Phoebus Pax

Phoebus Pax is the seventeen year old (really a thousand) Greek Demigod Son of Eirene and Polites. He came to camp at seventeen years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Phoebe, Phi, Peace Child, Garden Boy, Spinel, Son of Polites, Flower Child,

### Birthplace

Unknown, raised by Eirene then left in a garden for thousands of years

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)The Garden (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Eirene (Mother)
* Polites (Father)
* Dike and Eunomia (Aunts)

## Appearance

### Outfit

IN THE GARDEN* Greek chiton
* Greek sandals

AT CAMP

* Dark red sweater
* White shirt with flowers on it
* Black pants
* Black sneakers
* Glasses
* Sometimes a red hair tie as well

**TW: Mentions of child abandonment (PS! This part of the story follows Epic: The Musicals' timeline)**

## History

### Early Life

Phoebus Pax was born to Eirene, goddess of Peace and Polites, a member of Odysseus’ crew. Eirene was a kind and gentle goddess, much like Hestia, but she longed to be *seen* by someone, someone other than her older sisters, but she soon found someone who did. One day, while looking down from Olympus, Eirene came across a young man named Polites. He was, at the time, a member of Odysseus' crew and Odysseus' best friend. Eirene found him very cute, but also admired his philosophy/motto of "Greet the world with open arms". It was clear that the both of them just... wanted peace. One night, while Polites was taking watch for any danger, Eirene appeared on the ship and struck up a conversation. The two began chatting and became rather friendly with one another. Each night, The goddess of Peace and Polites would sit on the ship and talk to each other, just enjoying each other's company. The two never did anything intimate with each other, but they did share a kiss a few times. Their shared aura of peace would soon create a child, a son. Eirene came to Polites one night holding their son, and Polites was ecstatic! A child for him to love and care for! Eirene came up with a deal however. Because she knew that a ship was no place to raise a child, she would raise their child on Olympus until Polites was home in Ithaca. Polites agreed, but he did want to name their son, which Eirene agreed to let him do. Polites named their son Phoebus,

### Childhood

Phoebus was raised by his mother in a garden just a little outside the main parts of Olympus. However, when he was three months old, Eirene got word from her sisters, Dike and Eunomia, that Polites was killed by the cyclops, Polyphemus. This caused Eirene to go into a state of depression, leaving her resentful towards her son, who looked very similar to her former lover. Despite this, Eirene still tried to raise her son as best as she could. In the garden, the two would play games and Phoebus would always make his mother laugh and feel better... until one day

### Abandoned by a mother

When Phoebus as seventeen years old, his mother got a message from Dike and Eunomia that she would be getting a cult (not that kind, but basically people honoring and worshiping her, like a regular Ancient Greek Cult) in Athens. When Phoebus heard the news, he was excited about the possibility of meeting new people and finding a new place to play. When Eirene began to leave, Phoebus followed his mother, but Eirene... made a motion for him to stay. Confused, Phoebus still began to follow his mother, but Eirene turn around and told Phoebus they were going to play a game; Phoebus would have to stand very still in the garden until Eirene came back. Phoebus understood, but before she left, Eiren made her son immortal, not wanting him to die or age, and with that she left her son... standing alone in the garden

### Thousands of Years go By

Phoebus stood in that very spot for hundreds and thousands of years, thinking that it was all some game and his mother would be back someday. After a few hundreds of years, the garden's plant life began to wilt, and some vines began to spring around his ankles. He began to lose hope that his mother would never come back, but he tried to remain hopeful. Still, thousands years would pass, and Phoebus would remain un-moving in the one spot. He was unaware of the ever change world around him.

### Leaving the Garden

One day, in the year 1890, he would meet another person, a boy by the name of Eustace. Eustace came up to Phoebus asking him some pretty normal questions, like "what's your name?", but then he started asking questions like why Phoebus was standing there. Phoebus explained, and Eustace said that Eirene might have left Phoebus there on purpose. Phoebus got angry, saying that his mother wouldn't do that to him, but in Phoebus' mind... it started to make sense. Eustace tried to comfort him, but Phoebus was still angry, and for the first time in *years* moved from his spot. Phoebus angrily ran from his spot and looked down from Olympus, seeing how much the world had changed while he was left alone. Phoebus' whole life was turned upside down, and all he could really do was cry bitterly. Eustace sat next to him and did his very best to comfort his grief, saying that his own mother, Oizys, was also a bad mother. The two grew to be friends with each other and Eustace led Phoebus out of the garden, wanting to take him to earth

### Life on Earth

Phoebus and Eustace wandered the earth together, though at one point, Eustace did realize that Phoebus' eye sight was a little off, so he offered to get him some glasses, which helped a lot. After a while, the two boys became aware that most mortals had a last name, so they choose last names for themselves. Phoebus became Phoebus Pax while Eustace became Eustace Mizéria. In the year 1910, the two boys bumped into a girl around their age (17). The boys introduced themselves and the girl introduced herself as Athanasia Ithaca. The three quickly became close with each other and began to travel around American with each other, meeting other demigods (Who also happened to be children of characters from the Iliad) and created a group together. They would go around each state, having fun and killing any monster that would try to hurt them. Finally, in the early 2000s, they came across a camp for demigods in Big Bear, California. Phoebus was claimed as the son of Eirene, but had to stay in the Hermes cabin, since the Cabin Mythos wasn't built yet

## Personality

Phoebus originally had a goofy, fun-loving personality. Acting somewhat naive and oblivious to others, he was his mother’s only companion to the point of being clingy and ingenuine to her feelings. In stark contrast, upon being abandoned and later learning that his mother had purposely left him in favor to live on Olympus, Phoebus became bitter and full of resentment towards everything connected with his mother. Due to his abandonment, Phoebus is unhinged, prone to spontaneous laughter, and extreme outbursts when reminded even indirectly that his mother left him. This can be seen when his face contorts with resentment after Melody casually asked if his “immortaly parent left him”. Despite his anger and irrationality, Phoebus is somewhat trusting, as he is willing to go along with his friends to stop the dark spirits. That is until he sees the garden and believes they wanted to send him back. Fearful of being betrayed for a second time, Phoebus immediately relapses into insanity and decides that he hates them, before leaving them at the hands of some forest monsters. Phoebus was fueled by his vendetta and willing to lash out at anyone who gets in his way. This can be seen when he attacks Xenos, Damon, and Elias immediately after they just met, as he feels that they could possibly hurt him. He may have had every intention of attacking his mother’s "brand new friends" in a misplaced rage. He displays deeper emotions, like when he shows remorse after Eustace saves him, and tearfully asks himself why he’s so angry at him and others. Phoebus is also mature enough to understand he will have difficulty creating friendships after what his mother put him through, but he is willing to start over with the other demigods. Though silly and goofy as a child, he is shown to be extremely intelligent and cunning after meeting Eustace, originally defeating a horde of monsters easily, as well as understanding how his powers works by using it to slowly kill some monsters via strangulation, showing a great tactical knowledge. Even though he’s mellowed out now, Phoebus is impulsive, he’s clingy, and he gets envious easily. He dotes on everyone he possibly can and requires daily doses of hugs and cute things in order to function. He likes to amuse and be amused, and is obliviously observant. He’s fiercely protective of and terribly tender to his loved ones, and teases with every other breath he takes. Like I said, he can be clingy, but he’s also very insecure, constantly needing reassurance that his friends won’t leave him or that he isn’t a burden to them. He’s become much more slow to anger but struggles to control his temper when he does, and easily holds grudges. Though he’s never met his father, he seems to share the “greet the world with open arms'' mentality as his father did. Phoebus trusts his friends and tries to give everyone a chance. According to Athanasia, Phoebus has a lot of pent up rage and aggression inside of him, which can lead to him being a bit sarcastic, passive aggressive and snarky to people, and it takes a while for him to calm down whenever he is angry. Overall, Phoebus is a boy who is still healing.

### Fatal flaw(s)

Phoebus has two fatal flaws, those being his Abandonment issues and wrath. When he meets a new friend, he can get pretty clingy, but only out of fear his friends would leave him, like his mother did. His second fatal flaw is wrath. Phoebus is very quick to get angry, and often lets his emotions blind him to what's true

## Appearance

Phoebus is often described as a very peaceful looking boy. He is described with slightly curly brown hair, light brown skin, brown eyes and wears glasses. While in the garden and being raised by his mother, Phoebus wore traditional Ancient Greek clothing, but now at camp, he wears a dark red sweater, a white shirt with flowers on it, black pants, and black sneakers. He also has a tendency to wear a red head tie.

## Powers and Abilities

### Eirene Kid Powers

* He is able to summon a wall between people to stop them fighting.
* He is able to mediate between campers or cabins to find a peaceful solution to their problems.
* He can induce and manipulate peace in people.
* He has powerful Chlorokinesis, being able to summon, control and manipulate plants and vegetation. He can control and manipulate wood, rock soil, roots, fruits, and flowers/vines/plants, even moss found in natural fields or habitat. He can use this ability to have their enemies ensnared in plants.
* He can teleport through plants.
* He is able to organize big feasts for everyone and their mother's cornucopia to feed everyone.
* He can plant olive trees for a variety of reasons.
* He can make others tell the truth however, he does not use this power often.
* He can sense aggression in a person's heart and banish it.
* He can cause flowers, vines, and plants to appear everywhere goes and everywhere he touches. This often happens whenever he feels a strong emotion such as anger/rage or sadness causing vines to pop up from the ground, which he can control. It is also mentioned that different flowers often pop in his hair whenever he feels an emotion like shock or embarrassment.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: He 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.
* Greek: Phoebus speaks Fluent Greek, being born in Ancient Greece
* Gardening skills: Being raised in a garden, Phoebus is great at gardening and is good with plants
* Fighting skills: He is a skilled fighter
* Swordsmanship: He is very skilled with a sword
* Parkour skills: He is great at parkour
* Immortality: When Phoebus was seventeen, he gained immortality, which stops him from aging and dying, though he can still get hurt
* Superhuman strength: Being a demigod, Phoebus is stronger than the average mortal
* Superhuman agility: Being a demigod, Phoebus is more is more agile than the average mortal
* Superhuman durability: Being a demigod, Phoebus is more durable than the average mortal
* Superhuman reflexes: Being a demigod, Phoebus reflexes are faster than an average mortal

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Eustace Mizéria

Phoebus met Eustace after about a few thousand years of standing alone in the garden. Eustace was very confused on *why* Phoebus was just... standing there and asked some questions. Eustace then came to realization that Phoebus' mother may have left him there on purpose, which caused Phoebus to lash out, saying his mother would never do such a thing. When Phoebus soon realized this for himself, he began to cry bitterly, and Eustace sat next to him, doing his best to comfort him. Since then the two have been friends with each other

#### Athanasia Ithaca

Eustace and Phoebus while walking in the mortal world sometime in the year 1910. The two boys were already friends with each other, and the two could tell that Athanasia was very new to making friends, so they did their best to help her feel welcomed. As time went on, the three became close friends with each other, with Athanasia acting as almost a leader figure of the trio.

### Family

#### Eirene (Mother)

Phoebus has a very negative relationship with his mother since she left him alone for thousands of years. When Phoebus was claimed, he stared at his mother's symbol with resentment and bitterness, feeling little no love towards her. They don't talk to each other anymore, but Phoebus is close with his aunts Dike and Eunomia

#### Polites (Father)

Phoebus has no memories of his father since he died when he was only three months old (Killed by Polyphemus). Phoebus thinks that is sucks that there is so little known about our boy Polites, but does think that in another life, he would have been a great parent. They also seem to share the same motto of "Greet the world with open arms"

## Etymology

Phoebus is a masculine name from the Greek word phoibos, meaning **“bright one.”**

Pax is the Latin word for **Peace**

## Etymology

1. His middle name is Alexo, meaning **Defender of man**
2. His backstory was based on Spinel's story from Steven Universe
3. His theme song is Drift Away, from Steven Universe
4. His father was known as Odysseus' "dear friend" which is one of the reasons why he and Athanasia are so close (I'm pretty sure Polites and Odysseus were in love ngl)
5. He has a fear of being alone
6. He is known to be very aggressive for the son of the goddess of peace
7. He hates reading
8. If he were born in modern times he would have been born August 17, Leo, Sign of Aggression