Apollo (Riordan)

• Apollo
• Lester Papadopoulos

“	In my four thousand six hundred and twelve years, I have done many things. I inflicted a plague on the Greeks who besieged Troy. I blessed Babe Ruth with three home runs in game four of the 1926 World Series. I visited my wrath upon Britney Spears at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.	„
	~ Apollo citing some of his feats as a god

Summary

Apollo is the Greco-Roman god of the sun, archery, music, healing, light, art, truth, and prophecy, he and his sister Artemis, were born from Zeus and Leto, furious with Zeus' unfaithfulness, Hera sent the serpent Phyton to chase Leto, until the later found the floating Isle of Delos to hide, and then gave birth to the twin gods, Apollo then killed the monster with a golden bow, given to him by Hephaestus. After being accepted in Olympus, Apollo became responsible for taking the job of the faded god Helios - to drive the sun chariot around the globe.

After the Second Giant War, Zeus unfairly blamed Apollo for starting the war, as punishment, he was turned into a mortal called Lester Papadopoulos, losing most of his memories and divine powers, and was sent to live among the demigods in Camp Half-Blood, until he finds some way to return to Zeus's good graces.

Powers and Stats

Tier: High 6-A, possibly High 4-C | 10-B, far higher with arrows, Between 7-B and High 4-C with temporary divine strength

Key: Apollo | Lester Papadopoulos

Name: Apollo/Lester

Origin: Riordanverse

Gender: Male

Age: Thousands of years old (about 4612) | Chronologically around 4612 years old. Biologically 16 at the time he became mortal

Classification: Greek god of the sun, light, healing, music, poetry, archery, reason and prophecy.

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Immortality (Types 1 and 8 [Won't die until the concept he embodies, The Sun, or the original Pantheon in Greece are destroyed.]), Weapon Mastery, Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant, Telekinesis, Mind Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Sound Manipulation (Can manipulate the feelings of others, or create, conjure, manipulate and control virtually anything he imagine, based on the song he is singing/playing), Life Manipulation (Can cause several diseases, mainly plagues, and instantly heal them), Curse Manipulation (Apollo stripped his son Halcyon from his voice), Clairvoyance/Precognition (As the god of Prophecy, Apollo can see future events more accurately than other gods), Transmutation, Transformation, Shapeshifting, Flight, Invisibility, Size Manipulation, Enhanced Senses (Possesses enhanced vision and hearing superior to almost any god's), Teleportation, Limited Omnipresence (Can exist in many places at once), Regeneration (At least Low-High, albeit over time, but only if is scattered into essence first), Sound Manipulation | Weapon Mastery, Regeneration (Low), Sound Manipulation, "small bursts of godly power" including Disease Manipulation, Superhuman Physical Characteristics and Light Manipulation, Limited Clairvoyance

Attack Potency: Multi-Continent level+, possibly Large Star level (Is one of the most powerful greek gods, and likely the most powerful son of Zeus, easily able to wipe out an entire city with just one shot from his bow. As a sun god, he should have control of the sun.) | Human level, far higher with arrows (Pulverized half a myrmeke room by collapsing the roof with his arrow. Could easily kill Germani), Between City level and Large Star level with temporary divine strength (Claimed he could rip off Nero's head, and later matched Nero's strength equally when the latter was thrice as strong as in their first encounter. Collapsed a building by shouting. Knocked out an injured Lucius with a kick to the head, although he was clearly being overpowered beforehand. Fought and defeated Python.)

Speed: Massively Hypersonic+ (Comparable to Hermes and have even once outran him during the Olympians). Speed of Light attack speed (Is the god of light. Can turn into light and fire arrows of light). Relativistic combat speed and reactions (Can fight other gods). Can teleport. | Likely Average Human, possibly far higher with temporary divine strength. Subsonic attack speed with arrows.

Lifting Strength: Class T via power-scaling (Stronger than any demigod) | Average Human, Athletic Human with temporary divine strength (Lifted Vince, who is 7 feet tall and twice his size)

Striking Strength: Multi-Continent level+, possibly Large Star level (Defeated Ares in boxing) | Human level, City level with temporary divine strength

Durability: Multi-Continent level+, possibly Large Star level, Immortality and the nature of his true form make him difficult to kill | Human level, Island level with temporary divine strength

Stamina: Superhuman | Human

Range: Standard Melee Range normally; Tens of Meters with telekinesis, Thousands of Kilometers with his powers | Standard Melee Range

Standard Equipment: The sun chariot, The golden bow and arrows, and his golden lyre

Intelligence: Apollo is likely the most powerful son of Zeus, his ability with the bow is only rivaled by his twin sister Artemis, and the giant Orion. Apollo has fought against many powerful beings during his immortal life, mainly Ares, who he defeated in boxing during the very first Olympic games, and Hercules himself, who Apollo would have killed, had not Zeus himself stopped the fight. Apollo was show to be feared by many beings, as Hercules preferred to avoid a fight with the god, and Hermes gave him a lyre to placate Apollo's wrath, after stealing his sacred crown. He is also one of the few gods who has showed to make contacts between the deities of other pantheons, such as Ra, and Frey. | As a mortal, he has a human brain, and is of course less smart than when he was a god. However, he was still pretty intelligent, having more knowledge than experienced demigods like Percy Jackson, as shown when he knew the nosoi while the latter didn't. His demigod master Meg McCaffrey also often needs his knowledge.

Weaknesses: Apollo is very narcissistic and overconfident, leading him to annoy beings more powerful or more skilled than him, as his father Zeus himself, who has stripped Apollo of his powers thrice. As Lester Papadopoulos, Apollo's powers and senses were extremely diminished, turning him completely mortal, even weaker than an average demigod. | As a mortal, Zeus made him near completely human, as he has blood instead of ichor. This means he has normal human weaknesses, and can die like all mortals.

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