Thread:MoonlitCastle/@comment-4423292-20130927170238/@comment-4423292-20131012141022

Yeah, and raised by her father in New Rome.

Aemilia's story starts long before her birth. It starts with her grandmother Vivian Luciano, and Pluto. Vivian had a son, Victor. Victor found his way to camp, where he eventually won the heart of a beautiful daughter of Venus: Cassia.

Eventually they got engaged, and intended to live in New Rome after they both finished their 10 years in the Twelfth Legion. They had both gotten to Camp at age 13, but Victor, being a year older, finished his 10 years first. But right as he finished, Cassia found out she was pregnant. Cassia made a deal with them: if she could get out for a year until the baby was born, she'd come back and do her last year, and 1 extra year because she got out for one. They agreed. So Victor bailed on his plan of going to Berkeley for collage and they moved into an apartment in New Rome.

The baby was born, beautiful little Aemilia. When Aemilia was almost 3 months old, Cassia went back into the Legion. She served her 10th year, and then started on her extra. Halfway though her extra year, she was killed. Aemilia wasn't yet 2, and far too young to understand, all she knew was that her mother was gone.

After Cassia died, Victor did his best to raise his daughter. He took her everywhere with him, not trusting any babysitter to watch over Aemilia properly.

When Aemilia was 8, Victor married. Since then, he his been married and divorced 4 times. Aemilia retreated into herself, becoming sly and cunning. She had to be, to be able to navigate in intricate network of steps, halves, and exs. When it all got too much, Aemilia'd go outside and go riding on Libero (Her pegasus, a gift from her father, given to under the promise that she would not bait stepmother #2 the way she had #1).'

When Aemilia as 12, her dad thought she was old enough and strong enough to get to the wolf house. So Victor game her a new hoodie, a pocketknife (that included a gold blade), a few bus tickets, and a grilled cheese sandwich in a ziploc back, and took her to the edge of Camp Jupiter. Aemilia wandered aimlessly in the Berkley Hills for two days, until a wolf show up. Following the wolf, Aemilia made it to the Wolf House. She trained until Lupa decided she was ready, and then Aemilia found her way back to Camp Jupiter.