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"Yeah, flattering. But actually I'm the son of Poseidon. I'm from Camp Half-Blood."

- Percy, to the giant Alcyoneus, in The Son of Neptune

Perseus "Percy" Jackson (Περσεύς or Περσέας Τζάκσον in Ancient Greek) is the main character and the narrator of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series as well as one of the main characters in The Heroes of Olympus series. He is a demigod son of Poseidon and Sally Jackson. He is currently Annabeth's boyfriend and a Praetor of the Twelfth Legion at Camp Jupiter. He is portrayed by Logan Lerman in The Lightning Thief.

Perseus "Percy" Jackson was born on August 18, 1993. He was raised by his single mother, Sally Jackson. When Percy was a baby, his father, Poseidon, left to protect him and his mother. However, Poseidon visited him when he was in his cradle, which Percy described as a "golden glow" and his father's warm smile and a hand on his head. When he was a toddler, his mother married Gabe Ugliano, whom Percy hated. Strange things often happened around Percy. For example, in preschool, one of the preschool teachers put him down for a nap, not realizing a snake was in the bed. Percy eventually strangled it to death with his bare hands. While he was in early elementary school, a large man followed Percy around when he was at school, but the teachers eventually got the man to leave. However, nobody believed him when he said that the man had one big eye. When he was in fourth grade, he accidentally hit the wrong button on the catwalk when his school was visiting Marina World Shark Pool and made his class take an unplanned swim. Then in fifth grade, he accidentally fired a war cannon which hit the school bus. Percy commented that he was expelled from six schools over the course of six years.

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