Percy Jackson never wanted to be a hero.

He wanted to pass sixth grade, for his mom to be happy, to not be expelled again, and to be a normal kid. What he never wanted was a life of monsters, Gods, and impending demise every day. He always considered himself a loser from the very beginning. Percy was a troubled kid from New York who had ADHD and dyslexia and had spent his entire existence with bizarre things following him. As a toddler he strangled snakes that appeared in his bed, in the fourth grade he blew up his school bus, and his freshman orientation resulted in the death of a psycho metal-chicken cheerleader and half the band room exploding. He doesn't lead a normal life, far from. Why? Because he's a Demigod and for all of that each experience has shaped him.

We'll start with one Gabe Ugliano. Percy's mother, Sally, married Gabe to protect Percy. For years the woman endured physical and mental abuse to protect her son and, likewise, Gabe also acted that way to Percy. Gabe was the first person to make Percy defiant. He thinks his mother is absolutely the best person in the world and that Gabe had no right to say anything to her-- he was a bully. From the start of the series when Percy was twelve we are given this kid who dislikes bullies and authorial figures, specifically in adults.

Percy is seen standing up and mouthing off to Gabe. This is our immediate introduction to him, as he reacts the same way towards Nancy Bobofit when she's bullying Grover on the bus. The quickest and easiest way to tick him off is to bully anyone-- in any form. Percy is a kid that doesn't believe in bullying. In truth, he would lead a much quieter existence if this wasn't such a huge thing with him. Most of the enemies he has made isn't because they're monsters, although that's a large part of them, but because he doesn't know when to hold back against people like these. At the beginning of the series he wasn't even strong or fit in combat, but that never once stopped him from speaking out against something he disliked.

Which leads to two competing parts of his personality: his loyalty and his snap judgments. These are both factors in his behaviors towards bullies, but we'll stop with how he views people. Naturally, he's impulsive. Really impulsive. But that's a story for later. When Percy meets people he immediately thinks of them as "cool", "jerk", or "nice". It's very difficult to deter him of this. When Grover tells him he's actually Percy's protector he thinks that's outrageous. He was the one who had been protecting Grover all year-- there was simply no way he could protect Percy. The same reactions go for Ares and Clarisse, too. Clarisse, especially, he doesn't believe had a single nice bone in her body, but he has to change that thought process in Battle of the Labyrinth. He sees that she likes someone and can be gentle and kind when it's necessary, which just seems another impossibility to him.

But contradictory to this is that Percy's actually pretty good at figuring people out. While in the Last Olympian he says that he likes Rachel because she speaks her mind and is easy to understand unlike other people he knew, there's a bit of a catch here. This is likely being directed at Annabeth because as early as the Titan's Curse he's showing the opposite of what he says. Percy isn't the best with making friends and understanding emotions, certainly, but he actually watches people and asks questions a lot. The first instance of this is with Thalia when he figures out that's she afraid of heights. At first he asked/assumed it was about her mom's accident, but later figures it out. With Hazel in the Son of Neptune he can tell she's nice but she feels guilty about something after knowing her no less than two hours. He may not be the best with people, but it does not go without saying he's both observant and curious of the people around him.

Now returning to loyalty there's one thing that must be considered about Percy: this is the very core of his character. Everything he does is driven by the loyalty he has to his friends and people, and in part that's because it's his fatal flaw. In a lot of cases, we see Percy's loyalty when someone's being bullied or treated unjustly. Normally, this is towards his friends, but he also seems to find some sort of brethren with the under dog. And why shouldn't he? He's always been. He's constantly stopping to help out people who he doesn't have time to help simply because he hates the situation they're in. We first see this with the zoo animals that were being mistreated, then in Briares the Hundred Handed One who was being tortured, then Calypso, and so on. Percy hates people controlling others and putting them in horrible situations and he'll fight against them every time-- regardless of if he has time to stop and do so or not.

Continuing on in his path of loyalty is that Percy has been told that to protect a friend he would destroy the world. He doesn't think this is such a bad thing because it's a good quality, but Athena is right that it is good when not in excess. Percy is a person that believes whole-heartedly in his friends and the places he feels at home. He doesn't take mistreatment of them or even badmouthing unless you want him on your bad side. He becomes very one-track minded when it comes to his loved ones. The best example of this is back in the Lightning Thief. He's sent on a quest to stop an oncoming war but he doesn't care about that. Hades kidnapped his mother and that was the only thing driving him. He wanted to save her-- he had to save her. This kind of repeats itself in Son of Neptune too. While he found kindred in Camp Jupiter and wanted to protect them-- a huge thing for him was remembering his old life, and more specifically Annabeth. He even confirms it in Mark of Athena that the only thing that was keeping him going was thinking about how they could have a life together in Camp Jupiter. So, in that sense, he definitely wasn't thinking completely about saving the camp, either, but more of what it could give him.

On that note, it must be stated that Percy feels responsible for everyone. Especially for his friends and fellow Demigods. He doesn't want to be a leader and even says as much in the Sea of Monsters because he thinks any world led by him would be in trouble. But he knows when people need help. The whole reason he agreed to become Praetor was because he saw that Reyna needed help and Camp Jupiter was in trouble. He took on the responsibility of commanding Camp Half-Blood, too, because he was the one who called every one there. Percy doesn't want to see the people around him get hurt. He spent most of both the Son of Neptune and Mark of Athena feeling like a failure because his friends had to protect him and not the other way around. He doesn't accept being unable to keep everyone safe around him, but he eventually has to realize that's the way it's got to work. In the end, though, that's also where his fatal flaw will come into play. Because if it's a choice between letting himself die or those dear to him, Percy will choose himself every time.

In that respect, Percy has changed a lot from the first series. There was a time he was afraid of death. He was so afraid that he would avoid it at all costs, or as Annabeth says he would run. To an extent, death still scares Percy, but unlike before he's shown that he's willing to take that chance. Hazel says in the Son of Neptune that he reminded her of her friend Jason in that he'd seen his fate and accepted it. In a lot of ways, he has. Percy had hoped that after the war with the Titans that everything would return to normal. He just wanted a normal high school career, but he didn't get that. So, instead, he just started hoping for the nice things in life. Things that demigods didn't often get-- like college, marriage, and families. It's what drove him to keep living and in those ways Percy has matured. Before he didn't really think more than two months ahead but now he's holding onto a dream of a future that he was never really sure he had before.

His impulsive behavior is another huge thing to touch on. Being ADHD is never considered a good thing and for most Demigods it actually turns out to be one, but not with Percy. He's impulsive, really impulsive. He tends to act in a do now think later way. He hates being told what to do and so often he acts when he has the chance. This also means that he tends to be really mouthy. This goes hand-and-hand with the earlier statements of his reactions to bullies because it's more often than not seen with them. He was never physically strong before, so instead of shutting up he'd say the first thing that came to mind. He still does it now even to the Gods, but that seems mostly reserved for Ares and Dionysus. Why? Well, because he tends to realize that telling the gods they're stupid will likely end in things exploding and him being turned into a dolphin. He'd really rather that not happen. But to everyone else? Sure, he'll mouth off to them all day.



Percy is in a lot of ways your average teenage boy. He wants to hang out with his friends, eat, and goof off. That's what he wanted to do since the end of the last war. He would gladly hang out all day with his friends in central park doing nothing but picnicking and maybe non-lethal games of capture the flag. This is one thing that has never been lost about his character. He's grown up and become more serious, but he does have a tendency to think and say a lot of boyish things. A lot of what he says can and will be silly. It's the way he speaks (and perhaps a bit of Riordan's own writing style). In a totally serious situation he'll just up and say "I hate this guy's shirt" and use it as his charging attack.  He'll joke about anything and everything, even if it's not totally the right time to do so. That's not to say he says ridiculous things all the time, as his speech compared to narration is vastly different (he tends to use more humor in narration while actual speech is considerably less goofy).

Being average has actually made him different than what he's expected to be. Sometimes he says seemingly cocky things, but in general he doesn't mean them. Percy doesn't think he's all that or see himself as better than everyone else. Actually, it's quite the opposite. Even people he originally dislikes he finds a respect and admiration for. It's one thing about him that's even made the Gods take a step back and look at him about. He may come off one way in a first meeting, but that's never how he truly is. He believes in the people around them and would rather have his friends at his back. While he doesn't want any of them getting hurt, when he fights alone it isn't for power or glory. In fact, he turns that down. He could have became a God and lord of something which is the ultimate gift for any demigod and he turns it down-- Why? Because all he wants to be is normal. Unlike a lot of the heroes in Greek myths Percy doesn't get an inflated ego about his victories but ends up more driven to have be just like every teenager out there.

One thing Percy doesn't like being is controlled. He's spent most of his life where he had no power over his situation. When he was a kid Gabe would basically threaten him and/or his mom about things. When he found out he was demigod the gods played with his life and he was given prophecies he had to complete. And for that Percy doesn't like being controlled and he doesn't like being told what to do. He may not want to be a leader, but when he does he tries to include everyone. Characters within the series, himself included, equate him to like the sea-- he doesn't like being restrained. It makes him anxious, angry, and resistant. He won't accept it and he'll fight against it-- and sometimes when he does that he does it in really stupid ways.

The thing about Percy is he can come off incredibly dumb, mostly because he comes off slow or acts too much on impulse. His dyslexia and ADHD constantly working against him, but as Annabeth points out is that he's smarter than he looks. Often times he's slow because he's thinking about things, seeing them in his own way. While we don't often see this in battle there are times, like when his ADHD in his battle with Ares was in overdrive, that he's able to figure things out even then. Overall, he comes off slow because he's putting it in his perspective and getting it right to his views.  

Mostly this intelligence comes off in wit and sarcasm. The boy has a lot of both, to the point he shoots off to Annabeth in the middle of a fight for their lives that she should kiss him for good luck (they end up bantering like that a lot). Sarcasm and wit aside, Percy has been shown to show an amazing insight and memory from time that nearly always occurs when he wasn't paying attention as opposed to when he was. Oh, and never with emotions. Percy is awful at deciphering what people's emotions really are and ends up just giving up figuring out what goes on in their head. He says he likes hanging out with Rachel because she's straightforward and doesn't hide anything from him as opposed to other girls he knows, which he quite likes.

In all, Percy’s a kid that’s faced a whole hell of a lot of trouble and most of it’s not always his fault. He spent most of his childhood fighting when he never really wanted to and now just wants to settle down and have a simple life. He’s not as impulsive as he used to be, but he hasn’t quite learned how to shut his mouth when someone rubs him the wrong way about something. In the Son of Neptune, Hazel says he reminds her of her friend Jason in the fact that he’s seen his own destiny and has accepted. If that, at sixteen, he’s already thinking of marriage and children says anything, then he definitely has. He sometimes gets scared, though after all the things he’s seen things in the mortal world no longer does; so he doesn’t think about thing since, hey, if he can jump out of a burning building then crashing a car’s pretty simple. Something along those lines. He’s easy to make jumps to save his friends, sometimes even enemies, and this can be used against him—has even been exploited against him once. He’s a leader of two camps and has been offered immortality but what he really wants is to have a regular high school career and mess up a few times while goofing off with his friends. Unfortunately, he never really gets that.


( Strengths/Weaknesses ) :
Being the son of one of the oldest gods unfortunately gives Percy a huge power boost above most other demigods. As such this section is being separated slightly in what is possible of him on a normal basis and what is nay impossible for him without significant time under. First and foremost, are his basic abilities as a demigod.

ADHD and Dyslexia. Naturally, one wouldn't think these two are supernatural powers but for demigods they hold different meanings. We'll start with the dyslexia as but all demigods are born with the innate ability to speak whatever language their godly parent hails from, so naturally Greek or Latin, respectively. Their brains are naturally hardwired to do so making reading English a right pain as the letters just float right off the page and try and form in a whole other language. Luckily for Percy, while in his stay here the speaking Greek thing won't be a problem.

Now their ADHD is different. Demigods are constantly being attacked be monsters from the moment they find out they're a demigod, without their ADHD they'd all be dead before they even make it halfway to the camp to train. This is where their ADHD comes in because it's their reflexes. Annabeth calls it their "battle ready instincts", it's what keeps them alive in a fight. Their ADHD lets them see more than what a normal human might, for example a tree nymph returning to its bark from the corner of their while in the middle of math class (highly distracting, Percy might add). They're not all knowing or anything of the sort, but in some cases the longer they fight the person the more in-tune they get with their movements to predict them.

**This is one thing that Percy constantly struggles with because it canonly frustrates him enough that he doesn't want to complete school work. The ADHD is also what drives him in being as impulsive as he is so it's what makes him get into so much trouble. It also plays a part in his lack of filter  and instantaneous responses to people he disagrees with.

Heightened Strength. Naturally, demigods need to be stronger than regular mortals. While Percy has held up the sky when trying to save Annabeth and Artemis, that wasn't because he was strong but because only those with godly blood in their veins could do so. He's not super human in any sense, but perhaps a little stronger than your average sixteen/seventeen year old boy and not even close to being that of a weight lifter. When he's near the water this heightens his senses as well, but we'll get to that in a moment.

Clairvoyance. This is one thing that won't likely come up in Vatheon, but is better left not unsaid. Demigods have a limited sight of the future that is more often than not implanted into their heads by gods, titans, Gaea, or even other demigods. Often times it's of their friends or enemies, depending on who is trying to contact to them or why. They have no control over it and it nearly always hits them when they're asleep as opposed to anything else.  It should also be noted that Percy is technically capable of  sending messages like this, as Piper and  Annabeth do, but has never done it. So it won't likely come up.
 
Empathy Link. While not every demigod has one it's possible, but it's stupid and dangerous to do so. Back in the Sea of Monsters, when Grover was held captive by the Cyclops, Percy was pretty much forced into one of these. What Grover did was create an emotional and mental link between the two of them so Percy could come and save him. Percy has consciously used this twice when awake and they could communicated telepathically. Like his clairvoyance, this is pretty much only capable of being followed when he's asleep and as Grover is not in play this has no effect! But it's important enough to note because now, if either one of them die, the other will too.

Ichor. Although it won't come into effect much/if at all in Vatheon the godly blood that runs in his veins needs to be noted for several reasons. Canonically, the ichor is what makes monsters "smell" demigods and hunt them out, but it also serves other purposes. For example, if the demigod in question has some of the nectar of the gods at hand it can help them heal faster, though if they have too much they will quite literally explode. Their godly blood is also what makes them practically more vulnerable than anyone else as they can be killed by mortal and immortal weapons (in PJO canon there's a special metal that is the only thing that can kill monsters and gods).

Fatal Flaw. As aforementioned in the personality section, Percy's fatal flaw is personal loyalty. It's the one thing that will likely get him killed, well, beyond his stupid impulsiveness. Percy will do anything for his friends and almost believes they can absolutely do no wrong. He will do anything for them and that's where his largest weakness comes in-- because he will do just that. (More on this in the personality.)

 All right, now we have reached the powers Percy gets from his father's domain. 

Hydrokinesis. Naturally, as his father is the god of the oceans, Percy has a great deal of control over water. He can't pull it out of any random places that surround him, but sources of water. For example, if he's in the middle of a dessert during the middle of a heat wave or just the air that surrounds him that's a no go. However, he can pull it from dirt that is moist as well as more obvious ones such as water in pipelines, puddles, creaks, etc. He's somehow managed it out of fossilized seashells to make water springs.  The ocean also gives him strength-- it's his place of power. When he's in a fight if he's near water he becomes infinitely better.

Important to note, however, is that controlling water for any extended amount of time takes its toll on him. He can do waves and whirlpools fairly inconsequentially, but  doing something like a storm can only last for about 10 minutes tops. Along with creating it, pulling it from further away or in larger amounts can take a toll on him. While by the Last Olympian he could create a tidal wave for several moments/minutes, if he tried anything bigger it would have made him significantly weaker than his current state had allowed. He's also capable of using the water from within his own body, but this is lethal and not something he will ever likely use seeing as it knocks him out for days. Using water past when he can is and will always be lethal.

Other abilities that fall under Hydrokinesis are:

-Ability to breathe underwater- There's no accounted time for how long Percy can breathe underwater, but it's noted he lasted several days after an explosion in the Last Olympian and Hera gives him the option of living underwater for the rest of his life. While submerged, Percy will only look wet if he wants to be wet and can also create a giant oxygen bubble around himself. -
Healing- Luckily for Percy when he gets injured he is nearly always near a water source. Depending on the circumstances, Percy can step into water and it will instantly start healing him. As even later in the series he's said to need to use the food of the gods to heal, it can be said that certain extremes will not allow him to be healed by water. -
Sailing- Percy is shown with an ability to know the coordinates of exactly where you're located on a map when in the water (sea salt more than fresh water). It's something that catches him off guard and makes him a little grumpy that he's like a living compass. During the Son of Neptune, it was shown that sea-fairing equipment responds to his will when he fixes up and unties an old boat from a dock. -
Storm Bringer- Thanks to his father, Percy is able to create mini hurricanes! And apparently make limited snow storms, too. Somehow. Both of these only occurred when he was out of luck and barely hanging on, so they aren't something he knows how to do yet in a constant form so they're not something to worry about! They just appear to be one of those "do or die" things for him.

ONE THING TO BE NOTED: Thanks to events in the Son of Neptune, Percy has gained a slight phobia to drowning. While he's recently had to face it, the fact he actually has may have not helped it at all. Percy has had a fear of suffocation/drowning for about ten days now. This means that if he fears it too much the water may actually not work for him.

Resistance. Percy is shown to be able to withstand great amount of water pressure from great heights. He fell from the top of the Arch and landed in the water, the only affect being that he slowed down immensely after impact. Also, like the Cyclopes, due to his father's domain, he's able to take more heat than a normal person. Telekhines throw lava at him and it takes a little while longer for it to affect him, but he's not immune from it in the least.
Communication. An almost silly ability is that Percy is capable of talking to and understanding horses. Yeah, that's right, you heard me right-- horses. Because his father created them, Percy is able to talk to any form of from to pegasi to hippocampi. He's also shown to have some divine authority of equine and sea creatures where although he can't understand them they can understand him. This also works for other children of Poseidon underwater, such as his half-brother, Tyson.
Geokinesis. Because his father is known as the Earth Shaker, Percy has some control over the earth. However, as opposed to everything else, it comes off very limited and he's only managed it once when he was desperate and... Just enough to break a bridge in New York and nothing more. For the most part, it's not something to be concerned about in the least and he'll not likely have access to it anyway!

( Other Important Facts ) :
Riptide-  He has a Celestial Bronze sword that was formerly Hercules'. It used to be a hairclip that would turn into a three foot long sword, but it's transformation has changed with the times. Now it's a ball point pen and uncapping it will unveil the sword.
SPQR- After becoming a praetor in the Roman Legion Percy had the letters "SPQR", Poseidon's trident, and a horizontal line for one year of service tattoed into his forearm.
( Sample ) :
http://asgardmeridiem.dreamwidth.org/308912.html?thread=47052720#cmt47052720
http://asgardmeridiem.dreamwidth.org/308912.html?thread=46792624#cmt46792624

Hopefully these will do!
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