![]() ![]() Grover realizes that the suspicious statue is indeed his uncle. ![]() She then tries to get them to pose for a photograph and turn them into statues. (They faded because people forgot about them.). She also mentions that her sisters are gone. Medusa feigns kindness, by giving them food and talking to them about her shop. ![]() Grover notices that a statue in the shop looks like his uncle, which arouses his suspicion as his uncle had been missing for a long time. Medusa turned many people and creatures into statues, including Grover's uncle.Īt one point, Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, and Grover Underwood are lured into the shop by the smell of food during their Quest. She pretends to take a photo of her victims and lifts the veil to uncover her head, thus turning her victims to stone. She wears a veil to hide her face and snake hair. Posing as an old Middle Eastern lady named Aunty Em, Medusa lures people into her " Emporium" and then turns them into statues by making them look at her face, usually directly at her eyes. Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightning Thief The hero would subsequently use Medusa's severed head to defeat Poseidon's ferocious sea monster saving his future wife, Andromeda, in the process. At first, these two children were trapped inside her after she was turned into a monster but were later born from her blood when Perseus beheaded her while the Gorgon was asleep. Medusa had two children with Poseidon, Chrysaor, who was born from her neck, and another child, Pegasus. Medusa's sisters were eventually made immortal, though they do not have the power to turn people to stone like her. Eventually, she ended up living in a cave far from civilization with just her sisters, Stheno and Euryale, the three were called the Gorgons. The girl's hair was turned into serpents and any mortal who would look upon her gaze would turn to stone. As a result of the two getting romantic at the foot of the statue of her, the infuriated and disgusted Athena cursed Medusa, much to Poseidon's horror and dismay. He took her to a town's temple for Athena. Despite being warned about sea gods by her sisters, she was actually flattered that Poseidon liked her. Poseidon was bitter at Athena for recently turning his beloved Koroneis into a raven, so he decided to get back at her by becoming obsessed with the beautiful girl. Despite Percy’s admiration for and trust of Chiron, he chooses to go against what he thinks Chiron wants and goes home for the school year.Medusa was a daughter of Phorcys and Keto, and was once a priestess of Athena. He warns Percy that Percy must wait and rack up training hours if he wishes to take on Kronos and Luke, since he’s not in a place yet to successfully face them. Chiron is unable to provide assistance during Percy’s quest, but he helps Percy interpret events after his return. Instead, he contents himself with doing what he can to prepare Percy for his quest, including by passing on Poseidon’s sword, Riptide. He also seems to know more than he lets on Percy suspects that Chiron has heard a prophecy from the Oracle that mentions him, Annabeth, and Kronos, but Chiron is forbidden from talking explicitly about it. Chiron is calm and kind, but he’s also exacting and he demands a high level of performance from his mentees. Brunner form, which he often takes so he fits in buildings, Chiron’s horse body folds up into the wheelchair. Brunner is actually Chiron, the mythical centaur who trained classical Greek heroes like Theseus and Hercules. Once Percy ends up at Camp Half-Blood, he discovers that Mr. Brunner is the only teacher whom Percy cares about impressing. He’s in a wheelchair, owns a number of Greek battle replicas that he uses for study games, and takes a special interest in Percy that Percy doesn’t quite understand. Brunner is first Percy’s Latin teacher at Yancy Academy. ![]()
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