Elodie Black

Elodie Benson is a 17-year-old Haitian Vodou demigod, the daughter of Erzulie Freda Dahomey and Phillip Benson. She came to camp at 14 years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Ellie, Ezili, Erzulie, Erzulie Fréda Dahomey, Dancer, Flower Power, Love

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Lafayette, Louisiana (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Erzulie Freda Dahomey (Mother)
* Phillip (Father)
* The Erzulie Family (Other immortal family)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Usually pink, blue, white, and gold
* Jean jacket with gold and blue gems on it
* A pink shirt
* A knee-length white pleated skirt with a black stripe
* Black lace boots

## History

### Early Life

Elodie Benson was born to Phillip Benson, a clear sighted mortal and Erzulie Freda Dahomey, The Haitian Vodou Goddess or Lwa of love, beauty, jewelry, dancing, luxury, and flowers in Lafayette, Louisiana on February 27, 2004. Phillip Benson was walking through a park holding a book. He was interested in reading and writing. He is very intelligent and got a high grade in English Literature. He was the love interest for all the women he knows. He was tired from walking and he sat down at a bench. A woman approached him and she sat down. She also had a book in her hand. He smiled at the woman. She said her name is Ezili. (She was really Erzulie Freda Dahomey.) They talked for ages and laughed together. He thought she was the perfect for him. They've got a lot of things in common that other women don't. He invited Ezili over to his house for some dinner. She said yes. They walked to his house and they were talking on the way home. He discovered Ezili was very clever and he liked that. They arrived to house and were talking for ages. After that night they were inseparable.

They talked together everyday and he decided to ask her out. She said yes. After a couple of months their relationship grew and grew. They had a incredible connection, romantically and mentally. After a couple of days, he found a basket with a note and a baby inside the basket. He gasped when he saw it. He read the note which explained everything. That her name is really Erzulie Freda Dahomey, the Lwa of love. She explained that Haitian Gods were real, the child will be attacked by monsters and be brought to camp with someone who will protect her on the way. She also left a simple bow that was painted pink to be her weapon and to protect her in fights. Phillip decided to call the baby girl Elodie Agape. Elodie was his mothers name and thought it fit her well, Agape was supposed to represent Erzulie domain over love.

### Childhood

Elodie as a quiet girl. She wouldn't disobey her father, she would do what he wanted her to do, eat, drink, anything. Lucas did his best to raise her without any help. He missed Erzulie, he thought it was best to have a mother and father but she said she couldn't because it was direct inference which wasn't allowed. He always took her to the park everyday and went down the slide together, he feed the ducks with her among other things. Elodie grew up to be a happy and healthy girl and she loved the outside. She always wanted to be outside. Although she couldn't as she grew up. The letter explained of monsters coming to attack her from the age of 13. He didn't want this to happen to Elodie, so he did his best to protect her. She got a best friend as she was growing up called Bree. They met at a "Battle of The Book" competition as partners. Bree was new to the school and Elodie found out that Bree was just like her, a nerd, very clever as well as other things.

### First Monster Attack

Elodie was 12 when the first attack started. Bree and Elodie had just finished a test together and got full marks. They decided to go out to celebrate. As they were going out, the teacher Ms Smith stopped them from going any further. Elodie didn't know why. Ms Smith turned into a harpy and started attacking them. Elodie screamed very loud but the door was soundproof so nobody can hear them. Before this whole fight, Bree went to Elodie's father and told him that she was a satyr and that she was sent to protect Elodie. She asked for Elodie's weapon and he promised her father to protect her. She screamed and tried to run away but the door was locked. Bree threw Elodie's necklace and told Elodie to open the locket part and it turned into a bow and it came with a few arrows. She shot the arrow through the harpy's heart and then it disintegrate. Bree took Elodie and told her dad everything.

### A Discovery

Elodie wouldn't stop thinking about the attack. She wouldn't dare take off her necklace/sword in case a monster attacks her. Through the year, Elodie was looking in books about mythical monsters and tried to find out what attacked her. Elodie and Bree went out to town together and then as they entered the public library and then Stymphalian birds start to attack Elodie. Elodie screams as they peck on her hair and face. Bree tells her to put some sort of music on to make them go. She gets out her MP3 player and plays music. The birds screech and then they fly away. Bree takes her home and tells Phillip (her dad) to tell her the news. Phillip tells her about her mother, The Haitian Gods, she is a demigod. He basically explained everything. He told her that she has to go to Camp Half Blood where she'll be safe. She started to cry and then he got a taxi to take her there. Bree revealed to her that she is a satyr sent to protect her. Elodie took all her things and went to camp safely. She was soon claimed by Erzulie Freda Dahomey. She stayed in the Hermes cabin for a few weeks before moving into Cabin Mythos and meeting her bunk mates

## Personality

Elodie is a girl with a very good nature, is fairly optimistic, pacifistic, and an all-around fun person to hang out with. Though she can be a bit of a rule-breaker, she usually doesn't and prefers to just go with the flow. Elodie is an amicable and calm girl. She is usually kind, honest, and caring towards others and hates to see anyone get hurt. Soft-spoken, she tends to stay fiercely loyal to those whom she befriends and will stick to her word no matter what. She can be a little naive, especially when it comes to romance. Elodie is an amicable and calm girl. She is usually kind, honest, and caring towards others and hates to see anyone get hurt. Soft-spoken, she tends to stay fiercely loyal to those whom she befriends and will stick to her word no matter what. She can be a little naive, especially when it comes to romance. Elodie also has a positive outlook on life and always looks at the bright side of things. However, sometimes when too much negativity strikes her, she can't help but become pessimistic. She is also a confident girl, mostly coming from her looks and how she had once worked as a model for a company that was selling clothing. Elodie is also a big bookworm too, reading gives her things to think about. She also has a bit of an attitude which some find very annoying and rude, but that only comes out when she is feeling snarky. Elodie can also be described as headstrong and a leader, and she is someone who doesn’t take crap from anyone, but is also a very good friend and listens to her friends. Elodie is very bubbly and outgoing. She loves to read and is a huge bookworm. When she isn't reading books or writing stories, she is in a field surrounded by flowers. She loves love stories and wants to be like the people in the book. When you first meet Elodie she can be very shy and could be speechless. When you get to know her, she would be more down-to-Earth and more caring and you would forget the shy side to her. She loves dancing and music and has a passion for fashion

### Fatal flaw

Elodie's fatal flaw is Loyalty. She would sacrifice anything and everything for her friends

## Appearance

Elodie, like her mother, is very beautiful, typical for a child of a beauty goddess. She is a beautiful Afro-Mexican girl who is seventeen years old. Elodie stands at 5’8, much like many of the girls at camp with beautiful pink eyes that are noted to have white flecks in them. She has smooth dark brown skin, long and curly brown hair. Much like her mother, her clothes include the colors pink, blue, white, and gold. Her main outfit includes a jean jacket with gold and blue gems on it, a pink shirt, a knee-length white pleated skirt with black stripe, and black lace boots

## Powers and Abilities

### Erzulie Freda Dahomey Kid Powers

* Since her mother is the goddess of beauty, Elodie can alter and control makeup, perfume, clothing, jewelry, and other beauty products (hairbrushes, combs, curlers, straighteners, etc).
* She has the power of amokinesis or love manipulation.
* Like many of her fellow children of love gods, Elodie has the power of charmspeak, or the ability to make people do what she wants just by using her voice.
* She can change their physical features. She can fluently speak French, as it is the "language of love."
* She can tell what a person's sexuality is.
* She can use Love Magic
* As the daughter of the goddess of Dancing, she can curse people to dance uncontrollably.
* She can utilize dance moves in combat, otherwise known as "Capoeira", but the way she utilizes it focuses less on offensive damage and more on dodging with grace and agility and blocking/countering attacks with her dance moves, as well as exhausting her opponent and capitalize on it by relentlessly attacking when she is tired. She can use Capoeira for hours on end.
* She can make someone believe that they are being weighed down with adornments.
* She can control clothes, jewelry, adornments, makeup, etc.
* Elodie has chlorokinesis, also known as Agrokinesis, Botanokinesis, or Phytokinesis, the ability to mentally and/or physically summon, control and manipulate plants and vegetation. The person with the ability can control and manipulate wood, rock soil, roots, fruits, flowers, even moss found in natural fields or habitats. She can use this ability to have her enemies ensnared in plants, or even telepathically communicate with plant life and vegetation; an ability known as "green-speaking."
* She has a limited form of Geokinesis, the control, and manipulation of the earth, specifically related to soil and more effectively, fertile soil that can grow plants. This does not include metals, jewels, lava, or rocks(Which children of say, Gaia or Hades could manipulate with their respective versions of Geomancy). Despite these limitations, some of the most powerful Geomantic children of Demeter have been known to create earthquakes, split the ground, and drown enemies in waves of earth.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Like most demigods, Elodie possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that she uses to analyze the fighting style of her opponent.
* Archery: Elodie is good at using a bow as it is her main weapon
* Swordsmanship: Elodie has found she is also really good with a sword, and often uses it in fights
* Superhuman strength: Like most demigods, Elodie is much stronger than most mortals
* Superhuman durability: Like most demigods, Elodie is much more durable than most mortals
* Superhuman agility: Like most demigods, Elodie is much more agile than most mortals
* Superhuman reflexes: Elodie has shown to have much stronger reflexes
* Singing skills: Elodie is an amazing Singer
* Louisiana French: Being from Louisiana, Elodie can speak fluent Louisiana French,
* Flexibility: Elodie is very flexible
* Dancing skills: Because her mother is the goddess of Dance, Elodie is a great dancer
* Beauty, and allure: Because Elodie's mother is the goddess of Beauty, Elodie is known to be very beautiful
* Spanish: Because Elodie's family is park Mexican, Elodie can speak Spanish though she isn't fluent

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Melody Potvin

The two are pretty close. Since both are from Louisiana and both speak Spanish, the two get along very well together

### Family

#### Erzulie Freda Dahomey (Mother)

Elodie loves her mother and respects her a lot. Because Elodie is Erzulie's only child, Erzulie is supper protective of her daughter, but does let Elodie have her freedom

#### Philip (Father)

Phillip and Elodie have a great father-daughter relationship. Phillip raised his daughter on the stories of the Lwas and taught her how to speak French and Spanish. Elodie often writes to him while she's at camp

## Etymology

French form of Elodia, which is Spanish name which comes from the gothic elements ali, meaning **"other"** and od, meaning **"riches"** or **"wealth"**

Black is most commonly a descriptive surname meaning **"one who was black haired or dark complexioned."** Black can also be an occupational surname given to or adopted by a cloth dyer who specialized in black dyes

## Trivia

1. Elodie can play the flute and piano
2. Elodie does Ballet
3. Elodie has memorized the entire SIX the Musical musical
4. Elodie's favorite movie is The Little Mermaid
5. She is a Pisces
6. She, Karina, and Junipter share a middle name
7. She has a fear of being alone
8. She loves to read romance novels