Jason Grace

For other uses of the name Jason, see Jason (disambiguation).

"I'm the son of Jupiter! I'm a child of Rome, consul to demigods, praetor of the First Legion. I slew the Trojan sea monster, I toppled the black throne of Kronos and and destroyed the Titan Krios with my own hands. And now I'm going to destroy you, Porphyrion, and feed you to your own wolves."

- Jason about to fight Porphyrion in The Lost Hero.

Jason Grace (Ιάσονας Γκρέις in Ancient Greek) is one of the main protagonists of the second Camp Half-Blood series, The Heroes of Olympus. He is the son of Jupiter, as well as the younger brother of Thalia Grace. He is also a former praetor of Camp Jupiter and the current counselor of Cabin One at Camp Half-Blood.

History
Jason is the son of Jupiter, the Roman aspect of Zeus, and a mortal actress with the last name of Grace. He was born seven years after Zeus fathered Thalia in his Greek aspect. Because his father had consecutively sired two children with his mother, Juno, the Roman form of Hera, was made Jason's guardian to placate the indignant goddess and Jupiter went even as far as to name his newborn son after his wife's favorite hero.

When Jason was two years old, Juno commanded his mother to bring him to the Wolf House. It was there that he was separated from his mother and sister to be initiated by Lupa in the ways of Rome. After training for some time under the wolf goddess, he journeyed to Camp Jupiter where he was raised in the lifestyle of the Roman Legion. Eventually, Jason was inducted into the Fifth Cohort and would bring a restored sense of honor to the disgraced contingent. This would culminate when he was made praetor: the co-commander of the entire legion.

The Lost Hero
Jason wakes up on a bus belonging to the Wilderness School holding hands with a girl he doesn't even know. 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. Gleeson Hedge, his supposed gym teacher and satyr protector (though 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 an unknown "special package", which turns out to be Jason. 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 or Venti (storm spirit), Greek form anemoi. Jason instinctively took out his gold coin, flipped it, and it became a well balanced sword made of Imperial Gold.

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, blowing off his shoe and when Piper is thrown off the sky-walk Jason jumps after her, discovering that he can manipulate air. After a long battle, Dylan takes Hedge away and leaves Leo, Jason, and Piper on the canyon sky-walk. 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, her boyfriend Percy Jackson.

After they arrive at Camp Half-Blood, Annabeth gives Jason and Piper a tour of the camp. Jason then meets Chiron who immediately realizes who Jason is by speaking in Latin, to which Jason responds in Latin. Afterwards they find out Hera is in danger, and Jason must lead a quest in order to save her. Jason reveals his parent god through a lightning bolt, showing that he is a son of Jupiter. 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. Jason also receives a Prophecy saying that he must beware the earth, possibly because Gaea, the Earth, is his enemy and that she bears arms to the Doors of Death.

He meets Medea, a mortal who was supposed to have died more than 3000 centuries ago. Later, Jason and his companions meet another mortal who was supposed to have died millions of years ago, Midas. King Midas, the king who wished for the golden touch, then learned to bring back people from their golden state, running water. Midas quickly turns Piper and Leo into gold statues. Jason retaliates by summoning a lightning bolt to destroy Midas.

Then Piper reveals that she was in fact the traitor because her father had been kidnapped. Jason and Leo resolve to rescue him, even though it jeopardizes the quest. In a mountain, they find Enceladus, the giant born to kill Athena. Jason faces off against Enceladus and manages to wound him several times. However because of his strength, Jason cannot kill him as it would take the power of a god and demigod. Jason's gladius breaks releasing a lot of energy but fails to kill Enceladus. Jason calls on Jupiter to save him and his faith rewarded with a incredible lightning bolt, killing the giant. Hedge takes Piper's father home while the three continue on their journey.

When he, Piper and Leo arrive back at camp, he is visited by Juno when he is in his cabin alone, and is given a new gladius as a replacement for the one he lost while fighting the giant, Enceladus. After this, a head counselor meeting was called, where he then revealed that he is from a Roman equivalent of Camp Half-Blood, and that is where Percy is most likely at. Jason also reveals that if the campers at the Camp Jupiter discover that Percy's from Camp-Half Blood, they may not be that nice. It is decided that he, Leo, Piper and Annabeth will go and find Percy at the Roman Camp and then set sail for Greece by sailing on the Argo II.

The Son of Neptune
Jason is mentioned throughout the book by the campers of Camp Jupiter, because they've been wondering where he has gone. Percy has a brief dream of Leo working on the Argo II with Piper and Jason behind him. As well, when Percy, Frank, and Hazel are watching Polybotes from afar Ma Gasket (from the Lost Hero) yells, "The camp, yes. Vengeance! The orange and purple ones destroy my home. Now Ma Gasket will destroy theirs!" It is heavily hinted that Jason might be on the Argo II and will appear in the next book.

The Mark of Athena
Jason is on the Argo II, along with Annabeth, Leo, Gleeson, and Piper, his girlfriend. He is seen wearing an Camp-Half Blood T-shirt with a toga over it, while holding a sword.

Personality
Jason is a serious young man with a moderate sense of humor. He also has a strong sense of honor and justice as shown by his great compassion. Though a natural leader, Jason can be plagued by doubt and criticizes himself whenever he makes an error.

Appearance
Jason Grace is described as good-looking, having the features of a Roman statue, with electric blue eyes, tidy, military cropped blond hair, and a small scar on the corner of his lip from trying to eat a stapler when he was two years old. He says that he looks nothing like his father, which assumes that he looks more like his mother. He is of shorter height with an medium build, having muscular and tanned arms. His tattoo has the picture of an eagle with SPQR and twelve lines, indicating he has been at Camp Jupiter since he was three or four years old.

His looks attract female attention, such as the instances with Drew, and the girls from Wilderness School. Also, when Aphrodite gave Jason's team a makeover, Jason was the least modified, implying that Aphrodite approves of his physical attributes.

Abilities

 * ADHD: Like all demigods, Jason possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that he uses to analyze the fighting style of his opponent.
 * Combat Prowess: Jason is trained in Roman legionary warfare.
 * Dyslexia: Jason's brain is hardwired for Latin.
 * Fighting skills: Jason's fighting skills are amazing seeing as how he bested Kronos' brother, Krios, a feat only Percy and Hercules have accomplished. He also slew the Trojan Sea Monster, defeated Lityerses, and dominated Mount Othrys by fighting through hordes of Scythian Dracanae and toppling Kronos's black throne. He was also shown to be able to take on bigger, experienced opponents such as Enceladus and Porphyrion, and even titans such as Krios.

Demigod Abilities
Being the son of Jupiter; Jason is a powerful half-blood that not only has authority over creatures of the sky but can also influence the forces of weather.
 * Aerokinesis:
 * Control Storm Spirits.
 * Manipulate air currents.
 * Sense wind magic.
 * Electrokinesis:
 * Immune to electricity.
 * Produce static shocks.
 * Summon lightning bolts.

Magical Items

 * Ivlivs: A coin made of Imperial Gold. It turns into a golden sword on heads or a golden javelin on tails when 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 during his and Jason's fight on Mount Diablo.
 * Gladius: Juno, the Roman form of Hera and Jason's patron, gives this to him at the end, so that he has a proper weapon. It is a Roman Gladius made of Imperial Gold.

Jupiter
Zeus sired Jason, his second child with Ms. Grace in his Roman aspect. Like all the Roman gods, Jupiter rarely involves himself in the life of his child. Although, it is unlikely that he has ever met his father, Jason is still given his aid when it is most needed.

Ms. Grace
Since Jason has forgotten his memories, we can imply that he wasn't taken care of by his mother, since Thalia said that she was the one who took care of him until Ms. Grace gave Jason away to Hera's Roman form, Juno.

Thalia
Jason's sister, Thalia Grace, was born by Zeus. Thalia is a Greek demigod, because when Zeus visited her mother the first time, he was in his Greek form. When Zeus came to Jason's mother for the second time, he came in his Roman form, Jupiter. Jason is therefore a Roman demigod, while his sister is Greek. It is shown that Jason cares for his sister. He feels somewhat depressed that Thalia has found a new family in the Hunters of Artemis. However, its shown that when Jason first saw her picture, and Annabeth told him her last name, his instincts told him she is dangerous, as Juno left enough memory to know that digging up his past could be disastrous and that she was his sister.

Piper
She and Jason share many romantic moments throughout The Lost Hero. He has much concern for her, as he does everything to help her, such as when she says they should get together he says in his thoughts together, yes. He puts his hand on her waist to support her when she collapsed due to hypothermia. At the end of The Lost Hero, she and he, have a romantic moment at the end of which they repeat what they said in Piper's Mist induced memory of them kissing. Also, Jason really likes Piper, but he is worried for their future.

However, in The Mark of Athena Rick Riordan introduces the two as boyfriend/girlfriend.

Reyna
The memory of her makes him rethink what he is doing with Piper, though he does not know why. It's revealed in The Son of Neptune by Reyna to Percy that if Jason hadn't gone missing, a romantic relationship would have developed, since Reyna said that it wasn't uncommon for there to be romance between praetors, since they work together so much. Also, when the Argo II arrives in the sky Reyna says that she hopes Percy is right and Jason is aboard the ship, stating that she has missed him.

Leo Valdez
The Mist gives Leo and Piper fake memories that they knew Jason for months. However, this doesn't stop Leo from seeing Jason as his friend and works on a way for Jason, Piper, and him to gain transportation (Festus). While Jason thinks that Leo is kind of weird at first in The Lost Hero, during their quest, he and Leo became very good real friends.

Bobby
Jason starts to remember him at the end of The Lost Hero. When Juno returns some of Jason's memories, he remembers several of his friends, with Bobby being one of the names mentioned. Not much is known about him but his name.

Hazel Levesque
Jason remembers her in the last part of The Lost Hero as being his friend back at the Roman Camp. In The Son of Neptune, Hazel tells Percy that after she arrived, she had only known him for about a month before he dissappeared. Through Hazel's point of view, it is assumed that she and Jason were good friends. She even compares Jason to Percy, stating that they both had the same look, as if they had both seen their fate, and were waiting for it to happen. She is one of the main characters in The Heroes of Olympus, and is one of the Seven in the Second Great Prophecy.

Gwendolyn
Because Jason kind of remembers her, it can be assumed they had been friends. Nothing else is known about her yet. In The Son of Neptune, she was a Centurion of the Fifth Cohort, but after the position was given to Frank, she retired after ten years of service to attend college in New Rome.

Dakota
A Senior Centurion of the Fifth Cohort, he and Jason were friends at Camp Jupiter.

Annabeth Chase
Though it seemed like it to Piper, Jason likes Annabeth as a friend, but has no romantic feelings towards her. In The Lost Hero, Annabeth was the one who told him about Thalia, which sparked the memory of her and his last name, Grace. Annabeth claimed Thalia had never told her she had a little brother, but Jason insists that she does. At the end of the book during the Senior Counselors' meeting, when Jason tells where he's from and where Percy is, Annabeth says that she is going with them, mostly because of Percy. Jason agreed that he would want her along, mostly because he knew that she had already figured out where Percy was and the danger he could be in.

In the First chapter of "The Mark of Athena" it is shown that Annabth distrusts Jason, thinking that he is too perfect because he always does everything nobly, does nothing against the rules, and even looks too perfect and she expects him to turn on them at the second they land.

Trivia

 * Jason was named after the original Jason, a hero, by Zeus/Jupiter to please Hera/Juno after being conceived.
 * Similar to the original Jason, he was aided by Hera/Juno and was recognized by the fact that he was wearing only one shoe.
 * Jason and Thalia are 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.
 * Unlike other children of Zeus/Jupiter, Hera doesn't hate him or try to kill him like his other siblings. Hera said that she is Jason's patron and Jason is her champion.
 * Jason is the only known living demigod child of the Big Three that doesn't have dark hair.
 * Thalia and Jason are both mentioned to like cheeseburgers.
 * The scar in Jason's mouth came from trying to eat a stapler when he was 2 years old.
 * It is mentioned by Aeolus that Jason was once stayed with him on a quest to kill a sea monster. It is later revealed Jason had killed the Trojan Sea Monster.
 * Although one of the demigod "afflictions" is usually dyslexia, Jason could read Midas' brochure for Gold: Invest for Eternity just fine. Although it might have been in Latin or Jason may not have dyslexia, like Frank Zhang.
 * While Jason claims to be the Praetor of the First Legion in The Lost Hero, but Camp Jupiter is made up of the Twelfth Legion.
 * Jason sometimes feels uncomfortable with attention that is given to him due to him being the son of Jupiter and people expecting that that he will not fail.
 * Piper calls Jason Sparky on occasion.
 * Jason is a Greek name meaning healer.
 * He is the only person known to ever survive seeing a god's true form"