this got long.
Intros = good distraction from uni work, so I thought I'd do this now. Hi everyone! I'm Kat aka thecheerleader :D I've got three characters in game and another coming soooon hopefully. Also, this got long so feel free to skip straight to the plot ideas sections lol :(
First up is Amelia Everton (andtheswan), a reincarnation of Leda. Leda was the Queen of Sparta who was seduced by Zeus (in swan form :|) and was mother to Helen, Clytemnestra, Castor and Pollux among others. She's also the grand-daughter of Ares, through her father, and no you don't want to think about that too much. (OH GREEKS). Anyway, she was said to have died of shame~ over Helen's actions which is a bit like the pot calling the kettle black but w/e. Interestingly three of her five daughters ended up cheating on their husbands, so I think there's a case to be made for genetics there >> As Amelia she's the heir to a pharmaceutical fortune and married to a man with a publishing empire, so she's definitely a big old WASP. She's also the mother of twin boys and a little girl, though the girl's the result of a three month affair that she and her husband decided to sweep under the rug. She's too smart to be entertained much by fancy luncheons and tea parties, which is probably why she's thrown herself into the reincarnate community so much.
PLOT WISE > needs her babies! Having her kids in this life made her really want to find Leda's children, so she would've sought them out a few years ago. Other family > Ares, Hera (sorry about sleeping with your husband great-grandmum :|) etc. Reincarnates > She has more money and time than she knows what to do with so Amelia probably likes getting them altogether for "charity dinners" (aka catch ups) and things like that. If anyone's in the publishing world she might know them or have helped them out, since her husband owns a newspaper and TV network or something. ANYTHING ELSE :>
I also have Ganymedes (bearingcups), currently going by the name Grayson Clark. He was a Trojan prince who was innocently tending some sheep when Zeus decided to carry him off to Mt.Olympus and make him the gods' cupbearer (sorry Hebe). As a result he was given immortality and agelessness, so he's in the rather unique position of being a mortal but not a reincarnate. Over the past few hundred years he's been allowed to venture out more and has various college degrees under his belt, though looking the same age forever means he doesn't get to stay with any one identity for too long :/ Right now he's majoring in Psychology at NYU and having a GREAT time applying that to the gods. Ganymedes is very friendly, sweet, easy going and remarkably helpful. He's used to serving the olympians so he tends to go out his way to help everyone. He's pretty respectful of all the gods but he's INCREDIBLY respectful of Hera because a) he values his life and b) she terrifies him.
PLOT WISE > oh sup Trojan war folks! Ganymedes hasn't quite forgiven them for destroying the city his father built but Paris, Cassandra etc. are still his kin, so he's weirdly drawn to them all the same. Helen and co. are getting nothing but bitch face though >/ Gods > Apparently he hung out with Eros and co. a lot on Olympus so there's that. Hera obviously hates on him :( Eos actually stole his nephew (so we should have plot there Hezy!). And he's still very loyal to Zeus. But yes, figuring out relationships with the Gods please :D Reincarnates > Ganymedes tends to be very sympathetic towards them so he probably reaches out via the network whenever anyone's told who they are by Hermes. Anyone who's in college that he might know. Idk, ANYTHING :>
And lastly, I have Cassandra (noonelistens) aka Quinn Conroy. Cassandra was the Trojan princess who slyly took the gift of prophecy from Apollo in exchange for a kiss, only to spit in his mouth when he made a move on her. SHE WAS BALLSY. He made it so that no one would ever believe her visions, so despite warning her family multiple times that Troy was headed for doom and gloom, they all ignored her. After the war she was given to Agamemnon as a concubine. Cassandra was actually pretty happy about the whole thing because she'd already forseen hers and Agamemnon's deaths, so she knew it was going to be all over pretty quickly. And it was! She was murdered by Agamemnon's wife, Clytemnestra, and her kids were killed by Clytemnestra's lover. As Quinn Conroy she's the daughter of a cop and still getting visions, which people continue to ignore :/ It's cool though because she's ended up with her own spot as a psychic on a radio show, answering questions about people's love lifes, careers etc. What she really wants to be doing is helping the cops but they just laugh at her :(
PLOT WISE > Trojan War people please! Paris (her twin), Helen, Clytemnestra etc. to work out all those twisty relationships. Apollo > LOL. And anyone else who got screwed over by him or one of the other male gods? People who listen to her show? Idk, maybe even some exes or people she met in high school. Someone who she saved from being knocked down after seeing~ them get hit by a car? :> :>