Gleeson Hedge

"All right cupcakes, you are about to see the Grand Canyon. Try not to break it. The skywalk can hold the weight of seventy jumbo jets, so you featherweights should be safe out there. If possible, try to avoid pushing each other over the edge, as that would cause me extra paperwork."

- Coach Hedge

Gleeson Hedge (b. 1904) is a middle aged satyr that was formerly filling as a coach at The Wilderness School. He is the protector of Piper, Jason and Leo.

The Last Olympian
Hedge was mentioned when he wrote a letter to Grover on a maple leaf. He tried to defend a park in Toronto from a giant evil badger, but failed to summon Pan's power, as Grover advised, resulting in many dryads being destroyed because their trees were obliterated. He wrote that he was retreating to Ottawa.

Letter to Grover
Dear Grover,

''Woods outside Toronto attacked by giant evil badger. Tried to do as you suggested and summon power of Pan. No effect. Many nymphs' trees destroyed. Retreating to Ottawa. Where are you?''

–Gleeson Hedge, Protector

The Lost Hero
Gleeson Hedge was originally assigned to protect Leo and Piper. Once Jason is attacked, however, Gleeson decides to protect him as well. Interestingly, Gleeson is the first satyr in the series who appears as an older human would, meaning, (because satyrs age slowly) as he tells Leo, Piper, and Jason that he is 106 years old (53 satyr years). Gleeson gets captured by Dylan when he saves Leo, but the trio later rescues him at Medea's mall. He later awakes at King Midas' golden mansion. When the group goes to Aeolus' fortress, Hedge fell in love with Mellie, an aura. At the end of the book, Mellie works as Tristan McLean's personal assistant and he works as Tristan's life coach.

Appearance
While coaching, Gleeson wears a baseball cap, a bright orange polo shirt, nylon workout pants, white nikes, a whistle around his neck, a baseball bat, and megaphone.(Leo Valdez made his megaphone make weird sounds when he talked into it) He is 5', has beady eyes, is really buff, and has a wispy goatee. After Aphrodite "fixed" him, Piper described him as a pastel nightmare. He is dressed in baggy canary yellow zoot suit with two-tone shoes that fit over his hooves. He has a matching yellow broad-brimmed hat, a rose-colored shirt, a baby blue tie, and a blue carnation in his lapel (which he sniffed and then ate).