Silena Beauregard

""He told me he wouldn't hurt...Charlie. He lied to me.""

- Silena, while she's dying

Silena Beauregard was a daughter of Aphrodite, girlfriend of Charles Beckendorf (Charlie), and the former head counselor of Cabin #10 (Aphrodite's Cabin) at Camp Half-Blood. She willingly became Luke Castellan's spy, but was later forced to continue after she decided to stop. She befriended Clarisse, a daughter of Ares, but died impersonating Clarisse so that the Ares cabin would help in The Battle of Manhattan. She was killed by a venomous acid from a drakon in battle, but despite being a spy for the enemy, she was titled a hero, her betrayal dying with her. She went to Elysium with her boyfriend Charles Beckendorf. Her half-sister Drew however, labeled Silena a traitor, though her siblings thought otherwise. Piper took over the role of head counselor from Drew, pointing out that Silena knew the importance of love and died for her friends.

The Sea of Monsters
Silena makes her first appearance in The Sea of Monsters and is shown to be in charge of the Pegasus stable. She gave Percy his first riding lesson on a pegasus. Percy thinks she is very pretty and also describes her as "one of the nicer Aphrodite girls." It is revealed later in the series that Silena was the one who gave Luke the information of where the fleece was and the quest Clarisse accepted.

The Titan's Curse
In The Titan's Curse, Silena isn't happy that the Hunters of Artemis are at Camp Half-Blood and has brief sparring match with them, leading to her participation in Capture the Flag. Zoë taunts her about her mother and about her strong belief in love. Zoë taunts that Silena doesn't want to be seen, though she is the daughter of love goddess. Silena is shown to be passionate, and furious towards those who deny the existence of love (especially The Hunters of Artemis) as shown when she said, "I'll show them. Love is worthless. I'll pulverize the Hunters!"

The Battle of the Labyrinth
In The Battle of the Labyrinth Silena is checking off the cabins, making sure they are clean and in order, and awarding points and prizes for the cleanest cabin. She smiles (with a wink) at Percy when his cabin is spotless and has beautiful adornments (thanks to Tyson who was right there in the cabin when Percy entered). It is noted that she is very brutal about ratings of cabins with bare walls. If she sees one little speck of dirt, Silena starts giving criticisms. It says she likes things nice.

The Demigod Files
In Percy Jackson and the Bronze Dragon, Silena and Annabeth are up against Percy and Charles Beckendorf. Silena and Annabeth capture them, but Beckendorf has been captured by the Myrmekes. When Beckendorf is trapped by a swarm of Myrmekes, Silena and Annabeth bravely help Percy find the Bronze Dragon and put it back together, saving Beckendorf. Afterward, Beckendorf asks Silena to the fireworks, which is the most romantic event that Camp Half-Blood has every year. It is possible that the events in the story were a plan by Silena with Annabeth's help to help Beckendorf build up enough confidence to ask Silena out, but the smiling girls won't confirm that when Percy confronts them about it. It is also said that Silena tried to give Annabeth a makeover.

The Last Olympian
In The Last Olympian, Silena takes part in the Battle of Manhattan with the other demigods, but is a devastated mess after Beckendorf's death. She goes back to Camp Half-Blood to convince the Ares cabin to fight while the battle's raging on in New York, as she and Clarisse are best friends. Later she leads the Ares cabin into battle dressed in Clarisse's armor and fights against the Lydian drakon, even though a child of Ares is destined to kill it. This mirrors an event in the Trojan War when Achilles's cousin, Patroclus leads their army into battle because Achilles refused to go. Patroclus was killed by Hector and after that Achilles brutally killed Hector, not unlike how Clarisse went on a rampage after Silena's death. Silena then gets hit with drakon poison in the face and while dying she revealed that she was Kronos' spy. She did it because before she met Charles Beckendorf, she said she was charmed by Luke, who convinced her that she would be saving lives and that Charles wouldn't get hurt. Afterward, she wanted to stop being the spy, Luke blackmailed her and said that he would reveal her secret if she ever stopped. Her last words were "Charlie... See Charlie..." She joined Beckendorf in Elysium. Because they held her in high regard, no one says the word "spy" during the burning of her shroud, that was hot pink with an electric spear embroidered on it. The campers of Ares' cabin and Aphrodite's cabin both claim that she is a hero.

The Lost Hero
Although dead, Silena is mentioned by Drew, the new head counselor. According to Drew, Silena didn't complete Aphrodite's rite of passage, and deserved what she got. Drew called her a traitor. However, Piper, the Ares cabin, and mostly anyone that was there when she was alive said that she was a hero. But since Drew wasn't there, she disagrees, because of what she did with her relationship with Kronos. Drew found out about that, but excused her for being human and mostly people said at the burning of her shroud that she did make mistakes but it was okay. Mostly everyone knew Silena, even the new people.

Appearance
It is unknown what Silena definitely looks like, as her introductions keep stating different colors of hair and eyes. In The Demigod Files, it said that her hair was black, and her eyes chocolate brown. In The Last Olympian, her eyes were blue and her hair was brown. In The Ultimate Guide, her eyes were blue and her hair was blonde. In all descriptions, she is described slim. However, it is always stated that she is a very beautiful girl who everyone stares at. Since she is a daughter of Aphrodite she may have the ability to alter her physical appearances or she simply gets bored of her appearance (likely due to her ADHD) and changes them. (Note: Rick Riordan said in an interview that Silena indeed has black hair and blue eyes.)

Personality
She is noted to be kind and caring to the other campers. Percy once described her as one of the nicest girls in the Aphrodite cabin, also saying that Silena was a neat freak. She loved Beckendorf and began to date him after the Demigod Files, but before him she liked Luke a lot and she became his spy. Later on, she stopped liking him and he blackmailed her into giving him information, but would not harm Beckendorf as an agreement. Being a daughter of Aphrodite, she cares strongly for the people she loves. After the death of Charles, she becomes filled with guilt, but it doesn't stop her from helping to save her fellow campers and come clean before she dies.

Powers/Abilities

 * Enchants men when she walks.
 * Magical control over clothes, makeup, and jewelry and hair/eye color.
 * Minor degree of love magic.
 * Expert Pegasus rider.
 * Knows French, as explained in The Lost Hero by Boreas, all children of Aphrodite should know the "Language of Love" better known as French.

Trivia

 * Her relationship between Charles Beckendorf may be a reference to the marriage of Hephaestus and Aphrodite.
 * Her friendship with Clarisse La Rue may also be a reference to the not-so-secret infidelity of Ares and Aphrodite, although it is not romantic, they also shared the same half-siblings, Phobos and Deimos.
 * Her last name is French for "beautiful look."
 * In battle, she wears pink and red armor in combat which Percy says makes her look like a "Guerrilla Warfare Barbie".