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

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Likes:

• tattoos
• motorbikes
• all types of weapons, especially guns
  
• sports cars
• fair fights
• the sounds of a sword fight
• action movies
• combat training, physical exercise
• pizza
• alcohol
• rock, classic rock (music)
  

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Dislikes:

• sore losers
• people who talk the talk but can't walk the walk
  
• cheaters
• whiners, cry babies
• people who think they can just boss her around - except for people in positions of authority (praetors, centurions)
• misogyny, misandry
• being told what she can't do
• people who copy
• girls with high-pitched voices
• shallow people
• vanity, boasting, braggarts
  

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[ LOUD ] - It's usually very easy to tell when Rhi is in the area; she's loud. Not only in volume, but also in personality and movement. She can pull of stealth missions if required of her, but anyone who knows their strategy knows Rhi is better suited to be one of the chargers at the front, or armed with some serious firepower in the back. Rhi lives life loudly - she laughs loud, talks loud, and is not subtle at all about herself. She doesn't see the need to hide herself or water herself down. Rhi always strives to mean what she says and says what she means.
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[ PROUD ] - This means that Rhi is quite a proud person. She does have her prideful moments where she might overestimate her combat abilities, but for Rhi, being proud is not a bad thing. It means taking pride and being confident in one's self - not necessarily overconfident or bragging, of course, Rhi would more than gladly shank someone who was getting a bit too big for their boots. But being able to be confident in the amount of work and growth someone has made is a completely valid thing for this daughter of Mars. Her self-confidence also means she's quite confident in her ability to flirt and be liked by both boys and girls. However, Rhi can acknowledge when a better fighter or if someone is just not interested in her, and doesn't take it personally.
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[ PASSIONATE ] - With living her life large, Rhi is very passionate about everything. She fights with her heart into it, and when she gets with people romantically it usually involves a fair bit of fiery emotion for her. That's not to say she actually thinks she's in love with them, but her loyalty to them is quite strong - until it fizzles out and she gets bored. More than likely, a break up of any kind (friendship, romantic) is the result of an argument, because just like in 'love', Rhi can give as good as she gets in a yelling match.
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[ AMBITIOUS ] - It has always been Rhi's biggest disappointment that she hadn't been placed in the First Cohort. Because of this, she trained harder, fought harder, and perhaps lost a few friends along the way. This also means most of her friendships are tainted with rivalry, even if that rivalry is mostly friendly, because Rhi always feels the need to better herself or prove that she is a dang good warrior. Sometimes it gets to the point where Rhi has gotten offensive even though she doesn't mean it, and because Rhi is proud, she doesn't usually apologise for hurting other people's feelings.

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

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[ FATHER ] - mars, god of war[break]
[ MOTHER ] - aurelia smith, demigod, daughter of vulcan, deceased[break]
[ STEP-FATHER ] - joseph king, mortal
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Claimed: Yes[break]
Years at camp: Nine[break]
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Rhiannon Smith-King was born in New Rome, and for the first five years of her life, she lived in the demigod city. Her mother was a daughter of Vulcan herself, who had kept the true parentage of her baby daughter a secret. Aurelia didn't want Rhiannon to feel any sort of pressure from being born the daughter of a Roman god, especially one as revered as Mars. It would only be expected that Rhiannon start training early to live up to her fullest potential as a second-generation legionnaire on top of being a child of the god of war. Aurelia didn't want that sort of life for her daughter - how ironic, considering blood and fighting was in Rhiannon'os destiny, no matter how much Aurelia had tried to take her away from it.
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Rhiannon was five when her mother remarried a mortal and took them out of New Rome. Despite all of Aurelia's protestations that she didn't want Rhiannon to have a violent future, Aurelia herself was apparently attracted to a certain type of man, for Joseph King owned a gun shop and was part of an underground fight club. He doted on his young step-daughter, often indulging her as she watched him, fascinated as he cleaned guns or applied first aid to himself.
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Deciding that any young girl should learn to defend herself, Joseph enrolled Rhiannon in karate and boxing classes. Aurelia could only watch in quiet dismay as Rhiannon grew to excel in the arts, becoming absolutely obsessed with it and many other forms of defensive and offensive fighting. It had gotten to the point that school became a very far second priority to the young girl. Instead, Rhiannon chose to befriend the Sikhs at the temple across the dojo, learning the art of the chakram from them; the girl also enjoyed watching sword-fighting lessons at medieval faires that came into town, or watching movies and videos about ninjas throwing metal stars. Weaponry and combat became Rhiannon's main focus.
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Throughout her primary and grade school years, Rhiannon was often called up to the office for fighting. She had always been deemed 'weird' by her fellow classmates, and Rhi had never taken it lying down, always choosing to answer them with a fist to the face. After finally getting expelled from her second school in as many years, Aurelia had had enough. She brought her daughter to the Wolf House when Rhiannon was twelve, finally accepting the inevitable future of her warrior daughter.
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Rhi trained hard under Lupa's care and excelled, blossoming into her destiny as Mars' daughter. Due to her skill, Rhi was destined for a high cohort, but to her disappointment, she only made it to the Second Cohort due to her mother's lack of assistance to the legion after graduating to New Rome. It embittered the young teen towards her mother, and she refused to go home or visit until Joseph was the one who called her three years later telling her to get her head out of her gluteus maximus. At that point in time, Rhiannon had more love and respect for Joseph than she did for her own mother.
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It was only when Rhiannon made it home that Joseph and Aurelia broke the news that Aurelia was ill. Of all things, it was a mortal disease that was going to knock her down. As much as Rhiannon didn't want to forgive her mother what the younger demigod perceived as cowardice, Joseph coached her to let that go in the face of Aurelia's deterioration. And so Rhiannon stayed for a few months with her mother and step-father in the mortal world, although she refused to let up on her training regime, using punching bags and throwing knives at targets as her way to work through her problems with her mother.
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Rhiannon was eighteen when her mother passed away. She stayed for a few months longer to keep Joseph company, even though he insisted he didn't need it. But it was clear in her step-father's eyes that he would miss her when she would return to her life in Camp Jupiter. Now with a bit more love for her remaining family, Rhi promised Joseph she would visit more often, if only to make sure he wasn't too beat up from the underground fight club that became his escape.
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In the following few years, Rhi kept her promise to Joseph, visiting him every few months for a weekend. More often than not, she came with scars, scrapes, and bruises of her own as a result of her own combat life with the Roman demigods - Joseph once made a joke of what a pair they made, and they couldn't go out in public together or the mortals wouldn't understand they weren't beating each other up. As Rhi aged, her relationship with Joseph turned from father-daughter to more best friends, although she still preferred not to tell her step-father about any romantic conquests back in Camp Jupiter, and Joseph still made jokes about it.
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Rhi has grown up to be quite a proficient warrior, having lived the life she's dreamed of since she was a little girl. She hadn't made a great many friends, but she doesn't mind much - she gets that her personality might be a bit hard for other people to swallow. All she does care about is being a dang fricking good warrior, and maybe some flirting on the side. She's been on a few quests with her fellow legionnaires, and has been on a few adventures, but nothing had prepared her for the arrival of the Greeks to their camp. But eagerly she watches them, particularly the children of Ares, because Rhi loves nothing more than fighting against others. At the end of the day, no matter how much her mother had hoped she would live a peaceful life, Rhi just didn't end up having that in the least, and that was how Rhi liked it.

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

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[ BLESSING OF INVINCIBILITY ] - rhi has a tattoo of a dragon going up her left side, the tail starting at her hip and its head on her upper rib. she sees this as one of her 'rites of passage', and mars, who had been pleased with her since her childhood, gifted her the blessing of invincibility for as long as the tattoo remained on her skin. this blessing meant that she could not be harmed by any weapon - it'll just bounce off her skin. however, the heavier the hit, the greater energy she loses, which in a full-scale fight to the death meant that she'd likely pass out faster. she has been better at storing energy, and the energy taken from her with every hit is lessening. she hopes that one day she'll never drain of energy at all, but that doesn't seem likely. when her energy levels are low, she actually start feeling the hits - for example, in the first two hours of boxing, she can be completely fine, but after that, she can start feeling the punches coming her way until there is finally a ko. similarly, the results of the impact of the weapon on her body also begins to show the longer she has been fighting and the more damage she takes (ie she gets cuts from the swords and wounds from bullets etc but it'll take her a bit longer until she starts to feel the pain).
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[ NATURAL WARRIOR ] - as a child of mars, rhi is naturally better than many campers in the areas of speed, combat, and strength. rhi's training regime only enhances the skills she was born with. however, she never lets her guard down in that aspect, meaning, she doesn't take her (literally) god-given strength and prowess in the arena for granted. she is determined with her training and combat practice. she'd love to be the best half-blood fighter out, but she's also content in just training and being able to beat others.[break][break]
ever since she was a young girl and her step-father brought home guns to clean for his gun shop, she had always been fascinated by weapons. her father used to show her how to clean and shoot guns, throw knives, throw punches, the best angle to stab someone, places to hit with the exact amount of force to knock a person down. as she got older, she dabbled in many combat arts, from karate to discus throwing (particularly chakram). she loves collecting weapons from different cultures and prides herself in being able to master them with dedication and effort. she also likes being able to use random objects that are closest to her and turning it into a weapon. she likes to think that she can enter any situation and be able to defend herself.
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[ MINOR FIRE IMMUNITY (LEGACY) ] - combined with her blessing of invincibility as well as her vulcan legacy, rhi also has limited invincibility against fire, but against a full blaze (ie walking into a burning house) she only lasts about a minute or two. this is like an invisible protective coating on her skin and hair, but she is unable to extend this outside of herself ie to include other demigods.
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PLAYED BY ARK

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PALMER, TERESA as rhiannon smith-king