Otis (Giant)

"That’s what you said about our last stunt. I was hanging in that block of ice suspended over the River Lethe for six months, and we didn’t even get any media attention."

- Otis to Ephialtes

Otis or Otus was a giant created by Gaea to destroy the Olympian gods during the first Giant War. Otis and his twin brother, Ephialtes, were created to be the banes of Dionysus/Bacchus.

The First Gigantomachy
During the first Gigantomachy, Otis and Ephialtes planned on reaching Olympus by stacking three mountains on top of each other. Ares planned on stopping them, but the twins managed to defeat the war god and place him inside of a bronze urn for thirteen months where he remained until Hermes saved him.

The twins were later defeated by the goddess of the hunt, Artemis. Artemis transformed herself into a deer, which the two wanted to kill. They both took aim with their spears and struck each other as Artemis ran between them.

In the Series
After Otis and Ephialtes were defeated, they began to make a home under the Colosseum in Rome. They began transforming it into their own hypogeum so they could one day destroy Rome. They also formed a pact with the monster Arachne. For centuries, they aided her in killing or capturing children of Athena who were given a quest to find the Athena Parthenos. The two also performed various stunts in order to gain media attention (normally at Otis' expense), but failed every time.

The Son of Neptune
The twin giants had kidnapped Nico di Angelo under orders from Gaea, shortly after he entered the Underworld looking for the Doors of Death.

The Mark of Athena
Percy Jackson dreams that they are holding Nico prisoner in a bronze jar, similar to what they did to Ares in the original myth. The twins originally had planned to have Nico die on the Kalends of July, before he was rescued by the seven. Otis and Ephialtes also team with Arachne to destroy the "child of wisdom", referring to Annabeth Chase, and try to keep Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter as ongoing enemies. They are battled by Percy and Jason Grace in the Colosseum, and were defeated by Bacchus.

The House of Hades
It is mentioned by Hyperion and Krios, who are guarding the Doors of Death, that all the Giants who were killed have reformed and returned to the mortal world through the Doors of Death, which includes Otis as well.



Personality
Otis is shown to be somewhat less intelligent than Ephialtes, or at least he follows his brother's lead more often. While he tends to point out the flaws in his brother's plans or come up with ideas of his own, such as having a ballet number during the battle with Jason and Percy, his ideas are normally shot down for one reason or another. Like his brother, he goes to extremes for entertainment purposes, even if he normally gets the short end of the stick.

Appearance
Otis is only twelve feet tall, a respectable height for a Cyclops, but only half as tall as most Gigantes. He also looks somewhat more human than most of his brothers, since he has two snakes for legs (which he usually conceals under his black pants). His long green hair is braided with golden and silver coins. He has his ten-foot spear strapped to his back. He looks almost identical to his brother Ephialtes, the only difference being their hair color.

Abilities

 * Prowess in Battle: In spite of being very short for a Gigantes, Otis is a very strong and skilled warrior, though weaker than his brother Ephialtes. He successfully battled Jason Grace, a fairly strong demigod. However, he was eventually defeated by Jason and killed by Bacchus.
 * Giant Immortality: As a Gigantes, Otis can only be killed by a god and demigod together, his armor and skin are regenerative and will heal during battle at an accelerated rate.

Trivia

 * Ephialtes and Otis are the only two giants so far who share the same bane.
 * They are also the only giants born to destroy a demigod, as Dionysus was a demigod when he originally defeated them.
 * Otis loves ballet, something that infuriates his brother Ephialtes.
 * As revealed in Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, Otis and Ephialtes are known as the Aloadae Giants.
 * Otis is the more dim-witted twin between him and Ephialtes.