Adelaide Basset

Adelaide Basset is a seventeen year old Etruscan Demigod, the daughter of Aita and Marie Basset. She came to camp at thirteen years

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Adel, Dela, Adela, Heidee, Aita, Addie, Golden Girl, Gold Coin

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)West Monroe, Louisiana (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Aita (Father)
* Marie (Mother)
* Helen, Evan, and Harper (Greco-Roman half-siblings)
* Tinia, Uni, Nethus, Zerene, (Uncles and Aunts)
* Zeus, Hera, Poseidon and Demeter Cabins (Greek/Roman Cousins PS from what I've read, there is no Etruscan Hestia D:)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Manly bright colors
* White jean jacket
* Purple shirt that says “Golden Girl” in golden writing
* Jeans
* Gray sneakers

## History

### Early Life

Adelaide Basset was born to Marie Basset and Aita, Etruscan god of The Underworld, the riches of the earth, and The Dead (Etruscan Hades) in West Monroe, Louisiana on January 22, 2004. Marie was a business woman that lived in Louisiana. One day on a weekend she was in a night club one day and Aita approached her and commented on how he recognized her from a magazine. They hit it off really well, and decided to keep in touch, after a few weeks they started dating. Marie got pregnant a few months after they started dating, she got really excited and told Aita about it, and that they should get married. Afterwards, Aita told Marie who he really was, and that he couldn't stay any longer. Marie got angry and thought he was making it up to avoid being a father. Aita just told her that one day something would happen and that the child would have to leave to stay safe. Marie gave birth on a cloudy night, it was 18 hours of painful suspense leading to extreme pain, then a crying baby, and after she heard the cry it was like true love for the first time.

### Childhood

Adelaide had a happy and eventful childhood, her mom's company was becoming really popular, and she shared the work-ish life with her mother, always going to work and staying in her office. She went to a private school and for the summers her mom would always bring her on site seeing vacations. She had a small group of friends, who she loved alot. For many of her birthday's, she only had one wish...to see her father, but each time, her mother told the same story of how he died in a car crash when she was a few months old. For the most part, things were fine, until her 13th birthday

### First Monster Encounter

One day on a vacation to California, Adelaide first encountered a monster. It was a hot sunny day, Marie had planed a sight seeing trip, starting with Hollywood. Marie was walking through the park with her daughter when a Scythian Dracanae started sneaking towards them from behind, there weren't very many people in the park, but the few people that were there saw nothing wrong because of the mist. Then right when she was behind them Marie saw the shadow and turned around, but all she saw was a tall lady, but when Adelaide turned around she screamed in terror and ran to hide behind a tree. The women spoke in a strange accent saying she had no reason to be afraid, and started walking closer to Adelaide, Marie stood in the way and told the women to leave, she just hissed at Marie and was about to push passed her when Marie pulled out pepper spray and sprayed the women in the face. The women screamed that she'd kill her for that, it sounded so horrifying that Adelaide run as far away as she could.

### Coming to Camp

Adelaide hadn't stopped running for at least 30 minutes, by the time she did she was out of breath in an alleyway. Adelaide looked around still in panic she didn't see the snake lady anywhere, but she also didn't see her mom, Adelaide walked further into the alleyway and sat besides a trashcan, thinking she would just wait for her mom to find her, then she leaned back and eventually fell into a light sleep. She woke up in fright to the sound of a car horn. Standing up slowly she looked at the sky and saw that the sun was setting, she got a bad feeling in her gut and stood up and tried walking out of the ally, only to walk into a man with two horns coming out of his head. Adelaide fell backward on her butt and looked up at the strange man. "What's a little demigod like you doing out so late?" He offered her a hand that she shied away from. He leaned down and said "It's ok little one, I'm here to help you" He offered his hand again, and this time she hesitantly took it. The satyr told her of a camp not very far away that she could stay in to be safe, and she agreed to go until her mom could come get her, the satyr just gave her a sad smile as he took her hand and lead her there, a little after nightfall he picked her up and she fell asleep until they arrived. Adelaide was then brought to the Hermes Cabin and she was soon claimed by Aita and moved to Cabin Mythos.

## Personality

Adelaide is often described as the “nicest” and most cheerful child of an underworld god. Adelaide is very curious, always asking questions, even if they are stupid and she doesn't really want to know the answer. Adelaide isn't very trusting, or towards her maternal cousins she isn't, taking a long time to trust the person and once she does, she shows heaps of affection towards them, hugging them heaps and showing them her pictures of her family. Adelaide doesn't really care what people think about her. She is also super afraid of the dark, so once night time comes, she is rarely seen outside without a flashlight or holding someone she trust's hand. Knowing she is weaker and doesn’t know alot about the Godly world, she likes proving she is faster than most people, running circles around them and quickly running up from behind them. Adelaide is extremely dyslexic, so she always has trouble reading and writing in English and gets people to help her with English. Adelaide is often described as bright and outgoing with a love for creativity and horseback riding, but has a dislike for boating and curses. She is also very gentle and somewhat motherly, however, she does like her Greek and Roman family, acting just as carefree as they do. She is a very peaceful person to be around. She likes flowers, and loves listening to quiet parts of the earth. She is very hard to impress. She could be fairly funny, but only when she is around someone she likes. She is meh with the idea of sex, and thinks all girls should care first about family + friends then their love life. She loves running. She looks up to Artemis even though she is not a hunter. She does a lot of yoga. She is very loyal to her friends, who she sees as her family. Adelaide all in all, is a good person. When meeting Adelaide, her confidence is immediately noticeable. She is very comfortable in herself and her interests and everyone knows it, whether or not they like it. She would admit herself that she is a rather cocky person, and comes off as very smug and sure of herself. She takes up space everywhere she goes and isn't sorry for it. She is naturally rather charismatic in conversation and similarly show-stealing when she is up on stage. Adelaide's naturally attention-grabbing personality was practically made for a theatre performance. She is very assertive with her presence as well as her words. She never dances around the point and what she wants to say to you will be heard. Adelaide has a very low tolerance level and doesn't deal with crap from others. She is a rather loud girl and is quick to argue with people. She can be very confrontational and doesn't bother with easing people into a conversation when she has reason to be upset with them. Despite the clashes she surely has many with people, she is very passionate about her personal morals and the greater good. She is very dedicated to her future profession as a nurse and using her skills for things she considers important and truly beneficial. She is very open and strong with her attachments to others and very honest in nature to everyone, but especially her friends. She can often be very forward and kind of brash with her advice to others but everything Adelaide does is done with passion and purposefulness. She is fiercely loyal and devout to her beliefs.

### Fatal flaw

Adelaide's fatal flaw is Loyalty. She would lay down her life if it meant her friends and family were safe

## Appearance

Adelaide is a seventeen year old girl of Louisiana Creole descent with mid length, curly, caramel brown hair and light brown eyes. She is described as having dark brown skin and is of average height (around 5’6 or 5’7). Unlike most underworld kids, her aesthetic isn’t as dark or emo-ish, but much more bright. Her main outfit is a white jean jacket, a purple shirt that says “Golden Girl” in golden, cursive writing, jeans, and gray sneakers.

## Powers and Abilities

### Aita Kid Powers

* She has the power of necromancy, or the power to communicate with and control dead things
* She can sense when a friend is dead or dying
* She can see peoples' life auras
* She has the power of minor umbrakinesis, or the ability to control shadows and darkness
* She has the power of minor geokinesis, or the ability to control the earth and earthen substances
* She can sometimes control earthen metals and riches
* She can create flaming fissures that trap people in her father's realm
* She can Shadow travel, a kind of teleportation through shadows
* She can vanquish any undead with just one attack
* She can turn people into ghosts and send them to the underworld
* She can very rarely use Pyrokinesis.
* She can use Stygian Iron
* She can access a "Spirit form" in which she can become invisible, intangible and fly. This power is accompanied by the ability to create "spirit chains' ', unbreakable, ghostly looking chains that can hold down ''anything (that includes ghosts and monsters, plus non-living things!)'', potentially even a god.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Adelaide's supernatural alertness and keen senses that keep her ready for, and alive, in battle. It also lets her analyze her opponents fighting style as well as pick up minor details about an opponent, such as where their muscles tense so she can tell which direction they will attack from
* Dyslexia: Adelaide's brain is "hard-wired" for reading Tyrsenian languages instead of mortal languages.
* Dagger usage: Adelaide is good with a dagger
* Fighting skills: Adelaide is a good fighter
* Leadership: Adelaide is known to be a good leader
* Singing skills: Adelaide is a good singer
* Creativity: Adelaide is known to be really creative, from things like her fighting stills, to making up music
* Louisiana French: Adelaide speaks fluent Louisiana French as her mother taught her the language
* Flexibility: Adelaide is really flexible
* Parkour skills: Adelaide is good at parkour
* Superhuman Durability: Being a demigod, Adelaide is more durable than regular humans and fellow demigods.
* Superhuman Strength: Being a demigod, Adelaide is considerably stronger than a regular mortal and demigod
* Superhuman Reflexes: Being a demigod, Adelaide reflexes are faster than a regular human.
* Superhuman Agility: Being a demigod, Adelaide is more agile than a regular mortal.

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Evan Gonzales

Adelaide is good friends with her Greek half brother. They like hanging out with their other friends and bond over the fact they are underworld demigods

### Family

#### Aita (Father)

Aita and Adelaide have had a complicated relationship, to say the least. While Adelaide was alone with her mother for a long time, her father never claimed her, although he did give her signs that she was his child. While they have had their ups and downs, Aita and Adelaide share a mutual respect for each other and have a better relationship than most.

#### Marie (Mother)

Adelaide and her mother are very close, their family being only the two of them for years. While Addie wanted to know her father, she never resented her mother for not telling her and understood why she kept it a secret. While she says at camp during summers, fall breaks, winter breaks, spring breaks, and camp emergencies/wars, Addie does sometimes head home to West Monroe, Louisiana. Addie's mom is extremely generous, and being the CEO of a well known company, she often financially supports Addie and her friends

## Etymology

A form of Adelheid , meaning "**noble kind or type**" comes from the old German adal **"noble"** and heid **"kind or type"**.

From Old French basset '**of low stature**', a diminutive of basse 'low, short', either a nickname for a short person or a status name for someone of humble origins

## Trivia

1. Addie's favorite song is Talia since it makes her feel loved
2. Her name means "Noble Kind"
3. Adelaide takes most of her inspiration from Hazel Levesque from HoO
	1. This is mostly know through her looks and how her middle name is Hazel
4. Adelaide's favorite color is purple
5. She is often called Gold Coin because of her earth powers
6. Adelaide is 5'6, almost 5'7
7. She and Moana are the only Etruscan demigod daughter of the big three, as the Eturscan equivalent of Zeus has no known children
8. She, Evan, and Harper represent the three forms of Hades; Hades, Pluto and Aita