listening to Chiron during activities and listening to his friends talk about their pasts or just things they loves. Because he is a son of Nike, he can get very competitive and he can get very angry and irritated sometimes when he loses any game, however, his competitive nature makes him a good tactician coming up with plans to win games. Nathan used to be very self conscious due to being bullied when he was young by his grandmother and his peers and would hide his fat, being self conscious about his body. He had extreme self hatred and low self esteem, made worse by when he went to Camp Olympia. He thought it was a mistake that Nike had claimed him as her son and that he only messed things up. Due to this, he would be very awkward and nervous, like when he snapped crackers while trying to give them to Harper. Even when he had accomplishments, he would feel unworthy.His low self esteem got better at the end of his first year at Camp Olympia. Another product of his low self esteem is fire. He would constantly worry about his lifeline once he found out about it and didn't tell anybody. He developed a fear of fire, made worse when his grandmother may have died in a fire. He began to conquer it throughout the year. Nathan also became more appreciative of his Chinese-Canadian heritage. As a child, Nathan would be annoyed by the stories and the superstitions his grandmother would tell, made worse by the racist bullies at this school. After he found out about his shape shifting powers, he became appreciative of his ancestors and heritage. Nathan has a bit of a nerdy streak, liking Mythomagic and winning French spelling bees. Nathan is a relaxed guy. He’s confident, somewhat cocky and sure of himself. He loves the outdoors and spends most days at camp with the horses, working in the strawberry fields or training at the gym.

### Fatal flaw

Nathan's fatal flaw is his inability to resist a challenge. He often seen as reckless and often leaps before he looks

## Appearance

Nathan has a large and stocky frame. He looks of Chinese-Canadian descent and has a babyish face with brown eyes and close-cropped black hair, which Caspian sometimes states seems out of place with his stout body and a military haircut. He is normally seen wearing a white Nike shirt, blue basketball shorts, and black, white, and gold Nike shoes. He also wears a laurel necklace around his neck

## Powers and Abilities

### Nike Kid Powers

* He has enhanced strength, speed, agility, and reflexes.
* He the power to manifest functional golden bird wings on his back.
* He is able to use any type of weaponry.
* He has the power of accelerated probability, or the power to see the various outcomes of certain situations and what choices one should make when confronted with those situations.
* He is faster than any other demigod child, including children of Hermes
* He can summon a Nikai, Nike's warriors.
* He has blessing manipulation. He can alter someone's blessing and can bless them with eternal success or failure.
* He can curse people of losing. He can also curse others with sickness or death
* Like his mother, he can teleport where there is victory.
* He can weave a golden spear like his mother.
* He can sense and remove hatred.
* He can burn souls like his grandmother Styx, but only after a victory if he chooses to
* He can manipulate curses of others, even gods and goddesses.
* He possesses a domain over athletics
* Nathan has the limited ability to change into any animal he wishes, mythical or real although the animal can't be completely out of the ordinary such as an elephant mixed with a lion. However, this ability is easier to use during times of danger and battle or if he knows the animal well. The animal itself is also much stronger if Nathan knows it well. Nathan has so far turned into an elephant, an eagle, a grizzly bear, a weasel, a seal, a dragon, a crow, an iguana, a snake, a koi goldfish, a dolphin, a gorilla, a bulldog, a rhinoceros, a swarm of bees, and a lion. As time goes on, Nathan's shape-shifting becomes more fluid and less tiring, as he could begin an attack in human form and finish as an animal

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Nathan's supernatural alertness and keen senses that keep her ready for, and alive, in battle
* Dyslexia: Nathan's brain is "hard-wired" for divine Ancient Greek instead of mortal languages.
* French (limited): Nathan can speak some Canadian French, having studied it in school, though he is not fluent. It is so different from Melody's Louisiana French that they can barely communicate.
* Chinese (limited): Nathan can speak and read some Chinese, though he is not fluent.
* Leadership: Despite having poor self esteem at the start, Nathan is shown to be an amazing leader
* Swordsmanship: Nathan is a natural sword user
* Fighting skills: Nathan is shown to have great fighting skills
* Physically enhanced: Being the son of Nike, Nathan is stronger than an average mortal and even an average demigod.
* Superhuman agility: Being a demigod, Nathan is more is more agile than the average mortal
* Superhuman durability: Being a demigod, Nathan is more durable than the average mortal
* Superhuman reflexes: Being a demigod, Nathan's reflexes are faster than an average mortal
* Willpower: Nathan has amazing amounts of will power
* Tactician: Nathan is shown to have great battle tactician

## Relationships

### Friends

#### The Jr. Olympians

The Jr. Olympians, or The JO, are some of Nathan's closest friends. Originally, it was made up consisting of the ten sons and four daughters of The Fourteen Olympians, but it later included some of the minor Olympians as well, (ex, Eris, Enyo, Hecate, Thanatos etc). They're a close tight group of friends and they are respected a lot by the camp

### Family

#### Nike

Nathan was only able to find out who their mother was after almost fourteen years of lies from his father. Since it's dangerous for gods to live with their mortal families, Nike was never in Nathan's life, the last time he saw her was when he was four. When Nathan got to Camp Olympia, he was greeted by his mother in a dream and loving embraced her friends

#### Clayson

The relations ship between Nathan and his father is unknown, for the most part, but Nathan does speak highly off him, so they could be on positive terms

## Etymology

The name Nathan has ties to both Nathaniel and Jonathan, with all three names meaning something similar to **“Gift of God” or “God has given.”** In the Old Testament, Nathan was a prophet and one of King David's sons; he acted as a messenger to King David and is considered one of Jesus' ancestors

Victor is both a given name and a surname. It is Latin in origin meaning **winner or conqueror**. Although not directly associated with a Biblical name, Victor is one of the earliest Christian names, borne (as Vittorio) by several saints and popes, symbolizing Christ's victory over sin and death

## Trivia

1. Nathan is a fourth-generation Chinese-Canadian, meaning that his family moved to Canada in the time of his great-grandparents
2. Ne is an exception among demigods as he is diagnosed with neither ADHD nor Dyslexia. Instead, he is lactose-intolerant. Unfortunately for him, he "loves ice cream, too."
3. Nathan’s favorite sport is softball
4. His shape shifting abilities may also be a Journey to the West reference, in which the Monkey King Sun Wukong (孙悟空）can also shape shift.
5. The ogres at Grandma Victor’s house who wanted to eat Nathan to gain his powers may be a reference to the Chinese legend the "Journey to the West" (西遊記) where monsters and demons wish to eat the flesh of the monk Tang Xuanzang (唐玄奘) to gain immortality
6. Among the Jr Council, he is one of many, who speaks a language not inherited from their respective godly parents, because Nathan can speak Canadian French and a little bit of Chinese. A few others are
	* Melody (Louisiana French)
	* Ryan (Spanish and morse code)
	* Max (Spanish)
	* Alexandra (Hawaiian)
7. His favorite meal for breakfast is a poached egg and bacon on toast with a glass of orange juice, which Harper (his former crush) made for him when he, Caspian, and Harper went to Grandma Victor’s house
8. When he got to camp and before he was claimed by Nike, he said he wished Athena would claim him