3Unlikely Hero
Chapter Published: 30/11/2014
Chapter Updated: 30/11/2014
Disclaimer: Percy Jackson and the Olympians belongs to Rick Riordan, in no way do I claim ownership of that series
My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to become involved, or people with a past that has never quite left them. They are often isolated, introspective people, often confrontational or anarchic in some way, often damaged or secretly unhappy or incomplete.
Joanne Harris
Category: Percy Jackson and the Olympians/ Heroes of Olympus
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Characters: OC
In a world of monsters, Gods and heroes sometimes even the most unlikely of people may play in the greater scheme of Fate.
There are two versions of this challenge
1. Child of Demeter
The great prophecy began with "A half blood of the eldest gods", this was interpreted as the person of prophecy being a child of one of the 'Big Three' but it is possible that by "eldest gods" it was meant one of the original six Olympians and Demeter is the oldest of the six to actually have half-blood children.
Basically this story would be about a half blood child of Demeter being the prophecy child; however, due to the fact everyone assumed that it was a child of the 'Big Three' this fact is unknown (and possibly never will be)
Suggestions
The protagonist uses a gardening/ plant based weapon, e.g. a trowel shaped sword, a scythe (), two short swords that can be put together to make shears
They can use plants in some way against enemies, e.g. poisons, making plants grow and attack (maybe making weapons out of plants e.g having a branch grow into the shape of a spear or a rose whip like Kurama from YYH)
Whether or not they are revealed as the child of Prophecy is up to you
2. Clear sighted
This is a story about a clear sighted mortal, who often ends up in trouble due to being in the wrong place at the wrong time. During these cases they would see things from myth as the cause but due to the fact no one else could they would mostly think the protagonist was making it up.
One day they happen to see a demigod fighting a monster, the protagonist, scared of what is happening, hides; during the fight the demigod would lose a weapon. After a while the protagonist checks and sees that the monster is gone, they are about to leave when they see something shine; it is the demigod's weapon, after seeing how effective it was on the monster the protagonist decides to keep it.(1)
The story would be about how a regular person with no special powers tries their best to survive and understand this strange world that apparently only they can see.
(1) If you decide to have the half blood win against the monster but be in a hurry and not pick up the weapon, flee from the monster after losing their weapon or for the half blood to be injured or die and still be there for the protagonist to see/ meet is up to you.
Suggestions:
If you pair them it might work well for it to be with a half blood
The protagonist has some athletic training so they have better chances of escape (e.g. parkour, gymnastics or long distance running) , or prior weapon training e.g. they did some acting and needed to learn the basics of a weapon so they don't hurt anyone (like Paul in the Last Olympian) or for a sport e.g. fencing, archery