Nerissa Hampton

Nerissa Hampton is a seventeen year old Yoruba Demigod daughter of Yemọja and Neptune Hampton. She came to camp at fourteen years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Nessa, Neri, Isa, Mermaid, Mermaid lady, Ocean Girl, Fish, Little Fish, Yemọja

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Hilo, Hawaii (Formerly)

## Appearance

### Outfit

NORMAL FORM* Teal jacket
* Black shirt with a wave like design on it
* Light blue skirt with bubbles on it
* Sea green boots
* Sometimes a loose fitting sea green blouse

## History

### Early Life

Nerissa Hampton was born to Yemọja, goddess of Creation, water, moon, motherhood, rivers, lakes, streams, mermaids, wells, pregnant women, fishermen, shipwreck survivors and Neptune Hampton, on June 7, 2004 in Hilo, Hawaii. It was a night out for Neptune and his friends. They were out at a party in Hilo, when, Neptune had forgot his wallet. So, he quickly runs back to his apartment around a kilometre away. However, on the way, he saw a confused woman (he thought so) looking at the moon, which sparkled lovely in the ocean. He could see through the mist. She was asking for directions to the NASA station. Neptune just laughed and told her that NASA wasn't nearby. Yemọja then notices that Neptune was clear-sighted. Yemọja then explains about the gods and everything to Neptune. He is shocked at this. However, he is madly in love with her. So, they have an affair. After Nine-Months or so, Neptune was out at another party, thinking of Yemọja, when suddenly, Yemọja turns up to him and tells him to come with her. He obliges, and he sees the little girl in the pram. He finds her beautiful. Yemọja said to take care of their daughter, as she couldn't. Neptune named his daughter, Nerissa Amaris Hampton.

### Childhood

Nerissa grew up like most other normal children. She went to public-school like everyone else. She did not know that she is a demi-god. She grew up a beautiful child, with curly brown hair that every other girl in her class would admire. She was popular, and she was smart. However, Nerissa loved looking at the ocean, especially when the moon was full and shining over the ocean. She did not know why this would be, at the time, but her father says, "You will know at some point."

### A Message From A Goddess

At the age of fourteen, things had been going well for her. She had good grades and was currently at a friends house. While she was at her friends' house, Yemọja suddenly knocked on Neptune's door. Neptune, thinking it's a person selling something he was not interested in, went to answer the door and say to go away. However, he opens the door and saw Yemọja, looking exactly the same. He was delighted. He thought she was coming to stay. However, he thought wrong. Neptune let Yemọja in and she told him all about Camp Olympia, and that it was necessary for Nerissa to go there, so that she could learn her skills, and that she would not be attacked by monsters, because she was around the age of being attacked. However, Neptune didn't like the idea, because he loved his daughter and he didn't want to let her go, that was for when she went to college.

Yemọja begged and begged to him and said that Nerissa's life would be in danger otherwise. After an hour, Neptune finally agreed to this. Then, Neptune woke up from this dream. He still thinks this happened in real-life, however, Yemọja made him unconscious. Neptune went over to the friends house and got Nerissa. Nerissa could tell that he had bad-news. He always had that straight-face when he had bad news. They arrived home around 30 minutes later and Nerissa saw a satyr. This is not possible, she thinks, satyrs are only in myths...Her father told her to sit down, and the satyr would explain. The satyr explained all about Camp Olympia and how Yemọja was her godly parent. Instead of freaking out like her father expected, Nerissa was extremely excited, thinking that it was cool, and said she would go. However, she missed her father too much so she goes back to him in the fall, but stay for the rest of the seasons. After a lot of goodbye's and tears, Nerissa left with her suitcase. Then the satyr and Nerissa traveled to Camp Olympia with no attacks. She was later claimed by her godly mother.

## Personality

Unlike many of her relatives, Nerissa never had much of an interest in the ocean. Heck, she's never even really had much interest in with human. Instead, she's had a fascination with the sky and stars and all that was above. This love she's been fostering for sixteen years has certainly shaped her in many more ways than one. Generally keeping to herself and her notes, Nerissa grew up to be distant, yet a wide-eyed optimistic, always being very hopeful for the future. Above all else, Nerissa is a dreamer. She has huge hopes and aspirations for the future and many, many plans for what she wants to do. All throughout her childhood, Nerissa was constantly talked down to told her dreams were simply impossible and she'd never get where she'd always wanted to be. She never let that put her down and has persisted with her goals, the same ones she's had since she was still a tiny child. Still, Nerissa is very much a doer. She's dedicated and goal oriented and will stop at nothing until she achieves whatever it is. With her limited time on land, Nerissa plans to do as much as she can- discover as much as she can, visit as many places as she can, do anything as much as she can. However, she can be very one-track-minded and tends to forget about her surroundings and other things she has to do when she's focused on one task. Nerissa is very much an optimist. She's the friend everyone tends to go to for reassurance when things are getting out of control- "don't worry, everything is going to be okay, I promise you!" is something Nerssia says a lot. She hopes for the best and... Well, plans for the best. As much as Nerissa is very happy-go-lucky, she's very much in denial that things could be bad. She's blinded by her optimism in a sense and won't accept that bad outcomes are possible. She sees that the facts are laid out, and despite being a very scientifically minded demigod, she sometimes refuses to face the facts and stays in her own little optimist bubble. While Nerissa does want to spend her time on land to the fullest, she's very much a rule stickler. She wants to keep a good track record (partially because she hopes a clean record will help her get into a good college) and is very much a goodie two fins (yes, I love that joke). She tries to just keep herself in line and doesn't like being that annoying kid constantly calling someone out on even the slightest deviation of a rule, but still often acts as the impulse control for some of her friends. Nerissa is very intelligent and tends to act like she knows it all, despite the fact that she... doesn't exactly know it all. Nerissa was often told by her mothers how smart she was and she exceeded in a lot of her classes, and while the praise didn't exactly build her ego, it seems to have given her more of a false sense that she was going to one day be some Albert Einstein or something. Nerissa is sorta aware of that fact that she tends to come off as a know it all, often correcting people and people pointing her out for it, but she seems to have a hard time defeating helping some and rubbing her intelligence in others faces. Nerissa could very easily be described as a stereotypical nerd, which isn't entirely false, but certainly not entirely true. She tends to keep to herself and her books, but that's simply because she enjoys it, and it's something she's passionate about! She may keep her distance most of the time, but Nerissa truly loves people and enjoys hearing everyone's stories. She's very excitable and types with a lot of "!!!!!". Is somebody's typing habits the best indicator of personality? Maybe not the best, but it's definitely important.

### Fatal flaw

Nerissa's fatal flaw is her impatience. She hates waiting for things for too long and gets really upset when she has to. She normally loves to do everything supper fast, but is somewhat trying to learn how be more patient

## Appearance

Nerissa is often described as a very beautiful seventeen year old African American girl. She is described as having beautiful mid length curly brown hair that fades to a blue color, with smooth dark skin and sea-green eyes. Because her mom is the goddess of mermaids, she has two forms. In her human form, she is often seen wearing a teal jacket, a black shirt with a wave like design on it, a light blue skirt with bubbles on it, and sea green boots. As a mermaid, her hair is the same and she wears a loose fitting sea green blouse and her tail is a light blue fading into a much darker blue. She also has a tendency to wear gold and shiny necklaces/accessories

## Powers and Abilities

### Yemọja Kid Powers

* Because her mother is the goddess of Creation, she can create inanimate objects/items, such as weapons and platforms, either from nothing, by using existing matter or energy, or through other immaterial sources.
* Because her mother is the goddess of water and all things related to water, she has hydrokinesis (ability to manipulate water)
* She can communicate with sea creatures.
* She can breathe underwater
* She can sense the difference between fresh and sea water
* She can use water to heal wounds, either hers own or others
* She can see in the dark while underwater.
* She is able to create underwater bubbles so that her friends can breathe underwater.
* She is able to harden water to form shields or solid ground to walk on.
* She can control liquid
* She can travel through water vapor and mist.
* She can inflict and heal seasickness from people.
* She can manipulate sea foam
* She can control waves
* She can turn into a mermaid, which enhances her abilities over the water.
* As her mother is the goddess of the moon, she can use the moonlight as a means of teleportation and appear anywhere so long as moonlight can shine in that location, known as "lunar-traveling" which functions identically to shadow traveling
* She possesses lunakinesis, manipulation of the moon and its' light
* She can use the moon's rays to enhance her powers
* She can create miniature moons that can blind enemies for a short time.
* As her mother is the goddess of motherhood and pregnant women
* She can make a woman with kids remember her childbirth and her time spent with her baby
* She can figure out the gender of an unborn baby
* She can figure out if someone is an offspring of someone else.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Like most demigods, Nerissa possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that she uses to analyze the fighting style of her opponent.
* Swimming Skills: Given that her mother is an ocean goddess, Nerissa is a great swimmer, this skill is amplified when in her mermaid form
* Fighting Skills: Nerissa is a good fighter, both on land and in the ocean
* Singing Skills: Nerissa is known to be a great singer
* Astronomy Knowledge: Nerissa knows a lot about astronomy
* Knife Usage: Nerissa is skilled with a knife as it's her main weapon
* Superhuman strength: Like most demigods, Nerissa is much stronger than most mortals
* Superhuman durability: Like most demigods, Nerissa is much more durable than most mortals
* Superhuman agility: Like most demigods, Nerissa is much more agile than most mortals
* Superhuman reflexes: Nerissa has shown to have much stronger reflexes

## Relationships

### Friends

#### The Seven Seas

For Nerissa it is *extremely* hard to pick a friend when she's with the Seven Seas. She's close with every one in the group. She loves swimming with them, but most of the group is a bit jealous over the fact that she can turn into a mermaid, but other than that, she's cool with them.

### Family

#### Yemọja (Mother)

Nerissa has a pretty good relationship with her mother. Yemọja is pretty protective over Nerissa since she is her only child. Nerissa often visits her mother in the ocean and they have mother-daughter days

#### Neptune (Father)

Nerissa is very close with her father, a man named Neptune Hampton. Her father loves to take Nerissa out to star-gaze and swim at the beach. Nerissa often writes to her father while she's at camp

## Etymology

The name Nerissa is girl's name of Greek origin meaning **"from the sea"** or **"sea Nymph"**

Hampton is a surname which originates from a number of forenames (mainly Norman), **'Hamon'or 'Haim'** meaning **'home'**, a similar Old German word **'Hamundr'** means **'high protection'.**

## Trivia

1. Nerissa's favorite book is Marikit and the Ocean of Stars
2. Her middle name Amaris means Moon as her mother is a moon goddess
3. She is 5'7
4. She believes in Soul Mates
5. She is Aromantic
6. Nerissa is half-mermaid, getting this trait from her mother
7. Her father's name is Neptune, after the roman god of the Sea
8. She has a fear of sharks