Phoenix Yun

Phoenix Yun is the seventeen year old Korean Demigod child of Jowangshin and Duri Yun. They came to camp at twelve years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Nix, Fifi, Phoe, Enix, Oe, Nick, Nicky, Nickie, Jowangshin, The Fire Wiccan

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Anaheim, California (Formerly)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Black shirt with a fire design
* White hoodie
* Black jeans
* Gray shoes

## History

### Early Life

Phoenix Yun was born to Jowangshin, goddess of fire and the hearth and Duri Yun in Anaheim, California on September 16, 2004. Phoenix's father, Duri Yun, met Jowangshin at a wicca convention. Duri Yun was a very prominent man in wicca society, despite not being worshiped or prayed to by any of the religion’s followers. Duri chose Jowangshin out of the crowd and asked if she could do a spell with any of the following ingredients in front of her: a white candle, a glass of water, sage, a ceremonial dagger, and a ruby. Jowangshin looked at Duri and laughed, grabbing the ceremonial dagger and dragging it across her palm. Ichor flowed out of Jowangshin's veins and dripped on the floor as Duri stood there in shock. He immediately asked her to come to his room and show him the spell as to how she made her blood turn gold. She told him it was not possible, but she could make his child be partially like her. He accepted the offer, and Phoenix was conceived. Nine months later, Phoenix was dropped off at the Yun manor, along with a note. “Here is your half-blood child, if you don’t know what I mean, teach him magic. -Ji-eun (the convention girl)”

### Childhood

Phoenix had a fairly normal childhood, if you discount him learning wicca as a religion and his father teaching him wicca spells. The spells never worked, however. Once, there was an accident during Phoenix's learning of the wiccan spells. He messed up the ritual and his father stopped teaching him spells and started teaching him about the components of wicca. Phoenix didn’t find out that he was abnormal until he was practicing fighting at age eleven and accidentally charged his sword, causing his father to fall on his back with smoke rising from his clothes. After he recovered, he taught him about his mother, Jowangshin. Who told Duri Yun who she really was when Phoenix turned ten. Jowangshin thought it was crucial that Phoenix learned how to defend himself against monsters, wanting her child to stay alive but not to interfere directly. But then again, that was also the time that Phoenix started to realize that he was not exactly male. They told their dad and he accepted them, Duri telling Jowangshin in a letter. Jowangshin changed the pronouns in the letters after that to Phoenix's preferred pronouns: he/they.

### Monster Encounter

Phoenix's first monster attack didn’t come until they were twelve, but by then they had only been training for two years and they definitely weren’t an expert. Phoenix was practicing with some bows and arrows in the backyard when all of a sudden a harpy flew out from the trees and flew towards them. The harpy told they were a disgrace to children of the gods, and Phoenix was confused, but it enraged them. They started shooting arrows at the flying creature and whenever it got low enough, slashing with their dagger. In the end of the fight, they suffered from some minor wounds like cuts and bruises, but won. Their father had never told them who their mom was, just that their mom was special. Phoenix had been on the run from monsters ever since, especially since a fire breathing horse had caught their family home on fire and killed their dad. They had been trying not to run into anymore harpies that said they were a disgrace, when they ran across a harpy nest. Phoenix broke all of the harpies’ eggs and was shifting through the nest to see what they could find when they found the bismuth staff. Phoenix was drawn to it, the bismuth looking extremely beautiful in the sunlight. 검 지팡이 (geom jipang-i) sword wand, it had said engraved in the wood. Phoenix immediately picked it up and ran out of the forest, trying not to let a harpy see the bismuth staff.

### Getting to Camp

They finally found Camp Olympia after running into a satyr that and almost killing said satyr. The satyr had pleaded for his life, to which Phoenix reluctantly obeyed. The satyr told Rowan that he could lead the child of the gods to a camp for demigods just like them. Of course, Phoenix had heard that term spoken by several monsters, but had no clue about what it meant. The satyr decided to lead Phoenix to Camp Olympia and to Zoe, who would most likely explain nothing to them, but it was worth a try. Phoenix was later claimed by their mother.

## Personality

Phoenix is a pyromaniac and the definition of teen angst. They're basically that teen who says they hate their parents and listens to rock in their room. Moody and edgy, they spend most of their time writing depressing and edgy songs, which no one has heard. They are surprisingly good. Phoenix has a lot of anger issues and can get very physical when antagonized. They get in detention a lot for starting fights, but haven't been expelled yet, surprisingly enough. They have a lot of deep rooted issues that resulted from their past and even their future, since they know they're going to die young, and find it frustrating, so they lashes out at the authority figures in their life. Phoenix is surprisingly sensitive, and when the right words are said, they can easily start crying. They have a somewhat gentle side, which is expressed with young kids and animals. Phoenix has difficulties dealing with their negative emotions, particularly their anger. They are frustrated with the fact that their future has them and all their friends dying at young ages, and how even though everyone (or at least the adults) say they “feel sorry for him” and that they “wish [they] could stop it,” they never seem to even try. They’re still the ones to make all this happen. This has made Phoenix skeptical of adults and authority figures. It made them mad. Another problem Phoenix faces is a troubled home life, which hasn’t helped matters at all, and has only made things worse. They used to deal with this anger by basically bullying other campers and getting into fights. They would get in detention a lot, and still do on occasion. It isn’t as bad as it was in their 1st year, but they are still easy to provoke. At least now they have other students like Bea and Horizon to stop him from acting on his impulses. Luckily, Phoenix has found a few coping mechanisms. They ended up joining the Boxing Team during their 2nd year on the suggestion of Zoe. It has been incredibly helpful in their healing process, and though it can’t solve all their problems, they've found a support net and a way to take their anger out in a productive manner that doesn’t get them into fights. It’s also taught them a bit of self defense, which has made them feel safer and calmed them down in a way since he feels like they're in less danger and can somewhat defend himself. Since he has a passion for animals, Phoenix also spends a lot of time on them to wind down and cool off. The pet they got as a gift is practically his emotional support animal, and may actually be registered as one at this point. A solution they don't use often, but was suggested to them once, is to eat an ice cube whenever he starts to get a little too mad to control. This is based off of a real technique used to ease anxiety attacks. In their new home, music is very important. Phoenix is very invested in the punk fashion subculture, and has looked into a variety of different fashion subcultures (that have often resulted from music) like punk, goth, and emo. They can explain the differences and traits that make up these subcultures, and though they identify as punk, they are willing to go emo at times. Goth can be for special occasions, especially classical Victorian goth. Phoenix especially loves punk rock and general rock, finding the straightforwardness of it to be admirable. They privately write songs regarding their emotions and whatever they're thinking about, whether it be their frustration with their parentage, their rebellious nature, their home life, their depression, or problems happening in life. They manage to connect better with some other kids because of their love for music. Phoenix needs fire to stay warm, and since their home was very cold, they grew up sleeping near a fireplace. Phoenix finds fire to be fascinating. “Fire is almost alive, in a way. It requires food to burn, and it’s so full of energy. Yes, it can be dangerous, but it can also be calming and safe, like a light in the dark, warmth in the cold, a tool to make food. It reminds me of home.”

### Fatal flaw

Phoenix's fatal flaw is their loyalty. He would do anything for his friends even if it meant he had to die

## Appearance

Phoenix is described as a young looking non-binary seventeen year old of Korean-American descent. They are described as looking slightly masculine, being AMAB, but he is described with light auburn hair that reaches the nape of their neck, light skin, and fire orange eyes. He is also described wearing a shirt with a fire design, black jeans, gray shoes, and white hoodie.

## Powers and Abilities

### Jowangshin Kid Powers

* He has the ability of pyrokinesis, or fire manipulation.
* He has the ability to influence and control lava, magma, and volcanic activity.
* Because his mother is the god of the hearth, he can protect his friends using the hearth, whether electric or natural.
* He can infuse objects (usually a weapon), beings or powers with fire.
* He can increase the heat of fire to the point it turns white.
* He can sense heat, flames, lighting and metal, akin to thermal vision.
* He has the ability, albeit more limited than his mother, to look into the past of an individual and know the history of that individual, as well as information of their family (He can look back at that individual's history as far as 10 years prior to their current age).
* He not only has the ability to summon edible food with the snap of his fingers or can turn an ingredient into a meal (e.g he can turn one egg into an omelet), but he is also exceptional at cooking.
* Phoenix is also masterful when it comes to on-the-fly cooking, with the taste of a home-cooked meal. If they use the ability of conjuring food out of nothing 10 times, he has to wait one hour to use it again otherwise he'll drop from exertion.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Like most demigods, they possess inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that they use to analyze the fighting style of their opponent.
* Korean: Phoenix was raised on both English and Korean from their father, so he can speak Korean fluently
* Swordsmanship: He is skilled with a sword
* Magic Usage: His father raised him on the Wiccan culture and religion, and he is skilled at using magic
* Flexibility: They are rather flexible
* Cooking skills: He is a skilled cooker
* Superhuman durability: As a demigod, Phoenix is more durable than a regular human being
* Superhuman strength: As a demigod, Phoenix is much stronger than the average mortal
* Superhuman Reflexes: As a demigod, Phoenix reflexes are greater than the average mortal
* Superhuman Agility: As a demigod, Phoenix is more agile than the average mortal

### Spells

Phoenix can cast these spells

* 마법의 책 소환 (mabeob-ui chaeg sohwan)-Makes Phoenix's spell book appear
* 불 (bul)-Fire Spell
* 밝은 불 (balg-eun bul)-Even hotter and can't be extinguished with water.
* 추운 (chuun)-Ice Spell.
* 번개 (beongae)-Lightning Spell
* 천상의 번개 (cheonsang-ui beongae)-Stronger version of the lightning spells
* 고스트메신저 (goseuteumesinjeo)-Summons ghost that can send messages to people.
* 소환 (sohwan)-Summons whatever object the caster thinks of.
* 폭발 (pogbal)-Explosion spell
* 중력에 대하여 (junglyeog-e daehayeo)-Reverses gravity in a certain area for a short amount of time.
* 지진 (jijin)-Starts an earthquake
* 지진을 멈추다 (jijin-eul meomchuda)-Ends an earthquake.
* 잠 (jam)-Puts the target to sleep.
* 소음기 (so-eumgi)-Muffles the targets words.
* 결속된 삶 (gyeolsogdoen salm)-Bonds to lives together (whatever bodily injury happens to one affects the other).
* 적에게 환상 (jeog-ege hwansang)-Creates illusionary people that can distract enemies.
* 천천히 시들다 (cheoncheonhi sideulda)-Makes the target wither away very slowly.
* 어둠 (eodum)-Covers the area in a large shadow.
* 빛을 흡수 (bich-eul heubsu)-Absorbs light making the casters magic stronger.
* 그림자 팔 (geulimja pal)-Creates shadow arms that can grab things.
* 죽은 자를 살리다 (jug-eun jaleul sallida)-This spell requires a group of people to cast. It channels the groups life force into a dead person, reviving them. Majority of the time this spell results in the group dying. It has never actually been used.
* 보호하다 (bohohada)-Creates a protective ethereal protective veil of energy that looks like a mini aurora borealis.
* 비끼다 (bikkida)-Deflects projectiles.
* 스네이크 스피릿 (seuneikeu seupilis)-Summons a ethereal snake spirit that can attack enemies.
* 커플츠 저주 (keopeulcheu jeoju)-The Couplets curse, a spell similar to the Apollo's curse

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Octavia Baker

Phoenix is rather close with the daughter of the magic goddess herself. Octavia helps Phoenix prefect his spells and Phoenix often expresses his gratitude by teaching Octavia how to cook

### Family

#### Jowangshin (Mother)

While Phoenix has never met their mother, their father has said that Jowangshin was a wonderful person and Phoenix chooses to believe this. Unbeknownst to them, Jowangshin loves her child. The goddess immediately accepted Phoenix for being Non-binary, and is proud of their accomplishments

#### Duri (Father)

Phoenix's and Duri's relationship is pretty unknown, but mostly positive. Duri immediately accepted Phoenix for being Non-binary and is pretty protective over them and writes to them while they're at camp

## Etymology

Gender-neutral and of Greek origin, Phoenix has long been associated with the mighty mythological bird who rises from the ashes in splendor. Emerging from the Greek phoinix, the name means **"dark red"** or **"crimson"**

Yun (윤) is a common family name in Korea, which means **"governor"**

## Trivia

1. Phoenix is the only known Korean Demigod
2. They are the second known person to identify as Non-Binary, with Horizon Rhodes being the second
	1. Their only differences are that Phoenix was born a boy while Horizon was born a girl
3. While their mother is a fire goddess, Phoenix also practices magic, and his spells are in Korean
	1. Phoenix is also the second known person who's spells are in a different language. Ivory is the second with her spells being in Irish
4. He is a Virgo
5. He is Gay
6. He is 5'4
7. He is found of the Musicals In The Heights and Be More Chill
8. He loves to stare at fire claiming it's "Warm and pretty and gets rid of evidence... everything you want in a boyfriend"