Enceladus

Enceladus is one of the giants and one of the main antagonists in The Lost Hero.

History
Enceladus joined the Giants in the attack on Mount Olympus. He was created to destroy Athena. He was slain by a spear thrown by Athena and an arrow from Hercules' bow at the exact same time centuries ago. In The Lost Hero, he says that the gods threw a mountain on top of him (possibly after him being killed), and that he is the cause of volcanic eruptions, which are caused by his pain.

The Lost Hero
Enceladus captures Tristan McLean, the father of Piper McLean, so that he could use his daughter to lure Leo and Jason to him. He had hoped that they would be killed along the way, but was still pleased to have Piper just lead them to him so he could kill them himself. He also appears to Piper in a dream while his flying head was seen over a purple fire over Detroit. He shows her the pain her father was in and threatens her not to betray him. When she wakes up, Festus is falling out of the sky and Piper thinks Enceladus somehow managed to attack them from so far away. When confronted at the top of Mount Diablo, he claims he was born to fight Athena; calling himself the "Anti-Athena." While Jason and Leo attack him, he calls upon the Earthborn to help him defeat the demigods, but most are destroyed when Leo uses the construction equipment in the area and Piper manages to take out one with her dagger. He was killed at Mt. Diablo by a combined attack from Jason Grace and a lighting bolt from Zeus as only a god and demigod working together can defeat the giants.

Appearance
Enceladus is 30-foot (plus) tall giant, one of the smallest of his kind, but he claims to be the smartest of his kind. From the top he is a humanoid with bronze armor decorated with a flame design. He has dreadlocks decorated with bones woven through them. His skin was bronze. and his eyes are marble white. From the bottom his dragon legs are green and he has claws as feet. His weapon is a spear about the size of a flag pole.

Abilities

 * He can breathe fire.
 * His armor and skin are regenerative unless he is killed by a demigod and god working together.
 * He is stronger and his fighting abilities are increased on earth, Gaea.
 * He is very wise and cunning being the bane of Athena.
 * He has the enhanced strength of a giant.
 * Enceladus is an expert fighter, shown when he was able to keep the upper hand against Jason Grace and would have killed the latter if Leo hadn't interfered.

Trivia

 * His allies are the Earthborn and Gaea.
 * In Piper's picture, when you look at her dagger Katoptris, right above her face is a picture of the giant Enceladus, just like, in the book, when Piper first looks at her dagger she sees Enceladus.
 * He is (or so he claims) smarter then all the other giants due to the fact that he was created to kill Athena, the goddess of wisdom.
 * Several times, Enceladus mentions how his brothers, the other giants, are far stronger and taller than he his.
 * A moon of Saturn is named after Enceladus.
 * In Greece, an earthquake is still often called a "strike of Enceladus."
 * His imprisonment under volcanoes is very similar to the story of Typhon.