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[PLAYER INFO]
NAME: Zara
AGE: 20
JOURNAL: werepuppyblack
IM: AIM: mswerepuppyblack
E-MAIL: mswerepuppyblack@aim.com
RETURNING: No, I'm new.

[CHARACTER INFO]
CHARACTER NAME: Percy Jackson
FANDOM: Percy Jackson and the Olympians
CHRONOLOGY: I would like to bring Percy in from pre-The Lost Hero, at a point mentioned in the story – from just after he has walked his girlfriend back to her cabin, but before he was taken by Hera and had his memories erased.
CLASS: Hero
SUPERHERO NAME: Percy does not have a superhero name. If he was to chose one, it would be something along the lines of “Trident”
ALTER EGO: Percy Jackson, and most likely to be a student.

BACKGROUND:Percy Jackson is the demigod son of Poseidon and Sally Jackson, a mortal who can see through the Mist. The Mist is best explained as a type of magic which twists a mortal's sight, preventing them from seeing any mythical or supernatural occurances, instead making them see something more mundane and normal. Percy Jackson is introduced to us as a 12 year old boy, who has both dyslexia and ADHD, and has been expelled from every school he has attended on the grounds of behaviour problems. Percy also has to contend with his awful stepfather whom he nicknames Smelly Gabe, due to him simply smelling awful.

The story begins with Percy on a field trip with his current school - the Yancy Academy - in New York. There, after getting into a confrontation with class bully Nancy Bobfit over her treatment of his only friend Grover Underwood, Percy unknowningly exhibits supernatural capabilites, summoning water from a nearby fountain to pull her in. One of the teachers - Miss Dodds - sees this, and calls him in to speak with him. When they are away from the ground, Miss Dodds transforms, revealing herself as the Fury Alecto, and attacks Percy, demanding to know the whereabouts of an unknown item. Alecto is defeated by Percy when aided by his Latin teacher, who throws him a pen which transforms into the sword "Anaklusmos", meaning Riptide.

After the incident, it is as thought nothing ever happen, and no one knows who Miss Dodds is. Other incidents and denials further confuse Percy, and he is on the verge of believing himself mistaken, until he overhears his friend, Grover, speaking to his Latin teacher, Mr. Brunner, about it all. However, the school year ends without too many problems - Percy's behaviour throughout the year means he is not allowed back the next year - and Percy and his mother take a weekend break to Montauk Beach. It is here that Grover appears as a Satyr, advising them to leave. The begin to make their way to Half-Blood Hill, but are attacked by a Minotaur. Percy defeats the monster, but not before his mother is taken to the Underworld. He manages to save Grover, and drags the unconscious Satyr into Camp Half-Blood.

At the Camp, he re-meets Mr Brunner - really the centaur Chiron - and learns his true nature as a demigod. As he is unclaimed - his Godly parent is unknown - he is sent to stay in the Hermes Cabin, where he meets Luke, the 19 year old Son of Hermes, and cabin leader. He is also shown around the camp by Annabeth, daughter of Athena. At the end of the Week, there is a camp wide game of Capture the Flag, and it is during this game that Percy gets proof of unusual powers - being able to heal his injuries once in water - and he is claimed by his father, Poseidon. Something which seems to make him an outcast at the camp. This is explained to him as the result of Zeus believing that Percy has stolen the master lightning bolt. With Annabeth and Grover, Percy embarks on a quest to retrieve said bolt. On this quest he defeats Medusa - whose head he cheekily sends to the Gods, and, on advice from Ares, makes his way to the Underworld, believing Hades to be the true thief. However, this is shown also not be the truth, as Hades' own Helm of Darkness has also been stolen. On their return to Earth the three are greeted by Ares, who appears to be the thief as he has both the Helm and the Bolt.

In a sword fight, Percy is able to draw first blood from Ares, winning, and becomes aware that there is more to the God's stealing the items than they were first aware. They return the Helm to Hades, and the bolt to Zeus, and return to Camp as Heroes. As he has returned the Helm to Hades, the God returns his mother, keeping the promise he made to Percy. However, Percy is still uneasy, and cannot help but think there is more to this than he knows. As the summer ends, he discovers that Luke, under the orders of the Titan Kronos, was the true thief. Percy is poisoned and Luke escapes. Percy chooses to return home for term, and come back to Camp the following summer.

The following summer, Percy returns to Camp to discover that Thalia's tree has been poisoned. Thalia is the Daughter of Zeus and had originally come to camp with Annabeth and Luke. However, they were being chased by monsters, and Thalia was will to sacrifice herself to save her friends. To save her life, her father turned her into the tree, and she has since stood, protecting the border of the Camp. With her tree now poisoned, it is possible for monsters to invade the Camp. Chiron is main suspect, though people know how absurd this seems, and has to leave the camp.Through a dream which is created by an empathic link with Grover, Percy discovers the whereabouts of the Golden Fleece, and it is agreed that it must be retrived to rid the tree of its posion.

Clarisse, daughter of Ares is given the quest and though they are not permitted to go, Percy and Annabeth also go. However, they are also looking for Grover, who is trapped on this island. Tyson the Cyclops, and Percy's half-brother, joins them on their journey, much to the annoyance of Annabeth - they had been chased by Cyclops when Thalia took her last stand. Entering the Sea of Monsters - the Bermuda Triangle - they have to get past Scylla and Charybdis. Instead of sailing between the two, Clarisse heads for Charybdis and the ship is destroyed, with Tyson appearing to die as it sinks. Percy feels guilty throughout the adventure from this, constantly wishing for Tyson to return. With Annabeth, the pair continue to travel, with Annabeth telling more of Thalia's almost death, and mentioning the Great Prophecy. When Percy turns 16, he will have a hard choice to make. They eventually make their way to the island of Polyphemus, and manage to save Grover, and meet up with Clarisse. To their delight, Tyson has also made his way there, having survived, and the five escape with the Golden Fleece.

When they return to the mortal world, they send Clarisse on ahead with the Fleece to Camp, and Percy, Annnabeth, Grover and Tyson are kidnapped by Luke. The elder boy reveals that he was the one who posioned Thalia's tree, and Percy duels with him - almost being killed in the process. They are saved by Chiron and his relatives, the Party Ponies. They return to Camp, and the Fleece is put on the tree, where it does its job a little too well. Not only is the tree revived, but Thalia is too. Percy realises with a jolt that this was Kronos' plan all along - now he has one more chance to manipulate the prophecy which governs their future.

Percy spends the rest of the summer at camp, returning to the mortal world to attend school at the end once more. During winter, he, Thalia, and Annabeth are contacted by Grover who has found two moree half-bloods. The three arrive at a military school and become aware that they are not the only ones who recognise the half-bloods. The vice-prinicpal of the school, Dr. Thorn, is a monster and just wanted to confirm that Bianca and Nico Di Angelo who he thought they were before making his move. Percy and the others attempt to blend in with the crowd so they are not spotted. They have arrived during a school dance, so Percy and Annabeth dance together. He spots Dr. Thorn taking Bianca and Nico away and follows him, against his better judgement. This was likely motivated by his slight jealously of Thalia becoming apparent - she has been taught by Chiron to manipulate the Mist, while no one has even suggested learning this to Percy.

Percy fights but is almost killed by Dr. Thorn - really a manticore - but is saved by Annabeth. The Goddess Artemis and her Hunters also come to the rescue, but it is too late to save Annabeth, who plummeted over a cliff with the manticore. Artemis informs them that Annabeth has not died, she has been magically kidnapped, but Percy is wracked with guilt. Bianca becomes one of the Hunters, believing Nico will be safe with Percy. Aretmis leaves, instructing her Hunters to go to Camp with the demigods. At camp, Percy and Thalia become angry with each other when they lose a game of Capture the Flag, and begin fighting with each other. It only stops when Percy spots the Oracle coming towards them. A prophecy is given, and a quest is arranged.

Percy, however, cannot go on the quest, and instead runs away on his Pegasus, Blackjack. He catches up with the Hunters, and ends up joining them on their quest. It is shortly after that he is granted a private audience with Aphrodite, goddess of love. She warns him about the junkyard of the gods, and informs him of a romantic future waiting for him with Annabeth. Percy has still been feeling guilty about what happened to Annabeth, and has been fixated on finding her - his whole reason for going on the quest - and become very flustered at this, denying any attraction. It doesn't change the fact he find himself despondant at the idea of Annabeth joining the Hunters. In the junkway, the group is attacked by one of Hephaestus' automatons, and Bianca sacrifices herself to save them, upsetting Percy as he promised Nico he would look out for the girl. They make their way to Hoover Dam, where Percy meets Rachel Elizabeth Dare, a mortal girl who can see through the Mist. She helps Percy escape from skeletal warriors.

After a battle with Atlas, in which Percy is forced to hold the weight of the sky, which gives him a permanment grey streak in his hair, Blackjack returns with some more Pegasi, and the group fly to Olypmus. The Gods try to decide whether or not to kill Thalia, Percy, and the Ophiotaururs - a monster which Artemis had been hunting - as they may hold they means to destory Olypmus, as per the Great Prophecy. Thalia opts out by joining Artemis Hunters, and thus forever being a day away from 16 as the Hunters do not age. It is decided that Percy will remain alive, and the Ophiotaururs will be kept in the throne room. Athena informs Percy she does not approve of his friendship with Annabeth. Percy still dances with Annabeth at the party thrown, however, choosing not to dwell on Aphrodite's words.

When they return to camp, Percy takes Nico to the side, trying to inform him of his sister's death. However, Nico informs them that he knew, and he loathes Percy, blaming him. They are then attacked by skeletal warriors as Nico leaves, and Percy realises that they are again in a place of not knowing to whom the Great Prophecy refers, and Nico is also a child of the Big Three; he is the son of Hades.

In the fourth book, Percy, Annabeth, Grover and Tyson are sent into the Labyrithn of Daedalus on a quest to find Daedalus. The Camp is in danger of being invaded by Kronos' army, using the Labyrinth as a way in as there is a door in the woods of the Camp. They are hoping that Daedalus' knowledge will help to prevent any attacks that could be carried out using the Labyrinth. Annabeth is clearly uneasy about going into the Labyrinth, something which concerns Percy. Percy is still searching for Nico, and is more conflicted by his feelings for Annabeth. He clearly wants to move them forward, but it does not seem working out.

In the Labyrinth, they meet Hera, who informs them that Percy knows the way. Which is proved from when they take a wrong turn and run into Nick, who is accompanied by King Mino's ghost. Percy does not trust Mino, and tries to get Nico to join them, but the younger boy still hates Percy and will not. The group - minus Nico - go to a forge of Hephaestus, and Percy gets lost in the inner depths of Mt. Saint Helen's, battling fierce water demons. Annabeth had kissed him for good luck before they parted, and Percy was still confused by these feelings. He faces four fully grown telkhines - sea demons and magicians - and, in desperation, unleashes an incredible amount of power, creating an explosion that damages the mountain and awakes Typhon, father of Monsters. Percy falls unconscious, and awakes on the island of Ogygia meeting Calypso. He remains there for two weeks, and Calypso mentions she has fallen in love with him. He suspects he may love her as well, but he knows he cannot stay on the island, and besides which, his mind keeps going back to Annabeth. He returns to Camp, in the middle of his funeral, and is hugged and then yelled at by Annabeth who had been speaking as he appeared.

Percy has realised that he does know the way through the Labyrinth, and convinces Rachel - who he now goes to school with - to accompy them. Annabeth apparently does not like this, though Percy can't understand why. They run into a wide arena, where Percy battles a monster and a fellow half-blood, both members of Luke's army, to let the girls go on ahead and find Daedalus as time is of the essence. When he catches up, they make it to the workshop and are informed Luke got there first, but that Rachel is more accurate than the String - a means of directing through the Labyrinth. The workshop is attacked by monsters, who drag in Nico. Percy, Annabeth, Rachel and Nico manage to escape, entering the maze once more.

Percy hears Kronos speaking to him. He takes Annabeth's invisibility cap and enters the room, opening the coffin. Not fully formed, but there, is Luke and as much as Percy hated him, he did not draw Riptide. Ethan enters and joins the Titan's side and Luke/Kronos comes to list. Percy only escapes thanks to the help of Nico and Rachel. They meet up with Tyson and Grover again, and the group finds Pan, the God of the Wild, who is dying. As his spirit dies, it goes into the mouths of all in the group except Nico, and it seems Grover got a little bit more than the rest. Rachel leads them to New York, where Pegasi take the group – excluding Rachel – back to camp to help prepare for the Titan army's arrival. Percy is battling by Annabeth's side and they fight an evil monster Kampe. Grover, in a panic, screams so loudly it scares the army back into the Labyrinth. As Daedalus dies with the Labyrinth, Percy inherits Mrs O'Leary. However, he parts with Annabeth on bad terms

He returns home to celebrate his birthday with his mother and her fiancée. Poseidon comes and tells him that Luke/Kronos is only temporarily defeated, and informs him of Typhon stirring in his sleep. When Poseidon leaves, Percy goes to his room, where Nico is waiting. Nico has a plan. Percy invites the younger boy into celebrate his birthday with him.

The last book in the main series is The Last Olympian, and we re-meet Percy going on a drive with Rachel, who is attempting to flirt her way into a relationship with Percy, who admits to not being sure of his feelings for Rachel, and besides which, he is still unhappy about how he parted with Annabeth. The drive is interrupted by Beckendorf – an older camper who and Blackjack, whose arrival is a sign to initiate their plan to destroy Luke's demon cruise ship which is inhabited by Kronos' Army. Percy tries to distracts some telkhines to give Beckendorf time to lay the bombs but the other demigod is captured – thankfully after setting the bombs. Beckendorf sacrifices himself to help Percy escape and carry out the plan. In the water, Percy loses consciousness and awakens in his father's palace under the sea, meeting Tyson again, as well as his godly brother Triton and other relatives.

Poseidon is aging rapidly due to the fight with Oceanus and his army damaging his kingdom. Percy wants to help his father, but he had to return to Camp to inform the others of what happened on Luke's ship. It is now that he is shown the entire Great Prophecy, which shows his fate is to make am important choice, and to have his soul reaped by a cursed blade. It takes a confrontation with Annabeth – in which she calls him a coward – for Percy to have any sort of acceptance with this fate. Nico returns to discuss the plan mentioned at the end of the previous book – for Percy to bathe in the River Styx, gaining invulnerability. They go to see May Castellan, the first step in being able to do so, and find her insane and unstable, realising that Luke would have grown up in this household, Percy can sort of realise why he ran away. May tells them that Luke came to gain her blessing for something he needed to go. After leaving Ms. Castellan, they meet Hestia, who gives Percy vision of the destruction, and tells them she will always be at the hearth if needed.

Percy and Nico go to see Sally to gain her blessing, which she gives, informing Percy that he is own person and she can't tell him what to do any more. They go to the Underworld, and Hades reveals that it was all a trick to make Nico the child of the prophecy. Though Nico rescues Percy from Hades' trap, Percy appears to have lost all trust in the younger boy, even threatening him in his anger. However, Nico keeps his word and leads Percy to the Styx. Percy submerges in the water and is almost dissolved but sees Annabeth, pulling him back up, with the rope he imagined to be tied around himself. When he emerges he is invulnerable save for one tiny spot on his lower back.

The war begins, and Percy leads the group of demigods into a sleeping Manhattan to protect the city, battling monsters and demons while the Gods battle Typhon in the east. Rachel arrives, having had a vision which read: “Perseus, you are not the hero. It will affect what you do.” Percy is distracted by this news, and Ethan takes aim – unknowingly directly at Percy's Achilles Spot. Annabeth steps in the way, ending up getting stabbed, saying she felt Percy was in danger. Percy is furious, knocking Ethan unconscious. Kronos' threatens Annabeth's life, but she is removed to a hotel in a plaza. She is seriously injured, and Percy tells her where his Achilles spot is, and that she saved his life. Annabeth remarks that he looks “cute when you're worried.”

Kronos makes it to the Hall of the Gods, and Annabeth is able to convince Luke to resurface. Luke had promised once to protect her, and she reminds him of that. Percy is asked to give over Annabeth's knife – a long ago given present from Luke – and it then that he understand the who the hero of the prophecy is, but that his choice to give the Luke the knife was the important decision which had to be made. Kronos is blown to dust, and Luke dies a hero's death.

Percy is offered the gift of becoming a God but declines, his feelings for Annabeth being his main motivation for doing so. Instead he requests that all Gods are represented at Camp, and that all children are claimed by age 13. When he returns to Camp, he finally manages to express his feelings for Annabeth, and they find their first kiss interrupted by their fellow campers dumping them in the lake for taking too long to work it out. Their second kiss is something Percy describes as “pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.” The book ends with he and Annabeth running back into the mortal world, having shared a moment of bliss, and for once, not looking back at Camp Half-Blood.

Though Percy is not actually in The Lost Hero, we hear that is has been four months since the end of the previous book. He is in his second year of high school and has just stopped for winter break. He and Annabeth are still dating, and it is mentioned that prior to his disappearance he had walked her back to the Athena cabin, and kissed her goodnight.

PERSONALITY: Percy is very brave, and a natural leader, willing to risk his life to save his friends, strangers, and sometimes even his enemies. If there is a choice between his being safe, and having to face danger to save his friends, without a single doubt Percy would chose the danger. He has an extremely sarcastic and smart sense of humour, combined with a laid back demeanour, and has managed to earn the respect of many of the Olympians – though it is safe to say that he and Ares will never be best friends. Percy will always be true, and never goes back on his word if he can help it. Despite all of this, he is far from perfect.

Percy is somewhat short-tempered, and can have trouble controlling his anger sometimes – like when he sees bullying. He will feel a need to stand up for the little guy, leading to him often being seen as unpopular in school as he will try to be friends with the one that is the most popular target; becoming a target himself. He also tends to blurt things out, and act without thinking, no matter of the consequences may be, which often lands him in trouble. Technically speaking, Percy is smart, but he seems to act dumb and obtuse, meaning that he often doesn't see the obvious even when it is right in front of him. This also shows itself in the fact that he seems to be more affected by the Mist than other demigods 'in the know'. As mentioned, he is sarcastic and can be moody. He dislikes being retrained or forced to obey, and has happily described himself as “impertinent”. He does not like being controlled or constrained in any way, a aspect of his personality that Poseidon claims comes from him – the sea does not like this either.

Though he is considered a leader at the Greek Camp Half Blood, at school Percy is considered a troublemaker, having a long track record of expulsions, something which most demigods share. His ADHD and dyslexia make learning difficult for him, and he often mentions that he is ever considered one of the “cool kids” at school. As mentioned, he also tends to make friends with kids who are otherwise picked on – his best friend Grover and his half-brother Tyson being the best examples – thus Percy is often seen as very uncool amongst his mortal peers. This is a stark contrast to his time at Camp, where he is often amongst one of the most liked of the Campers.

As often mentioned within the series, all people have a 'fatal flaw', something that could possibly end up leading to their downfall should it go unchecked. In the case of Percy, his fatal flaw is his own excessive personal loyalty. As pointed out by Athena, he would risk the world, not to mention his own life, to save a loved one. (Athena was displeased that her daughter was an object of this loyalty). Percy does not see personal loyalty as a bad thing – despite clear cases of it having being used against him previously by Kronos. As Athena stated “the most dangerous flaws are good in moderation.”


POWER:
Hydrokinesis: Since Percy has the power of the sea within him, he can control every form and great volumes of water, even being able to summon and heal his wounds with it. Simply put, Percy can control water. This can take the form of;
1. Healing most wounds and cure most poisons when in contact with water
2. Being able to control the water around him.
3. He can diffuse oxygen bubbles in the water to create 'air-bubbles' that allow non-hydrokinetic people to breathe underwater.

Demigod: Being the son of Poseidon means that he has many 'disabilities' that are seen as talents. He has been diagnosed with ADHD, which allows him supernatural alertness, and keen senses that can keep him ready – and alive – in battle. He is also dyslexic, as his brain is hard-wired for Ancient Greek. Due to his limited clairvoyance, Percy is able to watch events in distant locations and times, including otherwise 'hidden' things because of his father's unpredictable nature. This clairvoyance occasionally allows him to take the 'place' of a different person in the visions – a notable example being Hercules. Percy is an expert swordsman, fully capable of holding his own against larger, more experienced, and more powerful opponents, including Gods and Titans.

These fighting skills are helped along by his bearing the Curse of Achilles; the third person in history to do so. He gained the 'burden' after bathing in the River Styx. This granted him with invulnerability, which means that nothing touching his skin can harm or kill him. Things that are ingested are another matter. This burden also gave him supernaturally superior speed and strength as well. As the name would make one assume, Percy does have an 'Achilles heel' a part of his body which remains mortal. This 'heel' is a spot on the small of his back, directly opposite his navel. It can also be said that Annabeth is also his Achilles Heel, as it was an image of her that came to him when bathing in the Styx, and she is what is directly typing him to the mortal world.



[CHARACTER SAMPLES]

COMMUNITY POST (FIRST PERSON) SAMPLE:
[The screen flickers slightly, the static breaking up slowly to reveal sea-green eyes, and dark hair. The boy looks confused, and the light beside the screen blinks]

Erm, hey? Is this even … how do you know if this thing is …

[The voice cuts out, as the picture flickers again rapidly, before settling back on the boy's face. It's clearer now, any static long gone]

Okay, I hope this is on right. Also sort of hope I'm not just talking to myself here, 'cause that would just be a sort of odd I don't think I can deal with right now. But... Wait, I hope no one's expecting me to know anything, 'cause I'm... I don't know what's going on. At all.

[He blinks, and looks just past the screen, as if trying to see something in the mid-distance. He shakes his head, and the screen jostles slightly as he turns it round to show the street he's standing in]

I know, well, I think I'm in New York but … it can't be New York. Can it?

[He turns the camera back to himself]

I'm Percy Jackson, anyone out there know that name...? No, didn't think so. I just got here, somehow, and got this camera thing and these... I think they're tags, but I don't know what they're for. Actually, there's a lot I don't know.

… Is there even anyone listening?

LOGS POST (THIRD PERSON) SAMPLE:
It wasn't that Percy could say he wasn't used to weird things happening. Actually, he would love to be able to say that, but it simply wasn't true. He was used to weird things happening, it was pretty much common-place by now. It had to be, when you were a demigod, you either got used to the fact that normal as the rest of the world defined it wasn't exactly going to be normal for you, or, well, you just had to get used to it. At least, most of the time, the weird came with long periods of not-so-weird-really. The thing was, well, he just wasn't particularly used to waking up in a place he didn't recognise, with no idea as to how he got there in the first place.

Usually, when the weird stuff happened, he had some sort of idea as to why, and had a little bit of a heads-up.

He looked around himself, trying to work out what was different as he pulled himself up off the ground,. He was in a city, which was odd because last thing he remembered, he had been at Camp. None of the buildings around him were familiar. At least it seemed to be the same time of day as he remembered it being, but he was sure that it had been slightly darker as he had been walking back to his cabin.

“What the...” Percy began looking around with more conviction, determined to find something that would explain this situation to him. He spotted something lying on the ground, near where he had pulled himself up from. He frowned, bending down to pick it up. It looked like one of those phones he had been hinting to his Mom about as a possible Christmas present. Like a cross between a Blackberry and an iPhone. It looked brand new, and Percy couldn't help but wonder who was able to just lose something like there. The phone – since that's what he had opted to describe it as – was stuck to the ground by some silver chains. On closer inspection, he realised they weren't chains but dog tags. Sort of like the ones a few of the Ares' kids took to wearing but he was pretty sure that they had been stolen from someone's older brother who was in the Army and he was really getting away from the point now, he should stop that.

Actually, now that he thought on it, the tags would probably tell him whoever it was the phone belonged to. He reached out, and managed to pick both items up, staring down at the tags. Etched in the metal with a single name: TRIDENT. Percy frowned, running his thumb over the etching slightly. “Trident...?” he muttered to himself, before looking up and around. Yes, there were people around, but no one seemed to be looked for anything they maybe dropped. No one seemed surprised that he had suddenly appeared either. He had just appeared, and beside him was this phone and these tags. “Are... are these mine?” he wondered out loud. He moved forward, starting to look around, realising that he was wrong. He did know this place. At least, he was fairly sure he did.

“It can't …”

He stopped mid-thought, looking down at the phone and the tags once more. They had just been there, when he woke up, maybe they were meant for him. To help him out. He turned the phone over in his hand. He'd never had his own cell phone before, it wasn't safe for demigods but... this wasn't a cell, was it? Not really. There were a lot of different buttons, and Percy stared at them for a few moments. This could be his way of finding out... just finding out.

He stared for a few moments longer, and pressed one of the buttons. Time to try to get some answers.


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