Evander Salamis

Evander Salamis is the seventeen year old (really a thousand) Greek Demigod Son of Artemis and Teucer. He came to camp at seventeen years old

## Basic Stuff

### Age

17 (Biologically) 1,000 (Chronologically)

### Alias

Eva, Evie, Ander, Evan, Van, Prince of Salamis, Son of Teucer, Brother of The Hunt, Moon Boy

### Affiliation

* Camp Olympia
* The Olympians
* The Hunters of Artemis (Honorary)

### Birthplace

Unknown, raised by some worshipers of Artemis in Sparta

## Family

### Biological Family

* Artemis (Mother/Creator)
* Teucer (Father)
* Leilani Gomez and Arcadia Huntress (Half-sisters)
* Apollo, Ajax The Greater, Trambelus, Achilles, Priam's children (Uncles and aunts)
* Loretta Potvin, Melody Potvin, Rhea Potvin, and Isidoros Telamon (First cousins)
* Adrian Peleus, Philip Priam, Cressida Priestess, Andromeda Trojan, and Theodosius Trojan (Second cousins)

## Appearance

### Outfit

IN GREECE* Greek Chiton
* Greek Sandals

AT CAMP

* Black shirt with a crescent moon
* Silver jacket
* Jeans
* Gray sneakers

## History

### Early Life

Evander Salamis was born to Artemis goddess of The hunt, archery, wilderness, forests, the Moon, radiance, maidenhood, and childbirth and Teucer, prince of Salamis. Artemis was a goddess who didn't care for the male gender. She rarely accepted males into the Hunters of Artemis (famously Orion and Hippolytus), however, she did have a fondness of those who hunted and were skilled with a bow. During the Trojan war, Artemis found herself rather intrigued with the Great Archer, Teucer, Prince of Salamis. Artemis noticed his skill with a bow, and often discreetly went out of her away to try and help Teucer during the war, even trying to protect him from her brother Apollo and the Trojans, despite her siding with the Trojans. One day, Teucer made a sacrifice to Artemis, thanking her for his skill with the bow. Artemis sensed this thanks, and went down to Earth and appeared before Teucer. At first, the young man was confused, but Artemis then expressed her admiration at Teucer's skilled archery. Teucer thanked the goddess, and despite the goddess supporting the Trojans, the two became friendly with each other. During the quiet days of the war, when there was no fighting, Artemis and Teucer would go hunting together and would chat. Over time, their bond became rather close. Over time, their bond would create a child made from moon light; a son. Artemis knew that she couldn't raise her son with the hunters because of the "no boys" thing and Teucer couldn't raise their (her?) son because of the war, so Artemis decided to give their son to a few cult members in Sparta to watch over him. Before going to Sparta, Artemis met up with Teucer on one of their hunting days and showed Teucer their son, and told him of her plan. Teucer, though he didn't agree with the plan, knew he couldn't argue with a goddess, only asked to name their son. Artemis agreed and Teucer named their son Evander. Artemis then promised to protect both their son and Teucer, and zipped of to Sparta, disguised as a mortal and gave Evander to one of the temple members, saying that the baby was found all alone and needed a place to stay. The temple members all agreed to watch over the child, and thus began Evander's life

### Childhood

Growing up, Evander was raised in the city of Sparta by the other temple members, who mainly worshipped Artemis. Evander mostly grew up normally, some temple members teaching him how to walk and talk, another taught him how to read and write, and some taught him the ways of praying to Artemis, what sacrifices she liked, etc. Also, because many of the temple members were women and girls, Evander was basically raised on his "respect women" juice, hating when people were mean to other girls. Evander was also strangely nocturnal. He hated going to sleep and always wanted to sleep during the day. He was also rather fascinated with the moon and stars along with archery and hunting. When he was fourteen, he was given a silver bow, though none of the temple members knew where it came from. When he was sixteen, a woman with blonde hair and silver eyes began to teach him how to hunt and use a bow (This was really Artemis, though Evander didn't know that). Artemis spent her time on Olympus watching over her son, and he was around ten years old when the Trojan war ended

### Becoming Immortal

When Evander was seventeen, his mother had blessed with immortality one night. He didn't feel any different for a while, but as the years went bye, Evander noticed that he wasn't aging and he wasn't dying, though he could still get hurt. He continued to live his life as a devote to Artemis, but after a few years, someone had destroyed the temple, forcing him to live some where else. He roamed all of Greece in the forest, until he was found by the hunters of Artemis. The goddess herself was shocked and glad to see her son once again, but Evander was rather confused on why a goddess was hugging him. Artemis explained that she was really Evander's mother and was the one who made him immortal. Many of the other hunters where shocked that Artemis had a son and where rather hostile towards him, but Artemis told them to be nice. Evander mainly stuck to himself, but did talk to the only two other male hunters, Theodosius and Elias.

### Life with the Hunters

Evander's life with the hunters was rather awkward. Artemis often had to tell off many of her huntresses for glaring at Evander, who was usually just standing there. Usually, Evander helped with killing monsters, and only mainly talked to Theodosius and Elias, and would very rarely talked to Holly, Andromeda, and Cressida. Evander did his best not to interfer with the other huntress, only spoken when spoken to, but he was a lot more comfortable with his mother. Evander also asked questions about his dad, and Artemis only said that one, he was a prince and two, he was a skilled archer. Over time, Evander, Holly, Elias, Theodosius, and Andromeda all came to camp, Evander meeting his half-sister Leilani and his adopted sister Arcadia.

## Personality

Evander exudes a calm and collected energy. He is commonly considered to be the most decent and least hardcore of his sisters. After all, if you had to choose to be locked in a room with at least one of them, Evander would be the most logical choice. He isn't much of a hero, but he is very good with people. He is charismatic and outgoing. He is shown to be very socially intelligent. While mostly effortless on his part, Evander tailors his personality to appeal to the people he is with. This is why he is so well-liked among others. Like Leilani, everything he does is calculated to some extent. Unlike his half-sister, his motives for being like this are different. Evander wants to be a comforting and friendly presence for others, and if he has to design his personality so that others will talk to him, then why not? He is friendly, empathetic and encouraging to other people, especially in difficult times. Like his sisters, Evander can be very protective, but he is not known to jump in until the last minute. He doesn't get directly involved unless he absolutely has to. This is owed to his cool and calm nature, as it takes a lot to rattle him. Charming though mercurial, Evander is an inquisitive kid whose audacious leanings make him just as outgoing as he is spontaneous. While not too in-your-face about his royal birth – being raised under the care of a group of temple members– he's nonetheless curious about where he came from. Between being most likely destined to fight in a ten year war, the young hero wants the time he has left in Camp Olympia to mean something. One thing of note, ironically, is that his short-term memory is a bit sporadic, often remembering seemingly random/unimportant details (hoarse laughter coming from the nymph he saw at New Athens week, that very specific shade of cream orange seen during the sunset he saw three days back, etc.) while blanking out on the obvious (others' names, teacher's assignments, the like). Evander nonetheless does his best to support his friends, even if he's something of a literal space-case. The young prince is very excitable, especially when trying to cure his boredom. While seeming to be collected and composed when left to his own devices, he rarely stays still for long, often fidgets in class when he isn't wandering about between periods. He'll gladly join up with friends and local troublemakers for fun and mischief (often under the guise of a pleasant smile and an air of coy nobility) to keep active in mind and body – a strength of affability and a weakness for compulsion. Sometimes it fuels his drive to be wanted and remembered, but more often than not it wears him out mentally and, in worst-case scenarios, it even lends him into trouble. Conversely, his mutable demeanor sticks with him in the lowest of moods; even like-minded hunters like Evander become withdrawn and melancholic, no matter how hard he tries to stay positive. Along with being at times hypersensitivity, It's during these episodes when his anxiety for the future – every thought of "what if I'm a different person when I leave camp” and "maybe I'm not good enough for friends/family to care about me when I'm gone" combined – eat up at the poor prince. Nevertheless, Evander is content to keep his head held high in spite of persistent insecurities, whether through keeping himself busy or staying in touch with those who stick with him and his moods. Overall, whether letting loose with best friends or socializing with quirky acquaintances, wax, wane, and the energy that drives him are key terms that are essential to who he is – like the many phases of the moon itself.

### Fatal flaw

Evander's fatal flaw is holding grudges. He is known to hold grudges for a very long time and often does petty things to the person who's wronged him as revenge

## Appearance

Evander is a seventeen year old with an athletic build to him. He is described with messy and wavy light brown hair, light tanned skin, and silver eyes. While living in Ancient Greece, he wore traditional Ancient Greek clothing but now at camp he wears a silver jacket, a black shirt with a crescent moon that resembles a bow and arrow on it, jeans and gray sneakers

## Powers and Abilities

### Artemis Kid Powers

* Because he was not directly birthed from Artemis, he inherited Artemis’ hunting skills and his hunting prowess and abilities far exceeds that of her Hunters but he just pale in comparison to his virgin mother.
* He can use the moonlight as a means of teleportation and appear anywhere so long as moonlight can shine in that location, known as "lunar-traveling" which functions identically to shadow traveling.
* He possesses lunakinesis, manipulation of the moon and its' light as his mother has divine authority over the moon.
* He can even create arrows made out of silvery moonlight, which never fails to hit their target unless an outside force intervenes.
* He is also more powerful when the moon shines on him and can use moonlight to communicate with anyone, esp, his mother and other lunar gods
* He can heal at an accelerated rate if he is bathed in moonlight, as well as move faster and hit harder.
* He can communicate with and understand stags, hawks, and wolves given that they are his mother's sacred animals.
* He can also understand other wildlife.
* Like his mother, he can utter a blessing in ancient Greek to make two more of a species of animal that was slain by him.
* He can temporarily shift anyone into a jackalope for a day He can fire lasers of moonlight from his eyes, just like his mother can do. It works identically to heat vision
* He can create large constructs from moonlight, generally in the shape of a stag or doe, as a means of communication or offense, but the construct can only be twice the size of himself. The larger the construct, the more power it requires from him.
* He is also masterful at using lunar-based attacks.
* Only when moonlight is present, meaning this does not work on a night of the New Moon, can he create wings of silvery light to fly. He can even give temporary wings to other people. This fails if he is too weak or too hungry.
* Like his grandfather, he possesses minor atmokinesis and is partially immune to lightning. He can also redirect or reflect lightning back at the sender but he cannot completely control the bolt's path.
* He has the ability to turn anyone into the opposite sex of what they currently are, but only temporarily, like his mother did to Sipriotes.
* He can use the moon's gravity to weigh down an opponent and hinder their mobility, or he can make himself more nimble by lessening the gravity around him, he also has a degree of hydrokinesis in that he can control the tides to be higher or lower than normal because the moon is related to tidal forces.
* He has night vision that allows him to see even in the darkest night.
* He can infuse a weapon with moonlight to make it deal more damage. The infusion can last until the next morning.
* He can also use moonlight to heal his allies. However, the more serious the injuries are, the more energy and concentration it requires to restore them. If he uses this ability too many times within a day, he will eventually be unable to even conjure a single ball of moonlight, let alone keep his eyes open.
* He is immune to lunar attacks from other demigods who use lunakinetic combat, and can absorb any lunar energy that is thrown his way and either use it to heal, as ammunition for is own attacks, or send it back to the attacker at double the power.
* He can use Chlorokinesis and have control from a forest's tallest trees to its grass.
* He can control water only from the forest's rivers, lakes, ponds, and rain.
* He can turn into animals or wildlife.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: As a demigod, Evander possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that he uses to analyze the fighting style of his opponent.
* Dyslexia: His brain is "hard-wired" for divine Ancient Greek instead of mortal languages.
* Archery: He is a skilled archer given that his mother is an archery goddess
* Hunting skills: He has great hunting skills as his mother is the goddess of the hunt
* Immortality: When Evander was seventeen, he gained immortality, which stops him from aging and dying, though he can still get hurt
* Greek: Evander can speak fluent Greek
* Fighting skills: Evander has great fighting skills
* Athleticism: Evander is an extremely athletic person, and finds himself eager to participate in sports and athletics. This has resulted in his incredible athletic abilities that tend to comes as a surprise most people he trains with.
* Superhuman durability: As a demigod, Evander is more durable than a regular human being
* Superhuman strength: As a demigod, Evander is much stronger than the average mortal
* Superhuman Reflexes: As a demigod, Evander reflexes are greater than the average mortal
* Superhuman Agility: As a demigod, Evander is more agile than the average mortal

## Relatonships

### Friends

#### Iliana Crete

Iliana is one of Evander's best friends. Iliana is the daughter of Benthesikyme and Idomeneus, and she is much more calm and easy going than the rowdy Evander, but they still get along very well, along with Nyssa, they are like a dynamic trio

#### Nyssa Pylos

Nyssa is another one of Evander's close friends. She is the daughter of Phoebe and Thrasymedes, and she is much more calm and quite than himself who is loud, but they still get along very well, along with Iliana, they are like a dynamic trio

### Family

#### Artemis (Mother)

Evander was born from the light of the moon and her father's essence, however Artemis considers him as her son. Artemis is very protective of her son, as she is with most of her hunters. They have a close bond with each other

#### Teucer (Father)

Evander doesn't know his father all that well, since he was raised in Sparta almost all his childhood, but he has heard from his mother he was a brave fighter. Evander now has learned of his father's story and admires him a lot

## Etymology

Deriving from Greek and Scottish roots, Evander is a boy's name that means **"good man."** In Scottish traditions, it's believed the name is an anglicized version of Iomhar, deriving from the Norse name, Ivor, which translates to **"bow warrior"** and **"strong man."**

Salamis was the name of his father's kingdom

## Trivia

1. Evander is both the first cousin of Isidoros and Melody as well as the second cousin to Adrian, Philip, The Trojan Twins, and Cressida
2. Both he and Iliana have my singing monster lyrics as their quotes
3. He is Asexual
4. He is often called "The Brother of The Hunt" since he is the only son of Artemis
5. His name can mean "bow warrior" and he often seen using a bow in combat
6. His middle name is Altalune which means **"over the moon"**
7. His favorite color is silver or gray
8. If he was born in modern time he would have been born July 26, Leo, The Warm Hearted Kind