Kronos, the titan of time.
Chronokinesis is the ability to control the flow of time. This is not the same as controlling fate itself, yet it is a very dangerous power. It is named after Chronos, the personification of time in Greek mythology.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians[]
The Lightning Thief[]
Kronos stretches time around Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Grover Underwood and Ares despite being in a thousand pieces in Tartarus.
The Battle of the Labyrinth[]
The first major use of chronokinesis is seen when Kronos rises from his golden coffin. Percy Jackson, who is in the room witnessing the return, attempts to fight him, but then decides to run away after his sword deflects harmlessly off of the Titan's body. As Percy tries to run, he feels like his feet become lead as he runs in slow motion. Meanwhile, Kronos casually walks over to him. Kronos loses his concentration when he is hit with a blue plastic hairbrush, thrown by Rachel Elizabeth Dare.
The Last Olympian[]
During the Battle of Manhattan, a time spell is placed around the city of New York so that any humans trying to drive into the city are trapped in time. Later, while Percy tries to fight Kronos, the Titan slows down time to give himself time to rest while Percy becomes tired as he is stuck in the same place in time.
The Kane Chronicles[]
The Red Pyramid[]
Carter Kane mentions the story of how Nut gambled with Khonsu and won enough moonlight to add five more days to the end of the year, thus creating the Demon Days.
The Throne of Fire[]
Carter Kane, Sadie Kane and Bes gamble with Khonsu for three more hours of time so that they can pass through the Houses of the Night, one of which closed before they can reach it. After the Kanes win at the cost of Bes losing his ren, Khonsu gives them the three extra hours in the night that they need.
Demigods & Magicians[]
The Staff of Serapis[]
According to Serapis, he will be able to manipulate the past, present and future when he achieves full power and wields his staff.
The Senior Year Adventures[]
The Chalice of the Gods[]
Similar to Kronos, Geras has the ability to stretch time, slowing it down around himself and Percy Jackson during their first meeting.
The Nico di Angelo Adventures[]
The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure[]
After catching Nico di Angelo and Will Solace stealing pomegranates from her garden in the Underworld, Persephone freezes Nico in time so that she can speak to Will alone without her stepson ever knowing about it.
Sikander Aziz series[]
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Fury of the Dragon Goddess[]
The Tablet of Destinies utilizes chronokinesis as a part of altering destiny based upon the user's wishes. When Sikander Aziz wishes that his brother Mo is still alive while holding it, the tablet alters time so that Mo never dies in a motorcycle accident, but it has rippling effects on history, resulting in Sik and Mo being adopted by Ishtar instead. Lugal later uses it to alter destiny so that he raised Belet Amari instead of Ishtar. When Lugal uses the tablet to resurrect Tiamat, it has consequences echoing back through time as creation starts to unravel, having been created out of Tiamat's corpse.
Lugal uses the tablet's power to travel back in time to the night that Mo left for Iraq and attends dinner with the Aziz family and Daoud at the deli. This shows Lugal the better side of humanity as well as kindness, helping the god to finally find peace in himself and fade from existence.
Although the erasure of the Tablet of Destinies reverses all of the changes made by Sik and Lugal, a picture taken at the dinner when Lugal traveled back in time remains on the wall of Mo's afterwards.
Abilities[]
- Can freeze/immobilize a person in time.
- Can accelerate/decelerate the flow of time which Geras refers to as stretching time.
- Can change the way people perceive time (demonstrated when Kronos and Hecate slow time around New York City).
- Can control the effects of time.
- Can make the user resistant to the effects of time.
- Can instinctively tell time.
- Can travel in time.
Known Users[]
- Kronos
- Hecate (limited, with a time spell)
- Janus
- Khonsu
- Serapis (with Serapis' Staff)
- Pacific
- Persephone
- Geras
- Hecate's children (limited, with a time spell)
- Ren Santiago
- Sikander Aziz (using the Tablet of Destinies)
- Lugal (using the Tablet of Destinies)
Trivia[]
- Chronokinesis came from the word Chronos, the embodiment of time; not to be confused with Kronos, the Titan of time.
- Although, Kronos is also sometimes acknowledged as the Titan of time as well as of harvest.
- Though Kronos can manipulate time, he himself is not capable of Time Travel.
- It's hinted that chronokinesis could be used like hebekinesis.