Melody Potvin

Melody Potvin is a 17-year-old Greek demigod, the daughter of Apollo and Legacy of Asteria, through her mother, Aria Potvin. She is the sister of Loretta and Rhea. She came to camp at seven years old.

**TW: Mentions of Dark themes such as abuse**

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Mel, Milly, Lyric, Sun Girl, Plague Kid, Music girl, Apollo, Patroclus, Healer Kid, Day-Light, Music Note, Angel, Calypso, Soldatessa, Godling, Mija, Honey, Sweet-heart, Sweetie, Miss Revived, Child, Amor, Sunshine

### Residence

* Camp Olympia (Currently)
* New Orleans, Louisiana (Formerly)
* Elysium (Temporarily)

## Family

### Adoptive/Step Family

* Travis (Step dad)
* Shaun and Samuel (Step-brothers)

### Biological Family

* Apollo (Father)
* Aria (Mother, dead, daughter of Asteira)
* Loretta Potvin (Older sister, dead)
* Rhea Potvin (Younger sister)
* A bunch of Apollo Children in mythology (half-siblings)
* Artemis (Aunt)
* Hunters of Artemis (Adopted cousins)
* Leilani Gomez (Cousin)
* Octave Reyes (Cousin)
* Zoe Potvin (ancestors)
* Asteria (Grandmother)
* Eliza Gardner (Distant relative)

## Items

### Weapons

* Dagger
* Bow and arrow

### Other Items

* Phone
* Headphones
* Note book
* Bags of pens

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Usually colors of yellow, black and grey
* Yellow shirt
* Black skirt/shorts
* Brown boots
* Lyre necklace

Or

* Kidcore type aesthetic
* Yellow AE Crew Neck Ringer Tee
* Neon pink mesh finger less gloves
* Knee length pastel rainbow skirt
* Light up sneakers

## History

### Early Life

Melody was born to Aria Potvin, a daughter of Asteria, and Apollo, the god of archery, music, light, prophecy, and medicine. Aria met Apollo while she was going to music school in New Orleans, Louisiana. Once they had fallen in love, Aria had their first child who they named Loretta on April 7, 1999. On January 17, 2004, they had their second child, Melody, and on June 8, 2008, Apollo came back in his roman form and had their final daughter Rhea. The three girls took the last name of their mother. When the older girls were nine and four, and Rhea was only a few months old their older cousins Adrian and Isabella came over who were eleven and ten at the time. It was during spring break and the five kids were in the kitchen. Both Adrian and Isabella were Middle children and jealous that Aria had loved all three equally even without having a dad. The two took Melody into a separate room claiming they wanted to give her a surprise, hiding two razor blades. The older kids told the younger to hold out her arms and close her eyes. She was expecting a surprise but instead was greeted with two sharp stings in both her arms and screamed. Loretta ran to the room and saw her cousins had given her a six-inch scar on each of Melody’s arms and she told her mom to call 911 which she did. She was taken to the hospital and the doctor said while her scars did heal they would be visible and there wasn’t anything he could do to get rid of them.

### Childhood and running away

Year after the Scar incident, when the girls were ten, five, and one their mother got married to a mortal man named Travis and had two sons, Shaun and Samuel. Since she was a demigod, Melody was a target for monsters which caused constant fighting between the sisters and her parents, her mom would also hit Melody and her sisters were too scared to do anything and became an alcoholic who felt that they were constantly putting everyone in danger. During that time, their Aunt Ruby would take care of the five kids. When Melody was seven years old, Loretta (who was 11 at the time), and Rhea who was two went to visit her mom’s side of the family where they played with her cousins while the adults talked. She argued with cousins about her scars which caused a rift in the family that caused the separation between Lorreta, Melody, Rhea, and the rest of the family for many years.

Melody mentions that as a kid, her mother was heavily abusive and kept her and her sister lock up in their own house, never to leave the house at all. As a result, Melody wasn't given the proper education a child would need and at the age of ten, she mention she could barley read or do basic math. Melody was also assaulted by a flood of snakes (emerald tree boa) sent by Python at night for three days. Her skin was freckled with bites and snakeskin covered her. She would subsequently scream for her mother, who was always passed out, away with friends or working, so her stepfather would see her. Whenever her stepfather came into her bedroom, the snakes would hide so Travis always thought she was making it up to scare her stepbrothers and her sisters and refused to call Aria. By the time she got dressed each morning, the marks of the painful bites inflicted on her had already faded, leaving the snakeskin which didn't make for convincing proof. As a result, Melody ran away from home at the young age of seven, wanting to finally get away from her parents, leaving the only people who cared for her, waiting for her to come home. She then fought monsters under the guidance of her immortal father for a few months, using only a mortal hammer

### Traveling with Zamaya and Andrew

A seven-year-old Melody had made it to Arizona and was hiding under a sheet of corrugated iron in Arizona Iron Works the same alley twelve-year-old Zamaya Reynoso and fourteen-year-old Andrew James were hiding in once they escaped the house of monsters. After escaping, Zamaya and Andrew heard a noise coming from it and investigated the sound. After removing the sheet of iron, Melody ran towards Andrew with her hammer and almost brained him with it, thinking he was a monster. Upon finding that Melody was a demigod, Andy and Zamaya agreed that she could run away with them and Andy promised that he wouldn't let anything hurt her and they would become a better family than her old family, a promise he would break years later. Andy gave Melody a silver dagger, which he got from a knife shop so she would be able to protect herself with something better than a hammer for the monster-slaying.

Together, they were on the run, fighting monsters and making hideouts (woven from plants, like Native American huts) that still contain sleeping bags, blankets, ice chests, and kerosene lamps, along with Celestial Bronze javelin tips, quivers with arrows, swords, and nectar/ambrosia. They seem to have taken quite a few photos of themselves during this time, some showing Andrew wearing ragged makeshift leather armor over his t-shirt, enthusiastically pointing to a dark alley, Andrew and Melody sitting at a campfire and laughing hysterically, and a photo of them together with Zamaya. After visiting Andy’s old house to get medical supplies for Zamaya, the group met Thetis for the first time. From that point on, Andy was never the same and began to act like he had something to prove, which the young Melody didn't see as a problem since Andy was her personal hero. They got into more skirmishes because of his recklessness, fighting more monsters since Andy wanted to pick a fight with each one he came across. During some fights, Melody got five scars on each leg but heeled over time. They once ran into Astra Stardust and the Hunters of Artemis, who tried recruiting Zamaya among their ranks, but she refused in favor of remaining with Andrew and Melody.

### Journey to Camp Olympia

Eventually, the trio ran into Clover Rosa, a satyr, who was in charge of taking demigods like them to Camp Olympia in Califorina. The quartet began to travel to Camp Olympia were chased by monsters sent by Hades, still furious and bitter about Zeus having once murdered his beloved Maria Gonzales having children, hoping to kill Zamaya.  Furthermore, Clover took some wrong turns on the way and led them into an abandoned mansion, which was a Cyclops lair. The Cyclopes separated them, using a loved one's voice to lure each person into a trap. Everyone but Melody got captured.  After wandering around, she found where the Cyclops were keeping Zamaya, Andrew, and Clover who were hanging over a pot. The Cyclops tried to lure Melody to him by imitating her sister’s voice but instead of going to the voice and getting captured as well, she stabbed him hard in the foot, which startled him and untied Zamaya who then took care of everything else. Despite their escape, the group was delayed long enough for a pack of Hell hounds and all three Furies to catch up to them. They couldn't outrun them, so Zamaya decided to stay behind so that Andrew, Melody, and Clover could make it safely to Olympia Hill. While Zamaya held back Hades' approaching army with her Aegis shield, Andrew led a crying Melody up Olympia hill. As Zamaya was dying surrounded by monsters, Zeus took pity on his daughter and turned her into a pine tree so that she wouldn't die and have to be judged by Hades.

### Early life at Camp

For the first two years at camp Melody would talk to her sisters (Who were now 14 and five) via letters, as phones were too dangerous for a demigod. They would occasionally ask her to return home, but she always refused. Loretta then sent her the Lyre pendant Apollo gave her when she was born in hopes that she would remember them by it and be convinced to come home. That same year Loretta and Rhea were soon brought to camp by an unknown satyr and the three were reunited.

## Personality

Melody is bright and outgoing with a love for creativity. She has a bad past and doesn't like to talk about it much. When she does she gets emotional, especially talking about her mother. Also when she feels a strong emotion, her hair turns golden blonde and flames like the sun. Melody is also known to be a very calm girl. She is fun-loving and tough and is always willing to help anyone in need, especially those with family troubles. She is an amazing singer and dancer but has extreme stage fright. She is also very smart and loves to learn new things about history and all mythologies. She is also very tough but has had a lot of trauma over the years. After surviving Tartarus, two wars going, through depression, and being brought back from the dead, Melody is prone to make jokes about suicide (even attempting it at fourteen) and self-harm but her friends make sure she is okay most of the time. Melody also tends to have panic attacks and nightmares but George is there to help her through them. Melody sometimes thinks she is dead, often forgetting to eat or sleep but her friends make sure she does. Often at times, Melody is seen as loud, argumentative, and a bit chaotic. She is known for being a leader and being commanding when the time comes for it, but on the inside…she’s just a scared kid, doing anything and everything she can to survive. George mentions that Melody frequently has nightmares about her past, Daedalus and Tartarus, and still suffers with Depression. Melody can be described as a rainbow of emotions. One moment, she’s kind and compassionate, another she’s loud and chaotic, or she can be quiet and shy. Many of the JO have seen that Melody doesn’t take too kindly to being told what to do rudely. If someone demands she do something, she won’t do it. In her words, she “takes orders from kind people''. When she is happy, she has a tendency to giggle like a child in a candy shop. She often acts like a younger sister to some of the older kids, and has a habit of being attached to anyone who is like any sort of parental figure (ie Daedalus or Zoe). She is also often seen as impulsive. Melody has horrible trust issues since she had to fight to survive while she was on the run and she is painfully stubborn, such was when she refused to get help for her mental issues. Melody is known for being sarcastic and having sassy comebacks. Overall, Melody is a…complicated person She is very proud of her Afro-Mexican heritage.

### Fatal flaw(s)

Melody's fatal flaw is the lack of trust she has. In other words, she has trust issues. It can take *weeks* for someone to earn Melody's trust. When she met George, it took him eight weeks trying to get Melody to see him as an ally. Another one of her fatal flaws is her stubbornness. She often thinks she can do everything by herself, refusing the help of others. However, many of her friends have shown her that it is okay for her to ask for help

## Appearance

Melody is often described to be a beautiful seventeen year old girl of Afro-Mexican descent with wavy brown hair that fades to yellow, glittery-gold eyes, brownish skin, six-inch scar on each of her arms, some mini ones also on her arms and legs, a slight plus size frame. She is normally seen wearing a yellow shirt, black skirt, brown lace boots, and a lyre necklace, that she always wears. Nowadays, while she normally wears her plain yellow shirt and black skirt, she has adopted a more childish and bright aesthetic, which she says brings her comfort since she wasn’t given the childhood she deserved. She sometimes wears a yellow AE Crew Neck Ringer Tee, neon yellow, mesh finger-less gloves, a knee length pastel rainbow skirt and light up shoes. It's also noted that now that's she's been reviewed, she has a white streak in her hair, something she is both insecure about and shares with Daedalus

## Powers and Abilities

### Apollo Kid Powers

* She can heal others by singing an ancient Greek song to her father.
* She has the power of vitakinesis, or the power to control the human healing factor,
* Along with her Vitakinesis, she has the power to heal people with her cooking; when a hurt or sick person eats something cooked by her, they are healed instantly. However, it is unknown to what extent her cooking can heal if the injury is too non-fatal, or if her cooking is specifically required to heal.
* She can channel diseases into her arrows, causing anyone hit with these arrows to become sick for a time. Those with particularly strong disease abilities can even cause illness without needing to have any kind of physical contact with her victims
* She has the power of photokinesis or light manipulation. It can be used to generate heat (though not fire). Sometimes this is used in emergencies for cauterization or so that she can see her work. In times of distress, she can use this to kill and blind opponents.
* She has the power of heliokinesis, or the power to absorb, redirect, and manipulate solar energy
* Since her dad is the god of poetry and music, she can curse people to either speak in rhyming couplets or to constantly sing, for a limited time.
* As her dad is the god of prophecy, she was born with the power of precognition, or the power to see the future, though typically in limited forms.
* Since her dad is the god of oracles, can sense when an oracle is about to have a premonition.
* Since her dad is the god of the Oracle, she has the vague ability to understand what the prophecies mean, although she usually doesn't talk about it.
* She is extremely skilled at anything having to do with missile projectiles, such as archery and basketball.
* She is really great at science and she can control things related to science like chemicals
* She can light travel. (It's like shadow travel but only with light).
* She can touch a person and get a sense of what state their body is in (such as identifying organ damage). She can also use this to know the patient's heart rate and blood type.
* She can transfer pain between people with physical contact, meaning that she can take the pain away from her patients and take it on instead as long as she touching them. If a third party is also in contact with her, the pain can be transferred to them, too. This is useful when it is evenly distributed between people, meaning that one person is not in critical pain
* Since her father is a light god, she can see well in brightness and tend to remain unaffected by powerful lights or the sun.
* She can scream loud enough to deafen opponents, though this is difficult to use around allies, as it could hurt them.
* She has a piercing whistle that can stun opponents
* Her mood can affect the health of those around them. If she is upset, people tend to become sick. This is not an intentional or conscious action, it is more like a reflex.
* She can hear things at frequencies some can't. Dog whistles can be heard by them, for instance.
* She can sense where the sun is shining, meaning that they know where on the planet it is day at all times.
* She can sense what certain light waves are, identifying infrared light, black light, and others.
* She is one of few Apollo kids to be born with plague powers. She can inflict illness on others, causing them to die of all kinds of diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, Ebola, scarlet fever, smallpox, severe pneumonia, AIDS, cholera, SARS, influenza, leprosy, polio, and even the Bubonic plague
* She can use sound waves as offensive weapons.
* She is able to foresee potential future attacks, allowing them a short span of time to prepare for these attacks.

### Legacy of Asteria Powers

* She can control, summon and make stars from thin air
* She has minor control over light and darkness
* She can memorize any star map and then write it down perfectly
* She can see at night as well as she can in the daytime
* She can night-travel. It’s like shadow travel, but she moves in the positions of the stars.
* She has minor control of salt-water as her maternal grandmother is the goddess of the Island of Delos)

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Melody's supernatural alertness and keen senses that keep her ready for, and alive, in battle
* Dyslexia: Melody's brain is "hard-wired" for divine Ancient Greek instead of mortal languages.
* superhuman strength: Being a demigod, Melody is stronger than the average mortal. Even when battered and exhausted
* Superhuman agility: Being a demigod, Melody is more agilie than the average mortal
* Superhuman durability: Being a demigod, Melody is more durable than the average mortal
* Superhuman reflexes: Being a demigod, Melody has incredible reflexes, which is proven throughout her life
* intimidation: Melody is said to be very scary in battle, something enhanced by the general "leader" aura she has. When angered, her glare, combined when she "flares up" looked like she would "burn you to a crisp"
* Haitian Creole French: Melody speaks Louisiana French, having learning from her mom and aunt and she is fluent
* Spanish: Since Melody is off Afro-Mexican decent, she is fluent in Spanish
* Greek: Since Melody is a Greek demigod, she is fluent in Greek
* great accuracy: As the daughter of the god of Archery, she has great accuracy
* disarmament: Melody is skilled in disarming her opponents
* ASL/American Sign Language: Melody has stated, one of her mortal uncles is deaf, so he taught her sign language
* persuasion: Melody is known to be very persuasive
* Musical Ability: Melody is an expert musician who can play any musical instrument perfectly,

## Relationships

### Love Interests

#### Caspian Portal

At the start of the series, the growing relationship between the son of Poseidon and the daughter of Apollo played an important role in the beginning, Melody first met Caspian after he defeats the Minotaur and collapses outside the camp border, seeing this she has hopes that he is "the one" destined to take her on her first quest. Although after Caspian makes a fool of himself to the Hermes' Cabin, she decides he can't be it and continues to wait. She was shown to be very nice and patient when he first got to camp and Caspian, on multiple occasions, had called her "pretty" the two did date for a while, but before "The second series" the two had broken up since they viewed each other more like siblings rather than lovers

#### George Flores

Much like Caspian, the growing relationship between George and Melody plays an important part in Melody's life. George and Melody met when the two were thirteen. George had ended up at camp due to a harpie attack. George woke up in the hospital wing of camp, when he woke up, he was being healed by a girl, around his age, with “Pretty golden eyes”. Now, George wan never one to believe in "love at first sight" but for this, he was willing to make an exception. The two started off as friends, but when the two were sixteen, they actually got together, and George is said to love his girlfriend very much and is very protective of her

### Friends

#### The Jr. Olympians

The Jr. Olympians, or The JO, are some of Melody's best friends. Originally, it was made up consisting of the ten sons and four daughters of The Fourteen Olympians, but it later included some of the minor Olympians as well, (ex, Eris, Enyo, Hecate, Thanatos etc). They're a close tight group of friends and they are respected a lot by the camp

#### Andrew James

Melody started to like Andy when he gave her his knife on the streets when they traveled from monsters with Zamaya, and as camp went one, she developed a small crush on him (though Andrew considered Melody a sister or daughter). During the events when Caspian first got to camp Melody introduced Caspian to Andy and acted shy around him. When Clover and the Jr. Olympians sent an Iris message to camp, Andrew appears on the other side of the rainbow and Melody immediately tries to clean herself off. After Andrew betrayed the camp and almost killed Caspian, she took it very hard. In the events of the fourth story, Caspian believes that Andrew has become completely lost after forcing Caspian to fight another demigod and almost kill Melody and Aubrey, making off handed remarks after they escaped about how evil Andrew become. His words greatly upset Melody, who began to yell at Caspian for being so cold. During the Battle of Olympia, Melody reminded a struggling Andrew about his promise to be a family, which led him to decide to sacrifice himself with the same dagger he gave her. In his dying moments. Andrew was shown to care about her, and still does, even in death.

#### Daedalus

Now, Daedalus and Melody had a sorta Father-Daughter relationship. Daedalus was shown to be very kind and caring and even a bit protective over Melody, and also gave her a bunch of nicknames (ie Honey, sunshine, etc). During his insanity, he was shown to be somewhat possessive over her and wished to keep her safe, however, he often acted a bit violent towards her. Melody still believed there was good in him, so she stayed by his side. When he died, Melody was shown to hold a sorta grudge against him and was angry at what he did to Olympus. When Melody died herself, Daedalus was the one to comfort her, showing that he somewhat reformed, but Melody was still a bit angry with him. Now that both Melody and Daedalus have both been revived, the two are on somewhat good terms. Both share the "White Streak of Death" in their hair, which Daedalus finds cool, but Melody is insecure about. Daedalus still keeps is fatherly nature towards Melody.

### Family

#### Apollo (Father)

Melody is shown to have a great relationship with her father. While she does resent him for leaving her and her sisters with their mother who later grew abusive towards them, she still loves her father. She respects him as a god and as her father. It is noted that Apollo has favouritism towards Melody, but Apollo still loved his youngest and eldest daughters. Apollo seems to acknowledge that Melody has some mental issues and unresolved trauma, and worries deeply about it, but prefers to wait until his daughter tells him what's happening.

#### Aria (Mother)

Aria Potvin was a daughter of Asteria and Melody's mother. Apollo has told his daughter stories of when he first met Aria, describing her as sweet, kind, motherly, and talented, something that Apollo loved about her. When Loretta was born, she still kept that sweet and kind personality, though due to the stress of trying to keep her job and support her first daughter, she began to turn to alcoholism. When Melody was born, she paid very little attention to her since Aria was always busy, leaving a five year old Loretta to take care of her younger sister. By the time Rhea was born, Aria had became an alcoholic and began to abuse her daughters. Melody mentions that as a kid, her mother was heavily abusive and kept her and her sister lock up in their own house, never to leave the house at all. As a result, Melody wasn't given the proper education a child would need and at the age of ten, she mention she could barely read or do basic math. By the time Melody was seven, she had enough and ran away. She wanted to be away from her old home, soon meeting Zamaya and Andrew. Aria later died in a DUI, a couple weeks after Loretta and Rhea were taken away to Camp Olympia

#### Loretta (Older sister)

Loretta was the eldest daughter of Apollo, and eldest of the Potvin sisters. Melody often thought of her as her hero and she wanted to be like her some day. Loretta was very protective of her younger sisters and would do anything to make sure they're safe. While she was taking care of them, she would sing lullabies to help them fall asleep. Loretta was very worried about Melody when she ran away, since she didn't know whether she would be safe or not. By the time Loretta was fourteen, she and Rhea were brought to Greece by their aunt and reunited with Melody (reunited and if feels so good!). By the time Loretta was sixteen, she joined the hunters of Artemis since, she wanted to be free. However, tragedy struck when Loretta, who was twenty-two, was on a quest with her fellow hunters and they were attacked by the Manticore. Loretta tired to save one of the hunters, but in doing so, was stabbed in the back. The news of her death left her two younger sisters heart broken

#### Rhea (Little sister)

Rhea was the youngest out of the three sisters. She was said to bring joy to her sisters and their time with their mother less bad. Rhea was deeply sadden when Melody ran away since she thought she would never see her again. When Rhea was five, she and Loretta were brought to Greece where they met up with her sister again. Everything was okay for a few years until Rhea was thirteen, when Loretta was killed on a quest. The news of Loretta’s death precipitated a mental breakdown that left Rhea in a state described as "eternal childhood", and often unable even to recognize family members. Apollo described Rhea to his middle daughter an "invalid" and her condition as a type of "insanity". Apollo told Melody that upon hearing the news of Loretta’s death, Rhea was left in this state of shock that left her mind permanently impaired. Basically Rhea had the same mental break down Angelica Hamilton had when Phillip died. It has been noted that Rhea was also killed by a monster that broke into the Mental Hospital she was living at, leaving Melody as Apollo's last living demigod child

## Etymology

The name “Melody” comes from the Greek word **“Melodia” or “singing of songs”**

In some cases possibly also French and Walloon: shortened form of Potdevin a metonymic occupational name for a wine merchant or a nickname for a wine drinker from pot de vin **'wine jar'**.

## Trivia

1. When making Melody, I wanted to base her on Hazel Levesque and myself
	1. Like Hazel, Melody is African American, she is of French descent, has golden eyes, and is from New Orleans, Louisiana
	2. Like myself, I based Melody’s name on my own and I gave Melody the same last name as me
2. Melody is one of two people to be revived, but in different ways, with Daedalus being revived by Kelene, and George being the one to revive Melody
3. She is quadrilingual, being able to speak English, Spanish, French, and Greek
4. Her favorite food is shrimp gumbo. She says it is her 'comfort food'. It also reminds her about living in New Orleans
5. Melody also tends to have panic attacks when talking about her past being diagnosed with anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Melody also mentions that she could barley read up until Daedalus found her and taught her how. She also states that she wasn’t allowed to go to school for the first few years of her life. She didn’t start going to school until she was around twelve years old, since then she has been getting better at her academics
6. Melody's prophecy powers tend to linked to the Oracle, meaning when ever the oracle is about to have a prophecy or is currently telling a prophecy, Melody's eyes begin to glow and she gets glimpses of the future, usually her own and very rarely others. According to her, this causes her to have panic attacks and causes her minor head pain. She can usually prevent this for a time by closing her eyes
7. Melody says she has frequent nightmares about Tartarus, her death, and her childhood. Because of this, she often deprives herself of sleep.
8. Melody hates looking at herself in the mirror since she tends to see herself as Daedalus or Kelene. In one instance, she broke a mirror because of this tendency