Percy Jackson (character)
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| Perseus Jackson | |
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| First appearance | "The Lightning Thief" |
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| Nickname(s) | Seaweed Brain (by Annabeth and Thalia) Percy by most |
| Olympian Parent | Poseidon |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 15 (as of The Battle of the Labyrinth) |
| Date of birth | Late summer, probably Manhattan, year unknown |
| Date of death | Unknown/Not happened |
| Allegiance | Camp Half-Blood and the Gods of Olympus |
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| Created by | Rick Riordan |
Perseus "Percy" Jackson is a character in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians stories. He serves as the hero, as well as the narrator.
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[edit] Character History
Percy has been shown to be smart, often facing dangers and going into fights, to help prove himself. He often puts others before himself (such as Thalia, Annabeth, Grover, his mom, and even people he doesn’t like). He has a strong sense of right and wrong, and will often oppose evil. Throughout the series Percy is also shown to have a sense of humor, making witty comments, in dialogue and in the narration. Percy is very fond of Coca Cola (especially out of a can) and is also very fond of blue colored candy (because his mom often made it for him). Since Percy's father was Poseidon, he would favor the blue things his mother made, such as cookies or jelly-beans.
His two best friends are Annabeth and Grover. In "The Sea of Monsters" Percy meets his brother Tyson (who is a little cyclops) and they both become friends. In The Titan's Curse, Percy's newest friend is Thalia, whom he has also become close with. Ironically to their friendship, their personalities are so similar they tend to argue and fight a lot, but they still manage to stay best friends.
His birthday is in August, as shown in The Battle of the Labyrinyth.
He first meets his friend Grover through the school he attended in the 6th grade, Yancy Academy in New York. Grover is the first satyr to realize that Percy is a Half-Blood, therefore, he must bring him back to Camp Half-Blood. However, before he gets to Camp Half-Blood, there are many obstacles in their way.
Annabeth becomes one of Percy's good friends. In the beginning, it seemed as though she disliked him. But when they went on their first quest together in The Lightning Thief that changed. They formed a strong bond that carried over as they adventured together to save Grover, the Camp, and help out Clarisse in The Sea of Monsters. When she was kidnapped in The Titan's Curse, Percy could think of nothing else but saving her. Upon meeting Aphrodite, he realized that his feelings for Annabeth was more then friendly. Athena seemed to sense it too, since she told him she didn't approve of his relationship with her. In The Battle of the Labyrinth Percy has many girl issues: Rachel, Calypso, and Annabeth. They seemed to have revealed their feelings for each other due to both of their jealous actions toward Rachel and Luke, their canceled "date", and the kiss they shared inside of Mount St. Helens.
Percy has three known direct family members. The first is Poseidon, who is his father and god of the seas. Percy has a great wish to make his father feel fond of him, but he often feels forgotten and disliked by his father. In The Battle of the Labyrinth, it is revealed that Percy is Poseidon's favorite son.
His second relation is Sally Jackson, his mother. It is shown that he loves her very much, and grieves for quite a while when he believes her dead. His mother cares for him dearly, often giving him half-truths to try to protect and save him. She enjoys making blue things for Percy. Her boyfriend (as of The Battle of the Labyrinth) is Paul Blofis.
His third direct relation is his half brother Tyson, a Cyclops. He is first introduced as a clingy friend, but then turns out to be a monster. During the beginning of The Sea of Monsters, Percy is embarrassed by him, and tries to hide the fact that he is related to him. But he becomes very sad when he discovers that Tyson appears to have died. By the end of the second book, Percy has fully accepted him, and is proud to call him brother.
Percy also is related with all gods, and halfbloods. Cousins twice removed with other half bloods, excluding children of Hades, Demeter, Hestia and Zeus, of which he is a first cousin. If the account of Hesiod that Aphrodite came out of the sea foam after the castration of Ouranos is to be accepted, he would be only distantly related to Aphrodite. However, Pseudo-Apollodorus claims she is the daughter of Zeus by Dione, in which case Percy would be Aphrodite's cousin.
Percy is also related to Thalia, who is his cousin, daughter of Zeus.
Throughout the series Percy is often blamed for things in the mortal world which have been caused by magical creatures, gods and other demi-gods. In the first book of the series Percy is accused of kidnapping his mother. He and his friends, Annabeth and Grover then become public enemies and considered terrorists due to accidentally blowing up a bus and blow-torching the St. Louis Arch.
In The Sea of Monsters, he also gets in trouble when Tyson and Annabeth supposedly blow up a school gym. They once again escape punishment (the cover story being that a furnace exploded). However, Percy is expelled from his school because he carries ‘un-groovy karma’.
In The Battle of the Labyrinth Percy seems to reveal his feelings for Annabeth. When they part ways in Mt. St. Helens, Annabeth kisses him for luck. He unleashes his full powers in the volcano and causes an erruption. He lands on Ogygia, a paradise, and a girl named Calypso meets him and cares for him while he is hurt. She tells him she is cursed on the island alone as punishment for siding with the Titans in the first war. She also says that the gods every so often would send her a companion, but one that cannot stay. She says that she falls for him. Percy has to leave and promises to visit her but Calypso says that no one ever finds Ogygia twice and once he leaves he can never come back and she'll be alone again. She gives him a clipping of a moonlace and asked him to plant a garden in Manhattan for her and never to forget her. Calypso kisses him on the forehead goodbye. When he is back home he plants the baby moonlace for Calypso.
[edit] Powers/Abilities
- Percy has ADHD, which makes Half-Bloods more aware in battles.
- Percy is dyslexic in English reading, as his brain is hard-wired for Ancient Greek.
- Percy has control over water (and bubbles in water) and he is able to manipulate it to his will.
- Percy is given more energy, strength and is healed when out at sea or in water.
- Percy is able to breathe underwater.
- Percy can cause earthquakes.
- Percy can manipulate ships with his mind in order to make them sail.
- While at sea, Percy has perfect bearing.
- Percy can communicate with equestrian animals (Horses, Zebras, etc.), as his father created them out of sea foam. He can also communicate with sea animals, mainly fish.
- Percy can sense where objects are underwater, as well as the ocean's warm and cold currents.
- Since Tyson is his half-brother, he can communicate with him underwater.
- Percy has a psychic connection with Grover called an empathy link.
- Percy is an excellent swordsman.
- When Percy touches objects underwater they become dry.
- Percy can withstand great pressures underwater.
- When Percy is underwater he stays dry.
- The water cushions Percy if he falls from a high altitude
- Percy takes a long time to burn, including against lava.
[edit] Relationship with Olympians
- Poseidon: Percy is on good terms with Poseidon mainly because he is the sea god's son. In The Battle of the Labyrinth, Poseidon says that Percy is his favorite son.
- Zeus: Zeus currently hates Percy for several reasons, primarily because he is Poseidon's son(breaking a promise he, Poseidon, and Hades had made following World War II) and because he is a hero of a prophecy that could mean the end of the Olympians. However, he did vote to let Percy live in the third book. (Possibly because his daughter Thalia's fate was also being debated.)
- Hades: Hades had mixed feelings about Percy; Percy accused him of stealing Zeus' master bolt when it was, in fact, Luke, but he also returned Hades Helm of Darkness, which makes him invisible, and cleared his name.
- Ares: Percy is on Ares' bad side because of insults and injuries, among other things.
- Athena: Athena has mixed feelings about Percy. She disapproves of his friendship with Annabeth since she and Poseidon are something of rivals, but he hasn't done anything against her directly. In The Titan's Curse, she may have helped guide him at the Hoover Dam.
- Hera: Percy got on Hera's bad side near the end of The Battle of the Labyrinth since he(and Annabeth) both disagree on her view of families having to be perfect, siding with Hephaestus on the matter instead.
- Hephaestus: Hephaestus is grateful to Percy for having discovered who was using his forge under Mt. St. Helens, even though he caused an eruption that destroyed the forge and awakened Typhon(who had been imprisoned under the volcano), but also dispersed and/or killed the users. Historically, Hephaestus and Poseidon have close ties in the terms of the Cyclopes, who work for both of them.
- Dionysus (aka "Mr. D"): Percy is primarily on Mr. D's bad side, even from the very second they met. Dionysus constantly antagonizes Percy(and all other demigods, for that matter), but he saved Percy's life in The Titan's Curse. One of the other reasons he may dislike half-bloods is because of the way they treat mortals; he mentioned Theseus and Ariadne, Jason and Medea, and alluded to Hercules and Zoё Nightshade in The Titan's Curse, mentioning how the former in all three cases used and later abandoned the latter. Percy doesn't much like Dionysus, either, because of the way he treats the campers.
- Artemis: Percy is on Artemis' good side since he helped find and save her in The Titan's Curse. She even declared him a hero in the halls of Olympus itself and started calling him a man rather than a boy after he helped her defeat Atlas.
- Hermes: Percy is on good terms with Hermes, who convinced him to go on a quest in The Sea of Monsters and gave him magic items to assist him in his journey. He also explained the relationship between gods and heroes to him.
- Aphrodite: Aphrodite was intrigued by Percy's desire to save Annabeth. She expressed an interest in their relationship, meaning that she plans to meddle with it in some way.
- Apollo: the sun god helped Percy twice in The Titan's Curse so that they could save Artemis, his sister. Being the god of prophecy, he also told Percy how important dreams could be.
[edit] Weapons/Magical Items
- Riptide/Anaklusmos - A magical sword that can transform into a pen. It returns to a sword form while the pen is uncapped. Anaklusmos has changed the shape of its disguised form over time and ownership to fit into mortal society. It will also return to Percy's pocket if he ever loses it. First used by Hercules. This blade cannot harm mortals though, as it is made of celestial bronze, which can only harm Half-Bloods, Immortals, and Monsters but passes through humans like an illusion.
- A wristwatch that can be turned into a shield. Forged by Tyson. It is shown that the shield is stronger than most weapons, for in The Sea of Monsters, Charles Beckendorf's sword shatters like glass on contact with it. Damaged in The Titan's Curse by Dr.Thorn (the Manticore), although Tyson repairs it in the Battle of the Labyrinth. Lost when he threw it at Kampê in the labyrinth.
- Nemean Lion's pelt - a spoil of war that turns into a bulletproof lion-fur jacket. Percy sacrifices it as a gift to Poseidon.
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