Clarisse Telling Percy Jackson That She Is Having His Baby
| " | I AM CLARISSE, DRAKON-SLAYER! I will kill y'all ALL! Where is Kronos? Bring him out! Is he a coward? | " |
| –Clarisse after slaying the Drakon, in The Last Olympian. | ||
Clarisse La Rue is a Greek demigod, a daughter of Ares, the Greek god of war. She was the quondam head advisor of Ares' Cabin, before stepping down and giving the role to Sherman Yang. She is currently attending the University of Arizona and is the girlfriend of Chris Rodriguez, as of the cease of The Battle of the Labyrinth.
Contents
- i History
- 2 Percy Jackson and the Olympians
- 2.1 The Lightning Thief
- 2.2 The Ocean of Monsters
- two.3 The Titan's Curse
- 2.four The Battle of the Labyrinth
- ii.v The Demigod Files
- 2.5.one The Stolen Chariot
- 2.6 The Last Olympian
- 3 The Heroes of Olympus
- 3.i The Lost Hero
- iii.2 The Mark of Athena
- 3.iii The Business firm of Hades
- 3.4 The Blood of Olympus
- 4 The Trials of Apollo
- 4.1 The Hidden Oracle
- 5 Personality
- six Appearance
- vii Abilities
- 8 Weapons and Magical Items
- 9 Relationships
- ix.ane Friends
- 9.2 Dearest Interests
- 9.2.ane Chris Rodriguez
- 9.3 Family
- 9.3.1 Ares
- 10 Percy Jackson (Motion picture Series)
- 10.one Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
- x.2 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
- 11 Etymology
- 12 Trivia
- 13 See too
History
Little is known of Clarisse's past except that she is from Phoenix, Arizona, and was brought to military camp by the satyr Gleeson Hedge.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
The Lightning Thief
| " | Annabeth: Run into Clarisse, Daughter of Ares. Percy: Like...the war god? | " |
| –Annabeth introduces Clarisse to Percy, in the The Lightning Thief | ||
Clarisse is known equally a bang-up at Military camp Half-Blood. She is a well-trained camper and this can be a bad thing, depending on whose side she's on. When Percy Jackson kickoff arrives at army camp and is existence shown effectually by Annabeth Hunt, she mocks the two. She tries dunking Percy's head in a toilet, just this backfires when Percy unknowingly uses his water powers to shoot the water back at her, blasting her and her friends out of the bath. It is known that she and her gang dunks everyone's caput in a toilet as an initiation, although it is not seen whenever a new camper comes. She shows mastery at using her favorite weapon, an electrical spear that was given to her by her begetter, Ares. Percy manages to pause it, making Clarisse hate him even more. The spear is somewhen replaced with ane chosen Maimer, but anybody else (including her own motel mates) nicknamed information technology Lamer behind her back. While on a quest, Percy has to remember Hades' Captain of Darkness and wins a fight against Ares, making all the Ares kids hate him.
The Sea of Monsters
Clarisse goes on a quest to call back the Golden Fleece from the Bounding main of Monsters. On the mode in that location she rescues Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson from the Hydra and takes them aboard a send named CSS Birmingham to which she is the commander with undead Confederate soldiers as her workers. While sailing through the Body of water of Monsters, they are separated by Charybdis and Scylla, and an explosion blew upwards the CSS Birmingham. Clarisse thinks everyone else is expressionless, and Annabeth and Percy call up the same. Clarisse reaches the island of Polyphemus just before Percy and Annabeth only is captured.
Polyphemus takes abroad Clarisse's weapon and ties her up over humid water. Clarisse yells at him to release her and fight and reveals that Polyphemus' helpmate is really Grover Underwood who is trying his best to keep himself alive. Angry, Polyphemus declares that Grover would be the meal, and Clarisse would be the bride, much to her horror. The Cyclops imprisons Grover and Clarisse in a cave, just Percy and Annabeth come to their rescue. Afterward fleeing the cavern, they all endeavor to fight Polyphemus simply fail. Tyson arrives and rescues his friends, retrieving the Golden Fleece in the procedure, simply Clarisse's taunts at Polyphemus drives him to sink Percy's and Annabeth'due south ship, Queen Anne'due south Revenge.
With the help of Hippocampi, they escape the Sea of Monsters to Miami where Percy gives the Fleece and all the money they had left to Clarisse and so she could get back to camp. She succeeded and, but as she set the Fleece over Thalia'due south tree, Percy, Annabeth, Tyson, and Chiron arrived. That dark, the Fleece restored Thalia's Tree back to health and brings back Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, giving Kronos a second chance to control the prophecy.
The Titan's Curse
Clarisse is not at Camp Half-Blood because she is away on a secret scouting mission for Chiron, but has non been heard from and is considered M.I.A.
Afterwards Clarisse went on her quest in the Labyrinth, Clarisse stumbled upon Chris Rodriguez (who she had a crush on), who was driven to insanity by the Ghost King Minos. She takes him back to Military camp Half-Blood, adamant to nurse him dorsum to health.
Once Annabeth is retrieved, Clarisse tells the campers and Chiron that she has "bad news for everyone".
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Clarisse has go better friends with Annabeth (though yet not with Percy), and they have been planning something to practice with Clarisse'due south surreptitious scouting mission the previous winter. She is seen holding back Juniper at Grover'southward trial with the Quango of Cloven Elders.
The "bad news" referred to during the winter is revealed when Clarisse reports that Luke Castellan has been trying to get into camp through the Labyrinth.
Clarisse is unable to heal Chris Rodriguez, however, which brings her to tears, showing that she still has strong feelings for him.
When Clarisse sees Percy, she asks that when he finds Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth, to kill him. "Because anybody who tin make something like the Labyrinth, Percy? That person is evil. Plain evil."
Clarisse was seen by Percy Jackson in the Big Business firm basement with Chris. When Percy describes how Clarisse acts toward Chris, information technology makes him believe she knew and loved Chris before he had swapped sides.
Dionysus after cures him of his madness, every bit madness is in his realm of control. Chris Rodriguez then began dating Clarisse, later showing involvement in her.
The Demigod Files
The Stolen Chariot
Clarisse was given the task of looking after her father's chariot for the day. Her divine half-brothers, Phobos and Deimos stole it, and with the assist of Percy, she manages to get it back and return it to her begetter by sunset. This results in the two becoming friends, though they continue that fact to themselves considering they have a reputation of existence rivals at military camp.
Her interview foreshadows her dislike of Michael Yew, because of her arguments with him when he said that the Apollo Motel was amend merely because they could use long-ranged weapons. She besides states that she wishes to break his bow over his head.
The Concluding Olympian
The occupants of Ares' motel and Apollo's motel are fighting over a flying chariot because both cabins want it as their own. The Ares motel had led the raid, and the Apollo cabin had captured the chariot. The Apollo cabin curses Clarisse's cabin mates so that they have to talk in rhyme.
At a state of war council, she tells the other head counselors that the Ares Motel volition non fight because they were disrespected. She sticks up for, and is adept friends with Silena Beauregard, and is sympathetic when Charles Beckendorf dies. She is as well vital in the terminal boxing because Kronos had sent a drakon to assail the Heroes and it was foretold only a child of Ares could slay it; simply the cabin had been duped into not helping, thanks to a spy in the military camp. Finally, they get in when Silena dresses in Clarisse's armor and fools the cabin into joining the boxing. After Silena is fatally wounded Clarisse charges the drakon without armor and brings the beast down, avenging her friend. The deed too earned her the blessing of Ares and the respect of her father who said it was the best drakon slaying he had ever seen. Clarisse continued to boxing with the horde of monsters until she was frozen by a Hyperborean Giant.
Later on the state of war ends in victory for the Olympians and demigods, Clarisse returned to army camp. She and some campers overhear on Percy and Annabeth, Clarisse and the campers gleefully interrupt them kissing and throw them into the canoe lake.
The Heroes of Olympus
The Lost Hero
Clarisse is mentioned when one camper comments on how Jason Grace's weapon is better than Clarisse's spear, Maimer. She is again mentioned when Leo reveals Festus to the camp brandishing her spear stating they should kill Festus. She takes part in a council meeting once Jason regains his memories. Chiron reveals the truth about the Roman camp. She mentions that the savage philosophy of the Romans makes sense to her, every bit Ares is the god of war so his children similar violence. Nonetheless, she does non like the concept of Greek demigods working/cooperating with Roman demigods, as they were enemies earlier.
The Marker of Athena
When Gleeson Hedge is talking to Frank Zhang near General Sherman's attack on Atlanta and how he burned it to the basis, Percy thought that Clarisse would practise something similar without hesitation.
The Firm of Hades
Gleeson Hedge tells Frank Zhang, that he was the satyr who brought Clarisse to Military camp-Half Claret. Also, Clarisse is seen leading demigods at Camp Half-Blood in training for the impending Roman set on.
The Blood of Olympus
Clarisse is seen in a meeting with Chiron and the cabin members during Nico's dream of Camp One-half-Blood. She says to assail the Romans, however, this thought is rejected. Also, it is shown she has lilliputian religion in Reyna's quest to transport the Athena Parthenos. Clarisse led the Greeks to battle to defend the camp merely stopped when the Athena Parthenos was returned. She survived the battle with Gaea and was side by side seen at the dining pavilion keeping female campers away from her godson, Chuck Hedge.
The Trials of Apollo
The Hidden Oracle
It is revealed that Clarisse has stepped down from her position every bit a counselor, and at present attends the University of Arizona. Her successor is her one-half-brother, Sherman Yang.
Personality
Clarisse is generally hot-tempered, arrogant, brave, and stiff similar most of her siblings. She is also known as a bang-up that dunks new campers' heads in toilets. In The Battle of the Labyrinth Clarisse shows strong feelings for Chris Rodriguez and shows her kind and caring side to him, even before he becomes her fellow. Clarisse is very proud and defensive of her cabin and often defends the campsite from monsters. She is as well defensive and very protective of her good friend Silena Beauregard after she gave Clarisse some dating advice.
Although never seen in a one-on-i duel with anyone in the series, Clarisse is a trigger-happy and daring warrior, and is all too aware of this, taking extreme pride to the point of hubris in her own gainsay skills. Her anger toward Percy increased later he defeated her male parent. During The Concluding Olympian, she is angered by the camp for never respecting the Ares' Motel. Her pride even prevented her from allowing her cabin from fighting in the war until Silena's intervention.
She is like in that fashion to Achilles, in the sense that her pride sometimes gets in the way of her adept sense. This also makes her extremely similar to her own begetter, Ares, in that they both value strength as a primary advantage - although, Clarisse does non simply rely on strength, and is an extremely charismatic leader who even Percy recognizes to have inspirational bravery.
Advent
Clarisse is described as having the meridian of a basketball player and the muscular body of a rugby player, making her the most physically adept female fighter at Camp One-half-Claret. In The Last Olympian, she is described as beingness a foot taller than Michael Yew, who is 4'6", making her five'half-dozen". She has dark "pig eyes," and pale chocolate-brown hair that is described as stringy. Percy likewise described Clarisse, along with the rest of her siblings, as having the aforementioned vicious sneer as their begetter, Ares. After returning from her scouting mission in The Titan's Curse, she has a new scar on her chin and her long pilus is cut brusk and ragged "like someone had attacked it with a pair of rubber scissors."
Abilities
- ADHD: Similar most demigods, Clarisse possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that she uses to clarify the fighting style of her opponent.
- Dyslexia: Her brain is "hardwired" for Ancient Greek instead of modern languages.
- Fighting Skills: Clarisse has been trained in mitt-to-mitt combat during her stays at Camp Half-Claret. Clarisse is 1 of Camp Half-Blood's all-time warriors, demonstrated by her easily defeating Deimos in combat, and ultimately being able to chop-chop slay a Lydian Drakon lone and without armor in The Last Olympian, killing it with her spear (although it had been somewhat injured beforehand), a feat that impressed fifty-fifty Ares himself
- Weapon Agreeableness: As a girl of Ares, Clarisse is able to transform whatever object around her into any weapon and/or tool through sheer concentration.
- Weapon Curses: As a daughter of Ares, Clarisse is able to identify curses on her opponents' weapons.
Weapons and Magical Items
- Electric Spear: A gift from her father, Ares, it is a five-foot-long spear with a barbed metal tip that "[flickers] with blood-red light." This "ruby light" is electricity that volition electrocute Clarisse's target fifty-fifty if the spearhead is blocked by armor or a shield. Although it is normally used to stun or otherwise disable opponents, it volition release lethal amounts of electricity if broken. It was destroyed past Percy in a game of Capture the Flag in The Lightning Thief. She later gets a replacement electric spear which she names Maimer (nicknamed Lamer past her cabin mates and the other campers behind her back) that was also destroyed when she used information technology to kill a Drakon in The Terminal Olympian. This too is replaced past a tertiary spear betwixt the events of The Last Olympian and The Lost Hero.
- Armor: Clarisse's armor was painted red (possibly to symbolize blood) and had a matching boar-shaped helmet along with it (presumably to display her status every bit leader of the Ares Cabin).
- Sword: After destroying her second electrical spear to slay a Drakon, Clarisse temporarily wields a sword from ane of her deceased siblings (presumably a brother) between the events of the 2nd Titan War in The Last Olympian and The Lost Hero.
- Knife: She carries a knife at her belt as a sidearm.
- Ares' War Chariot: The chariot that belongs to her father, which she may borrow from time to fourth dimension. It tin change class (motorcycle, tank, convertible, etc.).
- Additional Aid from Ares: She tin can pray to her father for aid—usually in the form of weapons or undead minions. She uses this to obtain an ironclad warship and a troop of skeleton Amalgamated soldiers, courtesy of her father, Ares, in The Sea of Monsters; both are destroyed by Charybdis on her quest for the Gilded Fleece in the same book.
Relationships
Friends
Percy Jackson, her old rival and friend.
Although information technology may not seem like it at first glance, Percy and Clarisse are on good terms. Their relationship did non start out well with her 'initiation' anniversary in The Lightning Thief of her trying to dunk his head in a toilet (which backfired on her completely when she and some of her sisters were soaked in toilet water and tossed in mud via Percy'south command over water) and the subsequent capture the flag game ending with them both holding a grudge against each other, Percy due to her attitude, and Clarisse because of the damage done to her reputation. When Percy wounded her male parent, it gave her a reason to hate him. In The Sea of Monsters, they began to understand each other more, even being able to piece of work together with little arguments. Over the course of the next 3 books (plus The Demigod Files), they grow from an unfriendly relationship to considering each other valuable friends and allies.
Annabeth, her friend.
At first she and Annabeth were enemies, but in The Boxing of the Labyrinth, they became friends after working together on the Labyrinth problem. She is also the one to point out that Annabeth should be the one to lead the Quest for Daedalus.
Silena Beauregard, her friend.
Clarisse became Silena's personal babysitter and friend in The Final Olympian after the daughter of Aphrodite gave her advice nearly boyfriends. She was seen comforting Silena after her boyfriend, Charles Beckendorf died. Silena's death sent a grief-stricken Clarisse into an unstoppable rage, through which she was able to defeat the drakon and gained the blessing of Ares.
Gleeson Hedge, the Satyr that constitute her.
Although their relationship was not described in great detail, Hedge fondly speaks of her in The Business firm of Hades, and Clarisse has stated in The Blood of Olympus that she owes Gleeson Hedge her life, every bit he was the satyr protector who had originally brought her to Camp Half-Claret. She cared for Coach Hedge's wife, Mellie, during the latter's pregnancy, and was fifty-fifty named godmother of their baby son, Chuck Hedge. Additionally, she and Hedge share a common interest in violence, although she did non "accept an unhealthy obsession with martial arts and baseball bats", every bit Reyna stated about Hedge.
Love Interests
Chris Rodriguez
Clarisse institute Chris wandering in the desert near her mother'due south house during the events of The Titan'due south Expletive, after he was driven insane by Minos in the Labyrinth. She tried to nurse him back to wellness in The Boxing of the Labyrinth, but zero helped. Clarisse was gentle and affectionate while trying to aid him, and when Dionysus cured Chris of his madness, a very happy Clarisse and Chris started dating.
Family
Ares
Ares, her father.
Clarisse is very frightened of her begetter Ares. When she is given a quest to notice the Golden Fleece, she is shown to be scared of her father's harsh nature. Ares seems to favour his sons rather than his daughters, as he told Clarisse that one of his sons should have gotten the quest, and only his sons always drove chariot (with Clarisse existence the first girl in a long fourth dimension). In The Demigod Files, it was shown by Phobos, Clarisse's half-brother, that Clarisse's deepest fearfulness was making her father angry at her. However, Clarisse fabricated her father proud when she single-handedly fought a Lydian Drakon, sent by Kronos in The Last Olympian, and he gave her the blessing of Ares, which made Clarisse temporarily invincible.
Percy Jackson (Film Series)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
She was not included in the film adaptation, although considered a principal character in the book.
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Clarisse is shown as Percy Jackson's rival and is shown beingness chosen by Mr. D every bit the chosen one to get find the Golden Fleece. Later on, she reunites with Percy while battling Charybdis and goes to Polyphemus' Island.
Etymology
- Clarisse ways "fame" which could be referring to Clarisse's pressure to look skillful for her father and her cabin.
- La Rue ways "the street" in French, but alone Rue tin can hateful "to regret" in English. Clarisse La Rue means "clear the street" giving a reference to her bold and commanding personality.
Trivia
- Clarisse's mother lives effectually Phoenix, Arizona; somewhere close to an go out to the Labyrinth.
- In The Titan'southward Curse, Percy Jackson says that Clarisse had dirty blonde pilus.
- Clarisse'south first name is similar Annabeth'due south showtime proper name - Annabeth is an anagram of Athena with extra letters and Clarisse is an anagram of Ares with extra letters existence C, L, I and an actress S.
- Clarisse's weapon, Maimer, was destroyed in The Lightning Thief and her 2d ane in The Concluding Olympian, yet in The Lost Hero, i camper comments on its inferiority to Jason's weapon. It is possible that after the first and second were destroyed, she caused a third Maimer.
- Behind her back, many people call Clarisse's weapon (Maimer) Lamer.
- Clarisse'south actions in The Concluding Olympian very much mirror the actions of Achilles in the Iliad. Afterward not receiving what they thought they deserved, they refused to fight in the war. So, a close friend stole their armour (Silena and Patroklos respectively) and atomic number 82 their forces into battle, before beingness killed by the enemy (the drakon and Hector of Troy respectively). This leads each of them to go into a blind rage, rejoin the state of war, and kill the being responsible for the death of their friend.
- Clarisse is 1 of the characters in either series to have Ares' Blessing, the other being Frank Zhang, who attained the Blessing of Mars.
- Clarisse somewhat resembles Gunilla from the book, The Sword of Summer.
- Her surname "La Rue" is French, meaning "The Street"
- Clarisse'due south age is unknown. Yet given that she is attending higher in The Subconscious Oracle, information technology tin can be assumed that the girl of Ares is at least eighteen.
- Nico says that most kids couldn't touch Clarisse , with the exception of Will Solace.
See also
- Rick's blog
| Percy Jackson and the Olympians | |
| Cadre Serial: | The Lightning Thief | The Body of water of Monsters | The Titan's Curse | The Battle of the Labyrinth | The Last Olympian |
| Main Characters: | Percy Jackson | Grover Underwood | Annabeth Chase | Tyson | Clarisse La Rue | Thalia Grace | Nico di Angelo | Chiron | Luke Castellan | Rachel Elizabeth Cartel |
| Secondary Characters: | Emerge Jackson | Travis Stoll | Connor Stoll | Mrs. O'Leary | Silena Beauregard | Charles Beckendorf | Paul Blofis | Blackjack | Zoë Nightshade | Bianca di Angelo | Juniper | Ethan Nakamura |
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| Cadre Series: | The Lost Hero | The Son of Neptune | The Mark of Athena | The House of Hades | The Claret of Olympus |
| Main Characters: | Jason Grace | Piper McLean | Leo Valdez | Percy Jackson | Frank Zhang | Hazel Levesque | Annabeth Chase | Reyna Ramírez-Arellano | Nico di Angelo | Gleeson Hedge |
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