Taiyang Sun

Taiyang Sun is a seventeen year old Chinese demigod son of Hou Yi and Yue Sun, a clear sighted mortal. He came to camp at 14 years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Tai, Yang, Hou Yi, Sun Archer, Sun, Eclipse Child

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)San Jose, Costa Rica (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Hou Yi (Father)
* Yue (mother)
* Chang'e (Step-mother)
* Crescent Huang (Step-sister)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Usually bright colors
* Yellow shirt that says “Sun Archer” and it has a sun and a bow on it
* Jeans
* Black sneakers
* Jean jacket that has The Chinese Flag and Costa \*Rican Flag on it.

## History

### Early LIfe

Taiyang Sun was born to Yue Sun, a clear sighted mortal and Hoy Yi, god of the sun and archery on July 7, 2004, in San Jose, Costa Rica. Yue was a twenty year old woman, originally from China, but had moved to Costa Rica for college. One night, Yue had a one night stand with this gorgeous guy at a college party. The entire dorm had to know, because she couldn't stop talking about it. All of San Jose should've known by this point, because she couldn't stop gushing over him. Love at first sight, maybe? Yue was determined to find out. But the handsome stranger brought up more questions that she couldn't answer. One, she had been too lost in the moment to even ask for a name. Some people swore that his name was Matthieu. Louis, maybe? Two, she didn't even know where to find him again. Yue couldn't even be sure that they even went to the same university. He could've been from anywhere. She tried asking around but everyone had the same answer: he was just there one moment and the other. Okay, so a handsome stranger was mysterious. Yue liked mysterious, she could deal with that. She's read enough detective stories and watched enough Sherlock to try to find him.

But the probability of that happening was lower than the Toronto Maple Leafs winning the Stanley Cup anytime soon (Yue was a Hockey Fan). And it was harder to do that when she was dealing with an unexpected pregnancy. That's right, Handsome Stranger had gotten her pregnant. Yue Sun was twenty, alone, and totally ??? at her situation. But did she regret it? Not at all. Taiyang Archie Sun was born and raised in San Jose. Yue was a doting mother, and a strong woman in her own right. But the life of a single mother was a hard one, and Taiyang had to be content with constant babysitters and the inside world of their small apartment. She felt some guilt about the constant time away from Taiyang, and went in over her head trying to give him the best she could. Slowly, things for the two improved. By the time Patrice came into the picture, Yue was proud to say that she was the mother of a four year old and she hadn't really messed up along the way. Patrice Bergeron was twenty-six, in law school, and just as bit as charming as her handsome stranger had been years earlier. As quick as her earlier love was, this love for Patrice was slower. Taiyang was seven when they finally eloped.

### Childhood

By demigod standards, Taiyang was lucky that most of his childhood went without any overt signs of his godly parentage. That's what he says, looking back at it. In reality, the signs were always there. Yue was a normal person and although she had joking referred to her one night stand as a God, she never once thought that "Gee, maybe Handsome Stranger really was a God?". To Taiyang his father was simply a handsome stranger that disappeared. His relationship with his mother and stepfather was close enough that he let him stay the handsome stranger. Taiyang continued on with his life, getting various hobbies, welcoming some step-siblings, and ignoring the strange people that would stalk him in his middle school hockey games.

### Coming to Camp

8th grade proved to be a turning point in his life. As if middle school couldn't be enough, Taiyang was suddenly thrown with the information of who his father was. He was waiting to get picked up by his mother after a hockey game, when suddenly he was attacked by a hell hound. Taiyang being a demigod ignorant of his parentage, didn't know what to do other than pick up a nearby stick and try and shoo the large dog away. It was only big because he was tired, right? A flurry of arrows lead to the destruction of it before his very eyes. A nearby satyr quickly came to his rescue and ended up explaining to the shocked teenager that yes, he was indeed the son of a God. Wow, as if. Taiyang was thankful for the help, but no thanks, dude. Taiyang didn't believe any of the whole Ancient godly world stuff, and he wasn't really in the mood to join a cult. Even as a thirteen year old, he knew better than to follow some complete stranger into the wilderness of San Jose. That is, more monster attacks kept happening after the first one. What Taiyang thought was some one-time dream became fairly frequent attacks that usually ended with the same satyr coming and saving him. In time, he began to realize that this wasn't some weird lucid nightmare - it was real life. When he was fourteen, he had come to Camp Olympia. He stayed in the Hermes Cabin for a few weeks before getting claimed by Hou Yi.

## Personality

Taiyang is a bright and energetic teenager. He is restless, cheerful, and friendly. He's a always on the go person, and loves to be free. No matter how dark the circumstances are, he's extremely optimistic about everything and anything, and has a lot of faith in other people. He'll easily show you the bright side of things. Very much the type of person that in a sticky situation, will be the one to say, "Hey, at least we're not in (another bad situation)." He tends to be a dreamy person, and sometimes, not in touch with reality at all. However, he's able to put himself in other people's shoes and is very understanding. Taiyang is soft-hearted and sweet like sugar, and maybe relies a lot on his intuition, which sometimes gets him into trouble. But at least he's understanding, and never indifferent to your feelings, right? However, Taiyang is also a sociable and outgoing person that usually gets along with whoever he interacts with. He tends to always make a good impression and is comfortable in talking to strangers whom he may have never met. Aside from just the leisure side of him, he has a musical personality and excels in playing woodwind instruments. Perhaps due to his god parentage he has innate interest in playing basketball and archery. Something that most people don't know is that he loves the thrill of exploring mysterious places, hence why he would explore the dark cave alone or with friends, it all depends on his mood. However, there is a bad side of him. He and Crescent don’t seem to get along for some unknown reason. Constantly arguing and bickering about even the dumbest things, however, in times of need, they can occasionally put aside their differences and work together for the sake of their “Family”. Taiyang is a man of action. He'd rather get out and do something than sit around and do nothing. When he sets his mind on something, he won't stop to complete it, even if it probably gets him killed, injured, or yelled at in the process. He takes full responsibility for everything he does and says and never backs out on things. He isn't afraid of anything and will face any danger with a grin on his face.

### Fatal flaw

Taiyang's fatal flaw is loyalty. He would sacrifice anything and everything for his friends

## Appearance

Taiyang is a young seventeen year old boy of Chinese and Costa Rican descent. He is often described as being a little taller than most of the boys at camp, but shorter than Akinori or Daedalus, around 5’11. He has golden blond hair, grass green eyes, and smooth tanned skin. He is often seen wearing a yellow shirt that says “Sun Archer” and it has a sun and a bow on it, jeans, black sneakers and a jean jacket that has The Chinese Flag and Costa Rican Flag on it.

## Powers and Abilities

### Hou Yi Kid Powers

* Taiyang has the power of heliokinesis, the power to create, shape, and manipulate all aspects of the sun, starting from its immense heat, luminosity, mass/gravitational field, magnetic field, raw nuclear energy, and reaction, etc.
* Taiyang has the power of Photokinesis, the power to create, shape and manipulate light.
* He has the ability to focus intense beams of light from his eyes which will burn through objects and melt through regular metals.
* He can create solar flares that come off his body, and essentially act as ropes of intense heat and plasma. These ropes can act as extensions of themselves and are used in a whip like manner.
* He has the ability to create a very large protective dome of bright light and heat around him. No one can enter his dome without feeling intense dehydration, and have the ability to faint. People cannot look into the dome so he can effectively conceal himself in plain sight.
* He can teleport himself by manipulating light photons. Essentially, it’s him moving at the speed at which light travels, but using the light itself to help them travel and travel through objects that light can pass through. He needs to be careful to not attempt to travel anywhere that has something that blocks light, because it will immediately halt his travel.
* He has the ability to create multiple temporary light sources, like sparks of bright light, which act as flashes that can either temporarily affect someone’s vision, or distract them
* Taiyang has a power known as Bow Manipulation, meaning he can create, summon, shape, manipulate and use any kind of bows (including crossbows) and arrows with perfect skill, shaping and combining them as needed, or moving them like telekinesis.
* Taiyang has a power known as Arrow Manipulation, meaning he can create, summon, shape, manipulate any kind of arrows (including crossbow bolts), shaping and combining them as needed, or moving them like telekinesis. He can construct bows (including crossbows) and arrows from nothing or by shaping the existing matter or energy allowing them to attack from distance. Depending on what the weapon is made of, it can possess a variety of abilities and be very effective in both offensive and defensive combat. He can control a projectile's trajectory path once it is fired or thrown, whether it be a bullet, laser beam, boomerang, etc. This allows the projectile to curve around barriers and obstacles to reach targets, attack at unsuspecting angles and blind-spots, confuse opponents as it keeps moving around before making the unexpected strike, and have it gain momentum and piercing power by flying around.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Like many of his friends, Taiyang has ADHD, since Taiyang's supernatural alertness and keen senses that keep him ready for, and alive, in battle
* Archery: Given that his father is a god of Archery, Taiyang is extremely good at archery. Not as good as the Hunters of Artemis or The Artemis Kids, but a little better than the Apollo Kids
* Fighting skills: Taiyang is very good at fighting in battle
* Hand-to-hand combat: Since he took self-defense classes during his middle school fighting skills had improved immensely after training again in Camp Half-Blood
* Hunting Skills: Taiyang is a pretty good hunter
* Superhuman strength: Being a demigod, Taiyang is stronger than the average mortal
* Superhuman agility: Being a demigod, Taiyang is more is more agile than the average mortal
* Superhuman durability: Being a demigod, Taiyang is more durable than the average mortal
* Superhuman reflexes: Being a demigod, Taiyang's reflexes are faster than an average mortal
* Chinese: Because Taiyang is a Chinese demigod and her mother was from China before moving to Costa Rica, Taiyang is fluent in Chinese
* Spanish: Because Taiyang is from Costa Rica, he is fluent in Spanish

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Crescent Huang

Now Crescent and Taiyang have a very sibling-like relationship. One day, they're all nice to each other, the next, they can be found arguing about something, but they truly care for each other, but they often argue.

### Family

#### Hou Yi (Father)

Hou Yi and Taiyang's relationship is unknown. Hou Yi does care for his son, but they can't really have any contact since Hou Yi is a god

#### Yue (Mother)

Yue and Taiyang relationship is very positive. Yue cared a lot for her son and does everything he can to help him go father in life

## Etymology

The name Tai Yang is primarily a male name of Chinese origin that means **Sun**.

Sun is a Chinese surname that can be spelled in 6 different ways in Chinese: 孙 / 孫 [Sun] Meaning: **grandson, descendant**.

## Trivia

1. Taiyang's name is literally Chinese (Simplified) for Sun
2. Taiyang can play the Pipa, a traditional Chinese musical instrument
3. Taiyang's middle name is Archie, which means "genuine", "bold" or "brave
4. He is demisexual
5. He is a Cancer
6. He, much like Noelani, is of Chinese and Hispanic descent (Costa Rican and Mexican respectively)
7. He is 5'11, one inch taller than Noelani
8. His mother's name means "Born under the moon" and his father is the god of the sun, so he was often called an "Eclipse Child"