Percy Jackson (Character)

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“	If you're a normal kid, reading this because you think it's fiction, great. Read on. I envy you for being able to believe that none of this ever happened. But if you recognize yourself in these pages - if you feel something stirring inside - stop reading immediately. You might be one of us. And once you know that, it's only a matter of time before they sense it too, and they'll come for you.	„
	~ Percy's opening narration.

Summary

Perseus "Percy" Jackson is the demigod son of Poseidon and the eponymous protagonist of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. A troubled New York native who was shuffled from school to school due to his ADHD and dyslexia, his world is flipped upside down when he learns of his divine parentage. With the fate of the world on his shoulders, Percy now faces down monsters, gods, and other denizens of myth regularly.

Powers and Stats

Tier: At least 9-C, 9-A with Rage amp, higher with water amps, even higher with water powers | 9-B, higher with water amps, 9-A with rage amps | At least 9-B, 9-A with water amp, 7-B with Water powers | At least 9-B, at least 9-A with water amp, 7-B with Water powers, far higher at his peak | At least 7-B, higher with Water amp, far higher with Curse of Achilles | 7-A, 6-C with water powers | 7-A, 6-A with Godly Possession

Key: The Lightning Thief | The Sea of Monsters | The Titan's Curse | Battle of The Labyrinth | The Last Olympian | Heroes of Olympus | Kane Crossovers

Name: Perseus "Percy" Jackson

Origin: Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Gender: Male

Age: 12 (The Lightning Thief), 13 (The Sea of Monsters), 14 (The Titan's Curse and The Battle of The Labyrinth), 15 (End of Battle of The Labyrinth and The Last Olympian), 16 (End of The Last Olympian and Heroes of Olympus Series), 17 (Trials of Apollo series)

Classification: Demigod, Savior of Olympus, Son of Poseidon

Powers and Abilities:

• Powers and Abilities
• Resistances

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics

• Master Swordsman

• Enhanced Senses (all demigods have senses better than a regular mortal's),

• Analytical Prediction (Demigods' ADHD allows them to see which way their opponents will move or strike, as shown by Percy vs Ares),

• Extrasensory Perception (Demigods can sense power, the presence of evil, or whether someone is a half-blood)

• Liquid Manipulation, (despite being the Son of the Sea God, Percy's control over liquid is immense, as it applies to more than just water, or things with no water in them whatsoever. It allows him to manipulate liquid fire, such as the River Phlegethon, pure misery and sadness in liquid form, such as the River Cocytus, and by technicality, doing all of this is in itself manipulating blood, as the Five Rivers of the Underworld are the Blood of Tartarus)

• Empowerment when submerged in water

• Underwater Breathing (Types 2 and 4) (As the son of Poseidon, he can breathe underwater and on land, and manipulate the water around him to create an air pocket)

• Limited Air Manipulation

• Weather Manipulation

• Electricity Manipulation (Can create storms such as miniature hurricanes, but only in a localized area, with sparks of lightning being an aftereffect rather than an ability under Percy's control)

• Limited Earth Manipulation

• Limited Ice Manipulation

• Poison Manipulation (Can manipulate any water-based poison by manipulating the water inside of it)

• Limited Clairvoyance (Can see the future in the form of dreams)

• Animal Manipulation (Can communicate with equine creatures and nearly any sea animal under Poseidon's domain)

• Regeneration (At least Mid-Low, when in contact with water)

• Vehicular Mastery (He has the innate ability to pilot any maritime vessel)

• Acrobatics (jumps and somersaults around in combat, leading other characters to wonder if he practices gymnastics)

• Supernatural Willpower (He lifted the sky, which requires the Heart and Courage of a True Hero, was able to temporarily resist the Cocytus, which had millions of minds and voices in his head, and endured the banks of the Acheron)

• Limited Invulnerability (He cannot suffer any injury from falling into water no matter the height he falls from.)

• Limited Illusion Creation, Reality Warping, and Perception Manipulation (Percy can control the Mist to create illusions, such as when he made it appear to mortals that a presidential motorcade was passing by. The Mist creates imagined items in the eyes of mortals to make them perceive supernatural occurrences in a way they can comprehend)

• Limited Fear Manipulation (The "Wolf Stare" learned from Lupa can scare away weak-willed individuals with a glance)

• Limited Magic Manipulation (an untrained Percy could use a warding-off-evil gesture against Gabe to shut a screen door on him)

• Invulnerability with the Curse of Achilles (With the exception of his weak spot on the rear of his back opposite his navel, Percy will not be able to suffer any sort of laceration, stab wound, or blunt force trauma)

• Summoning (Can summon Mrs. O'Leary with his Stygian Ice Whistle)

• Limited Telepathy through his empathy link with Grover Underwood.

Resistance to:

• Extreme Temperatures (He withstood the heat of lava and has been struck by lightning on numerous occasions with only minor burns)

• Water Manipulation (As the demigod son of Poseidon, Percy cannot be harmed by water under normal circumstances)

• Electricity Manipulation (took both lightning bolts and electrical shocks from Thalia and Jason Grace on separate occasions, recovering quickly)

• Soul Manipulation (Survived being hit by Backbiter which can rip souls from bodies, though it still had a little effect on him, as he felt extreme pain and deliriousness. Later he easily weathered the River Acheron, which attacks the soul with the weight of all one's sins)

• Power Nullification (Percy was able to overcome Phorcys's tank made to contain demigods)

• (Limited) Illusion Creation, Reality Warping, and Perception Manipulation (Demigods can see through the Mist which creates imagined items in the eyes of mortals to make them perceive supernatural occurrences in a way they can comprehend)

• Sleep Manipulation (Putting demigods to sleep is stated to be harder than doing the same to mortals)

• Disease Manipulation (demigods couldn't get sick from COVID-19 though they could still transmit it)

• Magic (Demigods are inherently resistant to magic, with Percy being described as confusing magic, having broken through magical paralysis made of both Egyptian and Greek Magic, and as the Child of one of the Big Three, should have higher resistance than ordinary Demigods, most clearly displayed when he took on a high level magical spell all on his own that previously affected thousands, including himself-This is specifically impressive because as described in The Last Olympian, as one expands range they lose concentration of magic, meaning Percy took on a spell that when weakened already affected Demigods, now magnified by those same thousands)

• His magical resistance is further enhanced by his water empowerment, such as when he used it to break out of Kronos' time slow.

Attack Potency: At least Street level (Demigods with less than a week of training can easily dispatch trained soldiers. Can easily behead monsters like Medusa), Small Building level with Rage amp (Defeated the Minotaur who is this strong), higher with water amps (Gains a stat boost when in contact with water. Albeit weaker, he could match a casual and nerfed Ares for a while), even higher with water powers (Could overpower Ares with water manipulation) | Wall level (Capable of fighting those who can damage him), higher with water amps (Same as before), Small Building level with rage amp (Overpowered Polyphemus who was capable of stomping him and Clarisse before) | At least Wall level (Stronger than before), Small Building level while water amped (Capable of fighting those who can damage him), City level with water powers (As a demigod of the Big 3, he should at least be comparable to Nico) | At least Wall level (Stronger than before), Small Building level with water amps (Stronger than before), City level with water powers (Stronger than before), far higher at his peak (Caused the eruption of Mount St Helens) | At least City level (Albeit inferior, he could clash with Kronos for a while. This Kronos at the very least should be superior to the version in Luke's body two years prior who could match Thalia. Could fight a weakened Iapetus), higher with water amp (Being in contact with water doubles his strength) far higher with Curse of Achilles (Easily defeated a nerfed Hades. Could fight against Titans like Hyperion and Kronos. It should be noted however, that the only reason he lasted that long against both of them was because of the Invulnerability granted by the Curse of Achilles) | Mountain level (Could fight Giants like Alcyoneus, Polybotes and the Twin Giants. All of whom are at least ten times stronger than Enceladus), Island level with Water Powers (Should be comparable to Jason) | At least Mountain level (Stronger than before), Continent Level with Godly Possession (Capable of channeling Nekhbet's power while being possessed by her)

Speed: At least Superhuman (Should be comparable to the average demigod), Subsonic with water amp (Can react to sword attacks from a highly trained demigod like Luke. Could briefly keep up with Ares) | At least Transonic (Can dodge attacks thrown at him at the speed of sound), higher with rage amp | At least Supersonic (Can deflect bullets), higher with amps | At least Supersonic (Faster than before), higher with amps | At least Supersonic (Faster than before), Massively Hypersonic with Curse of Achilles (Can fight titans who should at least be comparable to Jason) | At least Massively Hypersonic (Faster than before) | At least Massively Hypersonic (faster than before), far higher with Godly possession

Lifting Strength: Superhuman (Demigods physical characteristics surpasses the capabilities of the regular human body) | Superhuman (Demigods physical characteristics surpasses the capabilities of the regular human body) | Superhuman (Demigods physical characteristics surpasses the capabilities of the regular human body) | Class 10 (Capable of doing this), Class 25 with Water Amps (Doubles his power) | Class 10 (Should be stronger than before), Class 25 with Water Amps (Doubles his power), higher with COA (Should be a more powerful boost to his strength compared to his water amped version) | Class 10 (Should be comparable to Jason), Class 50 with Water Amps (Doubles his power)

Striking Strength: At least Street level (Comparable to his attack potency), Small Building level with Rage Amp (Comparable to his attack potency), higher with water amp (Being in contact with water boosts his stats) | At least Wall level (Comparable to his attack potency), Small Building level with amps | At least Small Building level (Comparable to his attack potency), higher with amps | At least Small Building level (Comparable to his attack potency), higher with amps | At least City level (Comparable to his attack potency), higher with water amp (Comparable to his attack potency), far higher with Curse of Achilles (Comparable to his attack potency) | At least Mountain level (Comparable to his attack potency), higher with amps | At least Mountain level (Comparable to his attack potency), Continental level with Godly Possession (Comparable to his attack potency)

Durability: At least Street level (Comparable to his attack potency), Small Building level with Rage Amp (Comparable to his attack potency), higher with water amp (Being in contact with water boosts his stats. Took a kick to the chest from Ares) | At least Wall Level (Took a dodgeball thrown by a "Canadian" to the chest), Small Building level with rage amp (Comparable to his attack potency) | At least Small Building Level (Took a cloud to ground lightning to the body without any physical damage), higher with amps | At least Small Building Level (More durable than before), higher with amps | At least City level (Comparable to his striking strength), higher with water amp | At least Mountain level (Comparable to his attack potency), higher with amps | At least Mountain level (More durable than before. Continental Level with Godly Possession (Comparable to his striking strength)

Stamina: Superhuman (Spent months trapped in Tartarus, fighting off a neverending army of the undead and all other sorts of monsters and managed to escape despite the life-force draining effects of the deepest sectors of the Greek Underworld, however, he was drained and exhausted by journey's end and only survived due to the intervention of Iapetus)

Range: Extended Melee Range to Several Meters with melee weapons, Hundreds of Meters with powers and weapons like The Eagle of the 12th Legion, Kilometers with tidal waves and all kind of sea disasters

Standard Equipment: Anaklusmos/Riptide (A mystical sword forged of Celestial Bronze that only harms supernatural beings but can even affect beings far stronger than Percy himself, such as Ares), Wristwatch shield

Intelligence: Battle-savvy and a decent leader. Trained in Greek martial combat and is very resourceful. His ADHD and dyslexia have made him rather clueless about academic subjects but he's become knowledgeable in regards to Greco-Roman Mythology. He is also an incredibly skilled swordsman, with Jason as his only peer in a sword fight and was only outright defeated in one by Luke Castellan (when he was out of training), Kronos (who inhabited Luke's body) and Chrysaor

Weaknesses: He highly values the lives of his allies and will sacrifice himself for them. His battle instincts make him headstrong, impulsive, and hot-blooded. When he had the Curse of Achilles he would die if struck in a place on his back that was just above navel height, and he would run out of stamina quickly, but the curse has since been removed. As a demigod, he can be slain by both conventional and supernatural weapons. Using his demigod powers extensively drains his stamina

Feats:

• One of the most powerful demigods alive (Rivaled only by other children of the Big Three and the members of the Seven)
• Stalemated Ares at twelve years old
• Defeated Hades and Hyperion in close combat (with the curse of Achilles)
• Able to hold himself against Kronos and Atlas
• Had the willpower to hold up the sky for several seconds
• Triggered and survived the volcanic eruption of Mount Saint Helens, which was strong enough to unseal and wake Typhon
• Killed Polybotes (The giant born to defeat Poseidon) with the aid of the Roman God Terminus
• Defeated Ephialtes and Otis (The giants born to defeat Dionysus) in a gladiator death match (With the help of Jason Grace and Dionysus)
• Escaped from Tartarus with Annabeth (With the help of the Titan Iapetus)
• Can match many trained and extremely skilled demigods in combat, like Jason Grace or Luke Castellan

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

• Water-Boosted Physicality: When doused in water, Percy's physical prowess is greatly enhanced, receiving a sizable increase to his strength, speed, and durability. The effect is much sharper when doused in saltwater, allowing him to stalemate Ares, the Greek God of War, who was Percy's superior as a combatant. Besides, he was able to cleanly shear through Luke Castellan's shield, which the latter had previously used to block Percy's attacks. However, unless Percy is constantly in contact with water, the effect will quickly fade a short time after application (but this hasn't stopped him from drenching himself with saltwater he prepared in advance to ace training exercises).
• Hydrokinesis: As a son of Poseidon, he has natural dominion over water. He can manipulate entire rushing rivers to sweep away his foes or fashion water into weapons or other implements to attack them at a distance. This dominion also extends to substances containing water, such as ice structures the size of glaciers or liquid poison. Besides, he cannot be harmed by water (and thus was perfectly fine after falling off the Hubbard Glacier and the St. Louis Arch since he entered a body of water) and can breathe and swim underwater without getting wet unless he wills it. However, extensive this ability, along with his geokinesis and aerokinesis, tires him considerably.
• Geokinesis: As the son of the Earthshaker, Percy can create localized earthquakes, but his ability is said to be not as a great as a child of Hades like Nico di Angelo. Besides, extensive use of this ability tires Percy out more quickly.
• Aerokinesis/Electrokinesis: As the son of the god of storms, Percy can manipulate the weather to an extent, creating miniature typhoons and hurricanes around himself or to toss his foes aside. Besides, these storms can crackle with electricity. However, this lightning is closer to an aftereffect of his ability over storms and Percy has little control over it. Besides, extensive use of this ability tires Percy out more quickly.
• Curse of Achilles: After bathing in the River Styx, Percy's superhuman attributes and combat abilities were increased to incredible levels. While he bore the curse, his strikes were referred to as "arcs of destruction" that easily decimated the legions of undead sent by Hades to capture him. Percy was even able to stalemate the likes of Hyperion in one-on-one combat. Besides, he's almost completely invulnerable except for the one weak spot on his back just above navel height, preventing him from suffering cuts, bruises, or most other forms of injury even if he would otherwise take severe damage, such as when he was thrown. However, Percy is still susceptible to indirect forms of injury or death, such as asphyxiation and he can still be smitten by the full divine might of a god. Sufficiently powerful fire, such as the flames tended to by Hestia, the goddess of the hearth, can also burn him. The river gods of the Hudson River also claimed to be able to kill Percy by electrocuting him, but this was never explored. Besides, Percy's stamina is drained more quickly by his enhanced prowess, so a sufficiently dragged out fight can exhaust him. Since the Son of Neptune the curse, along with all of its positive and negative traits, have been removed.

Notes:

• Avoid attempts to upgrade this verse based on characters holding up the sky, that is deemed an outlier due to requiring a hero, someone with strength, a true heart, and great courage to lift it and more consistent lifting feats show characters throwing mountains and flipping islands.

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