TYSON

Tyson is the son of the Greek god  Poseidon  and a nature spirit. He is a young cyclops who tries to be "the best little brother possible" and "make his family proud."  He meets Percy at Meriwether College Prep school; Tyson is the subject of a program at the school which seeks to take in a homeless kid and help him while also taking in some information about him. The Mist obscures everybody's view of Tyson's one eye, making most think he has two. Tyson has severe scars on his back that were caused by a  sphinx  in the substation where he used to live. Tyson finds  Annabeth Chase  pretty. He uses his bare strength and metalworking ability to his avail in many situations. For example, while fighting monsters in  <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">The Sea of Monsters <span style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black; background:white">, his immunity to fire protected him from magical, flaming cannon balls that would have burned anyone else to ash. <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">During his first summer at Camp-Half Blood, Tyson makes Percy a shield with images of all of their adventures engraved on it; it retracts into a watch when not deployed. Tyson now works with <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black;background:white"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black;background:white">Poseidon <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">underwater at a forge making weapons.

<p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left: 0in;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black;background:white">Clarisse La Rue, the daughter of Ares and longtime enemy of Percy, is given the quest to go into the Sea of Monsters to find the Golden Fleece. Percy and Annabeth decide to go also, not just for the Golden Fleece, but for their friend Grover, who is trapped in Polyphemus's cave. Tyson, Percy, and Annabeth, after saving Camp Half-Blood from fire-breathing bulls, set out to find Polyphemus, who believes that Grover is a female cyclops and not a satyr.

<p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left: 0in;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black;background:white">As they enter the Sea of Monsters, they have to get past Scylla and Charybdis. Instead of trying to sail in between, Clarisse goes for Charybidis. Clarisse's ship is destroyed. Tyson, who did not escape the ship in time, is presumed dead the until it is learned that he was saved by a hippocampus named Rainbow. They all meet up on Polyphemus's Island and ultimately leave with the Golden Fleece.

<p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left: 0in;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black;background:white">When they return to the mortal world, Clarisse returns to camp on a plane. Percy, Annabeth and Tyson are kidnapped by Luke. He almost kills Percy in a duel, but Percy reveals that Chiron is innocent. Chiron comes to rescue them with his strangely dressed relatives, the Party Ponies. When they return to camp, the Fleece is put on the tree, reviving both it and Thalia.

<p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left: 0in;line-height:18.0pt">Percy comes back to Camp Half-Blood to find Tyson already there cleaning their room for inspection. Tyson has also fixed Percy's shield, which has been broken by the manticore, Dr. Thorn in the third book. The shield retracts into a watch when not in use.Tyson also reveals he is afraid of (and also allergic to) Grover Underwood.

<p style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left: 0in;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black;background:white">Annabeth leads the quest into Daedalus' Labyrinth. She breaks the rule of having only two companions on a quest by choosing Percy, Grover, and Tyson. Annabeth descends into the Labyrinth with them to find a way to stop Kronos's evil forces from entering the borders of Camp Half-Blood by searching for its inventor, Daedalus. They run into many obstacles. Tyson then finds Briares, the Hundred-Handed One, but is disappointed to find out he is afraid of Kampe and refuses to fight. Annabeth faces a Sphinx and finds the riddles (which are actually factual questions) not challenging and an insult to her intellect. They escape the claws of the Sphinx and continue on to find Hephaestus so he can tell them about where to find Daedalus. They split up, and Tyson follows Grover, who goes a different direction in search of Pan. They all reunite and flee the Labyrinth after the help of Daedalus (Quintus).

After jumping off the exploding<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black;background:white"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black;background:white">Princess Andromeda <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">(a cruise ship that Kronos had made his headquarters), Percy finds himself in Poseidon's palace where Tyson is waiting. Percy is in a grim state, so Tyson takes him to Poseidon. Poseidon looks very aged due to all of the stress from the war going on. Poseidon is not letting Tyson fight, for fear of losing him. To Tyson's disappointment, he sends him back to the armory to make weapons. The next time he is seen is through the mist of the hearth on Mount Olympus. Percy gives Poseidon the idea to send Tyson and all the other Cyclopes to take down Typhon. They do, and Typhon lands in the <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">Hudson River. Tyson is last seen on Mount Olympus where he is awarded a new "stick"; he is also given the role of general of Olympus' army.

<span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">Tyson is revealed to be searching for Percy [in Son of Neptune], along with Percy's hellhound, Mrs. O' Leary. It appears that Tyson is the most successful at tracking Percy down, and is nearly at Camp Jupiter before Percy leaves for his quest. He continues to track Percy and his friends north, but is always too late to reach them. Shortly after the attack on the Zhang mansion, Percy contacts him via a dream, telling him to go to find Ella the harpy and escort her back to Camp Jupiter. Tyson, Ella and Mrs. O' Leary meet Percy just outside of camp and it is implied that Tyson and Ella are fond of each other. The group join the fray, Ella choosing to follow Tyson rather than fly to safety, and Tyson (and Mrs. O' Leary) doesn't hesitate to come to the Romans' aid. He stays at Camp Jupiter with Percy until the end of the story, and is likely to just go where Percy goes.