character dump aka dead and gone

Name: Levi Charles Wayland, otherwise known as Levi.
Age/Birthday: May 23rd, 1996. He's sixteen.
Gender: Male.
God Parent: Aphrodite.
Claimed: Yes.
Mortal Family:
Pete Wayland (Biological Father) - Owner of a chocolates shop, Pete was a very handsome man. He had charisma, swagger, charm, and class. He also had a heavy, mean hand. Pete would abuse Levi from the age of five to the age of fourteen. Due to the intervention of the police, that was when the abuse stopped. Before Pete took to the drink and started hitting his son, he was a very lovely man. Before Levi was born and he was still with Aphrodite, Pete was completely whipped. He'd buy Aphrodite clothes, chocolates, wines, flowers, anything she wanted. And she got pregnant and everything went down the drain. The baby was born and she left immediately after, breaking Pete's heart on the way out. For a while, Pete was just depressed, quiet and somber. He didn't speak to anyone and kept to himself, just making his chocolates and going to therapy. After he came from therapy one day, he was different. He was drunk. That's when he started hitting his son. After that first sip of alcohol.
Years in Camp: Levi's been in camp since he was fifteen and a half. So he's been here for little over a year.
Brief History: Levi would not be the first to admit that he had a rough life. From the time he was just five years old, the boy had already broken three boys. Levi was born on a humid night in May from the goddess of love and was just left to fend for himself on Pete Wayland's doorstep. Yes, Pete is Levi's biological father, but Pete never wanted any offspring. He just wanted sex and a hot wife. Pete was a very selfish man, always neglecting his son as a baby. The baby would cry for nights on end until Pete couldn't take it anymore and hired a full time nanny. The nanny, Maria, took execellent care of Levi, leaving Pete to do other things on his own. For the first four years, everything was mostly calm in Levi's life. Then, his father discovered alcohol.
As soon as Pete's lips touched alcohol for the first time, that's it, he was hooked. The naturally abusive man began drinking heavily in the late afternoon and coming home from work hammered out of his mind. Pete would just drink himself into a stupor. When he wasn't that drunk, but hammered enough to remember, he'd beat on Levi, often teasing the boy about his girlish appearance. At first it was just mental abuse, by calling Levi various name and making fun of him, but by the time Levi was six years old, Pete had picked up physical abuse.
Everyday, Levi would go to school in long sleeves and sweatshirts, trying to cover up the bruises and the wounds so people wouldn't ask questions. Sometimes, Levi would purposely act out so he could stay after school in detention. Despite Levi's crappy home life, he was still a bright, shining light in his classroom. He made kids laugh, he smiled, he was kind to everyone. Not even his abusive father could break his spirit. For those first seven years, Levi really tried to make the best of his life even though it was crap. And in truth, Levi's dad had money which meant Levi always had money to spend. Even as a child. He often had nice clothes and expensive toys. Despite being a jerk, Levi's dad would buy him all the right toys at random times as if he were trying to make up for lost time. It didn't work.
When Levi was nine years old, an incident happened that was the rock bottom of Levi's childhood. This was the incident that broke the little boy's spirit. It was a frigid Christmas Eve and Pete was drunk yet again, this time he'd been particularly pissed enough to not even buy his son any presents. Confused and upset, the young Levi walked right up to his father and asked in a timid voice, "Daddy, did Santa bring me any presents? Did he forget about me?" Pete, feeling extremely angered by that statement, sent Levi flying through a wall. Levi broke six bones and had to go to the hospital. From that night on, Levi's spirit was completely broken. He no longer smiled in school, he no longer laughed, he was just dead. It was like, when his dad snapped, something inside of Levi broke.
From the age of ten years old, Levi began to have thoughts of suicide--to an extent. He wondered why his father hated him. What had he done to make his daddy do this? Why did his daddy hate him? Levi began to develop early feelings of guilt and he began to feel like it was his fault that his father hated him. He was the victim of multiple vicious crimes and yet he had began to feel like it was all his fault. A few months after that incident, Levi's dad was arrested and charged with a DWI and thrown into jail for a few months. During those few months, Levi stayed with an aunt of his father's. His Aunt Nora actually. Levi's Aunt Nora was a little out there, but all in all a good woman. She noticed Levi's scars and bruises right away and considered letting the police know, however, Nora feared that her brother would come after her.
As soon as Pete was let out of jail, it was back to hell again for the son of Aphrodite. He expected Pete to be worse than before, but actually it was better than before--physically, anyways. For the next two years, Pete emotionally abused the hell out of Levi. He'd put Levi through his insane mood swings and was always drinking and each and every night, Levi prayed the man would die. Finally, by the time Levi was thirteen, he had had enough.
It was a particularly warm night in May around the time of Levi's birthday when it happened. Pete had been messing around with his friends, bringing various "toys" home for him (Pete) to play with. It just so happened that Pete was drunk. Well, Levi was in the living room watching television when he heard a loud bang. Levi sprinted into the kitchen and saw his father and his friends laughing at the broken china that lay in pieces. Levi wasn't amused. "That was probably priceless china that you just broke," Levi pointed out with an innocent expression on his face. Pete stalked up to Levi and laughed in his face. "It wasn't worth nothing, just like you," he laughed, alcohol heavy on his breath. Levi moved away from him muttering, "disgusting." Somehow, Pete managed to pick up on that. "What'd you call me?" The man growled, grabbing the collar of his son's shirt and yanking him into his face. "Disgusting," Levi repeated, defiance twinkling in his eyes. He was done. Suddenly, Pete threw him back, and Levi fell into the wall, smacking his head on the cement. Anger filled Levi's body and he stood up and dusted himself and then he did something he'd never considered doing before.
Levi shoved his father back. But, Levi was shot down because just as fast as he shoved him, Pete threw a punch that broke Levi's nose. Levi flew into the refrigerator, nearly knocking it over. A rage blinded Levi as he heard his fat, disgusting father's laugh. Levi crawled over to the table, dripping blood along the floor while Pete and his friends had stayed in the kitchen, just laughing by the stove. Somehow, the beat up young son of Aphrodite managed to pick himself up and take the handgun sitting on the table. From that point, Levi stumbled upwards and, dripping blood, he pointed the handgun at his father and pulled the trigger. The kick exploded back, nearly knocking the boy off his feet, but he nailed his father in the head. Horrified, Pete's two friends ran from the house and out into the street, where they were hit by cars and killed instantly. Bloody and angry, Levi ran upstairs and threw his clothes and things into a duffel bag. He called his Aunt Nora and said, "Aunt Nora, I just shot dad."
From that point, Nora got him away from the house and took him to Camp, where he's been ever since. Despite having been free of his father's hold on his life, Levi still can't shake the feeling of holding that gun in his hands and he fears that he'll do it again. Levi often has nightmares about what happened, not to mention he thinks about the incident nearly every day. He'll never be able to let it go. Ever.
During Levi's first few months at camp, he was extremely depressed since he had no mother, no father, and no siblings to call his own. He wasn't claimed until his sixteenth birthday, so in the boy's fifteenth year, he was a depressed, suicidal boy. You can find scars all up and down his arms, you know. Levi's motive for trying to kill himself was the overbearing weight of the guilt that lay on the boy's shoulders from past abuse. He just couldn't help feeling guilty all of the time.
As soon as Levi was claimed (about six months ago) his life started to pick up. Even though nobody knew he was suffering, nobody needed to know now. He was the son of a love goddess, he was pretty decent looking, and he could sing. Things were starting to look up for the boy. They still are, too.
Physical Appearance: Being a son of Aphrodite, Levi's naturally very handsome to most girls. He stands at about five foot eleven inches, being average with his height. He's not too fond of his body, though. Levi is tall and lanky, all arms and legs. He only weighs about one hundred and forty pounds. Levi is very conscious about his body and weight, he worries about the little things. Up and down his body, he's got scars faded from his father's beatings. Anyways, Levi has very long legs and arms with huge hangs and long fingers. He also has very average size feet.
Levi almost has a feminine face, with its features and the way they're shaped. He has a nice heart-shaped face with a rounded chin and the biggest dimples ever. However, Levi's a little self-conscious of his upper lip and how thin it is compared to the bottom one. He's also conscious of how his mouth is very far away from his nose. Liking to keep himself presentable, Levi always keeps himself clean-shaven and just clean in general. The boy never has a speck of dirt on his face or a bit of food anywhere. Levi has very nice teeth even if he has a chipped canine on the left side. The reason his canine is chipped is because his father shoved him down a flight of stairs and he hit his face and broke a tooth. But, other than the chip, his teeth are very straight and white.
Now, onto Levi's nose. Levi's nose has a rather wide base and comes up to point instead of a ball or anything else. His nose is also somewhat crooked from being broken once before and making him appear slightly less feminine. His crooked nose gives him a tougher appearance, so to speak.
Levi has strange eyes. The shape of his eyes are a nice half-almond, roundish shape, but when his eyes are described as strange and weird, most people would talk about the color of his eyes. Levi's eye color is a strange, dark blue color that looks nearly black in the right light. They're deep and can often be described as like looking into a dark, trench in the ocean. Those eyes hold a lot of feelings. Framing the two of them are a pair of rather average looking eyelashes and above his eyes are his eyebrows. Levi's eyebrows are nicely shaped, seeming as thought they were professionally sculpted. All in all, Levi has a very put together face. As if someone took the time choosing his features and assets.
Levi has the kind of hair that drive girls wild. Girls tend to obsess with touching his hair and while he doesn't like when they touch his hair, he lets them. His hair is very thick and is usually looking perfect on top of the son of Aphrodite's head. He can roll right out of bed and have it look perfect or nearly perfect every day. His hair is kind of like a mop, except with organization in the way it falls over his forehead. His long bangs swoop across his forehead and his head. While the majority of his hair is a bit cowlicky, it looks good while doing it. His hair looks a bit frayed from a distance, but it's actually not. The color of his hair is a rich, chocolate brown color with highlights of caramel thrown in at random spots.
Levi's style is definitely different from most boys in the way that he dresses like he actually cares. Most of the time, you can find Levi wearing a sweater with a coat and a scarf and jeans, or colored jeans with a random shirt and some nice shoes. Generally, Levi goes for the hipster type clothes. He likes to wear random jackets, though, such as fake letterman jackets and vintage jean jackets. Like most of his sisters, Levi tends to spend a lot of money on clothes that he doesn't need.
Personality: Right off the bat, Levi can be described as totally sweet and kind. He's the boy that's always got a smile on his face no matter what and doesn't seem to be bothered by other people's opinions. Little does everyone around him know that this is all an entire act. Levi cares a lot. He just doesn't show it. One of Levi's favorite things to say is, "It's just as hard to be Ken as it is to be Barbie," because he finds it to be extremely true. Levi finds it very difficult to get out of bed some days and on those days, even then he doesn't show what's truly going on with him.
Levi has the utter tendency to hide his feelings from the world and keep everything bottled up inside. He's never had that "explosion of feelings" that everyone talks about getting if you keep your feelings bottled up inside. He feels like that nobody understands what he's going through. He's not the strong and silent type of guy, he's more the "hide all my feelings with smiles" type of guy because that's exactly what he does. If you actually knew what was going on with Levi, you'd be extremely sad for him. But, back to the good side of Levi for a moment.
Levi's extremely kind to everyone, especially girls. He's friends with a lot more girls than he is males just simply because of the fact that he finds it easier to get along with them than guys. It's often mistaken for homosexuality when Levi is probably the straightest guy out there. Guys will often tease him and call him gay or other rude words that are slang for gay. Levi pretends not to hear them. He's also really loud and he loves to crack jokes. The good kind of jokes, not the mean, sarcastic kind. Levi doesn't particularly understand sarcasm.
Due to his mother's patronage, Levi's also like a daughter of Aphrodite in a few ways. He likes attention, current trends, hanging out with his sisters, and gossiping. Again, this is why people think he's gay when he's really not. He's just a little feminine. While Levi likes to get attention, he doesn't like to be the center of attention all the time because he finds that to be extremely uncomfortable.
Despite what you might think, Levi's actually really intelligent having a fairly high IQ, he just lacks all common sense whatsoever. Levi comes off as a bit of a ditz, actually, when he's really smart. Levi has a thing for remembering facts and random stuff, but he just lacks all common sense.
While he doesn't show it, Levi is extremely self-conscious of himself. After years upon years of enduring his father's constant emotional/verbal abuse, Levi's grown to practically hate himself. He's always thinking that he's the root of the problem and becomes somewhat martyr-like in this nature. Levi is very hard on himself and he can definitely be described as his own worst enemy. What Levi thinks is completely than what is actually going on. Levi tends to think that nobody likes when in fact, there are a lot of people who like him and enjoy his presence. Levi's just so wrapped up in his own boat of misery that he can't see reality.
Fatal Flaw: Levi's only major downfall would have to be the fact that he cares a lot about what other people think of him, so much so that it'll make him stop and rethink his decisions over which could ultimately lead him to rechoose something that needs to be done.
Pets: None.
Talents:
Being a child of Aphrodite, Levi doesn't have many god-parent related talents, but what he can do is sing. Levi has a wonderful alto voice.
Weapons: Despite being a son of Aphrodite, Levi actually does fight and does take time out of his schedule to learn to sword fight and hand fight. Levi is particularly good with the dagger and has his own dagger with a shiny, flat blade and a silver handle. The blade has no name in particular, but Levi is searching for a name.
Year-Round or Summer: Year round.