[center][color=LightPink][h1][b][i]~Syleste Astrea Nioré~[/i][/b][/h1]

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[h3][i]"Most people say that you're limited by your imagination. My imagination must be limitless... if you saw my world, you might understand."[/i]
~ Syleste Astrea Nioré.[/h3]

[h3][i][b]~General Information~[/b][/i][/h3]

[b]Name:[/b] Syleste Astrea Nioré.
[b]Nick-Names:[/b] Syl, Dream Girl, Pinkie, Juliet.
[b]Sex/ Gender:[/b] Female.
[b]Age:[/b] Sixteen Years Old.
[b]Place Of Origin:[/b] New York, USA.
[b]Camp Cabin:[/b] Counselor of Cabin Fifteen - Morpheus.

[b]Appearance - Sixteen Years Old:[/b]
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[h3][i][b]~Relationship Information~[/b][/i][/h3]

[b]Relationship Status:[/b] Single.
[b]Sexuality:[/b] Heterosexual/ Straight.
[b]Partner:[/b] None at this point in time.
[b]Godly Parent:[/b] Μορφευς - Morpheus, God of dreams, & son of sleep.
[b]Human Parent:[/b] Elise Nioré; Receptionist at a Law Firm.
[b]Siblings:[/b] None at this point in time.
[b]Legacy:[/b] Unknown as of this time.
[b]Pet/s:[/b] None.
[b]Other:[/b] Hawley Griffin (Best Friend - Childhood Friend), Ky' vie Morgan (Best Friend - Met At Camp).


[h3][i][b]~Personal Information~[/b][/i][/h3]

[b]Personality:[/b] Known to all those around her to be an exceedingly sweet and charming young lady; Syleste is an extremely graceful and very loving, kind-hearted girl who cares deeply for all those of whom she not only believes herself to be close to, but also those she holds dear to her within her heart; the dreamy-eyed girl showing her love and affection to all those close to her. Overly curious and full of life she tends to find herself, more often than not, walking into some sort of danger or trouble; whether it be something as minor as receiving a slight paper cut on her finger, or something that's of far more serious consequence such as following her curiosity and accidentally falling off the bank and into the camps lake- the bubbly teenager never showing any signs that she's willing to let her disability get in the way of her living the life she wants to. Though coming off sometimes as shy at first when a situation seems to overwhelm her (large crowds of people surrounding her, loads of information being given to her at one time, ect.), once she has had time to adjust, Syleste seems to have no issues putting herself out there for others to see; the young girl never truly having a problem whenever it comes to being an open book, or making friends.

Although a kind and graceful soul, Syleste is also known for being stubborn when it comes to something that she truly believes in, choosing to stand up for it rather than backing down once she has already made up her mind, usually making it near impossible to convince her otherwise. Quite mature and oddly grown-up for her age thanks to living her whole life with her disability, Syleste often does all she can not to be, or to be considered a "burden" to all those who are around her, the young woman doing everything she can and more to help out (cleaning, cooking, ect.), even sometimes choosing to put her own needs aside in favor of others, no matter how difficult the task may seem for her; the girl trying her best at everything and anything that she seems to set her mind to.

Coming across at times as being quietly confident and extremely calm, she sometimes tends to pull away from the company of others becoming very reserved and thoughtful, choosing instead to lose herself within her own mind and in her own little world. Unnaturally bright and unique in her own way, Syleste has the aptitude for thinking outside of the box on general occasion, always coming up with strange ideas that would normally otherwise be considered near impossible to pull off, though with the young woman's odd way of using her intelligence she is known for being able to twist them to the point of making it all work out.

[b]Skills:[/b] Thanks to her disability, Syleste's other senses (hearing, smell, taste and touch) have become slightly more enhanced than that of a normal person, adding to her skills and talents when it comes to music, such as singing and playing piano. Syleste is also quite skilled when it comes to reading anything in braille, whether it be music sheets, books, class notes, ect.


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[u][b]The Adaptable Brain[/b][/u]
At birth, the portion of the brain that deal with vision, hearing, and all other senses are connected. As a sighted child continues to grow up, these connections begin to separate themselves from one another, until eventually independent centers in the brain control each of the different senses that a person can use. In a blind infant however, these connections might remain intact, and the job of processing sound might be shared by both the visual cortex, as well as the auditory processing centers. If a person loses his/ her sight during childhood or adulthood, the connections might have already been separated because myelin (the fatty sheath surrounding affected nerves) develops rapidly in the very young.

[u][b]Neuro-Imaging[/b][/u]
Research into blindness has found that while regions in the brain that deal with vision are smaller in blind individuals than in that of those who still have their sight, other non-visual areas are increasingly larger. Looking into the brain's potential to adapt after blindness, researchers have found that blindness causes structural changes in the brain, indicating that the brain may reorganize itself functionally in order to adapt to a loss in sensory input; the area's in the brain dealing with memory, hearing, and other senses becoming enlarged in an attempt to compensate for the fact that the person can no longer see.

[u][b]Echolocation[/b][/u]
A blind person can become quite adept at using echolocation (identifying an object by the sound or echo that it makes) while moving through the world around him/ her. Children or babies that are born blind use extra hand movements as they crawl, slapping the floor around them to create a kind of auditory and sensory feedback. The use of reflected sound by blind children helps them to explore and manipulate aspects of the sound world, other visually impaired individuals may make clicking noises to note the changes in sound as the distance between them and different obstacles shift; this can also be seen in animals such as dolphins and bats.

[u][b]Using Touch To Explore The World[/b][/u]
The largest area of the brain's surface is devoted to the hand and the sense of touch, the skin being the largest organ of the body allows us to use this sense to the fullest, and the blind child is a "sensation" of information. Many blind individuals can feel changes in temperature as they near a window, wall, and other objects, relying on their enhanced sense of touch to help them explore the world around them.

[u][b]A Deeper Vision[/b][/u]
Before the invention of non-invasive neuro-imaging, people could only speculate and look on in awe at the increased abilities that those who were blind seemed to posses. The well-known painter, Pablo Picasso explored the nature of blindness during his "Blue Period", some claiming that he was able to find an intensity of other senses in his depiction of the blind. Researchers state that what you lose in one place, you gain elsewhere, reinforcing the idea that other senses are not only affected but also enhanced by blindness.
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[b]Biography:[/b]
Blind from birth and constantly being fussed over by the only parent that she had within her life; Syleste was always both a very curious and outgoing young child, her mother (mostly having to raise her on her own) always did her best to keep her close by her side, however, it never seemed to stop her from always following her heart and managing to find herself in some sort of trouble or dangerous situation. Soon growing into a beautiful young teenager, and quickly coming to the realization that she didn't want to rely or be a burden on her mother, she tried her best, taking on more of the responsibilities at home, doing all that she could to allow her mother a break from stressing over her daughters care and well-being. Never having an issue opening up to those few who had accepted her for who she truly was, she began to become the confident young lady that her mother always meant for her to be; however her mothers long-term fear of others bullying her daughter for being different soon became a harsh and cruel reality once the young girl hit high school.  

Trying her best to get through each and every single day without causing too much trouble for those that she cares about, the bubbly young teenager could often be found sitting on her own reading or studying; though with her curiosity for life ever playing on her mind, she never ceases to find a way to try and satisfy the need to explore much to her overly-cautious mother's disgust. Soon coming to the realization that it was no longer safe for her to stay in the the family home, her mother finally came to the hard decision that it was high-time that Syleste knew the truth about her father, and about her heritage. Packing up all of her possessions, the two of them worked together; helping her to move into the camp that her father had always intended for her to go to- a place where he thought that she would have a better chance at life... a life with people who would finally and completely accept her for who she is.


[h3][i][b]~Weaponry Information~[/b][/i][/h3]

[b]Weapon/s:[/b] Due to her disability making it both slightly hard and dangerous for her to wield such things; Syleste herself does not own weapons of any kind, and is rarely ever seen touching one unless the situation is dire- the young demigod preferring to live a life or happiness without the involvement of too much violence.
[b]Weapon/s Name:[/b] Not Applicable.
[b]Weapon/s Type:[/b] None.
[b]Attributes:[/b] None.

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[b]Weapon/s Appearance:[/b] Not Applicable.

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[h3][i][b]~Other Information~[/b][/i][/h3]

[b]Other:[/b] Syleste has a deep love of most the creatures (Rabbits, cats, dogs, foxes, deer, ect.) that roam the exciting and unexplored world that surrounds her; she also has strong liking for drinking hot chocolates and cuddling up with those that she cares about in her life- her love of music also helping the young girl when it comes to being able to express herself in situations that may have her feeling both overwhelmed or upset.

Though she may seem confident and semi-competent when it comes to things she sets her mind to, Syleste has a fear of swimming and is terrified at the very thought of deep water, along with this fear she is also scared of being left alone, and being treated differently due to her disability.

While quite talented in both singing and playing the piano, Syleste has found that she is more confident with her skills when she is on her own or with someone she is extremely close to, the young girl too shy and embarrassed to show her musical talents to others.

Understanding that people can become quite uncomfortable with her disability, Syleste keeps a bit of [url=http://i00.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v1/32307887336_1/Hot-new-2015-spring-font-b-light-b-font-font-b-blue-b-font-silk-font.jpg]light blue material[/url] with her which she uses to hide her eyes from view, not wanting others to have to deal with the strange look of her eyes- though the young demigod's goal is to one day find a place where she really belongs, and a life surrounded by people who truly accepted for who she is.

Though never talking about it without first being asked, Syleste has [url=http://data.whicdn.com/images/74951629/superthumb.jpg]a small though meaningful tattoo[/url] situated behind her right ear that not even her mother knows that she had done.


[h3][i][b]~Theme Song~[/b][/i][/h3]

[b]Theme Song:[/b]
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcrbM1l_BoI]"Wake Me Up" by Avicii.[/url]

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