Luke Castellan/Film

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Luke Castellan
Biographical information
Full name	Luke Castellan
Gender	Male
Alias	Son Of Hermes The Lightning Thief
Family	Hermes (father) Hermes' Cabin members (paternal half-siblings)
Affiliation	Titan Army (formerly) Camp Half-Blood (formerly)
Residence	Princess Andromeda (formerly) Camp Half-Blood (formerly)
Item	Backbiter
Status	Unknown
Physical description
Eye	Blue
Hair	Blonde
Species	Demigod
Behind the scenes
Appearances	Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Actor	Jake Abel Samuel Braun (young)

“	Well, when you said you were going to the Underworld, it hit me. That is the perfect opportunity to get the bolt to Hades. […] To bring Olympus crumbling down.	”
–Luke telling Percy why he took the Master Bolt in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

Luke Castellan is the secondary antagonist of the Percy Jackson movies.

History

Luke was born to Hermes and May Castellan. He never met his father and held a grudge against the him because of it. Eventually he was found by Grover Underwood, a satyr, and met fellow demigods Annabeth Chase and Thalia Grace. When they were near Camp Half-Blood, a cyclops found them and Thalia died defending them. Zeus turned her into a tree that protected the camp.

Eventually, Luke stole the Master Bolt to start a war among the gods.

Percy Jackson (Film Series)

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

When Chiron introduces Percy Jackson to the campers, Luke selects Percy for his team in Capture the Flag. He looks out for Percy during the game but the two end up separated and he watches as Percy fights Annabeth and different members of the opposing team. Percy manages to take them out after completing into contact with water and the camp celebrates that night. However, the celebration is interrupted when Hades arrives and demands Percy give him the Master Bolt in exchange for Sally Jackson.

Luke's cabin is filled with modern-world paraphernalia and he is seen playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, using a L86 LSW (with red dot) on the map Favela online. He apparently supplies his fellow campers with modern technology. When Percy tells him he is going to save his mom, Luke senses an opportunity to get the bolt to Hades, he puts it in his shield and has Percy unknowingly deliver it to the Underworld. He also gives them a pair of Winged Shoes.

When the three are in Nashville, they contact Luke on how to use the winged shoes. The son of Hermes tells them to take a running start.

After Percy realizes the truth and travels with his mother and Annabeth to the Empire State Building, he fights the son of Poseidon in a final attempt to ensure war. However, Percy emerges victorious and throws the son of Hermes into the ocean.

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Luke recruits other demigods and monsters in an attempt overthrow the gods. He finds Kronos' Sarcophagus and seeks the Golden Fleece to restore the King of the Titans to his former glory.

To weaken Camp Half-Blood, he poisons Thalia's tree, and leads a Colchis Bull into Camp. Following the bulls' destruction, he encounters Percy near the Big House and informs the latter of his plan to revive Kronos and tells the son of Poseidon about the Great Prophecy.

Later, as Percy meets the Oracle, he learns that he (the son of the sea) will grapple with Luke (the Lightning Thief) for the Golden Fleece.

Luke later abducts Grover with Chris Rodriguez's help in Washington, D.C. to guide them to the fleece. He also meets up with Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson on his yacht, the Princess Andromeda, detailing his plan, and proceeds to imprison the three. The heroes escape the next day, despite Luke's efforts to stop them.

The heroes, now with Clarisse, obtain the Fleece and Grover, but Luke swipes the Fleece away (seemingly killing Tyson in the process) and proceeds to restrain them while reviving Kronos. However, the group escape and an all-out war erupts between them and Luke's army. Whilst Clarisse, Grover and Annabeth battle the other Demigods and monsters, Percy tries to remove the Fleece, but Luke appears and the two Demigods fight.

Despite Percy carrying a sword, Luke effortlessly disarms and overpowers him with a combination of martial-arts moves. He then comes close to killing Percy, but Tyson appears and overpowers him - having survived his fall due to his ability to heal when in contact with water. When Kronos is revived, Luke greets his master, but is eaten by the massive Titan. After Kronos is defeated, Luke is ejected into Polyphemus' lair and is cornered by the Cyclops, about to be eaten.

It is unknown if Luke survived or not.

Appearance

Luke is a young man with blonde hair and blue eyes. He has a scar on the right side of his face.

Personality

Luke is determined to destroy the gods for forcing him to live by their rules.

Abilities

• Fighting Skills: Luke is a skilled fighter, being able to hold his own against most opponents.
• Enhanced Theft Abilities: As a son of Hermes, Luke was naturally stealthy and could supernaturally steal things without people noticing, even Olympian gods.

Relationships

Hermes

Luke detests his father for never being around and for treating him as a tool.

Etymology

• Luke is the name of the patron saint of physicians and surgeons in Christianity.
• Castellan means a governor or warden of a castle. It also means "someone who guards the castle". Interestingly, he was the head counsellor of the Hermes Cabin (which would take in all new campers, so it was the largest cabin) and the one who saved Olympus from destruction.

Trivia

• In the books, Luke's scar is caused by a dragon, while in the movie, it is caused during the fight against Percy at the end of the movie.

Gallery

Luke, Annabeth and Grover as children