<div class="floatright">(http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt357/Niferbelle/darian1.jpg)</div><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Basic Information:</span></strong><br/><em>Name:</em>Darien Alexander<br/><em>Age:</em>19<br/><em>Nationality:</em>American<br/><em>Race:</em>Demigod<br/><em>Heritage</em>Hermes and Regina Alexander, former astronaut<br/><em>Claimed?</em>No<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Physical Information:</span></strong><br/><em>Hair color:</em>Black<br/><em>Eye color:</em>Pale Grey, sometimes silver<br/><em>Ethnicity:</em>Caucasian<br/><em>Gender:</em>Male<br/><em>Height:</em>5'11"<br/><em>Weight:</em>165<br/><em>General Appearance:</em>Darian is just shy of 6' tall, lean and wiry in build, with a host of small scars on his hands and arms from years of training. Not bulky in build, it's clear his martial ability relies on agility and speed more than strength. His complexion is light olive, his hair an inky black, both in stark contrast to his pale grey eyes that seem to jump right out of his face. In the rare occasion when he gets angry, others have described his eyes as becoming 'silvered' but he largely dismisses this. His hair is cut short though a little shaggy in the back, revealing pierced ears in which he wears diamond studs, something he takes a lot of flak for, and he tends toward the scruffy look, not quite a beard but not quite clean shaven. He favors ultra casual wear -- jeans, hoodies, sneakers -- though he likes the occasional flashy accessory.<br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">General Information:</span></strong><br/><em>Orientation:</em>Heterosexual<br/><em>On/ Offs:</em>Here (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=126455.0)<br/><em>Goals:</em>To prove he doesn't need anybody's approval to kick butt and take care of himself. He's also begun to suspect that something otherworldly is causing his mother's madness and is determined to get to the bottom of it and if possible cure her.<br/><em>Personality:</em>Clever, laconic, free-spirited,<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">School Information:</span></strong><br/><em>Education:</em>some high school<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Schedule</div><div class="spoiler_body"><em>Schedule:</em> <br/>7:30 a.m.: Wake-up Bell<br/>7:30 - 9:00 a.m.: Breakfast + Cabin Cleanup<br/>9:10 - 10:30 a.m.: Sword &amp; Shield<br/>10:40 - 12:00 p.m.: Various Sports <br/>12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch<br/>1:40 - 3:00 p.m.: Monster Assault Techniques<br/>3:10 - 4:20 p.m.: 'Arts and Crafts' (actually uses this time to practice his thieving and stealth skills, sanctioned by the camp as the skills are useful)<br/>4:30 - 6:00 p.m.: Free time<br/>6:00 - 7:20 p.m.: Dinner<br/>7:30 - 8:30 p.m.: Campfire<br/>8:40 - 10:30 p.m.: Free time + get ready for bed<br/>10:45 p.m. Lights out</div></div><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Stats:</span></strong><br/>Fighting - 7 Brains - 6<br/>Agility - 8 Intuition - 7 Strength - 6 Endurance - 7<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Skills:</span></strong><br/><em>Larceny:</em>B&E, boosting cars, a little pickpocketing<br/><em>Sneaking Around:</em>Is stealthy, also good at blending into the crowd and avoiding notice that way<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Strengths:</span></strong><br/><em>Blink:</em>Darien can teleport short distances. Must be within line of sight, cannot teleport into a blind area. He can use this to travel faster than human speeds and works to increase it (as he runs, he blinks forward with each step so he covers ground faster). He has incorporated this ability into his fighting style and is quite proficient.<br/><em>Free Movement:</em>It is nearly impossible to impede Darien for any length of time or to prevent him from entering an area. If he is bound, his fetters have a tendency to fall away. Caged, and the lock won't hold. Trying to keep him out with wards or other magical boundaries? Good luck with that, he seems to find a way around them. It isn't always instantaneous but he's proven to be impossible to hold for any sizeable length of time.<br/><em>Pathfinding:</em>Need to get from point A to point B in unfamiliar territory? Darien is your man. His intuition can generally get him anywhere he needs to go even if he has no idea where he is. This is not to say it's not without a little trial and error. He tends to gravitate toward the fastest path not the safest and it is possible the ability could lead him to a route that exists but isn't passable for one reason or another. And, of course, the further the distance to travel the more complicated it tends to become.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Weakness:</span></strong><br/><em>Message Bearer:</em>Darien can be compelled to deliver a message even if it's inconvenient or detrimental for him to do so. He doesn't lose his will per se but the compulsion to deliver the message grows stronger the longer he resists it and if he doesn't follow through unlucky things begin to happen to him until he does.<br/><em>Loner:</em>Darien has difficulty working as part of a team, he much prefers to rely on himself.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">History:</span></strong>Regina Alexander was once a woman of accomplishment, a rising member of the astronaut corps with one mission under her belt and a future that seemed to be limitless before her. But that was before Darien was born and he mainly remembers a sad woman, plagued by mental illness and paranoid visions, who eventually was institutionalized which led to his long history with the foster care system. He didn't have the best luck with in this regard, you could almost say he was cursed, and was bounced around from one bad circumstance to another. This led to him being a 'troubled' kid and he dropped out of school and hit the streets, preferring to live as a street kid rather than endure another bad foster home. He scraped by on his wits and thievery, becoming fairly skilled in a variety of techniques from breaking and entering to boosting cars, but he was always in trouble with the law which eventually landed him in a halfway house for delinquents where he finally lucked out. He was discovered there by a sharp eyed satyr scout who was the first to tell him what he was and took him to Camp Halfblood. After his initial summer it became clear that he didn't have any reason to return to the 'real world' and so became a permanent resident of the camp, occasionally returning to the Houston area where his mother is institutionalized to visit.<br/><br/>Though it's fairly clear who his father is, Darien has never been claimed for some reason, and yeah, he had a little resentment about that for a long time but he's gotten to the point where he's done waiting for Daddy's approval and is ready to make his own way. It's what he does best after all. He has done pretty well at camp. Though not one to adhere strictly to the rules where they are an inconvenience, he has also proved to have a level head on his shoulder despite his smart-assery and has never started any trouble with anybody who didn't deserve it.<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Other notes:</span></strong><br/><em>Allergies:</em>None<br/><em>Full-time or part-time camper?</em>Full-time<br/>