Magdalena Ramirez

Magdalena Ramirez is the seventeen year old Filipino Demigod daughter of Anagolay and Juan Sterling, later Adopted by Lorena Rameriz. She came to camp at fourteen years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Magda, Maggie, Lena, Anagolay, Lost Girl,

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Punta Cana, The Dominican Republic (Formerly)

## Family

### Adoptive/Step Family

* Lorena (Adopted mother)
* Gregory Costello (Adopted step father)
* Seth (Step brother)

### Biological Family

* Anagolay (Mother)
* Juan (Father)
* Apolaki and Dian Masalanta (Half-siblings)

## Items

### Weapons

Silver dagger enchanted to always come back to her

## Appearance

### Outfit

* White shirt
* Thin red sweater
* Black leggings
* Orange sneakers

## History

### Early Life

Magdalena Ramirez was born to Anagolay, goddess of lost things and Juan Sterling, on June 8, 2004 in Punta Cana, in The Dominican Republic. Juan Ramirez was only 19 when he sneaked in to a popular night life bar in Punta Cana. He worked as a mechanic at a small town auto shop near by the bar and was going with some older friends to hang out. He'd had a fake ID since he was 16 and used it to get admitted entry to the bar. Like many boys his age, he was looking to get into any trouble he could and maybe pick up a girl along the way. The girl that he inevitably picked up, led to events he couldn't have predicted. The woman that Juan met was gorgeous, everything that he could have dreamed of. She told him that her name was Anagolay, but would only say that she was from out of town and adventuring through the Caribbean. This was mostly true. Anagolay had gotten bored and was making her way all across the world as a challenge from her husband, Dumakulem. Juan didn't think too much of her story, they got a lot of weird tourists in this part of The DR. Their relationship continued over the course of a few weeks, remaining mostly physical, though the pair did manage to have some fun causing trouble for local neighborhoods. By the time that Anagolay decided to leave, Juan had been falling for her.

Determined to get over his summer mistress, Juan continued working at the auto shop, and causing trouble at local bars. Some time later, Anagolay returned, in the most inconvenient way possible: very far into a pregnancy and ready to give birth at any moment. Juan panicked and was ready to call an ambulance, but Anagolay stopped him insisting it wasn't needed. Within a few hours, a squalling baby girl was born and while Juan's back was turned, Anagolay had left a note and fled the scene. The note, described in detail who she was and why she couldn't stay or keep the baby. At only 20, and barely capable of taking care of himself Abel did the only thing he could think of: he called a family friend that lived nearby, Lorena Ramirez and explained the situation. He felt that Anagolay must have been crazy, not believing a word the letter said. He told Lorena that he didn't know what to do with the baby and didn't care if it was his, he just wanted to be rid of it.

Lorena was young herself, around the same age as Juan, though she wasn't as skeptical as he was. She had always believed in an ancient higher power, something beyond her knowledge and understanding and believed that sometimes, those powers left gifts. Against her better judgement, Lorena offered to take the baby in as her own. Juan agreed, leaving Lorena the baby, the blanket that she was wrapped in, and the letter that Anagolay had written. Lorena took the baby to the hospital to be registered and looked at and then took her home. She named her Magdalena Tadhana Ramirez and had a feeling that she was destined for greatness.

### Childhood

Magdalena was a fairly kind child, but had a knack for getting into mischief. When she was three, the only mother she had ever known, Lorena, got married to a not so nice marine by the name of Gregory Costello. Magdalena didn’t like Gregory in more than just a toddler’s sense of this person is new so I don’t like him. She didn’t like how horribly he treated her mother, but there was nothing that she could do about it being only 3. Age five was a big year for Magdalena. She gained a baby brother, Seth, and Gregory was stationed in Hawaii. Lorena chose to follow him, so the family packed up and moved to Oahu. A few weeks later, on her way home from school, Magdalena ran into a boy about her age, being beat up in an alleyway by a few older boys. This angered the young girl and she took it upon herself to save the kid. Despite her short frame, it didn’t take much. She learned that the kid’s name was Lucas, but not much else as he didn’t talk much. He looked skinny so she took him home and sneaked him food while her mother wasn’t looking.

This continued for quite a while, and Magdalena eventually learned that Lucas was a foster kid, and often went without food and had to hunt for it on his own. So Magdalena kept bringing him over after school to sneak him a meal or whatever scraps she could find. This wasn’t meant to last however, as Lorena soon found out. Gregory forbid other children in the house as he felt it was not his responsibility to take care of another’s child even if it was for only a few hours, but Lorena took pity on Lucas. She told the two kids that they had to stay in the yard, but that Lucas could still get their scraps and a hot meal as long as Gregory didn’t find out. Gregory worked a lot and it was a rather long time before he discovered Lucas’ presence. When he did, he attempted to scare Lucas off the property in the hopes that he would never return. Magdalena was severely punished for breaking rules, but this did not dissuade her. She was friends with Lucas now and that meant something. She was also determined to make Gregory’s life difficult no matter the cost. Her mischievousness rose, in the little ways such as mixing salt in with the sugar jar, disrupting morning coffee, moving the kitchen table three inches to the left, hiding all of Gregory’s left shoes, tying all of his ties together, and flushing the toilet while his shower was running, among other things. Magdalena also sought out Lucas again and they continued their friendship.

### Things Get Turbulent

At age 10, Magdalena's life got a little more turbulent. Her brother, Seth, who was 5, started to become a target for Gregory’s anger. In typical fashion, Magdalena decided that this could not be allowed. Other than causing more mischief at home, she decided that it was time to step her game up. She started taking fighting lessons after school, to learn to defend herself and her brother. Magdalena was a fast learner, and excelled in combat, more quickly than she gave herself credit for. As things got more chaotic at home, and Seth started school, Magdalena spent a lot more of her time with Lucas out of the house. Around age 11, she and Lucas were confronted by a Telekhine while walking along the beach, though they didn’t know it at the time. Between Magdalena's fighting skills, which she was teaching to Lucas in their free time, and Lucas’ growing brute strength, the Telekhine was taken out with minor scrapes and bruises received. After that, Magdalena and Lucas ran back to her house, with the former in a frenzied panic.

Luckily, Gregory wasn’t home at the time. Lorena took time to calm Magdalena and listened to the kids’ story. It was at that time that Lorena decided Magdalena should know the truth. She tried to send Lucas home, but he refused to leave. The older woman decided her energy was best spent elsewhere and Lorena brought out the letter that Juan had given her 11 years ago when Magdalena was born and told her the real story of her birth. The letter itself, Magdalena learned told the story of how her birth mother, Anagolay, apparently the Goddess of lost things, met her birth father, Juan. It also told her how she was born and where to go if things got chaotic. According to what Anagolay said, there was a place for kids like her, demigods, in California that was designed to protect and train her kind, but that meant leaving all she had known, her mother, her brother, and Lucas. Magdalena refused. She had taken down the Telkhine with ease, and decided that she could keep training to get stronger in case other monsters showed up. If things got too hard, well, the camp would be there later. In the meantime, no matter how much Lorena begged, her daughter refused to leave her family.

### Getting to Camp

This plan worked out splendidly for the next 3 years. Attacks didn’t come that often, once, maybe twice a year, but she and Lucas took them in stride. They were fortunate enough that most of the attacks they encountered were away from the house. The year that Magdalena turned 14, she was attacked three times. The third time, was at the end of the summer. She, Seth, and a stealthy Lucas, were camping in the backyard as a before school tradition. As they were sleeping, a Scythian Dracanae, swooped down on them and almost dragged Seth into the air. Seth claimed later that it had been a rabid bird that had attacked, but Magdalena and Lucas saw it for what it was. At the end of the fight, Seth had been knocked unconscious and Magdalena and Lucas were at the end of their ropes energy wise. At that point, Magdalena's resolve broke. She knew that the attacks were because of her, and now that her brother had been hurt, she didn’t want to endanger him even if it meant leaving. The next morning she packed to leave for Camp Olympia. Lucas insisted that he go with her, despite the fact that he wouldn’t be allowed inside the borders. She knew it was useless to try to persuade him, so she agreed. Lorena bought them a pair of plane tickets with emergency money that she had stashed aside and 9 hours later, Magdalena and Lucas landed in California. At the border of Camp Olympia, Magdalena stopped to say her goodbyes to Lucas. She insisted that this is where they had to part because mortals couldn’t cross the border. Lucas snorted and walked across just to prove that he could, unexpected to both of them, Lucas made it across and Magdalena jaw dropped in surprise. Magdalena was claimed by her mother and Lucas was claimed by Adrestia

## Personality

Magdalena is rebellious, if you hadn't already caught on. She's not exactly the type to have an opinion just to be contrary, but if you disagree with her, best believe she'll argue for her beliefs until the end of time. On that note, she is pretty closed-minded, especially for being such a rebel. Once she'd made up her mind about a topic, she sticks with it. As for her classes, Magdalena isn't really an over-achiever. She's more of the type to go low-effort and barely pass. Sometimes, rarely, she doesn't pass, too. It doesn't really matter to her anyway. She also frequently argues with her teachers, which gets her into trouble a lot. Speaking of the devil, Magdalena is quite a troublemaker. She's that girl who stands on tables in the cafeteria with a megaphone, shouting about the revolution and what-not. Magdalena is really sweet when you get to meet her, she's just a little intense. As soon as you get her talking, she'll begin a rant about one thing or another. The more timid students usually avoid her, not able to take her intensity. However, this leads people more fit for one of Magdalena's companions to be drawn to her. She's considered "edgy" a lot of the time, whether it's related to the movies she likes, the clothes she wears, or her general attitude. And Magdalena is very confident about most things. Her appearance, personality, thoughts, ideas, voice, name, anything you can think of that a person could be insecure about, she isn't. That's one of the reasons she's so against following her destiny, is that she doesn't think at all that she's ugly, and that's an issue for her destiny. If you try to insult her, she will have an insult ready to throw back at you with the kind of swagger only someone with no self doubts could muster. Being a rather opinionated and outspoken individual, Magdalena possesses a strength for expressing and articulating her thoughts to a very precise level. Speaking of thoughts, she displays a lack of fear when it comes to saying whatever is on her mind, however this is also identified as her exhibiting a lack of restraint whenever it comes to expressing her opinions. Because of her youth, which attributes to her inherent callowness, Magdalena may sometimes be too outspoken and speak her mind a bit too much. At the moment she’s currently learning to discipline herself more when it comes to her habit of freely speaking her mind, however she can be quite stubborn in this aspect of her character and believes there’s nothing wrong with being “too opinionated”. Though Magdalena may be stubborn, she’s anything but an insolent child. If it were she writing this analysis on her character, Magdalena herself would adamantly decline being described as “stubborn” and prefer being described as “determined” instead. However, seeing as she isn’t the one writing, it’s safe to describe her as a balance of both extremes (even if the two words are essentially synonyms). She shows determination in various aspects in her life, such as her success in her high school career or even her own happiness. However, her stubbornness becomes apparent whenever she’s in strife with her family members or having petty conflicts with friends. She’s usually also unyielding in her beliefs, which makes her a person whose mind is difficult to change or convince of other things. One other aspect of Magdalena’s character is her radiant cheeriness, which is elevated by her bright smile. Overall she has a sunny disposition and always seems to lift other individuals’ spirits whenever she’s present. It is significant to note that her happiness is deeply treasured by her, and it is something she’s absolutely determined to keep and maintain. Needless to say, she’s adamant in her quest in not allowing anyone or anything from keeping her from her happiness. In fact, she’s of the particular belief that she’s truly deserving of true happiness. She’s highly focused on achieving such happiness, no matter the obstacles that obstruct her way. Magdalena is fiercely loyal to those she cares about, and becomes a down right menace to those who upset or wrong her. She has a strong sense of right and wrong and will stand up for what she believes is right with unmoving, fiery, stubbornness. Her behavior in general tends to err on the chaotic side. While being typically peppy and light hearted, she craves to be in the midst of unstable situations. Because of this, the battlefield is one of her favorite places. In her down time, she loves to be active and pull pranks. She is impulsive, and rarely thinks before she speaks or acts. Magdalena is also a hot head, but despite this, once she blows up and is given time to sizzle she prefers to talk things out. She's not what one would call bookish, though she does enjoy reading, she would rather be sparring in the ring, or playing a sport.

### Fatal flaw

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

## Appearance

Magdalena is often described as a young and beautiful looking seventeen year old girl of Dominican-Filipino descent. She is described as having smooth bronze tanned skin, long wavy light brown hair, and shining blue eyes. She is often seen wearing wearing a white shirt, a thin red sweater, orange sneakers, and black leggings

## Powers and Abilities

### Anagolay Kid Powers

* She has the power to find anything that a person has lost.
* She can teleport to any person or location, instead of just teleporting to a place like most teleporters. She does not necessarily have any emotions for the person she wishes to go to and can teleport to them with relative ease no matter where they happen to be.
* She can blend into her surroundings no matter what she is wearing.
* She can go invisible.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Magdalena's supernatural alertness and keen senses that keep her ready for, and alive, in battle
* Filipino: She can speak Filipino/Tagalog being taught by her friends
* Spanish: Being raised in The Dominican Republic, she can speak fluent Spanish
* Finding Skills: She can find things easily
* Sneakiness: She is known to be very sneaky
* Persuasion: She can be very persuasive
* Dagger usage: She is skilled with a dagger
* Superhuman strength: Like most demigods, Magdalena is much stronger than most mortals
* Superhuman durability: Like most demigods, Magdalena is much more durable than most mortals
* Superhuman agility: Like most demigods, Magdalena is much more agile than most mortals
* Superhuman reflexes: Magdalena has shown to have much stronger reflexes

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Diana Silver

Both Diana and Maggie are known for being mischievous and rebellious so natural they would get along great. They both like to cause mischief with the other demigods and play pranks to their friends

### Family

#### Anagolay (Mother)

Magdalena doesn't know her mother all that well, but she does know that Anagolay is watching over her

#### Juan (Father)

Maggie doesn't know her biological father, Juan Sterling, since he gave Magdalena to her adopted mother, Lorena Ramirez.

## Etymology

The mellifluous name Magdalena is a feminine title of Greek origin, meaning **“woman from Magdala.”**

Ramírez is a Spanish-language patronymic surname of Germanic origin, meaning **"son of Ramiro"**

Her biological last name, Sterling, means **"a name given to Hanse merchants"**

## Trivia

1. Her middle name is Tadhana, meaning **“destiny”** or **“fate.”**
2. Her biological name would be Magdalena Sterling
3. She is a Gemini
4. She is good at finding lost things
5. Her favorite song is Lost Boys by Ruth B
6. Her silver dagger is enchanted to never get lost and to always come back to her hand
7. Her greatest fear is getting lost
8. Her favorite color is light pink