𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐄 𝐌𝐂𝐆𝐎𝐖𝐀𝐍 — ❝All you have is your fire and the place you need to reach.
── ＊ ︰ WILHELMINA MCGOWAN. chiron often praises their tenacious temperament, but mr. d's always going on about how they can be pretty spiteful. that comes as no surprise, knowing that they've been at camp now for nine years and they turned twenty-two this year. they're always humming fox on the run by sweet when they're on strawberry picking duty, and people around here can always tell they're a child of hephaestus because of their firebrand copper hair swinging as she imparts justice and the readiness of the oil-smudged smile with their swift forgiveness. during capture the flag, i saw them using geokinesis and pyrokinesis — it totally makes sense that their godly parent claimed them after crafting an elaborate trap which helped win capture the flag and knock some bullies of the younger hephaestus kids down a peg. the entire camp knows them to carry a small cross peen hammer that extends to become a celestial bronze war maul, and no matter who you ask, they'll tell you billie reminds them of a limning of soot around thick smithing goggles, scabbed up skinned knees, dappled sunlight through leaves, the smell of flashpowder and the burnt cardboard of firecrackers, the golden volcanic glow of fired metal, eyelashes tickling softly against your neck, forgiving but never forgetting- letting it be branded down onto your very bones. thank gods they're around now that the mist is parting.
NAME : wilhelmina jackie mcgowan.
ETYMOLOGY: ( "will, desire" "helmet, protection".) - (“may god protect,” “god is gracious,” “holder of the heel,” and “supplanter.”) - ( "son of (the) smith." )
AGE + BIRTHDATE : twenty-two, april 22nd.
ASTROLOGY : aries sun, taurus moon, virgo rising.
ORIENTATION : bisexual.
HOMETOWN : cherryfield, maine.
CABIN: 9, hephaestus.
POWERS : geokinesis, pyrokinesis.
WEAPON OF CHOICE : celestial bronze war maul.
POSITIVE : courageous, just, reliable.
NEUTRAL : practical, intuitive, generous.
NEGATIVE : volatile, malicious, blunt.
CHARACTER PARALLELS: toph beifong - avatar, natalie scattorcio - yellowjackets, faith lehane - btvs, fiona gallagher - shameless, ellie williams - the last of us, naomi campbell - skins, rebecca sutter - htgawm, terra markov - teen titans, sana bakkoush - skam, wynnona earp, alyssa foley - the end of the fucking world, abby hammond - santa clarita diet, raven reyes - the hundred.
── 𝔂𝓸𝓾'𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓲 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓲𝓷 𝓶𝔂 𝓫𝓵𝓸𝓸𝓭.
❂ jolene mcgowan was a metalsmith, by trade, she created beautiful jewellery by smelting gold and silver, set with precious stones and shards of sea glass she collected near her home in the coastal town of cherryfield, maine. she crafted beautiful blooms with leaves which would never wilt, never die, blew glass, she mended timepieces, clocks and pocket watches with deft and reverent hands. these are the soft calloused palms that hephaestus fell hopelessly into; warm and welcoming and good-humoured.
❂ 1943 dawned, rough and unkind as she fought with her family to protect the identity of the father of her baby, born out of wedlock in a small town. the little boy would never make it over the brow of the hill in long island, halfway through massachusetts he falls.
❂ she didn't learn the lesson, though she was stripped of some of the light that drew the god to her in the first place, they reunited yet again and another child was to be born from the glint in their eyes.
❂ red hair and green eyes like her mother, billie is full of fight from the minute she stretches her mouth open and begins to scream, her mother joking that she always had something to say ever since.
❂ wilhelmina, a mouthful for such a small child and even harder to spell, shortened to mina and then through protest changed to will, then to billie.
❂ billie watched her mother hollow out before her very eyes, harden herself to the inevitability of her daughter's demise. if jolene drew back far enough, fast enough, she wouldn't be hurt when the gods didn't favour her offspring once again. wilhelmina yearned for attention, to feel that warmth fall over her once more but instead, she struck out, becoming a problem.
❂ this rejection seared her edges, though the fall from her mother's graces wasn't as far or as fast as her father's fall from olympus, she vowed to herself to always stand up for what she believed in, no matter the personal cost. cowards irk her, though of course, the greek doesn't fall far from the tree, she can be a hypocrite.
❂ billie was a constant flight risk, disappearing for days at a time on a whim but the concern their family felt ebbed, even when they started to see things, when inexplicable things began happening to them.
❂ it took a year and a half to make it to camp half blood, billie never running with crowds long enough for satyrs to catch hold of her. disappearing like smoke between their fingers. billie has some pretty extensive scarring over most of her body from her years on the run but spite is a powerful motivator, the fire she draws from within helped her survive and still does. (might have some collateral damage from this use of flame, she tries not to think about it.)
❂ strode into camp with their head held high, and attacked every part of training with unwavering tenacity no matter how many times they were knocked down. not the most naturally skilled fighter but she makes up for it in spades with ferocity, dogged relentlessness and sheer power. billie never knows when to stay down.
❂ is often caught intercepting tourists and mortals by yelling extremely creative obscenities and insults at them, it gets them to leave, at least she stopped draping her hair over her face and running at them screaming in tongues when chiron asked nicely.
❂ the chip on billie's shoulder is big, anyone who knows her can see it but she's filled in the cracks with liquid gold and moves with the hurt. her word is her bond and though trickery is almost a sure shot, she'll never let you forget that you're a liar and you'll be paying until your final breath. billie hates bullies.
❂ an excellent craftsman and smith, billie will usually help anyone with the forges if they ask, for several years refused to partake in her cabin and father's vocation out of pettiness but now loves the way it takes her out of her head to bear something new into the world.
❂ pinball champion, has never worn a matching pair of socks in her life, feeds the raccoons around camp, used to be a state champion gymnast, will fire-eat and fire dance for special occasions like her friends' birthdays, can remember all the lyrics to any song she hears and hoards music like gold, spends a ridiculous amount of time and money on taking polaroids and buying film, will burn your monopoly board, drums on every nearby surface at all times, accidentally burns things to a crisp when she sneezes, can and will nap absolutely anywhere it's kind of ridiculous.
WANTED CONNECTIONS — *
i'm gonna come back to this because my brain is soup.
