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That was so beautiful! What was that song?

–Valentina to Apollo

Valentina Diaz is a Greek demigod daughter of Aphrodite.

The Trials of Apollo[]

The Hidden Oracle[]

Valentina is seen at the music lessons in the amphitheater. She was playing the clarinet "producing sounds like a basset hound whimpering in a thunderstorm." When Apollo plays, she breaks down in tears.

For Harley's three-legged death race, she is partnered with Billie Ng and beforehand was checking her makeup in Billie's silver coat. Billie's nature magic caused twigs to sprout from her.

After Apollo comes back safely from the LabyrinthWill mentions that Valentina has broken her arm, and asks if Apollo would be willing to assist him.

During the battle against the Colossus, she is seen launching ballista missiles.

Camp Half-Blood Confidential[]

Valentina is the one that dates the Orientation Film at the beginning of the book. After seeing the orientation film, she rummages through a chest at the back of the Camp Store, trying the outfits that lay within on. While looking through it, she finds Aphrodite's Girdle, and considers using it on Paolo Montes. She decides against it, however, because she feared that it was cursed.

Abilities[]

Aphrodite

Aphrodite, her mother.

  • Amokinesis: As a daughter of Aphrodite, Valentina has some control over many degrees of love, lust, beauty, and etc.
  • Beauty: Valentina is able to radiate beauty, regardless of how she may look.
    • She can attract people when she walks by.
    • She may have the ability to change her physical features, like Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty.
  • French fluency: As a daughter of Aphrodite, Valentina is able to speak French fluently due to it being the "language of love".

Etymology[]

  • Valentina is the feminine form of Valentine. Her name could likely be a play on Valentine's Day, which is fitting for a daughter of Aphrodite.
  • Diaz is a surname of Spanish origin meaning "son of Diego".

Trivia[]

  • Valentina is the second daughter of Aphrodite to have a point of view, the first being Piper McLean.
  • Valentina is a year-rounder.
The Trials of Apollo
Core Series: The Hidden Oracle | The Dark Prophecy | The Burning Maze | The Tyrant's Tomb | The Tower of Nero
Main Characters: Apollo/Lester Papadopolous | Meg McCaffrey | Percy Jackson | Peaches | Leo Valdez | Calypso | Grover Underwood | Piper McLean | Jason Grace | Reyna Ramírez-Arellano | Frank Zhang | Hazel Levesque | Lavinia Asimov | Nico di Angelo | Will Solace | Rachel Elizabeth Dare
Secondary Characters: Chiron | Austin Lake | Kayla Knowles | Hemithea | Josephine | Georgina | Lityerses | Trophonius | Gleeson Hedge | Mellie | Chuck Hedge | Medea | Herophile | Crest | Don | Tyson | Ella | Tarquin | Luguselwa | Claudia | Janice | Blaise
Minor Characters: Sally Jackson | Thalia Grace | Mrs. O'Leary | Festus | Cade | Mikey | Harley | Connor Stoll | Miranda Gardiner | Cecil Markowitz | Ellis Wakefield | Sherman Yang | Damien White | Malcolm Pace | Paolo Montes | Valentina Diaz | Germani | Agamethus | Olujime | Phillip McCaffrey | Hunter Kowalski | Sssssarah | Prickly Pear | Aloe Vera | Joshua | Naevius Sutorius Macro | Incitatus | Tristan McLean | Bombilo | Aurum | Argentum | Julia | Jacob | Dakota | Poison Oak | Screech-Bling | Annabeth Chase | Elon | Mamurius Veturius | Mimi
Olympian Gods (Greek & Roman): Zeus/Jupiter | Hera/Juno | Poseidon/Neptune | Demeter/Ceres | Ares/Mars | Athena/Minerva | Apollo/Apollo (Roman) | Artemis/Diana | Hephaestus/Vulcan | Aphrodite/Venus | Hermes/Mercury | Dionysus/Bacchus | Hades/Pluto
Minor Gods: Nero | Commodus | Caligula | Iris | Britomartis | Styx | Terminus | Lupa | Terpsichore | Harpocrates | Cardea
Titans: Rhea | Leto | Mnemosyne | Helios
Monsters and Magical Creatures: Python | Nosoi | Karpos | Palikos | Myrmekes | Colossus Neronis | Blemmyae | Gryphon | Carthaginian Serpent | Scythian Dracaena | Cynocephali | Centaur | Cyclops | Yale | Satyr/Faun | Strix | Dryad | Dragon | Pandai | Eurynomos | Skeleton Warriors | Vrykolakai | Khromandae | Amphisbaena | Troglodyte | Tauri Sylvestres
Related Content: Rick Riordan | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | The Heroes of Olympus | Demigods & Magicians | Camp Half-Blood Confidential | Camp Jupiter Classified: A Probatio's Journal | Percy Jackson Demigod Collection | Un Natale Mezzosangue | The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure
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