Gleeson Hedge

"Shoot, I love nature. Nature means big things killing and eating little things! And when you’re a —you know— vertically challenged satyr like me, you get in good shape, you carry a big stick, and you don’t take nothing from no one! That’s nature."

- Coach Hedge

Gleeson Hedge (b. 1904) is a middle aged satyr that was formerly filling as a coach at The Wilderness School. He is the protector of Piper, Jason and Leo.

The Last Olympian
Hedge is mentioned when the letter he had written to Grover is read by Percy. Gleeson Hedge was in Canada at the time.

He had tried to defend a park in Toronto from a giant evil badger, but had failed to summon Pan's power as Grover had advised, resulting in many dryads being destroyed because their trees were obliterated. He wrote that he was retreating to Ottawa.

Letter to Grover
Dear Grover,

''Woods outside Toronto attacked by giant evil badger. Tried to do as you suggested and summon power of Pan. No effect. Many nymphs' trees destroyed. Retreating to Ottawa. Where are you?''

–Gleeson Hedge, Protector 

The Lost Hero
Gleeson Hedge was originally assigned to protect Leo and Piper. However, when Jason is attacked, Gleeson decides to protect him as well. Interestingly, Gleeson is the first satyr in the series who appears as an older human would, meaning (because satyrs age half as fast as humans) as he tells Leo, Piper, and Jason that he is 106 years old (53 in satyr years). Gleeson is captured by Dylan, a ventus, when he tries to save Leo, leaving his fate unknown.

Later, the trio find him and the venti spirits that captured him in a cage, with Hedge frozen in the position he was taken away in, at Medea's mall. He is freed by Leo at King Midas' golden mansion, and he then helps the trio figure out their enemy's identity (Gaea), and the story of the Giant War.

When the group go to Aeolus' fortress, Hedge falls in love with Mellie, an aura. At the end of the book, Mellie works as Tristan McLean's personal assistant and Gleeson works as Tristan's life coach. It is unknown what happened to him after the Lost Hero.

Appearance
While coaching, Gleeson wears a baseball cap, a bright orange polo shirt, nylon workout pants, white Nikes, a whistle around his neck, a baseball bat, and megaphone.(Leo Valdez made his megaphone make amusing weird sounds when he talked into it) He is 5', has beady eyes, is really buff, and has a wispy goatee. After Aphrodite "fixed" him, Piper described him as a pastel nightmare. He is dressed in baggy canary yellow zoot suit with two-tone shoes that fit over his hooves. He has a matching yellow broad-brimmed hat, a rose-colored shirt, a baby blue tie, and a blue carnation in his lapel (which he sniffed and then ate).

Trivia

 * Along with Grover Underwood, Gleeson is the only known satyr who has a surname.