Percy Jackson

Perseus "Percy" Jackson[1] is the eighteen-year-old Greek demigod son of Poseidon and Sally Jackson. He is the main protagonist and narrator of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and one of the main characters of The Heroes of Olympus series. He is the former Head Counselor of Poseidon's Cabin at Camp Half-Blood and a former Praetor of the Twelfth Legion at Camp Jupiter, formerly belonging to the legion's Fifth Cohort.

Percy has tan skin, disheveled, jet-black hair swept to one side as "if he just took a walk to the beach" and sea-green eyes, which he inherited from his father and grandmother. He also has a sarcastic, troublemaker smile. Percy gets his handsome looks from his father, a reason why Medusa wanted to preserve a statue of him. He doesn't seem to know it or may simply refuse to acknowledge it, but a great number of girls find him extremely attractive. He was complimented by Calypso, who then asked whether he was in love, Calypso states, "If you could see your face. Of course, you."

At the beginning of the series, Percy was average in athletics but later from his training, becomes very fit, muscular, and lean. Piper notes in the Mark of Athena that he does not appear as fit as Jason, but he is most likely just as strong. He is described in Camp Half Blood Confidential as having a "wiry build". He obtained a gray streak of hair in The Titan's Curse from holding the sky but has since lost it, as stated in The Mark of Athena. After he slew Polybotes in The Son of Neptune, Percy received a tattoo of a trident and SPQR on the underside of his left arm to signify that he is a full member of the Roman Twelfth Legion Fulminata. After their reunion in The Mark of Athena, Annabeth says that Percy grew even more handsome, muscular, taller, and tanner.

Hazel even stated that "[Percy] had the good looks of a Roman god." According to Piper in The Mark of Athena, Percy smells like the sea, looks like a skater and a troublemaker, but she can still see what women would like about him, even if he isn't her type. Piper later states that when Percy pleads, his sea-green eyes seemed to be "like a cute baby seal that needed help" and marvels at how Annabeth had ever won an argument with him.

In The Hidden Oracle, the god Apollo is struck by Percy's close resemblance to his father Poseidon, noting that he had the same handsome features, "which easily shifted from humor to anger." He was noted to have long, nimble fingers, with Apollo claiming that Percy's hands were perfect for a musician. Percy wore tattered jeans and a hoodie that says AHS swim team on it.

According to Kronos, Percy inherited Poseidon's "too changeable, unpredictable" nature. Percy is a very kind-hearted, brave-spirited, natural leader. Many people tell him he is brave, such as friends, family, strangers, and even gods. He has the same "brooding" look as his father, which always had him branded as a rebel; his mother has a rebellious streak just like him. Percy is characterized by his sarcastic, smart sense of humor, and laid-back demeanor. His girlfriend Annabeth mentions that he is actually quite smart, but seems to act dumb.

Percy is somewhat short-tempered and thus has trouble controlling his anger, such as when he sees bullying. He can be derisively sarcastic and moody, especially when someone tries to manipulate him or forces him to obey. He does not like to follow rules, as shown when he escapes camp to go on the quest to save Grover, and when he bowed to Poseidon before Zeus. Like many heroes, Percy is very reckless and tends to do or blurt out things before thinking, causing him to get into a lot of trouble. He feels responsible for everyone and anything which goes wrong.

According to Annabeth, Percy is obtuse, meaning he doesn't always see the obvious even when it is right in front of him, such as people's feelings and what they are trying to say indirectly. He has romantic feelings for Annabeth over the course of the series, but he finally confirms them in The Last Olympian. Despite this he is perceptive when he needs to be, Percy could tell that Gaea wanted to keep him alive and gambled his life knowing that he was too valuable to Gaea for him to die at that time.

Although he has many friends in Camp Half-Blood, Percy is considered a troublemaker in school with a track record of expulsions, like most demigods. His dyslexia makes learning and reading difficult and his ADHD makes it hard for him to be attentive or to sit still in class. He has never been one of the "cool" kids in class because he hangs out with supposedly "un-cool" people, such as his best friend Grover Underwood or his half-brother Tyson. Possibly because of his bad history in school, Percy feels a strong level of affection and attachment to Camp Half-Blood. In The House of Hades, Hazel states that Percy was a child of Poseidon's better nature: powerful, but gentle and helpful, a person that would guide ships safely to the shore rather than destroy them.

After getting his memories taken by Hera, living on the streets and fighting monsters, Percy has developed a "wolf stare" that says "No matter how bad you think you are, I'm worse," which enables him to scare off people like gangsters. He is not afraid of anything in the mortal world anymore, including gangs. He notes that it is probably Lupa's influence on him, as he stayed with her pack for weeks. Despite being very confident in his own abilities, Hazel Levesque can sense there is a quiet sadness in Percy similar to Jason, like he saw his destiny and knew that one day he would face a monster he couldn't beat.

While in Tartarus in The House of Hades, Percy is starting to show a darker and more dangerous side of himself in his personality. He begins to question himself about his morality, and if he's really a good hero or not. He wonders about the people he had previously treated with apathy: Bob, Calypso, and Nico di Angelo. After his return, he tries to make up for his tattered relationship with Nico by thanking him for visiting Iapetus. While battling Akhlys, Percy taps into his rage and controls poison to overwhelm Akhlys—to the point where even Annabeth is terrified of him. He was shown to be more prone to aggression when he vows to destroy Gaea and avenge Bob and Damasen, something which doesn't seem to disappear towards the end of the book.

After the events of The Blood of Olympus, Percy seems to be less impulsive. He has grown a bit tired of the constant dangers of a demigod and looks forward to living a normal peaceful life as much as possible. The cunning sorcerer, Setne tried to manipulate Percy, but it backfired on him as Percy succeeded in capturing him. Percy gives more priority to his family and even turns down Apollo's offer to go on a dangerous quest to help the latter regain his godhood. However, he does small favors to others as it is his principle to aid demigods as much as possible, such as escorting Apollo and Meg to Camp Half-Blood at for Meg's sake and training Magnus Chase for a voyage across the sea at Annabeth's request.

At the end of The Tower of Nero, Percy seems to be more lighthearted and even softens up to Apollo than before (much better than how it was at the start, in The Hidden Oracle) as he has settled down with the hope of going to college, which is a much different view point from the start as he actually looks forward to it and somehow, with the help of Annabeth has actually done well in his exams. He has lost his impulsiveness and has matured to a lighthearted cheerful person who is at his happiest with Annabeth.

In The Last Olympian, Percy expresses to Hermes a hope that the gods can change for the better, although Hermes is doubtful about this. The gods actions during the Second Giant War, including breaking some of their promises to Percy, seem to prove that Hermes was right. However, in The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure, Hades reveals that Percy's optimism and attempts to get the gods to change their nature were not without success. According to Hades, Percy had changed a lot of things for the gods, making them rethink their priorities, standards and behaviors. Hades at least changed because of this, rethinking sending his son on a dangerous quest after realizing that Nico could lose someone else that he loved in the process and visiting Nico in a dream with Nico's mother and sister to give his son closure and express his pride in Nico.

In The Chalice of the Gods, Poseidon tells Percy that he's saved the world multiple times and conquered enemies that would scare most immortals, but what proves that he's a true hero is his smaller acts such as accepting Geras' challenge instead of just walking away and leaving Ganymede to his fate. In doing so, Percy honored his promise, not because the world was at stake or for a letter of recommendation, but because that's just who he is, proving that he's a true hero. Percy gets emotional about how well Poseidon understands him, but his experience with Ganymede only cements Percy's desire to remain mortal and live out the rest of his life rather than becoming a god. Percy literally embraces Geras, who is the god of old age, and embraces the idea of growing older and looking back on a good life, embracing Geras like he's an old friend. In doing so, Percy earns Geras' respect as old age is never embraced and gives the god hope that not everyone is like the Olympians who have turned their backs on old age.

Fatal Flaw “ To save a friend, you would sacrifice the world. ” –Athena to Percy about his fatal flaw, in The Titan's Curse

According to Athena, Percy's fatal flaw is excessive personal loyalty: he would risk the world and even his own life to save his friends and family. He sometimes saves strangers or enemies simply because he empathizes with them. When Percy protests that personal loyalty isn't all that bad, Athena says "The most dangerous flaws are good in moderation" The goddess was obviously displeased that her own daughter is an object of that loyalty. Kronos previously exploited this trait in The Lightning Thief (Sally Jackson), The Sea of Monsters (Grover), and The Titan's Curse (Annabeth Chase). In The Son of Neptune, Mars states to Frank that Percy's flaw would hinder the completion of the Prophecy of Seven unless his son manages to intervene, which worries Frank, but Hera states that his fatal flaw will keep the seven together.

Fears:

Percy is afraid of the Great Prophecy. When Phobos makes Percy see his worst fear in The Demigod Files story, Percy saw that his mistake regarding Olympus would set the camp in flames with his friends inside, which could be interpreted as losing those close to him.

As a son of Poseidon, Percy is claustrophobic. This is because in the Son of Neptune, he drowned in a muskeg of an Alaskan bog. and another reason is that he is used to open, free and wild places like the sea. However, his claustrophobia doesn't seem to bother him in The Battle of the Labyrinth, so it could simply be that he simply becomes restless when confined, but is still functional and his previous phobia now only acts as a mild annoyance.

Percy is also possibly aerophobic. Aerophobia, the fear of flying, is shown in The Blood of Olympus during the final battle against Gaea when he is flying in the claws of Frank Zhang shapeshifted into a dragon. This fear likely stems from him being a son of Poseidon, who has a rivalry with Zeus, the god of the sky.

Abilities: ADHD: Percy's supernatural alertness and keen senses that keep him ready for, and alive, in battle. It also lets him analyze his opponents fighting style as well as pick up minor details about an opponent, such as where their muscles tense so he can tell which direction they will attack from. Dyslexia: Percy's brain is "hard-wired" for reading divine Ancient Greek instead of mortal languages. Swordsmanship: Percy is a naturally talented swordsman. His skills continue to grow as time passes, capable of holding his own against and defeating larger, more experienced, and more powerful opponents, including several monsters and Ares, although he had underestimated Percy.

As a son of Poseidon, Percy is an extremely powerful individual and one of the most powerful demigods in the series. The only other demigods whose powers rival his are Thalia Grace, Nico di Angelo and Jason Grace. He has fought and defeated many monsters probably more than any other demigod in the series, including other demigods, gods, and Titans. On more than one occasion, Percy has contributed to the salvation of Olympus and the world as a whole. Nico later states in The Mark of Athena that Percy is the most powerful demigod that he has ever met which includes the other members of the Seven who are all extremely powerful in their own right such as Frank Zhang and Jason Grace, the latter of whom is depicted as being nearly equal with Percy in terms of sheer power. In The Chalice of the Gods, it's mentioned that Percy mostly has full control over his powers, but they can get away from him in moments of rage. Percy's display of power in one of these moments is enough to frighten a river god to tears. In The House of Hades and The Chalice of the Gods, Percy's moments of anger led to him going so far as to snatch control of a god's domain from them and briefly turn it against them.

Hydrokinesis: Percy can control great volumes of water to a very high degree, lifting 10,000 gallons of water in The Demigod Files. He can dry himself and items (such as a lighter) underwater as long as he holds onto it, extract water from petrified seashells, create oxygen bubbles underwater for people who cannot breathe underwater, propel himself through water, summon waves that can easily sink ships, as well as control water in order to make it explode or use it to grab something. Percy's skill allowed him to temporarily contend with Ares even while he was unfamiliar with his powers. However, he has a harder time controlling the rivers of the Underworld, particularly while in a weakened state. In The Demigod Files, he managed to lift the River Lethe, but as he was weakened from a Keres' claw, he struggled with it. He also struggled with the River Cocytus after falling into it in The House of Hades due to the negative effect it had on his mind. In a moment of rage, Percy causes Elisson's river to explode outwards away from him in every direction. Percy had reached outward to the source of the river deep down in the Underworld or maybe Yonkers and pulled it up by its roots. As a result, millions of metric tons of water roar through the cavern, flood the pool, scour the cliffs, surge over the riverbanks and probably surprise a whole bunch of snakes bathing downstream before flooding back in around Percy. However, Percy inadvertently cleans the river and its surroundings in the process to the point that the river god didn't even know he had so much water pressure before. In Wrath of the Triple Goddess, when Percy loses his temper over a dangerous stunt pulled by Grover, a nearby fire hydrant explodes, and a manhole cover near Percy's foot blows open. Water Solidification: Percy can harden water into an almost solid shape by increasing the surface tension of the water. He can use this power to walk on water and create a strong water shield, and on two instances in The Son of Neptune, he hardened the water into giant hands that followed and imitated the movements of his own hands. Hydrogenesis: Percy can create water from his own power by summoning the "force of the ocean" inside of him as long as he concentrates hard enough, though it takes much of his energy for him to do so. He learned this ability from a Naiad. At Mount Saint Helens, he created water to cause a volcanic eruption, which was powerful enough to cause half a million people to evacuate and cause ash to fall as far as Lake Tahoe and Vancouver. He later used this skill while creating his own personal hurricanes in the Battle of Manhattan. While traveling on the Argo II during The Mark of Athena, he presumably used this ability while combining his powers with Jason's to create powerful storms. Water Empowerment: When in contact with or in the presence of water, Percy gains a disproportionate amount of superhuman clarity, strength, speed, agility, and endurance. While in this state, he was strong enough to snap Clarisse's electric spear "like a twig", effortlessly defeated four children of Ares (including Clarisse) in rapid succession with ease, and shear off a portion of Luke's shield. However, this only lasts for a limited amount of time unless he is completely submerged in water. In The Crown of Ptolemy, falling into the ocean combined with his abilities from Nekhbet empowered him to defeat Setne who previously had the upper hand against Percy. In The Chalice of the Gods, Percy mentions that he has to consciously keep himself from swimming at Mach 5 while a part of the AHS Swim Team. Water Immunity: If he falls from great heights into water, Percy will be unaffected by any amount of water pressure. He doesn't get wet if submerged in water unless he wants to. Additionally, Percy can breathe underwater for unlimited amounts of time and see in the darkness underwater. He is only unable to breathe in the River Styx. While in a weakened state in The Demigod Files, Percy had to actively concentrate to use this power underwater in the River Lethe, either because of his injuries, the river's innate power or both. Percy notes that the small effort of staying dry - something that he had done countless times in normal water - was almost more than he could handle. Later, while grappling with Iapetus, Percy remained dry when he pulled the Titan into the river, possibly aided by Poseidon as Percy prayed to his father that his protection would hold as he pulled Iapetus in. At the same time, the current, which should've ripped the Titan out of Percy's hands, channeled around them, leaving both Percy and Iapetus alone. In The Chalice of the Gods, Percy calls being 200 feet underwater "no big deal for a son of Poseidon" whereas it would be fatal for a normal mortal. As part of the AHS Swim Team, Percy notes that he has to make sure not to breathe underwater, swim at Mach 5, or come out of the pool totally dry in order to avoid drawing attention to himself. However, in the River Elisson, Percy is almost drowned because of the river god making a conscious effort to force water down his throat while keeping the demigod submerged. Water Removal: Percy is able to remove water, as well as other kinds of liquids/fluids, out of himself and others. When he and Grover were exposed to a potion courtesy of an angry naiad named Filomena, he was able to expel all the contents, as well as their bodily fluid, out of their bodies to the point of dehydration. Water Deflection: In Wrath of the Triple Goddess, when the naiad Filomena flings a potion at him and Grover, Percy is able to take control of the liquid and fling most of it back at the naiad, liquifying her. Toxikinesis (limited): Percy can control poisons and other liquids to a certain degree as they have water content in them. His most popular display of this ability was in Tartarus, where he was able to bend poison that was used against him by Akhlys. In The Son of Neptune, the giant Polybotes launches water turned to poison at Percy, only for him to "deflect it with his will." In The Blood of Olympus, Percy and Jason are in battle with Kymopoleia when the giant Polybotes suffocates Percy with a poison. After the fight, Percy confesses to Jason that he didn't control the poison because he feared his own power, reflecting back on his unusually aggressive state when he manipulated poison in Tartarus. Cryokinesis (limited): Percy can use cryokinesis to a small degree. He can manipulate frozen or icy water around him, as shown during his interrupted fight with Thalia in The Titan's Curse. Vitakinesis (limited): Percy can heal most wounds and cure most poisons when in contact with water, the amount of water and time needed for the healing being proportionate to the severity of the wound. However, this is limited as he couldn't cure Pit Scorpion venom and nearly died from it. Heat Immunity (limited): Percy has a higher than normal resistance to heat burns, due to his father's nature. In The Lightning Thief, he managed not to drop his sword when Alecto wrapped her fiery whip around his wrist. In The Battle of the Labyrinth, he was able to survive being engulfed by lava thrown by the telekhines (though it began to get more painful the longer he was in contact with it) and not being killed by the super-heated steam from the Mount Saint Helens' eruption. Watercraft Manipulation: Percy possesses an intimate awareness of any ship he is on (sailing ships, canoes, motorboats, possibly submarines) and can telekinetically operate one, although he has so far only shown control over sailing vessels and similar boats. Percy discovers this power when he is able to control the Queen Anne's Revenge in The Sea of Monsters. Later, in The Son of Neptune, even while amnesic he is able to control the Roman rowboat Pax in this manner, displaying a few new aspects to the ability including magically cleaning the boat by commanding a piece of steel wool similar to how he can command a ship's rigging and sails. By the end of the journey, Percy's willpower is the only thing keeping the boat together and it eventually falls apart after they abandon ship. In The Mark of Athena, Percy is able to control the Argo II, releasing the dock ties, weighing the anchor and unfurling the sails as Annabeth fires the engine. Nautical Senses: Percy always know his exact nautical coordinates wherever he is, which allow him to easily navigate his way at sea. In The Chalice of the Gods, Percy's nautical senses allows him to instantly tell where he is underwater even after being unexpectedly flushed to Poseidon's Summer Villa by Eudora. Instinctive Understanding of Sailing: In The Sea of Monsters, Percy discovers that he has an instinctive understanding of sailing while controlling the Queen Anne's Revenge, letting him know which ropes to hoist, which sails to raise and which direction to steer. He could even detect that they are moving at about ten knots and understand just how fast that is. Atmokinesis (limited): Percy has limited control over weather. He can summon storms, such as miniature hurricanes. With his Curse of Achilles, his hurricanes were powerful enough to extinguish the fires on Hyperion's body and leave the powerful Titan vulnerable to attack. However, Percy's control is limited and his power drains him over time. By the events of The Son of Sobek he is able to sustain the storm to knock a giant crocodile off its footing with less effort than his first use of the skill, although it still drains him over time. Aerokinesis (limited): Percy has limited control over the wind. He can summon strong winds, which allow him to create miniature hurricanes. In The Lightning Thief, Percy unknowingly once caused a door to close on its own, sending Gabe Ugliano up the staircase, which was likely him briefly controlling the wind. Geokinesis (limited): Percy has utilized water to alter the earth around him. However, in Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes, Percy admits that he did not inherit his father's earthshaking abilities. Communication: Percy has divine authority over his father's subjects. He can talk (normally and telepathically) to equines and sea creatures who mainly treat him with deference and lordly respect. He can also speak to other children of Poseidon underwater as seen in The Sea of Monsters, in a conversation with Tyson. In The Mark of Athena, when Frank Zhang shapeshifts into a koi, Percy is also able to communicate with him in this fashion. In The Chalice of the Gods, Percy describes communicating with Poseidon underwater as being complicated with Percy partly translating his father's words from whale-song hums and clicks and partly hearing Poseidon's voice telepathically in his head. Zoolingualism (limited): Percy can understand and talk to marine animals, equines and similar creatures, who mainly treat him with deference and lordly respect.

He is friends with the following people: Grover Underwood Jason Grace Thalia Grace Nico di Angelo Chiron Clarisse La Rue Zoë Nightshade Charles Beckendorf Silena Beauregard Bianca di Angelo Hazel Levesque Reyna Ramírez-Arellano Dakota Leo Valdez Piper McLean

Family: Percy loves his mother, Sally Jackson, dearly. He always wishes to make her happy and would do anything to keep her safe. He is very mindful of her safety, even considering to sacrifice himself for her once. He left the moonlace from Calypso's Island under her care. Despite Percy always looking for his mother's permission and approval as he gets older, Sally realizes that Percy is getting too old to always listen to her and tells him to do what he thinks is right. Percy greatly loves his maternal half-sister, Estelle, and volunteers to babysit her. Before she was born, he tells Apollo that one of the reasons he cannot go on a quest with him is because he wants to get to know her.

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