#ohq:intro

[aroselle]

okay here’s my boy :) please feel free to like this for me to slip into your dms to get plotting !

ALEXANDRE:

french-american

model, painter, lover, dreamer

played football in high school/college, had near-perfect aim - the only reason he didn’t go pro is because he was injured in the CFB national championships his senior year past the point of no return

manwhore tbh,,, hooks up with somebody new every night

says he’s bi but really it’s because he’s afraid to come out as gay

very sexually adventurous, very open to romantics

sexts his friends’ SOs for them while they’re drunk

really just loves love and the idea of love

EROS: 

mischievous little shit

will break people up in order to see them get together with others for fun

even more sexually adventurous than alexandre

likes to make his presence knOWN in a room - will spread his wings to their full width until people yell at him

adores aphrodite with all of his heart, she’s pretty much the only person he’ll take non-sexual orders from

worships those who worship him

will fuck around in a mortal’s life just as much as he will fuck around in a god’s life, does not discriminate

aesthetics !

bondage with silk ties, rose petals on a bed, silk sheets, paint under his fingernails, an impeccable complexion, eyes that see through you, a heart wrapped up in red string, pure white wings, unbuttoned silk shirts, dainty jewelry, lips brushing against hip bones, a crown of roses

[seasrising]

please welcome - scarlett leclaire

about aphrodite

- listen we all know the goddess of love and beauty! - aphrodite loves to be loved, and loves attention. she’s very, very used to getting it and does not enjoy when it’s not returned. - she feels things very intensely, and almost always acts from her feelings, not her thoughts. this causes some trouble, but she’s usually able to get out of it. - she has a rather nasty temper. like. do not cross her. not good. not good.

about scarlett

- socialite, but can’t stand just sitting around mindlessly doing nothing, so she’s the editor of a fashion magazine. - has always known she’s beautiful but will not stand for someone claiming that’s all she is. nope. but, has really never had to work for anything. - traipses around like she owns the city, and no one has told her otherwise. - does not have her memories. as far as scarlett is concerned, she’s just scarlett leclaire (although that’s not something that is a ‘just’). 

basics - Scarlett is very similar to Aphrodite in the fact that she will almost always act based on her feelings, without thinking things through. She feels deeply (she is a goddess of passion, after all), and reacts strongly. As a mortal, she’s already a powerful woman, and she’s even more powerful as a goddess. Do not cross her. Love her, adore her, but don’t piss her off.

[hermioneteleia]

Helloooo! I’m Ra, gtm+1 timezone (only in theory), and you’ll know I’ve stayed up for too long when I start writing funny. I’m excited to be here, bringing you all everyone’s not so favourite high queen Hera. And her mortal counterpart, Hermione. I’ll do my best to keep this brief.

Hermione

Divorce lawyer (oh the irony), unfraid of playing dirty to win a case. 

Her time is gold, so don’t make her lose it. If you do it in her office, she may bill you for it even if you’re not her client.

Winning is what really matters, who wants to be a loser?

Legit enjoys ruining the lives of cheating scumbag husbands, she knows it’s morbid but can’t help herself.

Workaholic with anger issues she doesn’t bother managing because who’s got the time for that. If she hurts your feelings during an outburst, your bad. She won’t be sorry.

Enjoys going to the opera and ballet.

Wears designer clothes often, either dresses or suits that flatter her figure.

Hera

Extremely vain. If someone’s beauty is praised above hers, you’ll anger her. 100% perfect way to get on her wrong side and enemy list, just ask the Trojans.

Hello darkness jealousy my old friend. Hera’s jealous of both Zeus’ lovers before their marriage and all those that came after (and that’s a long list.) 

His constant cheating was a slight to her, one she couldn’t ignore nor forgive being the goddess of marriage. It’s an offense to her person and all she represents. Plus, if her own husband doesn’t respect her as wife, what’s to stop others from disrespecting her and her position? She can’t have that happening. It also hurt because she does love him; she didn’t at first when they married, but she eventually grew to care for him and they had some good times.

Anyway, his constant cheating brought forth her vengeful nature against every woman he took as mistress and any offspring they had. Some she hated more than others. Heracles we’re looking at you.

Speaking of the golden boy, he left her a scar on her right breast that won’t ever heal and hurts 24/7. Another reason for her to hate him.

Also if you stand in her way to achieve a goal, she’s also going to hate you for a while. And you don’t want her wrath to be aimed at you, do you?

Hera actually has a soft spot for animals in general, with the peacock being both her favourite and one of her symbols.

As a fun fact: the first name of her mortal persona is a reference to a temple in Argolis built in Hera’s honour. There she was worshipped as Hera the virgin, as it was said she bathed annually in a fountain to regain her virginity.

[deathspinner]

hello hello hello! it’s me, hanna. most of you already know me since i’m also responsible for the group’s resident disaster gay hero achilles. here, however, is my second child atropos of the moirai / sonya winchester and oh my, what a boss she is. hopefully this introduction makes all of you love & fear her as much as i do.

ATROPOS.

is she a daughter of nyx and erebus? is she a daughter of zeus and themis? is she a daughter of chronos and ananke? we just don’t know !

not that it even matters, honestly. what’s important is that she’s one of the moirai, also known as the fates.

she doesn’t rly care what you call her or her sisters because it won’t change the fact that she, clotho, and lachesis hold everyone’s lives in their hands. and everyone means literally everyone, so @gods don’t think ur excluded or safe.

while the trio operates as one, atropos has the dominion over the manner of the individual’s death. she takes her job very seriously and proudly embraces her title as the inexorable one. no one has evaded death under her watch and, as far as atropos is concerned, no one ever will. ( she’s a bit of a perfectionist like that ).

generally she doesn’t get involved with everyone’s messes bc, well, she kinda decided what will happen & she knows it will happen so. there’s been exceptions, but not too many.

when she shows up and when she speaks, she expects to be heard and obeyed. disobey or otherwise slight her / the sisters? she won’t hesitate to fuck you up. and do you really want to anger the goddess in charge of your death? yeah, me neither.

SONYA WINCHESTER.

is she an orphan? was she abandoned? does she have a loving family somewhere? was she raised by a large number of nannies? sonya knows, but don’t even dream of her sharing that information with you. 

even if there was somebody to care and love her, no one stayed long enough to leave a permanent mark on the young girl. that forced / encouraged sonya to make the most important decision of her life: instead of letting others dictate her life, she would make herself into whatever she wanted to be.

so what did she want to be? ask her and she’ll tell you immediately that she will be the first female chief justice of the united states. to achieve that, she’s currently a law student @ nyu where she has quite the reputation. she’s a perfectionist whose talents and skills everyone can’t help acknowledge. if there’s a debate in class or a mock trial, no one wants to go up against her because they know she will win.

her intimidating reputation is further strengthened by her tendency to keep to herself. she would much rather work toward her goal than do something unproductive. she does not meddle in the affairs of others; she will not engage in activities she deems ridiculous. cross her, though, so just like atropos, she won’t hesitate to fuck you up.

is sonya aware of her reputation? yes, she is. will she do anything about it? no, because why should she? sonya winchester knows who she really is and she wouldn’t want to be anyone else. 

a sidenote:

in the event that your character regains their memories, do not have your character instantly recognize who atropos is ( unless it really makes sense for them ). 

the fates have traditionally presented as older women, but to adapt to modern times, they have modified their appearances drastically. so if your character has met atropos, she’s most likely worn the old lady face, not her current one. 

[harmoniousxaddie]

Hello, it’s Kay again with another of my favorite Greek goddesses, Harmonia! Information under the cut!

Harmonia

goddess of harmony and concord

daughter of Ares and Aphrodite (and honestly proud of it? she loves her parents and siblings)

the myths are conflicting in a lot of ways and Harmonia’s story is sort of confusing but it boils down to: 

she was given to Cadmus by Zeus (thanks Zeus) 

at the wedding, she received a cursed necklace/robe from someone (again, the stories vary)

the cursed object brought bad luck to her family

Harmonia and Cadmus were turned into snakes

she just wants everyone to get along and for things to be nice and happy, and she’s willing to sacrifice her own happiness for the greater good (to achieve peace)

very loyal to her family (but simultaneously very aware that her parents are not married and her mother is married to someone else and so like. it’s awkward) 

Addie 

Adelaide Devereux but please call her Addie

also very self-sacrificial and will give up her stuff to make people happy

a peacemaker; she has a degree in counseling (although you know, she has her memories so she’s super confused about the validity of that degree now)

when she regained her memories, she went on a hunt for her family and found her mother first, and the proceeded to figure out a way to get a job with Scarlett to be near her, so now she’s Scarlett’s assistant (and loves it)

she’s trying to find the rest of her family and figure out what’s happening

Connection Ideas

friends 

coworkers

roommate/s

Cadmus

if you are one of her immediate family members, I would love to plot

I will take anything, I’m not picky

[ofgoldenjustice]

please welcome - orelia sterling

about astraea

- daughter of titans astraeus (god of dusk) and eos (goddess of dawn) - goddess of justice, innocence, purity, precision. - lived with mortals during the golden age, but left earth when the bronze age started, distraught by the misery and wickedness that have overtaken the world. she became the constellation virgo. - is said to be the bringer of the second golden age.

about orelia

- 23, legal intern while saving for law school - will always fight for what is right, for the downtrodden and forgotten. will also fight you. - the definition of a millennial activist. protests a lot. always talking about issues. looks like a cinnamon roll but has a fire temper. - has her memories!! orelia is fully aware of who she is, and it’s been a trip. the world is definitely not the golden age that she was supposed to be returning with, also, homegirl was a constellation for the past few centuries. so. having a body again is weird. basics - Astraea is always going to fight for what’s right and just. Always. She thinks the pantheon is deeply problematic, and will not hesitate to call anyone out on their bullshit. She is deeply frustrated that she got stuck as a 23 year old who can’t enact and real change, so she is fighting every chance she can. She will respect your character if they side with what is just, and will not be afraid to call them out if they do not. She wasn’t in Olympus with most of them for a vast majority of history, so she really doesn’t have the kind of relationships that would make her feel bad about that sort of thing.

[exhvmc]

oh look i’m finally writing my intro, mostly because i banned myself from doing replies until i got this out. this is EREBUS. in new york he’s called AXEL BYRNE. app is here. details under the cut !

so here’s the thing, the reason this took so long was because i already had this written out and i accidentally deleted it and i was too distraught to rewrite it, anyway moving on probably many things are missing cause i can’t quite remember what the original did and didn’t have so if i keep changing things, forgive me.

darkness personified, of course i detailed why this is much deeper than it seems in my app i shall not repeat myself

erebus is so vast... so vast, that he’s privy to most things — he sees and contains many things

mess with his wife nyx at your own peril, he doesn’t care, he’ll be draped over his dark throne or whatever he sits on filing his nails ... will probably wave waggle his fingers at you with a perfunctory grin while you scream into oblivion

he rarely sees the need to interfere in anything so why bother?

between nyx and him, nyx seems more dangerous, she probably is, but with her at least you know where you stand, with erebus it’s not that simple — and the night can only arrive with the dark’s power so, do the math fam

AXEL BYRNE on the other hand is your resident mess.

a radio jockey who does the night shift 

everyone who works the graveyard shift is kinda nuts right, here be your people. he starts at 11pm, usually starts mellow and appears aloof & serious,

when he does actually put the personality on Radio DJ style, it’s 2am

kind of like having a friend saying funny, if not slightly blunt and morbid things after dark, accompanying you while you study or come down from those three extra shots you should not have had at that club 

he’s got a very resonant voice it’s why he’s so popular

people like when he’s on because he doesn’t play mainstream music

the fact that he eschews most things radio DJs do ( like publicity events, personal social media ) just makes listeners want to know him even more

and unfortunately this means he’s more popular than he wants to be... there are so many problems to be had in life and he has to get the most petty ones even though he’s not a petty person... ok i lied he is a petty person... just... quietly.

psycho groupies for example oh my god  — why does he find panties in his letterbox, sure he’s good lookingish but he’s just the guy on the radio, he’s not even a rockstar!

he’s got many angry exes who want to murder him also, it’s not that he’s a bad boyfriend he’s just... well... he’s just not very good... at diplomacy, he can be cold, detached... can say gently cruel things without trying 

it’s just lot of really dumb problems. gets cheated on, gets dumped, gets stalked. i mean dude why are you like this? 

honestly he just wants to be left alone And Yet...

smokes too much

clearly healthy decisions both physical and non-physical are too much work for him

he enjoys long solitary walks home before the sun rises 

wow such originality A+ to me.

does he ever sleep? who knows, not me

leather is life, feel free to berate him for funding the animal killing industry, he is stupid

has terrible toxic history with odette and honestly pls be that friend who tells him she’s bad news

also pls plot w me i’m smol kthanks !!  ( i’m prob going to re-edit about 500 times when i remember things i forgot rip.)

[greyeycd]

hi, hello --

It’s me again, the effervescent, illustrious Akanksha -- aka the loveliest player ever behind goddess of night/general qbic NYX/Odette. Pls enjoy my jennifer barkley from parks and rec inspired, hero championing, mortal punishing, grey eyed (with a jawline that could fell empires), competitive and superior, goddess of wisdom, defensive war, artisan crafts, cities and civilization, etc. ATHENA and her mortal form, Alexandria Zhang. 

A L E X A N D R I A

she goes by alex

but yeah, she’s named after the library

that’s what what she remembers, anyway

typical academics inclined parents

nothing less than a’s always

plus extracurriculars like debate, fencing (and piano, but it’s really very...clunky)

attended columbia university for political science

then her master’s at harvard

a nerd but also like, work hard play hard

fairly cold, unintentionally cruel (tho frequently, intentionally, justifiedly mean), convinced she knows what’s best always 

to be fair she often is -- she’s never lost a campaign for a client

which is why she’s paid ridiculous amounts of $$$ as a political strategist at a fancy political consulting firm in manhattan

A T H E N A

goddess of many thing but most often: wisdom, civilization, strategic warfare, arts and crafts

born from zeus’ forehead in most versions, fully grown and armed

basically the perfect heir but a woman

wields the aegis shield and a spear usually

one of the three virgin goddesses (she’s very not interested in sex)

fights with poseidon about things often

helps heroes a bunch, has not always been helpful with the women (see: arachne, medusa) -- complicated relationship with her gender

plus all that trojan war stuff

– no connection/plots page as of yet and unlikely to ever really do so, but i like to be optimistic about it. im me or hmu on discord for plotting, i’m pretty game for most ideas!

[petalonastream]

please welcome - elsie dickens

about eurydice

- a wood nymph who fell in love with and married orpheus after hearing him singing (relatable). - was happy for approxiamately .2 seconds before a man named aristaeus started pursuing her. she tried to fend him off, and stepped on a snake, and promptly died. - was sent to the underworld, until orpheus convinced the gods to bring her back. - was so so so close to coming back to the land of the living. we won’t discuss why that didn’t happen.

about elsie

- 22, in her final year of undergrad at nyu, studying theatre performance. works at a bookstore on the side. - has been best friends with oliver reed for forever, absolutely adores him with her whole entire heart. - grew up fairly well off, but with very distant parents. stereotypically, was raised by the housekeeper and cook more often than not. - afraid of snakes, large holes that she can’t see the bottom of, and falling in love. - has her memories!!! which is complicated. a lot about elsie’s life makes sense now that she knows the truth about her past. eurydice has resolved to live elsie’s life as fully as she possibly can, because she’s terrified that it will all be taken from her again. basics - Eurydice is struggling with the knowledge of who she actually is. Life was so much simpler as Elsie, and now there are a million complications - her best friend was once her husband, her best friend’s boyfriend is the god who once had him killed, and she’s fairly certain that she’s still supposed to be dead, to name a few. Still, there has to be a reason she was brought back, and she intends to live as fully as possible while she still can. She cares extremely deeply for those close to her, and will fight anyone who threatens them. She is gentle and kind, but has a backbone of steel, and will protect those she cares for until she’s unable. Eurydice has seen how truly awful humanity can be, and it has influenced her current life a lot. She’s generally a little nervous around the gods, but she would never do anything to outwardly oppose them. She’s terrified of falling in love again, because it did not work out well last time.

voice claim - arielle jacobs

[gloryblooded]

with a gif of achilles/austin being a major mood ( i mean, who doesn’t want to nap all the time ? ), i hope to catch your attention & say HELLO !   i’m hanna, i’m 22, and i use she/her pronouns! i’m a hufflepuff, a libra, and ISFJ ( what a shocking combo, i know ). anyway, over here i’ll be playing everyone’s favorite disaster hero, achilles, and his new mortal self, austin pelham. i’m so excited for this group and getting to write & plot with all of you. 

anyway, below the cut you’ll find some info about both achilles and austin ! it got kinda lengthy ( especially achilles’ part ) + it’s messily written. sdfsfdsdhsfbh im truly sry about that & pls still love us.

ACHILLES.

disclaimer: i’ve utilized several sources to form my portrayal of achilles, namely the iliad and the song of achilles. i have not read the pjo books, but i googled achilles’ role in it & i’ll incorporate that to my characterization to the best of my abilities.

so, achilles. a son of peleus, a king, and thetis, a nereid. boy was destined for greatness long before he was even conceived; great enough that the gods chose to dilute it by giving thetis to a mortal man. despite this, his destiny was to still become the greatest warrior of his generation. thetis, wanting to further protect him, dipped him in the river styx and boom, the powers of almost complete invulnerability ( except that one heel ) were achilles’. 

his childhood was actually quite lonely? sure, he had peleus’ orphan boys to keep him company & plenty of admirers, but there was always a certain distance between them, especially he had separate, private lessons. that is until a certain awkward young prince arrived in peleus’ court. achilles was instantly smitten ( a shoutout to that time when he became that ‘g2g chicken’ meme after their first kiss ) and this feeling just became stronger through the years as they studied under chiron’s tutelage at mount pelion. 

AND THAT’S IT. NOTHING HAPPENED AFTER THAT. ACHILLES GOT HIS HAPPY ENDING.

just kidding. unfortunately :sob emoji:

tHEN PARIS HAD TO DO HIS THING AND RUIN ACHILLES’ HAPPINESS ( thanks a lot dude ). the war started and, despite the ordeal with thetis where achilles was yeeted to lycodemes’ court & ended up knocking up deidamia, he was off to fight in the trojan war ( with his emotional support philtatos right by his side ).

during his years there, he does his thing. he fights, kills more trojans and their allies than anyone else, is a great leader to his men, and spends his free time with his boyfriend. also i wanted to add that he was not as hostile toward briseis as he was in tsoa. like, ofc they weren’t as close as patrochilles or pat and bri, but he wasn’t as jealous as implied in tsoa. 

anyway, now we’re getting closer to that period of time. stuff goes fairly normally, but then aging meninist ( idk how to spell his name & im too lazy to look it up, but u know who i mean ) decides to dishonor him by unlawfully taking briseis from him. and oh boy, do we get to see achilles’ non-chill side. victim-playing & stubborn spite game is strong af. someone tries to reason with him? he becomes that ‘i suddenly can’t read i don’t know’ gif. 

anyway, shit turns bad enough that he eventually, although reluctantly, consents to patroclus donning his armor and leading the myrmidons out there. that obvs ends super badly and achilles, true to himself, reacts even worse. he goes ballistic and even fights a river before he finally gets what he wants --- hector dead. after that, he stops caring. he fights, sure, but every single time he wishes his death would come. death eludes him for a while after that, and when it finally arrives & that arrow lodges itself in his heel, achilles vc: finally some good fucking food.

except sike, not ! his bitchass of a son delays the reunion he’s been yearning for. achilles curses him & 100% disowns him because he dared to disrespect his final wish. bUT EVENTUALLY HIS PERSON ARRIVED AND ACHILLES WAS SO !!!!!!!!!!!! BECAUSE ALL WAS FINALLY GOOD. achilles got a good dose of positive character development bc he realizes the error of his ways when he was alive, but most importantly, he never had to part with his one true love.

until the gods got themselves into another mess & dragged other, innocent people with them. smh ( uncle sam and/or the gods better square up when achilles regains his memories bc how dare they interrupt his lovely afterlife with pat!!!! )

AUSTIN.

so, enter the man achilles thinks he now is: austin pelham. his full name is austin alexander pelham-niarchos, but for the sake of simplicity, he goes by austin pelham most days. he is the only child of us army general & greek heiress to a shipping empire. not really a happy marriage, but they wouldn’t divorce either. both adored austin, though, so the boy didn’t pay too much attention to his parents’ marital struggles.

austin’s future was laid out from a young age too. he was to follow in his father’s footsteps and become an army official as well, possibly one of the greatest this nation had ever seen. considering his natural athleticism and gift for commanding crowds, it seemed a feasible future path & austin himself accepted it without complaining.

however, he was a mere kid when all this was told to him, so he couldn’t be too bothered. sure, he excelled in school ( his mother insisted he should only attend the best institutions ), but mostly he enjoyed the perks that came with having been born to a lap of such luxury. 

contrary to popular belief, austin had basically no true friends; sycophants and other admirers, yes, but no one he truly bonded with. he wouldn’t have minded finding such person, but they never came along & that was fine with austin. he was independent enough to “survive alone.”

so years have gone by, manhattan’s boy king has graduated from harvard with a degree in history, and it’s time for him to join the army, right? sike, no ! austin’s mother had never been particularly enthusiastic about the idea of her son joining the army & possibly getting killed in action, but this is the first time she has a major argument with her husband about it. 

before he could do anything about it, she made her move. she used her connections to get him his movie role and manipulated austin by telling him that if he were to abandon his military plans & pursue a career as an actor, he could achieve more fame than he had ever dreamed of. austin, being a trusting person, had no reason to believe otherwise, so he accepted his mother’s offer and began working as an actor.

and what a rise to stardom it was. after his role, he got more and more offers, most of which were action / war films. austin did not mind being known as an action star; those were his favorite type of movies to film anyway. recently he finished filming what is supposed to be next spring’s ( & year’s ) biggest blockbuster and now relocated back to new york city where he plans to stay for a few months at least.

personality wise, i’d say he is most similar to pre-trojan war achilles ( when he’s at mt. pelion & lycodemes’ court ). he still has that certain brand of innocence to him and fairly easy to manipulate if you know where to strike. however, he has earned a reputation of being somewhat challenging to work with ( he knows what he wants / how he wants something done & isn’t afraid to demand this respect ). this hasn’t tamed the constant flow of work offers, though, because a) he has a way with the crowd, so fans love him, b) money is guaranteed due to his large crowd of followers, and c) he always gets the job done when he sets his mind to it. slightly more prone to making bad decisions, since he doesn’t have his impulse control person. austin is often up for a good time, though, and an evening with him won’t be a boring one.

AND THAT’S ABOUT IT, I THINK ! I DON’T YET HAVE A CONNECTIONS PAGE UP, BUT I’LL START WORKING ON IT ASAP. IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, FEEL FREE TO MSG ME BECAUSE I’M UP FOR P MUCH WHATEVER. I’LL DO MY BEST TO COME UP WITH IDEAS MYSELF & MSG YOU LOVELY PEOPLE! ugh im so excited for this group!!

[sweetxmilly]

Hello friends, I’m Kay and I’m so excited to bring to life my favorite of the Greek goddesses! Read on for more about Epione and Milly!

Epione

the goddess of soothing pain

married to Asclepius (who do I need to bribe to bring in Asclepius?), mother of multiple children by him

not the most outgoing of the gods but she is always there to help anyone who needs it; in general, she’s very sober and withdrawn - even for a goddess, soothing pain takes a toll and it has an effect on Epione

also not the most well-known of the gods but she’s very in-tune with any of her worshippers and likes to go out of her way to help them 

she’s fascinated by humans and loves wandering the human world to watch them

her family is absolutely the most important thing to her though; she’s completely devoted to Asclepius and would do anything for him or any of their children

Milly

Mildred Durant

she’s a nanny

Milly just wants to help people; that has been her goal for her whole life and while she had plans to be a nurse or a doctor or something, she just sort of fell into nannying (she looks at is as intensely helping one family)

she’s a homebody; when she lived with her parents, she was almost always at home and then now that she lives in NYC, she spends most of her time with her charges or with her friends 

pretty easy going overall but will stand up for herself when necessary

Connection ideas:

friends - Milly is very friend oriented

Asclepius - I will love you forever if you bring him in

roommates?? idk

just tossing some of these out here! for plotting purposes! I’m also open for anything! (also if I formatted any of this wrongly, I can edit it but not til tomorrow, I need to go to bed now)

[curiouspersephone-blog]

hello hello! nice to meet y’all! i’m rey and i’m here with Persephone! Thanks for being a little patient with me, I’ve been traveling this week for a wedding. Anyway, I’m excited to bring you my take on my gal Cora here and can’t wait to interact you. Give this a like and I’ll slip into your DMs to plot. 

Mortal Name: Cora Sherburn 

Deity: Persephone

Job / Occupation: Investigative Journalist, New York Times

Neighborhood: Astoria

“backstory”: 

Her first home was in Washington D.C. In D.C. she grew like a weed, all tangled and wild. Cora was born under a spring moon and when she was born, she did not cry out - she only blinked into this world with large, curious eyes. This curiosity stayed for many years to come. Cora Sherburn was, plain and simple, the cat curiosity killed. As soon as she was old enough to, she was sticking her fingers into sweets that weren’t meant for her, poking her nose into circumstances that didn't belong to her, always sneaking into conversations she had no business being part off. When she was caught, she always offered a wide-eyed gaze and an innocent smile. With these two weapons of mass destruction under her belt, Cora got away with plenty as a small child. (It was around this time that Cora learned that you could hide just about anything behind a smile.)

But all of this was done with genuine, good-natured intent. Cora liked to know things and found great joy in taking things apart and putting them back together again. Yes, she grew like a weed, all tangled and wild - but under the nurturing care of her mother she bloomed.  

Jonathan was a Senator for the state of New York, while Dahlia was Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. It wasn’t a marriage built to last - the two found to many differences in between them and while they never officially signed for divorce (for the sake of appearances), Dahlia moved herself from the heart of D.C. to Manhattan when Cora was barely old enough to remember. Cora wouldn’t know this about her mother till much later, but Dahlia was also inflicted with a disease (Huntington’s, they called it,) that would pass down to her genetically. Cora wouldn’t learn about this till she was at least twenty-two and she wouldn’t feel it in her blood till she was at least twenty-seven. And she wouldn’t come to learn till much, much later that she would always have a peculiar relationship with death.

Cora’s second home was amongst the brownstones of Manhattan where she continued growing up enjoying nice things. Some might write off the pleasure the girl took in aesthetics and material things as shallow or vain, but she liked to things because at her heart, Cora was a tinkerer and an explore. Things - old things, new things, shiny things - piqued her curiosity. In high school, she was a likable gal, though just a little too left of center be considered popular. More accurately, she had a tendency to run with a sharper, meaner sort, while managing to preserve her kindness. College came and went, Yale with its artistic sensibilities was a strong fit for her. She found her mother’s work too boring and found, instead, a calling in investigative journalism. 

Now, Cora’s third and final home is an apartment in Astoria. Her a small studio apartment is equidistant from a 24 hour bookstore and a 24 hour pastry shop. Cora, who has always had a strong affinity for flora, picked an apartment that has plenty of sunlight for her and her planter boxes as well. When she isn’t sleeping in her bed, she’s crashing on her couch in her office (yet another space filled with too many succulents.) Cora’s managed to make quite the name for herself as an investigative journalist for The New York Times and while such a position comes with plenty of friends, it also comes with it’s fair share of enemies. 

BACKSTORY: 

Persephone, Goddess of the Spring. Queen of the Underworld. Curious. Stubborn. Patient. Knew what she was getting into when she ate those pomegranate seeds. Wife of Hades. Proud Dog Mom. 

wanted connections: 

give them all! I want the friends she’s in book clubs with, I want the horrible break ups, I want the slightly dangerous people she’s investigating. Very open to plotting and figuring it out! Just give this kiddo a like and I’ll slip into your DMs. 

[vviildheart]

heey guys, it’s me ya gal admin L trying to come up with a decent intro for Lila Meadows aka Artemis, aka the actual embodiment of that one meme of the cat hissing behind its cage and biting the bars like a loon.

WARNING !   NO BOYS ALLOWED >(  jk but not rly

I’m gonna assume everyone already knows Artemis is the greatest goddess to ever great and move on to her mortal alter ego, ok? Ok

So *ahem*

Lila was a foster child - she can’t remember her parents, who they were or why they left her when they did. But the nuns at the orphanage would often tell the story of how when they found her, she was so small and helpless, pale as the moon, left alone in the night to rely in the kindness of strangers.

They took her in and cared for her, and each day, they were mesmerized by the girl who grew up to be so kind, so strong and so beautiful. They knew she was different- and she did too, but they could never imagine just how much.

From a young age, she’d always sought comfort in the wilderness - the vast fields of green behind the old building, she’d lay down on the grass and talk to the moon. She’d chase wild animals and make arrows out of broken branches and sticks. She’d nurture and care for the other little girls when they fell ill, advise them when they needed guidance and teach them how to fend themselves against bullies and those who meant them harm.

As she grew older, it felt only natural to become a personal trainer for expecting mothers -  making use of her nurturing as well as athletic side. She wanted to protect - aid other women when they needed support the most, and this is where she found her calling.

For a long time, this was enough to quiet her - but she’d always known something was missing. Something that was out there, just out of reach.

But as the days went by, memories of another life started to flash through her mind - memories of wind and waters, of a woman in pain, of a little boy whose hair was golden as the sun and laughter as irritating as the sound of nails on a chalkboard.

Every day when the sun would rise and dip her window in gold, she felt as though she was mourning her dearest friend, and every night when she looked at the stars, her eyes would linger too long over one particular constellation

by day she works as a pregnancy coach, by night, she teaches a glass of self-defense for young girls. she really doesn’t like to have too much time for herself these days.

she has two huge dogs and literally refuse to stay outside and will sleep on either by the feet of her bed or w her.

she’s trying her hardest to feel fulfilled by her job, by her friends and by her life, nothing seems to work.

if u touch her w/o permission she will bite

i was srs abt the cat meme she’s feral

anyways plots? plots. Plots.

IM for brainstorming i’m down <3

[ncbulovs]

hello, hello, hello!

As per usual, I, the effervescent, illustrious Akanksha (pronounced like “a conch shell” but like, “ a conch sha”) procrastinated until after we opened to write my intro. Oh well. Pertinent details, I’m a Scorpio, Slytherin, ENTP, chaotic neutral who falls asleep by midnight. And I’m delighted to be playing Black-Winged, Dressed-in-Stars, Dew-Bringer, of-the-Deep-and-Silent-Dark, NYX and her mortal form, the seething, cultured. qbic with mildly criminal tendencies, Odette Delacroix. 

O D E T T E 

so Odette grew up in a very theatrical family

(or so her false memories tell her)

to be fair, her mum is French and an actress

(sort of washed up now, but no one really mentions that)

her dad was a small time drug dealer – just weed – who charmed his way into her mum’s heart

she grew up in London for her mum’s p pathetic stage career

went to America for school to study art history

and slowly made her way into the upper echelons society

Americans did so love her mangled French-English accent

and okay, maybe she made some shady deals along the way

the criminal nature was in her blood, after all

but she returned to London when her dad passed

when her mother died some years later, she had no reason to stay

Odette returned to the only other place that felt like home a couple years ago

weirdly, Manhattan had felt much more like home than London did

weirdly, she dreams more here

but that’s probably just the latest insomnia pills her doctor’s prescribed

N Y X

primordial goddess of darkness

sister/wife to erebus

zeus was known to fear her

had many children including hemera

famously she and hemera left just as the other arrived

-- no connection/plots page as of yet but i’m v open to anything! I’m much much nicer than my muse, I only bite if we’ve established you’re into it ;)

[shebeguiled]

good afternoon everyone , i’m amorette & i’m so excited to be here !! this lovely lady is ERATO of the nine muses , known in the mortal world as SABINE BELLEROSE. take a peek under the cut for more information on her , & feel free to hit the heart if you’d like to plot.

ERATO   :

♡   ;   muse of erotic & love poetry , so uh , that already sets a pretty clear tone here. she is beautiful & she knows it , and is prone to her own bouts of vanity , especially when called upon by poets & artists — it’s hard not to let it go to your head when famed authors call upon your name for inspiration , praise your beauty as being their afflatus. she doesn’t go about being too overly boastful , most of the time , though sometimes it is dependent on her company and if they encourage it. she doesn’t find an issue with one accepting & appreciating their own beauty , so long as it isn’t at the expense of another. she promotes self love & positivity.

♡   ;   speaking of company , her sisters are her lifeblood. she adores them and would not be averse to fighting , maiming , or otherwise causing a ruckus & maybe a little bloodshed for them , if it absolutely came down to it. (   though she really really really prefers it doesn’t come to that.   ) her sisters are her soul. apollo , likewise , is near & dear to her heart — her loyalty is his , nearly if not just as it is her sisters’. her loyalty , once gained , is not easy to shirk.

♡   ;   vivacious , clever , & sanguine , erato is clear in what she wants and even more direct when it comes to getting it. she possesses little in the way of cautious awareness and leans far more into her impulsive tendencies , especially if they’ll lead to gratification. she’s quick to capitalize on opportunities once presented , or to otherwise maneuver around situations in order to have them play in her favor. it’s generally innocuous , though , her intent lying more-so within indulgence than harm. she enjoys delighting in all of life’s pleasures , be it a song , a poem , a glass of wine , etc.

♡   ;   undoubtedly i am forgetting to write something here in my excitement , and i apologize for that lmao.

SABINE   :

♡   ;   so , to start , she’s the daughter of GASPARD & MANON BELLEROSE , a fashion designer & model respectively , hailing from france. (   she was born in america herself , but she’s fluent in french.   ) their love was a whirlwind , something plucked directly from a romance novel & it bore them their only daughter , sabine.

♡   ;   now , her parents live a ritzy , busy life. despite being married they had little intention of ever settling down & a child hadn’t ever really been in their plans , though social stigma and personal beliefs prevented manon from doing anything about the pregnancy save seeing it to term & keeping their daughter. sabine was seen more as an accessory than a lifelong commitment — more akin to a purse to tote around when it was fitting than a child that needed to be raised. her parents didn’t have time for that. it didn’t fit in with their ideal lifestyle. they would occasionally dote on her & bring her to events , shower her with affection , but the moments were few and far in between.

♡   ;   she was frequently handed off to nannies but they , too , were never consistent ; a side effect of having an affair with your boss. this left sabine constantly yearning for affection , yearning for the love & praise children are supposed to receive from their parents , yearning for a bond she saw in other children but never felt herself. her parents raised her not to be herself , but to be perfect — in their eyes , this was an easily attainable goal. they gave her everything , after all , as what they lacked in affection they made up for in a surplus of material items , money , gifts , expensive vacations that she’d end up spending alone. sabine took what they gave and let it sate her for a while.

♡   ;   much like her immortal self , she is indulgent , though much less fulfilled. she allows herself to indulge in flings , in the things money can buy : jewelry , clothes , money , drugs. the upside of being a millionaire's daughter is just how much you can spiral the night before & appear perfect in a selfie posted the next day with the help of a well paid stylist and good lighting. as a result of her upbringing , the one thing she wants is fulfillment : she wants to be loved & inspire that love in others , she wants the security of being with someone who wants her , truly wants her , body , mind , & soul. sabine wants to feel valued. and yet whenever she's barely gotten close to something resembling this , she freezes , she spirals , she sabotages. the truth is that deep within her , she believes she is undeserving.

♡   ;   she can never quite achieve the balance she seeks , and is always at one extreme or another. there is no pause , there is no quiet middle ground : one moment , she's on the top of the world , things are just as she wants them , nothing can touch her. the next , she is crumbling , holed up in her penthouse , speaking to no one , spending days on end weeping in the safety of her bed. there is an aching , hollow void within her chest that consumes everything in these moments & leaves little behind to remind sabine of just who she is. still , she maintains the facade. she models for her father's line & is something of an instagram influencer , frequently posting updates to her millions of followers. she's never upfront about the goings-on behind the scenes online ; what's the point when you can post a selfie from inside one of nyc's most exclusive clubs ? no one wants to hear about your troubles. money can buy happiness , right ? she self medicates in dangerous ways.

♡   ;   unbeknownst to most , sabine writes & publishes poetry via the use of a pseudonym. it's a little pleasure that keeps her going , gives her something to pour her energy into even when she's lacking. a way to express herself when she cannot find the courage to verbalize her feelings to another person. something no one who knows her can intrude on.

♡   ;   sabine has an undiagnosed mental illness : bipolar disorder. she frequently faces burnout and it is the first symptom of an approaching depressive episode , and likewise is quick to hyperfixate or otherwise obsess when growing manic , and this is also when she often feels her most confident & victorious. she refuses to admit something may be ' wrong ' out loud , but on the inside , her lack of control over how she feels & often experiences the world contributes to her panic frequently. she avoids seeking help out of fear of disappointing her parents , should she receive a diagnosis. it is not that she believes people with mental illnesses are wrong , just that she alone would be. even further , she often feels guilty for her emotions , feels as though she is not allowed to be upset or depressed in any way because of what she does have. she thinks love will fix her. she doesn’t realize she may have bipolar specifically but she knows there’s got to be something , & it frightens her. up until this point , she has not communicated this to anyone else.

♡   ;   loves bubble tea. is rose gold’s number one fan.

♡   ;   she’s lucky she’s got nepotism on her side because she’s only 5′2″ and some would argue that that means she can’t be a model which is probably the stupidest thing ever.

i’m sorry this got so long idk what happened actually . . . . dfkjgdjf thanks for reading all of this mess ily

[torosyan-blog1]

———— HEY! HELLO! HOWDY! i’m possum (21+, est, she/her). i’m here to bring you isadora “isa” (never dora) torosyan, previously known as enyo the goddess of war and general pettiness. she is Not Nice. apologies in advance. outside of nervously sending memes, i am actually pretty shy, but please don’t mistake my silence for disinterest, i would love to plot. i am excited to be here with all of you 

below the cut are some important parts from enyo’s app if you would like to learn more about her. 

Enyo is all sharp edges, from the cut of her structured power suits and the stiletto shape of her nails, to the point of her heels that beg to dig into something softer than the concrete jungle she roams. She is a panther, slinking through life, leaving devastation in her wake. From painted lips she spills her words, never minced, for she demands that you understand her the first time. There will be no repeating. She is the sound of cracking knuckles, the smell of a burning building. She is made of bubbling fury beneath smooth skin that runs a little too hot for comfort.

Isadora is, unknowingly (for now), a direct mold of her ancient self. Her presence demands respect because she forces it to. That is the only way she can make it in the male dominated world she has found herself in. Every moment she spends in the presence of others she spends observing them, searching for those achilles heels she can take advantage of. She’s always been this way— growing in a household where a smack on the back of the head was practically a form of greeting can do that to a person. Foster homes were a war in itself, especially those that she grew up in. Sisters or brothers, it didn’t matter. She found herself fighting more often than not for a place in the world. An adolescence devoid of affection sprouted thick walls around her that she refuses to break down; there is softness hidden behind them, but it has not seen the sun in decades, so the state of it is questionable.

The list of her enemies would extend beyond the length of a city block, but her friends are few. Hell, she often wonders if she could even call them that. Sure, she may have admitted to that therapist she visited twice that she was lonely before she ditched. Vulnerability is uncomfortable, and she couldn’t think of a reason why she should pay to be any more uncomfortable than she is on a daily basis. Boxing lessons, though? That she is happy to pay for.

thanks for reading this far, if you have! i’d love to set up some pre-existing connections for her. if you’re down and you think your muse would work well against hers for such a thing hmu :)