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[ IMPATIENT ] - it's a combination of things, maybe it's because he's a warrior, confident in himself, knows what he wants, but espen is rather impatient. he can't stand waiting for things, and this is also in regards to battles and combat training. he'd rather go in half-arsed, weapons blazing, than wait for the enemy to make a move. he tries not to rude about it especially in things like lines for food / shopping, but one can definitely tell when he's reaching the limits of his patience.[break][break]

[ RESTLESS ] - one way people can tell when he's becoming impatient is because he becomes incredibly restless. he fidgets, taps, sighs more times than he should to the point where it gets really annoying. his restlessness extends to other areas in his life: he can't stay in one place too long, whether that's sitting or standing in one place, or living in the same place for too long.[break][break]

[ EXPLORER / TRAVELLER ] - due to his restlessness, espen likes getting out of camp every now and then just to get out and go somewhere else. this is something that's been in his blood since he was a young kid, what with his mother moving them around every few months. as he grew older, he liked moving around by himself, not exactly running away from home but just needing to get out. a lot of the time, he didn't even tell his mother anymore, mostly because he didn't want her to worry, leaving in a split-second decision with nothing more than the clothes on his back. espen wants to see more of the world.[break][break]

[ DOWN TO EARTH ] - combination of his parentage and his love for getting up and out with no prior to warning, espen is fairly down to earth. he doesn't see the need for various frills or extra things that he doesn't need in life, as they just bring him down. his clothes and fighting style are practical, more than showy. he feels who he is, just as he is, is pretty fracking awesome enough.[break][break]

[ CONFIDENT / SELF-ASSURED ] - he likes to think of himself as knowing enough, especially of himself. he knows what he's capable of doing (but not yet what he's not capable of doing), and because he doesn't feel the need to make people believe he's better than he is, espen is quite comfortable being himself. he's fairly brave and there aren't a lot of things that faze him, but it's never in-your-face or vain. he's just content being himself, and if there were people who didn't like it, then they could move on and espen would tell them not to let the door hit their gluteus maximus on their way out.[break][break]

[ EXPERIMENTAL ] - espen enjoys trying new things, mostly because he feels like there's very little he can't do and not even in a bragging way. he's strong and determined and quick and calculating, and he's brave and/or stupid enough to do a lot of things. he'd just as easily jump off a cliff to hang-glide as he is to jump on a random train and see where it takes him. he's not afraid to try new weapons, new food, new drinks, and going up against new enemies. he's not afraid to get tattoos or piercings, he's just very open to a lot of things.[break]

[attr="class","hopelovetitle"]BIOGRAPHY

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[ FATHER ] - pluto, roman god of the underworld and of wealth[break]
[ MOTHER ] - letizia myrra bekker, mortal[break]
[ SIBLINGS ] - n/a[break][break]

a daughter of danish immigrants, letizia has always been fascinated by gems and jewels. so much so that she caught the eye of the roman god of wealth himself when she was twenty-three years old. a few weeks of courtship culminated in what would be the most romantic night of letizia's life. unfortunately, the poor girl woke up the next morning to an empty bed. a huge blow to her pride, letizia left as soon as she could, assuming the worst.[break][break]

(pluto had actually been called away to an urgent incident in the underworld; he came back to an empty hotel room and felt so offended that he didn't even bother trying to find out what happened to letizia.)[break][break]

a few months later, letizia gave birth to espen, the apple of her eye. she tried to find pluto again, but she didn't have anything more than a mortal name that he gave her - it was hardly anything to go on. espen's birth was marred by flickering lights and a slight earthquake, but for the most part, letizia was overjoyed at the beautiful baby boy in her arms.[break][break]

espen's childhood was plagued by scary characters: creepy teachers, bad neighbours, mean bullies. somehow, letizia knew there was something really wrong about the bad characters that somehow always entered their lives, and she ended up constantly moving with espen in tow. luckily for her, espen enjoyed moving around, gladly picking up his few things that he grew attached to and happily following his mother to a new house in another state.[break][break]

(later on, they found out monsters had been very well aware of espen and constantly tried to take him out.)[break][break]

as he grew into a teenager, and with letizia settling in a city after she found a steady job and deciding it wasn't too good for espen to keep moving at his age, espen began to leave the house on his own. the first time he did it, he'd told his mother he would be out, but she was so worried about him and almost tried to stop him from leaving, that all his other trips after involved sneaking out or just straight up walking past her without a word on where he was going or how long he would be.[break][break]

these trips were to anywhere and everywhere, with nowhere in mind as a destination. espen just felt like he needed to get out. it was when he was fourteen years old that he was ambushed on one of his trips out. fearing for his life, he sent out a general prayer for help, and it was answered in the form of a dog named jett (who was actually a hellhound and had heard his call for help). jett brought espen - after much convincing, yapping, and tugging on his jeans - to the wolfhouse.[break][break]

after graduating from lupa's tutelage in a few weeks, espen finally went home. he had managed to let his mother know that he'd been waylaid and he needed to be away for a bit longer and she would be safer where she was because she wanted to go after him. letizia for her part believed her son had gotten caught doing something and was doing time in jail - she was beyond relieved when her son returned home and explained what had happened to him. however, he only came home for a couple of days, explaining to his mother he needed to find camp jupiter. his travel to camp jupiter coincided with meeting a demigod who had been ganged up on by a group of monsters - joining the melee and proving himself granted him a recommendation from someone who turned out to be a high ranking demigod at camp jupiter.[break][break]

when he finally reached camp, he joined the legion pretty early on - his father was so glad to finally find him and have him that pluto claimed him upon his arrival, just a few weeks shy of his fifteenth birthday. pluto then sent espen on a quest pretty much straight away, also sending him jett as a companion. tapping on the abilities he had discovered under lupa's training, espen was able to survive and complete his quest. he has dutifully served his legion since then (except when he feels the need to get out every now and then, of course). espen still visits his mother every now and then, sometimes just staying for a day, sometimes staying for the weekend, a lot of the times bringing jett with him.[break][break]

his mother is glad that he's met his father now in a sort of saddened way, but when espen used to try and convince her to meet pluto again (pluto always did seem wistful when he talked about letizia), letizia's eyes would just mist over and a sort of sad smile would appear on her face. she was no longer the young, innocent twenty-three year old that she was when she had fallen head over heels for pluto. she was now happy with her life as a mortal, with her son as the centre of her world, and with her work at the jewellers.[break][break]

the bekkers are happy as they are for now, settling into a somewhat comfortable rhythm.[break]

[attr="class","hopelovetitle"]POWERS, SKILLS & WEAPONS

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[ GEOKINESIS ][break]
as a son of pluto, espen has been blessed with the ability to move the earth. this is something he enjoys doing, feeling his power reach travel from his chest and hands down through his feet and into the steady, heavy earth beneath him. usually skin-on-earth works as the best conduit, so for when he really needs maximum impact, he prefers putting his hands on the ground and working that way. as he's only a demigod, he can't move whole mountains, but he's pretty dang strong for only being half-god. one of his favourite ways of flexing (like at the gym) is to use the earth to push trees out of the ground, the older the better - needless to say, he's not the best friend of children of ceres.[break][break]

weaknesses: as espen has never been in a situation where he's had to use one hundred percent of his power, he doesn't yet know his own limits. combat training is fun and he does use a fair bit of energy, but as he is fairly powerful, he knows he's not even straining too hard at what he's doing right now. he is a bit antsy to try to see just how much he can do.[break][break]

[ UMBRAKINESIS ][break]
his favourite power is his ability to manipulate the darkness. he thinks it is the ultimate stealth weapon, and has used some form of it in pretty much every fight he's been in, both training and otherwise. one can usually tell when he's about to use it, or has summoned the darknes, because he can't help but smirk slightly. (again, he's never been in a situation where he's had to concentrate a hundred percent on manipulating the darkness, so it's always been a bit of a game to him for now.) espen also enjoys playing with the darkness as a sort of mean prank or when he wants to be left alone. the deeper into the night it gets, the happier and more at peace espen becomes. this power is particularly helpful when he's out and about, as he uses it a bit like a cloak to get him to places he shouldn't have access to.[break][break]

weaknesses: like his other abilites, espen doesn't know the true extent of this ability. he's only used it a few times to hide others with him - he doesn't know if he can call the darkness to hide things or people when he's not in their immediate vicinity. (he has a stash of things hidden under his bunk that he sometimes remembers to put a little darkness to, especially when there are snoopy campers, but he's not sure if that's his ability or his scowl. he also has not tried to widen or narrow the sphere of his ability (ie limit the darkness to one person's vision).[break][break]

[ MINOR HADES CHARACTERISTICS ][break]
( wealthy ) - it's not a huge thing for him, but espen attracts money a fair bit. at the very least, he's never had to worry about money his entire life. even when he was away from home, sometimes leaving the house with just the clothes on his back, he either finds money or is given money, usually just enough to keep him going or to feed him. he's just attributed it to his father's influence and tries not to look too much into it.[break][break]

( medium ) - espen doesn't like to dabble too much with the undead, but as a child of pluto ghosts are attracted to him. usually he tells them to go away, and but recently he just can't even be bothered. he hasn't had any opportunities to fight skeleton warriors or have to try and release souls into the underworld, so he doesn't know if he has those abilities or not.
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( hellhounds ) - animals aren't something espen is particularly fond of. nothing against them, he's not scared of them or anything, but he wouldn't go out of his way to pet them either. primarily he prefers animals that are somewhat useful, like horses (not pegasii, those extra, diva, winged beasts.) in saying that, he absolutely loves hellhounds. he has a particular favourite he's been told is named jett. jett came to him when espen called for help, and the hound's loyalty and unconditional love for espen was something the young espen needed in his life. sometimes every now and then, espen leaves camp just to go on walks where he can summon jett to him. jett isn't too playful, and would rather walk with espen than frolic around sniffing everything, and this devotion grounds espen and cheers him up.[break][break]

( hellfire ) - something he knows very little about. he's been told it's a nifty and useful trick, but with his umbrakinesis, he feels he doesn't need it too much. if he practiced, he could probably get to a proficient level, but for the most part espen doesn't use hellfire.[break]

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PLAYED BY ARK

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ANDERSEN, ALEX HØGH as espen bekker