TJ Gardner Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Thomas James (TJ) Gardner Biography At young age of two years old, TJ was the sole survivor of a car that plunged into Chippewa Lake in the middle of an icy winter. Little is known of the specific events, at least not to TJ but it ended up with him orphaned and suffered with night terrors that never fully left him from the event. (looking at a guardian angel Satyr or just plain luck type situation) TJ Gardner never knew growing up he was adopted as he got re-homed and he grew up in the middle of rural Ohio on the Garder family farm out in Fletcher Ohio. They had a good bit of farm land specializing in growing corn, soybeans, had a decent size pumpkin patch and a well stocked bunker good enough to survive the next apocalypse. He grew up on parental fears of the next 'big one' and the risks of the future but most of the time he was left to his own devices, running around with the local kids and playing second fiddle to his younger brother who was the jewel of their parents eye. Being far enough out in the country and getting treated as pretty slow in school got him labeled less of a difficult learner and more of a troublemaker, this suited him fine as he did well any physical activities and practical bits while choosing, when he could get out of it, not to go near any kind of book-work. He was of that age where girls were dumb but bb guns and rockets and things that exploded were cool. He got in enough scrapes around school but mostly managed to get himself out of them, though some of the bigger kids helped break up the worst of the fighting that took place. He loved being active though, he learnt the basics of the farm, helping as second mechanic (handing tools) to pa Gardner and getting to the stage of learning the basics of riding the big machinery around the farm. But when a demigod starts growing the monsters come sniffing, if TJs case it was some kind of giant slavering hound thing.. and it chased him around the farm grounds. Tall corn stalks and a good running speed was about all that got him back to the farm. It was only out of sheer luck he managed to get the harvester running while the creature was standing on top of it. He wouldn't have made it alive if one of the older kids from his school hadn't came out of nowhere and barreled him out of the way of the thrashing beast's huge claws just before it was pulled into the machinery. Only when he stood up did he see the long hair, not just down their back but also around their bent and hooven legs. He said he was something called a sayteer and that more of those things were coming. Howls in the distance from more of those creatures definitely caused a need to act. Having been on the farm and seeing the attack take place (however hazy from the mists) the family retreated to the bunker and for the next few hours that felt like days they holed up in the underground shelter. It was at that point that LeVar, that was the sayteer person and though he didn't quite remember them, was an older kid (like a baby goat - get it) from school, explained how TJ was part god and that if they didn't want to bring more trouble down on the farm he should go to this school camp that would train him how to not have all the big monsters in his life... or something like that. If they hadn't been locked in a shelter with monsters at the door none of them would have believed it but this lead to a lot of revelations, his being adopted being one of the biggest. TJ (but mostly his parents talking with this LeVar) made the decision to go with him this weird camp to keep the family and farm safe and definitely not because those things were apparently coming for him, he could take care of things like that himself (and other lies to he told himself to throw off some of the blind fear and panic in him). He grabbed his (dumped out school rucksack, now filled with the basics of sweets, toys, slingshot and drawing materials) go bag, Pa had always said everyone should have one just encase, and his BB gun out of his room and got ready to face the world. It was a close thing but the pair managed to escape the farm without the hounds picking up their trail and made their way to the nearest bus route to start the long journey East. Levar told him a whole lot of boring things about gods and who looked after which things and who was parents to who in all the gods.. and it was days of these details on the buses. He pretended to sleep on the bus when LeVar started one of those lectures and drawing stick figure comic books the rest of time. He was saved from the Millionth lesson, (dear god - no i am not picking one - was Levar a know it all), about all these titan gods and things when they finally made it to camp. Apparently a big tree and a big house and lots of strawberries was a 'safe place' It didn't look like alot. Personality TJ is in essence a kid playing the big game.. he got lucky with his first monster attack and plays it up even though he is hella scared of all the things and fighting literal monsters. He blusters about how he is doing but having lost his links to divine parentage at a young age and getting adopted he had no forewarning of any of this, even in comparrison to other demigods. This means he never really learnt the greek gods, their place in the world or even much of their names and will try to get by as much by attitude alone. He is not the easiest to get along with type kids, will act up a bit and will likely lead anyone who listens into trouble. He had ended up being the older but less spotlit child and this drives alot of his troubles, a drive to get attention and playing up due to limited observation. About Me Birthdate: April 20, 2010 Likes: bbq, cars, farming, mechanics, baseball, bb guns, sweets, urban exploring, drawing comics Dislikes: asshats, maths, the law, know it alls, lake monsters, girls, lakes, hellhounds.. Family: Adoptee dad: Nathan Gardner (39) Adoptee mom: Theresa Gardner (35) Siblings: Adoptee Brother - Colby Gardner (7) Happy Thoughts: Shooting tin cans out back, exploring the ghost tunnels Nightmares: Drowning by lake monster / Trapped in a car underwater... Fatal Flaw: Overconfident, will over commit, be boastful and oversell a story. 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