Percy Jackson

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Percy Jackson
Percy Jackson & the Olympians character
First appearance	The Lightning Thief
Created by	Rick Riordan
Portrayed by	Logan Lerman
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Half-Blood	Demigod
Immortal Parent	Poseidon
Abilities	Superhuman Strength/Speed/Endurance/Agility/Senses Healing Factor Clairvoyance Waterbreathing Telepathy Hydrokinesis Electrokinesis Weather Manipulation Geokinesis
Weapon(s)	Anaklusmos (Riptide)
Signifigant Others	Annabeth Chase

Perseus (Percy) Jackson is a fictional character, the titular character and narrator of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians series and a protagonist in the sequel series The Heroes of Olympus.

Percy is the son of Poseidon, called Neptune in The Heroes of Olympus. He begins in The Lightning Thief as a troubled twelve-year-old boy with dyslexia and ADHD. When his class takes a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of his teachers turns into a Fury and attacks him. His friend Grover then reveals himself to be a satyr and takes Percy to Camp Half-Blood, a place for demigods. Percy then learns that he, being a child of Poseidon, is mentioned in the Great Prophecy given by the Oracle. With the help of the other demigods at Camp Half-Blood, Percy defeats the forces of Kronos and saves the camp. He is then given a new prophecy by the next Oracle, his friend Rachel Elizabeth Dare.

In The Heroes of Olympus, Percy begins the series missing, with Annabeth Chase searching for him. He returns with amnesia in The Son of Neptune, where he comes across Camp Jupiter, a camp for the children of the Roman gods. Mars tells him to go with other demigods to Alaska and free the god of death, Thanatos. He regains his memory, and he and Annabeth travel through Tartarus in an attempt to defeat Gaea's forces and close the Doors of Death.

Summary

Percy Jackson & the Olympians

A Gay Book no one Reads

Template:Fagmatron Percy begins the series as a twelve-year-old boy with dyslexia and ADHD, who has been expelled from every school he has ever attended. When his class takes a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, his pre-algebra teacher Mrs. Dodds transforms into a Fury and attacks him. Percy's Latin teacher Mr. Brunner gives Percy Anaklusmos and sends Mrs. Dodds to Tartarus.

When Percy and his mother go to Montauk, his friend Grover Underwood comes to tell them to leave. They drive away in a hurricane, and a Minotaur takes Percy's mother in a blinding flash of light. In anger, Percy kills the Minotaur. He wakes up three days later, healed by nectar and ambrosia, in Camp Half-Blood. Grover reveals himself to be a satyr, and Mr. Brunner reveals himself to be Chiron the centaur. As nobody knows whose son Percy is, he is placed in the Hermes cabin. After several water-related incidents, a trident mark appears above Percy's head, his father Poseidon claiming him.

The Oracle tells Percy to find the stolen lightning bolt of Zeus, as well as with his friend Grover and Annabeth Chase, a daughter of Athena. After defeating several monsters, they find Hades, who took Percy's mother. They use magical pearls to save themselves from Hades and discover that Ares has the bolt. Percy challenges Ares to a duel and wins. After the bolt is given back to Zeus, Percy's friend Luke Castellan reveals that he was behind the theft and sends a scorpion to kill Percy, who in turn slays the arthropod.

The Sea of Monsters

Main article: The Sea of Monsters

Percy is attacked by Laestrygonians at his school, but is saved by Annabeth and his cyclops half-brother, Tyson. When the three of them go to Camp Half-Blood they notice that Thalia's pine tree (named so because Thalia, a daughter of Zeus, who turned her into a tree when she died to save her friends) is poisoned, and so the borders are weakened and monsters can enter the camp. The daughter of Ares, Clarisse, is sent to retrieve the Golden Fleece to heal the tree. Percy and Annabeth decide to go along, but Dionysus and Tantalus, who replaced Chiron when the centaur was accused of poisoning the tree, refuse to let them. The two sneak out to join in.

Meanwhile, Grover has been captured by Polyphemus. Grover creates an empathy link with Percy and calls for help. Percy, Annabeth, Clarisse, and Tyson cross the Sea of Monsters to save Grover, supposedly killing Tyson in the process.

As Percy and Annabeth journey to many islands, Percy learns several stories of Thalia. Soon after they rejoin Clarisse, Grover, and Tyson, who survived with the help of a hippocampus named Rainbow. They recapture the Golden Fleece and return to the mortal world, sending Clarisse on a plane with the Fleece so that she can put it on Thalia's pine tree. Luke kidnaps Percy and nearly kills him in a duel, but Percy tricks Luke into revealing that he poisoned the tree, sending the information in a secret Iris message, proving Chiron's innocence and leading to his rehiring. When the Fleece is put on Thalia's tree, it turns her back into a human.

The Titan's Curse

Main article: The Titan's Curse

Percy, Annabeth, and Thalia go to Westover Hall after Grover finds two demigod siblings named Nico and Bianca. They are attacked by a manticore named Dr. Thorn, but are saved by Artemis and her hunters, including one named Zoe Nightshade; Artemis then goes missing. Annabeth, however, is captured by Dr. Thorn.

Percy and his companions go on a quest to find Artemis before the winter solstice meeting of the Olympian council, as Artemis could change an important vote on the war against Kronos, as well as capture and kill a monster that Artemis was hunting, with strength to obliterate Olympus. Percy, Thalia, Zoe, Bianca, and Grover begin the journey, but Percy receives a telepathic message from a hippocampus to save the Ophiotaurus at Long Island Sound. Lagging slightly behind, Percy calls on Blackjack, a Pegasus he liberated in The Sea of Monsters, to help him catch up. When they stop to rest briefly on top of the Chrystler building, Dionysus snares Percy and Blackjack in grape vines. Percy escapes and sees Dr. Thorn, who he follows into the National Museum of Natural History with Annabeth's invisibility cap. He sees Dr. Thorn being beaten by "the General" with the use of dinosaur teeth that grow into skeleton warriors. Percy races to tell his friends about these warriors at the National Air and Space Museum, but they are attacked by the Nemean Lion, which they subdue. Apollo takes them to the "junkyard of the gods" in Gila Claw, Arizona, where Percy meets Ares and speaks to Aphrodite, who insists that Percy is deeply in love with Annabeth. Bianca tries to steal a statue and is killed by Talos.

When Percy and his friend are attacked by skeletal warriors at Hoover Dam, Percy is saved by a mortal with the ability to see through the mist, Rachel Elizabeth Dare. Rachel confuses the skeletons and allows Percy and his friends to escape.

At the advice of Apollo, Percy consults Nereus about what the monster is that could destroy Olympus. Nereus says that the monster is Bessie, the Ophiotaurus that Percy saved. Dr. Thorn and his henchmen then ambush the demigods. Dr. Thorn tries to coax Thalia into killing and burning the Ophiotaurus, which would give her the power to kill the gods. Percy, Zoe, and Grover pull her away. They then agree to send the Ophiotaurus to Olympus with Grover, and give Poseidon the skin of the Nemean Lion as an offering. They go to seek the help of Annabeth's father. Going to the Garden of Hesperides, the dragon Ladon poisons Zoe as she tries to help Percy and Thalia cross. They continue up to Mount Orthrys, where Artemis is holding up the sky as part of the Titan's curse. Percy takes the burden as he is prophesized to, and Artemis tricks Atlas into taking the burden back. Annabeth is rescued and Zoe dies. Artemis transforms her into a constellation.

The gods debate whether or not to kill Percy and the Ophiotaurus, but vote for their survival. Bessie will be kept on Olympus. When the group goes back to Camp Half-Blood, Percy tells Nico what happened to his sister, and the boy blames Percy, sending an ambush of skeletal warriors to the Underworld. Percy realizes and tells Annabeth and Grover that Nico is a son of Hades; they vow to keep it a secret.

The Battle of the Labyrinth

Main article: The Battle of the Labyrinth

Percy returns to Camp Half-Blood after being attacked by Empusa cheerleaders. He learns about the labyrinth designed by Daedalus in the palace of King Minos in Crete. He then meets the camp's new sword master Quintus. During a battle drill against giant scorpions, he and Annabeth accidentally find an opening to the labyrinth. Percy learns that Luke used this labyrinth before and is going to use it again to lead his army straight into Camp Half-Blood. They meet privately in the Athena cabin after Annabeth reads the next prophecy, and Percy asks if she is okay. Annabeth cries and holds out her arms for a hug. Percy tells her that she shouldn't worry about whatever she was crying about, unaware that Annabeth believes the prophecy means that Percy will die.

Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and Tyson use the labyrinth to try to find Daedalus, who can prevent Luke from obtaining Ariadne's String, which will help him navigate the maze. They encounter Kampê and free her prisoner and Tyson's idol, Briares the Hekatonkheires. They encounter Hera and battle at the farm of Geryon before they see Nico again, still convinced that Percy killed Bianca. Percy summons the spirit of Bianca, who says that it was not Percy's fault that she died. Nico is convinced and puts his grudge behind him. The next day Percy and his companions attempt to find Hephaestus, believing that he will know the location of Daedalus. Grover feels the presence of Pan, and he and Tyson depart in search of their own quest. After meeting with the god of the forge, Percy and Annabeth travel to Mount St. Helens, where telekhines attack Percy. He and Annabeth have a short argument where he tells her to flee. Annabeth kisses Percy and tells him to be careful before fleeing. Percy causes the volcano to erupt, releasing him from the labyrinth and draining his energy.

When Percy awakens he finds himself on Ogygia with Calypso, who treats his burns and returns him to the mortal world. Percy finds Annabeth and gathers the help of Rachel. As Pan has now died, Grover comes back to help them. They learn that Quintus is Daedalus, Kronos possesses Luke, and Kronos has found out about Nico's divine parent. Luke has already found Ariadne's String, and the whole camp fights his army. Grover saves the day by using a Panic, a power used by Pan. Annabeth tells Percy about the last line of the prophecy.

The Last Olympian

Main article: The Last Olympian

Percy and his friend Beckendorf attempt to destroy Kronos' ship the Princess Andromeda. Kronos remains one step ahead and Beckendorf is killed. Percy falls unconscious but is rescued by Tyson. He finds himself in his father's underwater palace, which is under attack by Oceanus. Percy tries to stay and help his father, but Poseidon sends him back to Camp Half-Blood. Chiron finally tells Percy the Great Prophecy that he is part of, and Percy in turn tells Chiron that there is a spy in the camp. That issue is put aside until the impending Titan war is ended. Percy and Nico leave to discover Nico's plan for Percy's survival. They visit Luke's mother, Percy's mother, and Hestia. Percy's mother gives him a blessing that will allow him to return to the Underworld. Nico betrays Percy for information on his past, but then helps Percy escape confinement. Percy bathes in the River Styx to gain near-immortality.

Percy emerges in New York City, leaving Nico behind and meeting up with Annabeth. The entire camp, minus the Ares cabin (who refuses to fight), and the battle begins. Percy finds that Ethan, a son of Nemesis, would have killed Percy, having hit him in his vulnerable spot, had Annabeth not protected him. Percy tells Annabeth about the River Styx and how Ethan was going to hit him in his vulnerable spot, the small of his back. Percy then falls asleep and dreams of Kronos questioning Ethan about where Percy's vulnerable spot is, but Ethan says that he does not know. Rachel then flies in to New York to tell Percy that she does not know who the hero of the Great Prophecy is, but it is not Percy.

A drakon enters the camp, and a camper posing as Clarisse tries to kill it but is mortally wounded. The real Clarisse comes in and kills it. The fake reveals herself to be Silena Beauregard, who was also the traitor. Meanwhile, Percy and his friends are in a last stand against Kronos, who breaks into the Empire State Building, headquarters of Olympus. Percy and Kronos (in the form of Luke) battle, and Ethan tries to rebel against Kronos. His sword ricochets back into his stomach, killing him. Before dying, Ethan tells Percy that minor gods deserve better. When Annabeth tries to tell Luke about the promise of family, he hits her, sending him back into his non-evil self in shock. He kills himself in shame, destroying the vessel for Kronos and becoming the hero of the prophecy.

Percy turns sixteen that day, and a prophecy stated that the first child of the "Big Three" (Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades), to turn sixteen will either help or hurt the gods. Rachel becomes the next Oracle and tells Percy a new prophecy. New cabins are built for the minor gods. Percy is given the choice to be immortal, but refuses. Percy and Annabeth kiss, and he is praised throughout the camp.

The Heroes of Olympus

The Lost Hero

Main article: The Lost Hero

For the majority of The Lost Hero, Percy is an unseen character. He has now been officially dating Annabeth, but he disappeared around the same time that Jason Grace, a son of Jupiter, first physically appeared. Annabeth searches for him around the city. It is eventually revealed that Jason and Percy were exchanged by Hera to unite the Greek and Roman demigods against Gaea and her giants.

The Son of Neptune

Main article: The Son of Neptune

Percy is one of the three characters in The Son of Neptune whose point of view is told. He begins the novel with amnesia, his only memory being a dim one of Annabeth, and is shortly after attacked by the Gorgons Stheno and Euryale, as Grover killed their sister Medusa in The Lightning Thief. Neither is winning because of Percy's near-immortality and the Gorgons' true immortality. While running away he encounters an old woman named June, who gives Percy a choice: carry her across the Little Tiber, a powerful river, or run away and start a new life. He carries her across the river, which takes away his near-immortality. Across the river, he meets Hazel Levesque, daughter of Pluto, and Frank Zhang, son of Mars. The Gorgons try to cross the river and Percy drowns them. June reveals herself as Hera, and Percy is taken into Camp Jupiter.

During the Camp Jupiter activity of War Games, Percy impresses the crowd with his battle prowess, though they are more Greek than Roman. After the games, one camper is found dead, only to be resurrected soon after. Mars appears and says that "Death has lost its grip". Percy and Frank are selected to free Thanatos, who is captured in Alaska. Frank requests that Hazel comes as well.

On the quest, Percy struggles to regain his memory. On occasion, he can recall things, but not from where they came. His only clear memory is of Annabeth. Frank says that his life force is connected to a piece of wood, and when it burns up completely he will die. When they find Thanatos chained in Alaska, his chains can only be broken by that piece of wood. Percy defends Frank while he uses up his life force freeing Thanatos. Hazel attacks Alcyoneus, the giant born to oppose her father. Thanatos is freed, and the giant is killed with the help of Hazel's horse Arion.

As they go back to Camp Jupiter, Percy regains his memory. He knows that the camp is under attack and leads the Romans into battle with some Camp Half-Blood campers and the Amazons. The Romans' morale is recharged when Percy has recovered the camp's lost standard, which had been missing for years. Percy challenges the giant Polybotes to a duel and calls on Terminus, having been told that only when gods and demigods work together can giants be killed. Percy uses the head of the statue of Terminus as a weapon, killing the giant. They then name Percy a praetor of Camp Jupiter. Just then, demigods from Camp Half-Blood appear in the flying ship Argo II. Percy tells the Camp Jupiter members to hold their fire. He holds hands with Frank and Hazel and approaches the Greeks.

The Mark of Athena

Main article: The Mark of Athena

Percy is seen walking with Hazel and Frank as the Argo II arrives at Camp Jupiter. Annabeth, in order to be reunited with him, comes up with a plan to appease the Roman god of borders, Terminus, and allow them to enter Camp Jupiter. The praetor Reyna, on advice from Percy, allows Annabeth, Piper and Jason to descend from their ship and have a meeting in the camp borders. Discussion over the Great Prophecy appears to go well and Reyna is on the verge of agreeing to cooperate. However Leo, possessed by an eidolon, uses the Argo II's ballistae to fire at Camp Jupiter, causing a fight to break out between the two camps. Jason, Annabeth, Percy, Hazel, Frank and Piper escape to their ship with the Romans following. They begin their journey to the ancient lands, making a few necessary stops and visits to certain gods in the United States before they can leave. After many obstacles, they get to Rome. In Rome, many more monsters attack, with the worst to come. When the demigods of Camp Jupiter realize that Rome was their destination, they resolve to instead go to war with Camp Half-Blood and march toward New York. This, however, is not their only problem. Annabeth, assigned a mission from her mother Athena to recover the Athena Parthenos, must go her own way, and, thus, Percy becomes extremely worried. Furthermore, he still has to face his own problems, including drowning. After he battles with the Aloadae, succeeding by working in unison with Jason and Bacchus, Percy goes on to help Annabeth, even though it has been said that a child of Athena must go alone.

When he first sees her, Annabeth is not in need of any help and could manage herself. When Percy arrives, that changes. Guarding the Athena Parthenos is Arachne, who Annabeth tricks into trapping herself. As Arachne falls into the abyss of Tartarus, which she and the Athena Parthenos were over the void of, she releases silk spider webs, one of which wraps around Annabeth's ankle. Annabeth gets dragged downwards into Tartarus, and Percy desperately holds onto her. When it is clear that it is hopeless for Annabeth to be saved, Percy falls into the hole to Tartarus with Annabeth. The other demigods among the Argo II are stricken with grief and fear the worst for Percy and Annabeth. Nico says, though, that if anyone can make it out of Tartarus alive, it would be Percy. He then says it is especially likely because Annabeth is at his side.

Description

Personality

Perseus has proved himself to be a natural leader, who is brave, spirited, and willing to risk his life for those that he cares about. His sense of humor is sarcastic and intelligent, and his demeanor is laid-back. While he can be intelligent at times, Percy can act unintelligent and absentminded. His prowess has earned him the respect of all Olympians, including Artemis, who dislikes men; Dionysus, who dislikes heroes; and Hades, who dislikes humans.

As part of being a demigod, Percy has a short temper and tends to act before he thinks, which leads to extreme consequences at times. He has always been branded a rebel, and he dislikes being restrained or forced to obey. Since getting his memories taken by Hera and fighting monsters, Percy has developed a "wolf stare" that he believes seems to say, "No matter how bad you think you are, I'm worse." He is also unafraid of the mortal world. He believes that this may be part of Lupa, the Capitoline Wolf's, influence over him when he stayed with her pack.

Percy's friends are mostly misfits and outcasts, and his "fatal flaw", according to Athena, is excessive personal loyalty. She says that he would risk the world and even his own life to save a loved one, or even a stranger. Kronos exploited this trait in Percy Jackson & the Olympians by putting his friends in peril so that Percy would try to save them and be killed in the process. In The Son of Neptune, Mars tells Percy that he believes this loyalty could hinder the completion of the Prophecy of Seven, but Hera states that his fatal flaw will keep the seven together. Hera also mentions that when a daughter of Athena, such as Annabeth, comes to Rome, it will cause trouble.

Appearance

Percy has been described as a fairly tall young man with jet-black hair and bright sea green eyes. His hair had a streak of gray in it from holding the sky to save Annabeth in The Titan's Curse, but this disappears sometime during his disappearance throughout The Lost Hero. Depending on his mood, Percy's eyes may appear to be blue. He gets these appearance traits from his father. Multiple female characters in the series have called him attractive.

While Percy starts the series below average in athletics, he becomes fit and muscular during the course of his training at Camp Half-Blood. After slaying the giant Polybotes, Percy receives a tattoo of a trident and the letters SPQR on the underside of his arm, signifying that he is a full member of the Twelfth Legion Fulminata.

Film portrayal

In the movie Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Percy is portrayed by Logan Lerman.

Abilities

Like most demigods, Percy has ADHD and dyslexia, the former because he is used to battle and quick thinking, and the latter because his brain is meant to understand Ancient Greek and not English. Percy has limited clairvoyance because of his father's unpredictable nature. Sometimes in his visions, Percy is another person, such as Heracles. He has a Greek, unpredictable, singular fighting style and is an expert swordsman. After bathing in the River Styx, Percy was given the curse of Achilles, which he loses when it is swept away in the Little Tiber. In addition, he has an empathy link with his satyr guardian Grover.

Being a son of Poseidon, one of the "Big Three" gods (the others being Zeus and Hades), Percy is more powerful than the children of other gods, and he has a degree of divine authority over his father's domains and subjects. Because he is the son of the god of the sea, Percy is gifted with several water-induced abilities, such as hydrokinesis, a disproportionate amount of superhuman clarity, strength, speed, agility, and endurance in the water, water propulsion, breathing underwater, immunity in water, water solidification, sailing skills, communication with marine animals, aerokinesis of hurricanes and water-related storms, cryokinesis, heat resistance, and healing when in contact with water. Poseidon is also the god of earthquakes, and so Percy can use geokinesis to a moderate degree. Percy has also been given superhuman strength.

Magical Items

Percy's main weapon is Anaklusmos, which he calls Riptide. It is made of celestial bronze and was given to him by Chiron. He first used it against Mrs. Dodds, his pre-algebra teacher, when she turned into an Fury and attacked him. When not in sword form, Riptide appears as a ballpoint pen. It was a weapon of Heracles, who received it from Zoe Nightshade. He also uses javelins with a grappling hook and an explosive setting on occasion.

Percy has several magical items from battles against monsters. The first of these is the horn of the Minotaur, which he obtained after killing the beast, assuming that it had killed his mother. Another is the head of Medusa, which he cut off after killing it. He gave it to his mother, who used its petrifying power to turn her abusive husband Gabe to stone. She then sold it as an art piece. When he killed the Nemean Lion, Percy cut off and obtained its pelt.

Many other magical items were given to Percy as gifts. Daedalus, in the form of Quintus, gave him a Stygian ice whistle, which shatters if it is blown once. His half-brother Tyson gave him a wristwatch that turns into a shield, but it was lost in The Battle of the Labyrinth. Percy's father Poseidon gave him a sand dollar for his fifteenth birthday; he split it in half, giving the halves to the Hudson River and the East River to heal the pollution and have them join the forces of the Olympians. Hermes gave him multivitamins that can prevent or reverse nearly any attack, as well as a thermos of winds. A Nereid gave Percy magical pearls that can transport a person to the sea when smashed. His friend Calypso gifted him with moonlace, which he planted to remember her by. Luke stole talaria from his father Hermes and gave them to Percy. Percy gave them to Grover, but the talaria were a trap and Grover was almost pulled into Tartarus. Prometheus gave him Pandora's pithos, which he later gave to Hestia to give her hope.

Others Percy took or have unknown origins. Percy seized the eagle of the Twelfth Legion of Camp Jupiter, which he used to destroy hundreds of monsters. He used chameleon armor to disguise himself in a short story called "The Bronze Dragon". He took the Golden Fleece from Polyphemus and used it to heal Annabeth before saving Thalia's tree with it. He stole the wings of Daedalus, but they became too damaged and he threw them away.

Relationships

Magical pets and companions

Percy has two magical pets and companions. The first is Blackjack, a Pegasus that Percy liberated in The Sea of Monsters. Since then, Blackjack has become his personal steed and the two can speak to each other, Blacjack repeatedly has to save Percy's life because Percy needs someone as beast as he is to accompany him on quests, Blackjack is quite fond of sugar cubes. The second is Mrs. O'Leary, a pet hellhound that he received from Daedalus before the inventor died in The Battle of the Labyrinth.

Love interests

Annabeth Chase is Percy's primary love interest and eventual girlfriend. Because their divine parents Poseidon and Athena have a rivalry over the city of Athens, they were at ends in The Lightning Thief. Through the series, they grow more fond of each other, and Aphrodite tells Percy that they will have a "tragic love life".

Percy showed jealousy towards Luke Castellan, as Annabeth would get protective and caring towards the son of Hermes. In The Last Olympian, Luke helps Percy realize his true feelings for Annabeth. Annabeth has shown jealousy over the clear-sighted mortal Rachel Elizabeth Dare, but this is solved when Rachel becomes the Oracle. Annabeth has also expressed jealousy towards Calypso.

When Percy disappears in The Lost Hero, it is revealed that he and Annabeth were officially dating, and Annabeth is the first clear memory that Percy develops after Hera takes his memories away. While at Camp Jupiter, Percy sees a possibility of college life and marriage with Annabeth.

Percy has had other, minor love interests. After Percy is stranded on the island of Ogygia, he meets Calypso, who nurses him back to health. She offers to keep him on the island, but he turns her down. It is later revealed that the Furies sent Percy to the island to torment Calypso. While Percy is living in the mortal world, he would spend frequent amounts of time with Racel Elizabeth Dare. Rachel kissed him on one occasion, and Percy never openly stated his feelings about her. When Rachel became the next Oracle, she could not have a relationship.

Friends

Grover Underwood is Percy's best friend. When they both went to Yancy Academy, Percy would protect Grover from bullies. When Percy wakes up at Camp Half-Blood after battling the Minotaur, Grover reveals to Percy that he is a satyr tasked with protecting Percy. In The Sea of Monsters, Grover and Percy build an empathy link and communicate with each other and can pick up on the other's feelings. When Percy vanished in The Lost Hero, Grover gathered a large amount of satyrs to look for him.

Percy has made friends with the other two children of the "Big Three", which would make all three of them half-cousins, as their fathers were brothers. Thalia Grace, the daughter of Zeus, first met him when he healed her tree in The Sea of Monsters and, inadverdently, brought her back to life. Percy felt intimidated by her skill at first, and they acted like brother and sister for most of the series. At the end, when Thalia joins the hunters of Artemis, she hugs him and says, "I am honoring a friend". The son of Hades, Nico di Angelo, began by annoying Percy with his questions. When his sister is killed at the end of The Titan's Curse, Nico blames Percy and refuses to speak to him until Percy channels Bianca to tell Nico that it wasn't Percy's fault. Afterwards, they developed a brotherly relationship.

Percy sometimes has a rocky start to his friendships, but by the end builds mutual respect. Clarisse La Rue began Percy Jackson & the Olympians hating Percy, but in The Sea of Monsters Percy saves Clarisse and sends her ahead with the Golden Fleece, which she appreciates. By the end of the series, they respect each other. Zoe Nightshade, the daughter of Atlas, similarly did not like Percy at the beginning of The Titan's Curse, but came to respect him by her death.

At Camp Jupiter, Percy made friends as well. Throughout The Son of Neptune, Percy and Hazel Levesque build a close friendship. When Octavian blackmailed Hazel, Percy said that he would uncap Riptide if he did anything for her. Hazel kissed Percy on the cheek once, but Percy says it was a sisterly kiss. Reyna is a co-[[praetor] and friend of Percy. She was first bitter towards Percy but changes as The Son of Neptune goes on. She invites Percy to become a praetor before he proves his ability because she says it will draw them closer as "friends", but Percy says that he already has a girlfriend and declines her offer. When he defeats Polybotes with the help of Terminus, he earns the rating praetor and works with Reyna.

Family

Sally Jackson is Percy's mother, and they have a clear, close bond. In The Lightning Thief, when Percy believes that his mother was killed by the Minotaur, he kills the beast in vengeance. It was later discovered that the monster just brought her to Hades. Sally's first husband, Gabe Ugliano, was abusive to her, and Percy called him "Smelly Gabe" for his poor hygiene habits. In The Lightning Thief, Percy sends the head of Medusa to his mother, who uses it to petrify Gabe and sell the resulting statue to a museum. Later in the series, his mother marries Paul Blofis, who Percy is first wary of, but then warms up to. When Sally and Paul finally marry, Percy is happy.

Percy's father is Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. Initially, Percy resented his father, feeling as if he were abandoned, but Percy then learns that Poseidon wanted to stay with him and his mother, but was forbidden to by the other gods. Percy now has a strong feeling of admiration and pride for his father, and he works for approval. Poseidon once called his son a hero greater than Heracles and said that Percy was his favorite son. One of Percy's most important memories is of Poseidon visiting his cradle with a warm glow and smile. Percy also has a half-brother named Tyson, a cyclops, as a result of his father. At first, Percy was ashamed to have a monster as a brother, but he later grew fond of the cyclops after the adventures they had together. It was revealed later that Tyson prayed for a friend to his father, and so Poseidon sent him Percy. He is also related to Frank Zhang, as Frank's maternal ancestors link him to Poseidon.

Other acquaintances

Chiron is a centaur and son of Kronos. He was in charge of Camp Half-Blood for most of the series, with the exception being The Sea of Monsters, when he was temporarily fired, blamed for poisoning Thalia's tree. When Percy went to Yancy Academy, Chiron posed as a crippled Latin teacher named Mr. Brunner. Mr. Brunner became Percy's favorite teacher. It was Chiron who gave Percy Anaklusmos, and the centaur tried to clear Percy's name in The Lightning Thief when he was blamed for stealing Zeus's lightning bolt. When Percy went missing in The Lost Hero, Chiron became pained, having raised Percy into a hero.

Luke Castellan, the son of Hermes, was Percy's rival in Percy Jackson & the Olympians. In The Lightning Thief, Percy thought of Luke as a friend and mentor figure, but by the end of the book Luke revealed that he was the true lightning thief and sent a scorpion to kill Percy. In The Sea of Monsters, Percy tricks Luke into revealing that he was behind the poisoning of Thalia's tree, proving Chiron's innocence. In The Titan's Curse, Luke is knocked over a cliff, but Annabeth tells Percy that he is still alive. In The Battle of the Labyrinth, Percy witnesses Luke's body becoming a vessel for Kronos, and Luke has Percy fight a giant. In The Last Olympian, it is revealed that Luke feared Percy for his power, and Luke kills himself, destroying the vessel for Kronos, after hurting Annabeth. Percy had expressed jealousy for Annabeth's affection towards Luke, although she saw Luke as more of a brother.

Octavian is a relative of Apollo, although not a first-generation demigod, who reads the auguries at Camp Jupiter. He becomes Percy's rival in The Heroes of Olympus. When Percy first comes to camp in The Son of Neptune, Octavian believes that he is a spy for Gaea. At the end of the book, when Percy becomes a praetor, Octavian thinks that his chances of becoming one were stolen and accuses Percy of leading the Greeks to Camp Jupiter for an attack. In addition, Octavian blackmails Hazel Levesque, leading Percy to be on guard in case he needs to kill.

External links

• Official Percy Jackson Site
• Official Percy Jackson UK Site