Name:
River Seth

Age:
27

Gender:
Cis Male

Divine Parent:
Dionysus

Abilities/Magic:
As a demi-god, River inherited some powers from his divine father. Once River hears any sound or voice, he can immediately replicate it perfectly with his own voice. River also has chaos based powers, able to affect the likelihood of things happening, though he has no idea how to control this power. River can also transfer positive feelings through contact, making someone feel better. If he maintained his touch for long enough it could lead to something as strong as ecstasy.

Skills:
River’s main drive in life is acting. However, as he has no actually attended an acting school, River is much more amateur than his peers. What River does have is a wonderful singing voice, though he has no interest in becoming a musician, unless it’s musical theater. River also has an encyclopedic level of knowledge about film history and actors. He can recite every line by heart for about a dozen movies, with most of his apartment full of DVDs and Blu Rays.

River is in very good health as he regularly goes for runs and does other exercises. River is also the best good in his friend group and as such hosts many dinners at his apartment.

Personality Traits:
Exuberant, Cringe, Loving, Oblivious, Interested, Opinionated

Backstory:
Anika Seth was the daughter of an Indian couple who fled to small town America to avoid religious persecution. Anika would grow up the only brown girl in her class, for which she was bullied. However she felt comfort with her parents. As Anika got older she ended up enrolling in a nearby community college. It was while attending college that she attended a party and met a man named Dean. The handsome man, who just happened to look exactly like her favorite Bollywood star, claimed that he was in town just visiting family. Following that, Anika had the wildest night of her life, awakening the next morning naked in a nearby forest.

She would quickly learn that she was pregnant. While initially considering adoption, Anika would ultimately decide to keep the child, dropping out of college. Anika would end up moving back in with her parents, who helped her with the child. Named Hakim after her grandfather, Anika’s son would grow up with love. From a young age it was clear that Hakim was overly emotional, getting riled up easily.

In school he would struggle with many classes, but would excel at English and Drama class. By the time Hakim was in middle school, he had decided that he wanted to be an actor. In high school Hakim was in every theater production, though never as the lead character. Upon graduating high school with mostly alright grades, Hakim would declare that he was going to New York to be an actor.

However with no monetary support, Hakim just ended up living in poverty, working at a bodega near his tiny apartment. After less than a year there, Hakim gave up and returned home. Mostly just lying around his grandparent’s house, Hakim would eventually appear in some local plays produced in the nearby county.

It was after one such show that Hakim would meet Dean, except now he looked like Hakim’s favorite Bollywood star. Dean would claim to be Hakim’s father, which Hakim had a hard time believing. What was even harder to believe was Dean saying that he was in fact the Greek God Dionysus. However, Dean, or Dionysus, would prove this by teleporting the father and son to a temple in Greece.

Now believing his father, Hakim would be told of his status as a demi-god and how, if he chooses, could potentially become a full god. While having power did seem cool to Hakim, he wanted to focus on the mortal world for know. Dionysus would then depart, but not before telling Hakim to go for whatever he wanted in life.

Taking these words to heart, Hakim would spend all of his money to move to Los Angeles. Like New York, it was hard to break into the film industry. That was until Hakim realized that he had inherited some powers from his father. He could do a perfect recall of anything he heard, making him great at accents and impressions. So Hakim would be cast in some low budget movies.

To celebrate this, Hakim and his friends would have a massive party, the wildest one in Hakim’s life. That night would change Hakim. For one thing he learned he was bisexual by waking up in bed with a man and woman. And he had a vision that told him to change his name. So he became River Seth.

River would spend the next few years getting small roles, and even occasionally writing scripts himself, though mostly for low budget horror. However, on his twenty-seventh birthday River would be offered a chance to audition for a major movie. Unfortunately he would also learn from Dionysus that this generation’s ascension challenge was starting in a year.

Torn between becoming a famous actor or a literal god, River was having a hard time deciding. As of right now he is attempting to do both, auditioning for movies while also attending lessons at Pandora Agency.

Name:
Vieira Sanderson

Age:
23

Gender:
Female

Divine Parent:
Aphrodite

Abilities/Magic:
Vieira has always been good with healing things, be it humans, plants or animals, as long as it is a living thing. With the touch of her palm for a brief moment, she can easily heal small cuts and minor surface wounds without the need for antiseptic and bandages. She herself is also able to heal faster than most people, having a strong regenerative power within her. She only realised her healing and regenerative abilities when she was in high school, when she was checking on an ugly bruise that a guy friend she cared a lot for had on the knee and instinctively placed a palm there. Both of them were surprised to see the bruised spot disappear as if the guy didn't have it at all. She also has the power to persuade others to bend to her will or have people naturally want to do her plenty of favors (she suspects it has to do with her beauty and wit for the most part), though this ability is much weaker compared to her healing powers.

Skills:
Vieira has always been a good communicator since young, which lands her the saleslady job at a condom company without much effort. She is self-taught when it comes to stitching crafts like making soft toys as a hobby. She has green fingers thanks to her existing regenerative powers, so she's pretty good at gardening in terms of keeping plants alive, not so much at identifying the different plant species. She's good at social Latin dancing, with salsa and bachata being her favorite dance styles.

Personality Traits:
Adaptable, Sociable, Independent, Affectionate, Playful, Witty, Charming, Helpful, can be Blur on rare occasions

Backstory:
Vieira had always thought family means just her dad and her, together. She couldn't recall having a mother, and oddly, she didn't think to ask her father much about her. Perhaps she did once when she was a little girl, but Andrew Sanderson only shook his head and smiled wistfully while telling his cute daughter that Mommy had to be away and they only had one another for now. Little Vieira nodded innocently, thinking that she only needed Daddy in her life anyway. Mommy wasn't present much or at all, so she couldn't matter that much, right?

The fact that she had only a single parent with her made her stand out in school but Vieira didn't care what people thought of her. Then again, her charming, friendly and witty personality helped her blend in with her schoolmates and even made her one of the popular pretty girls in school whom all the boys would die to date. She had a few flings in between but she never got serious with any one of them.

Years flew by, and the grown-up Vieira was still contented to stay by her dad's side and remain her Daddy's little girl. But one fine day, she came home from work to walk into her dad kissing a beautiful lady. She was surprised; her dad had never considered dating anyone after her mom, so who was this sexy stranger lady?

It was then she found out that the lady was actually her long-lost mother. For better or worse, she also got to know that her mother was the Greek Goddess Aphrodite, except she was appearing in human form, adopting the mortal name Evelyn Hart. At first, Vieira had no reason to believe this beautiful lady's story. Then Evelyn held both her hands, and Vieira instantly felt the coming of spring, heard the gentle lapping of ocean waves and understood what it was to love and be loved, to desire and be desired; it was then Vieira realised she was granted a brief insight into her mother's being.

Without giving Vieira much time to absorb it all, her mother then foretold a prophecy that Vieira would make a fine full god should she decide to tread the path of ascension, provided she also fulfilled three conditions along the path to becoming a full god. Upon further enquiries, Vieira was given no additional hints except the opportunity to train and ascend begins this year and Pandora Agency should be her destination for all the questions she has about her destiny, godhood and beyond.

Her father was elated of course, being overwhelmed with joy that his goddess of a wife finally returned and that his demi-god of a daughter could be someone as great as his wife. He encouraged Vieira to pursue godhood so she could then be with her mother often after the ascension, but only if she was up for it. Vieira was less inclined, but the thought of becoming a full god did sound interesting and tempting. Was it even possible for a girl like her? There was only one way to find out - she would have to go to this mysterious Pandora Agency and discover where her destiny truly lies.