Ambrosia Church

Ambrosia Church is a seventeen year old Norse Demigod daughter of Sól and Samuel Church. She came to camp at thirteen years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Amber, Sia, Sól, Sunny, Sunshine, Sun, Sunflower, Amma

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Saratoga Springs, New York (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Sól (Mother)
* Samuel (Father)
* Akari Sakamoto (Japanese Half-sister)
* Sinthgunt and Máni (Aunt and Uncle)
* Calisto Lunetta (Cousin)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Normally bright and light colors
* Light pink jacket
* White rainbow-striped shirt
* Pink skirt
* Light pink flats/Light pink sneakers

**TW: Brief mentions of eating disorders**

## History

### Early Life

Ambrosia Church was born to Sól, goddess of The Sun, and Samuel Church on March 18, 2004 in Saratoga Springs, New York. Samuel Church was a respected and successful businessman. He worked in many different businesses and made a good name for himself. Samuel was also a good-looking man, one that many women were attracted by. One of these women was Sól, the Norse goddess of The Sun herself. Samuel had never felt so smug about himself in all of his self obsessed life. So you know the idea, they slept together and a few weeks later after dating, Sól discovered she was pregnant. She told Samuel, who was completely outraged. He refused to have a child; he was young and didn't want to be tied down to a baby. However, the sun goddess was not going to allow him to reject their baby. So after nine months, Ambrosia was born on March 18, 2004. Sól left Samuel was left with a child he didn't want. But he knew he could easily keep her and handle her. He’d pay nannies with his vast amount of money and so he did.

### Childhood

Throughout Ambrosia's childhood, she was raised by an endless amount of nannies. Ambrosia however had a slight advantage when it came to monsters and such as Samuel bragged to her at the age of 6, that her mother was a goddess. He also informed each nanny she had, that Ambrosia should be taught the myths of the past. Despite Samuel's reluctance to have a child, he still made sure she had everything she needed to be a Demigod. But Ambrosia got angry at her father and the fact he rarely acknowledged her existence. So she started to rebel from the age of about 10. She’d whine and moan, she’d make life difficult for her nannies as all she ever craved was her father’s attention. Thomas had enough; at the age of 12 he shipped Ambrosia off to the nearest boarding school.

### Boarding School Life

Ambrosia felt so angry and betrayed by her father. Things changed for her slightly as she was one of those "popular bitchy" girls. She had a reputation to fufil and she would go to any means to fufil it. Though she was truly a nice girl, the "friends" she did have were all fake and mean to the other students. Ambrosia noticed many of the girls in her group were all very slim, and she was pressured into an eating disorder. She’d starve herself and would throw up her food after she ate. She *knew* this wasn't healthy, but did it so she could keep her friends. After a few months, the school's counselor noticed this and urged Ambrosia to stop this behavior.

It took some convincing but Ambrosia began "therapy" at school and ended up dropping her friends, but even with out her friends, Ambrosia made sure that there was no reason for her "reputation" (being pretty and nice) to be question, she was one of those perfect girls everyone envied.

### Monster Attack and Coming to Camp

It was at about this age; Ambrosia got attacked by a Hell hound. Ambrosia never realized that her only friend was really a Satyr in disguise, carefully watching her. Luckily Ambrosia knew what to do and the Satyr had a spare sword. Ambrosia used the sword to defeat the monster, using the help of the Satyr. Once that was all over with, her friend explained about Camp Olympia, one specially made for Demigods. Ambrosia quickly left her father a phone message, explaining about the camp and what had happened. So with that, Ambrosia and the Satyr made their way to the camp. They made it to California after a few hour flight and the satyr was able to lead Ambrosia to Big Bear, California. Ambrosia stayed in the Hermes Cabin for a few weeks before being claimed by her mother

## Personality

Ambrosia is, first and foremost, unsurprisingly, a bright girl. She is optimistic and cheerful, and beyond hopeful for the future. Her unfortunate fate was never an excuse for Ambrosia to be gloomy and negative about her life. On the contrary, being aware of the fact that she will die a tragic death and knowing exactly how she will die has made Ambrosia a positive girl. She hopes to live the best of her life by the side of the ones she loves, and never gives up on making sure her day's going to be the best it can be. Ambrosia wants to make sure she will live a merry and joyful life and tries to never think about what she will go through. Kind and gentle, Ambrosia always tries to bring the best of herself to people. She has a tender, soft way of speaking, and her voice actually sounds like honey. She's especially patient, hardly gets annoyed or anxious, and never complains about anything. Instead, Sia will always point out the bright parts of things, and if she has the opportunity of lighting up someone's day, she will do it for sure. All she wants is for others to see that everything will be okay, no matter what. She lives by "tomorrow is a new sunrise", meaning that she will find a way of making your days a little better at least. However, Ambrosia is good at hiding her uncertainties and insecurities. Knowing about everything that will happen to her made Ambrosia a little bit bitter at making new friends and allowing new people into her life. She's deadly afraid of what will happen to them once she dies. Ambrosia feels like a constant burden and finds herself to be a bomb, which will explode someday and affect everyone she loves. Even if she is a friendly gal at heart, Ambrosia will definitely avoid having new relationships and tries to not let people into her life. She just wants to make sure that she won't hurt many people, and tends to keep to herself when it comes to her relationships. Despite her caution with allowing new people into her life, Ambrosia is actually a warm and sociable girl and likes to be around people, doing her best to be someone helpful. She's naturally altruistic and has a constant concern for the well-being of others, having somewhat of a maternal nature. She's always caring and protective of everyone, and always wants to make sure everyone's safe and happy above anything else. She's a devoted and loyal young lady, especially to her friends and loved ones, and always gives herself entirely to those who are part of her life. She is quite tough; she won't take anything lying down. She is rebellious due to her life with her father, she can also be a huge bitch when she wants to be. She's a girly girl like most of her other siblings but she knows her limits. She's also a hopeless romantic, but only a few people will see that side of her. Underneath her tough shell, she's quite insecure about her physical image and is actually quite a nice person.

### Fatal flaw

Ambrosia's fatal flaw is her everlasting loyalty. She could lay down her life for her friends, and would do anything to keep them safe

## Appearance

Ambrosia is often described as being a fierce looking seventeen-year-old African-American girl. Ambrosia is described as having dark skin, long curly brown hair, and brown eyes that shine like the sun. She is often seen wearing a light pink jacket, white rainbow-striped shirt, pink skirt, and light pink flats or light pink and white sneakers

## Powers and Abilities

### Sól Kid Powers

* She has the power of photokinesis or the power to create, shape, and manipulate light, given that her mother is the goddess of light.
* She has powerful Pyrokinesis, the power to create, shape, control, generate and manipulate every form/type of fire.
* She 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
* She has Day empowerment and is strongest at midday.
* She can light travel (or Solarportation as she calls it).
* She can create or wield weapons that have power over the sun or sunlight, which grants her a wide variety of sun-based abilities, including variable power with the amount of sunlight and the ability to let out the sun's power with an attack. This ability is not only specific to mystic weapons but also technologically advanced weapons. The power of the weapons depends on what they were created for or what level of solar ability they possess.
* Ambrosia has the power to perform sun-related magic, including solar winds/flares, geomagnetic storms, sunspot reactions, causation, and even UV emissions. Sunniva's temperature is also particularly hot, and she can both burn things with her touch, as well as illuminate the environment.
* Ambrosia is able to shapeshift on a small scale, such as growing her hair, changing her eye color, etc.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Ambrosia's supernatural alertness and keen senses that keep her ready for, and alive, in battle
* Singing skills: Ambrosia is a very skilled singer
* Fighting skills: She is a skilled fighter
* Flexibility: She is known to be very flexible
* Archery: Ambrosia is skilled with a bow
* Superhuman strength: As a demigod, Ambrosia is more durable than a regular human being
* Superhuman agility: As a demigod, Ambrosia is more agile than the average mortal
* Superhuman durability: As a demigod, Ambrosia is more durable than a regular human being
* Superhuman reflexes: As a demigod, Ambrosia's reflexes are greater than the average mortal

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Hannah Schuyler

Ambrosia has always been known as a bight child and a hard-core extrovert, and on of her best friends is Hannah Schuyler, daughter of Flora. Ambrosia and Hannah met at camp, and Ambrosia often helps her deal with her anxiety issues and bullies. They are very close as friends

#### Josephine Van Rensselaer

Josephine and Ambrosia are also really good friends. Josephine and Ambrosia love to do karaoke with each other and other things and they are often seen hanging out with each other, along with Hannah.

### Family

#### Sól (Mother)

Sól is Ambrosia mother, who "died" at birth. Ambrosia never had a real contact with her mother, and only knows she's there when she looks up at the sky everyday. Ambrosia is sure her mother loves her, and wishes she had contact with Sól, as well as her hugs and motherly presence.

#### Samuel (Father)

Samuel and Ambrosia have a distant relationship. Throughout Ambrosia's childhood, she was raised by an endless amount of nannies. When Ambrosia was born, he was reluctant to take her in and often talked about her birth as if it were an inconvenience rather than a miracle or blessing, so Samuel would distance himself from his daughter. So she started to rebel from the age of about 10. She’d whine and moan, she’d make life difficult for her nannies as all she ever craved was her father’s attention. Thomas had enough; at the age of 12 he shipped Ambrosia off to the nearest boarding school.

## Etymology

"Ambrosia" literally means **"immortality" in Greek**; it is derived from the Greek word "ambrotos" ("immortal"), which combines the prefix "a-" (meaning "not") with "mbrotos" ("mortal"). In Greek and Roman mythology, only the immortals-gods and goddesses-could eat ambrosia.

The Anglo-Saxon name Church comes from the family having resided near a church. The surname Church is derived from the old English word cyrice, which is itself derived from the Late Greek word kyrikon, which means **house of the Lord**.

## Trivia

1. Ambrosia is often called Amber, but prefers her full name Ambrosia so she won't be confused with Amber Knowles
2. She is named after the food of The Greek Gods
3. She identified with light colors like pink and yellow
4. Both she and Hannah were born in Saratoga Springs
5. While at her boarding school, she was pressured into an eating disorder by her "friends"
6. Her middle name is Sunniva, another name for her mother
7. She and Helios Jr like to joke that their half-siblings as Sól is the name of Helios' roman counter part
8. She loves to sing, and aspires to be an actress