<div align="center"><strong>Cabin #3: Poseidon</strong><br/><br/>Poseidon's cabin (#3) is low, long, and solid, with the windows facing the sea. The outer walls are rough gray stone with pieces of seashell and coral and look like the bottom of the ocean floor. On the inside it has six empty bunk beds and the walls glowed like abalone. </div><br/><br/><strong>Name: </strong>Zachary Williams<br/><strong>God or Goddess Parent: </strong>Poseidon<br/><strong>Claimed or Unclaimed:</strong>Claimed<br/><strong>Age: </strong>20<br/><strong>Background:</strong><br/><br/>Zachary's mother has lived along the Bay front of St. Augustine, FL since she was born.  Brooke Williams grew up amongst the history of America's oldest city but it was the turbulent waters of the ocean that always claimed her heart.  She became a life guard and worked the beaches since she was old enough to do so and she loved every minute of it.  One evening, during a severe thunderstorm, a tourist "haunted tours" pontoon boat had capsized out in the harbor and Brooke was one of the first upon the scene.  She leaped into the churning waters and battled against everything the sea threw at her, managing to drag two exhausted and panicking tourists back to shore before plunging into the waters for a third, her strength fading fast.  She was halfway to the boat when her strength gave way and she let the ocean currents take her into the depths below.<br/><br/>She should have drown but she found an entirely different fate altogether.  She found Poseidon.<br/><br/>He had watched her struggle against the sea all her life, the blond haired beauty having captured his heart.  He saved her from the fate of drowning and revealed himself for what he was.  Brooke somehow accepted this revelation as truth and embraced the god, proclaiming that she had only ever loved his creations.  That night, Brooke became pregnant with Zachary.<br/><br/>The next few years seen the relationship between Poseidon and Brooke fade, as godly attention is fleeting at best.  She never left the sea and is still there to this day, but some say that her heart was lost when Poseidon left.  She spends most of her time looking out longingly at the waves, waiting for her love to return but he rarely, if ever, does.<br/><br/>Zachary grew up amongst the white sands of St. Augustine, just as his mother had.  By the time he was seven, he had discovered that he was the best swimmer of his age group and often spent a great deal of time out in the open waters.  The ocean was his life, as it had once been his mother's.<br/><br/>When he turned thirteen, Poseidon came to him along the storm-battered shores one evening and claimed him as his own.  Zachary felt resentment towards his father for having abandoned his mother and left her with a broken heart but Poseidon explained that this was the nature of the ocean and his own heart.  The waters could be tranquil one moment and then churning and deadly the next.  Zachary knew this all too well, for he was often a moody child, his temper influenced by the tides and the storms.  He and his father parted ways shortly after.<br/><br/>He was later found by a saytr and brought to Camp Half Blood later that year.  His mother had kept him safe for many years but the monsters were beginning to close in, a fact proven true by an attack upon their home by a pair of snake-women.  He has been at the camp for seven years now and serves as one of the junior instructors of sword-play and canoeing.  He harbors a love for writing and Japanese calligraphy, a passion he picked up from a friend of his, Lilia, a daughter of Apollo.  He collects sea shells as well and has quite a collection on display in his cabin. He spends most of his time at the lake.  He is a moody individual but he does his best to keep his temper in check.  Just be careful around him when the weather is stormy...<br/><br/><strong>Fatal Flaw:</strong>Personal Loyalty (Zachary is stubbornly loyal, to his friends, his ideals, and to his father, despite the latter being hardly the most attentive parent), Mood Swings (as the child of the God of Storms, Zachary's temper is mercurial at best and seems to be in flux with the weather.)<br/><br/><strong>Weapon or Skill:</strong>Short Sword.  Zachary often wields a pair of celestial bronze short swords when practicing or out on a quest.<br/><br/><strong>Physical Description: </strong>Zachary is fit, tanned and athletic, from a life time spent on the beaches of Florida. His dirty blond hair is cropped short and he has dark blue eyes that often look like a stormy ocean.  He stands just under six feet tall and often dresses casually, in blue jeans or cargo pants/shorts, sneakers or boots, and a Camp Half Blood T-shirt. If he is down by the lake front, he is often wearing only a pair of swimming trunks and flip flops. He wears several necklaces, including the seven beads from his years at camp and a pendant that is shaped like a conch shell being pushed on a cresting wave.  He also carries a plastic bottle of water that never goes empty: a gift from his father.<br/><br/>(http://www.visualphotos.com/photo/2x4401829/young_blond_man_with_a_sweaty_face_drinking_from_a_d4kb9-168.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>Gamer:</strong>Silverfyre