Angel Colby

Angel Colby is a seventeen year old Māori Demigod Son of Hine-Nui-Te-Pō and Evangel Colby. He came to camp at thirteen years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Ange, Angie, Angelino, Angu, Angy, Anny, Chelito, Chibi, Nova, Star Boy, Stellar, Hine-Nui-Te-Pō, My Shining Star (By Kayden)

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Kaikōura, New Zealand (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Hine-Nui-Te-Pō (Mother)
* Evangel (Father)
* Tahu-kumea, Tahu-whakairo, Tahu-otiatu, and Tahu-kumea-atepo (Half-siblings)
* Tiki and Haumia-tiketike (Uncles)
* Te Mōnehu (Cousin)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Normally a space/star aesthetic
* Black shirt with multicolor stars on it
* Jeans
* Purple and white varsity jacket

## History

### Early Life

Angel Colby was born to Hine-Nui-Te-Pō, goddess of the underworld, night, stars, sky, and death and Evangel Colby on September 18, 2004 in Kaikōura, New Zealand. Years ago in a small town in New Zealand, Evangel Colby was a young librarian who loved to gaze at the stars. One night while he was out observing the skies, Evangel was interrupted by a young woman who walked up. They conversed well into the star cycle and then they agreed to meet up again for another star gazing trip out in the woods. Evangel made it to their meeting area at the specified time and set up. When she arrived he was dumbstruck by her beauty. She looked like she was sparkling with all the stars of the night sky. She took his hand and led him into the camp. And soon after they were finished Evangel fell to sleep. When he awoke the next morning the beautiful woman was gone. He was greatly sorrowed but simply went back to his books. And some three months later the woman re appeared on his doorstep bearing a young boy. Evangel took the child from her arms and she said, "His name is Angel. Give this to him when he is ready." And with that she rested a pair of rings on the baby boys bundle

### Childhood

Angel was raised on spearfishing and the feeling of sand between his toes. Raise on the seaside New Zealand town of Kaikōura, often spearfishing with his grandfather and listening to his mother tell him stories of both myth, mystery and experience. His family, which was of strong Maori descent, was quite familiar and culturally connected to their ancestors, almost never speaking a word of English unless it was to converse with the locals. Though his grandfather was gruff and distant, he was clearly quite secretly quite affectionate of his mirthful little grandson, who would trip on every rockpool and crevasse in the rocks whenever they went spearfishing. His grandmother, on the other hand, was a warm old woman, with more joy and optimism than she was given credit for. Angel's father was the only son between the two, as Angel's grandmother suffered complications during his birth and didn't want to try for another child in order to keep her health in check. But nonetheless, they had a healthy relationship with their only son.

He helped the family get by, and took a gruffly affectionate turn on his motherless son, though he never shed light on who his mother was. Angel was constantly regarded as a little ball of mirth and happiness by both strangers and his own family, often seen sunbathing on the sand after a long swim in the sea, clambering up a small cliff with her fat little hands without a sign of struggle or discomfort or crouching down with his palms on his knees staring into a rock pool. Angel's grim, cruel-mannered mother, though, saw that this child should mature quickly into a young man, and train for an oncoming disaster in his future. She had been exposed to cruel conditions her entire life, having been forced to marry her father and produce a child she later killed out of shame. She sometimes quarreled with the family to train him - acquaint Angel with the feeling of grief, as she foresaw darkness in her son's future. And that would come soon enough.

### A Cruel Life

When Angel was eleven, his grandfather caught an illness that threatened his life. His grandmother insisted her son and grandson leave, but they both refused. Irapera Colby soon passed away from an illness she contracted shortly after nursing her husband, and died much quicker than her husband due to her frail health. This brought both the remaining family members grief beyond measurement. Their ashes were scattered in the sea, and were soon washed out against the foam. Barely anyone attended their funerals, only Angel, Evangel, and a few close family friends. The family, unable to grasp ownership of their land at the beach any longer, moved into the city farther inland with barely any foundation to build their broken life upon.

His father managed to scrape enough money to get a job overseas in Connecticut, however, but Angel found it horrid that they had to leave. His father, heaving with the heavy burden of grief, was burnt out and exhausted. He barely had any time for Angel. And when they finally left, Angel was constantly the new kid, constantly moving between schools and messing up in each one of them. His father began to get more and more irritated with him, sometimes not even acknowledging him at all. And when he died as a result of an overdose of medication he took to maintain control over his decreasing mental health, Angel was left the only surviving child of the Colby family. Fortunately, he wasn't left in the foster system for very long, only half a year. He eventually found home with a widowed, 54 year old woman (named Jolene Williams) whose children had all grown up and left for college and work. Jolene treated Angel with affection, something he hadn't felt in a while ever since he left his home.

### Going to Camp

Angel had been living with his new mom, he had begun improving in school. At the age of twelve years old, Angel was ran into his first and only monster attack. True, he's not a *Greek* demigod, but he did encounter a Greek monster. A few days, after his twelfth birthday, he was attacked by a harpy. Because he had no weapons, he choose to run away, and ended up hiding in the shadows of an ally way. Soon, a satyr found him and killed the harpy. The satyr explained that Angel was most likely a demigod, but Angel didn't believe him. The satyr and Angel went back and fourth arguing with each other, until Angel was convinced and could tell the satyr was telling the truth. They decided to wait until Angel was thirteen to take him to camp Olympia, just in case any more attacks happened. Fortunately, no attacks happened and a few days after Angel had turned thirteen, the satyr explained to Jolene that Angel would have to go to camp. Jolene, though very sad, new that it was for the greater good. She gave her son a tight hug and Angle promised to write to his mother. After a very long flight to California, Angel was able to make it to camp in one piece without any attacks. He was later claimed by his mother.

## Personality

Despite being arguably one of the strongest people at Camp, Angel is a relatively passive person. He never goes out of his way to fight others on quests. However, Angel has a sense of justice, only getting involved if he is attacked first or feels as if someone needs to be put in their place. Angel is a sultry, pugnacious, fierce and passionate teenager with a powerful aura. He truly has a boundless dedication to whatever he does, and though he is a massive killjoy at most times, possibly because of his precocious maturity having grown up much too early, he can take a joke. He is honest to a fault, always ready to make sure he communicates exactly what he thinks and feels. But this can result in him voicing some difficult truths, resulting in his rather poor reputation. Angel doesn't take disrespect lightly, and does have some cruel mannerisms whenever he is faced with it. His wrath is a storm not many can prepare for. Many people tend to distance themselves from him in fear of his sharp tongue, a weapon many have come to fear. But Angel is still quite affable given the chance. Though he isn't as mirthful as he was when he was younger, he still sees the opportunity to befriend people around him as a chance to expand his relationships. He has a tendency to take everything seriously, and has a tough competitiveness that blinds him whenever he participates in extreme competition. In his mind, he needs to prove himself, make everyone see he is worthy. Defeat can completely shatter his thin veneer of patience, politeness and posture. He fights for what he wants, and knows how to keep them close. Angel can sometimes come off as reasonably apathetic and jaded, preferring to stick to his own mild misadventures than put his entire body in danger. Participating in risk alongside him will probably get you nothing but a shouting, swearing and shrieking kid listing all the possible ways this could go wrong. In the midst of a well-established conflict or battle, however, Angel tends to take an offensive position, opting to hurt someone immediately rather than talking things out. Angel is known to often ramble on and on about space, something he loves and has a small crush on Kayden Amador, his best friend. All in all, Angel is an interesting person

### Fatal flaw

Angels' fatal flaw is wrath. Like his mother, his patience is thin and weak. He can become impatient and curt to those who aren't as experienced as him. Despite his general goodness with people, he can still become easily irritated, and can do things without even passing a shred of intelligent, reasonable thinking.

## Appearance

Angel is a boy of Maori-Islander descent, with a brown sienna skin tone and a pair of piercing, dark purple eyes. He is often said to own a pair of thick, dark eyebrows but he bears dirty golden blonde hair. His hair is said to be thick, curly, and untidy. He is often seen wearing a purple and white varsity jacket with a moon patch on it, a black shirt with multicolor stars on it, jeans creased celestial-inspired graphics, such as moons, suns, stars & planets, and black combat boots. He also wears headphones around his neck.

## Powers and Abilities

### Hine-Nui-Te-Pō Kid Powers

* Angel has authority over darkness as his mother is a night deity. He can cloud a room in darkness, shape and bend shadows, see perfectly well in darkness and strengthen the saturation of shadows in a particular area.
* He has some authority over moonlight, as one of his mothers various aspects is Hine-Keha, Maori goddess of the lunar phases and the moon.
* He has authority over the dead, and can converse, raise, communicate with and manipulate with the dead since his mother is the ruler of the Maori underworld and is tasked with guiding and welcoming souls into her domain.
* He has a limited connection to the moon and stars.
* He has authority over the moon's gravity, and can cause himself to become weightless or grounded to the earth, a method he often uses in battle. He can create, shape, move, control, interact with and manipulate gravity
* He is more awake at night, and quite powerful when the sun has set. The nighttime and general darkness can rejuvenate him.
* He has very strong night vision, and can see well through darkness as well as he can in the daytime.
* He can absorb light, and extinguish light sources by either absorbing the light it produces or draping shadows over it.
* He can also restore it by absorbing the shadows around it or banishing shadows.
* He can bend shadows to obscure/hide his objects or other people.
* He can both delay or hasten nightfall.
* He can briefly raise the dead.
* He can tell when somebody is on the brink of death, is about to die or has died.
* He can enter the Maori underworld - that is, if the entrance is nearby.
* He can breathe underwater, as his mother has some authority over the ocean in one of her many aspects as a Maori goddess.
* He can innately navigate using the stars, as his mother has authority over constellations.
* He can summon, shape, create and manipulate stars.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Like all demigods, Angel has incredibly enhanced/supernatural reflexes and durability that able his to analyze an opponents fighting style and defend himself.
* Superhuman strength: Like most demigods, Angel is much stronger than most mortals
* Superhuman durability: Like most demigods, Angel is much more durable than most mortals
* Superhuman agility: Like most demigods, Angel is much more agile than most mortals
* Superhuman reflexes: Angel has shown to have much stronger reflexes
* Parkour skills: Angel is really good at parkour
* Dagger Usage: Angel is good with a dagger
* Archery: Angel is good with archer
* Space Knowledge: Angel knows a lot about space, about the planets, the stars and all those things
* Māori: Having been raised completely on Māori by his grandparents and father and not learning English until he moved to the United States, Angel can converse and speak in complete Māori without any struggle.

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Eliza Gardener

Eliza and Angel get along for the love of astronomy and their control over the stars. The two often spend times looking at the constellations and writing star maps

### Family

#### Hine-Nui-Te-Pō (Mother)

Angel still has a hatred for her mother, who possibly inflicted his entire family's abrupt death all on her own, being the goddess of death in Maori myths. But he still has some hope in his last-remaining relative to assist him through her life - after all, she *is* his last-living relative, who will live longer than he will. Angel does still partly resent her, however. And it's possible Hine is aware of that, and seems slightly apologetic of how she's possibly treated Angel's family as pawn's for her son's growth. And for that, Angel can forgive.

#### Evangel (Father)

Angel's relationship with his father isn't very well-starred. He regrets having not helped his father through his time of grief, trying to take care of his and work at the same time. He understood him in a way not many people could. But after his death only did he realize how much he could've done to prevent his own possibly self-inflicted death. For this, he slightly resents him for.

## Etymology

Angel is a gender-neutral name of Greek origin meaning **"Messenger; Messenger of God"**

The Colby placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Koli (a byname for a swarthy person from kol **'(char)coal'**) + Old Norse býr **'settlement'.**

## Trivia

1. He is particularly good at stand-up paddle-boarding, swimming and surfing.
2. Many people are fearful of Angel due to his prowess with the Hoera, a sharpened whale tooth tied to a piece of rope which he can use to lash out at opponents. He has been known to be able to decapitate opponents in battle with it, and can sometimes appear weightless whenever he uses it. Many people compare him to a beautiful wrath.
3. Angel constantly uses the phrases "ka waiho e ahau o niho hei whakakai" ("I will use your teeth for earrings") "tena koe" ("you're welcome"), "kati tou mangai i mua i te turakitanga o te wheua" ("shut your mouth before I shove a stick down it") and "kihi taku kaihe" ("kiss my ass") just because he can.
4. He knows some traditional Maori dances, and sometimes conflates these with modern dancing.
5. Whenever he is stressed, angry or sad, Angel will immediately change languages from English to rapid-fire Maori. He can hold an argument for hours in this language, since nobody knows how to calm him down other than other Maori-speaking people.
6. He has a fear of heights
7. Angel was slightly inspired by C!Purpled of The Dream SMP
8. His middle name is Ciaran meaning **“black” or “little dark one.”**