Eliza Gardener

Elizabeth "Eliza" Gardener is a 17-year-old Greek demigod, the daughter of Asteria and Castor Gardener. She came to camp at 13 years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Eliza, Betty, Besty, Lizzy, Liz, Asteria, Astronomy Girl

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Olympia, Washington (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Asteria (Mother)
* Castor (Father)
* Hecate (Immortal half-sister)
* Aria and Ruby Potvin (demigod half-sisters)
* Leto and Lelantos (Uncle and Aunt)
* Apollo, Artemis, and Aura (Cousins)
* Loretta, Melody, Rhea Potvin, and Octave Reyes (Distant relatives)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Usually has a star aesthetic
* A black jacket
* Dark purple shirt with small stars on it
* Black skirt that goes down to her knees, (with shorts underneath)
* Gray running sneakers

## History

### Early Life

Elizabeth “Eliza” Gardener was born to Castor Gardener, a clear sighted mortal and Asteria, Titaness of astrology, stars, oneiromancy, magic, necromancy and Delos in Olympia, Washington on December 21, 2004. Castor Gardener was a very well known astrologer, in fact he was one of the top minds in his field. While speaking at a convention dedicated to space he met a woman named Anita. She was like no woman he’d ever met before, and he thought she had an odd aura to her. Becoming interested in each other, the two decided to spend a night discussing the stars. However that night turned… elsewhere. A few months later Anita gave birth to a baby girl… and disappeared. Castor was shaken up by the whole ordeal, however he knew he had a little girl to take care of.

### Childhood

Eliza grew up mostly surrounded by academia due to her father’s lifestyle, and though he tried to give her as normal of a childhood as possible she often refrained from social interaction with others her age. After a very unsuccessful time in preschool her father decided to home school her instead, deeming that she’d get more out of it like he had when his parents home schooled him. Eliza, even at a young age, found solace in reading books and staring up at the night’s sky rather than talking to others so she was entirely onboard with the idea. Her first telescope, a cheap kid’s model, quickly became her favorite thing to play with. As she grew the more Eliza obsessed about the mysteries of what could be out there… and the less she spoke to anyone or even left her room. Her father noticed this and while he was worried about how shut in she was, was happy to have someone to share the stars with once more. She even started attending seminars her father gave and sat in the back to observe.

Until Eliza was ten years old, she led a simple life, or at least a simple life to her. She trained her mind with the work her father gave her as well as other endeavors related to astrology, and trained her body through running and using her father’s workout equipment. Though at ten years old something odd began to happen, she started having quicker reflexes than usual. She saw things slightly before they even happened, as if she was predicting the future. She could see perfectly at night and even began surpassing her father in knowledge of the stars. These strange abilities manifested more and more, and Eliza hid them from her father fearing how he’d react

### Monster Attack

However sometime in the summer when she was eleven, (born in December) Eliza had a bit of an ant problem. More specifically while she was out for one of her jogs an ant the size of a motorcycle suddenly jumped out into her path, a creature that would prove to be a myrmeke. She screamed and began running from the beast as fast as she could, however the beast was hot on her trail. Eliza foresaw it spitting a jet of acid, so she ducked to the side as the beast sped past her firing the acid. The myrmeke whirled around and was going to attack her again when Eliza heard a loud scream. From almost nowhere an odd looking man jumped on the back of the creature and began beating it with what looked like a club. The myrmeke managed to throw the man off whilst he screamed at Eliza to run. With the myrmeke about to kill her savior. Eliza charged at the creature from behind and punched it from behind, except she felt a bit more power in this punch than usual and a green flash erupted from her hand.

Her hand felt warm as the myrmeke collapsed, a thin hole punched straight through it before it dissolved into gold dust. Eliza had no idea what had happened but went to check on the man who’d attacked the myrmeke. She found that he wasn’t so normal himself, a satyr in fact. She recognized him as one of her father’s students, and he warned her of the dangers she’d face because of who she was. He told her of Camp Olympia and that she’d be safe there. However, Eliza was hesitant to go with him. She was content with her life, and didn’t want to suddenly be removed from it. The satyr said that this would be a one time offer, and Eliza told him that she could take care of herself. The satyr gave her Camp Olympias location in case she ever changed her mind and then left.

### Coming to Camp

For two and a half years, Eliza emained with her father, and since he was becoming a more active speaker at conferences and such she moved around quite a bit. During these years she trained herself in secret, discovering new abilities and honing her old ones. She also began researching Greek mythos and the creatures that resided in it. Since she was never in one place for too long she was able to avoid having to deal with monsters too often, but she did (probably at about a six month clip) have to deal with the odd small hell hound or myrmeke that found its way to her. Around her thirteenth birthday, though, she became aware of a figure in the crowd of one of her father’s presentations that didn’t sit right with her. Upon closer inspection she found the woman to be snakelike in appearance, she knew this to be a scythian dracaena. She knew it had to be there for her, and it was trying to pull a fast one. At that moment Eliza realized that these monsters wouldn’t stop coming for her, and they’d just keep getting more deceptive with their approaches. Fearing for the safety of her father Eliza went back to their hotel room, stole money from her father’s spare coat, left him a note detailing she’d been accepted to a private school for the gifted, and got on a plane for Camp Olympia. After a few hours of travel she made her way to California to Los Angeles. She happened to cross paths with a satyr who was returning to the camp after a failed recruitment, and reluctantly accepted his enthusiastic offer to guide her to camp. Though they didn’t encounter any monsters on the way, they found a bit later on that a scythian dracaenae had been tracking them for some time, and was defeated by other campers when they got close to the campgrounds. She was later claimed by Asteria

## Personality

Eliza is a very quiet and calm person. She is close friends with Melody and Leilani and is said to make them feel safe. She likes reading astrology books and likes learning about the Zodiacs and their origins. She is also very kind to her friends and family. She also tends to be alone and trains by herself. She is often seen carrying a small journal she writes in, mostly about quests, her day, or random ideas or stories she comes up with, usually writing them with Melody or Damian. She is often seen as this motherly figure to the Apollo cabin and hunters of Artemis along with Leilani, both cabins love having over to hang out. She says that if her friends were to die, she would tell their stories but she is a headstrong girl. She rushes into anything without thinking through the consequences. She, like her sister half-sister Ruby Potvin, The Potvin Sister's aunt, is a very outgoing person. Though at times she can be rude and inconsiderate. She loves music and she often passes the time by listening to her favorite songs. Eliza is easygoing, carefree and very friendly. Eliza, at times, is generally a painfully shy and secluded girl. She’s not very good at speaking to others, and because of this she prefers to be silent whenever possible. It’s not that she doesn’t want to talk to people, she’s just a bit afraid to. When she does open up though, she tends to ramble, and can go on for hours if uninterrupted. Though this is a rare occurrence as she has to know the person well. She’s also a bit headstrong and prefers to tackle her issues by herself using her intellect. Eliza is capable of accepting responsibilities and do so willingly. Others expect her to be dutiful as a matter of course. She tends to get angry when people get rewards after not having worked anywhere near as hard as her. She is known for being totally persistent, tenacious and tireless in reaching her goals. However, she can also be reckless and insecure. At times, she tends to have an annoying tendency to be self-righteous and preachy about her beliefs

### Fatal flaw

Eliza's fatal flaw is her excessive Loyalty, meaning she would risk the world and even her own life to save her friends and family

## Appearance

Eliza is often described as by others to be as "beautiful as the night sky full of stars". She is noted to have midnight black hair, pale olive skin, sparkling grey eyes, and she likes to wear dark purple and black clothes, that often being a black jacket, a dark purple shirt with small stars on it, a black skirt that goes down to her knees, (with shorts underneath) and gray running sneakers

## Powers and Abilities

### Asteria Kid Powers

* She has the power to cast advanced magical spells. She is very skilled and often cooperate with her niblings in the Hecate Cabin.
* She has the limited power of necromancy, or the power to summon, communicate with, and control dead things.
* As her mother is the goddess of prophecy, she has the innate ability to understand and interpret prophecy.
* As her mother is the goddess of prophecy, she has the innate ability to catch glimpses of the future.
* She has the power to tell the date, time, and their location just by looking at the stars/sky.
* She is innately more powerful at night.
* She can innately can see at night as well as they can in the daytime.
* She has the ability to control, summon, and make stars from thin air.
* As the daughter of Asteira, with her being the night oracle, Eliza can catch glimpses of what move the opponent will make and devise a plan against it.
* She can control over light and darkness.
* When she was claimed, Eliza reseived the Belesing of Asteria, meaning Eliza can activate star mode. In which, she becomes like a star. Her powers and abilities increase 10 times. She becomes more agile and powerful. If she casts a spell under this blessing she can turn a whole city to dust. She can do it since she has had many years of training of durability, and pass out immediately after using it.
* She can memorize any star map and then write it down perfectly.
* She can night-travel. It’s like shadow-travel, but you move on the positions of the stars. She can still shadow-travel but with night-travel, but she can go long distances without getting tired.
* She has the ability to take someone else’s dreams from them
* She can manifest wings made of stars on their backs. Only children of night goddess' such as Nyx, Selene and other Asteria kids can touch them, otherwise their fingers will burn.
* She has minor control over saltwater.
* She has the ability to erect islands with the permission of her mother.
* She can dream travel.
* When she was claimed, Eliza received another Blessing of Asteria, meaning she can turn into an animal specific to her (likely her spirit animal) in times of need.
* She can choose to have familiars.
* She has the power to control the Mist and create Mist forms.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Eliza's supernatural alertness and keen senses that keep her ready for, and alive, in battle
* Dysleixa: Her brain is hard-wired for Ancient Greek
* Swordsmanship: Eliza is a natural sword user
* Fighting skills: Eliza has natural fighting skills
* Astrology knowledge: Eliza has immense Astrology knowledge
* Superhuman strength: As a demigod, Eliza is stronger than the average mortal. Even when battered and exhausted.
* Superhuman agility: Being a demigod, Eliza has shown countless times his amazing agility
* Superhuman durability: Being a demigod, Eliza is more durable than a regular human
* Superhuman reflexes: Eliza has incredible reflexes, which is proven throughout her life

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Melody Potvin

Eliza and Melody are very good friends. Since the two are technically related, Eliza is very protective of the daughter of Apollo, and is often seen as a sorta motherly figure to her, but Melody isn't complaining. She feels safe around the child of Asteria

#### Leilani Gomez

Eliza and Leilani are very good friends. Since Eliza is protective and motherly to Melody, it would only make since for the daughter of Asteria to be just as protective and motherly to Leilani, and just like her cousin, Leilani isn't complaining. She feels safe around Eliza

### Family

#### Asteria (Mother)

The relationship between the mother and daughter is unknown, but it is implied that is Positive, since Eliza speaks positively about her mother

#### Castor (Father)

Castor Gardener is a clear sighted mortal, but the relationship between the father and daughter is unknown, but it is implied that is Positive and Eliza cares deeply for her father

## Etymology

The name Elizabeth is a biblical name of Hebrew origin. Its earliest origins can be traced back to the Old Testament of the Bible, where it was defined as “**God is my oath**” in Hebrew.

**Some sources say it is an occupational surname that comes from the word "gardener"**. Other sources claim that it is derived from the Saxon words gar, meaning "a weapon", and dyn meaning "sound or alarm", combined with the termination er gives the name "Gair-den-er", which means "a warrior", "one who bears arms".

## Trivia

1. Eliza is some what based on Eliza Schuyler from the musical Hamilton
2. Eliza has a fear of being forgotten, but she also has a fear of forgetting her friends, so she does everything in her power to make sure her friends are remembered, but often wonders if she will be remembered
3. Eliza can play the lyre
4. Her middle name is Lyra
5. Eliza's favorite constellations is the Sagittarius, since it's her zodiac sign
6. Eliza's favorite song is *Helpless* from Hamilton
7. Eliza hates being called by her full name saying the only people aloud to call her Elizabeth are her parents or Zoe
8. Eliza can't skate