Percy and Ares battle it out on the beach, and Percy wounds Ares, winning the helm of darkness. Ares has been tempted by the possibility of sparking one of the biggest wars of all time between the Big Three : Hades, Zeus, and Poseidon. Percy questions Ares and discovers that Ares stole the master bolt and helm of darkness from the original thief (whose name we don't yet know). Īfter escaping Hades 's wrath, Percy, Annabeth, and Grover encounter Ares, the god of war, on the Santa Monica beach. To make things worse, the master bolt magically appears in Percy's backpack while he is talking to Hades. He accuses Poseidon of being power-hungry. Hades accuses Percy of stealing both the master bolt and the helm of darkness for his father, Poseidon. Once in the Underworld, Percy finds that Hades does not have Zeus's master bolt, and he is missing his own symbol of power: the helm of darkness. During their quest for Zeus’s lightning bolt, they battle vicious monsters like Medusa and the chimera, they find disaster on the observation deck of the Gateway Arch, they are tricked by the god of war ( Ares ), they nearly lose their memories in an enchanted Vegas casino, and they are almost stretched to death. Louis, Denver, and Las Vegas along the way. The three take a bus, a train, a truck, and a taxi cab to make their way across America, from New York to Los Angeles, where the gates of the Underworld are located. Helping Percy are his best friend Grover and Annabeth, a smart demi-goddess and daughter of Athena. Percy sets out on a quest to retrieve Zeus's master bolt, which is believed to be in Hades 's captivity in the Underworld. Poseidon is miffed that his brother Zeus would even accuse him of such a thing. Zeus tells Poseidon that the master bolt must be returned to Mount Olympus by the summer solstice, or else he will declare war on Poseidon. Soon, we learn that Zeus's master bolt (the thing that allows him to create lightning whenever he wants) has been stolen, and Percy’s dad Poseidon is blamed for the theft. There’s even a really intense game of capture the flag in which Percy beats Clarisse, the daughter of Ares (god of war). As the demigod son of Poseidon, Percy’s gotta have basic hero skills, so he takes lessons in things like archery from satyrs and other mythological creatures. Whew, that’s a lot to take in at once!Īt camp, Percy learns more information about himself: his father is Poseidon, god of the Sea and brother to Zeus and Hades. Dodds was one of three sister-monsters called the Furies. Brunner is actually the centaur Chiron! Meanwhile, a creature that attacked Percy and his mother Sally was a minotaur, and Mrs. (Plus, he gets to ditch his smelly stepdad Gabe.) Turns out his Latin teacher Mr. He is taken to Camp Half-Blood in New York, a camp for kids just like him that is safe from monsters that like to attack half-bloods. In fact, all of the ancient Greek mythology gods are real, and they’re still walking the earth! He learns that he is a half-blood or demigod: half-human, half-god. On the first day of summer, just after his sixth-grade year, Percy discovers that something is wrong with him. Dodds, when she turns into a terrifying monster. Percy has to fight off his math teacher, Mrs. We start out with a seriously weird field trip to a museum. Percy decides to tell us the story of his past year. Percy also struggles with ADHD and dyslexia that sometimes make life tough for him. He is 12 years old and very smart, but always getting in trouble.
Integra recalls back what happened ten years ago when she was a child and her first time meeting Alucard, which Alucard, who was training Victoria how to shoot as a proper vampire, was slightly annoyed.
Alucard declared his allegiance to Integra and became her loyal servant. It is Integra who shoots and kills her uncle, thereby becoming the last descendant of the Hellsing bloodline. Her jealous uncle, Richard Hellsing, attempted to kill her, but awakened a dormant Alucard in the process, who proceeded to kill Richard's men. Ten years ago, young Integra Hellsing ascended to the head of the Hellsing Organization after the death of her father Arthur.