Post by Nathan McCarthy on Jul 28, 2012 12:00:02 GMT -5
Nathan James McCarthy
Out of Character
Alias: Damien/Damiano.
Age: Whatever you want it to be! (;
Gender: Male.
RP Experience: Three to four years, something like that.
How Did You Find Us?: Found a link in someone's signature a while ago and I was curious.
Activity Level: As often as possible, hopefully once every two days.
Other Characters:
Lucan "Luke" Lucchesi, son of Ares.
Ryan Williams, son of Thanatos. (I'm planning on getting rid of him though)
Keyword in Rules: Verified by Ana
RP Sample:Check the posts I made on Lucan Lucchesi, or my original application.
General Information
Full Name: Nathan James McCarthy.
Gender: Booy.
Birthday: 18/8/1995
Age: Sixteen, almost seventeen.
Camp Experience: Three weeks.
Sexual Orientation: Straight.
Claim Status: Yeppers.
Divine Parent: Hades (approved by Maria and Ana).
Looks
Hair: Wild, much like his personality actually, and long.
Eyes: Brown.
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 167lbs
Picture: Click
Playby: Robert Sheehan.
Dressing Style:
Nathan dresses almost like what you'd expect a child of Hades to dress like. He isn't a full on goth or anything, but he prefers black T-Shirts and hoodies over bright colors. Even the orange Camp Half-Blood T-Shirt is something he still hasn't got accustomed to wearing. He usually wears his various pieces of dark clothing with a pair of skinny jeans and if you're lucky, some shades.
Yeah, let's just say he's got a pretty simplistic and dull fashion sense. But what he lacks in fashion sense he makes up for it with his personality.
General Appearance:
Nathan doesn't pride himself upon his looks. He wouldn't class himself as ugly, but he knows he won't even compare to half the guys that you might see walking down the street. He's got a wild look about him though, the type that let's you know from his mischievous grin that he's trouble. That, alongside his pale skin and baggy eyes gives people the impression that he's some sort of drug dealer or a homeless person.
What Makes Them Them
Personality Description:
You couldn't describe Nathan in one word. He has many elements about him which make him different to most of his siblings. For one, he's a complete jester. Sure, it might seem unlike a son of Hades to be a joker but then again Nathan is a stereotype breaker. He'll make a joke out of any situation, out of anyone. In fact his humor has lead people to think of him as a dick and he knows that they're right. He doesn't really know his limits and he can take a joke too far and it tends to push his loved ones away, and sometimes ends in violence. Not like he could defend himself.
Yeah, he's not much of a fighter really. He'll kill monsters and the like if he has to but he finds it hard to hit other human beings. Perhaps it's because he isn't the strongest and he's always used his sharp tongue to get him out of sticky situations. I suppose you could describe him as charismatic. Another thing about him is that he lies a lot, whether it's to save his skin or to impress someone. Usually he's so creative with his lies that they're easily seen through but it does make people laugh.
Nathan is rarely serious but when he is it throws people off a lot. With his natural humor they know that something is up when he's not joking. He's usually like this when he's had a confrontation with his mother or she's brought up in a discussion with someone, and he hates it when people talk about his father. It's because most people in camp seem to believe that Hades is a bad guy and some of that rubs off onto Nathan. Maybe some of his siblings are anti-social but he sure isn't, so he'd wish that people understood that a lot of his personality comes from his mortal side of the family.
Nathan isn't naturally loyal because he tends to push loved ones away, but when he finds a close friend that understands him he'll fight to the death with them. His friends mean a lot to him although he doesn't seem to show it.
He also has a pretty rebellious attitude because not only is he a teenager, but obviously he's the son of Hades. In other words he's a troublemaker and he's always being warned and then punished for something. He loves to party, get girls, smoke and drink lots and lots of alcohol. Well, maybe that'll have to change in Camp but he's sure to get in a lot of trouble.
Likes:
- Girls
- Booze
- Having a laugh with friends
- Breaking rules
- Parties
- Music
- Dark clothing
Dislikes:
- Gossipers
- Dull people
- Authority
- The Gods
- People who complain about the Aphrodite cabin (the girls are nice!)
- Sensitive people
Fears:
- His mother dying
- That he's going to die a horrible death
- Heights
Secrets:
Nathan doesn't really have any secrets other than the fact that he was once homeless and lived on the streets and that his half brother died in a car accident, although it isn't really a secret just that he doesn't want to talk about it. It's a touchy subject with him.
Ambitions:
- To be an comedian; weirdly Nathan wants to be a comedian because he loves to make people laugh, he knows it probably won't happen but it's a dream, right?
- To meet his father; he just wants to know what his father's like. Whether he's like what everybody says or whether he actually has a heart or something like that.
- To keep his mother safe; he naturally wants to make sure that his mother doesn't fall victim to any monster attacks because of him. That's why he's constantly in contact with her and he always visits whenever he can.
Powers: Good reflexes and the ability to read Ancient Greek, the ability to summon the undead, being able to tell whether someone is dead or not.
Family and History
Personal History:
Joanne McCarthy was born in Belfast the capital of Northern Ireland, and she was raised to have good mannerisms and to never fight. She was a good lady, ambitious perhaps but she was very welcoming to anyone. In her young adulthood it was no surprise to her family that she decided to move to England, to try and live there and find a man who could help support her. She started working at a convenience store and began juggling her job with her outgoing lifestyle.
It wasn't long before a local man named Joseph Phillips took an interest in her and being the woman she was, it didn't take much for her to fall for him. He was a little rough and had a couple of debts with shady men because he gambled and drank but he dearly loved her and she was happy with him. They had a child named Aaron Phillips, everyone in the neighborhood wanted to see him and offer their congratulations. The trio made a good family, a normal family. But it seemed like some divine force didn't like normal and that's why the catastrophe happened.
The trio carried on for a couple of years; Joanne gave up her job to look after Aaron full time who was now going to Nursery and Joseph carried on trying to support them with whatever paper he had left in his pockets after gambling seventy five percent of his earnings. He wasn't the best father but at least he loved them both and he was doing his best, he was trying to cut down on drinking. It so happened that one day the three went to go for a day out when they had a horrific crash.
A car had driven straight into the side of their car. It killed Joseph and the child instantly but Joanne managed to cling onto life, some even say that she escaped death. A lot of people would tell her she was lucky but she didn't feel that way; the whole scenario made her feel like she had lost everything in her life. She went back to Belfast to see her family for a couple of months to help her move on and overcome her depression. It was a long process before she felt ready to go back to England to start again, to face her demons.
When she did go back she had constant support from old friends and she started to piece her life back together. Something that cheered her up was the prospect of falling in love with another man who was new to the area. His name was Michael O'Connor (his real persona being Hades) and he intrigued a middle aged Joanne because he was a mystery. He came from nowhere and he seemed to blend into the shadows of the city, he kept himself to himself. At first he seemed reluctant to talk with her but eventually she coaxed him into having regular chats with her. These chats eventually turned into dates, and the next thing they knew they was an item.
The two had a child and that was around the point that Hades realized what he'd done. He couldn't lie to her anymore and he knew he couldn't be a part of a mortal family but he didn't want to hurt her after she'd been devastated after losing everything last time. So he told her everything and she found it hard to believe at first and she thought he was literally insane so she kicked him out.
Joanne called the child Nathan McCarthy and she tried to raise him the way she was. However, after a couple of years he was diagnosed with ADHD and Dyslexia and he acted different to any child she'd ever looked after before. He was impulsive and he didn't think about what he was going to do before he did it, he had a motormouth and he couldn't concentrate in classes at all. In other words he was a complete nightmare. She didn't have it in her to discipline him because she thought it was wrong to hurt him.
As he grew older he got into more and more trouble at school and eventually Joanne just got fed up of him. He just didn't seem to appreciate her love and he seemed to go out of his way to make sure she didn't enjoy a second of her day. Whenever she met a nice guy Nathan would always come up with an excuse for her not to be with him. In one case he even claimed that one of her love interests had sexually abused him and another he claimed was homosexual.
Eventually she decided that they needed a fresh start somewhere else because they were starting to run out of schools and he was becoming a known nuisance in their area. They stayed at Ireland for a couple of months and then that didn't work out because he embarrassed all of their relatives so they moved to America because Joanne had a friend there who recommended it to her. They got a apartment in New York and then they tried to settle down.
Again, Nathan made her life hell there too. He'd host parties whilst she was at work and the whole place would look a tip afterwards. Then he'd been caught shoplifting candy and he was in trouble for that too. It just got to the point where at the age of sixteen she kicked him out of the house and left him on the streets. He didn't know it yet but it was the beginning of him finding out that he was a demigod.
Firstly, he was sure he had spotted large black hounds that made the hairs on his back stand up. Then he'd spotted some one eyed dude down a alleyway at one point and it scared him. He was sure he didn't like it being homeless, it meant that nobody got him food so he had to steal it and then there was the lack of a comfy bed. Yeah, it was terrible. He met a guy called Louie though who had apparently ran away from his family, he said he was heading to some camp that accepted anyone for free. Apparently it had lots of food which was enough for Nathan to want to stick with him.
When they arrived at the border of the camp that Louie had spoke about he said that there was no going back and then the two entered. After they entered the magical boundaries a whole new world opened up, it was dangerous; kids ran around wielding blades and climbing lava walls. Louie took Nathan to the Big House to meet Chiron and when they got there he almost had a heart attack. The guy was like half man half horse. A centaur. Before Nathan passed out both Louie and Chiron began to explain everything about the gods and him being a demigod, how mythical creatures exist and how Louie was a satyr sent to find demigods.
Nathan couldn't believe it. Everything was so dangerous and he didn't even know it, it was awesome and yet so tragic at the same time. Everyone believed he was the son of Hermes because of his mischief and his dangerous sense of humor, but it was soon revealed that he was in fact the child of Hades.
Now all Nathan is trying to do is settle in and get to grips with the whole Greek gods stuff.
Mortal Parent: Joanne McCarthy, 51, alive.
Other Family: Aaron Phillips, half brother, 4, deceased.
And Finally...
I, DAMIANO, have made this entirely up. I did not rip somebody else’s application from any site, and have followed the rules accordingly.
And…? Yes.
