Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightning Thief In book one of the series, The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson is selected to visit the Oracle and to lead the quest to discover Zeus stolen Master Bolt. When he meets the mummified oracle, he receives this prophecy: You shall go west, and face the god who has turned, You shall find what was stolen, and see it safely returned, You shall be betrayed by one who calls you a friend, And you shall fail to save what matters most, in the end. Unraveling the Prophecy This prophecy unravels throughout the story: Found this.. HAD to steal it :P Percy Jackson heads west with Grover Underwood and Annabeth Chase in order to meet Hades, thinking he is the god who betrayed the Olympians and took the Master Bolt from Zeus. However, it is later discovered that Ares had aided Luke in stealing the Master Bolt and the Helm of Darkness in hopes it would start a war. Percy later finds Zeus Master Bolt in a backpack given to him by Ares. He returns it to Zeus, as well as Hades Helm of Darkness, which was also in the possession of Ares. Luke Castellan, a son of Hermes, pretended to be Percys friend when they first met, even supplying Percy with some winged shoes to aid him on his quest (which Percy gave to Grover). It is revealed however that the shoes were a trap for Percy. The shoes were meant to pull Percy into Tartarus with the Master Bolt for Kronos. When this fails, Luke tries to kill Percy with a Pit Scorpion before leaving the camp. In the end, Percy failed to save his mother because he allowed her to save herself, leaving Medusas Head with her so she could use it on Gabe Ugliano if she wanted (which she eventually did). The Sea of Monsters In book two of the series, The Sea of Monsters, Clarisse La Rue is given the prophecy as follows: You shall sail the iron ship with warriors of bone, You shall find what you seek and make it your own, But despair for your life entombed within stone, And fail without friends, to fly home alone. Unraveling the Prophecy This prophecy unravels throughout the story: Clarisse sailed aboard the CSS Birmingham with skeleton warriors, supplied to her by her father, Ares. She, Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson find the Golden Fleece and take it from Polyphemus. Percy later gives Clarisse the fleece because it is officially her quest. She is trapped in Polyphemus stone cavern with no way to escape. She would have failed without Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and Tyson, but she flew back to camp alone to get there faster. The Titans Curse In the third book of the series, The Titans Curse, Zoë Nightshade is given a prophecy to save Artemis: Five shall go west to the goddess in chains, One shall be lost in the land without rain, The bane of Olympus shows the trail, Campers and Hunters combined prevail, The Titans curse must one withstand, And one shall perish by a parents hand. Unraveling the Prophecy This prophecy unravels throughout the story: The group consisting of Zoë, Thalia, Grover, Bianca, and Percy (originally Phoebe). The questers travel to Mount Othrys in the west to free Artemis from her confinement. Bianca sacrificed herself in the desert to save the group against a defective prototype of Hephaestus robot, Talos. They followed the Ophiotaurus, which was called the bane of Olympus because if he was sacrificed in flames, the person that sacrificed it would have the power to destroy Olympus. During the quest, it keeps appearing in various bodies of water. The only way the quest would be successful was if campers and Hunters worked together. The quest consisted of three campers (Percy, Grover, and Thalia) and two Hunters (Bianca and Zoë) The curse of holding the sky above the earth had to be taken by someone (Luke took the sky from Atlas; Annabeth took the sky from Luke; Artemis took it from Annabeth; Percy took it for Artemis and Artemis forced Atlas back under the sky). In the end, Zoë after already suffering from being poisoned by the dragon Ladon, was killed by her father Atlas after he tossed her against a wall. The Battle of the Labyrinth In book four of the series, The Battle of the Labyrinth, Annabeth is given the prophecy as follows: You shall delve in the darkness of the endless maze, The dead, the traitor, and the lost one raise. You shall rise or fall by the ghost kings hand, The Child of Athenas final stand. Destroy with a heros final breath, And lose a love to worse than death. Unraveling the Prophecy This prophecy unravels throughout the story: Annabeth, Grover, Percy and Tyson enter the Labyrinth to find Daedalus. The Labyrinth goes on forever, ever changing and expanding. Nico, son of Hades, raised the dead; Ethan Nakamura, the traitor, was spared; and Pans spirit and message is spread into the world. The Ghost King was Nico (since he is a son of Hades, god of the Underworld), who decided to help Annabeth and the rest of the campers. If he had refused, the rest of the questers wouldnt have survived. A child of Athenas final stand refers to Daedalus, one of Athenas children, because he dies during the Battle of the Labyrinth. The Labyrinth was destroyed with Daedalus last breath, as he and the mazes life force were tied together. Daedalus asked Nico to free his soul, in order to destroy his creation. Annabeth loses Luke to Kronos, since he becomes Kronos host body. This is worse than if she would have lost him if he died. The Heroes of Olympus The Lost Hero Jasons prophecy to rescue Hera in The Lost Hero: Child of Lightning, beware the earth, The giants revenge the seven shall birth, The forge and dove shall break the cage, And death unleash, through Heras rage. Unraveling the Prophecy The prophecy unfolds throughout the story like this: Jason, a child of Jupiter, has to beware of the awakening of Gaea (the Earth). The Giants rise to defeat the Olympians and cause the appearance of the seven heroes of the Great Prophecy. The forge and the dove represent Leo Valdez and Piper McLean, children of Hephaestus and Aphrodite respectively. Working together, Piper uses her charmspeak to try and lure Gaea back to sleep, while Leo uses a power-saw to cut the bars, managing to break the cage Hera is trapped in. Hera goes into her Divine Form and kills all the monsters in the area, except Porphyrion who flees once Hera was freed. The Son of Neptune Mars Prophecy Franks prophecy, given to him by Mars, his father, in The Son of Neptune: Go to Alaska. Find Thanatos and free him. Come back by sundown on June twenty-fourth or die. Unraveling the Prophecy This prophecy isnt like any others because of Mars straightforward thinking, as well as the fact that it appears more like an order or instruction than a prophecy to serve as a guide. It is unfolded throughout the story as follows: Frank, the leader of the quest, Hazel Levesque, and Percy Jackson make it to Alaska after several different trails and close calls. Frank, while being protected by Percy, is able to free Thanatos using his piece of life wood. With Thanatos free, monsters wont revive as fast and fewer escaped souls will be able to leave the Underworld. They make it back to Camp Jupiter, which was under attack by Polybotes and the Giant Army. If they had arrived any later, Camp Jupiter and everyone in it would have most likely died. The real prophecy though, as recited by Ella started off with this: To the north, beyond the gods, lies the legions crown. Falling from ice, the son of Neptune shall drown. Unraveling the Prophecy The next part of the prophecy was burnt before Ella could read and memorize it. The story pertaining to this part of the prophecy is: Alaska is referred to as the land beyond the gods. It is also the most northern state in the United States. This is where the 12th Legions Eagle is located, being guarded by Alcyoneus. The prophecy, since incomplete, becomes quite unclear. It may refer to either of the following: Percy feels that it may refer to him drowning in Gaeas territory (land) when he fell in the muskeg in Alaska. As Frank assumed, Percy drowned in Alaska when he fell of the glacier while battling the shades; or As Hazel suggests, that Percy may drown his enemies, like he did at the frozen Roman camp with the shades. The Mark of Athena This prophecy, the focus of The Mark of Athena, is introduced by Ella in The Son Of Neptune, and completed in the successor: Wisdom’s daughter walks alone, The Mark of Athena burns through Rome. Twins snuff out the angels breath, Who holds the key to endless death. Giants bane stands gold and pale, Won through pain from a woven jail. Unraveling the Prophecy This prophecy unravels throughout the story: Annabeth, daughter of Athena, had to complete her own quest alone - without friends or special powers. The Mark of Athena, a coin that led Annabeth through Rome to find the Athena Parthenos. The twins being Ephialtes and Otis kidnapping Nico di Angelo and placed him in a jar with no air. Nico only managed to survive by going into a death trance. Nico has the knowledge of where the two sides of the Doors of Death are, in the Mortal world and in the Underworld. However with the Doors of Death still open, the dead will continue to rise. The fifth line refers to the Athena Parthenos statue, which is made of ivory and gold. It also holds some special power to help defeat the Giants. Annabeth and the crew of the Argo II retrieved the Athena Pathenos from the chamber of Arachne, which was covered in spider webs. Though Annabeth initially believed the pain in question was the pain of breaking her ankle, she and Percy fall into Tartarus shortly thereafter. This causes considerable emotional pain to their comrades aboard the Argo II, all of whom blame themselves for failing to save Annabeth and Percy. Great Prophecies Description Great Prophecies take the form of a warning about great future catastrophes, normally the end of the world. Only two Great Prophecies are known as of right now, but it is unknown how many there have been over the millennia. The Great Prophecy Main article: The Great Prophecy In book five of the series, The Last Olympian, the Great Prophecy is revealed: A Half-Blood of the eldest gods, Shall reach sixteen against all odds And see the world in endless sleep The heros soul, cursed blade shall reap A single choice shall end his days Olympus to preserve or raze This prophecy unravels throughout the story: Percy was a half-blood child of Poseidon, one of the eldest gods, otherwise known as the Big Three. Percy reaches sixteen despite all of the numerous times he was almost killed by Luke/Kronos and his monsters. Percy finds the whole city of Manhattan asleep from Olympus, so the war can go on without any of the humans interfering. When Luke and Annabeth first met, he handed her a knife with the promise that they would always be a family and be there for each other. However, when Luke betrayed the camp and the Olympians, the broken promise cursed Annabeths knife. The blade was then used by Luke to kill himself, effectively killing Kronos. Percy had to choose between giving Annabeths knife to Luke and allow him to destroy himself, or trying to destroy Luke himself and failing, causing Kronos to burn away Lukes body as he took on his true form. Either choice would have caused Luke to die. Percys choice would result in the destruction of Olympus, or preserving Olympus the way it is. The Prophecy of Seven Main article: The Prophecy of Seven At the end of The Last Olympian after the original Great Prophecy is fulfilled, and Rachel (the new host for the Oracle) reveals a new prophecy: Seven half-bloods shall answer the call. To storm or fire, the world must fall. An oath to keep with a final breath, And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death. This prophecy becomes the driving force of The Heroes of Olympus series, but the true meaning of the prophecy is unknown as the events depicted in the prophecy have not passed as of yet. Unraveling the Prophecy This is what we know so far. Please do not add unconfirmed information: The first line refers to seven half-bloods that will try and save Olympus from Gaea and her most powerful children, the Gigantes. The seven half-bloods are, Jason Grace, Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, Percy Jackson, Hazel Levesque, Frank Zhang, and Annabeth Chase. The second line has not happened yet. Leo believes that the prophecy could be talking about Jason or Percy (the storm), or himself (having power over fire). Piper also thinks that because the world will fall by storm or fire, Leo or Jason could be the one to stop Gaea while the other dies. It is unknown at this time what this line is referring to. Piper once mentions that she worries any promise made by Jason could turn out to be the oath of the prophecy. It might also refer to the oath Leo makes to rescue Calypso from Ogygia, swearing by the river styx that he will. Gaea opened the Doors of Death to allow the most evil people of the Underworld to rise again and monsters to revive quicker. During The House of Hades, Percy, Annabeth, the Titan Iapetus, and the peaceful Gigantes Damasen (with the help of his eternal foe, the Maeonian drakon) all meet at the Doors of Death. Gigantes, Titans, and demigods are normally enemies, but they work together to seal the Doors of Death, preventing Gaea from reviving her forces. Other Prophecies There are other types of prophecies besides the ones given by an Oracle or an Augur. For example, the Amazons have a prophecy saying that the first female warrior able to ride Arion will bring them a new age of prosperity. It is unknown however where they got this prophecy from. The Romans at Camp Jupiter have a collection of prophecies engraved on the floor of the Temple of Jupiter. Pluto also told his daughter, Hazel Levesque, that one day a decedent of Neptune would wash her curse away. Trivia
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