Cecil Markowitz

"Oh, I like the way you think. They sent me because I excel at messing things up."

- Nico di Angelo to Cecil, in The Blood of Olympus.

Cecil is a Greek demigod son of Hermes attending Camp Half-Blood who appears in the Blood of Olympus.

The Blood of Olympus
Cecil first appears when Nico di Angelo leaves the Romans Leila and Dakota, shadow traveling to the crest of Half-Blood Hill next to Thalia's Pine where Will Solace, Lou Ellen, and Cecil where scouting the enemy. Nico at first doesn't see Cecil and the others as he is focused on studying the Romans following Octavian when Will makes there presence known. Nico doesn't recognize Cecil or Lou Ellen until Will introduces him as a demigod from the Hermes cabin. As Nico argues with Will about using his powers, it is noted that both Cecil and Lou Ellen look back and forth between the two as if "they were watching a really intense tennis match." The first time Cecil actually says something is in the next chapter where Cecil states that he brought some Greek fire, but Nico vetoes his idea and instead asks Cecil if the son of Hermes could re-calibrate the aim of the onagers toward the other firing lines. Cecil grins at this and comments that that's why they sent him there because he's great at messing things up. Cecil works on each onager while the other demigods guard him in case any Romans suspect or notice anything over the Mist from Lou's magic. While heading toward the third machine, they are noticed and Nico uses his powers to bring up skeleton warriors to fight the Romans. Cecil joins in this fight while Will fusses over Nico. After the small fight, it's noted that Cecil comes back limping, looking like he had pulled a muscle and points out to the two arguing demigod that they had missed the fight. During all the bickering, the Romans, Octavian, and the cynocephali came up.

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