Top 10 Worst Percy Jackson Character Deaths
The Percy Jackson series is filled with epic adventures, heartfelt friendships, and unforgettable sacrifices. The characters you've grown to love often face life-and-death stakes, and sometimes those stakes result in devastating losses. The deaths in these stories hit fans hard, sometimes leaving us in shock or mourning for days. Some characters were heroes who gave everything for the greater good, others were victims of cruel fate, and a few were tragic figures caught in circumstances beyond their control.Which ones hit you the hardest? Was it the loss of a beloved companion who felt like family? Or maybe it was a character you had hoped to see redeemed, only to have their story end too soon. Even when some of these characters find a way back to the story, their sacrifices and the emotional impact of their deaths remain etched in the minds of fans.
Jason Grace was the Roman demigod son of Jupiter (Roman God of the Sky) and the late actress Beryl Grace, the younger brother of Thalia Grace (whom Beryl had with Jupiter's Greek form Zeus), the former co-praetor of Camp Jupiter, the Counsellor of Cabin 1 at Camp Half-Blood, the former boyfriend of... read more Jason was my absolute favorite character. He had a heart of gold and was a great human to his friends.
I sobbed my eyes out when he died. He died too soon. He died a warrior, but too soon.
I loved Jason, and if you don't like him, he is still an amazing human.
This guy was perfect and had a heart of gold. In the first book, he was boring, but in The Mark of Athena he turned out to be caring and such a good friend.
If it wasn't Jason trying to convince Nico, he would have never met Will and left the camp. The way his death was described broke me. He was expecting it and was still surprised but didn't try to fight it.
He was one of the seven. Can you imagine what their reaction would be when someone asks the others about him? Jason was strong, but he never let himself become a coward because of power.
And Thalia - she suffered so much, and now her brother dies.
I love Zoe. She is an amazing character, and her death made me so incredibly sad. The way she refuses Artemis's attempt to heal her, telling Percy he wasn't so bad after all, apologizing to Thalia... It just makes me so happy that she got turned into a constellation. Bob says hello, Zoe.
She died fighting for what she believed in and for people she found worthy to save. She stopped directing her bitterness about Hercules onto other male heroes, and in her final moments, let go of her anger and grief and forgave. Need I say more?
I remember the panic I felt when I first read this. The god statue, telling Percy to tell Nico she was sorry, sacrificing herself. She was an amazing sister, and I wish she were still alive to love Nico. I absolutely adore Bianca. I know it was kind of selfish to join the hunters and leave Nico, but as a big sister, I can see it from her view.
When I first read the part where she died, and they were searching for her, the line of the prophecy was echoing in my head before they said anything. "One shall be lost in the land without rain." And for a long time, like a year, whenever I re-read that part I would still cry.
"Bob says hello."
That line ruined me, and I tear up whenever I think about it. He and Damasen were the only ones who gave their lives so that Percy specifically could keep his. Wrecks me every time I read The House of Hades.
He died so Percy and Annabeth could get out of Tartarus and continue the quest. He told Percy to say hello to the stars for him. That broke me. I really hoped he could come back from Tartarus. Poor Bob.
Poor Bob. Still, in the final Trials of Apollo book, Nico hinted at someone from Tartarus calling for help, so Bob could still be alive.
I know he made the wrong choices, but he also felt like Kronos was the only way to get recognized.
Sometimes I also feel like making the wrong choice just to be noticed.
Also, he didn't really have a choice. Kronos can control time, so he could have done something to make Luke suffer. It was like, Help me, or be frozen forever in time. Your choice. If Luke realized he shouldn't have gone with Kronos, he couldn't even stop. He was already possessed by Kronos and didn't get freed until he was dying.
It was just heartbreaking.
I loved Beckendorf. I couldn't stand reading the part where Silena talked about how much she missed him.
His death was honestly one of the saddest in the series. He died for such a small price. He had a heart of steel.
I felt really sad but also proud for Charles. He was the excellent metal forger who found Festus the dragon in the forest and rebuilt him. He also built the dog collar for Mrs. O'Leary and, last but obviously not the least, he gave up his life for a greater cause to buy the demigods some time and saved Percy Jackson's life. Also, being a good boyfriend to Silena. Three cheers to that guy.
All these other deaths were heart-wrenching and well-written. But this character should have survived! She was what a real strong Aphrodite girl is, not Piper. Silena owns the beauty and girliness, and that's part of what makes her such a wonderful, feminist character.
Imagine if she was one of the seven! How interesting that would have been! A sweet daughter of Aphrodite who was a former spy (and people would probably still be whispering about it) who wants redemption. And she lost her boyfriend. Though this death was well-written and served as great development for Clarisse, it was a waste of potential.
Ethan, where to start? Ethan made the wrong choices, yes, but I understand that all he wanted was to knock the Olympians down a peg. I don't believe that he wanted things to go the way they were going. All he wanted was respect for his mother, his mother who had told him his destiny in trade for an eye. And his destiny came true, just not in the way he thought. RIP, Ethan. Have a good time in Elysium.
He chose the wrong side because he wanted his mother's approval. In the end, he died hoping that Percy would inspire change (for the better) for the unclaimed half-bloods and the minor gods.
Festus was THE best. I cried out of sadness when he died, then again out of happiness when his head lived and was put on the front of the Argo II.
Festus's death made me cry. He risked his life to get Leo to safety. Leo is one of my favorite characters, and him breaking down was just so sad. I love you, Festus. I'm glad he was reused as the masthead of the Argo II.
He kind of died because he broke. That's really not my best description, though.
Leo Valdez is a major character from the book series Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan. He is one of the seven heroes in the Prophecy of Seven. He is a Greek demigod and is the son of Hephaestus / Vulcan, and has the ability to create and manipulate fire (pyrokinesis). I cried dozens of times for Leo's death even when I knew from the beginning he was going to revive. How he sacrificed himself to avenge his mom just broke me! I just can't stop breaking down when reading the part where he exploded!
I was sadder than ever, even more so when Jason died because Leo was always my favorite character. We are so much alike! Anyway, just so sad.
Leo, of all people. I didn't read Trials of Apollo until a little while later, so his death stayed.
His life was so sad, and it's a great thing that he got to live with his lover, Calypso.
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That moment when we thought Tyson died and Percy realized that he had never acknowledged Tyson as his brother was so heart-wrenching. I cried.
It was heartbreaking when I thought he died in Sea of Monsters.
Why is he at the bottom?! When he died, I cried so much!
Alright, kids, let me teach you something. As it states throughout multiple series by Rick Riordan, if people start not worshiping/believing in a god, the god will "fade away" or die. This is exactly what happened to Pan.
Have I educated you? Good, now goodbye.
Seriously, Grover spent almost all his life looking for Pan, and when he finds him, Pan's all like, "Oh, hey Grover. If you don't mind, I'm going to die right now. Go tell the others."
You can't just die. You are a god. You do not die if you're a god. It's unfair to Grover to find you and be excited, then you just die and break his heart. You're a god.
Annabeth Chase is a daughter of Athena and one of the main characters of both the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series and the Heroes of Olympus series. She's also Percy Jackson's girlfriend and has no particular powers aside from her brains and tactics. Annabeth is my favorite character in the Percy Jackson series. She is always strategic and wise, and I was really upset when she died (although she didn't).
That moment where Percy thought Annabeth was dead is just heartbreaking.
She is my absolute favorite character. Good thing she didn't die!
Thalia's bravery still blinds me now, and it was so kind for her to die for her friends. Though a vicious fighter, she is still one of my favorite characters, as she supported Percy a lot and helped out a lot on their quest too. When she was made leader of the Hunt, I was sort of sad that she won't be in the stories with Percy so often now that she's sworn to be a maiden.
She died so Annabeth, Grover, and Luke could get back to Camp Half-Blood safely. Thalia didn't have the saddest death, but it is forgotten. Thalia was thrown by a cyclops. Zeus saved her by making her a tree. She came back to life by the Golden Fleece.
Hazel's life must have been hard, coming back from the underworld and not knowing anything that happened after your death. Hazel, we love you!
Sad since it's written in Hazel's perspective.
What makes Hazel's death disturbing is the fact that we read it from her perspective.
One of my widgets on my iPhone is a picture of Leo and Esperanza, slowly burning at the hands of Dirt Face.
I am sad now.
I think Leo sacrificed himself to save face in order to avenge his mom.
It's so sad! Leo's mother... died at the hands of dirt face. Poor Leo. When I read the part about Leo thinking about his childhood, I cried. My tears were shed majorly.
I loved Damasen! He was a good character and was super caring too.
"I changed my mind, Annabeth Chase. I would fend them off. Your quest must succeed."
Crest was my favourite character in all the Rick Riordan books. If he doesn't become a music god, I will personally boot Riordan to Mexico!
Poor Crest. He just wanted to play the ukulele and be a music god. Make him a music god!
He saved the day. Hopefully, Apollo will make him a Music God too.
An icon. That's all - she was an icon.
He was one of the most fun characters in the book, in my opinion. His death was not deserved. He died fighting as a warrior.
Michael Yew did not deserve to die. I don't know why Rick decides to kill off everyone, but apparently he just must.
I am so sad about this one because think about Will at such a young age.
Like I lost my twin, Down Bad by Taylor Swift. This really makes me think about that line. Losing someone who is so close to you. Poor Pollux.
Castor was one of the twins. Imagine losing a friend who hasn't been separated from you since you were born. Just imagine how hard it would be for his twin, Pollux. Losing a twin was unimaginable, unbearable. I was stunned when Castor was killed.
Remember that they were named after the constellation, Gemini. In mythology, Castor died, and Pollux, being the son of Zeus, was heartbroken and asked his father to turn them into constellations, which he did. But, sadly, in real life, their father, Dionysus, was not able to do that. Pollux was forced to accept the disturbing fact of his twin's death. I just wished that Castor could go to Elysium.
He died as a hero, sacrificing himself to save Camp Half-Blood, destroying the labyrinth and the monsters with it.
Was a little bad, but still very sad.
Perseus "Percy" Jackson is a fictional character, the title character and narrator of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. Him showing up at his own funeral will forever be iconic.
Lee Fletcher... poor Lee Fletcher. Imagine being crushed to death by a giant in a battle you never wanted. It's so sad watching good characters die. He could have been so happy.
Why does nobody care about him? He was crushed by a giant for gods' sake.
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So sad when Frank dies (kind of dies, anyway). He sacrificed his firewood that tied him to life to kill Caligula and save Apollo and his home. But by using the firewood as an asset, he comes back to life!
Even though he didn't die for good, I still cried when I was reading that part.
Leo should have cursed him so that he has to live in Tartarus. When he dies, he should just come back to Tartarus and die again.
Stay dead, Octavian. No one ever liked you, and no one ever will.