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| 12 | [[WMG:[[center: [- ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'' '''[[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeries Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 13 | '''Demigods:''' [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesMainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesPercyJackson Percy Jackson]]) | [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesCampHalfBlood Camp Half-Blood]] | [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesCampJupiter Camp Jupiter]]\ |
| 14 | '''Gods:''' [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesMajorGods Major Gods]] | [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesMinorGods Minor Gods]] | '''Other Servants'''\ |
| 15 | '''Villains:''' [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesForcesOfKronos Forces of Kronos]] | [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesForcesOfGaia Forces of Gaia]] | [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesTriumvirateHoldings Forces of Triumvirate Holdings]]\ |
| 16 | '''Others:''' [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesNatureSpirits Nature Spirits]] | [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesMortals Mortals]] | [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesMonsters Monsters]] | [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesOther Other]] | ''[[Characters/DemigodsAndMagicians Demigods and Magicians]]'']]-]]] |
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| 18 | Over the millennia, the gods have employed a great many servants, from monsters and automata to spirits and mortals. For the full list of characters, click [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeries here.]] |
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| 23 | !!Hunters of Artemis |
| 24 | [[folder:General]] |
| 25 | ->''"I pledge myself to the goddess Artemis. I turn my back on the company of men, accept eternal maidenhood, and join the Hunt."'' |
| 26 | -->-- '''The Hunters' vow''' |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Mortals, demigods, nymphs, or other young women sworn to Artemis. They join the goddess on her hunts and are blessed with agelessness and divine hunting prowess so long as they remain perpetual maidens. They are currently led by Thalia Grace. |
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| 31 | * ActionGirl: They're called "The Hunters" for a reason and they're all girls. |
| 32 | * TheAgeless: They appear as young as they did when they took the oath, and are immortal, but can still suffer lethal injuries. |
| 33 | * AmazonBrigade: All-female and all-badass. ''The Blood of Olympus'' sees a team-up between them and the ''other'' AmazonBrigade of the series, the Amazons. |
| 34 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Many are demigods and suffer from this as a result. |
| 35 | * TheBeautifulElite: Treated as such by satyrs. |
| 36 | * BroughtDownToNormal: A Hunter who breaks her vow by falling in love will get kicked out of the Hunters and lose her immortality. |
| 37 | * TheBully: In their first appearance, they can't seem to have a conversation with the campers of Camp Half-Blood that isn't insulting or condescending in some way. |
| 38 | * CelibateHero: As revealed in ''The Dark Prophecy'', it turns out that it isn't just men that they have to swear off. ''All'' romantic relationships are considered off-limits, including relationships between Hunters (which is what prompted Emmie and Jo to leave). That being said, in the event that a Hunter does end up falling in love, and hasn't done anything to warrant Artemis being pissed off at them, they're allowed to leave peacefully, though at the cost of their immortality. |
| 39 | * ChildSoldiers: Most of them are between the ages of 12 and 16. |
| 40 | * ColorMotif: Silver, like Artemis' moon. They have silver arrows, wear silver ski parkas, use silver flags when playing Capture the Flag, and their leader wears a silver circlet. |
| 41 | * CurbStompBattle: They've beaten Camp Half-Blood 56 times in a row at Capture the Flag. |
| 42 | * DeathOfAChild: An unspecified number of Hunters lose their lives fighting Kronos' forces in ''The Last Olympian''. In return for their loyal service, Artemis gets her uncle Hades to fast-track their applications to Elysium. |
| 43 | * DoesNotLikeMen: Forsworn to forsake men forever. Most of them actively avoid interaction for fear of losing their divine sponsorship. To the point of being sexist. |
| 44 | * [[{{TheFriendNobodyLikes}} The Friends Nobody Likes]]: To Camp Half-Blood. Being Artemis' sworn hunters mean they're on the same side, but rarely if ever do they get along. ''The Titan's Curse'' has them arguing and fighting with the campers one after the other. The Capture the Flag match against them in said book, has even the Aphrodite cabin (whom usually don't participate) itching to pound their heads in. |
| 45 | ** Even Chiron has no like or love for them. When they win the aforementioned match (in a 56th consecutive streak), he announces it with no fanfare and barely contained bitterness. |
| 46 | * GreatWhiteHunter: Blessed with divine ranged capabilities and ImprobableAimingSkills. Although the game they hunt is often [[HunterOfMonsters mythical in nature]]. |
| 47 | * HalfHumanHybrid: If they're a demigod. |
| 48 | * HeroicBastard: Many are demigods and as such are this. |
| 49 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: From the blessing of Artemis. They can shoot with even more accuracy than Apollo's demigod children. |
| 50 | * LIsForDyslexia: Only if they're a demigod. |
| 51 | * NoodleIncident: Apparently, their last visit to Camp-Half Blood before ''The Titan's Curse'' ended with them burning the cabins down. |
| 52 | * PalsWithJesus: They hunt with Artemis, the goddess of the moon. |
| 53 | * PowerGlows: Said to have a silver aura. |
| 54 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The more senior members have been around for years and years and don't look out of their teens. Phoebe in particular is mentioned to have been there during the first fiasco with Orion, three or four thousand years ago. |
| 55 | * TheStraightAndArrowPath: They use traditional hunting gear (e.g. bows and arrows) in a story set in the 2010s. |
| 56 | * TrueCompanions: They're described as being like one big happy family. |
| 57 | * VowOfCelibacy: A Hunter's oath includes the promise to never have any romantic relationships with either men or women. If she breaks it by falling in love, she will stop being a Hunter. |
| 58 | [[/folder]] |
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| 61 | [[folder:Bianca di Angelo]] |
| 62 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bianca_di_angelo.png]] |
| 63 | Daughter of Hades and Maria di Angelo, Bianca and her brother were born in the 1930s. |
| 64 | |
| 65 | ---- |
| 66 | * ActionGirl: As a Hunter, she's pretty skilled with a bow. |
| 67 | * BigSisterInstinct: Towards Nico. She practically raised him up until they got to Camp Half-Blood. After she died, she learns that the VengefulGhost of Minos has been manipulating her brother into summoning the dead (which has been drawing Kronos' attention). It's revealed that Bianca had been sending Percy Iris-Messages so he can help free Nico from Minos' influence and help him move on and protect him. |
| 68 | * BraidsOfAction: After becoming [[spoiler:a Hunter]], she wears her hair in a braid. |
| 69 | * CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler:For Nico. Her death left him shell-shocked and bitter. When we meet him next, he's nothing like the CheerfulChild he was while she was alive]]. |
| 70 | * DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler:Nico has a couple with her after her death.]] |
| 71 | * DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:Bianca is only 12 when she sacrifices her life to stop a rampaging Talos automaton and save her friends. Her first quest is also her last.]] |
| 72 | * DroppedABridgeOnHer: [[spoiler:Her death]]. |
| 73 | * EquivalentExchange: [[spoiler:The possibility is brought up that Nico could exchange someone else's life for hers in order to bring her back. However, Bianca is too selfless to want someone else to be sacrificed so she can live again, and ultimately he has to accept that.]] |
| 74 | * FatalFlaw: Holding grudges. Very subtly illustrated in her attitude towards her brother, Nico: she loves him dearly, because she's all he has in the world, but she also resents him because being all he has means she can't do anything for herself. And for bonus points, [[spoiler:it's indirectly fatal. When she chose to join the Hunters and leave Nico at Camp Half-Blood, Zoe got the idea that she would be a good choice to groom as the next leader of the Hunters, and drags her along on the quest where she dies. What ends up killing her is guilt: she feels bad for resenting Nico, so she steals a souvenir for him from Hephaestus' junkyard, which activates the automaton defending it. She sacrifices herself to shut it off]]. |
| 75 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: Born in the 1930s, but she doesn't seem to be having too much difficulty adjusting. |
| 76 | * HalfHumanHybrid: Her parents are Maria di Angelo and Hades. |
| 77 | * HeroicSacrifice: In order to save the rest of the party. |
| 78 | * ICouldaBeenAContender: [[spoiler:She is being groomed by Zoe to become the next leader of the Hunters, but she dies before any of that can happen. Her being posthumously revealed as a daughter of Hades suggests she could have grown up into a powerful half-blood, and Hades himself believes she could have done better than her brother Nico.]] |
| 79 | * ItsAllMyFault: This was why she wouldn't let Percy sacrifice his life for hers, since she activated the automaton. Her [[spoiler:ghost admits this when she finally talks with Nico, telling him that Percy wasn't to blame for her death, it was all on her. What's more, she tells Nico that he's really angry at her for abandoning him and he shouldn't deny that]]. |
| 80 | * MeaningfulName: Bianca is an Italian name that means "white," the color of bone. Her father is the god of the dead. |
| 81 | * MoreExpendableThanYou: When Percy prepares to enter the automaton to shut it off, she insists on doing it instead. |
| 82 | * NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Her body is never recovered from the wreck of Talos. Since she got electrocuted, it [[BodyHorror probably wasn't in good shape]].]] |
| 83 | * NiceGirl: Sweet-tempered and patient, especially when dealing with her younger brother. See, however, FatalFlaw above. |
| 84 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: She [[spoiler:joined the Hunters as soon as she thought Nico would be safe at camp, without even talking it over with her brother. This led to Nico to ask Percy to follow Bianca and make sure she was safe, and to Bianca stealing an action figure from the junkyard out of guilt over abandoning Nico. This led to her death because she refused to let Percy sacrifice his life for hers. Also this then led to Minos tempting Nico to resurrect her and get revenge on Percy, because Bianca didn't have that long-overdue talk and hid her ghost from her little brother]]. |
| 85 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:She nearly gets the Artemis hunting party killed because she stole an action figure from Hephaeustus' junkyard as an ApologyGift for her brother]]. |
| 86 | * PoorCommunicationKills: She decided to join the Hunters without talking to Nico about it, and then [[spoiler:after she dies, she refused to appear to her brother because she thought he would move on if he failed to revive her. Nico took the time to blame Percy for her death because he accidentally broke his promise to keep her safe. She does realize she messed up, fortunately, and finally appears. Nico tells her bluntly that he never would have given up on her, and it's their conversation that allows him to move on]]. |
| 87 | * PosthumousCharacter: She died in the third book of the previous series, but her death still affects Nico and his relationships. |
| 88 | * PromotionToParent: With their parents unknown and no relatives to speak of, Bianca had to be the parent to her two-years-younger brother. It's part of why [[spoiler:she joined the Hunters because she wanted to do something for herself for a change.]] |
| 89 | * TheQuietOne: Initially, she's depicted as keeping to herself and not drawing attention. |
| 90 | * {{Reincarnation}}: [[spoiler:The sequel series reveals that she chose to be reincarnated after her death.]] |
| 91 | * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:She's the first character to get KilledOffForReal.]] |
| 92 | * ShrinkingViolet: Before [[spoiler:becoming a Hunter]]. Afterwards Percy notes she looks more confident. |
| 93 | * SpiritAdvisor: [[spoiler:Becomes one of sorts after her death, warning Nico not to summon their mother's spirit.]] |
| 94 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Looks a lot like her mother. It's implied this is the reason for Hades favoring her over Nico. |
| 95 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Killed off in her debut book]]. |
| 96 | [[/folder]] |
| 97 | |
| 98 | [[folder:Phoebe]] |
| 99 | The best tracker and healer in "The Hunters of Artemis". |
| 100 | |
| 101 | ---- |
| 102 | * InformedAbility: Tracking and healing. |
| 103 | * LifesavingMisfortune: Zoe intends to take her on the quest to save Artemis, but she ends up covered in hives and is unable to go after putting on a shirt that was sprayed with poisonous centaur blood. [[spoiler:It might have saved her life, since neither of the two Hunters that go on the quest survive.]] |
| 104 | * MauveShirt: [[spoiler:Supporting Hunter since the first series and mentioned as the best tracker and healer (likely due to her age), is unceremoniously offed by Orion's attack in ''The Blood of Olympus.'']] |
| 105 | * NiceGirl: But, only to other girls as seen by her interaction with Reyna. |
| 106 | * RedHerring: In the prophecy given in ''The Titan's Curse'', one member of the quest to retrieve Artemis was to be lost in the land without rain. So when Phoebe is put out of action thanks to burns received from a shirt laced with centaur blood, Zoe and Bianca thought Phoebe was the one who would be lost there because it doesn't rain at Camp Half-Blood. Instead, it turned out to be [[spoiler:Bianca.]] |
| 107 | [[/folder]] |
| 108 | |
| 109 | [[folder:Thalia Grace]] |
| 110 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/PalomaKwiatkowski, Katelyn Mager (young) |
| 111 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thalia_grace.jpg]] |
| 112 | |
| 113 | Daughter of Zeus and Beryl Grace, an eighties starlet. Her birth broke the pact the Big Three had made after World War II to never have children again. She ran away from her alcoholic mother when she was younger, met up with Luke and eventually Annabeth, and made her way with them to Camp Half-Blood. There they were overwhelmed by monsters and Thalia stayed behind to hold them off, dying in the process. Zeus turned her body into a pine tree. |
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| 116 | * AbusiveParents: To say nothing of [[ParentalAbandonment Zeus' abandonment]], Thalia's mother was initially loving but then grew cold and distant, not to mention an alcoholic. The only reason Thalia didn't run away sooner was because of [[spoiler:her younger brother Jason.]] |
| 117 | * AcrophobicBird: Kind of sucks that the daughter of lightning and the sky (which gives her wind and electricity powers) is scared of heights. |
| 118 | * ActionGirl: Like most female demigods. |
| 119 | * ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler:Defied. Because she has the FatalFlaw of being weak when offered power, like her father, she avoids being the demigod in the prophecy to make a choice that will save or destroy Olympus upon turning sixteen by becoming a Hunter and staying fifteen]]. |
| 120 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: In contrast to blonde heroine Annabeth and FieryRedhead Rachel, Thalia is sarcastic, slightly petty, and cold. She grows into this trope more when she [[spoiler:becomes a Hunter]], becoming much more mature and aloof. |
| 121 | * BackFromTheDead: More like back from being turned into a pine tree. |
| 122 | * BrokenBird: She seems to be getting better. |
| 123 | * CelibateHero: [[spoiler:After she joins the Hunters, she has to swear off men romantically.]] |
| 124 | * CoolBigSis: Was this to Annabeth while the two of them and Luke were on the run; Annabeth remembers Thalia's experience with some reverence. |
| 125 | * CoolCrown: Wears a silver circlet [[spoiler:after becoming Artemis's lieutenant]]. Percy notes how it clashes with the rest of her punk-style clothing. |
| 126 | * DangerousSixteenthBirthday: Knowing that according to the Great Prophecy a demigod child of Zeus, Poseidon, or Hades might bring about great chaos when they turn sixteen, [[spoiler:she defies this trope by joining the Hunters and remaining perpetually fifteen, leaving Percy and Nico as the only candidates for the Great Prophecy's "hero."]] |
| 127 | * DefrostingIceQueen: Starts out as cold and arrogant, but mellows down eventually. |
| 128 | * DontYouDarePityMe: At first. |
| 129 | * {{Fangirl}}: Of punk rock and roll. |
| 130 | * FatalFlaw: Ambition. She's said to be weak when offered power, like her father. [[spoiler:This is one of the reasons why she deems herself unfit to be the hero in the Great Prophecy and become a Hunter of Artemis to remain fifteen.]] |
| 131 | * ForcedTransformation: Turned into a pine tree by her father Zeus. Fortunately, this ends up saving her life, giving her time to heal until she's released by the Golden Fleece. |
| 132 | * HalfHumanHybrid: Her dad's Zeus and her mom is a WhiteDwarfStarlet. |
| 133 | * ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: [[spoiler:A day short of sixteen, rather.]] |
| 134 | * IronicName: Thalia shares her name with the muse of comic theatre, but she's a sarcastic, mistrustful girl with a painful and tragic past. Not exactly comic relief material. |
| 135 | * TheLancer: To Percy. Also somewhat literal, considering her weapon of choice, aside from her standard bow and arrow, is a spear. That grows out from a can of Mace. She also serves this role to Zoe during ''The Titan's Curse'', where Zoe is TheLeader of the quest to rescue Artemis and Thalia is the one who clashes with Zoe the most. |
| 136 | * OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:She's twenty-one, but being a pine tree stunted her aging so she appears fifteen.]] |
| 137 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted; she shares her name with two of her half-siblings from the Muses and Charites. |
| 138 | * PerkyGoth: More of a goth-punk mix. She wears her hair short and choppy, dresses in dark colors, and likes Music/GreenDay a lot, but she's a really nice kid once she defrosts. |
| 139 | * PluckyGirl: Despite her cold personality and everything she's been through, she's pretty eager to fight and is always brave. |
| 140 | * PosthumousCharacter: In the first two books she's remembered through other characters' recollections, but she's brought back to life at the end of the second book. |
| 141 | * PromotionToParent: Took care of a seven-year-old Annabeth while they, and Luke, were on the run, living on the streets. |
| 142 | * PutOnABus: [[spoiler:After she joins the Hunters, she becomes a vaguely mentioned character.]] |
| 143 | ** [[spoiler:However, TheBusCameBack in ''The Last Olympian''.]] |
| 144 | * RefusalOfTheCall: [[spoiler:On the day before her 16th birthday, she chooses to join the Hunters of Artemis and stop her natural aging so Kronos can't use her as a pawn for the Great Prophecy.]] |
| 145 | * RookieRedRanger: [[spoiler:Eventually becomes the leader of the Hunters of Artemis, despite recently joining and being one of the youngest members.]] |
| 146 | * ShipTease: With Luke in ''The Titan's Curse'' and ''The Diary of Luke Castellan.'' |
| 147 | * SiblingTeam: [[spoiler:When she joins the Hunters, she becomes the lieutenant of Artemis, who is her half-sister through Zeus.]] |
| 148 | * ShockAndAwe: Part of her dad's domain, allowing her to call down lightning bolts from the sky. |
| 149 | * TheSnarkKnight: She's rather sarcastic, emphasizing her somewhat distant personality. |
| 150 | * SwissArmyWeapon: Uses a spear that transforms into a mace can as her main weapon. |
| 151 | * {{Transflormation}}: Spent some time as a pine tree for health reasons. |
| 152 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: With Luke. |
| 153 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Her acrophobia is said to be ironic, considering she's a daughter of the Lord of the Sky. |
| 154 | * YouShallNotPass: In her backstory, Thalia held a horde of monsters off so Annabeth, Grover and Luke could reach Camp Half-Blood at the cost of her life. As she lay dying, Zeus took pity on her and transformed her into a pine tree. |
| 155 | [[/folder]] |
| 156 | |
| 157 | [[folder:Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano]] |
| 158 | Daughter of Bellona and a former praetor of Camp Jupiter. Her tropes can be found [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesMainCharacters here]]. |
| 159 | [[/folder]] |
| 160 | |
| 161 | [[folder:Zoe Nightshade]] |
| 162 | [[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zoelessstars_299x416.jpg]] |
| 163 | |
| 164 | A huntress of the goddess Artemis and her former lieutenant. One of Atlas's daughters, who was disowned by her family after helping Hercules steal from their apple tree. She is replaced by Thalia Grace after her death and turned into a constellation called "The Huntress" by Artemis. |
| 165 | ---- |
| 166 | * ActionGirl: Artemis's second-in-command, and thus good in battle. |
| 167 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: Cold and distant to anyone who isn't Artemis or a Hunter. |
| 168 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Is described as having "olive" or "caramel-colored" skin, black hair, and dark eyes; but her ethnicity isn't elaborated on beyond that. It's been suggested that in the original mythology, the Garden of the Hesperides (and thus Zoe's home) was located in what is now Libya. |
| 169 | * AntagonisticOffspring: [[spoiler:To Atlas]]. |
| 170 | * TheAtoner: There are hints of this in her desperation to rescue Artemis, even [[spoiler:at the cost of her own life]]. She's seen clearly wanting to go with Artemis on her quest and later utterly frantic when she has a vision of Artemis' kidnapping; some of her determination to rescue her goddess can be interpreted as feeling guilty that she failed to protect her. |
| 171 | * BigSisterMentor: Towards Bianca. It's implied that she wanted to groom Bianca to take up the lieutenant title someday. |
| 172 | * TheComicallySerious: Often put in hilarious situations that highly contrast with her serious persona. |
| 173 | * ConnectedAllAlong: She was the original owner of Anaklusmos, Percy's sword, before she gave it to Hercules (and received no thanks for it). [[spoiler:During her last moments, she tells Percy that she is honored that he carries Anaklusmos, because he is a truly selfless hero.]] |
| 174 | * CoolBigSis: To the Hunters of Artemis. Given how protective she is of them, this likely overlaps with MamaBear tendencies. |
| 175 | * CoolCrown: A silver circlet braided into her hair, to represent her status as the leader of the Hunters. According to Percy, it makes her look like a Persian princess. [[spoiler:It passes to Thalia after her death.]] |
| 176 | * DefrostingIceQueen: A non-romantic version towards Percy and Thalia over the course of ''The Titan's Curse''. |
| 177 | * DiedInYourArmsTonight: To Artemis, who [[spoiler:tried and failed to save her]]. |
| 178 | * DoesNotLikeMen: But is perfectly capable of liking and befriending them, once they earn more than the barest token respect. |
| 179 | * FatalFlaw: Her jaded attitude towards men, even if they are siblings, and heroes. She convinces Bianca to leave behind Nico at Camp Half-Blood and join the Hunters, without even considering that it'd be healthier for Bianca and Nico to talk about it before making any serious decisions. [[spoiler:This leads to Bianca getting killed, which in turn leads to Nico lashing out and learning he and Bianca were Hades's children. Then on the quest, she ends up dying for Artemis since she knew her family would murder her for helping Heracles]]. |
| 180 | * [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Daughter]]: Her family pulled this on her [[spoiler:for helping Hercules steal from their apple tree]]. |
| 181 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In her debut, she comes off as snobby, aloof, and hostile, particularly to Percy. However, over the quest, she starts showing a more caring side, and becomes more sympathetic once her {{backstory}} is revealed. |
| 182 | * TheLancer: To Artemis. |
| 183 | * TheLeader: Of the group sent to rescue Artemis in ''The Titan's Curse''. |
| 184 | * MorphWeapon: When she owned Anaklusmos, its "small" form was a long white hairpin instead of a pen like it is today. |
| 185 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Her convincing Bianca to join the Hunters and the quest backfires. Bianca feels guilt over leaving Nico behind without even talking with him about it, and [[spoiler:ignores instructions to leave all the items in a junkyard alone, because she saw the rare action figure he wanted and was thinking of bringing it as an apology gift. When the defensive automaton goes after the team, Bianca sacrifices herself since she believes no one else should suffer for her mistake. Cue the party having one less fighter, Nico running away from Camp Half-Blood and working with ''Minos'', and a whole slew of problems]]. |
| 186 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: A long time ago, she helped Hercules get into the Garden of the Hesperides and gave him the sword Anaklusmos to help him. She was banished from her family and blotted out of history, and he took all the credit for the deed. |
| 187 | * NoodleIncident: After two-thousand-plus years, she and Artemis have a ''lot'' of them. And [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple they reminisce at the drop of a hat]]. |
| 188 | -->"The last boy to see this camp... when was it, Zoe?"\ |
| 189 | "That boy in Colorado. You turned him into a {{jackalope}}."\ |
| 190 | "Ah, yes. I enjoy making jackalopes." |
| 191 | ** Apparently the last time the Hunters were at Camp Half-Blood, it burned down. Zoe blames the half-bloods. |
| 192 | ** Apollo's poetry phases have apparently been going on for thousands of years. Poor, poor Zoe. |
| 193 | --->"'Tis not as bad as the time he visited Limerick. If I'd had to hear one more poem that started with 'There once was a goddess from Sparta'..." |
| 194 | * NotSoStoic: Very cold and professional, but it's strongly implied she only acts that way because she's not comfortable around half-bloods; we see signs of Zoe having a very active sense of humor and warmth as she relaxes around the quest group, and it's likely that when she's around just the Hunters, that side of her is much more prominent. |
| 195 | * NumberTwo: For Artemis, as her lieutenant. |
| 196 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: Zoe once spitefully told Thalia that she'll regret not joining the Hunt because Luke would one day let her down. Percy lampshades how she was technically right about Luke and [[spoiler:Thalia (eventually) regretting her choice.]] |
| 197 | * SecretlyDying: [[spoiler:Knew from the start that going on the quest was a death sentence for her, but went anyway out of loyalty to her beloved Artemis. During the climax, she's also suffering from poison from Ladon]]. |
| 198 | * {{Stellification}}: At the end of ''The Titan's Curse'', [[spoiler:Artemis turns her into a new constellation called the Huntress after she dies]]. |
| 199 | * TheStoic: While it's primarily a facade and Zoe appears to be a genuinely loving person when around people she trusts, this is still definitely a huge part of her personality. |
| 200 | -->'''Percy:''' ...She's kidding, right?\ |
| 201 | '''Artemis:''' Zoe rarely kids about ''anything''. |
| 202 | * StrawFeminist: At first appears to be this, but is justified/deconstructed when Riordan reveals a FreudianExcuse for her hating males, and eventually portrays her beliefs in a less radical and ludicrous style. It's not that she ''hates men'', she just doesn't trust ''heroes'' because too many of them have betrayed her or turned on the Hunters in the past. |
| 203 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: More ice than sugar, but mostly because we see her from Percy's perspective. With the Hunters, she's like a second mother and is a patient sisterly figure towards Bianca. Her loyalty and devotion to Artemis are unyielding, and she comes to respect Thalia and Percy over the course of their quest. |
| 204 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Artemis, so much that [[spoiler:she went on a quest she knew would kill her just to save her]]. The first words out of her mouth when the Oracle faces her are "What must I do to save my goddess?" |
| 205 | ** She's so obviously a moment away from willingly shouldering an eternal burden that would kill any non-immortal who attempted it, solely because [[YouAreWorthHell she can't bear to see her goddess in pain]], that she has to be given a ''direct order'' not to do so. What's more, it's implied that, at that point, Artemis couldn't actually see her face. They just know each other that well. |
| 206 | --->'''[[spoiler:Atlas]]:''' Perhaps you would like to take it for her, then? Be my guest.\ |
| 207 | '''Artemis:''' No! Do not offer, Zoe! I forbid you. |
| 208 | [[/folder]] |
| 209 | |
| 210 | !!Oracles |
| 211 | [[folder:The Oracle of Delphi]] |
| 212 | The Oracle (real name unknown) that gave the first Great Prophecy. After the Great Prophecy she has been replaced by Rachel Dare. She lived at Camp Half-Blood, so you can see her tropes [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesCampHalfblood here]]. |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:Rachel Elizabeth Dare]] |
| 216 | A mortal girl who is able to see through the mist and the current Oracle of Delphi. She lives at Camp Halfblood, so you can see her tropes [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesCampHalfblood here]]. |
| 217 | [[/folder]] |
| 218 | |
| 219 | !!The Underworld |
| 220 | [[folder:General]] |
| 221 | The various creatures and beings Hades employs in the Underworld. |
| 222 | |
| 223 | ---- |
| 224 | * DarkIsNotEvil: He employs a lot of monsters, many of whom have cruel streaks, but inevitably they're just doing their jobs. |
| 225 | [[/folder]] |
| 226 | |
| 227 | ---- |
| 228 | [[folder:Iapetus/Bob]] |
| 229 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iapetus_rr.png]] |
| 230 | The Titan of Mortality and Lord of the West, mind-wiped by the waters of the Lethe into becoming a janitor for Hades named Bob. He first appears in ''The Demigod Files'', supplementary material of the original series. He appears in the main series in ''The House of Hades''. |
| 231 | |
| 232 | ---- |
| 233 | * AlmightyJanitor: Literally -- he's a Titan, but doesn't remember this and works as a janitor for Hades instead. |
| 234 | * AmnesiacsAreInnocent: He acts very childlike and innocent. |
| 235 | * AmnesiacDissonance: When he remembers his past, however, he gets darker. |
| 236 | * AndIMustScream: ''The Sun and the Star'' reveals that [[spoiler:since Nyx kidnapped him, she has been torturing him inside one of the blobs where monsters and Titans regenerate. In it, she disassembles and reassembles him over and over again so he will give up and reclaim his old personality as Iapetus]]. |
| 237 | * AntiVillain: Implied to be this in some of Hyperion's dialogue. Granted, we don't actually get to see any of this during his debut, but then [[spoiler:he seemed more happy to rise above his former self in ''The House of Hades''.]] |
| 238 | * AppropriatedAppellation: [[spoiler:"I am Bob. I ''choose'' to be more than Iapetus."]] |
| 239 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason he aids Percy and Annabeth. In reality, this was thanks to Nico's doing -- he visited Bob in Hades and told him at one point that Percy was a friend. |
| 240 | * ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:In ''The Sun and the Star'', after Nico and Will save him, he immediately sets off to the west, saying there's somewhere else he wants to be.]] |
| 241 | * ChekhovsGunman: He only appeared in a side story to the original series, but later became incredibly important in the ''The House of Hades''. |
| 242 | * CurbStompBattle: Iapetus vs. Thalia, Nico, and Percy would have ended up as this if not for his Laser-Guided Amnesia. |
| 243 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: With the other Titans. He's the resident Phlegmatic. |
| 244 | * HealingHands: A rare villainous example (at least at first), after his HeelFaceTurn he easily heals Percy's injuries |
| 245 | * HeelFaceBrainwashing: Due to his dip in the Lethe in ''The Sword of Hades'', Bob's a lot nicer than your average Titan. |
| 246 | ** HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:When he learns of his past as Iapetus, he initially experiences misgivings toward Percy, but ultimately decides to continue assisting them after Percy apologizes.]] |
| 247 | * HeroicSacrifice: In ''The House of Hades'', [[spoiler:he decides to side with the heroes at the end, sacrificing his life so Percy and Annabeth can get out of Tartarus. This weighs heavily on Percy and Annabeth.]] In ''The Sun and the Star'', [[spoiler:it is revealed that Iapetus survives the encounter with Tartarus, though he is taken by Nyx to be tortured so he will reclaim his old, vengeful personality]]. |
| 248 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: He was called "The Piercer" for a reason. |
| 249 | * {{Jerkass}}: [[CharacterDevelopment But only as Iapetus]]. Even then, given Hyperion's words about him [[spoiler:being the only one who felt regret about aiding in Ouranos' dismemberment, it's likely he might have been an AntiVillain]]. |
| 250 | * KindheartedCatLover: Adopts a skeletal kitten and names it "Small Bob." |
| 251 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: A fight with Percy, Thalia, and Nico ended with Iapetus getting Lethe river water splashed on his face. |
| 252 | * MessyHair: Described as Einstein-like. |
| 253 | * NiceGuy: He's kind and helpful to Percy and Annabeth, at least when in his Bob persona. [[spoiler:However, he stays nice after finding out about his past as Iapetus, choosing to put it behind him]]. |
| 254 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: Looks like a silver version of his brother Hyperion. |
| 255 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Among his four brothers he seems to have been this as Iapetus, [[spoiler:having been the only one who felt regret about betraying and dismembering their father Ouranos]]. As Bob, [[NiceGuy he's without a doubt this]]. |
| 256 | [[/folder]] |
| 257 | |
| 258 | [[folder:Cerberus]] |
| 259 | The three-headed hound who guards the gates of the Underworld. |
| 260 | |
| 261 | ---- |
| 262 | * AllAnimalsAreDogs: A weird example. Despite appearances he definitely isn't a dog but he sure acts like one. |
| 263 | * AnimalisticAbomination: Sure he looks mostly like a dog, but he's the spawn of Echidna and Typhon. |
| 264 | * {{Hellhound}}: He's a hound and he guards hell. |
| 265 | * MultipleHeadCase: Not obvious, given his lack of verbal capability, but his heads fight among themselves over a tennis ball. |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder:Charon]] |
| 269 | ->'''Played by:''' Creator/JulianRichings (films), Travis Woloshyn (TV series) |
| 270 | The ferryman of the river Styx. |
| 271 | |
| 272 | ---- |
| 273 | * TheFerryman: Follow that link, see who the page image is. |
| 274 | * InTheHood: When he's not wearing suits he wears the stereotypical hood and robes. |
| 275 | * ObstructiveBureaucrat: He makes souls wait for years before he feels like taking them across to the underworld. |
| 276 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: May or may not be the source of his loyalty to Hades. At the least, he's always pushing for a raise and will accept hefty bribes. |
| 277 | * SharpDressedMan: He has a thing for Italian suits. |
| 278 | * SkullForAHead: His true appearance, possibly with a matching skeletal body under those robes. |
| 279 | * SpottingTheThread: When Percy tries to bluff his way onto his ferry to the Underworld, Charon took note that the boy had trouble interpreting his name on a name tag (due to his dyslexia), and realizes he's a living half-blood. |
| 280 | [[/folder]] |
| 281 | |
| 282 | [[folder:The Furies]] |
| 283 | !!!'''Alecto played by:''' Maria Olsen (films), Creator/MeganMullally (TV series)\ |
| 284 | '''Tisiphone played by:''' Sara J. Southey (TV series) |
| 285 | A trio of vengeance spirits who serve as torturers, messengers, and enforcers for Hades. |
| 286 | |
| 287 | ---- |
| 288 | * AdaptationalJobChange: In Alecto's case while she worked at Yancy Academy under the guise, Mrs. Dodds. In the books, she was the pre-algebra teacher, while in the film, she was the substitute English teacher. |
| 289 | * AdaptedOut: |
| 290 | ** Mrs. Dodds does not wear her biker jacket in neither the films nor the Disney+ series. |
| 291 | ** Tisiphone and Maegara are not in the films. While Tisiphone does appear in the Disney+ series, Maegara does not. |
| 292 | * MookLieutenant: Alecto seems to serve as the leader of the trio. |
| 293 | * GenderBender: Alecto can shapeshift into a male lawyer if needed to do business in the mortal world. She "does lawyers and teachers very well." |
| 294 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Besides being called the Furies, their names are Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone. If you know ancient Greek, or are a demigod with an autotranslate feature, that comes out to The Angry, The Grudging, and The Avenger. |
| 295 | * PetTheDog: After Percy retrieves the Helm of Darkness from Ares, Alecto lets the boy live (at least, for now) and returns the helm to Hades to call off the war. She tells him to live well and become a true hero. |
| 296 | * {{Revenge}}: They are vengeance spirits, though their role is more justice than personal revenge. |
| 297 | * {{Sadist}}: They like their jobs, no question about it. |
| 298 | * SadistTeacher: When Alecto poses as Mrs. Dodds at Yancy Academy, she's taken an ''immediate'' dislike of Percy, suspecting him as the thief who stole Hades' Helm of Darkness, and tries to make his school life a living hell to get him to break. |
| 299 | * {{Tuckerization}}: Alecto's Mrs. Dodds alias is based loosely on a math teacher from a school Rick Riordan taught at. |
| 300 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: Using the Mist. Their preferred forms are lawyers, teachers, and other authority figures. |
| 301 | * WhipOfDominance: Their primary weapons are flaming whips, as much for punishment as they are combat. |
| 302 | * WingedHumanoid: Leathery bat wings. |
| 303 | [[/folder]] |
| 304 | |
| 305 | [[folder:Judges of the Dead]] |
| 306 | A group that judges the souls of mortals in particularly interesting cases. Three sit on the panel, rotated out from a larger pool. |
| 307 | |
| 308 | ---- |
| 309 | * InTheHood: Part of their attire. |
| 310 | * MalevolentMaskedMen: Hardly evil, but definitely intimidating. |
| 311 | * PublicDomainCharacter: They draw from the ranks of notable mortals, such as King Minos, Aiakos, Rhadamanthys, Thomas Jefferson and William Shakespeare. |
| 312 | [[/folder]] |
| 313 | |
| 314 | [[folder:Zombies]] |
| 315 | The butlers, cooks, gardeners, guards, warriors, and holders of basically every other job in the underworld. |
| 316 | |
| 317 | ---- |
| 318 | * AnimateDead: There's about half a second of delay between Hades deciding he doesn't like you and an army of zombies clawing their way out of the ground. |
| 319 | * FearlessUndead: They're basically robots made out of corpses. |
| 320 | * MundaneUtility: Hades keeps legions of zombies around for housekeeping. Justified, as he rarely has need for an army. |
| 321 | * TheNeedless: Naturally, as what use would servants be if they needed to take breaks for silly things like sleeping or eating. |
| 322 | * UndeadLaborers: Their general purpose. |
| 323 | [[/folder]] |
| 324 | |
| 325 | !!Monsters |
| 326 | [[folder:General]] |
| 327 | Monsters get a bad rep for all the death they cause, but they're little more than tools. Those created by beings like Tartarus or Echidna tend to be vicious beasts, while those created by the gods... are about the same, but working for the gods. |
| 328 | |
| 329 | ---- |
| 330 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Being tools for the gods they don't really have enough freedom to be evil themselves. |
| 331 | * LightIsNotGood: Likewise, being on the side of the gods doesn't make them nice either. |
| 332 | [[/folder]] |
| 333 | |
| 334 | ---- |
| 335 | [[folder:Tyson]] |
| 336 | !!!'''Played by''': Douglas Smith |
| 337 | |
| 338 | [[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tyson_299x416.jpg]] |
| 339 | Tyson is first introduced as a school friend of Percy's, but he is later revealed to be a Cyclops - one-eyed children of Poseidon, therefore making him Percy's half-brother. |
| 340 | |
| 341 | ---- |
| 342 | * TheAce: He ''sounds'' dumb sometimes, and he can be a bit of a crybaby (to be fair he's a baby cyclops), but he can do ''anything.'' |
| 343 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the movie, where he looks like a normal human besides the eye. |
| 344 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Before he came to Camp Half-Blood, he was bullied every day by the students at Meriwether Prep due to being timid and unwilling to stand up for himself. Only Percy was willing to be his friend. |
| 345 | * AnimalsHateHim: Zigzagged -- pegasi get skittish around him and horses see him as a monster and horse-eater, with Percy having to bribe them with apples and sugar cubes before they will let Tyson near them. But hippocampi have no problem with him (he even gets attached to one in particular and names it "Rainbow"), and Polyphemus' man-eating sheep are friendly to him because he is a Cyclops like their master. |
| 346 | * TheBigGuy: Already the largest of Percy's main team, as a Cyclops he has superhuman strength. Tyson's strength is considered extreme even for a cyclops though--he was able to defeat a fellow Cyclops named Ma Gasket with two punches, and Ma Gasket was considered powerful for a Cyclops herself. He was also able to bring down a Colchis bull with his bare hands and survive Kampe's poison. Being immune to both fire and water is just icing on the cake. |
| 347 | * BigLittleBrother: He's Percy's younger half-brother, but is bigger, taller, and stronger. |
| 348 | * BrokenPedestal: He's overjoyed to meet Briares, the Hundred-Handed One, but loses faith in him after seeing that his giant brother is too frightened of Kampe to help the Olympians. He [[RebuiltPedestal regains his faith in his hero]] after seeing Briares return during the Battle of the Labyrinth and finally defeat Kampe, crushing her with mounds of boulders. |
| 349 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He seems he's got a few screws loose, but actually has mad engineering skills. |
| 350 | * ColonelBadass: Promoted to a general in the armies of the Cyclopes after the Battle of Olympus. |
| 351 | -->'''Tyson:''' ''(while fighting Ma Gasket)'' Bad cyclops lady! General Tyson says GO AWAY! |
| 352 | * ComboPlatterPowers: Tyson has more powers than even most half-bloods do. As a Cyclops, he's super strong, immune to fire, resistant to poison, extremely skilled at crafting and engineering, and can change his voice at will to imitate anyone. As a son of Poseidon, he can breathe underwater. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And he's also really good at Monopoly.]] |
| 353 | * DetectEvil: He can detect hostile monsters, as they smell bad to him. Before a dodgeball match with a bunch of disguised Laistrygonians, he comments to Percy that they "smell funny." |
| 354 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Tyson seemingly having intellectual capabilities below his perceived physical age is pretty clearly meant to represent kids with mental disabilities. Although, technically speaking, he doesn't have any intellectual disorders on account of actually being a ''baby'' Cyclopes (plus Cyclops are established to typically not be that bright to begin with). |
| 355 | * TheDreaded: Downplayed, but it's implied that Percy's company with Tyson protected him from monsters during his seventh grade. |
| 356 | --> '''Annabeth''': Had you had a lot of attacks?\ |
| 357 | '''Percy''': None all year... until today.\ |
| 358 | '''Annabeth''': ''None?'' But how— ''[Glances at [[TheBigGuy Tyson]]]'' Oh. |
| 359 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: During the Battle of Olympus, he and the other Cyclopes help to bring down Typhon by throwing giant iron chains around him and dragging him down into a massive ocean whirlpool that takes him straight to Tartarus. |
| 360 | * TheEngineer: Becomes one after working in the Cyclops's forge. |
| 361 | * GadgeteerGenius: As a Cyclops, he has a natural inclination toward crafting and engineering, and he can make items that are both beautiful and functional. He created a shield for Percy that can collapse into a wristwatch, and bronze hippocampi to hang from the ceiling of their cabin. |
| 362 | * GentleGiant: Over six foot tall, but really childish and willing to get along. |
| 363 | * GeniusDitz: He is apparently really good at Monopoly. |
| 364 | * HomelessHero: He grew up on the streets of New York. According to him, all young Cyclopes grow up on the streets, learning to fend for themselves and make things out of scraps, a way of life that helps them appreciate blessings. |
| 365 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: Before he met Percy, he grew up alone on the streets, learning how to make things out of scraps. He prayed to Poseidon for a friend, and... |
| 366 | * InterspeciesRomance: In ''The Heroes of Olympus,'' he has some ShipTease with Ella the harpy. |
| 367 | * MiseryBuildsCharacter: Young Cyclopes like him grow up on the streets of human cities and learn to make things out of scrap, teaching them to appreciate what they have and not become greedy, mean, and fat like Polyphemus. |
| 368 | * MissingMom: His mother is never seen or mentioned, but it is assumed she was a nymph or nature spirit who had a fling with Poseidon. |
| 369 | * NiceGuy: See GentleGiant. |
| 370 | * NoSell: Being a Cyclops, he's completely immune to fire. |
| 371 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Inverted. Despite being 6'3 and looking at least as old as a middle schooler, Tyson is actually a ''baby'' Cyclops. |
| 372 | * ScarsAreForever: He has a number of scars on his back that he got from being attacked by a Sphinx on 72nd Street. |
| 373 | * ShipTease: With Ella. |
| 374 | * SuperNotDrowningSkills: As a Cyclops and a son of Poseidon, he can breathe perfectly fine underwater. |
| 375 | * SuperStrength: He's quite strong for a young Cyclops. |
| 376 | * SuperToughness: Immune to fire and water, and resistant to poison. |
| 377 | * StoryboardBody: Ella resorts to tattooing the contents of the Sibylline Books that she can remember, all over Tyson. Apollo is forced to read one portion of the books from Tyson's armpit. |
| 378 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Peanut butter. Apparently it's a Cyclops thing, as the other Cyclopes working at Poseidon's forges also like peanut butter. |
| 379 | * VoiceChangeling: He can change his voice at will to imitate anyone, which is something all Cyclopes can do. He doesn't use it much, though, since it's considered creepy. |
| 380 | * WeirdnessCensor: Outside of magical places like Camp Half-Blood, the Mist makes him appear to have two eyes. Percy spent the entire school year with him without realizing he was a Cyclops. |
| 381 | [[/folder]] |
| 382 | |
| 383 | [[folder:George and Martha]] |
| 384 | |
| 385 | !!!'''Played by''': Creator/CraigRobinson (George) and Creator/OctaviaSpencer (Martha) |
| 386 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/george_and_martha_1111.jpg]] |
| 387 | The snakes on Hermes's caduceus. |
| 388 | |
| 389 | ---- |
| 390 | * EnergyWeapon: The caduceus has a laser function. |
| 391 | * LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: They bicker constantly. One of the supplementary stories reveals that they actually are married. |
| 392 | * MundaneUtility: Played with. The caduceus is Hermes's only real weapon, as well as his phone, clipboard/pen, and every other assorted device one might need. As the messenger of the gods, the latter functions are actually more important than its combat abilities. |
| 393 | * ServileSnarker: To Hermes. |
| 394 | * SssssnakeTalk: Completely averted in the film, George speaks with a normal American accent and insists that this trope is racist. |
| 395 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: George really likes rats. |
| 396 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: The caduceus can take many forms and they have some control over it, though the user can still override them. |
| 397 | [[/folder]] |
| 398 | |
| 399 | [[folder:Cyclopes]] |
| 400 | One eyed giants who serve as blacksmiths and forgeworkers for the gods. While the Elder Cyclopes are loyal servants, the majority of cyclopes we see are of the southern and hyperborean varieties, so their tropes can be found on the [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesMonsters Monsters]] page. |
| 401 | [[/folder]] |
| 402 | |
| 403 | [[folder:The Erymanthian Boar]] |
| 404 | A titanic boar that heeds the call of Pan. |
| 405 | |
| 406 | ---- |
| 407 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: It's a wild animal serving under the god of the wild, so it has all the morality of any other wild boar. |
| 408 | * FullBoarAction: It's absolutely gigantic. |
| 409 | * SuperSpeed: It can cover massive distances in a short period of time. |
| 410 | [[/folder]] |
| 411 | |
| 412 | [[folder:Ladon]] |
| 413 | A hundred headed dragon set to guard the Apples of Immortality by Hera. |
| 414 | |
| 415 | ---- |
| 416 | * EvilSmellsBad: Percy describes the smell of his breath as being like the time a rat died in the walls of his apartment, except a hundred times stronger and mixed with the smell of chewed eucalyptus. |
| 417 | * HeroKiller: While he can't take all the credit, the wound he dealt [[spoiler:Zoe Nightshade]] definitely played a role in [[spoiler:her]] death. |
| 418 | * MultipleHeadCase: He has so many heads they look like a pile of spaghetti strung together. As Percy put it, he would kill you in the time it took you to count them all. |
| 419 | * PoisonedWeapons: His bite is deadly poisonous. |
| 420 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Luke's failure to best him, taking away only a claw and a scar, was part of the catalyst that led to his betrayal of the gods. |
| 421 | [[/folder]] |
| 422 | |
| 423 | [[folder:Ella]] |
| 424 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ella_5.jpg]] |
| 425 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Ella in ''The Son of Neptune''.]][[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ella_harpy.jpg]][[/labelnote]]]] |
| 426 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Phineas is bad."'']] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | -->''"Words. Words calm Ella down. Words, words, words..."'' |
| 429 | |
| 430 | One of the harpies sent to torment Phineas, Ella is much more shy and bookish than her sisters. She briefly joins Percy, Hazel, and Frank on their quest to Alaska. |
| 431 | |
| 432 | ---- |
| 433 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: When she's first introduced, she's being bullied and robbed of her food by the other harpies. To be fair, this is less because of maliciousness towards her specifically and more because they're all starving and desperate for any food they can get. |
| 434 | * ADogNamedDog: Her name is apparently Latin for..."harpy", as she says: |
| 435 | -->Ella. Aella. 'Harpy.' In English. In Latin. |
| 436 | * BackForTheFinale: Gets a brief appearance in ''The Blood of Olympus'', and is mentioned at the end to [[spoiler:be helping with the effort to translate the Sibylline Books.]] |
| 437 | * BigEater: She rarely gets to eat, so she makes the most of her few opportunities. |
| 438 | * {{Bookworm}}: She's read a ''lot'' of books. |
| 439 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: When she opens her mouth you may hear dangerous, world-altering prophecies...or statistics from horse-races in the 70s, tips on dog-grooming, or how many seasons ''Series/{{Friends}}'' lasted. It's generally at least somewhat related. |
| 440 | * CuteMonsterGirl[=/=]GorgeousGorgon: Considering harpies are supposed to be ugly old hags, Ella's rather cute. |
| 441 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: Percy and his friends bring her a bowl of Thai mac and cheese and a cinnamon roll in an effort to befriend her. She mentions that she doesn't like cheese, but likes cinnamon. |
| 442 | * EncyclopaedicKnowledge: As a result of remembering everything she reads. |
| 443 | * HarpingOnAboutHarpies: She is one. |
| 444 | * InterspeciesRomance: With Tyson, who is a Cyclops. |
| 445 | * {{Irony}}: When discussing the blood moon on which Caligula and Commodus will attack, Ella, a mythological harpy, cites the ''Farmer's Almanac'' to state the science behind a blood moon. As Apollo puts it: |
| 446 | -->"Nothing is quite so disconcerting as having science explained to you by a supernatural creature." |
| 447 | * LivingMacGuffin: She read and memorized [[spoiler:the Sibylline Books, a collection of ancient prophecies leading up to the current day and possibly beyond.]] |
| 448 | * MotorMouth: Ella is constantly talking about the things she's read. |
| 449 | * PhotographicMemory: A variation, with books. Ella can remember ''everything'' she reads -- just not always when you need it. |
| 450 | * RedIsHeroic: The only red-feathered, as well as nice, harpy seen so far. |
| 451 | * ShipTease: With Tyson. |
| 452 | * SpeaksInShoutOuts: Ella is constantly talking about the things she's read. |
| 453 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cinnamon rolls. |
| 454 | * WingedHumanoid: Comes with being a harpy. |
| 455 | * YouNoTakeCandle: Played with. Despite her considerable intelligence, Ella speaks like this because she is a harpy. |
| 456 | [[/folder]] |
| 457 | |
| 458 | [[folder:Nikai]] |
| 459 | Servants of Nike who ensure all participants have a stake in the proceedings. |
| 460 | |
| 461 | ---- |
| 462 | * DeadlyDisc: They carry barbed laurel wreaths that they use as projectile weapons. |
| 463 | * HellIsThatNoise: They produce screams that sound like static mixed with cheering crowds. |
| 464 | * InUniverseNickname: Leo calls them the Nikettes. |
| 465 | * WingedHumanoid: They have wings, just like the goddess they serve. |
| 466 | [[/folder]] |
| 467 | |
| 468 | [[folder:Leucrotae]] |
| 469 | The leucrotae (singular leucrota) are a species of monster resembling a red furred lion with hooves and a semi-equine face. Three of them were sealed into a mansion along with Halcyon Green, serving as his guards while using him as bait for more demigods. |
| 470 | |
| 471 | ---- |
| 472 | * ExactWords: They are invulnerable to any metal known to god or man. Nothing in that description covers other methods of killing. |
| 473 | * KarmicDeath: Killed by the man they were set to guard, using a method thought up by the demigods they attracted to kill. |
| 474 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Averted. Instead of teeth they have solid shearing plates of bone. |
| 475 | * VoiceChangeling: Like parrots they can mimic human voices but don't really know what they're saying. They have picked up a few phrases though, which they'll repeat in various voices in order to lure prey. |
| 476 | * VoiceForTheVoiceless: The ones bound to Halcyon Green are telepathically linked to his thoughts and speak for him aa he's cursed with muteness. |
| 477 | [[/folder]] |
| 478 | |
| 479 | [[folder:Maenads]] |
| 480 | Eccentric nymphs who follow Dionysus. |
| 481 | |
| 482 | ---- |
| 483 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: To Dionysus, though as his servants he'll still smite those who harm them. |
| 484 | * TheAlcoholic: Usually, but averted with the group encountered by Leo, as they're underage maenads. |
| 485 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: They act like party girls but even a small group can rip a drakon to shreds. |
| 486 | * NighInvulnerable: It is very hard to hurt them. |
| 487 | [[/folder]] |
| 488 | |
| 489 | [[folder:Briares]] |
| 490 | The last of the Hecatonchires, or Hundred-Handed Ones. |
| 491 | |
| 492 | ---- |
| 493 | * ChangedMyMindKid: Despite leaving them upon being freed, he later returns to defend the camp. |
| 494 | * LastOfHisKind: The others faded away into obscurity some time ago. |
| 495 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: Well, it's in the name and everything. |
| 496 | [[/folder]] |
| 497 | |
| 498 | !!Automatons |
| 499 | [[folder:Talos Prototype]] |
| 500 | A prototype of the Talos robot encountered by the Argonauts. Flawed and imperfect, it serves as a guard dog to Hephaestus's junkyard. |
| 501 | |
| 502 | ---- |
| 503 | * AchillesHeel: It has a port in its heel allowing access to its inner workings. |
| 504 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: It is quite large. |
| 505 | * BerserkButton: Don't remind it that it's flawed. |
| 506 | * {{BFS}}: One suitable large enough for a giant robot. |
| 507 | * GuardianEntity: It guards Hephaestus's junkyard. |
| 508 | * NighInvulnerability: Its outer plating is all but impenetrable. |
| 509 | [[/folder]] |
| 510 | |
| 511 | [[folder:Hank and Chuck]] |
| 512 | A pair of automatons shaped like angels that have spent the past few decades posing as statues on the Hoover Dam. |
| 513 | |
| 514 | ---- |
| 515 | * ThoseTwoGuys: They only have one scene but they spend most of it bantering with each other. |
| 516 | * NoodleIncident: They've visited San Francisco before to meet other statues. |
| 517 | * WingedHumanoid: They're shaped like stereotypical angels. |
| 518 | [[/folder]] |
| 519 | |
| 520 | [[folder:Chyrseae Celedons]] |
| 521 | Backup singers made by Hephaestus for Apollo. |
| 522 | |
| 523 | ---- |
| 524 | * AIIsACrapshoot: One of them goes rogue after the warranty expires. |
| 525 | * CompellingVoice: When singing. |
| 526 | * MusicalAssassin: Not intentional, but they're willing to sing music meant for gods to humans. The results wouldn't be pretty. |
| 527 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: They can transform into birds. |
| 528 | [[/folder]] |
| 529 | |
| 530 | !!The Waystation |
| 531 | [[folder:The Waystation]] |
| 532 | A sentient building built on top of a train station in the 1880s. It serves as a sanctuary for demigods, Huntresses, and the like. |
| 533 | |
| 534 | ---- |
| 535 | * {{Expy}}: It's basically a non time-trailing [[Series/DoctorWho TARDIS]]. |
| 536 | * GeniusLoci: A benevolent example- it can reshape or "move" rooms as needed, and create an elephant-sized driveway to the barn. |
| 537 | [[/folder]] |
| 538 | |
| 539 | [[folder:Emmie]] |
| 540 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/emmie.jpg]] |
| 541 | |
| 542 | Emmie, aka Hemithea, partner of Josie, mother of Georgina, ex-Huntress, ex-Princess. Once a Greek princess, she and her sister jumped off a cliff to avoid their father's drunken rampage. Apollo turned the two of them into minor goddesses (because he was dating their older sister and [[ItsAllAboutMe he thought they were praying to him for help]]). Retired about 40-50 years ago to be with the love of her life, and now helps run the Waystation. |
| 543 | |
| 544 | ---- |
| 545 | * ActionMom: Alongside Jo. |
| 546 | * BroughtDownToNormal: She and Jo were former Hunters of Artemis, but fell in love and decided to retire together, which also meant giving up their immortality. |
| 547 | * GratuitousPrincess: Though she hasn't been a princess in millennia, she did used to be one, and her former royal status is emphasized. |
| 548 | * GreenThumb: She keeps a greenhouse on the roof of the Waystation. |
| 549 | [[/folder]] |
| 550 | |
| 551 | [[folder:Josephine]] |
| 552 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/josephine_9.jpg]] |
| 553 | |
| 554 | Partner of Emmie, mother of Georgina, ex-Huntress, ex-con. Retired from the Hunters about 40-50 years ago to be with the love of her life, and now helps run the Waystation. |
| 555 | |
| 556 | ---- |
| 557 | * ActionMom: For Georgina. |
| 558 | * BroughtDownToNormal: She and Emmie were former Hunters of Artemis, but fell in love and decided to retire together, which also meant giving up their immortality. |
| 559 | * SweetPollyOliver: Back when she worked with Al Capone. Yes, THE UsefulNotes/AlCapone. |
| 560 | * WrenchWench: Her mortal parent was a mechanic, so she became an expert at magical machines. She basically acts as a mechanic for the Waystation itself. |
| 561 | [[/folder]] |
| 562 | |
| 563 | [[folder:Georgina]] |
| 564 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/georgina.jpg]] |
| 565 | |
| 566 | A seven-year-old girl who got adopted by Emmie and Josephine. |
| 567 | |
| 568 | ---- |
| 569 | * HappilyAdopted: She is quite happy with her moms, Emmie and Josie. |
| 570 | * LukeIMightBeYourFather: Trophonius, a child of Apollo, calls her his sister. Since his mother died long before Georgina was born, that would suggest that Georgina is also a child of Apollo, but he has no memory of fathering her. |
| 571 | * TargetedHumanSacrifice: According to prophecy, if The New Hercules sacrifices her and Apollo during the re-naming of Indianapolis, he'll successfully conquer the rest of the midwest. |
| 572 | [[/folder]] |
| 573 | |
| 574 | [[folder:Agamethus]] |
| 575 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/agamethus.jpg]] |
| 576 | |
| 577 | A headless ghost, and the half-brother of Trophonius, aka the oracle of Trophonius. Currently haunts the Waystation to stay near the caves where his brother's spirit gives prophecies. |
| 578 | |
| 579 | ---- |
| 580 | * CynicismCatalyst: His death served as one for Trophonius. |
| 581 | * TheSpeechless: [[{{Understatement}} It's hard to talk without a head]]. |
| 582 | [[/folder]] |
| 583 | |
| 584 | !!The Amazons |
| 585 | [[folder:General]] |
| 586 | A tribe of female warriors who worship war gods (like Ares, Athena, or Bellona). Unlike the Hunters of Artemis, they are allowed to have relationships and children with men -- as long as those men are fine with being treated like second-class citizens. They are lead by Hylla. |
| 587 | |
| 588 | ---- |
| 589 | * AmazonBrigade: A modern incarnation of the TropeNamer. |
| 590 | * AnArmAndALeg: One unnamed Amazon got her arm bitten off and presumably eaten by Arion after she tried to feed him. She got it replaced by a metal one. |
| 591 | * CavalryBetrayal: In ''The Son of Neptune,'' they arrive rather late to the Gaea's forces vs. Camp Jupiter battle... [[spoiler:and turn out to be helping the demigods instead]]. |
| 592 | * ChallengingTheChief: Any Amazon can obtain leadership by challenging and killing the Queen. |
| 593 | * DoesNotLikeMen: Subverted. The Amazons like men perfectly fine -- [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale they just like men knowing their place even more]]. |
| 594 | * {{Hypocrite}}: They boast that the world would be a more peaceful place with women in charge despite being a ProudWarriorRace. |
| 595 | * LadyLand: Amazon HQ. The Amazons' boyfriends are basically servants. |
| 596 | * ProductPlacement: The Amazons own Amazon.com, and some read on their Kindles when they ought to be on guard duty. |
| 597 | * StrawFeminist: They keep their boyfriends in orange jumpsuits and collars. |
| 598 | [[/folder]] |
| 599 | |
| 600 | [[folder:Hylla]] |
| 601 | A daughter of Bellona, Hylla and her sister Reyna were born in Puerto Rico to an affluent family. Through unfortunate circumstances they became employees of the sorceress Circe, seen in The Sea of Monsters. After the spa is destroyed and she parts ways with her sister, Hylla joins The Amazons and eventually becomes their leader. |
| 602 | |
| 603 | ---- |
| 604 | * ActionGirl: She has beaten Otrera in a fight. Twice! |
| 605 | * AbusiveParents: Apparently, her and Reyna's father was one, which was why they ran away from Puerto Rico to Circe's retreat. |
| 606 | * AscendedExtra: A background character in The Sea of Monsters and a very important character in The son of Neptune. |
| 607 | * BadassFamily: She and her sister are daughters of the war goddess, Bellona. One of them at a time is awesome, but when they team up, monsters should run screaming. |
| 608 | * HalfHumanHybrid: Her mother is Bellona, the Roman goddess of war, while her father was a mortal soldier. |
| 609 | * TheLeader: Of the Amazons. |
| 610 | [[/folder]] |
| 611 | |
| 612 | [[folder:Kinzie]] |
| 613 | A member of the Amazons loyal to Hylla. |
| 614 | |
| 615 | ---- |
| 616 | * BackForTheDead: She returns in ''The Blood of Olympus'' [[spoiler:just to get killed by Orion.]] |
| 617 | * MauveShirt: She is a friend to Hylla and supporting Amazon in ''The Son of Neptune'',[[spoiler:and is killed by Orion in ''The Blood of Olympus.'']] |
| 618 | [[/folder]] |
| 619 | |
| 620 | [[folder:Otrera]] |
| 621 | The first queen of the Amazons. She was sent to claim the throne from her modern successor through combat and lead the Amazons in service of Gaia. Her tropes can be found [[Characters/TheCampHalfBloodSeriesForcesOfGaia here]] |
| 622 | [[/folder]] |
| 623 | |
| 624 | !!Other |
| 625 | [[folder:The Fates]] |
| 626 | A trio of old women who control fate, particularly the time and circumstances of death. |
| 627 | |
| 628 | ---- |
| 629 | * AboveGoodAndEvil: As the representation of fate, they are as neutral as they can be. Yes, Atropos's task in ending a person's life is pretty grim but her role is utterly natural in the cycle of life and death and she's not inherently malicious about it even if she's ''is'' utterly inflexible when preforming her role. |
| 630 | * AboveTheGods: They have dominion over the destinies of everyone, including the gods themselves, giving them a higher cosmic authority than even Zeus. |
| 631 | * AdaptedOut: From the movie, and they’re reduced to a mention in ''The Lightning Thief'' musical. |
| 632 | * AffablyEvil: They're fairly polite, for a trio of ancient hags. They partake in serving as Luke's pallbearers. |
| 633 | * AlmightyJanitor: Calling them "servants" is stretching it, but they're content to sit in the background and let the gods play with their mortal toys. |
| 634 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Their robes are white as per the myths. |
| 635 | * ColorMotifs: White is an important color to all three of their designs. They have white hair and wear white robes in the graphic novel. |
| 636 | * TheHecateSisters: Clotho the youngest is the Maiden, Lachesis the right hand one to Atropos is the Matron, and Atropos takes on the role of the Crone. |
| 637 | * TheDreaded: They scare ''everyone'', even the gods. The sole exception was the giant made to kill them, and they killed him without mortal aid. Suffice to say, it's a justified reputation. |
| 638 | * PetTheDog: In a series where Demigods are fatalistically aware their lifespan is not long due to the constant fighting against monsters, they outright reveal to Percy that he's destined to die peacefully of old age and their interest in him seem to be oddly benign despite his first encounter with them terrifying Grover. |
| 639 | * RaceLift: Due to Rick Riordan's preference of ability over appearance, only one of the Fates bears an exact resemblance to her book counterpart in the Disney Plus series. One is Asian and the other is African. |
| 640 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: They have all of three appearances in all the series' but they indirectly drive all of it. Justified, as you can't really avoid fate. |
| 641 | * TerribleTrio: They're very cruel towards Calypso, or at least, that's her opinion of them. They are also responsible for spinning, stretching and cutting the threads of life. |
| 642 | [[/folder]] |
| 643 | |
| 644 | [[folder:The Boreads]] |
| 645 | Calais and Zethes, twin sons of the wind god Boreas. |
| 646 | |
| 647 | ---- |
| 648 | * BlowYouAway: They have some power over wind, though not t the same extent as Jason or the Venti. |
| 649 | * CasanovaWannabe: Zethes. |
| 650 | * DumbMuscle: Calias is very strong but his own name is two many syllables for him to say. |
| 651 | * FaceHeelTurn: They briefly work for Gaia under their sister's orders while Boreas is incapacitated. |
| 652 | * HulkSpeak: Cal, due to his inability to say words longer than two syllables. |
| 653 | * InUniverseNickname: Calais goes by Cal. |
| 654 | * KillItWithIce: They have some ice powers, though less than their sister Khione. |
| 655 | * WingedHumanoid: Their most distinctive trait is their wings. |
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