Maria Reynolds

Maria Reynolds is a 17-year-old Greek demigod, the daughter of Achlys and twin to James Reynolds. She came to camp at 14

## Basic Stuff

### Alias

Akhlys, Mia, Mari, Ria, Aria, Ari, Mimi, Mar, Ree, Misery, Ms. Maria Reynolds

### Residence

Camp Olympia (Currently)Nashville, Tennessee (Formerly)

## Family

### Adoptive/Step Family

* Charlene (step-mother)
* Francesca (older step-sister)
* Jackson (younger step-brother)

### Biological Family

* Akhlys (Mother)
* Calvin (Father)
* James (Twin-brother)
* Erebus, Gaia, Tartarus, Hemera, (uncles and aunts)
* Ethan Reyes, Grace Davis, Thomas Hunter and Clay Navarro (cousins)

## Appearance

### Outfit

* Usually red
* Knee-length red dress
* Jeans
* White converse

OR

* Red shirt
* Jeans
* White sneakers
* Necklace with a black crystal on it

## History

### Early Life

James and Maria Reynolds (twins) were born to Calvin Reynolds, a clear sighted and Achlys, the primordial goddess of the Death-Mist, poison, misery, and sadness, in Nashville, Tennessee on October 8, 2004. Maria was born first and five minutes later, James was born. Calvin’s life revolved purely around his Mexican roots. The 32-year-old, American native was influenced greatly by his Mexican father and aunt. His own mother had drowned, just after his 17th birthday. Upon doing research, Calvin found himself to be a very distant relation of The House of Trastámara, a house that once ruled Spain. Walking home from the library one day, he ran into a woman whose aura told him that she was a lying, cold individual. Calvin, normally going for the happier women, asked the woman on a date. The woman, Kennedy, or Achlys smiled, and began to take advantage of Calvin’s kindness, as he reminded her of Erebus in a distant physical way. The reason? Unlike Erebus, Calvin was kind and nice, so she was attracted to him. Though, despite this, he still reminded her of Erebus some way. Within a week, she managed to warp him from being a nice, happy man, to a cold, deceitful one. It was surprisingly easy for the goddess, as Calvin was partly mad himself.

Within a month, the goddess was pregnant with twins, and told to look after them, no matter how disgusted he could be. During the nine months of Achlys pregnancy, two things happened that play an important factor in Maria’s and James's lives. First, Calvin became even more sinister and cold. The second, the goddess left Calvin only weeks before she was due, leaving him to be enraged at the goddess, causing him to abuse his only child at the time, Francesca. A few weeks after the departure of the goddess, two cradles appeared on the doorstep of the Reynolds household, on the eighth of October in 2004. Francesca, being 13, and used to the abuse now, was yelled at, to get the post. She did so, and seeing the two children on the doorstep, she called for her father. Calvin was reluctant at first to come to the door, but eventually, he did, and saw the two babies, and a note, neatly placed in the middle, of the left cradle. He read it, and discovered that he had impregnated a goddess, and now had two children with her. After telling Francesca that she had two younger siblings, and seeing the happiness on her face, Calvin was determined to shut out all of the memories that he had made with Achlys, and return to how he used to be. The first ‘act’ that he did, was to ask Francesca to name her siblings. So Francesca named them Maria Lorelei and James Phoebus .

### Childhood

For the first 5 years of the two demigod’s young lives, it was peaceful. Their father had married a daughter of an English duke, and had a son with her, named Jackson. It remained peaceful until Francesca, who was now 18 and wanted to know why her father had abused her, asked Calvin about his reasoning to abuse her. He simply said that it was Maria’s and James’ faults; if they hadn't been born, he would have never met their mother. This snapped something inside of Francesca. Now finding out that her two, innocent younger siblings had caused her so many years of emotional, mental and physical pain, made her turn cold towards them, mainly towards James.

### First Monster Encounter

When they were 10, Maria was invited to her sister’s wedding, yet James’ invitation was excluded. Thinking that his older sister’s behavior towards him was normal, he acted like her, becoming cold and manipulative. That same year, Calvin told them the story of La Llorona, which gave them a fear of dark forests, the ocean and the dark. Charlene, Calvin’s wife, always had a soft spot for James, and always made sure that he was OK before Maria and sometimes, but very rarely, Jackson. On their 12th birthday, James and Maria were attacked by a Sphinx, whilst they were in their school’s ‘quiet’ area. At the time, it was only them, and a teacher; Miss Munroe. Not known to them, Miss Munroe was a demi-titan herself and distracted the Sphinx, telling the two to run back to their home, and tell their father about what happened.

Maria and James heard Miss Munroe’s final screams, before running into their sister. Maria had been injured by the Sphinx, so James had to bargain with his sister. After a few minutes of pleading for her to help him, James gave up on Francesca, and told her that if she wouldn’t help Maria, he’d do it on his own. Now grabbing his sister’s hand, James dragged Maria in the direction of their house. Now seeing that James would do anything to protect his sister, Francesca felt respect towards her younger brother, and told him that she’d help him, if he told her what had happened.

### Other Attacks

James explained about the Sphinx and how it had gashed at her. Fortunately for him, Francesca could see the monster and helped the two escape. Upon arriving at their house, Francesca explained to Calvin what happened, and told him to move Maria and James far away from Tennessee, and any potential threats. Using some of the money that her father gave her, Charlene moved the family to New York, hoping that there, they’d be safer. For the first few months, they were, and lived happily in Manhattan, New York. Only three, short months later, the twins were attacked by a hell hound. This time, unlike the last, they were semi prepared for it. It happened when they were playing golf in their back garden, so James and Maria already had weapons to use.  By this time, Calvin found it only fair on his kids to tell them that they were demigods, not their mother, but he said that she was a goddess of a negative force (misery). He also mentioned Camp, and how when they wanted to, they could go there and stay either year round, or summer only. That’s when Francesca, who was visiting them for the weekend stepped in, and said that they should go at a later age, perhaps 13 or 14

### Coming to Camp

After the second attack, The Reynolds family traveled from city to city, trying to avoid monster attacks. Most of the time, they did, but there was the occasional attack where they got caught up in either fighting, or trying to get away ever quicker. Eventually, on their fourteenth birthday their father dropped them off at camp, and told them that they would be moving back to their old family home, in Tennessee (though the twins never went back)

## Personality

Maria Reynolds isn't someone who enjoys expressing her more negative emotions freely, much rather put on a composed and nonchalant front. She'd much rather have control of her destiny and when things don't go her way, she's sure to find a way for it too, though she does support the Rebels. She is also very beautiful, however, she doesn't wear revealing clothes often as she is afraid of people using her for her body, however, she does tend to use her looks to get what she wants, as most people fall for her. Maria often comes off as manipulative and deceptive but she makes it a point to not use it to ruin others' lives. Maria is quite empathetic towards others and would much rather use her arsenal for good rather than evil. To the casual observer this isn't easy to spot but, once getting more acquainted with her they're sure to realize it. To elaborate Maria isn't your typical "Mean girl", as some might expect her to be. She shows respect towards others who have proven themselves and it isn't difficult for her to converse with anyone she might cross paths with. Of course, this doesn't mean she won't throw in a few witty comebacks with her silver tongue and verbally destroy anyone she has to. Maria is protective, confident, and headstrong. She takes her responsibilities very seriously and would often be seen as pretty stiff and apathetic. Maria prefers things to be speedy and efficient, loathing dilly-dallying while undertaking any type of task. Work and play is strictly separate for her. She loves her brother and the two are very close. She is blunt and her words are sharp, and often has a logical approach on most of her problems. Honestly, Maria would much rather resort to words to fight her battles than coming to actual physical blows but, this doesn't mean she's weak in that sense. She's actually quite trained in hand-to-hand combat and her Stygian iron sword, but Maria doesn't enjoy fighting. To add, while Maria doesn't hold her tongue what so ever, she despises confrontation with people she considers family or friends. Perhaps this is because she choose not to process her negative emotions, she's well aware her depression would take hold of her and not let go. This of course leads to Maria being stubborn, naturally, and finding it difficult to apologize when she was in the wrong.

### Fatal flaw

Maria's fatal flaw is her inability to resist a challenge. She often seen as reckless and often leaps before she looks

## Appearance

Maria is a beautiful seventeen year old girl of Mexican descent. She is often described as having long curly brown hair that is often tied in a ponytail, smooth tanned skin, and brown eyes. She often wears a knee-length red dress, jeans under it, white converse or a red shirt, the same jeans and shoes, and a necklace with a black crystal on it, a gift from her mother she got when she was born

## Powers and Abilities

### Achlys Kid Powers

* She can make someone feel her pain for a while
* She can force a person to relive their worst nightmares or see a vision of their loved one dead in front of them
* She can let out a Bloodcurdling screech that stops the hearts of all who hear it
* She can spit the Death-Mist at her opponents' eyes causing them to go blind
* She is immune to any and all forms of poison, given that her mother is the personification of poison. In fact, she can eat poisonous foods and consume toxic liquids that others cannot without any ill or fatal side effects. She is also able to summon and manipulate any kind of toxic or poison and are able to cause all types of poison.
* She is immune to the poisoning and damaging effects caused by radiation and she can stand in radioactive sites without being affected by radiation, no matter how contaminated an area is. She can swim in radioactive waste without so much as an issue, and she has radiation poisoning, being able to cure or cause it
* She can breath out poisonous gas. She can also weaponize smog and/or pollute the air to make it hard to breathe.
* She is immune to the effects of poisonous gases such as mustard gas and carbon dioxide, and can breathe smog like it was normal air.
* She can shadow travel and can do so for longer than children of Hades, but if she does, she tires out for longer.
* She can navigate the underworld without an issue.
* She can detoxify a person by simply touching them, but that alone cannot heal the damage done by the poisoning.

### General Abilities

* ADHD: As a demigod, Maria possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that she uses to analyze the fighting style of her opponent.
* Dyslexia: Her brain is "hard-wired" for divine Ancient Greek instead of mortal languages.
* Beauty and Allure: Maria is said to be very beautiful and she often uses this fact to get people do what she wants
* Intelligence: Maria is shown to have amazing intelligence
* Silver tongue: Maria is shown to be good a lying and is very persuasive
* Fighting Skills: Maria is shown to be good at fighting
* Swordsmanship: Maria is a natural sword user
* Spanish: Since Maria is Mexican, she is fluent in Spanish
* Archery: Maria is a skilled Archer
* Superhuman durability: As a demi-primordial, Maria is more durable than a regular human being
* Superhuman strength: As a demi-primordial, Maria is much stronger than the average mortal
* Superhuman Reflexes: As a demi-primordial, Maria reflexes are greater than the average mortal
* Superhuman Agility: As a demi-primordial, Maria is more agile than the average mortal

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Hector Pineda

Other than James, Hector is her second best friend. The two share the same love of mischief and they love messing with their friends, so it would natural for them to get along and they often hang out with Amber

#### Amber Knowles

Other than James, Amber is her third best friend The two share the same love of mischief and they love messing with their friends, so it would natural for them to get along and they often hang out with the other boys

### Family

#### Achlys (Mother)

Maria has never met her, but Maria has some respect for her as a goddess

#### Calvin (Father)

Maria and her father have a very complicated relationship. Since Calvin was turned cold, he would often neglect his oldest daughter, the twins and his youngest son. Since the two have been sent off to camp, Maria hasn't contacted her father since.

#### James (Twin brother)

Maria and James are partners in crime. The two are inseparable and are *always* seen together. James would do anything to keep his twin safe, and Maria would do the same, despite their arguments, they love each other

## Etymology

Maria is a historically feminine name of Latin origin. It can be translated to either mean **“of the sea,” “bitter,” “beloved,” or “rebellious.”** In some cultures, it's also considered to be a variation for the name Mary. Maria is also a feminine variation for the Roman name Marius

The common last name Reynolds is a patronymic surname meaning "**son of Reynold**." The given name Reynold derives from the Germanic name Reginold composed of the elements ragin, meaning "counsel, advice" and wald, meaning "rule. "

## Trivia

1. Maria's looks and face claim is based on Jasmine Cephas Jones, who plays Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in *"Hamilton"*
2. Maria is Panromantic Asexual
3. Maria's favorite song is *"Say No to This"*
4. Maria and James were born on October 8 making them both Libras
5. Maria is a skilled Archery
6. Maria has a fear of forests since her father told her the story of the La Llorona
7. She can play the flute
8. Maria is the older twin