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Iris was the goddess of the rainbow and the messenger of the Olympian gods. she was a goddess of sea and sky–her father Thaumas “the wondrous” was a marine-god, and her mother Elektra “the amber” a cloud-nymph. for the coastal-dwelling Greeks, the rainbow’s arc was most often seen spanning the distance between cloud and sea, and so the goddess was believed to replenish the rain-clouds with water from the sea. Iris had no distinctive mythology of her own.
OKAY SO HERE WE GO I know this might seem a little weird but I have reasons. starting off the wiki described lance as a “brave, adventurous, friendly, and free-spirited … showcasing his unrestrained love for what he does.” Iris, as goddess of the rainbow and a daughter of one of the key water nymphs, is shown to express herself plainly while traversing the “globe.” as messenger of the gods and as such is given free reign over where she chooses to travel. put in context of the rest of the gods, Iris is seen as one of the more friendly since she is a presence that brings light. now honestly, one of the main reasons I chose Iris is how she ties in with the sea and sky. due to her parentage ( and as seen above ) she branches the two worlds for the Ancient Greeks. Lance is a space water guardian. you do the math.
the Okeanides were occasionally described as sea-nymphs. in the late classical era the mythical, earth-encircling, fresh-water river Okeanos was increasingly equated with the briny Atlantic and Indian Oceans, and his nymph-daughters reimagined as marine deities.
gonna be honest this one is really straightforward. again Lance is the water guardian. I did not, however, choose any of the more referenced inland ocean spirits because I found myself stuck on the idea of the freedom the open ocean offers and how lance is very much a free spirit. though, it is important to remember, in pjo canon the ocean nymphs cannot travel inland due to the difference in salt and fresh waters.
Palaimon (Palaemon) was a child sea-god who, with his mother Leukothea (Leucothea), came to the aid of sailors in distress.
He was originally a mortal boy named Melikertes (Melicertes) whose parents incurred the wrath of Hera for fostering the young god Dionysos. His father was driven into a murderous rage by the goddess and Ino fled with Melikertes in her arms, leaping off the cliffs into the sea. The pair were transformed into sea-gods and renamed Palaimon and Leukothea.
I haven’t really done this for other characters, but for a deity verse I feel like this would be a good option for the sharpshooter there. as a deity Palaimon comes to the aid ( wow sound familiar ) of sailors who are otherwise lost at sea. in some myths he was saved by the ocean spirits and transformed into one of them while his human body was left behind.