Jason Grace

"You named him Festus? You known in Latin Festus means happy. You want us to go off to save the world on Happy the Dragon?"

- Jason talking to Leo after he meets Festus.

Jason Grace is the main protagonist of the second Camp Half-Blood series, The Heroes of Olympus. He is a Roman demigod, a son of Zeus, as his Roman counterpart, Jupiter, and full-blood brother to Thalia.

History
He is a son of Zeus, as his Roman counterpart, Jupiter and the mortal Ms. Grace; he is full brother to Thalia. He was born seven years after Thalia, she loved him very much and was the only reason to stay there. When he was two years old their mother took them to Sonoma Valley and there he was taken by Hera and then given to Lupa.

The Lost Hero
Jason wakes up on a bus belonging to the Wilderness School where kids are sent for doing bad deeds that need to be cleaned up. He finds that he has no memory of even going to the school or having a best friend named Leo and a girlfriend named Piper. Coach Hedge, his supposed gym teacher and satyr protector a (Jason doesn't know that yet), tells him that he's never seen him before today and that the Mist has been manipulated to make everyone think that they know him. He also reveals that he, Piper, and Leo are demigods and that an extraction team ( Annabeth and Butch) is coming to get Piper and Leo]] to camp along with him and unknown "special package." This story is confirmed when Jason sees Leo make a working mechanical helicopter out of pipe cleaners. Later, an unnaturally powerful storm arrives and the class bully Dylan revealed himself to be a Ventus (storm spirit). Jason instinctively took out his gold coin, flipped it, and Ivlis became a well balanced, completely golden sword. While he and Piper fought off Dylan, Hedge (who revealed himself to be a middle aged satyr) climbed down the canyon wall to retrieve Leo, when he was thrown down. Jason also survived a lightning bolt with which Dylan attacked him that could have killed twenty men, (it blew off his shoe though), and when Piper is thrown off the skywalk Jason jumps after her, learning that he can manipulate air. After a long battle Dylan takes Hedge away and leaves Leo, Jason, and Piper on the canyon skywalk. Just then two half-bloods arrive on a chariot pulled by pegasi; a guy named Butch, son of Iris, the rainbow goddess, and Annabeth, daughter of Athena. When Annabeth and Butch notice Jason only has one shoe on (as the other one was blasted into bits by the lightning bolt) Butch tells them that Annabeth had a vision that a boy with one shoe would help her find one of the campers, who has been missing for three days, Percy Jackson the 'Lost Hero'.Then Jason says to Butch " I'm not going anywhere with her. She looks like she wants to kill me".

After they arrive at Camp Half-Blood, they find out Hera is in danger, and Jason must lead a quest in order to save her. He chooses Piper, who is now claimed by Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and Leo, who was claimed by Hephaestus when they got to Camp Half-blood, to go with him on his quest.

Personality
Jason is a serious person with a moderate sense of humor. He is naturally heroic, even after suffering memory loss he was able to wield his sword and lance with perfect ease. He cares deeply for his friends, and many times almost gives his life for his friends.

It is suggested in The Lost Hero, based on Jason's recovered memories and the fact that he was "exchanged" for Percy Jackson, that he is Percy's same postion a leader from the Roman demigod camp. Like Percy, he is viewed as both his camp's wartime leader and its greatest warrior. Having defeated Krios in single combat during the Battle of Mount Othrys with his bare hands, he is also the only living demigod to duel a Titan and live, apart from Percy himself.

Physical Appearance
Jason Grace is described to be extremely handsome, with tidily cropped blonde hair, bright blue eyes, and a friendly scar on the corner of his lip from trying to eat a stapler when he was two years old. He is of average height with athletic built, having muscular and tanned arms. He has an intimidating tattoo etched deeply under his forearm: twelve straight lines like a bar code with an eagle (the animal of Zeus/Jupiter) and the letters "SPQR", which is "Senatus, Populusque, Romanus" and meaning "The Senate and People of Rome" over the lines. Though Jason doesn't remember where he got the marks, he believes that they were burnt onto his skin before he was the Roman Camp Half-Blood's wartime leader appointed by Lupa.

Abilities

 * He has control over the air allowing him to fly since he is a son of Zeus/Jupiter.
 * He is immune to lightning strikes.
 * He can create lightning.
 * He has ADHD.
 * He can speak Latin because he was at the Roman Camp Half-Blood.
 * He has had legion training

Magical Items

 * An imperial gold coin, that turns into a golden sword or a golden javelin depending how it is flipped. The weapon hasn't been named yet in the series, but the coin has the word 'Ivlivs' on it, which is Latin for 'Julius.' It was destroyed by Enceladus.
 * A gladius that Hera/Juno gave him after the coin was destroyed towards the end of The Lost Hero.

Trivia

 * Jason was named after the original Jason, a mortal, by Zeus to please Hera/Juno after being conceived.
 * It is revealed that Jason and Thalia Grace are one of the very few demigod pairs to be full siblings (having the same mortal mother and godly parent) besides Bianca and Nico Di Angelo and Connor and Travis Stoll.
 * They are also the only known siblings to be from different aspects of the same God. Thalia is a Greek demigod (being a daughter of Zeus), and Jason is Roman (being a son of Jupiter), as stated by Hera/Juno herself.
 * Jason and Percy were forced to trade places at each other camps as they are seen as the camp leaders (the most respected campers), by Hera who stole their memories and placE them in each other camps. Hera did this in the hopes that they will come to understand each others culture and unite them in their fight against Gaea and her army of Giants.
 * Jason received the scar on his upper lip from a staple after he tried to eat a stapler when he was two years old.
 * It is hinted that he had a girlfriend back at Roman camp named Reyna.
 * At one point Piper calls him 'Sparky' (hence his heritage comes from Zeus/Jupiter).