Amber Knowles

Amber Knowles is a 17-year-old Greek demigod, the daughter of Iris and Cerulean Knowles. She camp to camp at ten years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Am, Ame, RainBow, Colorful, Ambean, Minx, Iris

### Residence

Camp Olympia (currently)Dublin, Ireland (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Iris (Mother)
* Cerulean (Father)
* Prism Leblanc (Half-brother)
* Pothos (Immortal Half-brother)
* Arke (Aunt)

## Appearance

### Eye Color

They change color with her mood, there true color would be brown

### Outfit

* Usually Rainbow colored
* Tie-dye rainbow hoodie
* A black shirt with a rainbow on it that says "Radiate Positivity"
* Jeans
* white slip-ons

## History

### Early Life

Amber Knowels was born to Cerulean Knowles, a clear sighted mortal and Iris the goddess of The Rainbow and Messenger of The Gods in Dublin, Ireland on March 8, 2004. Her father taught her how to read, write and draw at an early age. She grew up learning Irish as a first language. Cerulean was a journalist, and an architect. He studied Greek mythology for a living and wrote articles about his findings. He loved learning about the gods, but he had his favorites. His favorite goddess was Iris. The way she controlled the rainbows, so the stories told, was beautiful. The stories also depicted her as a beautiful goddess, rivaling Aphrodite herself. He wished he could meet her. While he was in Greece, he was to give a speech to a local University about his work. He told of the Gods, and the importance they had in the Ancient Greek people's lifestyle. He focused on a few Gods, but only one Goddess, Iris. Naturally, the praise caught her attention, and she curiously went down to study him. He did a total of three lectures, each one focusing on a different topic, one included Greek architecture. When he was finished over the three days, a woman walked up to him and started up a conversation with him about his lectures. He asked her out for coffee, and she told him her name was Rose. After a month, they started dating. One thing led to another and eventually Rose was pregnant. Four months later, Amber was born, prematurely

### Life with her dad

A week later, "Rose" left without a word. The only thing she left behind was a little rainbow necklace for Amber. As Amber grew up, Cerulean was very protective of Amber. He was devastated when "Rose" left and held tight to Amber. He loved Rose, and Amber was the only thing he had left. As Amber grew up, Cerulean restricted what Amber did,  thinking he was protecting her. She was to get straight A's, and expected to be a perfect girl. She was never allowed to go out with friends, go to sleepovers, or birthday parties. But she did make one friend when she was seven, a girl named Katherine Wilson, unbeknownst to both of them, a daughter of Khione. Cerulean said it was because he didn't trust the parents, or friends, or the area they were in. So Amber was cast out of groups of friends as she grew older. For Amber's 8th birthday, Amber and Cerulean moved to England. When she was in about third grade, she was attacked by two harpies.

### Attacked by Harpies

She was passing one of the old classrooms in her school when she heard a strange noise. Weren't empty classrooms supposed to be silent? It sounded like the fluttering of big, large wings. Curious, she peeked into the classroom. Immediately shrieks pierced her ears. She saw a mixture of winged women and two teachers. She blinked in shock, then they saw her. They screamed and they flew at Amber. Amber blinked in shock, turned, and bolted. She ran through the halls of her school. Students and teachers looked out into the halls but only saw Amber running. They didn't notice the winged women, known as Harpies. The Harpies continued to follow Amber screeching and running into the walls when Amber turned. Amber knew her way around her school. She had made a point to discover everything about it, just in case. She was a little rebellious when she wasn't around her uptight, protective dad.

‘*I should be panicking right now.’* She thought. Without thinking, she led them to the gym. There was no one in it. She burst through the doors, the harpies following her. When they made it into the open, they dive-bombed Amber, scratching her with their claws. One scratch tore off her necklace. She never took it off, even when she showered. It seemed to grow with her, but she hadn't thought much of it. When her necklace came off, it turned into a full-sized celestial bronze spear. Without thinking she picked it up and held it out in front of her. The harpies went to attack her again, swooping down. She crouched and as one missed her head, she thrust up with the spear, piercing one through the heart, turning it to dust. The other one shrieked and hovered away from her, seeing her sister killed so easily. She hovered for a moment and then went after Amber dove to the side, narrowly missing the claws against her skin, but they didn't miss her hair.

She cried out as some of her hair was ripped from her head (though it grew back). She rolled upright and onto her feet. She shook her head to get rid of the pain and focused on the last harpy. She focused hard on the beast-like woman and through her spear hard, all on instinct. At the same time, colorful light came from her hand, also burning the harpy. The spear drove straight at the harpy, as the light hit the harpy, turning it to dust. As the spear dropped, it turned back into a necklace. Amber crawled over to it and slipped it back over her neck just as the doors to the gym burst open.  It took a few hours to calm the school and her dad. She decided to tell them that she was being attacked by two large birds when they suddenly flew out the back doors of the gym. At first, everyone was skeptical about it, but then they accepted it, not knowing what else to think. After the bird attacking incident, her dad grew even more protective of her. He took her out of school and started homeschooling her himself. Amber hated it. She never really got to leave the house, and when she did it was to see his family or to go shopping of some sort

### Running Away and Going to Camp

During those two years, she was attacked twice. The first time she ran away and the monster couldn't follow her, and the second time she killed the cyclops. Her dad grew furious, as she had snuck out of the house. He didn't know about the attacks, and she never told him, she didn't want to sound crazy. After the second attack, she packed her bags and left, passport, all of the money she had earned or been given, and some clothes. She was gone before dawn crept into the sky. She lived on the streets of Dublin hiding from her dad. She lived in and out of shelters and off the streets, doing whatever she could to survive. Her dad tried to send out search parties for her, but she avoided them by moving from city to city, stealing money, to change her hair color and appearance. During that time she learned how to fight, as she was attacked by a monster every 6 months or so. She managed to escape into crowds or outright killing them. The crowds, she found, happened to be helpful when being followed by something very slow, or didn't like loud noises. Eventually, after three weeks she had a dream, showing a rainbow from Ireland to New York. When she awoke, she found it strange but decided to trust it. She stole enough money to buy a cheap ticket to New York on a boat. As she was eight she got no second glances. During the entire ride, a full 3 months, she spent her days on edge, waiting for anything to happen, nothing did. When she finally landed in New York and made it through customs, she wandered the streets for a week, not knowing what to do. She was found by a Satyr scouting for demigods like her. He told her what she was and she followed him to camp. While Amber was at camp, she stayed in the Hermes cabin till she was nine. A week after her ninth birthday, she was claimed by Iris, and later moved to the Iris Cabin

## Personality

Amber has a very colorful personality, she is an amazing artist and she has synesthesia. She is fast as her mom is a messenger god, and is very loyal. She is also a very good artist and enjoys painting with Melody. She also tends to sort all her things by color and is very good at color coding and color coordination. She is also very adventurous and likes practicing archery. She is also known for speaking in Irish when she is overwhelmed, sometimes making her friends laugh when she does. Amber is a wild child with a very large rebellious streak, despite her siding with the Royals. If someone says the sky is blue she says it’s green. She can be very moody, and sometimes violent. She has a milder version of bipolar, meaning her mood can change very quickly. Amber can be viewed as cheerful, impulsive. Always jokes around. She is very polite and has excellent manners. She understands rules and has strict moral values. She often talks to herself, mumbling under her breath. People consider her crazy. She considers herself perfectly sane. She also tends to do well under pressure, thinking straight through the problems and keeping a level head. She hates people, mainly boys, because she thinks them to be gross. Amber is one that's willing to help others with her generosity and one that's very strong-willed and has a strong sense of justice. Amber gets angry easily and retaliates with aggression in several situations and she gets very scary when angered. She's free-spirited and creative, and is passionate about everything she does. She knows when to be serious and rational and is known for giving good advice. Amber is a hyper, fun loving girl. Shes very bright, she has a positive affect on everyone, and usually, doesn't do much bad. She is quite tough; she won't take anything lying down. She is rebellious due to her life with her father, she can also be a huge bitch when she wants to be. She's a girly girl like an Aphrodite kid but she knows her limits. She's also a hopeless romantic, but only a few people will see that side of her. Underneath her tough shell, she's quite insecure about her physical image and is actually quite a nice person. Amber is a very energetic, lively and positive girl. She can't stay still for a long time or at one place since she loves traveling. She's very reliable and loyal, she hates liars and posers. Amber believes that being yourself is very important and she'd rather hear even the worst, most hurtful truth than being lied. However, she cant' apply these rules about lying to herself when it comes to her friends. She hates the idea of hurting any of them, especially when the issue is not really that important. Over all, Amber is an interesting person

### Fatal flaw

Amber's fatal flaw is her anxiety. This is shown when she want to prove herself worthy of hospitality. She often panics over nothing and worries about the *smallest* things! She is working on being a calmer soul

## Appearance

Amber is noted to have caramel brown hair with rainbow streaks, her eyes change color with her mood (ex Red for anger, blue for sadness, and yellow for happiness, but when she is calm or neutral, her eyes are brown, which are there true color and light skin. Amber often wears colorful clothing such as a Tie-dye rainbow hoodie, jeans, and white slip-on shoes, which she colors.

## Powers and Abilities

### Iris Kid Powers

* She has the ability to generate and manipulate rainbows and colors.
* She has the ability to split rainbows into seven beams of light, for various effects.
* She has the ability to send Iris messages without having to pay.
* She can manifest bird-like wings on her back whenever they want, and to fly with them.
* She can teleport through rainbows, similar to Shadow Travel.
* She can see the whole spectrum of light.
* Her eyes tend to change color when she focus what emotions she is feeling.
* She can travel at supersonic speeds as her mother is a messenger of the gods.
* She can make a rainbow barrier.
* She has the ability to focus an intense beam of prismatic light which will burn anything it touches.
* She is able to create a protective dome of rainbows for a short time.
* She can send telepathic messages to her allies and receive her replies.
* She can create objects made of rainbows and bend it to her will.
* She has a telepathic connection with pegasi, as pegasi are the sacred animals of Iris.
* She has the ability to shed her flesh and turn into a state a state of pure light with various colors for a short time and while in this state, she is granted flight, immune to all attacks, receive a boost in her already existing photokinetic abilities and anything she touches is intensely burned; however, once she changes back, she will be extremely drained, nauseated and immobile for a long time and could faint.
* Since her mother was considered a goddess of the sky and sea, her child gained some control over both aspects. She can control the winds to increase her speed and lower that of an opponent’s and move water with her minds if she wishes. She can fly and become able to breathe underwater for a moderate time.
* She has the ability to cause a massive rainbow to crash down in front of her; which can be used offensively, defensively or any other way imagined.
* She has the ability to conjure a large orb made of pure rainbows around an opponent. The orb would successfully imprison an opponent for a short time. The orb is quite durable, but could be broken through with sufficient force. The orb cannot be teleported out of. The target cannot be attacked while the orb is in place, so the power is purely defensive. It can only be used twice in a battle.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Amber's supernatural alertness and keen senses that keep her ready for, and alive, in battle
* Fighting skills: Initially, Amber shows more skill with his powers than his fighting skills. However, this might have been due to his lack of formal combat training at the school
* Archery: Amber is a skilled archer
* Superhuman strength: As a demigod, Amber is stronger than the average mortal. Even when battered and exhausted.
* Superhuman agility: Being a demigod, Amber has shown countless times his amazing agility
* Superhuman durability: Being a demigod, Amber is more durable than a regular human
* Superhuman reflexes: Amber has incredible reflexes, which is proven throughout her life
* Will power: Amber has amazing will power
* Painting: Amber, as the daughter of the goddess of Rainbows, Amber is a natural painter/drawer
* Irish: Amber, being born in Ireland, speaks fluent Irish and it's her mother language, learning English as her second language

## Relationships

### Romance

#### Evan Gonzales

Though no one expected this, Amber and Evan are dating. It was Amber who first developed an attraction to the son of Hades, though no one knew *why*. Though Evan saw her as a friend, a relationship soon bloomed between them. True, they often bickered with each other, Amber was one of the only people to handle Evan's temper (The Little Six are the others). Amber loves messing with Evan by changing the color of his shirts. Their relationship is pretty good and healthy.

### Friends

#### The Jr. Olympians

The Jr. Olympians, or The JO, are some of Amber'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

#### Iris (Mother)

Amber must be Iris' favorite kid because her mother dotes on her a lot. They are on very good terms with each other and there are pretty much high chances that they are one of the world's best Mother-Daughter couples. Even before Camp when Amber saw her once in a dream at maybe seven years old, hey still had a good relationship with each other. Now that they have even more time together, they work on improving their relationship even better. It was kind of predicted that Amber would be chosen as Iris' successor given that she *is* her mother's daughter. Though, at times they do argue, just like any child-parent relationship

#### Cerulean (Father)

Much like her friends, Damian and Melody, Amber ran away from home. The reason why was because her father was *too* protective of his daughter. As Amber grew up, Cerulean restricted what Amber did,  thinking he was protecting her. She was to get straight A's, and expected to be a perfect girl. She was never allowed to go out with friends, go to sleepovers, or birthday parties. Cerulean said it was because he didn't trust the parents, or friends, or the area they were in. So Amber was cast out of groups of friends as she grew older. By the time Amber was around ten to thirteen, she ran away and cut of ties with him

## Etymology

In Arabic, Ambar, meaning "jewel". Also from the Old French, meaning "amber-colored". Amber is a rare gemstone made of fossilized tree sap. It is also the name of American actresses Amber Heard and Amber Tamblyn.

Knowles (/noʊlz/) is an English surname of Old English origin. This is a locality name meaning 'at the knoll,' a hill or summit, derived from Old English word college or Middle English knol, meaning hilltop, and thus describes a person who lived at such a place

## Trivia

1. Amber can speak Irish, and has a clear Irish accent
2. Amber is known for slipping into Irish when she is overwhelmed, sometimes making her friends laugh
3. Amber’s eyes change color with her emotions
4. Amber is called “Minx” by most of her friends which could be because her favorite streamer is “JustaMinx”
5. Amber is known as Graffiti Iris for her known acts of graffiti around camp
6. Amber has LED lights in her cabin that are usually flashing different colors
7. Amber is one of many kids at camp to have the power to sprout wings. The Other are:
	* Hayley Robles
	* Natalie Smith
	* Nathan Victor
	* Matthew Gold
	* George Flores
	* Diana Silver
	* Phoebe Harlow (butterfly wings)
	* Bianca Carter and Melissa Waller (Bee wings)
	* Karina Willows
	* The Zale Siblings (Kyle, Sam and Triton)
	* The Anemoi (Brooke, Zack, Emilia, Noah)
8. Amber is the third person to have to meet a demigod though they didn’t know they were demigods:
	* She and Katherine Wilson were friends while Katherine was visiting Ireland
	* Aubrey and Ryan met on a cruise ship when they were young
	* Caspian and Leo met in California and became good friends