If Camp Half-Blood Existed…
Just like how studying in Hogwarts would be an irresistible want for Harry's fans, people like me would dream day and night about interacting with Greek Gods and other half-bloods and do crazy stuff like fighting and criticizing them too. Even cool things like blaming the gods for not answering their own child's questions, rather than wishing that they would hear our prayers with the least concern.
Camp Half-Blood is my dreamland. Percy gets introduced to this place by his close friend, Grover, who is a satyr. And if you shave Grover's blonde hair, you might probably be surprised to see two horns pop up. The cabins of the camp are arranged in a ‘U’, each one belonging to a particular Olympian’s children. Percy’s mom hides the truth that he is a Half-blood (half human and half God), and makes him believe that his Father had died after he was born.
Percy’s first fight was with his Math teacher at Yancy Academy, Mrs. Dodds. She is actually one of Hades’s “Furies”, who are three in number. He escapes from her because Chiron, (who was known to him as Mr. Brunner) throws a ball-point pen which can be transformed into the sword Riptide and he uses it to make her fly off.
Percy stays alone in Poseidon's cabin as he wasn't supposed to live at all; the Big three, Zeus, Poseidon and Hades had vowed not to have any more mortal children, (children who are half humans and half Gods, but generally it means any living human on earth, who is supposed to be claimed by a god), after World War 2. And not long after does he get to share his cabin with Tyson, a cyclops, who is also claimed by Poseidon. Percy somehow doesn't feel comfortable with Tyson and feels guilty in front of his friends. But later, Tyson becomes a humorous and buddy companion for Percy.
If you imagine yourself at Camp, then you would surely not be missing out on a dizzy, funny and the sometimes irritating, God of wine, grape harvest, madness, parties, and religious ecstasy- It's Mr.D (or Dionysus; they feared calling him by his original name), who becomes the Camp director for the camp, as he was sent by Zeus, his father, as a punishment for chasing an off-limits nymph. Which is likely a more severe punishment for the half-bloods, who suffer the whole time under him. But he was punished with the most unbearable nightmare he would have ever had, not getting wine supply. Apparently, he forgets that and pours wine into a glass, and it turns into water. Poor Mr. D, I feel sad for you. When he sees you, it's a standard rule for him that he should call you by a name that is slightly different from the original one. That's what he’s known for, he calls Percy "Peter Johnson" and Annabeth "Anne-Bell". But it turns out that he does it on purpose. Mr.D also has some memory problems, and because of that, he has to write a few points on his hands to remember the things that he has to speak about when the half-bloods are gathered up together. And that's Mr.D- Camp director, irritating, stupid, but powerful God of wine, madness, and whatever qualities that you would observe, when you think of him.
Oh! Come on, you wouldn't be the happiest half-blood at camp without that funny, hyper and friendly guy, who is always by your side, (okay, maybe not always), like Grover the satyr.
Satyrs are not half-bloods, but are followers of Pan, the God of nature. They are protectors and accompany the half-bloods in all adventures. Like many other satyrs, Grover has his own dream and lifetime job- finding Pan, who is not as available as other gods, and is believed to have disappeared. But the satyrs of Camp half-blood are not ready to give up, and have never been for centuries. Every satyr gets a searching license ones they are ready, and set out to search for Pan, but none of them had returned. Except Grover. He had accompanied Percy, Tyson, Rachel and Annabeth in the Battle of the Labyrinth with a mindset that he must find Pan out there somewhere, and he finally does it, but sadly, returns to Camp unsatisfied. Pan does not have a lot of power as much as the other Gods do, due to modern urban civilization and its devastating effect on nature. He shares his powers with the team of four, and states that though Gods are immortal, ones their need is over and powers are gone, they cannot exist, and disappears into smoke. Grover spends the rest of his life saving forests and grasslands, and spreading the word of Pan. This is likely the only emotional moment in Grover’s life, but otherwise he is a really jolly and humorous friend, and surely played a huge role in Percy’s life, as a friend, entertainer, and a protector. Now, enough with Mr. Goat-man, somebody is impatient…
For every hero, a villain. Isn’t it? I guess we have the coolest opposition party here. Luke. He is the guy who was once a charming, innocent, brave and super-cool half-blood at Camp, but he unfortunately became evil as he thought that the Gods did not care about their children, and left camp half-blood. He is the son of the messenger of the Gods, Hermes, and he left his home as he got scared by his mother who suddenly became mad, (I mean actually mad) and ran to nowhere just hoping he would get a place to be safe. Cute start, right? Then he finds Annabeth, and finally Grover smelt a few half-bloods moving somewhere, found them and took them safely to their home, Camp Half-Blood. He is then named the greatest sword fighter of Camp half-blood. Luke became the leader of the Hermes cabin, welcomed any half-blood who is undetermined, (which means that he or she who is a half-blood but doesn’t know who their parents are) and spent another 6 years there, welcoming people. Well obviously right, that is the cabin of the God of travelers. That’s why the Hermes cabin is the most crowded. After leaving camp, the first thing that Luke did was stealing Zeus’s thunder bolt. So, believable. I mean how the hell can he do that?? Anyways, after stealing the bolt he thought that he should destroy the Olympians, and should make the next big ruling army of the world.
Nothing wrong. He thought he can make the world more peaceful and calm. But the so called thief of the bolt was libeled as Percy, and he had to go through so much torture by Zeus. He finally sees the bolt in his shield, and becomes clueless. Hades forces Percy to give the bolt to him, as Luke meddled his mind into thinking that he will be given more importance if he could destroy the Gods, but doesn’t get it, (I forgot how). After that Percy returns the bolt to Zeus but the truth that Luke had stolen it was not known. Luke becomes the owner of the ship Princess Andromeda, the ship of his army of bad guys. He starts his invasion into camp half-blood which is thought to be secretive as his army was supposed to enter camp through the magical Labyrinth. This plan becomes successful but unfortunately he loses against camp half-blood. He is the hero of the last book, the Great prophesy states that “The hero’s soul, cursed blade shall reap. A single choice shall end his days. Olympus to preserve or raze.” Luke becomes to be the hero and since Kronos, the evil Titan King took a form inside Luke’s body, he stabbed himself and killed Kronos, making the choice to save Olympus. And that’s the great villain Luke. Egoistic, powerful, cool and the greatest sword fighter ever gifted to camp half-blood and the servant of the evilest of evils, Kronos. Luke versus Percy is like spider-man versus Electro. Except the heroes should only win.
