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Player's Name: Kaji
Player LJ: atrypical
AIM: lovehiei123
Timezone: EST
Other Characters Played: Ryu (Template), Youko Kurama (Template), Tobias (Original), Klavier Gavin (Original)
Character: Perseus “Percy” Jackson (occasionally called “Seaweed Brain” by certain friends)
Series/Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (book series)
Version: Original
Marked?: Not marked
Residence: Undecided as of yet
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Species: Demigod (a.k.a. half-blood - son of Poseidon)
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Appearance: Percy, having just recently hit puberty, still looks very much like a boy. He's a little taller than he used to be, standing maybe 5'4”, but by no means is a towering figure like his half-brother, Tyson. His hair is black, with gentle waves in it, and his eyes are sea-green. He dresses in casual clothes, or a school uniform if required, but during the summer months he generally wears an orange t-shirt with the words “CAMP HALF-BLOOD” on it in bold black type.
Personality: Percy is smart, but easily distracted and hyperactive. He cares deeply about his friends, and will fight even the gods themselves to protect them or avenge a wrong. He has a strong sense of justice and opposes evil wherever it stands. He can be fairly witty (for a fifteen-year-old boy), cracking the occasional joke. He's a little bit of a loner, since he's been kicked out of every school he's been in. He doesn't really know his father very well, as Poseidon is a busy god. He doesn't always think his battles through, but they tend to turn out all right in the end. He doesn't always think properly when there's a girl involved, though, and has very little idea of how girls think. Overall, though, Percy has a good heart and tries to do the right thing... it's just that he doesn't always approach it the right way.
Abilities/Strengths: Percy, being a son of Poseidon, has immense control over water. He can manipulate it to his will, whether it be a tiny sprinkle or a huge torrent. He can also cause the air bubbles in water to come together in a large enough bubble to carry a person. He has more energy and strength in water, and is healed when he enters water. If he falls from a great height and hits water, surface tension doesn't affect him. He can breathe underwater, as well as manipulate ships with his mind in order to make him sail. He also has perfect bearing at sea, and can touch objects underwater to make them dry. He can also sense where objects are underwater, and the ocean's warm and cold currents. He can cause very minor earthquakes (Poseidon is sometimes called the “Earthshaker”), and communicate with equestrian animals, as his father made horses out of sea foam. He is an excellent swordsman (he carries a sword called Anaklusmos, a.k.a. “Riptide”, disguised as a pen - and it returns to its owner if lost), which is helped along by his ADHD, which makes him more aware in battles.
In regards to mental strengths, Percy's loyalty and dedication to the right thing come to the forefront. He's also fairly clever and resourceful, sometimes thinking up just the right move in the thick of battle. As with all half-bloods, he can see (up to a point) through the Mist, which is the magical fog that obscures mythological monsters and happenings from mortal eyes.
Also notable is the fact that he can read Ancient Greek without too much trouble.
Weaknesses: Percy's short attention span and shorter temper get him in trouble fairly often. He often jumps at the chance to prove himself, which sometimes lands him into battles he can't win. His ADHD makes it so he can't sit still, and his dyslexia gives him a lot of trouble with reading English. Anything not written in a fairly plain font in a dark color (if on a light background) or a light color (on a dark background) is a pain to decode - such as a neon sign in curly writing. His powers don't work as effectively in fresh water as in salt water, and it's also very draining on his mental and physical reserves. His sword, Anaklusmos, is made of celestial bronze... which means it's useless if he tries to harm mortals (it just passes right through them). He has a terrible fear of heights - reasonable, since Poseidon's biggest rival is Zeus, lord of the sky, and Zeus isn't fond of Poseidon's children. He can sometimes be too protective of people, sometimes going to absolutely insane lengths to help them. Finally, he has no idea how girls work or think. He often misses social cues that seem obvious to his female friends.
History: Guy meets girl walking along the beach on Long Island, New York. Guy and girl fall in love. Guy and girl have baby together. Sounds simple enough, except that this guy is a god - Poseidon - and can't stay to raise the baby. The girl was Sally Jackson, who gave birth to Perseus Jackson, also known as Percy. She married a man named Gabe Ugliano, whom Percy later nicknamed “Smelly Gabe”.
Percy, with his tendency towards getting into trouble, never lasted more than a year in a single school before being kicked out. 6th grade was no exception. The only strange things were his Latin teacher, Mr. Brunner, and the fact that he made a friend, Grover Underwood.
And the fact that his pre-algebra teacher turned into a Fury, an ancient Greek monster. After escaping from her (and gaining Anaklusmos), Percy and his mother spent a weekend in a cabin on the beach where she met Poseidon - until they were attacked by a minotaur. Grover showed up, revealed himself to be a satyr, and tried to help Percy and his mother escape. His mother was about to be strangled by the monster, but turned into a shower of golden light. Injured, Percy and Grover managed to reach Camp Half-Blood, where demigods like Percy are trained and taught how to survive. “Mr. Brunner” showed up there, as well, revealing himself to be Chiron, the famous centaur. The camp is run by “Mr. D”, a.k.a. Dionysus (who's in banishment from Olympus and wine for a year for chasing after a wood nymph who was “off limits”). Among the campers he met there was Luke, a son of Hermes. At camp, he was claimed by Poseidon (basically it was revealed that he was Poseidon's son).
Percy was offered a quest to retrieve Zeus' stolen lightning bolt (mostly because he's been blamed for it), and traveled with Grover and Annabeth (a daughter of Athena) to the Underworld, in Los Angeles. All the while Percy had dreams of a deep pit, and an evil voice. Through a series of incidents that they barely managed to escape from (up to and including an encounter with Ares, god of war), they reached the Underworld, where Hades revealed that his Helm of Darkness was missing and blames Percy for the theft. He also reveals that Sally Jackson is not dead, and he would be willing to trade his Helm for her.
Obviously, something was very wrong there. The trio managed to escape the Underworld just in time, and found that Luke was the one who stole the lightning bolt, but was caught by Ares, who made a deal with the demigod. Percy faced off with Ares, and managed to escape, and bring the bolt back to Mount Olympus (which is currently located on the top of the Empire State Building). He found out that there was a prophecy that said that the next half-blood child of one of the “Big Three” (Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades) to reach sixteen would either save Olympus or destroy it.
Back at camp, Percy was attacked by Luke, who revealed that he was working for the titan lord, Kronos. Luke escaped from camp, and Percy finished the summer at camp before going home to try a new school. His mother used Medusa's head (which Percy gave to her) to turn Smelly Gabe to stone.
Fast forward to the end of seventh grade, where Percy made a new friend, Tyson. He also had been having nightmares about Grover. Of course, Percy couldn't end the year normally, and monsters attacked his school. Annabeth showed up and helped Percy and Tyson escape, and it was revealed that Tyson was a cyclops. They head to camp, where Thalia's tree (a daughter of Zeus who was turned into a pinecone tree to prevent her from dying, and protected the magical border of camp) had been poisoned. He also found out that Grover is missing, after heading off at the end of the previous summer to search for the lost god Pan, as most satyrs did (though none had any success).
Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson (who was claimed as a son of Poseidon, making him Percy's half-brother) headed out to the Sea of Monsters (a.k.a. the Bermuda Triangle) to find the Golden Fleece to heal the tree, and hopefully find Grover as well. After another series of adventures, involving such stops as a visit from Hermes, a stopover on Luke's ship (where it was revealed that he was using a golden sarcophagus to try to help Kronos come back to life and amass an army), and the witch Circe's spa (where Percy was turned - temporarily - into a guinea pig), the trio arrived on the island of the Cyclops, where they rescued Grover and found the Golden Fleece. They are captured by Luke, but managed to be rescued by Chiron's centaur relatives.
Back at camp, the Fleece was put on Thalia's tree. It healed the tree... and also restored Thalia to her human form.
Around winter break that year, Percy received an urgent distress call from Grover to help him rescue two half-bloods at a military academy where the vice principal was actually a monster (the Manticore). Percy, Thalia, and Annabeth went to the school, and almost managed to get the half-blood siblings out before Percy attacked the vice principal. The group was about to die, but the goddess Artemis and her Hunters came to the rescue. Annabeth fell off of a cliff, and Percy thought she was dead. Bianca, the older sister of the sibling pair, swore herself to Artemis to become one of her Hunters. Artemis sent the group to camp while she went to hunt an evil monster of old.
Thalia and Percy argue over strategy during a capture the flag game, but during the fight, the Oracle left the attic of the main camp house and spoke a prophecy. Bianca, Grover, Thalia, and Zoë Nightshade (the lieutenant of the Hunters) left on a quest, and Percy followed them. He rescued the group when they were attacked by the Nemean Lion and joined the quest. The entire time he had dreams about Annabeth and Artemis holding up the sky.
In New Mexico, Grover sensed the presence of Pan, and the Erymanthian Boar comes to their aide to help carry them towards San Francisco. In the junkyard of the gods, Percy met Ares again and talked to Aphrodite. The group entered the junkyard, and Bianca tried to steal something for Nico (her brother), but awoke a prototype Talos (a giant man of bronze). They fought against the giant, and Bianca managed to destroy the monster, however she disappeared after that.
The group made it to the Hoover Damn but were attacked again, and Percy met a mortal girl who could see through the Mist named Rachel. She helped him escape. In San Francisco, Percy discovered that a strange marine cowlike creature he rescued was the Ophiotaurus, who is the monster they were questing for. Burning this monster's entrails would give one the power to destroy Olympus. Grover took the monster back to camp, and they continued on to go rescue Annabeth, meeting her father in the process. Zoë was revealed to be a daughter of Atlus, and she helped the group climb to the top of a mountain and reach Artemis (who had been captured) and Annabeth. A fight ensued and the goddess and half-blood were rescued, though Zoë was killed.
Upon returning to New York (and Mount Olympus), Thalia joined Artemis' Hunters so she wouldn't turn 16 (she was one day shy). Nico and Bianca's father was revealed to be Hades, and Nico ran away from camp. Grover arrived at camp and claimed that he heard Pan in his mind saying “I await you”.
At the freshman orientation at his new high school, Percy ran into the girl he had met at the Hoover Dam. Of course, monsters attacked, and he ran into Annabeth, whom he was supposed to meet up with later. Percy and Annabeth went to camp, where Grover was having a hearing with the Council of Cloven Elders, who said that his searcher's license should be revoked for finding no evidence of Pan after he claimed to hear the god. There was a new swordsman trainer named Quintus at camp.
Luke's forces were poised to invade the camp, and Percy and Annabeth found an entrance to the ancient Labyrinth in camp. Annabeth was chosen to lead the quest to find the workshop of Daedalus, inventor of the Labyrinth. Annabeth, Percy, Tyson, and Grover headed off.
After wandering in the Labyrinth for a while, they met up with the goddess Hera who told them to seek out the god Hephaestus - as he might know where Daedalus was. As they searched, them met up with Nico at a demonic dude ranch. Nico blamed Percy for Bianca's death.
The group eventually found Hephaestus, who said he would help them if they found out who had been using his forge at Mount St. Helens. The group split when Grover caught a scent of Pan and Tyson went with him. Percy and Annabeth found monster in the mountain, and Annabeth kissed Percy for good luck when he told her to escape while he could. Percy released all his powers to get rid of the lava thrown on him and the monsters in the forge. He ended up on Calypso's island, where he found out that he needed Rachel to help guide them through the Labyrinth.
Percy and Annabeth had Rachel help them through the maze, and they discovered that Quintus was actually Daedalus. They met up with Nico again and escaped from the Labyrinth during a fight, but had to reenter to find Grover, Tyson, and Luke's army. One last half-blood swore allegiance to Kronos, and the titan entered Luke's body. The group barely escaped, and found Tyson and Grover. They then found the lost god Pan, who told Grover to tell the world he had died, and his spirit would live in all of them.
When they returned to camp, Luke's forces attacked. In the ensuing battle, Percy and Annabeth were pinned by a monster, who sliced into Percy with a poisoned sword.
When he woke up, he was not in the Underworld, but in Template.