Imelda Alcántara

Imelda Alcántara is the seventeen year old Filipino Demigod daughter of Hana and Alejandro Alcántara. She came to camp at fourteen years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Immy, Meldie, Meda, Daisy, Maya, Dawn Kid, Hana

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Dumaguete, The Philippines (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Hana (Mother)
* Alejandro (Father)
* Mayari, Tala, Apolaki (Aunts and Uncles)
* Angelica (Paternal aunt)
* Marikit Santos, Althea Del Rosario, Crisanto Villanueva (Cousins)
* Cáne (Paternal cousin)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Yellow off the shoulder crop top
* Jean shorts
* Gray sneakers

## History

### Early Life

Imelda Alcántara was born to Hana, goddess of the morning and dawn and Alejandro Alcántara on August 12, 2004 in Dumaguete in The Philippines. Alejandro Alcántara and his sister Angelica loved their home in Caramoan, but both strived for different things. When they were 27 and 24 respectively, they moved away from the town, Alejandro to Dumaguete, and Angelica to Lyon, in the region of Rhône-Alpes. In Dumaguete, Alejandro met a woman who went by the name of Cynthia. Alejandro , being who he was, never looked for a proper relationship until he was at least 30, and ended up having a one night stand with Cynthia. She left, and he soon forgot about her, until nine months later, a little baby girl was handed to him. The woman who he got it off wasn't Cynthia, which surprised him. All said woman told him, was that the girl was newly born that day (August 12, 2004), and that Cynthia was Hana, the Filipino goddess. After giving Alejandro his daughter, the woman vanished. He then named his daughter Imelda, meaning "universal battle"

### Childhood

Alejandro adored his daughter, and always took her to Lyon to see his sister and her son, Cáne. Unknowingly, when Imelda was six, and after years of having on and off relationships, Alejandro fell in love with Melanie, a satyress. In reality, Melanie was told by a son of Zeus, that a demigod girl would be nearing her attacks soon, and that she should be protected. Over time, Melanie fell in love with Alejandro herself.

### Death of Her father

The "family" of three enjoyed life, always going to different parts of America to have weekends out and such. When she was 12, Imelda was attacked by a fire-breathing horse. At the time, the three were in their back garden. Melanie, following the demigod's instructions, defended Imelda from the monster. After the attack, Alejandro died of an disease, and Zeus took pity on the satyresses sadness, and turned Alejandro into a storm nymph, so the satyress who had before defended a few of his children, could be happy.

### Getting to Camp

For the next two years, Imelda still had a few attacks, but with her father and step-mother there, she was protected each time. When Melanie heard of Camp Olympia, she urged Alejandro to send Imelda there, in which he did. At first, the travelling was going well, but before long, a hell hound attacked the car that they were in, and injured Melanie badly. Alejandro was over in Lyon, visiting Angelica, so Imelda, following Melanie's small training that she had given her, attacked the hell hound with a small dagger, that belonged to Melanie. Let's just say that Imelda was doing well before she decided to run to the Camp border and tripped up, letting the hell hound nearly savage her, and by that, some nasty gashes and such to her arms and legs. A camper, Beau Chambre, a child of Cybele, ran out and dragged her into Camp, whilst the hell hound's attention was drawn to by Melanie. A few days after going to Camp, she got some weapons (bow and arrows and a small ax), given to her by her step-mother. The bow and arrows were from Hana, and the ax was a birthday present.

## Personality

On the surface, she's quiet and soft and sweet - and she is definitely all of those things. But Imelda is nothing short of a warrior. She may be sweet and feminine, but she has a core of iron (and that's not just because she's a ballerina.) Imelda has a small smile and big heart. She cares for others strongly, and is rarely seen losing her temper or getting furious. She cares about others so much that she purposely keeps herself away from others so that the impact that is her tragic ending won’t hurt too many people. She willingly chooses to be defined by her heritage. Imelda chooses her life; she doesn’t necessarily accept it -- but she’ll take it anyway. She doesn't want to leave a mark on other people's lives, believing that it will make it easier for her to submit to her pre-written path. She chooses to be known as the Sun Ballerina, not as Imelda. Her close relationship with death gives her a shameless craving for experiences, as she is shown to be spontaneous and self-indulgent. She wants to make the most out of what little life she knows she has. She has socialization and intimacy issues. Ro is afraid of forming close relationships with others, as though she will die in the end and she doesn’t want to hurt other people or herself. She did not consider herself to be "worth it." Imelda is a firm believer in the inevitability of destiny. No matter what happens to her, she hardly ever lets it affect her. She is a strong-willed survivor, always going merrily along no matter how hard the world pushes against her. Though resigned to her fate, she always looks to whatever days she has left with optimism. After learning that she has the choice not to go through with her destiny, Imelda initially goes through an existential crisis, but eventually develops a strong will to live. She becomes hopeful and begins to actively oppose her destiny. Imelda knows, more than anyone, what it is to fight for something with every fiber of her being. She never truly sheds her adventurous nature, and will continue to live her life finding new experiences. While first submitting to her destiny had taken a toll on her mental and emotional well-being, Imelda is willing to take on the world and live the life she deserves with the people she cares about. On the outside, Imelda can be seen as a cheerful and approachable girl. She is often seen helping new students with class-related issues. Imelda is helpful and open-minded and more often than not, prefers to not get involved in any fights or be part of any side, rather wanting to hear both halves of the story to come up with a compromise. Imelda doesn't like making assumptions and has trouble with fitting into a set box; She, instead, likes experimenting and goes into situations without thinking much and loves new experiences. This often leads to her getting into much more trouble than it's worth. Due to her non-confrontational nature, Imelda is very much a pushover and tends to give up when things start to become more challenging. Behind her cheerful facade, Imelda is actually very insecure about her image and how other people perceive her and often favors creating herself a favorable image instead of working on her own personality; Because of this, she finds interacting with people very exhausting but often has to push herself to keep up a good image. Imelda isn't entirely sure who she really is behind the mask she's put for herself and, to be entirely sure, is afraid to find out. Imelda struggles to find things she truly can invest herself on, as he often finds herself too tired or unmotivated to do other things than maintain her social status.

### Fatal flaw

Imelda's fatal flaw is her Hubris. She thinks she can do anything and do it well

## Appearance

Imelda is described as looking as beautiful as the dawn and is a girl of Afro-Filipino descent. She is described with having brown skin, tight coily hair that reaches her shoulders, and bright green eyes that sparkle in the sun. She is often seen wearing yellow off the shoulder crop top, jean shorts, and gray sneakers

## Powers and Abilities

### Hana Kid Powers

* She has the power of Photokinesis, or the power to control light.
* Whenever these powers are active her hands tend to glow a rosy color.
* She can be gifted the power of Umbrakinesis, or the power to control darkness as dawn is a period in-between daytime and nighttime.
* She can have Pyrokinesis.
* She has the power of Hydrokinesis but to a limited extent, as she can only control morning dew.
* She can absorb light from the morning sun as an energy source, or to slightly increase the healing speed of wounds.
* She has Cryokinesis, limited to the control over the morning frost which is one of their mother's domains.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Imelda's supernatural alertness and keen senses that keep her ready for, and alive, in battle
* Astronomy: She is great at astronomy given that her mother is a celestial goddess
* Filipino: She was taught Filipino/Tagalog being raised in The Philippines
* Swordsmanship: She is skilled with a sword
* Superhuman strength: Like most demigods, Imelda is much stronger than most mortals
* Superhuman durability: Like most demigods, Imelda is much more durable than most mortals
* Superhuman agility: Like most demigods, Imelda is much more agile than most mortals
* Superhuman reflexes: Imelda has shown to have much stronger reflexes
* Dancing skills: Imelda is a skilled dancer, specifically with ballet

## Relationships

### Friends

Imelda often associates herself with other demigods who share a love of dancing such as Tina, Musette and Theodora. She has admitted to be much closer to her cousin Althea, another hero who understands what it is to have a large destiny. Imelda and her friendships are limited due to how she draws herself away from socializing with others.

#### Piper Perez

Imelda maintains an exclusive friendship with the daughter of Hathor, Piper Perez. Though their vastly different pantheons don't give them much time to be around each other. The thing is, the two hardly even speak to each other when they're together. Piper's music relieves Imelda of her ever-constant fear of attachments.

### Family

#### Hana (Mother)

From a young age, Imelda had not met her mother since, according to her father, she had died in Child-birth. That is, until she came to Camp Olympia. Hana is shown to be very protective of Imelda, since she is one of her only demigod child. The goddess of the Dawn is shown to dote on Imelda a lot as well. However, like most parent-child relationships, the two have their arguments, but they love each other

#### Alejandro (Father)

Imelda and her father have a rather close relationship with each other. Alejandro often took his daughter to Lyon to visit her aunt Angelica. She was rather relived to see her father turned into a storm nymph and they often talk through letters

## Etymology

Imelda is a feminine name of Spanish and Italian origin, meaning **“powerful fighter”** or **“universal battle.”** It is derived from the German name Irmhilde which comes from the Old German word ermen, which means **“universal”** or **“whole,”** and hild, translating to **“fight”** or **“battle.”**

Alcántara (Spanish), Alcàntara (Catalan), Alcântara (Portuguese), and Alcantara (Sicilian) are surnames related to the Andalusian place name Alcántara, derived from Arabic for **"the bridge"**.

## Trivia

1. Her middle name is Maria, the same name of Maria Reynolds
2. She is a Leo
3. She is Asexual
4. Her favorite color is light pink
5. She, Marikit, and Althea are known as The Celestial Trio
6. She is claustrophobic
7. Her favorite song is Finale from In The Heights
8. She is 5'8