Sadly, sometimes demigods die. That’s the crushing reality of being a Riorfan. But on the bright side, look how often they don’t die! Recently we tallied the ways that our favorite demigods have escaped, cheated, or just plain triumphed over mortality and the results are staggering.
You didn’t think we were just going to drop some stats on you and call it a day did you? See below for the breakdown.
PERCY JACKSON: 1.Attacked by a snake as a baby 2. Attacked by a fury on a school field trip 3. Attacked by the Minotaur in Montauk 4. Battled with the Furies on his first quest 5. Battled with Medusa on his first quest 6. Battled Echidna and Chimera on his first quest 7. Battled Procrustes on the way to the Underworld 8. Almost trapped on the Thrill Rode O’ Love with Annabeth 9. Battled with Ares in Vegas 10. Attacked by a scorpion sent by Luke 11. Attacked by Laistrygonian Giants at school 12. Attacked by Stymphalian Birds at Camp Half-Blood 13. Battled Colchis Bulls at Camp Half-Blood 14. Turned into a guinea pig by Circe 15. Battled the Hydra 16. Attacked by Scylla and Charybdis in the Sea of Monsters 17. Battled Polyphemus 18. Almost dueled to the death with Luke 19. Stabbed by the Manticore at Westover Hall 20. Attacked by the Nemean Lion and Spartus warriors at the Air and Space Museum 21. Attacked by Skeleton Warriors 22. Attacked by the Erymanthian Boar 23. Attacked by talos prototype 24. Attacked again by skeleton warriors 25. Battled Nereus in the Pacific Ocean 26. Battled Dr. Thorn and his forces 27. Battled Atlas 28. Attacked by Spartus at Half-blood 29. Attacked by the Sphinx in the Labyrinth 30. Battled the empousai 31. Battled Telekhines in Mount St Helens 32. Battled a dracaenae 33. Dueled with Ethan Nakamura 34. Dueled with Antaeus 35. Battled an army of monsters in Daedalus’ workshop 36. Attacked by Kronos in Luke’s body 37. Battled the Titan army during the invasion of Camp Half-Blood 38. Battled Deimos and Phobos with Clarisse 39. Battled the Bronze Dragon with Charles Beckendorf 40. Battled Iapetus at the River Lethe 41. Battled telekines with Beckendorf on the Princess Andromeda 42. Battled Typhon and an army of monsters in the Battle of Manhattan 43. Battled a Celedon on Grover’s birthday 44. Battled Cacus with Annabeth 45. Attacked by the Gorgons, Stheno, and Euryale 46. Attacked by Karpoi 47. Captured by Amazons 48. Attacked by Gryphons in Alaska 49. Battled an army of undead Roman warriors 50. Nearly drowned in Alaska 51. Was caught in the middle of an assault from Camp Jupiter onto the Argo II 52. Fought tar monsters in Salt Lake City 53. Possessed by an eidolon and dueled with Jason Grace 54. Attacked by a skolopendra on the Argo II 55. Almost trapped as a prisoner by Phorcys 56. Attacked by Octavian’s forces 57. Defended the Argo II against monsters after it passed the Pillars 58. Attacked by Chrysaor and his crew 59. Almost drowned by Nymphs 60. Battled the twin giants, Ephialtes and Otis 61. Battled the aria in Tartarus and became poisoned 62. Attacked by the physical embodiment of Tartarus and his horde of monsters 63. Battled Nike and her servants 64. Attacked by Kymopoleia and storm spirits on the Argo II 65. Captured by Polybotes 66. Battled Kekrops in the Acropolis 67. Battled Polydectis with Poseidon 68. Battled Octavian’s forces during Gaea’s attack on Camp Half-Blood 69. Battled the Son of Sobek with Carter Kane on Long Island 70. Battled Setne with Annabeth, Carter, and Sadie 71. Battled Nero with mortal Apollo
ANNABETH CHASE: 1. Attacked by Arachne’s spiders as a child 2. Attacked by a Cyclops before reaching Camp Half-Blood 3. Chased by a pack of monsters on her way to Camp Half-Blood 4. Battled the furies on Percy’s first quest 5. Battled Medusa on Percy’s first quest 6. Almost trapped on the on the Thrill Rode O’ Love with Percy 7. Battled Procrustes on the way to the Underworld 8. Battled Laistrygonian Giants at Percy’s school 9. Attacked by Stymphalian Birds at Camp Half-Blood 10. Battled Colchis Bulls at Camp Half-Blood 11. Battled the Hydra 12. Attacked by Scylla and Charybdis in the Sea of Monsters 13. Battled Polyphemus 14. Attacked by Luke 15. Battled Dr. Thorn at Westover Hall 16. Captured by Luke and Atlas 17. Attacked by the Sphinx in the Labryinth 18. Battled the Titan army during the invasion of Camp Half-Blood 19. Battled the Bronze Dragon with Charles Beckendorf 20. Joined the Battle of Manhattan against Kronos’ Titan army 21. Stabbed by a poison knife by Ethan Nakamura 22. Battled Cacus with Percy 23. Attacked by Terminus on the Argo II 24. Was caught in the middle of an assault from Camp Jupiter onto the Argo II 25. Fought tar monsters in Salt Lake City 26. Attacked by a skolopendra on the Argo II 27. Attacked by Octavian’s forces 28. Captured by Chrysaor and his crew 29. Almost crushed by the collapse of Mithras’ cavern 30. Captured by Arachne 31. Battled the twin giants, Ephialtes and Otis 32. Battled the aria in Tartarus 33. Attacked by the physical embodiment of Tartarus and his horde of monsters 34. Battled evil spirits in Odysseus’ palace 35. Battled Nike and her servants 36. Attacked by Kymopoleia and storm spirits on the Argo II 37. Battled Mimas in the Temple of Fear 38. Battled Kekrops in the Acropolis 39. Battled Enceladus with Athena 40. Battled Gaea and her forces at Camp Half-Blood 41. Battled Serapis with Sadie Kane 42. Battled Setne with Percy, Carter, and Sadie
JASON GRACE: 1. Battled the Trojan sea monster 2. Battled Krios and his army of Scythian dracaena on Mount Othrys 3. Battled Dylan, the ventus 4. Attacked by Khione 5. Attacked by a trio of Cyclopes 6. Forced to duel Leo under the influence of Medea 7. Battled Medea 8. Battled King Midas and his son Lityerses 9. Attacked by Lycaon and his wolves 10. Attacked by Aeolus 11. Battled Enceladus 12. Battled a pack of Lycanthropes and Earthborn with the Hunters of Artemis 13. Battled Porphyrion 14. Possessed by an eidolon and dueled with Percy Jackson 15. Was caught in the middle of an assault from Camp Jupiter onto the Argo II 16. Attacked by Confederate ghosts in Charleston 17. Attacked by Romans at Fort Sumpter 18. Attacked by a skolopendra on the Argo II 19. Almost drowned by Acheolous 20. Threatened by Hercules 21. Defended the Argo II against monsters after it passed the Pillars 22. Captured by Chrysaor and his crew 23. Battled the twin giants, Ephialtes and Otis 24. Attacked by ourae on the Argo II 25. Attacked and frozen in a block of ice by Khione on the Argo II 26. Attacked by monsters at the Necromanteion 27. Battled Clytus 28. Battled evil spirits in Odysseus’ palace 29. Battled Nike and her servants 30. Stabbed in the back by Varus 31. Attacked by Kymopoleia and storm spirits on the Argo II 32. Battled Polybotes with Kymopoleia 33. Battled Kekrops in the Acropolis 34. Battled Porphyrion with Zeus 35. Battled Gaea during her assault on Camp Half-Blood 36. Battled a Blemmyae while at boarding school 37. Captured and battled with Pandai
PIPER MCLEAN: 1. Battled Dylan, the ventus 2. Attacked by Khione 3. Attacked by a trio of Cyclopes 4. Battled Medea 5. Transformed into a statue by Midas 6. Attacked by Lycaon and his wolves 7. Attacked by Aeolus 8. Battled Enceladus 9. Battled a pack of Lycanthropes and Earthborn with the Hunters of Artemis 10. Confronted Gaea with her Charmspeak 11. Was caught in the middle of an assault from Camp Jupiter onto the Argo II 12. Attacked by a skolopendra on the Argo II 13. Almost drowned by Acheolous 14. Threatened by Hercules 15. Captured by Chrysaor and his crew 16. Attacked by the twin giants, Ephialtes and Otis and an army of monsters while defending Nico 17. Attacked by ourae on the Argo II 18. Battled Khione on the Argo II 19. Attacked by monsters at the Necromanteion 20. Battled Clytus 21. Battled evil spirits in Odysseus’ palace 22. Battled a team of Giants with the Heroes of Olympus 23. Battled Mimas in the Temple of Fear 24. Battled Kekrops in the Acropolis 25. Battled Periboia with Aphrodite 26. Battled Gaea during her assault on Camp Half-Blood 27. Attacked by Medea’s dragons with mortal Apollo and Meg McCaffrey 28. Captured by Pandai 29. Threatened by Caligula 30. Battled Medea again, saving mortal Apollo
LEO VALDEZ: 1. Attacked by Dylan, the ventus 2. Tames an out-of-control Festus 3. Attacked by Khione 4. Forced to duel Jason under the influence of Medea 5. Battled Medea 6. Transformed into a statue by Midas 7. Attacked by Lycaon and his wolves 8. Attacked by Aeolus 9. Battled Enceladus 10. Battled a pack of Lycanthropes and Earthborn with the Hunters of Artemis 11. Battled Khione 12. Possessed by an Eidolon to attack Camp Jupiter 13. Attacked by Confederate ghosts in Charleston 14. Attacked by Romans at Fort Sumpter 15. Attacked by a skolopendra on the Argo II 16. Captured by Chrysaor and his crew 17. Attacked by eidolons in the Pantheon 18. Battled the twin giants, Ephialtes and Otis 19. Attacked by ourae on the Argo II 20. Attacked by Khione on the Argo II 21. Attacked by monsters at the Necromanteion 22. Battled Clytus 23. Battled Nike and her servants 24. Battled Kekrops in the Acropolis 25. Battled Gaea during her assault on Camp Half-Blood
FRANK ZHANG: 1. Attacked by Gorgons 2. Attacked by Karpoi 3. Battled three Basilisks at Rainbow Organic Foods & Lifestyles 4. Captured by Amazons 5. Attacked by Gryphons in Alaska 6. Battled Alyconeus 7. Was caught in the middle of an assault from Camp Jupiter onto the Argo II 8. Almost trapped as a prisoner by Phorcys 9. Attacked by Confederate ghosts in Charleston 10. Attacked by Romans at Fort Sumpter 11. Attacked by a skolopendra on the Argo II 12. Attacked by Chrysaor and his crew 13. Attacked by eidolons in the Pantheon 14. Battled the twin giants, Ephialtes and Otis 15. Attacked by ourae on the Argo II 16. Battled the katoblepones in Venice 17. Attacked and frozen in a block of ice by Khione on the Argo II 18. Attacked by monsters at the Necromanteion 19. Battled Clytus 20. Battled Nike and her servants 21. Battled Kekrops in the Acropolis 22. Battled Octavian’s forces during Gaea’s attack on Camp Half-Blood
HAZEL LEVESQUE: 1. Attacked by Gorgons 2. Attacked by Karpoi 3. Attacked by Gryphons in Alaska 4. Battled Alyconeus 5. Was caught in the middle of an assault from Camp Jupiter onto the Argo II 6. Attacked by a skolopendra on the Argo II 7. Captured by Chrysaor and his crew 8. Attacked by eidolons in the Pantheon 9. Battled the twin giants, Ephialtes and Otis 10. Attacked by ourae on the Argo II 11. Poisoned by katoblepones in Venice 12. Attacked and frozen in a block of ice by Khione on the Argo II 13. Attacked by monsters at the Necromanteion 14. Battled Clytus 15. Battled Nike and her servants 16. Battled Kekrops in the Acropolis 17. Battled Octavian’s forces during Gaea’s attack on Camp Half-Blood