From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hazel Levesque
Hazel Levesque
Hazel Levesque is a fictional central character and pro- Cohort. She became a full legionnaire when she stopped
tagonist in "The Son of Neptune", the second book of Rick a unicorn herd from trampling her centurion Dakota. It is
Riordan’s series, The Heroes of Olympus, where she is at the entrance to Camp Jupiter that Hazel is first intro-
one of three narrators. A demigod daughter of Pluto, she duced, standing guard with Frank Zhang, another mem-
resides at Camp Jupiter, a secret camp built to train Ro- ber of the legion.
man demigods. She was brought to Camp Juipter by her Throughout the book, Hazel has numerous "black-
half-brother Nico di Angelo, a major character in the Per- outs," where she appears to go into a deep sleep, when in
cy Jackson & the Olympians series. realty, she is reliving certain moments of her past. They
stop when Frank goes with Hazel on one of her blackouts,
History reliving her judgment and time in Asphodel, and Nico’s
rescue of her from the Underworld.
Hazel is introduced in the second chapter of The Son of
Neptune. During the course of the book, her history is
revealed through flashbacks. She was rescued from the
Personality
Underworld by Nico di Angelo. It is revealed that she is Throughout the book, Hazel is shown to be bright and
a daughter of Pluto, and that she was born in or around outgoing with a love for creativity and horseback riding.
1929 and lived in New Orleans. Her mother Queen Marie, She tames the immortal horse son of Demeter (Greek
a mortal, during a spirit ritual, she summoned Pluto, the form of Ceres) and Poseidon (Greek form of Neptune),
Lord of the Underworld and Wealth, with whom she had Arion- a feat not even the Amazons could do. Hazel has
a relationship that resulted in Hazel. Pluto granted Queen a dislike for boating and curses, and she is somewhat se-
Marie one wish, and she asked for all the riches of the cretive, due to her past and her apparent "curse". Hazel
earth. Pluto warned that the greatest wishes would be states that it would not take much to make her bitter like
the worst curses but Marie ignored this. When Hazel was her mother.
born, she had the ability to summon precious metals and
gems from underground. This gift appears most when
Hazel is nervous or under pressure. People see this ability
Romance
as a curse, as anyone who has possession of the gems or Hazel’s love interest is Frank Zhang, a descendent of Po-
metals dies or gets seriously hurt not long after gaining seidon (Greek form of Neptune) and a son of Mars (the
possession of them. Roman form of Ares). It is described that, in the begin-
On Hazel’s thirteenth birthday, Gaea, the goddess of ning of the book, that "Hazel’s heart did a little two-
the Earth, appears in another of Queen Marie’s spirit rit- step." Hazel kisses him towards the end of the book.
uals, and uses Queen Marie’s resentment of Pluto for giv- Hazel’s first boyfriend was Sammy Valdez, a child-
ing her a "cursed child" to persuade her to leave New hood friend from New Orleans. It was stated by the judges
Orleans and come to Alaska, the land beyond the gods, of the Underworld, that if Hazel had lived, she would
where Gaea tricks Hazel into raising Alcyoneus, using di- have married him. Gaea tells her that Sammy eventually
amonds as his heart, and petroleum as his blood. Hazel grew up, married, and moved to Texas.
dies in 1942 while preventing Alcyoneus from rising.
In the Underworld, when she is judged, she is shown
what her life would have been if she hadn’t died. If she
Family
had lived, she would have grown up and married Sammy, Hazel is a demigod, daughter of Pluto (the Roman form
her childhood friend and boyfriend (he is now known to of Hades), the god of the dead and wealth, and a mortal
be Leo Valdez’s ancestor). Instead of going to Elysium, named Marie Levesque (more commonly called Queen
and her mother going to Eternal Punishment, she begs Marie). Queen Marie was a fortune teller living in New
the judges to let both her and Queen Marie go to he Fields Orleans before, and during the first half of, World War
of Asphodel by claiming that Alcyoneus’s rising was her Two. She does not make a physical appearance during the
fault also. books, only being remembered by Hazel in flashbacks. Ni-
After what seems like an eternity to Hazel,Nico di An- co di Angelo and Bianca di Angelo are her half siblings
gelo rescues her from the Fields of Asphodel, giving her on the godly side, as they are the children of Hades, the
a second chance at life. Nico takes her to Camp Jupiter, Greek form of Pluto.
where she is officially claimed by Pluto and joins the Fifth
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hazel Levesque
Physical Appearance Abilities
Hazel is described as being African American, with long, Hazel’s curse causes cursed gems and other precious
curly cinnamon brown coloured hair and hazel golden metals to pop up from underground if she is agitated or
eyes which look like fourteen karat gold. She is marked stays for too long in one place. Hazel also can control
with a glyph, the letters SPQR, and one stripe for one year riches(gold, gems,etc.) as one of Pluto’s spheres of con-
of service that she got only a few weeks before Percy ar- trol is riches. Between Hazel and Nico, they control both
rived. Frank considers her to be very pretty. of Pluto’s spheres of control- death and wealth.
References
Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
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