Brandon Rivera

Brandon Rivera is a seventeen year old Celtic Demigod son of Grannus and Evelyn Rivera. He came to camp at 13 years old

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Brand, Bran, Brando, Brando is Queen, Brando is King, Sunny Boy, Fire Boy, Grannus, Spawn of Satan (By his mother), Devils Child (by his mother)

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Dallas, Texas (Formerly)

## Family

### Biological Family

* Grannus (Father)
* Evelyn (Mother)
* Possibly Sonny Sol, and The Apollo Children (Possible Half-siblings)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Normally dark colors
* White shirt with a sun on it
* Black jacket
* Gray pants
* Black and white sneakers
* Gray bandanna

**(DISCLAIMER: There are mentions of the Christian religion, which I am not trying to bash! This just how *this particular* back story is going to go. With that in mind, there is also a TW for Religious trauma)**

## History

### Early Life

Brandon Rivera was born to Grannus, god of fire, health, water springs, and the sun, and Evelyn Rivera in Dallas, Texas on July 20, 2004. Evelyn Rivera was a devout and almost fanatical Christian woman living in Dallas, Texas. But she was also a rather beautiful woman, which in turn attracted Grannus. The two met at a park near Evelyn's home; Grannus introducing himself as Frank Rogers. Only a few months after their meeting, they began dating. Evelyn was head over heels in love with Grannus; to the point of sleeping with him out of wedlock. Two months after that, Evelyn was horrified to discover that she was pregnant. But after telling him about the pregnancy, Grannus revealed his true identity.

Evelyn was beyond furious. She denounced Grannus as a devil, and cursed at him and threw furniture and books at him as he fled. Evelyn was left pregnant and heartbroken, but she turned her heartbreak into hatred for Grannus. Seven months later, on July 20, 2004. Evelyn gave birth to Brandon.

### Childhood

As Brandon grew up, he had a very difficult childhood. His mother strictly raised him to be a consecrated Christian and if he disobeyed or did something, anything, that was not Christian like in his mother's mind, Evelyn would beat him, call him the 'spawn of Satan', and made him pray for forgiveness. Because of this, Brandon didn't trust easily and found it hard to make friends. When he first started school, he was bullied for his clothing and religion along with being a slow learner, but only a year or two later, the class grew bored and just began to ignore the boy. When he was almost 9, however, Brandon made his first friend, a girl was named Molly Williams.

Evelyn never truly approved of Molly, thinking of her as a sinful influence on her son. But even if his mother beat him more, Brandon continued being friends with Molly. When they were 10, Brandon began to tell Molly about odd things he had begun to see, such as a one eyed man trying to follow him into the school's playground. But Molly would always nervously reassure him that it was just his imagination. But a few weeks after Brandon's 11th birthday, while at home with his mother, Brandon was claimed by Grannus. Seeing the symbol appear above Brandon's head made Evelyn both terrified and furious. She screamed at him that he was the true son of Satan, proclaiming that if Brandon had stayed sinless, God would have forgiven him for his father's actions. Evelyn then beat the boy worse than she had ever in the past.

When Brandon didn't show up to school the next day, a worried Molly went to the house. The door was unlocked and when she entered, she found a beaten and bruised Brandon on the couch. After Molly pleaded for a minute or two, a hesitant Brandon told her some of what had had happened, leaving out the part about his mother beating him (instead saying he fell down the stairs). But he did tell her about the symbol and once Brandon finished, Molly began to quickly explain that Brandon had been claimed by the god, Grannus, and that she herself was a satyr.

### First Arrival at Camp

At first, Brandon rejected the idea, but then Molly stood, pulling up her skirt and showing off her goat like legs. Molly then explained further about Camp Olympia and that it would a safe place for Brandon. After thinking it over, Brandon agreed, wanting to get out of the home. As Brandon wrote a note to his mother, Molly gathered money for a bus. Afterwards, the two hurried towards the closest bus stop, where they boarded a bus heading towards Big Bear. The ride took over an hour, and when they finally got off, Molly tried to rush the still injured Brandon. Molly hailed a taxi, pushed Brandon in and quickly told the driver directions. When asked by Brandon why she was hurrying so much, Molly explained that they were in danger of a monster attack and without any weapons, they were unprepared and at the monster's mercy.

When they finally stopped in the middle of nowhere, Molly quickly paid the man and pulled Brandon out of the cab. But when the two were half way up the hill, a harpy attacked them. It clawed Brandon as it tried to pick him up. Brandon tried to struggle out of its grip, but it only made the harpy angrier. Seeing this, Molly lunged at the harpy, kicking and punching at it, trying to make it let go off Brandon. The harpy, surprised, let go of him and recoiled. Molly grabbed the injured Brandon and ran as fast as she could, with the harpy chasing after them. Fortunately, the two got through the gate, arriving in camp. After he recovered, Brandon stayed at camp with Molly, training, until that summer. It was at that time that Molly was killed bringing a different demigod to camp. Heartbroken over losing her, Brandon left camp, wanting time away to grieve.

### Coming Home and Back to Camp

Brandon, having no where else to go and wanting back a sense of familiarity, returned home to his mother. Seeing him at her doorstep, Winifred was going to shut the door in the boy's face, but Brandon desperately pleaded with his mother to let him stay. Winifred, after much thought, reluctantly let him stay. But things were tense between the two; Winifred spent most of her time ignoring Brandon and praying for forgiveness, while Brandon tried to forget Molly by starting to go to school again.

Things continued like this until a year later, when he was 13, as Brandon began to slowly heal and the living arrangement became bearable. But when Evelyn walked in on Brandon using his powers to burn some papers, she began throwing objects at Brandon, screaming at him to get out. Brandon ran out of the room and out of the house, as his mother continued throwing books she had collected from his shelf at him. While trying to get away from her, Brandon accidentally ran into the middle of the street. He began to run to the bus stop. Once he got on the bus, he asked the driver to take him to California. After a long drive, Brandon made his way back to camp. He soon made his home in the Hermes Cabin as Cabin Mythos hadn't been build yet

## Personality

Brandon is a very nice person. He likes to talk to people, but if they try to close he'll back out. He is very shy and quiet around older males, something that has contributed to his past. He is always wearing long clothing to hide his scars and old burn marks. He is somewhat cold to strangers but will warm up to them once he gets to know them. He is also very cunning and has a very morbid side to him, something that hardly comes out. Brandon is hot-headed and stubborn, and fiercely loyal. He is a bit of a class clown type, and can seem a bit stupid at times. He refuses to back down from a fight and enjoys causing chaos by playing pranks on others. However, he can also be shy and lacks social confidence around others. Brandon also shows a strong protective streak, especially towards those that he cares about, like his friends, who he sees as his new family. To many, Brandon is not the sharpest knife in the Caesar, (once calling science notation, science notification), but he’s fine with that, willing to learn from his mistakes (even if his friends tease and laugh at him for it). He is kind-hearted, caring, and generous. Brandon can be very flirty and quite the charmer, but generally treats others with the utmost respect. Brandon is sweet and sentimental, but get on his bad side and he'll claw your eyes out. He's fiercely loyal to his loved ones, and seldom gives up. Brandon is a laid-back guy. He's very sporty. When the time to fight comes, he is really concentrated and calculates every move of yours. He is very flirty and likes having a good time. He is good at building things. Especially traps and weapons. He enjoys spending time with his fellow campers and is protective of the younger ones. He loves spending time with his friends especially if it's Kimberly and Amar. He can be rather blunt and abrupt at times. If you can get past Brandon's rocky exterior, he can very loyal and protective, though its hard for him to show his real feelings.

### Fatal flaw

Brandon's fatal flaw is his loyalty. With the people he's close too, he would do anything to keep them safe

## Appearance

Brandon is often described as a handsome looking seventeen year old boy and despite being the son of a Celtic god, he is half-Greek. He is described as having tanned skin, blue eyes, messy/shaggy black hair. His style is mostly known to have a sorta fire or sun design on many of his shirts. On of his main outfits is a white shirt with a sun on it, a black jacket, gray pants, and black and white sneakers, that are a bit dirty from wearing them during quests and training, he also likes wearing a gray bandana around his head

## Powers and Abilities

### Grannus Kid Powers

* As the son of a fire god, Brandon has the ability of pyrokinesis, or fire manipulation
* He can influence and control lava, magma, and volcanic activity
* He has the ability of Fire Blasts
* He can manipulate and create massive waves of fire rolled up into a ball and he can even create an extremely strong firewall to use as defensive and can only destroy it if he commands it to
* As the son of a health god, Brandon has the power of vitakinesis or the power to control the human healing factor
* He can channel diseases into his weapons, causing anyone to hit with these weapons to become sick for a time
* He was born with plage powers meaning he 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
* As the son of a water god, Brandon has minor hydrokinesis, limited to rivers and water springs
* He can breathe underwater, he, and all objects that he touches, stay dry when underwater unless he wills himself
* While he is underwater, he is resistant to underwater pressure and cold
* As long as he lands in the water he can survive falling from a great height
* He can sense the difference between fresh and saltwater, and he can use water to heal wounds, either his own or others.
* When in the water his strength, speed, stamina, and skill increase.
* He can telekinetically control any ship he’s on, he has perfect bearings as long as he is at sea.
* He can see in the dark underwater
* He can create underwater bubbles so that his friends can breathe underwater
* He can harden water to form shields or solid ground to walk on
* He has a higher resistance to burning than most people
* He inherited a very rare trait that came in two forms charm speak or siren voice.
* He can travel through water vapor and mist, and he can inflict and heal seasickness from people.
* As the son of a Sun God, he has the power of photokinesis
* He has the power of heliokinesis
* He can see well in brightness and tends to remain unaffected by powerful lights or the sun
* He can sense what certain light waves are, identifying infrared light, black light, and others.
* He can light travel
* He has the ability to create a very large protective dome of bright light and heat around him. No one can enter his dome without feeling intense dehydration, and have the ability to faint. People cannot look into the dome so the user can effectively conceal himself in plain sight

### General Abilities

* ADHD: Like most demigods, Brandon possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that he uses to analyze the fighting style of his opponent.
* Dyslexia: Brandon brain is "hard-wired" for Ancient Celtic Runes
* Hand-to-Hand combat: Since he took self-defense classes during in her middle school fighting skills had improved immensely after training again in Ever After High
* Swordsmanship: Brandon is good at using a sword
* Parkour Skills: Brandon is great at parkour
* Superhuman strength: Like most demigods, Brandon is much stronger than most mortals
* Superhuman durability: Like most demigods, Brandon is much more durable than most mortals
* Superhuman agility: Like most demigods, Brandon is much more agile than most mortals
* Superhuman reflexes: Brandon has shown to have much stronger reflexes
* Willpower: Brandon has a ton of will power
* Persuasive: Brandon is very persuasive
* Archery: Brandon is known to be a good archer

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Kaimana Seabrook

Brandon and Kaimana found each other when Kai first came to camp. Brandon was slow to open up to him, but he finds Kaimana really cool and shared about his difficult childhood with him, Kaimana also helps Brandon with school

### Family

#### Grannus (Father)

Grannus and Brandon have a great father-son relationship. Brandon respects his father both as his parent and a god. Grannus is very protective of his son, given the fact that he is one of his only children and loves him dearly. Brandon is also proud to be his father's son

#### Evelyn (Mother)

Brandon has a negative relationship with his mother. H fears her, but also hates her for making his life a living hell. He hates talking about her.

## Etymology

In the instances of the Celtic origins, it is either a variant of the Irish masculine given name, Breandán, meaning **"prince"** or **"king",** or descended from the Old Welsh name Brân, meaning **"crow"** or **"little raven".**

Rivera is a surname of Spanish and Italian origin which was the old spelling of ribera, the Spanish word for **"riverbank"**

## Trivia

1. Brandon was slightly based off of c!Sapnap
2. Brandon hates math
3. He was raised as a Christian, but because of his mother's treatment to him, he has severe religious trauma
4. Brandon is a fan of DHMIS
5. He is half-Greek (ethnically)
6. Brandon is a sports person
7. Brandon is Bisexual
8. He could be related to Sonny and Melody as Grannus is a counter part to Apollo