Name
Damian Morpheus Black
π Just Damian
π Damianβs middle name, Morpheus, was bestowed upon him by his legacy, Nyx, the Primordial Goddess of the Night. A gift that despite any and all darkness he may have in his heart, his peace can take any form or shape.
Age
19 | November 9th, 2003
Scorpio (Sun)
Taurus (Moon)
Aquarius (Ascending)
Gender
Cismale || He/Him
Relationship Status
Single
Recently concluded a Friends with Benefits-ship with Alina Kim
Has confusing feelings for Tiffanie Taccone that he has not yet acted on
Sexual Orientation
Pansexual
Ethnicity
British/Scottish-Greek
Years at Camp Half-Blood
Going on Five years || Collected five beads, this summer will be his sixth
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"Iβve ventured into the dark to search for a torch that would light the path ahead." β
Closed Eyes Still Look Forward by Chiodos_____________________________________________π_____________________________________________
Appearance
Height 6'0"/182.9cm
Weight 170lbs/77kg
Hair Naturally blonde with dark roots
Eyes Sapphire blue
Body Type Lean || Damian's body is lean with almost zero trace of excess body fat. He has long arms and legs which make most of his overall height. His arms, chest, and legs are toned, evidence of his strict training/workout regime, yet his shoulders remain somewhat skinny.
Attire/Fashion Sense 90s grunge mixed with biker fashion || The baseline of Damian's style can be reduced to four parts: jeans of a dark color like navy or black (though he also has blue jeans, as well), a band t-shirt somewhere in the mix, the leather jacket his uncle gifted him that he always wears, and an assortment of accessories, but specifically a beanie cap during winter months, two very specific rings: one skull, given to him by his father, one of a lunar origin that was gifted to him by Nyx. Among other accessories are wristbands, and necklaces with no real purpose other than to enhance his fit.
Body Mods Aside from a few scars he's obtained due to his many encounters with Zeru and their "sparring sessions" going too far (as usual), Damian doesn't have any major body scarring
He does have several piercings throughout his body. Multiple ear piercings (lobe, upper lope, helix, and low helix), nose piercings (septum and nostrils), and his right eyebrow pierced.
The most significant body modification to Damian's body that anyone will see is the amount of tattoos he has across his body. He has multiple tattoos on his chest, both arms, back, and on his legs, as well.
Personality
Protective β Observant β Loyal β Compassionate Understanding β Patient β Guarded β Internalizes His Emotions β Resentful
Damian internalizes a lot of his emotions. It started when he was younger and couldnβt make sense of the missing piece in his life. It continued when he didnβt know how to process not having his mother in his life and had a building resentment towards his father. He has times where he feels excessively angry while at others he feels at peace. Damian embodies being a son of Hades because everything about him is misunderstood. SEeing and meeting him for the first time, people just look at the black attire, the now tatts he has all over his body and they assume the worst about him. Sure he might be honest and stubborn at times, but much like his father, he wears that individuality on his sleeve. The truth is, Damian Black guards himself as much as he can. Heβs learned to build walls between any dangers that might hurt him and the fragile heart he has inside his chest.
Damian is absolutely an honest person who can hold grudges like nobody else can. He says what he means and always tries to do right by not bullshitting anyone, but he also has difficulty emoting what he really feels. Despite having a mother who tried her best and an uncle who helped him out of a dark place, Damian has always struggled when he experiences the highs and lows of intense emotions. His go to is to scream. Throw tantrums, which may speak to the rather intense rivalry he has with Zeru. Insecurities and inability to properly cope has made it to where Damian canβt recognize himself sometimes. Music has helped him through that and over the years, heβs let the only therapy heβs ever known guide him into finding his center.
Music is his peace. Beating Zeru would be another, but his music and isolating while deep into recording is his true therapy.
History
Damianβs life has always been an up and down struggle just to survive to the next day.
It began with his birth when he was born premature. His mother,
Amelia, wanted to carry him to term, but the universe had other plans. She wanted to surround him by at least another brother or sister so he didnβt have to grow up as an only child, but because of complications during his birth that would have otherwise killed him, she had to get a C-Section. In the end, he would be her only child.
Damian would grow up thinking that it was just an unfortunate accident of nature but the truth is rarely as simple as that. The truth was mythical forces were at work on his birth. Amelia comes from a line of women who are infertile. Actually, she shouldnβt have been able to have any kids, but the day she met a mysterious man whose very presence made her weak in her knees. Damon Blackwell was his name. Hair was darker than midnight, eyes with the slightest tint of coal surrounded by an ocean of blue, and skin almost like the kiss of the moonlight hitting ivory plates.
Amelia came up in a world that didnβt want the Black bloodline to continue. Her rebellious spirit was what drew this man she knew as Damon to her. A rebel in his own right and someone who also hated the norm that society placed on people. In his power, unbeknownst to a speechless Amelia, they spent an unforgettable week. It was unlike anything that Amelia had experienced. It was always difficult for her to ever lower her guard around someone -- anyone, really, but around Damon it was easy. He knew all of the right things to say, but it was more than that. She felt a connection with him. Her love for music was always part of her soul, but Damon managed to show her music she never thought to listen to. Bands and artists she never heard of.
When the week was done, Damon was gone, leaving her a small case that couldnβt be unlocked. Mysterious as he was, he simply told her βWhen the time is right, youβll be able to open itβ.
It was odd, but Amelia trusted the man she had only known for a week.
As time went on, Damian was born and grew up with his mother and his mother alone. He was born a healthy baby and though he resembled his mother a great deal, Amelia would always tell him how he reminded her of his father. Anytime he would ask about her father, she would always shut down and just say βHe loves you, Damian. No band can go on without the heart and you are his.β
It never made sense, but Damian took some comfort in it.
For the first ten years of his life, Damian grew up without a father. Even without a stepfather. As a young boy, he felt something stir in him that he couldnβt explain. An anger. A sadness of not having something he didnβt know how to emote properly. This led to tantrums and even worse, anger outbursts that turned violent for the kids in the neighborhood he spent his formative years in. Therapy would have been an option for him, but his mother didnβt make nowhere near enough money, so the second best thing in comparison, but the only thing that Damian needed at that age was a good male role model. To him, nobody ever came close to beating his Uncle Alistair, his motherβs brother.
Damian was only angry because he couldnβt explain why he was feeling the wya he was feeling and Al knew what it was all about just from a single conversation. Thatβs how he became a permanent fixture in Damainβs life. His temper cooled and the violent outbursts he had (never towards his mother but against the kids) seemed to fade away. Al had furthered Damianβs love for music, as he was the lead guitarist for the heavy metal band βInto Elysiumβ. He was the one who gave Damian his first guitar and taught him his first song, which of course, was Smoke in the Water.
For about three years, Damian was a happy kid. He held his uncle in such a high regard. His mother was able to not have to work multiple jobs because her brother ended up moving in to help with Damian (when he wasnβt touring around the UK). But there was a day when Alistair wasnβt around that things started to change. Damian wasnβt suffering any outbursts like before, but he fell ill. Amelia kept a strong face but she was fearing the worst. She took him to a local clinic that offered free care for children and they told her it was just a bad cold. Amelia knew it wasnβt.
Soon, sheβd come to find out just how right she was and she had wished she wasnβt.
Damianβs sickness had gotten worse. The words her lover and Damianβs father, Hades, had echoed in her mind. She knew the time had come. Damian wasnβt just ill. She saw a mist-like darkness coming from his body. Like his sickness wasnβt of this world. So she pulled out the tiny box no bigger than an airpod charging case and unlike past times where any efforts to open it were in vain, this time was different and when she opened it, a series of seven beads the size of marbles shot out, floating in the air, swirling around until a vortex of black and blue appeared and that vortex hovered over Damian and the voice of her past lover filled the room.
βHe is dying, Amelia. Damian needs to be brought to the underworld so that he can heal.β
There was always such a deep concern she felt from Hades when it came to both her and their son. She wept for minutes but realized she didnβt have much time to say goodbye, so she would swallow it, tell herself that she would cry later. Instead, she looked at her son. Damian was aware of some of what happened but made sure that her son would hear her when she spoke her final words to him. βI love you, Damian Morpheus. I love you so much. The ten years Iβve had you in my life have been nothing short of heaven on earth. But you must go and be with your father now. Donβt hate him for saving your life and donβt resent him. He gave me ten years with you and now you will have the time to know your father.β
Damian heard more than his mother thought she did. He heard everything. He didnβt know how to explain it. He felt like he was dying. Like the life was being sapped out of him, but there was more to it than that. He felt something else beckon him. He heard a voice mixed in with the echoing, low bass of a voice coming from the mass of black above him and his motherβs voice. A voice that sounded feminine. She said her name is Nyx.
That was the last thing he remembered before being sucked into the vortex. It would be later revealed to him that his sickness wasnβt actually a sickness at all. Damian was told that heβs a Prince of Darkness. Son of Hades, but in his body also resided the smallest piece of the literal night. A true child of the night.
When that very specific fun fact about why he was to remain in the underworld until he was fourteen had time to digest in the young boy, Damian lived in the underworld and lived there, but what mightβve been a noble attempt on Hadesβ part, the truth of the matter is hardly the Hallmark story that the King of the Underworld was expecting. When Damian had gained clarity, against his motherβs last wishes, which he tried for months to honor, there came a certain resentment for the man who called himself his father. Absent for ten years and only showing up when he was literally on deathβs door? Yeah real father of the year.
This is where Damian felt guilty because he went against his motherβs wishes. Not only did he build resentment for the man that was his father (more like divine sperm donor), Damian rebelled. Made it nearly impossible for Hades to get anywhere with him. Instead, he embraced other facets of the Underworld. He was a true Prince of the Underworld right down to bonding with various creatures that resided in the dark realm - including Cerberus. That wasnβt the only thing that Damian found comfort in. He had spent most of his time not in Hadesβ castle but rather in the place where souls went to be tormented and in the Black Night Cathedral, otherwise known as Nyx and Erebusβ home.
He was aware that Nyx was the voice he heard before he left his mother behind. When he ventured as a young kid, on the back of a Harpy that Damian befriended, he was transported into a study where Nyx, Goddess of the Night was waiting for him. She was a daunting goddess. Intimidating, yet there was an aura around him that, at just eleven years old, Damian found comforting. It was then he understood a bit more about himself. She wasnβt someone to be feared but someone who didnβt make him feel as sad for not being with his mom anymore. She felt like a second mom.
For the next couple of years, every so often, Damian would venture to Tartarus to visit. Nyx often scolded him for it but she eventually embraced his presence as something that just was. She was a mysterious womanβ¦Goddess, but someone that Damian held close in his heart right next to his mother. Erebus, for as daunting the personification of Darkness one might expect to be, he wasβ¦kind of a lame one. Dad jokes were his go-to and Damian just found him insufferable at times, but Nyx was clearly amused.
Before long, Damian had reached fourteen and even though he didnβt know it, it was summer in the mortal realm and it was time for Damian to leave the underworld. His body was stronger and he was ready to leave. Hades provided safe passage directly from the River Styx, through a portal, and to Long Island, where Camp Half-Blood was located.
He still resented Hades but time spent with Nyx and Erebus softened his opinion of him. Nyx joked by telling Damian to give βlittle Hades some slack. Heβs just doing his best.β It was condescending, but it would also prove to be something that Damian would eventually take to heart. He resented him less but did not view him as his father yet.
As a parting gift, both from Nyx and from Hades, Damian was given three hellhound puppies, two Stygian dual shortswords imbedded with ancient runes that are ivory in color, and a cloak dipped in the blackness of the night, said to be able to grant free passage to Tartarus anytime Damian needed an escape. It also looks great on him, too.
And in seconds, he was outside of Camp Half-Blood where heβd remain as a semi-full time camper. For five years, heβd divide his time between it, Tartarus (and even Hadesβ castle), and in England, where his mother and him had a very teary reunion. While Damina still holds a great deal of resentment for a man he still couldnβt fully recognize as his father, still refusing to call him βdadβ, his relationship with the βOld Manβ is leaning in a positive direction, much to the delight of his mother, Nyx, and Persephone, whom he likes a great deal, as well.
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"Every time you feel it coming back, remember how it felt when you first played your guitar. The peace it brought you." β
Alistair Blake, Damianβs mortal uncle_____________________________________________π_____________________________________________
Cabin & Godly Parent
Legacy
Nyx, Primordial Goddess of the Night
Fatal Flaw
Holds grudges - Damian has always been unable to let go of any beef with anyone who he felt has wronged him. It could be a playful grudge like the one he has with Zeru and their constant quest to be at the top, as it is in thier nature, but it also goes deeper than that. Damian lingers on things longer than he would prefer or others would. He holds onto bitter feelings until it consumes him. Itβs why he hasnβt fully embraced Hades as his father and itβs why whenever he feels wronged by people, he canβt ever let it go and doesnβt until he gets justice for himself.
Weapons
KynigΓ³s SkiΓ³n AKA Shadowhunter - These pair of short swords were a gift to Damian from Hades. While he still bares some resentment for his father, the swords come in handy. They were forged in the fires of the underworld and have heavy resistance to all things mythical. Forged in those fires and from a special alloy that combines celestial bronze and stygian steel, but enhanced so much that they are pure white. Even the hilt. The blade is jagged and no longer than the length of Damian's forearm and hand. When dormant/idle, Shadowhunter comes in the form of two very distinct rings. One, which is worn on Damian's left middle finger is a
skull ring with a black base. The other, a
moon ring, worn his right index finger. Both rings respond to his desire to either fight or protect and pulsate and glow a black mist then white shine and melt into his palms producing the two swords. The two shortswords are stronger at night.
NychtolΓ‘tris - Also night as "Night Stalker", it is a black cloak that Nyx gifted Damian when he first left her Castle of Night. The cloak comes with a hood, but when dormant, it can take many forms and responds to whomever is using it. For Damian, it is a small
black sphere no bigger than a marble that is the centerpiece of a pendant he wears at all time. When he presses on it, the cloak immediately manifests. As a gift from Nyx, it is assumed to have powers associated with night and it does. When worn, Damian's face and body is covered in a black silk covering that covers his entire body from head to toe with the exception of his eyes. With certain phrases, it may retract the responding body part. It is not an armor, so it does not provide any extra protection. That being said, it does also enhance, if just slightly, the abilities that Damian is already able to use.
Demigod Abilities
Necromancy: Due to being the son of Hades, which he may hate more than anything in the world, Damien cannot deny his powers, especially that of the dead. Like his siblings before him, Damien has a certain control over the dead such as reviving them, speaking with them, commanding skeletons to fight for him, or in his case, serve as his training dummies. Most of the dead souls and skeletons that Damien chooses to focus on are those who were warriors in their past lives. Since it's more than likely that he couldn't properly train against those who still live, Damien much prefers it this way.
Making my Monster Grow!: Damien has the ability to raise dead souls (to an extent). And though he may be able to raise all sorts of souls of the deceased, his preference has always been those who were warriors in their past lives. And he, of course, can only revive a limited number, but since they do tend to serve a singular purpose, the amount of time they linger about is, of course, limited in a sense.
I hear dead people: Damien has always had a somewhat unorthodox relationship with the dead. Due to this, his ability to hear them almost at any time he desired to, Damien could strike up conversations with the souls of the dead that might be in the process of crossing the Styx River or have been recently deceased. Though possible, talking to the dead across dimensions (i.e. those in the Underworld), does take just a little of added effort on his end. Nevertheless, there is something to be noted of his affiliation for the ghastly and strange.
Umbrakinesis: As a child of Hades, Damien's affinity for darkness is apparent, he can control the darkness in most facets that are available to him. He can use it to travel in the shadows, bend it to cover his skin a protective layer of "shadow skin", as well as use it offensively in the forms of tendrils and bolts of darkness. In addition, his affinity is stronger than say that of his sister, Erin. And this is due to the fact that he has a blessing of Nyx, the original Mistress of the Night. This blessing pertains to the raw potential he has with the ability to manipulate darkness and the shadows that loom within it. He is stronger than what most might be capable of and faster with it, yet he also has his limits. A certain state of mind empowers or weakens him and his natural control over this power. It is not simply whether he's feeling gloomy or not but rather if he has control of the strong emotions he's known to have, so will the control and general safety (for others) of his power, but if his mind is clouded and his vision is impaired in anyway, so will the potency for destruction of his power. Sure he will be able to unleash it more but darkness unleashed without any borders is begging to bring misery to all.
Shredding Boundaries, man!: Damien's ability with the shared shadow travel his siblings have might be different than theirs. Of course, they all share the same principles, which is using their connection to the underworld and their father to travel using the shadows, but in Damien's case, his is more of a strategic usage. Since he himself, at his core, is a warrior. As such, not only does using it not tire him out as it would others who can use this ability, he does not use it to travel great distances but rather a few feet, though using it in rapid succession (more than 5 times in less than thirty seconds) would have the same effect on him as it would those who use it to travel across state lines. This is because he is also actively using other abilities in battle, so there is also that to consider.
Shrouded in Darkness: Manipulation of darkness takes another form for Damien as he can wrap himself in the shadows that cover either parts of his body or its entirety depending on what he desires. It acts as a second layer or slightly harder skin that, to its touch, is like a smooth surface but can withstand multiple blows from steel. But as great as it is, if partially donned, then his other umbrakinesis-related abilities will be weakened equal to how much of his body is covered. If he choses to give all to his defense, then he won't be able to use any of his other umbrakinesis abilities. And donning it completely will gradually drain him over time.
Spikes and other Things: Offensively, Damien can manipulate and generate darkness into tendrils that come from the ground with the intent to impale his desired target. And likewise, he can create bolts of dark energy that look like a blackened version of Zeus' lightning bolt and it may seem like that too, but when it hits, it's just condensed, dark energy that has high concussive force behind it. And depending on how much focus he puts into it, they will either have the power of a soft punch or that of a wrecking ball. Of course, both come with their drawbacks: weaker bolts and tendrils will be able to be used several times over until he is drained while those with the potential for higher damage output would drain him severely.
Limited Pyrokinesis: Being the son of Hades makes his ability to create and manipulate hellfire a given, but Damien is not, as one might put it, a pyromaniac. As such, he is not so skilled in it. He can create fireballs and fire bolts, but as for the more complicated abilities, he does not have an inkling of potential there.
Misc Information
π Damian is an avid rocker. There's always some rock, punk, and metal music playing from his room any time he's there. He loves heavy music, but he also likes the stripped down songs from some of his favorites.
π To add to it, Damian also makes his own music. He doesn't have the musical genius of the Apollo kids, so everything he's learned was done through old fashioned hard work. He can play electric, acoustic, and rhythm guitar. He has a decent grasp at piano too and has a firm understanding of the engineering end of producing.
π Damian frequents punk shows and will venture out to New York whenever he can to attend some underground punk shows, though most of the shows he goes is in Long Island in case he needs to be back before anyone realizes he's gone.
π Damian is a nyctophiliac. He loves the night and regularly sleeps during the day if he can to be left to his peace and the darkness that he finds comfort in.
π Damian has three hellhounds, spawns of Cerberus. Each are different than the other and that's by design. These hounds took the form of Damian's own soul. One is named Onyx who resembles a Prague Pitbull and is a male. The second resembles a Cane Corso and is named Rebus. The third, the only female hound of the three, is named Aemor, resembles a border collie. Damian has an understanding of what his dogs say and think. Maybe it's due to the fact that, as a kid growing up in the underworld, he became intertwined with the thoughts and feelings of the dead and how he bonded with the creatures of it. But he can understand them. Sometimes this is not always the blessing that one might think it is.
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Onyx, named for Damian's second mother and the Personification of the Night, is the most feral of the three and tends to be the most aggressive, yet is the one that can be won over the easiest. Onyx's main thing is perceiving threats to Damian and if his father says they're okay, then he will behave and love them.
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Rebus, named for Nyx's husband and Personification of Darkness, Erebus, is the most pretentious of the three. He is friendly and naturally protective of Damian, but his system of whether he is feral like Onyx or a gentleman like he always acts like can be stripped down to typical business dealings. For example, he will accept any friend of Damian's if they give him daily headpats and extra treats. And to this day, it's how Tiffannie ended up in his good graces.
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Aeros, who was named for two children of Erebus and Nyx: Aether, the personification of the bright upper sky and Aeros, god of love, is a different story. She does not please easy and she is by far the most unassuming, aggressive of Damian's hounds. Damian always saw her as representing the overprotective mother and mother-like figures he's had in his life. She's a good girl, but save for Alina, whom she respected, Aeros is very...assertive in not trusting anyone alone with Damian. Do not let the cuteness distract you from the fact that she will bite you if you make the wrong step.
π Damian can speak damn near perfect Gaelic and may occasionally finish some sentences in it rather than the universal language of English. He's also fluent and can understand perfect Greek.
π In addition to being a musician, Damian is an avid reader. He gravitates towards gothic horror and gothic fantasy. He has a guilty pleasure for some supernatural fiction, too. Whether that's Anne Rice, Vampire Diaries, and yes, even A Court of Thorn and Roses (don't tell anyone though)
π Even though he can make quick work of traveling to locations through the use of shadow travel, Damian does own his own motorcycle (
a black and red 1970 Triumph Bonneville t120r) and, though it is parked bout five miles outside of camp. He just has always preferred to be able to ride it in the night. It's how he goes to the punk shows he attends.
π Damian has mostly been an action and thriller man (which extends into supernatural action and thrillers), with his letterboxd listing his top five as the following (and in order): Die Hard, John Wick, Kingsman, Lethal Weapon, and the Fast and Furious.
π He will argue with anyone who denies Die Hard 1 its rightful place among the great Christmas movies of any era.
π Yes, you can be barely 18 and still be too tired for this shit.
π No, it was not wrong for John Wick to kill over 100 Russian mobsters because they offed his dog. As an owner of three, he would do the same.
π And yes, no matter the odds stacked against you, nothing can stop the power of family!
π Damian also loves The Underworld films. Yeah, who wouldn't love Kate Beckinsdale in skin-tight leather? Woof woof!
π Also yes, Damian has watched the film adaptation of Interview with a Vampire. Why do you ask?
π Of course he has physical copies of all the Blade Movies + has them signed by Wesley Snipes and Stan Lee.
π What do you mean Twilight you were Team Jacob or Team Edward? Damian was Team Bella!
π Of course Damian prefers the original Dracula with the late and great Sir Christiopher Lee. Nobody did it better.
π Due to the rather recent friendship he's found with Tiffanie Taccone, which still baffles him to this day, he's come to enjoy some Disney classics, RomComs, and the occasional tear-jerking sob stories. A current favorite he has is High School Musical and Clueless.
π Side note, even though Damian has been successful in getting Tiffanie to watch Halloween and A Nightmare on Elm Street with him, he had to space out watching all of them with her because after each one, she spent a whole week in the cabin. Guess some people just weren't wired to enjoy horror on a regular basis.
π Damian also trains more than whatever Chiron or anyone else would or has advised him to. Mostly due to the intense rivalry he has with fellow Big 3 demi, Zeru Williams. It is, at times, blurring the lines between friend and enemy, but Damian does respect Zeru and his strength. If Zeru doesn't beat him, then they are tied. It eats at his soul so much that the Son of Hades spends hours in the night training. Whether that's working on refining his skills, increasing his body, or just practicing on some of the skeletons he can summon, Damian will always strive to be better in that sense.
