Matthew Gold

Matthew "Matt" Gold is a seventeen year old Greek Demigod, the son of Morpheus and Ayumu Gold. He came to camp at thirteen years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Mat Pat, Sleeping Beauty, Morpheus, Matty, Dream, Dreamer Boy, Golden Boy

### Residence

* Camp Olympia (Currently)
* Toronto, Canada (Formerly)
* Tokyo, Japan (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Morpheus (Father)
* Ayumu (Mother)
* Phantasos & Phobetor (Uncles)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Usual colors being purple, gray and black
* Black shirt
* Gray sweat pants
* Black sneakers
* Dark purple sweat shirt

## History

### Early Life

Matthew Gold was born to Ayumu Gold, a clear sighted and Morpheus the God of Dreams in Tokyo, Japan on December 9, 2004 Morpheus searched high and low for someone to bear more of his children, but wasn’t able to find the right woman, until a muggle born witch  by the name of Ayumu Gold entered the scene. She was 20 years old and currently residing in Japan. She lived full time at in America (her parents were also from Japan and moved to the us) until she turned 18 years old, deciding that she wanted to live her own life. Morpheus knew he had to be cautious with this one, so deciding to get the female drunk and get her pregnant. Once coming into contact with Ayumu she would describe him as her dream boyfriend. Morpheus told Ayumu he was visiting Japan for vacation, but couldn’t resist meeting such a pretty girl. Flattered, Ayumu offered to show the man around, and Morpheus took up her offer.  Ayumu introduced herself, as did Morpheus, saying his name was Haydn. Ayumu began showing Haydn around, where to go for the best meals, best cafés, and great sites to see.  Ayumu was so enthusiastic that she didn’t even realize how much time slipped away. Getting later and later, Ayumu asked if Haydn had a place to stay. He said he didn’t, and Ayumu  offered for him to stay with her for the night. Haydn accepted her offer, and that was when Morpheus’ plan went into action.

Ayumu’s apartment wasn’t very big, but it was home-y.  Ayumu offered Haydn anything to drink and asked if Ayumu had any wine. Ayumu odded, pouring him and herself a glass, talking. The more time passed, the more Ayumu became drunk. Although it was Ayumu who made the first move, her mind was cloudy from intoxication. Morpheus ended up fulfilling his quest and left the night after, leaving a note for her; “Dear Ayumu  I know this might come as a shock to you, but you are pregnant. I’m sorry, but I had a quest to fulfill a specific spirit’s dream- to have a mother and father to raise him, and I chose you specifically because there was something in you I saw. Something pure. I hope you raise this child right. Sincerely, Morpheus.” Ayumu couldn’t get mad. She wasn’t upset. She knew there was a demigod/wizard child in her, and she planned to get him safely to Camp Half-Blood. Well, originally. Once her child was born - a baby boy she named Matthew  - she had a hard time keeping a job, let alone saving money since raising her baby was harder than she thought. She would occasionally leave her baby with her neighbors, since she was good friends with them, and sell her body. She kept this up for 4 years, until she had enough money to move. She thought it would be safer for her to move away, so none of her clients would track her down and steal her son away from her. She officially ran away with her baby, to Toronto, Canada.

### Childhood in Canada/The Night it Happened

Since Ayumu wasn’t the best at English, she had a hard time trying to communicate, but immediately made friends with a Japanese-Greek  woman named Miyong Ryuk, who was from Seattle, Washington. Miyong and Ayumu became close friends, Miyong helping Ayumu with her English. Ayumu tried to influence her son, Matthew, to make friends with Miyong’s son, Levi, but being the shy boy he was, he refused.  Ayumu's bliss and joy only lasted a few weeks before she lost her job again, and went back to sell her body, leaving Miyong to look after Matthew. Her son, Levi, would always go out at night with a group of his friends, but he knew he was safe. Matthew hadn’t had a clue what his mom was doing until one evening, just as the sun was setting, when he was eight his mother came home with a man. His mother went into the other room to grab something, leaving Matthew alone with the stranger. Since Matthew wasn't good with others, it was only natural for him to shy away, it was only natural for him to plead him to stop when the man got too close, it was only natural for him to scream and cry when the man began touching him in inappropriate places. His mother, hearing the commotion, rushed to the scene.

By the time she arrived, the man was on the floor, his son curled into a ball. The man lied to Ayumu telling her Mathew and started throwing a fit for no reason. Pulling a fake disgusted look, the man left, leaving Matthew with an angry Ayumu. Ayumu screeched at his son that the man was willing to pay big money just for her body, but he had to go and “screw it up”. Matthew tried to tell the truth, but Ayumu began hitting and throwing things at his son. Morpheus’ words rang in Ayumu’s but ignored it.  Matthew was sent to his room, sobbing and crying. As the sun set and all the streetlamps went on, when Matthew finished crying, he peered out the window to see Levi with a group of his friends. Since they lived in a one story house, Matthew snuck out the window and followed them, keeping quiet about it. One arriving at the edge of the park, the boys had a plan to spray paint their symbols, as a sign that the park was their territory. Matthew tried to get closer, but stepped on a twig, alerting the boys. One came over and spotted Matthew. Matthew ran faster than he ever ran before. But, one boy was hot on his trail. He caught up to him, dragging him back to their leader.

He kicked and screamed, pleading in Japanese to let him go, but the other boy ignored him, mostly because he couldn’t speak  Japanese. He threw Matthew to the ground, in front of their leader, Levi. Levi barked at the boy why he followed him here, but the boy fumbled on his words, trying to explain. One boy, a boy just as tall as Levi with black hair, suggested they hurt the kid as punishment for following them, but Matthew began explaining, in rushed Japanese. The black haired boy didn’t follow, but Levi did. Matthew said that he just wanted to see what was going on, and hoped to even join them. Levi translated for them. The raven haired boy disagreed, but Levi and the other boys were impressed with Matthew a lot, how fast he ran and how sneaky he was. Levi also took a fondness for the boy’s talent. Since the group went by code names, everyone suggested a code name for Matthew The black haired boy suggested Intruder jokingly, but both Levi and  Matthew liked it. And it was decided. Matthew's code name would be Intruder. Each other members introduced themselves, the group was named Branwens, the leader named Corvus, the black haired boy named Raven, and two twins named Sparrow and Ibis. Each member had their own symbol, meetings were at the very same park at 8:30 PM every Monday, and games were held every other night. Since Matthew  or in this case, Intruder, was the youngest, Corvus ordered for the other members to treat him nicely. Raven scoffed at the idea, but  Matthew was humble about it. Since Levi was the only boy there who could speak  Japanese he translated Matthew’s words, and in return, he helped teach Matthew both English and Greek, since they thought it could help him

### Growing Up A bit more

As more time went on, the more Matthew had begun shutting himself out (he is now nine), his mother becoming harsher to her son, getting less and less caring for him, and even regretting that Morpheus gave her a son. Some days were really strange for Matthew. He'd sometimes get odd pings of pain or even hot and bothered. It freaked him out, but usually tried to ignore it. The more he spent time with Branwens, the closer he got to Levi, even opening up to him more, and Raven, whose name was Hyunwoo, became friendlier and friendlier, especially to Matthew and Levi. In fact, Hyunwoo was even childish at times. Matthew got colder and colder, only to people he didn’t like. When he was around 10, he experienced his first monster attack. A giant hell hound attacked him in broad daylight. Fear and panic overcame him, he tried to run, but his legs collapsed on him, hitting his head hard on the pavement below him. His vision grew foggy and dark. The last thing he saw was a bronze-like weapon that sliced the beast into 2. Once waking up, he was in a bed he didn’t recognize as his own. He began to panic, but he recognized a house - his house - was just across the street from the house he was currently at. He realized he must’ve been at Levi’s, since their houses were across from each other.

Feeling a pounding in his head, he went to soothe the pain, but his fingers made contact with cloth. Stumbling into the bathroom, his legs still wobbly, he had a bandage around his head. Matthew walked into the living room, hearing the TV play and noticed a sleeping figure on the couch. It was Levi. Feeling something pinch his heart, he realized something that day: he was absolutely in love with this boy. He was well aware he was 2 years older than he was, but he knew what his heart wanted, and it was to be with this boy. Matthew  wandered around the house some more, walking into the kitchen when he noticed a sticky note in neat Japanese handwriting, reading; “Will be back at 5! -Eomma”.  Matthew  checked the time. It was 4:47.  Matthew should be back soon. Not wanting to be a burden, he began his departure to his home, when a voice startled him, saying, “Are you leaving?” Levi was awake, Matthew explained why he was, but Levi said he wasn’t being a burden. Levi said he spotted him passed out on the ground, so he took him home and bandaged him up. Levi left out the part where he also felt Matthew ‘s pain. Matthew was grateful, but he couldn’t burden Levi and his mother than he already has. Levi’s statement still stood, saying that Matthew was welcomed here.

Matthew felt his heart flutter. Matthew ended up staying. And even for dinner. He thought his mother was getting worried about him, so he decided to call her, but grew even more worried when his mother didn’t pick up. When Levi walked  Matthew home, he was locked out, so Levi decided for him to stay the night. Growing embarrassed, he agreed sheepishly. Levi offered Matthew pajamas, but they all were too big on him, surprisingly. Levi suggested sleeping on the couch, but as Matthew went to protest, a loud thunderclap startled him out of his thoughts, jumping and recoiling back. Levi was concerned for Matthew but grew worse when the thunder wouldn’t stop, eventually leaving Matthew curling into a ball and sobbing. Levi knew he couldn’t leave the boy alone. So, with a bit of protesting and Matthew actucally jumping into Levi’s arms, the two slept together, Matthew cuddling Levi tightly, like he was ready to slip out of his grasp. Levi realized something that night, as he was falling asleep, he was in love with Matthew

### School Romance

When Matthew entered middle school, he barely knew anyone, scaring him. Some boys would spit insults at  Matthew for being freakishly tall, others would make fun of his English. Since Levi and Hyunwoo were both 13, they thought it was best for Matthew to stay close to them. The 2 other members, Sparrow and Ibis, moved away when school started, so they group was only left with 3 members. Matthew would often cling to Levi the most and word got around fast that the two were dating. Things become harsher for the 3 of them. Hyunwoo would ignore it or spit silly remarks at them, Matthew tried to ignore it, but it hurt a lot, and Levi would protect Matthew knowing how sensitive the boy was. Unfortunately, one morning, while it was still early, one student came up behind Matthew trying to hurt him, or even worse. Matthew tried to cry out, but the student muffled his screams with his hand. Just before the student can pursue further, Hyunwoo yanks the student off of  Matthew and begins throwing punches. Levi scooped up the sobbing and shaking boy and comforted him. Both boys thought it was best for Matthew to stay home, so Levi took Matthew to the infirmary while Hyunwoo told the office what happened. Levi comforted the boy until Ayumu came to pick up Matthew, but Matthew refused to go with Ayumu Levi said that he would be there when school was over. Matthew fell asleep for most of the day, having terrible nightmares, and waking up to find himself in a cold sweat. Overwhelmed, he began crying, but stopped when he heard his bedroom door opening and closing. It was Levi. Matthew  rushed into his arms, sobbing. Levi began saying soothing words to the boy, but Matthew did something that both boys were in shock. He kissed Levi. Realizing what he did, Matthew pushed Levi away, throwing himself on the bed and hiding in embarrassment. Levi laughed, sitting next to the boy. He pulled him into his lap and kissed him back. It was Matthew turn to laugh and said, “You’re so dumb.”

### Monsters, Fights, and Camp

As the years went by, more monsters attacked Matthew but managed to escape. His mother would often cause her son panic attacks, leaving Matthew to call Levi to pick him up. It broke Levi’s heart to know he was suffering so much. Hyunwoo and Levi became the closest things Matthew had for a family. Hyunwoo was practically like a brother to Matthew while Levi was his boyfriend. Matthew had opened up to both boys, giving them special permission that no one else had access to. And that was saying a lot. Hyunwoo loved to ramble about the Greek gods, how he was fascinated by them and worshiped them. Hyunwoo was adopted by demigod descendants. Hyunwoo didn’t know much about his birth parents, but he was happy with the family he had now. When Matthew was 13 the day after he escaped another monster attack, Hyunwoo suggested getting tattoos of their symbols since Levi and Hyunwoo were now legal to get tattoos without parental permission and Matthew could have written consent  from Miyong. Levi didn’t like the idea, but agreed. Matthew had a fear of needles, but Levi said he’ll be there with him. Hyunwoo went first, getting his symbol, a black ravel with its wings spread out, all over his back. Levi decided to go next, but got the Matthew symbol instead, under his left collarbone. Matthew, though he wanted to go last, decided not to since his fear of needles was so great. Levi tried to covince him to do, saying his would hold his hand

Once the artist was done with his work, Hyunwoo paid for all 3 of them. A couple of weeks past, where it was safe enough for the bandages to come off their tattoos, Levi was awestruck at how Matthew looked in his tattoos. Matthew felt embarrassed to show them off, but Levi kept telling him he looked beautiful, showering him in kisses. Levi was the only person to go beyond hugs, since he trusted Levi so much. The two eventually got things heated and it lead to a make out session. Levi was cautious at first, Matthew told him it was okay. A month later, Hyun Woo's parents were shot and killed. It affected Hyun Woo so much, he broke. His parents were the only family Hyunwoo had, but it took him a long time, and praying to the gods, to realize he had Matthew and Levi there to take after him. They were his family. Eventually, the old Hyun Woo, Matthew and Levi came back. A year later, Hyunwoo was discussing about demigods, how the gods would have sex with mortals and create demigods. These demigods were often attacked by monsters of Tartarus, and it sounded exactly what  Matthew was going through. Levi kept quiet. Hyunwoo even said the age on which the monsters attacked was usually around age 13. Matthew shot Levi a glance. He knew. He knew all this time Matthew was a demigod. Ayumu told Levi one day while Matthew was sleeping, saying that he was the one who needed to take Matthew to camp since her son didn’t trust her anymore. He refused to tell him, out of his own selfish acts, to keep Matthew safe

Matthew became enraged at Levi. He went on how he could’ve had a better life away from his abusive mother, away from all the sick people that wanted his body, all the people who harassed him at school. But no, Levi kept it a secret. Ignoring Levi’s protests, Matthew called his mother, asking her if she knew anything about a camp for demigods. She did, and decided it was time to take him to Camp Olympia Levi even came clean that he was a demigod himself, a son of Eros. His mother asked Eros to curse him so that when he found his soulmate, they would share a physical sensation. Matthew asked him if there was anything else he should know about. He did, saying the curse would become weaker, and eventually break, if one is close to death. Ayumu went to pick up the 3 and headed to camp. Ayumu still had her wand with her, her xiphos, but decided to give it to Matthew stating that it was a gift. Matthew felt grateful, saying it even turned into a ring when not in use. As if on cue, the xiphos turned into a ring. It was a plain bronze ring and Matthew put it on.

Just reaching the camp, a group of harpies attacked the group. Matthew tried to fight them off with his new weapon, but wasn’t trained, and ended up messing up. Levi and Ayumu tried to fight them off as well, but the harpies were quick. The harpies seemed to aim at  Ayumu attacking her, and eventually, killing her. Matthew was left in shock, he felt like he couldn’t move. The harpies aimed at him next, but Levi pushed him out of the way. It didn’t happen too much, since the two felt a physical sensation, but Matthew can feel it growing weaker and weaker. He remembered what Levi had said about the curse - how it grew weaker when one was dying. Matthew ried to fight off the harpies again, and a group of demigods from camp helped them as well.  The harpies eventually fled from the scene, Hyunwoo coming out from his hiding spot, when Matthew saw Levi, his life slipping away from him Matthew begged and pleaded for him not to die, how he was sorry that he was mad at him. Levi said he didn’t need to apologize, and his dying words were “I hope you can forgive me”. The harpies were coming back, but Matthew refused to leave Levi’s side. Hyunwoo prayed to the gods, for Prometheus to turn Levi into a fire spirit, explaining that his life couldn’t end here. The demigods dragged Matthew away, but Matthew was resistant. Hayley Robles, who was one of the demigods, had to sedate him and dragged him away. When he awoke, he was in the infirmary. Looking around, he expected to see Levi, but when asking one of the helpers where he was, they told him he was dead and his body was missing. Matthew thought it was all his fault, he didn’t even have a chance to tell him that he forgave Levi. Matthew as soon claimed by Morpheus and moved to the Morpheus Cabin

## Personality

Matt, has a very dreamy personality and he’s always daydreaming. He is usually talking about the dream he had the previous night or just being a goof but all and all a very good friend. He’s a good fighter and will not go down without a fight. Like Hayley, he tends to usually be sleepy and sometimes miss out on fun stuff because of it. He is known for falling asleep in 30 seconds which shocks everyone. He likes to draw his dreams and has a very overactive imagination, often dreaming of crazy things. Matthew is a procrastinator and a lazy boy. He is not particularly lazy but he is hesitant to make decisions and work, he rather watches movies on his couch or sleeps the whole day and wakes up just to eat as he goes back to sleep. He is better at reading situations but due to his laziness he can't use his talent in regular events but he can afford to lose some energy and use this talent to read situations in dire events. Matthew is friendly enough but sometimes he can be easily affected by words that are against him but he grew thirteen years with criticism in his life and he is kinda used to it but sometimes when words go personal against him he becomes depressed and chooses to sleep than solving his own problem. He is smart but chooses to use it when he feels that he needs to use it. He has a fine strength where he wields a sword but still chooses to use his sword when he feels like someone needs his help. In his life, Matthew's trauma had warped him into a nervous, cold and closed-off individual. His way of thinking of himself had turned him self-deprecating and believed he was unable of love. Over time at school, his personality began to improve, slowly but drastically. He became more vibrant and his anxieties became less of a problem due to medications. Over time, Matthew became more open with his friends and Family

### Fatal flaw

Matthew's fatal flaw is Laziness. You don't really have to be a genius to know what that means. He also tends to procrastinate

## Appearance

Matthew is described as a seven-teen year old Asian boy of average height (around 5'6). He is described as having midnight black hair that also most look purple, light skin, and dark purple eyes, that have this sleepy look to them. He is often shown to wear a black shirt that says “Living the Dream”, grey sweatpants, gray and purple sneakers and a dark purple hoodie.

## Powers and Abilities

### Morpheus Kid Cabin

* He has the power to induce sleep.
* He has the power of oneirokinesis, or the power to manipulate dreams
* He has the ability to sprout functional, avian wings out of his backs.
* He has the ability to see others' dreams
* He has the ability to summon whatever a person is dreaming about.
* He has the ability to dream walk, or the ability to travel to and from dreams at will.
* He has the ability to create dream-like illusions of attacks so realistic that he is most likely to catch an enemy off guard; however, if he misses, he is left vulnerable to counterattack.
* He can absorb the dreams of others for a short time, removing their memories of them and empowering him to be faster and stronger. Once the enhancement subsides, the target will remember their dreams if they wish to do so and are immune to further use of this power for a moderate time.
* He has the ability to make someone think they are seeing their worst nightmares brought to life for a short time; attempting to scare them into not attacking. He cannot attack while he is using this power.
* He has the ability to cause a person to day dream as if he were a friend, causing the person to no longer desire to attack him for a short time. If he attacks while the day dream is in effect, it will instantly stop working, so the power is purely defensive.
* He has the ability to send a small wave of energy which will cause anyone affected to fall asleep and enter a vivid dream for a short time; after the effects have worn off, a person is immune to further effects of this for a moderate time. If he wishes, the wave may just force the target into a vivid daydream for a short time. This will require less energy, but will have the same limitations.
* He has the ability to look into people’s dreams as they sleep and even manipulate them as he wishes.
* He is to astral project, he can use this for multiple reasons, however, his physical body is vulnerable and he can not effect anything on the physical plane while astral projecting.
* He can create dream-like illusions in order to twist other's perception of reality or make everyone around them see something that isn't really there. However, the illusion isn't physical and therefore is only a trick of sight. The bigger the change in perception, the more power drained. He can also confuse single individuals in the same fashion.
* He has the ability to manifest a small shadowy creature to fight alongside him for a short time; the shadow takes the form of whatever a person’s worst nightmare is when he fights it, however, it is smaller in size if the thing from his nightmares is large. He can command the nightmare and can create up to 3 copies of it, it cannot be bigger than 2 to 3 times the size of him and doesn’t wield any extraordinary abilities. Ex: the nightmare can fly if the target’s nightmare is something winged like a bird. But if it’s a dragon, it may not breathe fire.
* He is able to transform the surrounding area into his own dream-world, an alternate reality fabricated from the his dreams. The dream-world will take any appearance the he desires. Anyone within 30 meters of him will be trapped within the dream world as well. Within it, he can fly, teleport, is able to create psychic constructs and is immune to all attacks. He is also aware of everything happening there. After a short time, the dream-world reverts to a normal environment and he is left incredibly drained. He will not be able to move and could possibly faint.
* He is semi-invulnerable due to his father's immortality and invulnerability.
* He is Umbrakinesis.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Like most demigods, he possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that he uses to analyze the fighting style of his opponent.
* Dyslexia: Matthew's brain is hard wired for Ancient Greek rather than most modern languages
* Willpower: Because Matthew is semi-invulnerable, he has amazing will power
* Japanese: Because Matthew was born in Japan, he can speak fluent Japanese
* Swordsman ships: Matthew is a natural sword user
* Superhuman strength: Being a demigod, Matthew is considerably stronger than a regular mortal and demigod
* Superhuman agility: Being a demigod, Matthew is more agile than a regular mortal.
* Superhuman durability: Being a demigod and semi-invunlerable, Matthew is more durable than regular humans and fellow demigods.
* Superhuman reflexes: Being a demigod, Matthew's reflexes are faster than a regular human.

## Relationships

### Friends

#### The Jr. Olympians

The Jr. Olympians, or The JO, are some of Matthew's closest 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

### Friends

#### Morpheus (Father)

Morpheus is very protective of Matthew since he is one of his mortal children. Matthew is shown to have a great relationship with his father. While he does resent him for leaving him and his mother (who later grew abusive). he still loves his father. He respects him as a god and as his father. Matthew held a grudge against him since he left, but soon got over it. The two now have a good relation ship

#### Ayumu (Mother)

Matthew has several issues with his mother, Because of his status as a demigod attracting monsters and knowing that she had been reluctant to take him in as a baby, Matthew felt that she hated him. Ayumu often worked as person who "sold their body" to make money and often neglected her son. As Matthew grew up, Ayumu began to physically abuse her son and Matthew was soon brought to Greece. He has cut off all ties with his mom

## Etymology

English and Scottish: from the Middle English personal name Ma(t)thew, a vernacular form of the Greek New Testament name Matthias, Matthaios, which is ultimately from the Hebrew personal name Matityahu 'gift of God'.

English and German: from Old English, Old High German gold 'gold', applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in gold, i.e. a refiner, jeweler, or gilder, or as a nickname for someone who either had many gold possessions or bright yellow hair.

## Trivia

1. Matthew shares a name with one of Damian’s stepbrothers, Matthew Mendoza
2. Matthew’s first boyfriend was a guy named Levi, a son of Eros, though he later died on the way to Camp Olympia
3. Though Matthew doesn’t mention it, he was abused by his mother when he was younger
4. He and Hayley share the power of putting people to sleep
5. Though he doesn’t know it, Hayley was the one to help Matthew into Camp, though she had to put him to sleep to do so
6. Matthew is one of few to be able to shadow travel, some others are
	* Evan Gonzales
	* George Flores
	* Thomas Hunter
	* Isadora Angelos
	* Sapphire Locks
	* Diana Silver
	* Aurora Spades (During the Fall and winter)
	* Nancy Campbell
7. Matthew has never broken a bone
8. Matthew knows a lot about Japanese Mythology and he gets along well with With the Japanese Demigods of Camp