Calliope

Calliope is the muse of Eloquence and Epic Poetry, said to be the “Chief of all Muses”, she is also the mother of Orpheus (From the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice). She is said to be the wisest of all the muses, and the most assertive, and she was a muse of many authors in ancient greece. (For example, Homer!)

Her emoji is 📜

Her kids live in Deme 7 in the Calliope Cabin

### Major

*Manifestation Via Narration* (Major)

* Children of Calliope are able to manifest events in their lives by writing or saying them into existence, with a certain percentage of success. To use this ability they must either write or say that something will happen to them as if they were narrating a story, and must complete it with a beginning and an end. An example would be “The demigod will wake up tomorrow well rested, she will happen to find some drachma on her way to the camp store that some other unlucky camper had lost, so when she arrives she can make her purchases with ease.”
* Levels 1-3: At this level they can only manifest very small things, such as a feeling (“She’ll be happy”) or finding something that they’d lost (“He will happen upon his lost headphones”), they must roll a 20 sided die and anything below a 15 is a failure.
* Levels 4-6 they are able to manifest running into people (“She will run into Haylee”) or finding things that would be reasonable to come across at camp (“He will get the best armor first in Capture the Flag tomorrow.”), they must roll a 20 sided die and anything below a 12 is a failure.
* Levels 7-8, they are able to manifest larger things, such as successes (“He will win his chess game tomorrow”) or someone’s feelings about them (“She will be forgiven by Sarah tomorrow”). They must roll a 20 sided die and anything below a 10 is a failure.

*Song* (Major/Minor)

* Demigods with this ability have the power to completely capture the attention of those around them with their voice (singing works best but simple poetic speech can also get the job done) and can even place them into a temporary trace-like state where they will be unresponsive and essentially frozen
* Levels 1-3: While the demigod is singing/speaking anyone who can hear will be in a trance, but it quite literally only works while they are making sound, if they pause they will snap back into reality.
* Levels 4-6: At these levels they are able to put others into a trance after they sing a completed song of their choice or deliver the poem of their choice for up to three turns, they have to roll a 3 die and whatever number they land on is how long (how many turns) the daze will last.
* Levels 7-8: They can now sing or speak a few lines that will put anyone who can hear into a trance for up to five turns, where they’ll roll a 5 die to determine how many turns the trance will last.

### Minor

*Divine Eloquence* (Minor)

* Children of Calliope have a lesser version of charmspeak where they can minorly influence the people around them in small ways. For example, they cannot make anyone do anything or even truly convince someone to do something for them, however they can plant the idea in their head with a little magical manipulation. An example of something you’d use this for is if you were trying to convince your friend that red is better than blue, essentially feelings and opinions over actions. It operates on rolls, as explained following the colon: 1-9-nothing happens, they don’t really notice what you'd said, however. 10- roll again. 11-19, they are inclined to agree with you. 20- they are completely convinced.
* Level one, you can attempt this once a day
* Level two, twice
* Level three, four times.

*Description is Key* (minor)

* This power allows Calliope children to show either made up things or what happens by writing it into a scene. They can do this with prewritten things like books. When they use this power it creates a visual that looks oddly like an iris message based on all the information written down.
* Level 1: they can fill out one page (front and back) and let it play for a max of four minutes
* Level 2: they can fill out two pages (front and back) with information and let it play for eight minutes
* Level 3: they can fill out three pages (front and back) and max time will be a dozen minutes
* Minor Degree/Level 4: they now have gained the ability to enchant one paper per day with the ability to play out what’s written on it and let anyone write what they want

*Creative Inspiration* (Minor)

* Children of Calliope can use their powers to bring motivation to someone to perform a specific creatively inclined task. They have to know what action they will be inspiring in order to use this power, as well as it needing to be an artistic expression in order to properly work. For example, while they could try to give someone heading to battle Creative Inspiration, they may find that under the magic they are now only able to dance instead of fight. The magic gives the affected party unbridaled inspiration to complete the task, meaning they essentially won’t stop until it is done or has worn off, which could be used as a curse if implemented correctly.
* Level One: The afflicted party will have a burst of inspiration for ten minutes, but will feel worn out and tired once it has worn off.
* Level Two: The afflicted party will have a spark of inspiration for fifteen minutes, but will become sluggish once it has ended.
* Level Three: The magical inspiration now lasts twenty minutes and once it is done they will feel only decently tired.

### Given

*Poet's Tongue* (given)

* Children of Calliope have a naturally eloquent way of speech and have excellent natural syntax. Somehow, they just sound more refined.

*Author* (Given)

* Children of Calliope are naturally good at writing, all sorts of things, but their epic poetry skills are unmatched.

*Vocals* (Given)

* Similarly, Children of Calliope are naturally gifted singers and have amazing voices.

*Leader* (Given)

* Because Calliope was the leader of the muses, her children have a natural sense of leadership especially over their cousins-aka, children of other muses.

*Needed Utensils* (Given)

* Whenever inspiration strikes and there is no writing utensil nearby, a pen with Calliope written on its side will always appear nearby.

*Zoolingualism* (Given)

* Because the Swan is the symbol of the muses, children of Calliope can speak to them just as they would their fellow demigod.

*Muse* (Given)

* Children of Calliope make others feel vaguely inspired just from their presence, giving a light feeling of hope and creativity in the chests of anyone around them.

*Perfect Posture* (Given)

* Because Calliope is also the muse of eloquence, they have a natural way of carrying themselves with effortless posture that makes others believe they know what they are talking about.

*Beautiful Voice* (Given)

* Similarly, with the aspect of eloquence, children of Calliope are just nice to listen to, their regular speaking voices are like melodies.