Charmspeak



Charmspeaking is a power a few children of Aphrodite (as well as a few sorceresses) have. It is a blessing from their mother if they are worthy to receive it. Charmspeaking is a type of hypnotism in which the speaker is unaware of and it allows the user to convince someone else to do or get whatever they want. The strength of the command depends on the tone and the emotion of the charmspeaker's voice, as well as their skill with it. Eventually charmspeak wears off and the person has no recollection why they even did what they were commanded to do. The charmspeaker is usually not trying to put any power into their words though they can still charmspeak other people. This happens often with Piper when she asks for things and people will give it to her which leads to her father defining her as a kleptomaniac.

The only known demigods, as of now, to possess this power are Piper and Drew. Any other demigod with this particular gift is yet to be introduced into the series. Circe has the charmspeak power and taught it to her niece, Medea (it is seen in The Lost Hero that Medea has the power to charmspeak, revealing that her aunt, Circe, had taught her, and had charmspoken Leo and Jason, resulting in the two about to kill each other). Circe herself had seemingly used charmspeaking herself in The Sea of Monsters, charmspeaking Percy. A charmspeaker can reverse other people being charmspoken if they are skilled enough.

Trivia

 * Piper is the only known demigod who used charmspeaking to take back a soul from the Underworld, though this may be because Jason Grace's soul was only recently killed and was therefore not in the Underworld yet, or it may be possible to charmspeak souls.
 * Charmspeak is very similar to Covert Hypnosis, a special type of hypnotism that no one, except the hypnotist, is aware of.
 * It can be used on mortals, demigods, monsters (though female Cyclopes are immune), and even gods and Titans.
 * Charmspeak can be negated through a number of ways, it doesn't affect other charmspeakers. It is nutralized by the power of gold (though not nessesarily by gold itself but rather the magical abilility to turn people to gold). People with strong wills or intentions are unaffected, and the more powerful the being, the stronger their resistance.