Camp Half-Blood (Greek)

"Keeping Young Heroes Safe from Harm (Mostly) For Over Three Millennia"

Camp Half-Blood (Which is Greek) is a secret Demigod sanctuary and training camp located on Long Island, New York. It is led by Dionysus, who calls himself "Mr. D" (he chased an off-limits wood nymph so, as punishment, Zeus sent him down to the camp to be camp director for 100 years but now only 50 years after Zeus cut his punishment in half after the Second Titan War), and Chiron, the centaur, legendary trainer of heroes, who is the activities director. The camp has magical borders enforced by the Golden Fleece, which was found and discovered by Grover Underwood, a satyr and friend of Percy Jackson, Grover Underwood and Annabeth Chase and taken from Polyphemus's island, ensuring that no monsters gain access to the camp in any attack and penetration. In earlier years it was Thalia's tree, which is a pine tree made from Thalia, Daughter of Zeus's spirit. It is described as being the only safe haven for half-bloods, although in The Lost Hero it is revealed that there is a Roman Camp Half-Blood of Camp Half-Blood for all the Roman demigods such as Jason Grace. The half-bloods live in cabins (one for each Olympian gods and goddesses), and eat in the dining pavilion. There is also an archery field, swordplay arena, and climbing wall for training. Its cover name is Delphi Strawberry Service, a reference to the name of the Oracle of Delphi.

Address
Half-Blood Hill, Farm Road 3.141

Long Island, New York 11954

Even though it is not mentioned in the books, Camp Half-Blood is in Montauk, at the end of the Long Island. It is in Montauk because the zip code is 11954, the zip code for some areas of Montauk, Long Island. Also, Percy, Sally, and Grover drive from their cabin at the beach in Montauk and it does not take them very long to get to Camp Half-Blood. Camp Half-Blood is located on the North Shore of Long Island, referenced many times in the books.

History
According to various camp members, Camp Half-Blood has trained some very famous figures, possibly including a couple of United States Presidents (ex. George Washington). It is a sanctuary for demigods, with borders that keep out monsters as well as mortals. Five years before Percy arrived at the camp, Thalia Grace - a daughter of Zeus - came close to dying on the border, willing to sacrifice herself to allow her friends - Annabeth Chase, Luke Castellan, and Grover Underwood - to reach the safety of the camp. In her dying moments, her father took pity on her and turned her into an enormous pine tree, sustaining her lifeforce within the tree. Her tree's position on the border enabled her spirit to strengthen the borders of the camp, even as she did in her last moments. In The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, and Grover set off to the west coast to recover Zeus's main weapon (a lightning bolt made by the Elder Cyclops) before the summer solstice or else Zeus and Poseidon, Percy's father, will go to battle. In the end, however, Percy returns to camp a hero and the campers celebrate. However, after awarding Percy his first camper bead, Luke Castellan betrays him and the rest of the campers joining Kronos, the Titan Lord of Time. The Sea of Monsters features a quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece after Thalia's Tree is poisoned by Luke, who fed elder python poison from the depths of Tartarus, and the protection is fading. The Fleece, robust vitality and life-force incarnate, heals Thalia's tree from near-death within a few minutes and, by the end of the night, it restored Thalia's physical body - although she was in a dangerous physical condition upon arrival, just as she had been when she'd been transformed. Afterwards, it continues to maintain the borders at their usual strength, even without Thalia's spirit. It is also believed that the camp has a darker secret - that if Bunker 9. The bunker, which is discovered in The Lost Hero by one of the camp's newcomer demigods, Leo Valdez, is shown by Leo to the other campers by the end of The Lost Hero. Chiron, once shown to the bunker, tells the other campers that the bunker was once used centuries ago during the American Civil War while demigods centuries ago broke up into both Roman and Greek groups (hence why they found there is a Roman version of Camp Half-blood). Chiron also adds that demigods centuries ago used the bunker as a war base during the Demigods Civil War, in which he states that it was diasterous for the demigods.

Cabins
There are twenty cabins in total, one honoring each god or goddess. Some of the cabins include Demeter, Dionysus, Hermes, Ares, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hera, Zeus, Artemis, Poseidon, Hecate, Iris, Hypnos, Hades, Morpheus, Hebe, Janus, and Nemesis, the cabins of Hecate, Iris, Hypnos, Hades, Morpheus, Hebe, Janus, and Nemesis being the latest additions (see the article The Last Olympian). Hera's cabin is a courtesy because she's the goddess of marriage and doesn't have demigod offspring. Artemis's cabin is empty because she is one of the virgin goddesses, but does sometimes play host to her huntresses. The cabins honoring Zeus and Poseidon are supposed to be empty, but Percy Jackson and his cyclops half brother Tyson (occasionally) occupy Poseidon's cabin, and Thalia Grace used to occupy Zeus' cabin, before she joined Artemis's Huntresses to prevent her from being the child of the prophecy. After The Last Olympian, the layout of the cabins changed dramatically, due to the deal Percy made with the gods. Now, each minor god and Hades (fortunate for Nico di Angelo) have their own cabins which means that the amount of campers will double or triple, to Mr. D.'s dismay. (Luckily, by this time, Zeus cut his remaining time to 50 years instead of 100.) Also, now the gods are obligated to claim their demigod children, by age 13. This will make for a much less crowded Hermes cabin. It is presumed that they are still making cabins. Zeus' cabin is now occupied by Jason Grace, a son of Jupiter and Thalia Grace's younger brother.

Big House
The Big House, is where the Oracle of Delphi used to live in the attic, before Rachel Elizabeth Dare took the Oracle into her own body. It also is a main meeting place for the leaders of the cabins for major problems and ideas before any quests, and Dionysus and Chiron enjoy playing pinochle on the front porch, the only true game (along with Pac-Man and gladiator fighting) according to Dionysus.

Climbing Wall
The lava wall, a climbing wall, is said to pour lava out for an “extra challenge”. If the camper does not get to the top quickly the walls clash together and the camper's clothes are soaked with lava (actually torn to only threads).

Camp Borders
The camp borders are designed to keep mortals, monsters, bad weather and many other things out of the camp. Only campers, gods, monsters, and some mortals (such as May Castellan and Rachel Elizabeth Dare in The Last Olympian who were given the permission by a camper (as Annabeth Chase did to Tyson) may enter through the border. Once, the border was protected by many things, the most notable being a strong copper dragon. In modern times, it is passively - but effectively - defended by the magical barrier generated by Thalia's tree, created from her in her dying moments.

In The Sea of Monsters, Thalia's Tree was poisoned by Luke Castellan with elder python venom from the pit of Tartarus. As the tree weakened, so did the strength of the borders. Percy managed to rescue Grover as well as steal the Fleece from Polyphemus the cyclops. The Fleece healed Thalia's tree and restored Thalia to her original body while leaving the tree in place.The fleece is guarded by a dragon.

During the Demigod Files, which took place about a few weeks after the Battle of the Labyrinth took place, where Percy, Annabeth, Charles Beckendorf, and Silena Beauregard found the Myrmekes - ancient Greek ants the size of a terrier carrying the head of mechanical bronze dragon. The marks of the head digging on the ground revealed a massive crater with the neck of the bronze dragon. Annabeth reattached the dragon's head and led the dragon to help rescue Beckendorf, who was captured by the ants. The dragon then went berzerk and Beckendorf worked with Percy to shut it down. Then it was fixed by Leo Valdez in The Lost Hero and reprogrammed to guard Camp Half-Blood, adding an active, physical guardian as well as a passive magic defense.

Dining Pavilion
The dining pavilion is where the campers eat breakfast, lunch and dinner. The food served is a diet primary of grapes, chesse, bread, and extra lean, nymph-cut barbecue. Each cabin has their own tables and campers are not allowed to sit at a table that is not their cabin's (Annabeth Chase broke this rule to speak with Percy in The Battle of the Labyrinth only while talking stuffs about the labyrinth that Percy couldn't understand). The table's are covered with a white tablecloth fringed with purple. At the center of the Pavilion is the bonfire. It is lit during the dinners and how brightly it is lit is dependent on the moods of the campers at the pavilion (ex. very happy or screaming the flame gets about 20 ft in the air and bright purple, so hot that the front row's marshmallows burst into flames, as stated by Percy; if the campers are not happy or cheerful, like the disaster of the monsters invading the camp in The Sea of Monsters, the mood goes low and the fire is about 5 ft tall in the air and the color of lint. It is not heating the cold air very much). At the beginning of each meal, each cabin takes turns going up to the fire and dropping in a share of their best food as an offering for the gods (because the gods like the smell). Hestia, Goddess of the hearth gets a portion of each offering.

Stables
This is where they store the pegasi. The Demeter cabin is in charge of the lessons but Aphrodite's cabin helps every now and then. Every few times, some demigod(s) would take pegasi lessons from one of the other demigods from Aphrodite's cabin.

Armory
This is where camp Half-Blood gets all its weapons. Hephaestus' cabin is in charge and are seen there most of their day, working the forges.

Camp Traditions
The camp has several traditions derived from its Greek roots. Winners and victors are given laurel wreaths and paraded around camp. More poignantly, anytime a camper goes on a quest, their siblings/cabin mates weave them a funeral shroud in case their sibling does not survive - if the camper has no siblings, another cabin may volunteer to do it. Should they return victorious, they get to burn the shroud.

But the most prominent tradition is the camp beads. At the end of every summer session, the senior counselors vote on the biggest event of the summer and paint it on the bead.

The Lightning Thief - A black bead with a green trident. Percy's first year.

The Sea of Monsters - Grover stumbles on the golden fleece, gets trapped by Polyphemus; Percy and Annabeth go after to rescue him and take the fleece; Percy's second year.

[[The Titan's Curse] - There was no bead. The events of this book took place in the same year as the Sea of Monsters, during the winter.

The Battle of the Labyrinth - An intricately designed maze to represent the Labyrinth. Percy's third year.

The Last Olympian - The Empire State building with the names of the deceased in tiny Greek letters. Percy's fourth year.

The Lost Hero - There is no bead. The book took place the same year of The Last Olympian, during the winter.

There are five beads on Annabeth's necklace at the start of 'The Lightning Thief', from years taking place prior to the books. The ones described are Thalia's tree, a centaur in a prom dress, and a Greek trireme on fire. Percy interrupts Annabeth in her explanation so the last two beads are not described. Because Luke arrived the same year as Annabeth, it can be assumed he had the same set.

A game of capture the flag is played whenever the Hunters visit, or every Friday from 6:00 to 9:00.

Notable Campers

 * Percy Jackson - Demigod son of Poseidon
 * Annabeth Chase - Demigod daughter of Athena
 * Grover Underwood - Satyr and member of the Council of Cloven Elders
 * Thalia Grace - Demigod daughter of Zeus, became a Huntress of Artemis
 * Rachel Elizabeth Dare - An ordinary human who became the new Oracle due to her ability to see through the Mist
 * Clarisse La Rue - Demigod daughter of Ares
 * Nico di Angelo - Demigod son of Hades; younger brother of Bianca di Angelo (deceased in The Titan's Curse]] on quest)
 * Charles Beckendorf - Demigod son of Hephaestus (deceased in middle of second Titan War after explosion on Luke's "cruise" ship Princess Andromeda)
 * Silena Beauregard - Demigod daughter of Aphrodite (deceased after being spat in the face by one of Kronos' drakons); camp traitor because shared info with Luke through a miniature copy of Kronos' scythe
 * Jason Grace - Demigod son of Jupiter (Roman name for Zeus)
 * Piper McLean - Demigod daughter of Aphrodite
 * Leo Valdez - Demigod son of Hephaestus; can create fire through power on the hand (one of the fortunate fireusers in Hephaestus's cabin)
 * Connor Stoll- Demigod son of Hermes; brother of Travis
 * Travis Stoll - Demigod son of Hermes; brother of Connor
 * Katie Gardner - Demigod daughter of Demeter
 * Clovis - Demigod son of Hypnos
 * Butch - Demigod son of Iris
 * Lou Ellen - Demigod daughter of Hecate
 * Miranda Gardiner - Demigod daughter of Demeter
 * Tyson - Percy's younger brother and Cyclopes son of Poseidon; a very good titanpes and friends with Annabeth, Percy (even though they're brothers), and anyone else except Percy's demigod enemies
 * Will Solace - Demigod son of Apollo; current head counselor of the Apollo cabin.
 * Michael Yew - Demigod son of Apollo; former head counselor of the Apollo cabin. (deceased in the middle of the second Titan War
 * Jake Mason - Demigod son of Hephaestus; former head counselor of Hephaestus cabin; gaves councilorship of Hephaestus cabin to Leo Valdez at the end of The Lost Hero.
 * Drew - Demigod daughter of Aphrodite.
 * Nyssa - Demigod daughter of Hephaestus.
 * Pollux - Demigod son of Dionysus.
 * Castor - Demigod son of Dionysus (deceased in the Battle of the Labyrinth)

Staff Members

 * Dionysus - The Camp Director and known as Mr. D. by the campers; punished by Zeus (his father) to camp because tried to intimidate a wood nymph
 * Chiron - Activity Director and centaur; also the healer (just like a human doctor).
 * Argus - The multi-eyed security guard and also the chauffeur of the beginning part of each demigod's quest.
 * Harpies - Three Harpies serve as "Cleaner Harpies" who would eat any camper that lingers around after noon on the last day of camp; also cleaned the dishes with superhot lava.
 * Tantalus- ex-staff member of Camp Half-Blood;put in Camp Halfblood in place of Chiron who Zeus suspects of being the culprit in the killing of Thalia's tree which protects the valley where Camp Halfblood resides in; Percy's unfavorite person in The Sea of Monsters
 * Quintus (a.k.a. Daedalus)- ex-staff member of Camp Half-Blood (deceased); also a demigod son of Athena who realized what Annabeth said afterwards and came to help fight the Titan army in the Battle of the Labyrith

Trivia

 * The road address, Farm Road 3.141, is the first four digits of pi.
 * Due to the magical barrier protecting the camp, precipitation and weather in the camp such as snow, rain, etc. does not fall on the camp unless desired so by Mr. D. It also keeps out mortals if unneeded or for protection.
 * The cover name for camp is "Delphi Strawberry Co."
 * To pay their expenses, the camp grows strawberries thanks to the help of Mr D, who has an effect on fruit bearing vines (the only reason they don't grow grapes is because he is not allowed to by the order of his father, the king of the gods and goddesses and heaven, Zeus, as punishment).
 * There is a Roman version of Camp Half-Blood located somewhere in the California area, however its name and exact location remains unknown (although Annabeth believes it is near San Francisco).
 * The Roman camp is run by a she-wolf by the name of Lupa, she serves in much the same regard as Chiron does in Camp Half-Blood.
 * The only mortal allowed in Camp Half-Blood is Rachel Elizabeth Dare who is the camp's host for the Oracle of Delphi.