Percy Jackson

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"The best people have the rottenest luck."

- Percy

Perseus "Percy" Jackson (Περσεύς in Ancient Greek) is the main protagonist and narrator of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. He is the demigod son of Poseidon, god of the sea and Sally Jackson, a clear sighted mortal (who can see through the Mist). Percy was one of the heroes mentioned in the first Great Prophecy and is destined to make a choice that will either save or destroy Olympus. He is Annabeth Chase's boyfriend. In the Lost Hero he is missing taken by Hera, and is believed to be in the Roman equivalent of Camp Half-Blood He may or may not have memory of his life. Percy is portrayed by Logan Lerman in The Lightning Thief (film).

The Lightning Thief
Perseus, or "Percy" Jackson (named after Perseus the hero, by his mother for good luck, which he never actually has) is a very troubled 12-year-old boy (in the beginning) who has been expelled by every school he has attended. His most recent one is Yancy Academy where his trouble seems to be worse than usual. He has only one friend at the school, who is Grover Underwood, who's Percy's best friend, protector and is a satyr. During a field trip to a museum, Percy is annoyed at the school bully, Nancy Bobofit, for bothering Grover and in a fit of rage, accidentally summons water in a nearby fountain to pull her in, but doesn't know how. Mrs. Dodds, his pre-algebra teacher, witnesses the whole scene and tells him to follow her into the museum for a "chat". Suddenly, she attacks him and transforms into a Fury, who also looked like a bat with humongous fangs, which Percy manages to destroy when Mr. Brunner throws a pen that transforms into a sword at him, but when he asks his classmates, nobody remembered Mrs. Dodds except maybe Grover, who always hesitated before he answered. Percy arrives back at the school and hears Grover and Mr. Brunner talking about him. Deeply hurt that his favorite teacher and best friend are talking behind his back, he goes home on his own at the end of the school year, even though Grover asked him to wait for him at the bus stop. Arriving home to his horrible step-dad, Gabe Ugliano and his friends playing poker. Gabe demands money for his poker game and although Percy denies he has any, Gabe deduces that he has change from the cab drive and forces it from him. Percy's mother arrives soon afterward and tells him that they can go to his favorite beach in Montauk, NY for the whole weekend. Percy, happy that finally something good has happened, packs his things and leaves, but not before seeing Gabe get hit in the butt by the door when he does a weird hand gesture Grover did and being jeered further by Gabe. Arriving at the beach, Percy was shocked to see Grover without pants coming to him and his mom, telling them to leave. Percy was confused at his friend's appearance: He was a goat from the waist down! Nevertheless, his mother takes them both in Gabe's 1978 Camaro and begins driving at daring speeds through a blinding hurricane. The car is blasted off the road by a bolt of lightning. As Percy, Grover, and his mom try to get out, they see the Minotaur, a half man, half bull monster, who had been chasing them. The three of them manage to dodge it by following Ms. Jackson's advice to dash out of the way at the last second, but Grover is too slow and the Minotaur injures him, but is distracted by Percy's mother. The Minotaur puts down Grover, grabs Percy's mom by her neck, and she disappears in a golden flash of light. Percy, in a surge of power and anger, manages to defeat the Minotaur by pulling out its horn and stabbing the Minotaur in the chest. Percy drags the unconscious Grover past the hill with Thalia's tree (Thalia is a girl who died and whose father Zeus turned Thalia into a pine tree) to Camp Half-Blood and then passes out when he reaches the porch of the Big House.

Percy also meets a future friend, Annabeth, head counselor of the Athena cabin, who cared for him in the infirmary where she revealed that "he drooled in his sleep" and who Percy described as "pretty" when he was unconscious. He is introduced to the other campers, who Percy learns are all demigods (half-bloods). Percy himself is a demigod, but no one knows who his divine parent is. He also learns that the director of the camp is the wine god Dionysus, who is very unpleasant and moody, and Mr. Brunner (former Latin teacher from Yancy Academy) is actually the hero-training centaur (half human half stallion), Chiron. After being shown around the camp, he is introduced to Luke Castellan, the head counselor of the Hermes cabin. He meets a girl that reminds Percy of Nancy Bobofit, Clarisse La Rue, leader of the Ares' cabin whom he immediately dislikes. Clarisse, for some reason, sticks the new kid's head in the girls' bathroom toilet. Her plan, however, backfires because Percy somehow shoots water out of the toilet to blast back at Clarisse and her buddies. Later in a game of Capture the Flag, Percy defeats Clarisse and three others single-handed when he touched the creek, which heals his wounds from the fight. After Capture the Flag, Percy hears a mysterious howling and a hellhound comes out of the forest and attacks them. Percy's injury from the hellhound heals by touching the water; then suddenly, a holographic trident floats above Percy's head which tells everyone that Percy is the son of Poseidon, which explains his powers over water. The hellhound had come from the Fields of Punishment (which is in the Underworld), not from the forest, which meant that someone within the camp had summoned it because nothing, not even weather, can enter the camp's magic boundaries without permission. Soon after learning that Zeus's lightning bolt has been stolen, Percy embarks on the quest of his life with his pen/sword Anaklusmos, or Riptide, Grover, and Annabeth, an adventure that bonds them forever. They face the monster Medusa, Procrustes, and the Furies, ending up in the Underworld facing Hades, the lord of the dead, who believes Percy stole his Helm of Darkness and the Master Bolt. Hades saved Percy's mother right before she died from the Minotuar, which explains the golden light. Percy, Annabeth, and Grover escape using Poseidon's Pearls. He finds out that the war god Ares has the Master Bolt and the Helm of Darkness. He battles Ares for possession of the bolt and the helmet, and during the battle he stabs Ares in the ankle. A dark force later revealed to be Kronos stops Ares from killing Percy. Ares vanishes in his divine form, leaving the bolt and Helm of Darkness behind. Percy goes to New York, and gives the bolt to Zeus. Percy gives the helm to the Furies, who give it to Hades who, in reward, sends back Sally to her apartment.

Percy gives Medusa's head to Sally, who uses it to get rid of Gabe. Percy goes back to Camp Half-Blood, where he, Annabeth and Grover are congratulated by everyone at the camp. At the end of the summer, Percy can't decide wether to stay at camp, or enroll in seventh grade and live with his mom. He decides to train to clear his mind, where he sees Luke training at swordplay. They drink sodas together in the forest, but suddenly, Luke summons a pit scorpion, and tries to kill Percy. The scorpion stabbed his stinger into Percy's palm. After being fed with ambrosia and nectar, Percy heals and decides to enroll in the 7th grade and come back next summer.



The Sea of Monsters
Clarisse, the daughter of Ares and long-time rival of Percy, is given the quest to go into the Sea of Monsters to find and retrieve the Golden Fleece, which has healing powers for plants, animals, and humans and Thalia's tree. Percy and Annabeth decide to go also, but earlier Tantalus and Dionysus didn't let them (Tantalus is the new head counselor as Chiron is accused of poisoning Thalia's Tree).. Grover is captured by Polyphemus, a member of the one eyed Cyclopes, and Polyphemus believes that Grover is a female cyclops and he wants to "marry" Grover. As of Grover whom is wearing a bridal gown. As they enter the Sea of Monsters, they have to get past Scylla and Charybadis. Scylla lives on a cliff, while Charybdis lives in the middle of the entrance to the Sea of Monsters. Instead of at least trying to sail in between the sisters, Clarisse automatically goes for Charybdis and Tyson, a good Cyclops, supposedly dies in Clarisse's ship after the ship got blown up due to malfunction problems. After that, Percy and Annabeth journey to many dangerous islands, and Annabeth tells Percy many things about how Thalia died, and she also mentions her prophecy. Fighting their way through many other obstacles, like the Sirens and Circe's island, they join up with Clarisse, Grover, and later Tyson, who magically survived by a friendly hippocampi who dragged him out of the water. They leave with the Golden Fleece, which Polyphemus stole many years ago from some people. When they return to the mortal world, they send off Clarisse on an airplane to camp alone to drape the Fleece on the tree, and Percy, Annabeth and Tyson get kidnapped by Luke. He almost kills Percy in a duel, but Percy reveals Chiron was innocent in a secret Iris-message (Iris-messaging is done when demigods make rainbows and contact each other), and Chiron comes to rescue them with his strangely dressed relatives. When they return to camp, the Fleece is put on the tree. The Fleece not only revives Thalia's tree, but it brings Thalia back to her full life form. It's Thalia who appears as she looked in Percy's dreams. He remembers the dream and realizes that it is her. It turns out that this was actually Kronos's plan, done so that he would have another chance to manipulate the prophecy which governs the future of Olympus and the Olympians.

The Titan's Curse
The demigods, Percy, Annabeth, and Thalia rush to the rescue to find that Grover has made an important discovery: he has found two powerful half-blood siblings whose parentage is unknown: Bianca and Nico di Angelo. A fierce battle awaits...and a surprise from a group of Hunters with Artemis, the virgin goddess of the moon and the hunt, but that's not all that awaits them. The Titan lord Kronos has devised his most devious plot yet, and the young heroes have just fallen prey to it. They're not the only ones in danger. An ancient monster has risen - one rumored to be so powerful it could destroy Olympus. Artemis, the only one who might know how to track the monster, is missing. Now Percy and his friends, along with the Hunters of Artemis, have only a week to find the kidnapped goddess, find Annabeth who supposedly got kidnapped by the evil Dr. Thorn, the vice principal monster, and solve the mystery of the monster Artemis was hunting. Along the way, Grover makes a very important discovery about Pan. During the journey at Hoover Dam, Percy meets a mortal girl named Rachel Elizabeth Dare, who can see straight through the Mist, (a veil that hides things from mortals) like his mother. She helps him escape from the undead skeleton warriors by saying that Percy went the other way. While warning them about the Junkyard of the Gods, Aphrodite (the love goddess) tells Percy there is a romantic future waiting for him with Annabeth. Once at the other side of the country, they go to the Mountain of Despair to fight the Titan Atlas and Luke. Thalia was fighting Luke, and everyone else was fighting Atlas. Artemis was struggling against her bond, under the weight of the sky. Percy took the sky from her and held it while Artemis and Zoë lured him back to where the sky was being held (Percy later gets a streak of gray in his hair from his experience of holding up the sky). While this was happening, Thalia was winning the fight with Luke. Finally, Artemis threw Atlas over to Percy. Artemis' throw with Atlas knocked Percy from under the sky and Atlas had to hold his burden once more. Thalia and Luke were still fighting but finally Thalia made him flinch with her shield, Aegis. Later, she tries to finish him off with her spear, but when Luke grabbed it, Thalia kicked him to his 50 foot fall off the edge of the cliff. Annabeth believes he's not dead because he's under Kronos's spell. During the battle, Zoë Nightshade of the Hunters receives deadly injuries; she's poisoned by a dragon, Ladon, and her father, Atlas, who killed her by making the final strike. Artemis put her out of her pain and she turned into dust. The dust flew into the stars, creating a new constellation in the sky in the shape of a hunter. On Mount Olympus, Thalia becomes the lieutenant of the Hunters of Artemis. On the way back to camp, Percy was trying to figure out how to tell Nico that Bianca died because of a crazed robot in the junkyard of the gods, made by Hephaestus. Once at camp, Percy told Nico the horrible truth and the boy sprints into the woods, right after he made the ground open up to swallow the approaching dead skeleton warriors. Nico believes Percy let Bianca die and turns on him. Annabeth, Percy and Grover search for Nico for a long time, but have no luck. Percy then holds the figurine of the god Bianca got for him at the junk yard. Suddenly, he realizes who Nico's dad is: Hades, Lord of the Dead. Many weeks later, Grover was drinking a lot of coffee, trying to get a connection with Pan, like he did in New Mexico. He comes running towards Percy to tell him Pan spoke in his mind. Pan had only said three words, "I await you...."

The Battle of the Labyrinth
Percy Jackson thinks that freshmen orientation won't be fun, and that itself proves to be when he is accompanied by a mortal friend, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, who he met at Hoover Dam in the Titan's Curse. Rachel tells Percy to leave the room when she spots the demon cheerleaders that Percy had encountered when he went in through the side of the building to ignore Rachel. As Percy leaves, he ends up having to fight the empousai and runs into Annabeth Chase, a friend from camp along the way. They were supposed to see a movie together, but Annabeth is upset when she sees Rachel with him because she is jealous. She takes him to Camp Half-Blood, a camp just for demigods like them. Percy finds his half-brother Cyclops, Tyson, cleaning their cabin. Quintus, the new swordsmen teacher, is accompanied by Mrs. O'Leary, a hellhound that develops a soft spot for Percy. During a game that Quintus made up, Annabeth and Percy go through the rocks of Zeus's Fist and fall in a dark cavern which they later find out is an entrance to the Labyrinth. Annabeth is offered the quest she has been waiting for since age 7: She must enter the Labyrinth, find Daedalus, and get Ariadne's String before their arch enemy, Luke Castellan, does. Luke has been planning on burning down Camp Half-Blood, and using the Labyrinth to get there guided by Ariadne's String. Annabeth gets her prophecy from the Oracle: "You shall delve in the darkness of the endless maze; the dead, the traitor, and the lost one raise; you shall rise or fall by the ghost king's hand; the child of Athena's final stand; destroyed with a hero's final breath; and lose a love to worse than death." She withholds the final line, though, until much later in the book. Annabeth takes Percy, Grover, and Tyson along with her. Together, they enter the maze. They are accompanied by Hera, who tells them that Percy knows the way. When they take a wrong turn throughout the maze they run into Nico, son of Hades at the Triple G Ranch. Nico is accompanied by King Minos's ghost, who tries to convince Nico to and that they are not his friends. Once they get out, (without Nico) Percy and the others run into a sphinx-run quiz show. Also, once they return to camp, Hephaestus has them travel to one of his forges. Percy gets lost in the inner depths of Mt. St. Helen's while battling fierce water demons. Before parting with Annabeth, she kisses him for luck because she thinks he is going to die, and Percy faces four full grown telkhines. They attempt to burn him with lava, but Percy, being a son of Poseidon, is hard to burn. In desperation, he unleashes an incredible amount of power and blasts out of Mt. St. Helens, creating an explosion that damages the volcano, stirs Typhon in his sleep, and causes the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people living around Mt. St. Helens. He ends up falling into Ogygia, where he meets Calypso, a young girl whom Percy thinks is much prettier than Aphrodite herself. Percy must leave the island and Calypso (who has fallen in love with him) behind. When he finds Annabeth again, Annabeth thinks Percy is dead but is surprised to see him and starts hugging him fiercely until she realizes she is making a big scene in front of all of the other campers. Then Percy realizes that he does know the way, a mortal girl with clear sight must guide them. Once they are accompanied by Rachel, they run into a wide arena, where Percy battles a dracaena and the demigod Ethan Nakumura. Sparing Ethan, Percy challenges his giant half-brother, Antaeus, the arena master, that is accompanying Luke so that Luke's army can pass. Percy kills him by luring him off the ground, as his mother is Gaia. When he finds Annabeth and Rachel again, Rachel leads them straight to Quintus and Daedalus's workshop, who tells them that he is Daedalus; and he also reveals that they are too late; Luke got there first and took Ariadne's string. He says that Rachel is better and more accurate than the string. Monsters then attack the workshop, dragging in Nico Di Angelo in chains. Percy, Rachel, Annabeth, and Nico escape and leave Daedalus and Mrs. O'Leary to fight the remaining monsters. They find another entrance and enter the maze once again. Once they navigate through the maze, Percy hears the Titan Lord speak to him. Taking Annabeth's invisibility cap, he goes into the room and opens the coffin. There, not fully formed, is Luke. As much as Percy hated him, Percy did not draw Riptide. He finds the demigod whom he spared earlier in the maze, Ethan. Ethan joins the Titan's side and Luke/Kronos comes to life. Percy barely escapes, thanks to Nico Di Angelo and Rachel (She nailed Kronos in the eye with a blue plastic hairbrush). While they were going through the Labyrinth, they meet up with Tyson and Grover again. Together, they all find Pan, the god of the wild, who tells them he is dying. As his spirit dies, it goes into the mouths of each of them, and it seems that Grover got a little bit more than the rest. Rachel leads them to New York, where pegasi take Percy, Annabeth, Grover, Nico and reluctantly, Tyson. The five of them had to leave Rachel behind, because she is full human. They go to help the camp ready for the Titan army's arrival. Battling side by side are Annabeth and Percy. Percy and Annabeth fight an evil monster, Kampe, along with Briares's help. Grover, in a panic, screams so loudly that it scares the Titan army back into the Labyrinth. Grover's dryad girlfriend, Juniper, insists that it was Pan's wild scream that had scared the Titan army the first time. As Percy gets up, Daedalus comes and tells them that the Labyrinth is tied to his life. The child of Athena (Daedalus) dies, and so does the Labyrinth. Percy, Annabeth, and the other uninjured campers take the wounded to the Big House. Percy decides to leave camp and go celebrate his birthday with his mom. Two surprising visitors stop by while Percy, Tyson, his mom, and Paul Blofis (Percy's mom's boyfriend, and fiance) are celebrating. First, Percy's father Poseidon comes and tells him that he fears Luke/Kronos is only temporarily defeated and when Percy blew up Mt. Saint Helens, Typhon stirred in his sleep. Finally departing with Poseidon, Percy decides to go to his room to plant the garden he had earlier promised Calypso. As he does, Nico di Angelo stops by and tells him that he needs to tell Percy things about how they might be able to stop the Titan army. Percy then invites him for cake and ice cream.

The Last Olympian
Percy is driving Paul Blofis's Prius with Rachel. Rachel is flirting her way into a relationship when they are interrupted by Beckendorf and Blackjack landing on the hood of the car. Rachel briefly kisses Percy and Beckendorf makes a joke about not telling Annabeth about that little scene, and Percy responds by saying, "Oh gods, don't even think about it." Then Beckendorf tells Percy that it's time to initiate their plan to destroy the Princess Andromeda, Luke's demon cruise ship inhabited by Kronos' Army. While they are setting the bombs to blow up the ship, some telkhines and dracanae attack. Percy distracts them to give Beckendorf time to arm the explosives. He battles Kronos, but Beckendorf is already captured. Because the explosives have no timer and Beckendorf has the detonator, he sacrifices himself to help Percy escape and carry out the plan. Percy loses consciousness in the water and drifts to Poseidon's palace under the sea where he meets Tyson and other relatives. Poseidon is fighting Oceanus and his army, aging rapidly due to the state of the sea. Percy wants to stay and fight, but he must return to Camp Half-Blood to relay news of what happened on the Princess Andromeda to the campers. Chiron and Annabeth agree to show him the Great Prophecy, and after reading it he learns that his fate is to make an important choice and to have his soul reaped by a cursed blade. Percy is all keyed up for a while afterwords until a confrontation with Annabeth, when she calls him out as a coward. As he contemplates his fate, Nico returns to discuss the secret plan introduced in ''The Battle of the Labyrinth. ''He wants Percy to bathe in the River Styx to become invulnerable like the hero Achilles. To do so, Percy Jackson must first discover how Luke could do it and they go visit his mother, May Castellan in Connecticut, where they find her insane and unstable. She does tell that Luke came and asked her for her blessing for something that he needed to do. They also meet the goddess of the hearth, Hestia, who shows Percy visions of the destruction being caused by Typhon. Percy and Nico visit Sally and Paul Blofis back in the city, to get her blessing. She insists that Percy is now his own person, and that she has to let him go. Nico leads Percy to the Underworld, where Hades reveals that it was all a trick to make Nico the child of the prophecy. Nico rescues Percy, though he seems to have lost his trust, and takes him to the Styx, where he is submerged in the water and becomes invulnerable, but for one tiny spot on his lower back. The war begins and Percy leads the group of demigods into a sleeping Manhattan to battle monsters and demons, while the gods are battling the monstrous Typhon in the east. Rachel arrives, revealing that she has had a vision which read, "'''Perseus, you are not the hero.' It will affect what you do." '''Ethan, aiming at Percy's Achilles Spot, though he doesn't know it, stabs Annabeth in the arm with a poisoned blade. Annabeth had pushed herself in the way, as if she knew his Achilles Spot. Percy is furious and horrified, knocking Ethan unconscious. Kronos threatens Percy to surrender or he will kill Annabeth, but Percy calls Blackjack who takes her to a hotel in a plaza. Annabeth is seriously injured, and Percy tells her where his Achilles spot is and that she saved his life. Annabeth remarks he looks "cute when you're worried." Annabeth is able to convince Luke to resurface. She reminds him of his promise that he would protect her, and asks Percy to give him the knife so that he can end everything. Percy hands over the knife, discovering he was not the hero after all, but his choice to give it to Luke was the decision he had to make. Kronos is blown to dust and scattered by the wind, and Luke dies a hero's death. Through deaths and betrayals, the demigods stand victorious. Percy is given the gift of becoming a god, but declines due to his love for Annabeth, to whom he is finally able to confess his feelings for. He instead requests that the gods claim their children by the age of thirteen and that Camp Half-Blood construct cabins for the minor gods and Hades. When he comes back to Camp Half-Blood, he finally expresses his feelings for Annabeth and they kiss twice, the first time in Camp Half-Blood's mess hall, and the second time being underwater, due to which eavesdroppers tossed them into the lake, the latter which he describes as 'pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.' At the very end of the book, he and Annabeth share a moment of bliss as they race toward the road down Half-Blood Hill back into the mortal world, not looking back at Camp Half Blood once.

The Lost Hero
In The Lost Hero, it's revealed that Percy and Annabeth are officially dating. For most of the book his location was, and still is, largely unknown. The most recurring clue is that he disappeared around the same time that Jason, son of Jupiter/Zeus, first physically appeared. It is revealed at the end that he, as the leader of the Greek demigods, exchanged places with Jason, the leader of the Roman demigods. It is also hinted that he doesn't even remember who he is.

As Jason the leader of the Roman demigods moved into the Greek version of Camp Half Blood, it is likely that Percy was moved into the Roman version of Camp Half Blood, which is located near San Francisco likely to keep an eye on the Titan's base, Mount Orthrys in California. There, Percy is most likely having a hard time; according to Jason: "The Roman camp- they're not so friendly. You have to prove your worth quickly, or you don't survive. They might not be so nice to him, and if they learn where he comes from, he's going to be in serious trouble." Percy is presumably one of the heroes on the quest to Mt. Olympus.

In the book, Percy is often mentioned, and is only seen in a picture with Annabeth in Chiron's room. It is also hinted that Percy is the "Lost Hero", although depending on your point of view, Jason could also be the "Lost Hero" too. It is most likely Jason, However, as the second book almost definitely refers to Percy, and it is unlikely that two books would both refer to the same person.

The Son Of Neptune
The book is coming out in fall of 2011. It is assumed that because the title is "The Son of Neptune," Percy will play a large part in the book. The Son of Neptune is most likely referred to Percy, as Jason was called a son of Jupiter and because in Roman mythology, Neptune is the god of the sea as is Poseidon (Percy's father), in Greek mythology. It might show Percy's beginning at the Roman camp, just like Jason's in The Lost Hero, because he was at Camp Half-Blood.

Personality
"He's actually pretty intelligent, but he acts so dumb sometimes. I wonder if he does it just to annoy me. The guy has a lot going for him. He's courageous, he's got a sense of humor."

- Annabeth Chase

Percy is brave and righteous, a natural leader, willing to risk his life to save friends, strangers, and even his enemies. He is, as Annabeth says, also good looking. He also tends to do and blurt out things before thinking, no matter of the consequences, causing him to get in a lot of trouble sometimes. Annabeth Chase mentions he is technically smart but seems to act dumb; and is obtuse, such as he doesn't get see obvious things, such as people's feelings. He has earned the respect of many Olympians, including Dionysus (who dislikes most heroes), Artemis (who dislikes men), and Hades (who just doesn't like people in general). Despite this recognition, Percy remains humble; he tells Blackjack and the other pegasi not to call him "boss" or "lord." Percy can also be sarcastic and moody, and he suffers from a mild case of claustrophobia, presumably because the sea is so vast and open, being a son of Poseidon. Percy's favorite color is blue, and his favorite drink is his mom's special blue cherry coke. He dislikes being restrained or forced to obey, this is part of his nature as a demigod of the sea.

Although Percy is a leader at the Greek Camp Half-Blood, he is considered a troublemaker in school, with a track record of expulsions, like most demigods. His ADHD and dyslexia make learning difficult, and he has never been one of the "cool kids" in class. Despite this, he stands up to bullies and defends weaker classmates such as Tyson and Grover.

It is hinted by reading the books that he is humorous. He is also sarcastic and wry in his narrations.

Fatal Flaw
"To save a friend, you would sacrifice the world."

- Athena

Percy's fatal flaw is excessive personal loyalty: He would risk the world to save a friend or a loved one. Athena was obviously displeased that her own daughter Annabeth was an object of loyalty. Kronos previously exploited this trait in The Lightning Thief and The Sea of Monsters. Athena also says "The most dangerous flaws are good in moderation." when Percy protests that personal loyalty isn't all that bad.

Physical Description
"He's good-looking, but don't you dare tell him I said that."

- Annabeth Chase

Percy has sea green eyes, caucasian skin, and jet black hair (now with a single grey streak from Atlas's curse. It is unknown if it fades or disappears over time, as it is never mentioned again.). Percy was portrayed as unfit at first, but as he gets older his training makes him more athletic and muscular. In The Demigod Files, he is said to have a lot going for him and is good-looking, though he does not seem to know it himself. Many girls consider the young teenager immensely handsome. Percy is described to be around the same height as Annabeth, who is considered tall in The Lost Hero; in the UK Percy Jackson website, he is said to be 6' and "kinda slim"

It is mentioned he resembles his father, Poseidon(one of the reasons why Medusa wanted to keep him as a statue). It is possible that Percy will look like his father in later years of his life as they share the same sea green eyes and jet black hair.

Abilities
"Not that powerful, eh? Could have fooled me. You're the son of the Earthshaker, lad. You don't know your own strength."

- Hephaestus

Percy, as a demigod, has these "disabilities" and traits: Percy possesses incredible physical strength when in water. He tore a horn off the head of the Minotaur (because of the rain making him stronger, see hydrokinetic abilities point one); was able to bear the weight of the sky, (the curse of Atlas.)
 * ADHD, superhuman alertness that keeps half-bloods ready for and alive in battle.
 * Dyslexia, his brain is "hard-wired" for Ancient Greek instead of modern languages.
 * Percy has clairvoyant dreams, causing him to watch events in distant locations as an out-of-body experience. This is a general feature of demigods, but becomes even more intense during times of strife and when events are in motion. Percy has an inherent knack for seeing otherwise hidden things thanks to his unpredictable, changeable nature, inherited from Poseidon, his father.
 * As a child of one of the "Big Three" (Poseidon), he is more powerful than demigods of the other gods. Hence, Percy has a wider range of abilities.
 * Percy is a naturally talented swordsman, often able to hold his own against larger, stronger, and more experienced opponents.
 * Percy has bathed in the River Styx (like Achilles), making him invulnerable except in one weak point (the small of his back, just opposite the naval) and also granting him increased skill, strength, and puts him into a frenzy in battle.
 * Percy has a psychic connection with Grover called an empathy link.

Hydrokinetic abilities
Percy has numerous powers specifically connected to the domains of Poseidon: seas, horses, sea creatures, storms, and earthquakes. His water-related abilities tend to be stronger in salt water than in fresh water.


 * Upon contact with water (especially seawater), Percy gains a disproportionate amount of strength, combat skill, and speed; but only for a short time. The only way to lengthen the time would be if he was immersed in the water.
 * Control over any volume of water (hydrokinesis). For example, redirect rivers, create currents to push boats or himself, increase surface tension to the point where it is firm enough to stand on, and cause rivers to explode.
 * Summon hurricanes and other storms, complete with lightning and wind. Although it is unclear if Percy can manipulate the wind and lightning into offensive attacks.
 * Breathe underwater. Water pressure of any amount doesn't do any damage, or falling from great heights into water.
 * Stays dry unless he forces himself to become wet in water. When Percy touches objects underwater they become dry.
 * Create seawater with no effort with things that have a connection to the sea such as petrified seashells.
 * Communicate telepathically with sea animals, most of whom also obey him and treat him with respect, e.g. sea cows, sharks, and more.
 * Talk with equine animals (horses, zebras, pegasi, etc.), as his father created them out of sea foam. They tend to treat him with some deference and work to accommodate him; a notable exception are the flesh-eating horses in The Battle of the Labyrinth, who wanted to kill him.
 * Having perfect bearings about his exact location at sea. (longitude latitude, and knots).
 * Can telekinetically control anything that's connected to the sea, or covered in sea water.
 * Sense where objects are underwater.
 * Very resistant to burning.
 * Release air diffused in water and force the surrounding water to recede, making an air bubble so his friends with can breathe.
 * Control over currents. He uses this to propel him at greater force while underwater, or even in air.
 * Make water almost solid to form shields.
 * Healing when standing in, touching, or immersed in water.
 * Generate earthquakes and cause volcanic eruptions (As seen in The Battle of the Labyrinth). He might also be able to control the Earth and earthly resources (geokinesis), but to a lesser degree than the children of Hades. (As his Father was known as the "Earthshaker")
 * Shoot water without any water near him, he has water inside him so he can make water. This is shown in The Battle of the Labyrinth. When Percy remembers a naiad saying, "The water is within you." toward him.

Magical Items

 * The Minotaur's horn, he obtained this when he killed the Minotaur after it supposedly killed his mother, Sally Jackson.
 * Anaklusmos (Riptide in English), made with celestial bronze, given to him by Chiron to fight monsters. Used to be the weapon of Hercules, who got it from Zoe Nightshade. Riptide is usually kept as a ballpoint pen when not in use, and will always return to Percy's pocket. In the movie Riptide can deflect blasts from Zeus' lightning bolt.
 * Medusa head. Percy received it at the end of the first book. He cut it off and sent it to Olympus, but they sent it back. Percy, having no need for it left it with his mom, Sally Jackson. His mom uses the head to dispose of Gabe Ugliano, and disposes of the head.
 * Stygian Ice Whistle, a special dog whistle made of unmeltable ice that was cooled in the River Styx. It's used to call hellhounds and shatters after it is blown once. Percy used it when his friends were having trouble fighting an army of monsters in The Battle of the Labyrinth.
 * Wristwatch shield, a wrist watch which turns into a shield, given to him by Tyson. It was badly dented by Dr. Thorn in The Titan's Curse. Tyson came back and fixed it in the beginning of the next book.
 * Nemean lion's pelt, obtained in The Nemean Lion Skirmish, when he planned the death of the Nemean Lion. He sacrificed it to Poseidon in The Titan's Curse.
 * Sand dollar, given to him for his 15th birthday by his father. He split it in half and gave it to the Hudson River and the East River gods to stop Kronos' forces on boat in The Last Olympian.
 * Chameleon Armor, he used this in a game of Capture the Flag in the short story of "The Bronze Dragon"
 * Hermes' multivitamins, these multivitamins make the person who ate it to be immune to nearly any attack, which was used by Annabeth Chase during the Sea of Monsters to turn Percy back into a human after Circe turned him into a guinea pig.
 * The Golden fleece, after Annabeth was wounded by Polyphemus, he used the Golden Fleece to heal her. Then it was used to save Thalia's tree at Camp Half Blood.
 * Pandora's pithos, this was given to Percy by Prometheus to open it and give up hope. He then gave it to Hestia to look after it, because "hope survives best at the hearth."
 * A magical carnation, which was used in the short story "Sword of Hades" to find the thief of the sword.
 * Thermos of winds, this was used by Percy and Annabeth in the Sea of monsters to, escape the Princess Andromeda and Charybdis. Given to him by Hermes.
 * Magical Pearls, these pearls can transport a person to the sea when smashed.
 * Moonlace, a flower that can glow in the dark that grows in moonlight.
 * Javelins, these aren't normal javelins, because they have a grappling hook, and an explosive setting. Used in chariot races at Camp Half Blood.
 * Daedalus' wings, stolen in a skirmish in the center of the Labyrinth. Now in a trashcan after being deposited there, too damaged for further use.
 * Winged shoes, given to Percy by Luke Castellan. In the book the wings spring out when the wearer says Maia, Percy gave them to Grover. In the film he used these to retrieve a magical pearl.
 * A magic Travel Rose, which he used in The Sword of Hades.
 * The scarf of goddess Aphrodite which engulfed him in love magic and made him feel sleep and wonderfully happy.

Love Interests
"I'm not going to let this be easy and boring for you. No, I have some wonderful surprises in store. Anguish. Indecision."

- Aphrodite


 * Annabeth Chase: Annabeth is portrayed in the series as Percy's primary love interest and eventually became his girlfriend. When Percy first wakes up in The Lightning Thief, he describes her as a "princess, with golden curls". Percy and Annabeth disliked each other when they first met (mainly because their parents Athena and Poseidon have a rivalry) but soon grow fond of each other. Aphrodite told him that they will have a 'tragic love life'. Annabeth has kissed him (technically) five times, once, after winning the chariot race in The Sea of Monsters, though that was only on the cheek, in The Battle of the Labyrinth again for luck as she leaves him to fight the telekhines at Mt. St. Helen's, next in the dining area of Camp Half-Blood, prior to all the other campers throwing them in the canoe lake in The Last Olympian, and underwater, also in the The Last Olympian. It is just mentioned, but Annabeth tells Piper that Percy kissed her good night before he disappeared. Annabeth was jealous for sometime of Rachel, the clear-sighted mortal girl, because Percy spent a lot of time hanging out with her, but Annabeth eventually befriends her after Rachel became the Oracle. Annabeth also showed jealousy toward Calypso after Percy arrived back at camp from coming from Calypso's island. Percy describes her as being "always cute" but soon described her as being seriously beautiful. Annabeth also states that Percy looks cute when he's worried. It is also well mentioned that she and Percy have officially become a couple (in The Lost Hero). When Percy went missing, Annabeth was out of sorts trying to find him.
 * Calypso: After Percy was stranded on the island of Ogygia, he was healed by an immortal named Calypso who was condemned to live on the island forever after supporting her father, Atlas. She asks him to join her and live with her forever where he would become immortal, but he turns her down, even though it would save him from the prophecy (if he stayed on the island, he would never turn 16). Calypso was in love with Percy, and he somewhat loved her as well. In The Last Olympian Percy requested that the Olympians show leniency to the Titans who did not support Kronos, freeing Calypso from her prison.
 * Rachel Elizabeth Dare: Even though Percy is not known to like Rachel romantically, it is known that she liked him. In The Last Olympian she says, "And so ... hypothetically, if these two people liked each other, what would it take to get the stupid guy to kiss the girl, huh?". However, Beckendorf and Blackjack landed on the hood of Paul Blofis' Prius before he could answer. Rachel kissed him anyway though. Percy was unsure about having a crush on Rachel, as he never truly admits it. However, Percy's growing love for Annabeth never stopped so Percy didn't develop a relationship with Rachel. On Olympus, Rachel tells Percy that she was drawn to him due to his introducing her to the Olympian world, but that they could never be together as she went on to become the new Oracle.

Family

 * Catherine_Keener_protraying_Sally_Jackson_in_The_Lightning_Thief_film.jpg Jackson: Percy loves his mother Sally, and goes as far as to have her jerk of a husband, Smelly Gabe (as Percy nicknames him), turned to stone to make her happy. He even considered giving his life for her when Hades took her hostage, hinting towards his fatal flaw. Percy also was willing to stand school, and give up full year training, giving Kronos a large advantage at that, to stay with her.
 * Poseidon: While he admires what he's heard about his absent father, he also feels abandoned for many Poseidon.jpg. When he learns that his father is Poseidon, he is resentful at having been ignored all his life, but grows to realize that such is the life of a half-blood. Though they have rarely met, Percy loves his father very much and he learns with time that Poseidon loves him and thinks of Percy as his favorite son. Percy is on good terms with his father Poseidon. Poseidon views Percy is his favorite son. Poseidon even forgives Percy for sitting on his throne. Poseidon states that not even Hercules is as good a hero as Percy. It is unknown why he'd give permission for Percy to lose his memories in the Lost Hero (Or even if he gave his permission at all)
 * Paul Blofis: Percy is at first wary of Sally's new boyfriend, Paul Blofis, but eventually warms to him, too. Percy is very happy to have Paul as his stepfather. In the end Sally Jackson gets married to him, as Percy mentioned Paul as his step-dad rather then "his mom's boyfriend". Percy and Poseidon at first mispronounce Paul's name as "Blowfish".
 * Tyson: Percy loves his half-brother Tyson. He and Tyson have gone on many adventures together, and they love each other a lot. Even though Percy wasn't sure he liked him as a brother at first.
 * Gabe Ugliano: Percy hated his former stepfather a lot. When he was young, he called his stepfather "Smelly Gabe", partly because he smelled like old pizza wrapped in sweaty gym shorts due to his cigarettes and not taking many showers.

Gods

 * Zeus: Zeus has mixed feelings for his nephew. He was upset over Percy's birth because it violated the pact that he, Poseidon, and Hades made after World War II to not bear any more children (even though he had already broken it when he sired Thalia and later Jason) and was angered by Percy personally when he refused his offer of godhood but he is thankful for Percy returning his Master Bolt to him in The Lightning Thief and leading the defense of Olympus in The Last Olympian. During the winter solstice meeting in The Titan's Curse, Zeus voted to let Percy live even when it was no longer tied to the fate of his daughter, Thalia. Despite his services, Zeus warned Percy that he will strike him down if he ever travels in the sky. In The Lost Hero, it is mentioned that his indignation with Percy is part of the reason he closed off Olympus to mortals and forbade contact with the Demigods.
 * Hades: Like Zeus, Hades has a mixed relationship with Percy, given his natural dislike of heroes. he once accused Percy of stealing his Helm of Darkness when it was actually Luke who had stolen it. Later, he returns the helm to Hades which he repaid by returning the boy's mother whom he had kidnapped. In The Last Olympian, Hades is shown assisting Percy during the war after being persuaded by his son, Nico. When Percy rejected immortality, Hades is shown casually addressing him, implying that he may have earned his respect.
 * Ares: The god of war despises Percy for wounding him during their duel in The Lightning Thief. It is dangerous that they are on bad terms because Ares thinks highly of revenge and is quite violent. Ares puts curse on Percy's sword which came into effect when Percy was fighting Atlas. Later, when Percy was offered godhood, Ares agreed with it because he could then fight him anytime he wanted.
 * Athena: Athena is on neutral if somewhat unfriendly terms with Percy. She disapproves of his relationship with her daughter, Annabeth both because of his "unhealthy" loyalty and he is the son of her rival, Poseidon. In The Titan's Curse, she guided him at the Hoover Dam in order to save Annabeth though she also voted that he be destroyed at the winter solstice meeting. In The Last Olympian, Athena had Hermes send a message to Percy as well as Annabeth, advising how to best prepare for and counter the invasion but also used the opportunity to remind Percy of her displeasure about his relationship with her daughter. Despite her disapproval of him, it was Athena who convinced the other Olympians to honor his request for recognition though she later confronted him about his decision to decline godhood. He admitted Annabeth was the main reason though he added his friends as others to which Athena shortly replied "spare me".
 * Hera: Hera neither likes nor dislikes Percy. Both Percy and Annabeth both disagree with her views about family, siding with her son, Hephaestus even though Hera helped them numerous times in the book. Percy is close friends with Thalia, one of Zeus' illegitimate children whom Hera naturally despises. In addition, Percy is the love interest of Annabeth who Hera cursed for offending her, much like Ares did to Percy for humiliating him. However, it is not known if Hera included Percy in this statement. In The Last Olympian, She makes Ares write a thank you letter to Poseidon for saving Olympus, hinting that she may care for him. Hera later sent Percy to the Roman Camp Half Blood in the Lost Hero, possibly erasing his memory.
 * Dionysus (aka "Mr. D"): Both Dionysus and Percy share a mutual dislike of each other. Dionysus detests all heroes in general which he reveals in the The Titan's Curse to be due to to Theseus' treatment of his wife, Ariadne while Percy resents his antagonistic and sometimes callous attitude towards him and the rest of the campers. On the other hand, Dionysus did once save Percy's life during his quest to save Annabeth and Artemis. Then at the end of the Battle of the Labyrinth, Dionysus gives Grover his support after learning of Pan's "death", cures a traitorous demigod, Chris Rodriguez of his madness and he calls Percy by his real name (something he did very rarely to any camper) though he later denies it. Despite their relatively unfriendly relationship, Dionysus favors Percy with his judgment, help, and advice, more so than any other (demi or full-fledged) god in the series. This likely indicates that Dionysus acknowledges Percy with respect especially after the end of the second Titan War though he did tell Percy he would still to try to make his life miserable at camp.
 * Hephaestus: Traditionally, Hephaestus has close ties with Percy's father, Poseidon in the terms of the Cyclopes who work for both of them. Hephaestus is particularly grateful to Percy for having discovered who was using his forge under Mt. St. Helens even though he causes an eruption that not only destroyed the intruders but also destroyed the forge itself and freed Typhon. Despite Hephaestus' gratitude and being impressed by the boy's performance in the battle for Olympus, he mentions to Leo in the Lost Hero that he sees Percy as an ingrate.
 * Artemis: Percy is on Artemis' good side since he helped find and save her in The Titan's Curse. She even declared him a hero in the halls of Olympus itself and started calling him a man rather than a boy after he helped her defeat Atlas. Percy's friendship with Thalia, his deep loyalty, regardless of gender to others, and his respect for Zoe Nightshade has caused her to hold him in the highest regard. In the Lost Hero, she sent her Hunters in search of him, deliberately defying her father's orders. It is unknown if she is aware of what happened to him.
 * Hermes: Percy is on good terms with Hermes, who convinced him to go on a quest in The Sea of Monsters and gave him magic items to assist him in his journey. He also explained the relationship between gods and heroes to him. Later, their relationship took a turn for the worse after realizing that Percy could not save Luke. But after the war, their relationship was mended upon Percy's counseling and sympathy for Hermes' feelings of powerlessness for Luke's fate.
 * Aphrodite: The goddess of love and beauty favors Percy, having expressed an interest in his relationship with Annabeth Chase. She told that Percy that she planned to meddle with his love life, intending to make it a "nice tragic story". It was Aphrodite who arranged for Percy to meet Rachel and later Calypso, causing him to be confused about his feelings for Annabeth.
 * Apollo: Apollo treats Percy like the younger cousin he is, helping him twice in The Titan's Curse to save his (elder) sister, Artemis.
 * Demeter:Demeter, the goddess of agriculture and the harvest has had very little interaction with Percy, having only met each other during Percy's second journey to the Underworld.
 * Hestia: Aside from his father, Hestia is possibly Percy's best relationship with an immortal. Percy actually first saw Hestia his first day at camp but dismissed her as a nymph. Hestia helps Percy several times in The Last Olympian (which was named for her) which he repays by entrusting her with Pandora's Box, his reason for doing so being that "hope is best kept by the hearth."

Titans
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 * Kronos: He is the main antagonist of the whole story, but being the dad of the Big Three gods, he is a relative of Percy. Like Percy said, "Being the son of Poseidon and all, I guess that makes him my grandfather." Percy thought it so strange he dismissed it completely. Nevertheless, Percy is Kronos' grandson.
 * Kronos has tried to recruit Percy several times, but with no success. Although no one mentions this after Kronos is spread so far out he couldn't have a mind.
 * Iapetus: He is the only Titan that is on the good side with Percy.
 * In "The Sword of Hades" (in the Demigod Files), while he is fighting Percy, Percy tricks him into splashing into the River Lethe, wiping his memory clean. He emerges believing he is a man named Bob and his friend is Percy. Now he assists Percy whenever he requires his assistance.
 * Hyperion: He and Percy have a similar hateful relationship. The satyrs' magic transformed him into a tree in The Last Olympian.
 * Atlas: As a Titan, his curse was to carry the weight of the sky on his shoulders. Close to the events of the Titans Curse he succeeded in getting Luke to carry the sky so that he could fight. Then he tricked Annabeth into carrying it, who then got Artemis to take the burden. Percy then relieved Artemis of the sky so she could fight. Finally Atlas ends up with the sky again because of Percy, so it is heavily implied that Atlas hates Percy.
 * Zoë Nightshade: As Zoë is the daughter of Atlas. At first, she did not like Percy, but then she came to respect him, saying that he was nothing like Hercules (who betrayed her), and deserved Riptide. She was injured on Mount Othrys, the Titans' base, and is transformed into a constellation named 'the Huntress' after her death by Artemis, as Zoë is part of the Hunt.
 * Prometheus: Prometheus and Percy have mixed feelings for each other. Although Percy regards him as "a slimy worm", he becomes more respectable of him when he shows Percy a vision of Hermes lecturing Luke. It is unknown if they meet again, and if they do meet again, then it will probably under better terms.

Film
In the film, The Lightning Thief, Percy is played by Logan Lerman. His character's age has been increased from 12 to 17 to appeal to older viewers. And his eye color has changed from green to blue.Throughout the film, Percy has not been shown to display his ability to remain dry underwater, or anywhere else either.

Only as such his use his power to control the water and the like, he did need to get a rest.

Video Game
In the video game, Percy appears as the main protagonist. After getting more than three characters, besides Percy, the player may decide upon switching, however, Percy can not be replaced. His attacks are mostly Water based. He also has a few Physical attacks and one Poison attack. He is resistant to Water but is vulnerable to Poison. The table below contains all the moves he can learn throughout the game.

Trivia

 * Percy's birth date, August 18, wasn't revealed until the very last book, The Last Olympian. Throughout previous books he stated that "he never advertised the date because it fell right after camp ended."
 * Percy's real name is Perseus. His mother named him this because Perseus was one of the only demigods to have a happy ending. He also is, like in the original myth, the one to slay Medusa.
 * It is stated in The Lightning Thief that Percy has never gotten a grade higher than a C-, though in The Ultimate Guide his grade in science was a B-.
 * Though Percy has said many times in the series that he dislikes Clarisse, in The Demigod Files he reveals that he really does care about her, Clarisse vice-versa, and considered her as a friend.
 * It is also notable that Percy is horrible at archery as shown in The Battle of the Labyrinth and The Lightning Thief.
 * Percy seems to have done many things previous demigod heroes and mortals have such as: Slay the Minotaur (twice, once in The Lightning Thief, and later in The Last Olympian) like Theseus did, kill Medusa like Perseus did, get the Golden Fleece like Jason did, battle the Nemean Lion like Hercules did, visit the Garden of the Hesperides like Hercules also did, enter the Labyrinth like Theseus also did, enter the Underworld alive (multiple times) and returned alive like Hercules did, bear the Curse of Achilles like Achilles, killed a snake as a young child like Hercules and he dueled 4 Titans and won, though no hero has done that before, other than Jason who dueled Krios and lived.
 * Percy also follows in Odysseus' footsteps by facing the Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis, and taunting Polyphemus. He also follows Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece.
 * On the cover of The Battle of the Labyrinth he is seen opening Kronos sarcophagus, while in the book he was wearing Annabeth's invisible Yankees cap.
 * He is claustriphobic, as shown when he went up the arch. However, this doesn't seem to affect him in the labyrinth.
 * Some of the reasons that Percy Jackson got expelled were "accidently" (maybe) aiming a Saratoga battle cannon at his school bus, and pressing a button that made his class take an "unplanned swim" into the shark pool. Both are mentioned in The Lightning Thief. The reasons were probably Greek monsters or the Fates.
 * Since Jason was the leader of the Roman Camp Half-Blood and got switched with Percy, Percy is the leader of the Greek Camp Half-Blood, stated at the end of The Lost Hero.
 * Its is implied that Percy has lost his memories as stated at the end of The Lost Hero.
 * The original Perseus went to the quest for Medusa's head to save his mother, as did Percy in The Lightning Thief.