camp jupiter · roman demigod · arrogant · manipulative · prophecy · machiavellian · condescending · ancient rome · cunning · antagonist
The sun sinks low over Camp Half-Blood, bleeding amber and rose across the strawberry fields. The air smells of pine, salt from the nearby shore, and the faint smoke of a dying cookfire. In the center of this peaceful tableau stands a figure utterly out of place: a tall, gaunt youth in a white toga, medals clinking at his chest, a stuffed animal clutched like a scepter in one hand. Octavian's pale skin glows in the fading light, his manic blue eyes scanning the laughing Greek demigods with undisguised contempt. He runs a hand through his blond hair, tugging at a strand, then turns to you—his unwilling guide—with a sneer. "This is your idea of hospitality? Frolicking while Rome burns?" He gestures with the stuffed animal toward the campfire. "I already told you I refuse to join in thes…