Leo Valdez

She summons a powerful satyr, which happened to be Grover, to help them. He was apparently at Palm Springs, California and ate something he wasn't supposed to. He's not very happy about being summoned in a tomato patch in Indianapolis. The Tower of Nero After Percy and Annabeth celebrate graduating high school, he goes with them to the west coast. The Sun and the Star Nico di Angelo and Will Solace contact Grover before their quest to Tartarus. Appearance Grover is described as a tall satyr with curly brown hair, brown eyes, horns, a wispy beard, acne, and hairy brown goat legs. Due to Grover being the satyr equivalent of a teenage boy, Grover goes through a puberty-like process of physical development throughout the books, which is notably shown through the growth of his horns that grow like a goat's do. By the time of The Last Olympian, his horns and goat fur have grown long enough to where he has stopped wearing a cap and jeans to pass as human. His goatee also grows fuller as the series progresses, being described as "almost manly" by Percy. He described Grover as having a bad case of acne in The Sea of Monsters, and he mentioned it had flared up in The Battle of the Labyrinth, presumably due to his heightened stress of finding Pan. When under the effects of Beast Breath, Grover's lower half (temporarily) became human. Personality Grover is usually cheerful and upbeat, yet he chews on things when he's nervous, adding to his role of glutton. Some habits of his include chewing on furniture, clothing, biting his nails, and tugging at his goatee or his leg fur. He cries when he is upset, which makes him an easy target for bullies. The official Read Riordan website describes him as "a clumsy (albeit big-hearted) mess." Grover can often be seen underestimating himself, or acting too modest--when in reality, he has gartered the admiration of many others and has proved to be an extremely loyal friend and handy satyr to have around. He can be philosophical at times, according to Percy, but is also a really bad liar as proven in The Lightning Thief. Despite succumbing to cowardice at times, he has shown an overall resilient character and is extremely loyal to his friends, especially Percy. He's a vegetarian and an environmentalist, as he has an obsession with coffee (due to feeling the presence of Pan in New Mexico while drinking it), tin cans, and cheese enchiladas, and also hates zoos. Irrational Fears Grover is afraid of many things. He is most terrified of: • Underground places (which smell of death and monsters) • Cyclopes (which is why he initially did not get along well with Tyson.) It was also mentioned that he has leporiphobia (fear of rabbits) and describes them as "big bullies who always steal celery from defenseless satyrs." This might have stimulated a fear of magicians as well; during his first encounter with the titan Prometheus, he notes his magician-like appearance and says he hates them because they usually have rabbits. He is also terrified of Dionysus, Juniper's anger, and ghosts. Being a satyr, Grover has many natural abilities that most other satyrs possess. Due to receiving power from Pan as he faded, Grover also possesses at least one ability that is unique to himself due to Grover inheriting it from the god. He also admits in The Last Olympian that his other natural abilities seemed to have increased greatly. In The Burning Maze, Apollo notes that Grover is supposed to possess great power, although Apollo hadn't seen it for himself yet. In Wrath of the Triple Goddess, Grover is able to literally ground himself in nature to connect with every living thing in Manhattan aside from humans which is very powerful magic that Grover can only perform because he's one of the Cloven Elders. • Goat Legs: He is able to run very fast and climb up mountain edges with ease. However, he is a slow walker when in disguised as a human, probably due to the inadequate fitting of human shoes. • Enhanced Smell: Grover has a very strong sense of smell. He is able to tell when monsters, gods, demigods, or other creatures are nearby. This ability does not work underground, as everything smells the same to him there. ◦ Labyrinth Navigation: Grover's sense of smell allows him to navigate the Labyrinth to a degree, though not as well as a clear-sighted mortal. In The Battle of the Labyrinth, Grover finds a path leading to Pan, although he and Tyson wander for days chased by the Titan Army before finally finding Pan. In The Burning Maze Pipes , Grover is able to act as a guide for Apollo and Meg through the Labyrinth although it proves to be slow going. • Woodland Magic: Grover is very skilled in woodland magic, being able to use it in many ways. This is mostly directed by using his reed pipes. ◦ Plant Control: With his magic, he can control plants in a multitude of ways, making them contort and wrap around his enemies. In The Last Olympian, Grover was even able to make grass grow on the floor of the Olympians' Throne Room. ◦ Animal Control: He can control animals to a certain extent. ◦ Healing: He can use it for healing purposes. ◦ Grounding: As seen in Wrath of the Triple Goddess, Grover is literally able to ground himself in nature, covering himself in the ground, squirrels, and one rat who was apparently adopted by the squirrels. In this state, Grover is able to connect with every living thing in Manhattan aside from humans to find information on Gale the polecat. Doing so exhausts Grover who admits that it's very powerful magic and he can only perform it because Grover is one of the Cloven Elders. If done wrong, connecting with nature on that level could cause Grover to dissolve into nothing. • Zoolingualism: He can talk to animals. • Empathy Link: He is able to make an Empathy Link with others. This is a very difficult and dangerous spell to cast, as it binds the user with the target. He currently has a link with Percy Jackson. ◦ Dream Communication: With this, the two beings linked together can talk to each other in dreams, as seen in The Sea of Monsters. ◦ Mutual Emotional Insight: They can feel each other's emotions. They can also tell when they are close by. Hence, Percy was able to summon Grover to his side in The Titan's Curse, to help him fight Dr. Thorn. ◦ If one dies, the other might die as well. However, they may just go into a vegetative state. • Wilderness survival: As a satyr, Grover is quite adept at surviving out in the wild, and in The Mark of Athena remembers a "silly" wilderness survival course that Grover once taught her at camp, which no longer seems so silly and even helps her to reach the Athena Parthenos. • Panic Cry: As seen in The Battle of the Labyrinth, Grover can use Panic to instill fear into enemies, a gift from Pan himself. It creates a horrible fear in you that urges you to flee. In The Burning Maze, Grover uses it to scare off strixes. However, using it leaves Grover shaken and he admits that it wasn't an intentional use of the ability which Grover hasn't used in a long time. Apollo is surprised as he had only ever seen Pan using Panic before. • Emotional Insight: Grover is very good at reading other people's emotions. • Satyr's Sanctuary: This is a spell that will protect animals until they find a safe place to live, which he uses on several escaped animals in The Lightning Thief. • Decelerated Aging: As a satyr, Grover ages at half the rate of a mortal. In The Chalice of the Gods, Percy suspects that this might be the result of Hebe, the goddess of youth, sponsoring daycare centers for satyrs. • Reed Pipes: This is Grover's most used tool. With this, he can channel most of his woodland magic. He can also use his reed pipes to bring things to life, like electrical lines he used to fight Talos. It is mentioned in The Lightning Thief that two of the only songs he knows how to play on his reed pipes are "So Yesterday" by Hilary Duff and Mozart's Concerto No. 12. At the beginning of the series, his reed pipe music is so bad it makes the strawberry plants try to strangle people, but by the end of the series, he can play multiple tunes (which came in handy multiple times). It is said in The Demigod Files that his favorite song to play is Muskrat Love. Dating Juniper—a dryad nymph. • Tin Cans: Grover's primary physical weapon. Grover uses his tin cans to throw at opponents. Grover likes to eat his tin cans as a snack. • Acorns: When using woodland magic, Grover can use acorns and nuts to sense danger, having the acorns display the people nearby, as well as possible enemies. • Winged Shoes (formerly): In The Lightning Thief, Luke gifts Percy his winged shoes, but Percy instead gives them to Grover (fearing Zeus would smite him). Grover uses the shoes to ambush Medusa and save Percy and Annabeth from a long fall in Waterland. In the Underworld, however, the winged shoes began dragging Grover towards Tartarus and he couldn't get them to stop, but he managed to escape. Luke reveals that the cursed shoes were supposed to drag Percy and the Master Bolt straight to Kronos, but neither expected Percy would hand the shoes to Grover. Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano is a Roman demigod, the daughter of Bellona, and the younger sister of the current Queen of the Amazons, Hylla. She is a former praetor of Camp Jupiter, and is currently a Hunter of Artemis. History Early Life Even though Reyna and her elder sister, Hylla, were the first children of Bellona in their family, millennia ago, Bellona declared that that her family would play pivotal roles in many battles. Some of Reyna's ancestors were heroes and some were villains. Her ancestors originated from Spain when it was a Roman province, and one of her ancestors was a conquistador who came to Puerto Rico with Poncé de Leon. One was Pirate Cofresí, a pirate who had gunshot wounds in his chest. Reyna's family villa was built with money from treasure he buried. Reyna's great great uncle was the first Latino submarine commander in World War Two. Eventually, Bellona fell in love with Reyna's father, Julian Ramírez-Arellano, a soldier in Iraq. He was a good soldier, charming and very gentle before Reyna was born. Bellona blessed Julian, but it wasn't enough for him. He wanted her to be his wife. Julian dedicated himself completely to Bellona and managed to win her heart. Reyna's sister, Hylla, was born before he went back to Iraq for his last tour of duty. He was honorably discharged and came home a hero. Soon after he came home, Bellona visited him one last time and gave him a glimpse of the future. She explained why his family was so important to her and that Rome would never fall as long as his bloodline remained. She meant to be reassuring but Julian fixated on those words and it began his downward spiral. Reyna was conceived during that visit. Childhood in Puerto Rico Reyna loved her home in Puerto Rico, even though she began to fear it as she got older. She loved the sound of Coquí frogs in her neighborhood and the smell of the ocean and magnolia and citrus trees. She and Hylla would walk down the Calle San Jose, counting cats and making stories for each one. She also loved to go to Plaza de Armas and watch old men play dominos. Reyna and Hylla lived in a huge estate with big white steps devoid of decoration. Their furniture was made of oak, steel, and leather. In her main room, there were terraces, which made her feel like she was being watched. Her father did everything he could to make their hacienda look like a modern home, adding skylights and painting everything white to make it bigger and brighter, but it still felt old. Her neighborhood had cats on the street, banana trees, crumbling pastel houses, and cobblestone. Her father changed during Reyna's childhood, and suffered from PTSD. He couldn't stop thinking about the war and he had constant chronic pain from a roadside bomb that left shrapnel in his shoulder. He became paranoid and thought Bellona's words meant that their bloodline would die and that Rome would fall. He saw enemies everywhere and began collecting weapons, turning their house into a fortress. He was unable to adjust to civilian life. Reyna and Hylla would sometimes be able to escape from their father. They would hide in the fireplace and imagine that they could travel to places from there. On Sunday afternoons, they could escape to Barrachina's kitchen, where the staff would take pity on them and let them eat in the kitchen. However, Julian would lock Reyna and Hylla in their room at night, and if they snuck out, he would yell and throw furniture at them. He even became convinced that Reyna and Hylla were the enemies, spying and trying to undermine him. Ghosts began appearing and whispering to Julian, confirming his suspicions. They would watch Reyna from the terraces in her living room. Eventually, Julian became a Mania, with only his worst qualities remaining. Hylla would try her best to protect Reyna. One day, after they snuck out, when Reyna was ten, Julian was so angry he was glowing. He couldn't touch things anymore and learned how to move things like a poltergeist. He tore up the floor tiles and ripped open the sofa. He then threw a chair at Hylla, knocking her out. Reyna lost it and thought she was dead. Reyna grabbed Pirate Cofresí's saber and used it to vaporize her father. After she killed him, ghosts appeared at Reyna and taunted her, telling her she can never flee her crime, calling her a murderer and a traitor. When Hylla woke up, Reyna and Hylla finally escaped. Life On Circe's Island Reyna and Hylla eventually ended up on Circe's island. Circe treated them well and gave Hylla pet leopards and a good health plan. While Hylla was a clerk, Reyna did people's hair and makeup. Both helped turn men into guinea pigs. Reyna learned about the Mark of Athena while there, when a man washed up on the island talking about the Mark of Athena. The man muttered about how he ended up in Rome and saw the giants bane before they turned him into a guinea pig. Reyna spent enough time on Circe's island to know and recognize Charmspeak. Reyna was one of the female attendants on Circe's Island (also known as C.C Spa and Resort) when Annabeth Chase and Percy Jackson first arrived (as revealed in The Mark of Athena), she brushed Annabeth's hair and helped with her makeover. She was on Circe's island because her sister Hylla had wanted to protect her. After Annabeth accidentally freed Blackbeard and his crew of pirates using Hermes' Multivitamins, they captured Reyna and Hylla and took the sisters with them as they left the island. Kidnapped by pirates During their months long time with Blackbeard, Reyna and Hylla endured a lot from the pirates and learned to be tough, otherwise they would have been killed. Their time with the pirates was when they learned they were good with weapons, and Reyna learned how to use two blades, which came in handy when facing Eidolons in Pompeii. Hylla eventually saved Reyna's life by making the pirates respect and fear her. After a while, Hylla dueled for their freedom and made the crew so afraid of her that they dropped her and Reyna off in California, just so she wouldn't take over the ship. Reyna and Hylla eventually parted ways, with Hylla joining the Amazons and Reyna going to the Wolf House. Lupa taught her how to sleep lightly, wake up alert, and be ready for an attack. Life at Camp Jupiter Reyna made it to Camp Jupiter and joined the Twelfth Legion Fulminata, being a part of it for four years. It is unknown what cohort she was in, but she eventually became Praetor. But Reyna was never a Centurion. Instead, she went straight from Legionnaire to Praetor. While Reyna was praetor, Bryce Lawrence was suspected of killing his own Centurion. Reyna was disgusted by Bryce. Reyna knew he killed his centurion and wanted to prove it, but due to the lack of evidence and the power of Bryce's family, he was only expelled from camp. During her time at Camp, Reyna became close friends with Jason Grace, a son of Jupiter from the Fifth Cohort. Reyna and Jason bonded over Diocletian and both made a pact that if they ever crossed the Mare Nostrum, even though it was forbidden, they would go to Dalmatia, Diocletian's childhood home. Jason knew Reyna's last name, which she barely used, but Reyna hated when he tried to say it, telling him that it was the name of a girl who she left in Puerto Rico. Reyna developed romantic feelings for Jason as they grew up together in Camp Jupiter. Reyna's romantic feelings for Jason got stronger over the years. Eventually, when Jason and Reyna were praetors, she believed they had a future together. When Reyna and Jason were fourteen, they went to Charleston, South Carolina for a quest to salvage imperial gold torpedoes from the C.S.S Hunley. The two went to the battery and they saw something in the park. They thought it was a Southern Belle from the civil war, but every time they tried to approach it, it disappeared. Reyna decided to go talk to the ghost alone. When she approached it, it turned out to be Venus. Venus told her that no demigod will heal her heart, and she will not find love where she wished or hoped. Reyna felt like Venus thought she was broken and needed romantic healing, but she knew she wasn't broken. When she came back, she was shaken, and never acted the same about Jason. When she came back to Camp Jupiter, everyone knew what Venus had said except for Jason, and they gossiped about her, giving her pitiful looks and giving her advice on who she should date. Post Second Titanomachy After Reyna and Jason defeated the Titan Krios, Jason became praetor of Camp Jupiter. Reyna watched as Jason was lifted on his shield and declared praetor. They were only co-praetors for a few months, but Reyna thought given time, they may have began dating. Before Jason went missing, Reyna was the last person he spoke to in private. After he went missing, Octavian gathered support and tried to become the replacement praetor for Jason. A month after they defeated Krios, two demigods, Hazel Levesque and Nico di Angelo arrived at Camp Jupiter. Nico demanded that she let Hazel into the legion and told her that he was an ambassador of Pluto. Reyna was skeptical of two children of Pluto arriving and reluctantly let Nico be ambassador of Pluto, though she never knew what to do with him when he visited. She knew he lied about where he came from and was very suspicious of him. She also didn't listen to him when he told her about the Gigantes rising. As for Hazel, she was also suspicious of her and heard rumors about where she came from. Reyna eventually promoted Hazel to legionnaire after she saved Dakota from a stampede. A month before Percy arrived at Camp, Frank Zhang arrived at Camp and apologized about the actions of his ancestor, Shen Lun. Reyna accepted his apology and told him she didn't judge people on their past, she judged them on their own merits. She let him into the Fifth Cohort and made him Probatio, but told him to not discuss his past with the others or else the campers would treat him badly. The Heroes of Olympus The Lost Hero When parts of Jason's memory comes back to him, he remembers Reyna as someone really close to him and a good friend and leader, which makes him question how he feels about Piper McLean, who later became his girlfriend. It would have been around this time that Reyna was pestered by Octavian to hold elections for a new Praetor. She eventually agreed, but only at the Feast of Fortuna. While Octavian began to gain support using bribes and blackmail, Reyna started looking for a suitable substitute for Jason. Camp Jupiter Classified: A Probatio's Journal As she is in her office, Claudia, a Probatio in the Fourth Cohort, emerges from a passage way into a aqueduct saying she was lost and shows her a full trash bag. The daughter of Bellona then tells her to leave. About a week later she and Frank break up a fight between the first and third cohorts after a couple from the first broke into the Bathhouse for a date to find it filled with dead rats and accused the lifeguard, from the third who had a crush on the girl, of putting them there. They listened to both sides and had both clean up the dead rats. The following day she and Frank cancel the afternoon march to investigate the decompostible bags after they break and animal droppings rain down on the camp. That night during the gladiator matches, the Colosseum floods and she, Frank, and the centurions investigate who the culprit is. The following day after the camp is called to assemble and are ambushed by the ballistas on the watch tower and the camp’s supplies of Ambrosia and Nectar vanished. She and Frank investigative the incidents. After going over the evidence they deduce that Claudia is behind everything and she wants to bring the legacy of Mercury before the Senate but Frank convinces the daughter of Bellona to wait until they have sufficient evidence. A day or two later she tails the legacy of Mercury and reveals herself to Claudia as she sneaks into the aviary. She asks Claudia why she should not arrest her right then and their and she says she has information concerning the fate of camp. When she finds the son of Mars, Blaise and Janice tell them everything and they hear Claudia out. When Frank asks if others are involved she has them come in and she complaints the probatio’s loyalty and approves the plan, only substituting Aquila with Frank. The Hidden Oracle Nico mentions the daughter of Bellona, saying that she and Frank are busy running the Twelfth Legion Fulminata and Camp Jupiter. The Dark Prophecy Leo mentions her when wondering how the Romans will react to him. The Burning Maze She is revealed to help Apollo escape death if she can open the doorway of the soundless god, Leo also mentions that Reyna survived Caligula’s attack on Camp Jupiter. The Tyrant's Tomb Reyna and Frank Zhang greet Apollo and Meg McCaffrey as they bring Jason’s coffin to camp with Hazel Levesque, Lavinia Asimov, and Don. After learning of Jason‘s sacrifice, she and Frank announce a state funeral and to complete Jason’s plans for Temple Hill by the weekend. The two allow Apollo and Meg to stay as guests. During Jason’s funeral, she encourages Apollo to perform the funeral rites. As they are able to light the pyre, Lupa arrives and asks to speak to Apollo alone. When he returns he says he will tell her and Frank about at the Senate meeting the following day. As she takes roll call at the senate house, she calls out Lavinia for talking while she is and chewing gum. After hearing that they can call the gods for help if they find Tarquin's tomb, she and Frank approve a quest. The following day, she and Frank learn that in order to have the gods help them, they need to sacrifice one and inform Meg and Apollo. They specify that it has to be the soundless god, and Apollo theorizes that he is blacking out communications between demigods. She suggests a senate meeting, but Frank uses emergency powers to send her, Meg, and Apollo to find the soundless god. Apollo meets her and Meg just outside camp when Hazel and Frank pull up in a red pickup truck that she drives to Sutro Tower. She talks fondly about Thalia Grace and the Hunters of Artemis along the way. When they arrive and hike up to the tower, she asks Apollo why he acts strange around her. He tells her what Venus told him and suggests they start dating, she laughs and rejects him. When they reach the base, she and her dogs inspect the station and find it abandoned. She, Apollo, and Meg start to climb the tower and are attacked by a conspiracy of ravens as they near the second platform. She and Meg scold Apollo for punishing them for telling him that his pregnant girlfriend was cheating on him and having her killed. When Apollo scares them away by singing Dean Martin as badly as he can, they continue. When they reach the platform, they find a shipping container that cancels out all sound close to it. Apollo finds out it is the Ptolemic God, Harpocrates, and that he wants Apollo vaporized. She and Meg chastise Apollo for bullying him and think of ways to open the door. She uses her empowerment ability to allow Apollo to rip through the chains, and it succeeds. The three collapses when Harpocrates show them his memories of Apollo bullying him, in response, she shows him her memories of the recent battle. Apollo tells her and Meg to destroy the fasces, ceremonial axes used to represent status, of Commodus and Caligula to both free the silence god and weaken the emperors. When they do Harpocrates tries to vaporize Apollo, but they saved him by showing memories of how much he changed. After the silence god and The Oracle of Cumae leave the world, the three hear the ravens returning. They fight them off, with a raven giving her a bald spot, and notice it is sunset and that the emperors have reached San Francisco Bay. Meg creates a beanstalk to get down faster, but she passes out and Reyna and Apollo carry the daughter of Demeter to the truck and hit traffic. Reyna and Apollo talk about him forming a consciousness and asks him to contact Frank via a scroll in the glove compartment. They succeed and find the son of Mars in Caldecott Tunnel preparing something with the legion before they lose connection. They soon hit a roadblock and the daughter of Bellona drives through. Meg wakes up just as an Eurynomos attacks and Reyna has her and Apollo drive for her. When she stabs it, Apollo feels pain and swerves off the road. She is next seen with a broken leg and grimacing in pain with Aurum and Argentum guarding her. When Lavinia Asimov arrives with a group of nature spirits who splinted her leg, Reyna scolds Lavinia for desertion. She tries to sit up, but is in pain and is eased down again. She is then knocked out with nature magic before she can say more and carried away when they leave. According to Lavinia, she woke up just in time to provide Lavinia's crew with the power of Bellona in order to invade Caligula's yachts. After the battle, she hobbles over on crutches to confirm Lavinia destroying the Julia Drusilla Yachts was her idea. After the mass funeral a few days later, she walks up to Apollo and Thalia Grace, asking Apollo to walk with her to the Senate House and tells the daughter of Zeus she accepts her offer. As they walk, she says that she has always been pressured into being in a relationship and what Venus said really upset her, and that Apollo’s proposal made her realize this. At the senate meeting, she resigns from the legion to join the Hunters of Artemis and agrees to have Hazel Levesque to take her place. In the morning she and Thalia say their goodbyes to Apollo and Meg before setting out to find the Teumessian Fox. The Tower of Nero After becoming a god again, Apollo visits the Waystation where Reyna and the Hunters of Artemis are having just finished yet another unsuccessful hunt for the Teumessian Fox and taken a beating in the process. Reyna tells Apollo that she has no regrets at all about joining the Hunters and Thalia Grace states that Reyna makes a great Hunter just as Thalia knew she would. Later, Reyna passes by as Apollo in talking to Leo Valdez about Calypso. Reyna comments that she had to correct Leo on some of his behavior towards Calypso and about having more respect towards women. Reyna tells Apollo that Leo grew up without a mom and so never learned these things, but he now has two foster moms and a big sister who isn't afraid to smack him when he gets out of line. Reyna flicks Leo in the cheek and tells him to cheer up that Calypso will come around because Leo is a doofus sometimes, but has a heart of Imperial Gold. Appearance Percy describes Reyna in The Son of Neptune as being about sixteen, with piercing black eyes, glossy black hair worn in a single braid, and brown skin. She is often described as having a regal and gorgeously beautiful appearance of Puerto Rican descent and described as having a gaze as if she could take on any challenge. Percy noticed that the worry lines around her eyes made her look older than she probably was, he also describes her as having the 'poise of a sword fighter', relaxed yet vigilant as if she was ready to spring into action at any moment. Like all the demigods in Camp Jupiter, she has SPQR branded on her forearm with four bar lines and a crossed sword and torch, the symbol of her mother Bellona. Being a praetor, Reyna wears a regal purple toga decorated with gold medals over her own Imperial Gold armor, which she wears regularly. In The Blood of Olympus, when Athena gifts her with a portion of her own Aegis, Reyna's purple cloak glitters "as if woven through with filaments of Imperial Gold." In The Tyrant's Tomb, Apollo says that Reyna is beautiful and imposing and has eyes as piercing as an eagle's. She wears a ponytail swept over her shoulder like a horsewhip. She is even so beautiful that Apollo stops dead in his tracks and is shocked at how beautiful she is. Once she becomes a Hunter of Artemis, she gains the natural silver aura and eternal youth. She is also described as a tall, intimidating, and authoritative young woman with a powerful aura. She often wears her Aegis cloak in a sweater wrap that it can transform into and wears armor as normally as someone wearing t-shirt and shorts. Personality Reyna is a very strong-willed person. She is very strict with the members of the Twelfth Legion and doesn't like to be questioned. However, the reason she is so strict is because she is determined to protect her family after what happened on C.C.'s Spa and Resort. Because of her past, she does her best to be stoic, doesn't show any signs of weakness around others, and keeps up her mature public image to keep up the moral of the camp. She feels that if she ever appears nervous or scared, her emotions will cause the camp to worry as well. Hence, even though she was very much changed by the Giant War at the end of The Blood of Olympus, her exterior doesn't show it, according to Piper McLean. Reyna is distrustful and dubious of new people or people she feels aren't honest with her, though she becomes slightly more relaxed and friendly with people she trusts and cares about. After Percy tells her his story and her dogs don't attack him (as he didn't lie), she tells him about her past and that she is worried about her sister. However, as Leo notes, Reyna isn't known for being a forgiving person, as she still dislikes him with a fierce passion, even though he didn't intentionally attack Camp Jupiter, though she eventually forgave him for it. When Jason returns to Camp Jupiter with his girlfriend Piper McLean, this hurts Reyna, but she does her best not show it. It isn't until the Argo II fires on Camp Jupiter that Reyna starts to lose hope. Jason, the hero Reyna had a crush on for years, fell in love with a different girl at another camp. Having felt betrayed by Jason, leading the camp by herself again, Reyna lost hope that anything could go right for her ever again and felt utterly alone. Outwardly, she still projects the image of a confident, fearless leader; internally, she is tired and weary, as noted by Jason during his vision of her meeting with Rachel and Grover. Despite her internal feelings, she still musters the courage to travel across the Mare Nostrum to meet with Jason and the Argo II. Then retrieve the Athena Parthenos to save both Camp Jupiter and Camp Half-Blood, while sacrificing her Pegasus Scipio and potentially sacrificing her rank as well for the good of both camps. Reyna has a softer side as well, and hates to see others experience internal turmoil, and was therefore determined to support Nico throughout their journey together, after feeling his tremendous internal pain. She is also very accepting of others, and, much to Nico's surprise, Reyna, while very surprised, doesn't judge him after finding out about his crush on Percy and seeing a horrifying display of Nico's rage. Reyna's unconditional acceptance was what most likely gave Nico the courage to finally come out to a very surprised Percy and Annabeth shortly thereafter. She also makes sure to acknowledge his role in saving both camps after Gaea's defeat, which helps Nico finally become accepted by them properly. She also shows to have a sense of humor from time-to-time. She hates people using her full name - "Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano". Jason said it once trying to pronounce it and Reyna shot him a murderous look.[1] She feels as if she left that name behind when she left Puerto Rico as a young girl, as it brings back too many unpleasant memories pertaining to her abusive father. Despite showing herself as a cold and unfriendly person, Reyna is extremely selfless, caring, loving, and compassionate, like caring deeply about and comforting Nico and her people. She is often seen putting her people's needs before her own, always being willing to put her life on the line for others, sparing Annabeth and allowing her to escape, crossing the Mediterranean Sea alone to help the Seven, jumping on Orion's bomb to protect the Pegasi, Athena Parthenos, and passengers on the boat, lending her strength to others despite the pain and stress it puts on her, accepting people of any past experiences or sexuality, and always putting other people before herself. Pegasus even states he was touched by Reyna's compassion towards her pegasus, Scipio. Reyna is also a very brave and courageous character, as stated by many characters and shown through her noble and heroic feats and even gaining the blessings of two war goddesses, something no other character has ever accomplished. She's also intelligent, inventive, and quick-witted as shown by her knowledge of mythology, expertise with leading a city, and when she taped silver coins to her sword when confronted by Lycaon and his wolf pack. She was also able to cross the Mediterranean Sea in only three days with nothing but the armor on her back and her Pegasus while the Seven took weeks to do so with the Argo II. Abilities ADHD: Like most demigods, Reyna possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that she uses to analyze the fighting style of her opponent. Dyslexia: Reyna may be dyslexic, which makes her brain "hardwired" for Latin instead of modern languages. Spanish: Reyna can fluently converse in Spanish, being Puerto Rican by birth. Fighting Skills: As a daughter of Bellona, Reyna is naturally skilled in swordsmanship and in hand-to-hand combat. She is very proficient in fighting with her spear and knife and was able to hold her own against the Giant Polybotes, though with the help of Scipio. Reyna was skilled enough to fight off all the monsters across the Atlantic to the journey to the Mare Nostrum. From her time with pirates, Reyna noted that she learned several tricks from them, including fighting with two weapons when fending of an army of earthen ghosts. Her skill is such, that she was able to incapacitate Thalia Grace even while tied to a chair. When aided by the power of Athena and Bellona, Reyna ultimately defeated the very formidable Giant Orion. She has shown that she is skilled with a sword, a javelin, a dagger, and an expert in hand-to-hand combat. She is a prodigious sword-fighter and combatant. Superhuman Strength: Being a demigod, Reyna is stronger than the average mortal as shown when she knocked aside Lycaon's overgrown wolves with ease with her knife. Superhuman Agility: Being a demigod, Reyna is more agile than the average mortal as shown when she used her javelin to launch herself up like a pole-vaulter with ease, and flipped around Orion's bow. Superhuman Durability: Being a demigod, Reyna is more durable than the average mortal as shown when she survived many monster attacks during her trip across the Mediterranean Sea. Superhuman Stamina: Being a demigod, Reyna has a higher stamina than the average mortal as shown when she was able to go three days without rest and while constantly hit by monster attacks during her trip across the Mediterranean Sea. Superhuman Reflexes: Being a demigod and a daughter of a war goddess, Reyna's reflexes are faster than an average mortal, being able to fight off many monsters with two weapons and use her javelin as a pole vault. Intelligence: Reyna is shown to have a higher than average intelligence, leading New Rome and the Twelfth Legion by herself for months, taping silver coins to her sword with fighting against wolves who are resistant to all metals except silver, and making many strategies for Camp Jupiter and the Twelfth Legion. Leadership: Reyna has shown prodigious leadership skills as the former Praetor of New Rome and being able to lead her people for eight months alone when Jason went missing. Throughout this, no one but Octavian has ever questioned or insulted Reyna's leadership skills, wanted another leader, or wavered to their loyalty, even after she was stripped of her role as Praetor by crossing the Mare Nostrum. Reyna is a prominent leader as Camp Jupiter and New Rome never wavered, fell, or failed under her rule, nor has she. Willpower: Reyna has an immense will-power shown when she was able to go three days with no rest and against many monster attacks, put her Pegasus out of his misery after he was attacked by gryphons, go months working a two-person job alone without wavering, always put on the face of a confident, brave leader despite how tired and weary she was inside, and always push forward without complaint and little rest. Telumkinesis: As a daughter of Bellona, Reyna is a natural weapons expert, understanding how to use weapons faster than most other demigods, and has a degree of magical control over them. Odikinesis: As a daughter of Bellona, Reyna has control and influence over the emotions of war, such as anger, hatred, fear, and panic. Necromancy (limited): As a daughter of Bellona, Reyna can summon the losing undead soldiers from any war. Being in the rank of Praetor, Reyna can control dead ghosts and skeletons of ancient Roman Legionnaires, as shown in The Blood of Olympus when she used them to help her, Nico, and Coach Hedge fending off earthen ghosts. Empowerment: Reyna can share her strength and courage with others, as she does multiple times with Nico di Angelo in The Blood of Olympus. But she does not like to do so, since Reyna feels they will think that she is controlling them. It is more effective in large groups, being best described as "strength in numbers". As a side-effect, she feels any emotions of those she grants strength to. Her tattoo glows and burns when she uses this ability.