Ok, so now you've created your Demigod
And everything is now starting to come together

now it's time for another basic that is especially essential in shaping your demigod's life and who your demigod is in general
Their Background

Specifically the 3 aspects I can think of for now to keep in mind when writing your demigods' background

As these are the 3 I had the time to process and type down before I could come to the other aspects.

And hopefully I'll be able to help some folks out or atleast give someone an entertaining read with this chapter. Because to be honest, I've had some trouble with it for quite some time now.

Anyways
Let's get on the rest, shall we?

Step Parents:

Often times, as all of you may know, The Gods aren't really around their demigod kids. So a huge majority of demigods have either single parents (like Hazel, Frank, Leo, Jason and Piper) or their parent married to a step parent (like Percy and Annabeth)

which brings me to one point, step parents. Now you'd normally get two types people often picture, the Evil Step parent you'd normally find in Fairy tales and the more normal, realistic ones like Paul Blofis and Mrs. Chase.

One thing all of us know though, despite what people might think, the first example, is rather unrealistic and if they are real, rather rare, sure you'd get the occasional pieces of garbage here and there (*coughs hysterically* Gabe, we're looking at you, even if you can't look back anymore cuz well...you're a statue -_-) but not so much so they'd make their step kid into their personal slaves. More often, you'd get step parents like Mrs.Chase and Paul Blofis, who adopt their partners' kids as their own and love them just as much or atleast try to. That is if your demigod and their stepparent has clashing personalities or situations.

Keep in mind, not all demigods are accepting of their step parents, at least at first, and sometimes not all step parents are accepting of demigods. Which is a natural reaction for some children, especially when when they're around elementary school age (6-10). Unless they either knew the Step Parent from the get go, already had a good bond with them before the relationship or was simply too young to remember that beginning. Though not in all children as each child is different and approaches difficult situations in their own different way.

There isn't many literary examples I can think of here, outside of ofcourse, Uncle Rick's rendition of them. Mainly since outside of Rick Riordan books these parents are usually portrayed in the same way the cringey Percy Jackson Fanfics portray them on here.
So unfortunately, I don't have alot to go off of.

The best advice in writing these kinds of parents is to give them as much development as you give your other characters, which is hopefully alot. That way you'll be able to put the other puzzle pieces in place such as their relationship with your demigod, both before and after they end up with their biological parent. In other words, you have to give them a voice, figure out what makes them tick.

It doesn't have to be big and elaborate, unless the Step Parent is a particularly big part of your demigod's arc. Even the simplest things can convey someone's personality and tell you something about this character. For example, with Mrs. Chase, and how you can see she's a very tidy person and a big time family woman just by the few interactions we've had with her. Even a little bit of a no non-sense type when you include in that misunderstanding she had with Annabeth and the spiders.

Another thing that can help is to look up parenting sites, blogs, essentially anything you can get your hands on online with on this topic. If you know someone like a friend or some family in this situation, you can ask them for help as well.

In general, all I've got here is to give your readers a person, not the wicked step-mom from Snow White only in the form of a Karen and to do a little bit of research.

And if you guys want to, perhaps I can make a separate chapter on this, discussing parent-child relationships alone.

Characters of a Different Ethnicity:

Now, if you know Rick Riordan, you'd know this fact quite well already, but not all characters are the same. As proven time and time again with characters of different backgrounds and ethnicities.

For example, if you're Muslim in origin like Samirah Al Abbas, there are certain things you do differently compared to a demigod Caucasian in origin like for example, Annabeth Chase. When writing a character of a different ethnicity, keep in mind there's going to be a heavy chance they won't be living the same life as your average suburban highschooler.

There will be certain things that come with that which extends to their life style, what holidays they celebrate and even their beliefs though to a certain extend.

For example, since Leo is Hispanic in origin, he celebrates or used to celebrate Dio De Los Muertos, or the Day of The Dead, a very important holiday within the Hispanic community.

Piper Mclean, who is Native American in origin, specifically from the Cherokee Tribe, also has some aspects unique to her culture. The two biggest examples being the use of a Cherokee based weapon in Trials of Apollo and the stories she tells throughout Heroes of Olympus that was told to her by her father.

Samirah Al Abbas, who is Muslim in origin celebrates important Muslim based holidays such as Ramadan and Eid, eats in the traditional Middle Eastern style at home and covers up in long sleeves and a hijab as it's a big part of their culture.

And that's just a few examples.

If your demigod is a different ethnicity, there is a certain chance there will be certain things that comes with their background, including some trails.
Overall, the best thing to do with these characters is to do your research and reach out to friends, family and even folks here on wattpad.

My biggest suggestion is to check out talkthepoc and look up POC books, most specifically on how to Write POC characters, talk to as many people as you can and to just generally do your research on the different cultural aspects involved with your character's ethnicity. Reading books with characters from different cultures helps as well, as long as it's well researched and especially if it's written by an author from that specific culture. The biggest suggestion I can give there is to look up books from authors Uncle Rick supports like Rebecca Roanhorse and Roshani Chokshi.
That's my best advice to give over here.

A Character with a Disability or A Guardian that has a Disability:

There isn't an exact literary example I can find of this, other than Hearthstone from Magnus Chase, Clara from the 1881 Swiss book Heidi and Billy Black from Twilight(as terribly recieved the book is, atleast I can give it one point for including him).
The first of which is born a Deaf-Mute and the last two of which are wheelchair bound due to illnesses, Billy due to Diabetes and Clara due to the same vague illness that killed her mother. But when someone who knows fairly little on disabilities writes a character like this, it can easily become a mess. Not only for characters with Physical disabilities but Mental disabilities as well.

Which is why my biggest tip here to open Google and research. Research, Research, Research, trust me, Research is your best friend when it comes to writing these kinds of characters. It can be from anywhere, if you have a family member with a disability or one with expertise in the medical or psychological field, try and ask them for help with your character. If you have a library nearby, you can pick up any book on disabilities and research from that. Even Google can be your biggest best friend here, as there are tons of sites and pages that can help you better understand disabilities. But there's still another thing to keep in mind though, it isn't okay to limit your character to just their disability kike some authors would. If you want your reader to care about this character, you also have to make sure this character is a full rounded person with a personality and a story behind them. Show your readers their personality and struggles and tell their story.
For example,I'm going to make an example out of one of the three characters I previously mentioned.

First of all, Hearthstone, alot of the times Hearthstone is portrayed as a intelligent and loyal friend with a dry sense of humour and close guarded emotions. The reason why of which is because of his personal struggles in the past brought on by the emotional abuse brought on by his father and the other elves around him. He is a character who was born imperfect in a world that strives for perfection, who has experienced trauma not only from those who ridiculed him but also from losing the only person who has ever accepted him for his imperfections. Atleast up until he found a new family in Blitz and Magnus, who accepted him fully for who he is and helped him out of his shell. Which help turn him into the smart and fiercely loyal friend he is today. So you could see how everything from above affected his character.

And even then, I wasn't able to fully penetrate the amount of layers Rick Riordan wrote that makes up Hearthstone. He isn't a token simply put there to portray someone with a disability, he's a person.

And that is the number one thing to keep in mind when writing a disabled character, along with making things as accurate as possible. You can't have a decent, likeable character with depth and a story to them, but with a portrayal of their disability as accurate as a Creepy Pasta Marysue or a bland character with the depth of cardboard with a portrayal of their disability so accurate it looks like a doctor wrote it. I mean, even Billy Black follows these principles of a person, which kind of makes me question why the hell Ms Meyers couldn't get the rest of the series right.
But anyways, if you want more detail on this factor, everything will be explained in detail in another chapter specifically made for this.

Okay so, these are the 3 things that came to my mind first.

Though I have a few more that I couldn't include in here at the moment

So, if you want me to, perhaps I can make a part two for this particular chapter.

Though, you don't have to necessarily abide by these when writing your demigod.
It's your demigod after all, and your story.

This is simply a few stuff that I thought would be a good thing to remember if you end up writing one of these.

Now, I can't stress enough on how important your demigod's background is to their character.
It is essentially their story, and thing that makes them who they are and helps them become what they become in the end.

So if there's one thing that shouldn't been left aside, it's their story.

After all, a wise man once said
No man can walk out on his own story.

Anyways

I hope you all enjoyed your day
And remember Demigods

Stay Awesome!

~Kidatash💞