Daniel Buchanan

Bucky

Buchanan

Sunshine

**Daniel Buchanan** is a seventeen-year-old demigod and son of Apollo, the Greek god of the sun and music. He is studying at Apollo's Academy of Arts, having previously been Head Counselor of Apollo's Cabin at Camp Half-Blood.

## Character Biography

### Arriving at Camp Half-Blood

Daniel arrived at camp on the 26th of June, six days after his seventeenth birthday. Prior to his arrival, he’d spent almost a whole year on the run from monsters. He had limited knowledge on Greek mythology from school, but most things he learnt upon arriving at camp were a surprise to him.

On day five, he was claimed by Apollo, who visited him in the forest and granted him a golden bow that would hurt anyone that touched it.

## Abilities

### Powers

* **Poetic Justice** - This is the ability to curse or bless others with magical poems, rhymes and haikus. The curses and blessings are created by the children of Apollo and can be altered to fit any situation. The more children of Apollo who use this ability together, the stronger and more potent the effects are. The effects of said curses and blessings aren't long lasting, unless produced by multiple campers, which extends the period they take to wear off.
* **Reflection -** Children of Apollo physically interact with light differently from how other beings do. When any kind of light comes into contact with their physical body, they reflect said light around them. They even absorb this light and emit a soft golden aura of light in dark spaces. In many cases, they can control this ability, but sometimes it can occur out of their will.
* **Detection -** This ability allows a child of Apollo to sense medical ailments in others. This can include minor ailments such as bone fractures, headaches, a high or low blood pressure, but also more advanced ones such as heart valves not functioning properly. This ability is passive, but doesn’t provide the owner with the ability to heal the ailments, only detect them.
* **Lullaby -** By singing or performing a piece of music, all children of Apollo can force the listeners to sleep, whether instantaneous or more naturally. The duration of the music will be the deciding factor as to how long this sleep will last, with a maximum being twenty-four hours.
* **Archery Proficiency -** Children of Apollo who are more inclined towards combat or sport may inherit this ability, which allows the owner to master great skill when using a bow and arrow, as though they have been practicing for years. Their aim is very precise, they are swift and efficient when reloading the bow, and can even launch multiple arrows at once.
* **Archer’s Deceit -** Children of Apollo can utilise arrows differently with this ability, in the sense that they can alter their function. For example, they could turn them into explosive arrows, arrows that act as grapple hooks, electrostatic arrows, arrows that split into capture nets etc. When the arrow is loaded and shot, the opponent at first is tricked into believing it is simply a regular arrow.
* **Hand Blasts -** Users can release blasts or beams of solar energy from their palms to attack enemies. However, there is a limitation, which is this only works best when there is a natural source of light.
* **Medic’s Touch -** Children of Apollo with this ability can transfer some of their own strength and health into a weaker target, optimising their health. However this can take various tolls on the user, such as energy exhaustion or a temporarily weaker immune system. Compared to Healing Hands, Medic’s Touch does not heal injuries. It’s used to boost the patient’s immune system and energy levels, whilst decreasing that of the user’s.
* **Healing Hands** — This ability allows a child of Apollo to call upon the magical properties of healing and channel them through their own body and into someone else. They cannot use this ability on themselves, however. Additionally, the more energy they use with this ability, the more it drains the user. Of course, Healing Hands more or less instantly heals the patient.

## Possessions

### Weapons

* ***Ílios*** - Daniel's bow; it gifted by Apollo during his claiming and is golden.
* ***Foteinós***, his celestial bronze spear; taken from camp’s armoury.
* **Gauntlets** - Produced by Cinthia Albarn-Hughes.

### Other Belongings

* **Personal Hephaestus Phone** - Just like most demigods in camp, Daniel owns his own Hephaestus wired phone.
* **Golden laptop** - Daniel owns a golden laptop that was in his cabin upon his claiming. It had been cleared and was left to be claimed, so Daniel took it as his own. He can’t use the internet on it due to monster interference.

## Relationships

### Friends

* **Marcellus Powell** -
* **Javon Vonnegut** -
* **Cinthia Albarn-Hughes** -
* **Imani Byrd** -
* **Kenton Stewart** -

## Trivia

* Daniel is left-handed.
* His favourite animal is the dolphin.
* Ironically, he hates the dark, and has a mild phobia of it, which made him uncomfortable whilst in the Labyrinth.
* He was the first child of Apollo of his generation. He succeeds veteran children of Apollo from the Nyx Saga, including Vanessa Landers and Olivier de Carbonneau.
* His favourite TV show is The Office (American Version).