Percy Jackson
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Percy Jackson is a fictional character in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.
Character Background
Percy Jackson is a half-blood and is the son of Poseidon in the fictional series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In The Lightning Thief, he is twelve and this is where he realizes that he is a half-blood. His mom, Sally Jackson, drives him to Camp Half-Blood where he meets Annabeth, Luke, Chiron and Grover, whom he knows from the school he used to be. Then,in The Sea of Monsters, he meets his half brother Tyson who is a cyclops, and goes on an adventure with Annabeth, Grover, and Tyson. At the end, Thalia who used to be a tree turned back to her normal self. In The Titan's Curse, Percy, his friends Grover and Annabeth, go to help two new half-bloods but are cornered by a monster and Annabeth is captured. The goddess, Artemis, promises to find Annabeth and a mysterious monster she is hunting, but she too is captured. Percy, Grover and two of Artemis' hunters go on a quest to save Annabeth and Artemis. Eventually, Percy manages to save Annabeth but is left wondering whether the Titan army is beginning to get to strong. In The Battle of the Labyrinth, The threat from the Titan army becomes even worse and Percy has to navigate the mysterious Labyrinth if he is to save Camp Half-Blood. He enlists the help of a mortal girl, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, on account of her ability to see through the mist. This cause some friction between Percy and his friend Annabeth as she is jealous of Rachel.In the end, Percy manages to save Camp Half-Blood but Luke Castellan, his enemy, imbibes the sprit of the Titan, Kronos. The end of the book leaves Percy inviting in his fellow half-blood, Nico diAngelo for blue cake.
Powers
Percy has many powers relating to the sea including: breathing underwater, controlling the sea currents, talking with horses, and interacting with sea animals. He can also control any kind of water wherever there is any. In book 4 he even created an earthquake which resulted in a volcano erupting.