The Mark of Athena
Chapters - Rick Riordan
Chapter 1: I Annabeth
The Argo II descends through clouds toward Camp Jupiter. Annabeth has spent months planning this moment - the first contact between Greek and Roman demigods. She checks the ballistae, confirms the peace flag, and sends Coach Hedge to his cabin to prevent incidents.
Leo mans the helm with his customised controls, Piper practises her diplomatic lines, and Jason stands at the rail, nervous about returning to his old home. When they land, Annabeth finally sees Percy waiting on the Field of Mars - and they are reunited at last.
POV: Annabeth Chase·On page: Percy Jackson, Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, Jason Grace, Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Coach Hedge, Festus, Tyson, Ella·Mentioned: Dionysus, Hera, Aphrodite, Iris, Gaea
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Chapter 2: II Annabeth
Annabeth walks through the Roman forum toward Reyna, taking in the multigenerational community of Camp Jupiter. She spots Percy in the crowd and rushes to him. They kiss, then Annabeth judo-flips him, furious and relieved after months of separation.
Reyna introduces herself and calls for a welcome feast. Octavian protests the Greeks' presence, but Reyna overrules him. Percy introduces Annabeth to Frank and Hazel, and assures her the Romans are mostly good people. Annabeth senses something is wrong but pushes the feeling aside.
POV: Annabeth Chase·On page: Percy Jackson, Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, Jason Grace, Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Festus, Tyson, Ella·Mentioned: Dionysus, Hera, Aphrodite, Iris, Gaea
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Chapter 3: III Annabeth
The Romans hold a welcome feast in the forum. Annabeth observes the unfamiliar Roman customs while longing for time alone with Percy. Jason and Percy exchange stories of their quests, and Octavian protests having three praetors. Percy volunteers to step aside for Jason.
The harpy Ella blurts out a prophecy - the Mark of Athena burns through Rome - which Percy, Frank, and Hazel try to cover up. Annabeth helps deflect Octavian's suspicions, and Tyson takes Ella away via shadow travel. Reyna agrees to convene a senate meeting and sends Octavian with Leo to tour the Argo II. As Leo leaves, Annabeth notices something cold and wrong about him, and Reyna asks to walk with her alone.
POV: Annabeth Chase·On page: Percy Jackson, Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, Jason Grace, Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Festus, Tyson, Ella·Mentioned: Athena, Dionysus, Hera, Aphrodite, Iris, Gaea
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Chapter 4: IV Annabeth
Annabeth and Percy meet the Roman leaders. Reyna is wary but willing to listen. Octavian is hostile, viewing the Greeks as invaders. The seven demigods of the prophecy come together for the first time: Percy, Annabeth, Jason, Piper, Leo, Frank, and Hazel.
Negotiations seem promising until Leo, possessed by an eidolon spirit, fires the Argo II's weapons on New Rome. The Romans believe it is a deliberate attack. The seven flee aboard the ship as Camp Jupiter mobilises for war against the Greeks.
POV: Annabeth Chase·On page: Percy Jackson, Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, Jason Grace, Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Octavian, Frank Zhang, Hazel Levesque, Festus, Tyson, Ella·Mentioned: Dionysus, Hera, Aphrodite, Iris, Gaea
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Chapter 5: V Leo
Leo is wracked with guilt after firing on Camp Jupiter. The Argo II is badly damaged and limping through the sky. Annabeth interrogates him, and he admits he fired the weapons but felt controlled by a cold presence inside him.
Frank stays to watch Leo while the others tend to the injured Jason below. Festus the figurehead reports the damage, and Leo determines they need Celestial bronze, tar, and lime for repairs. Frank asks uncomfortable questions about someone named Sammy. Festus detects all the needed materials near the Great Salt Lake in Utah, and the crew agrees to split into teams: Percy, Annabeth, and Frank will fetch tar in the city, while Hazel and Leo will ride Arion to get the bronze and lime from a nearby island.
POV: Leo Valdez·On page: Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson, Piper McLean, Jason Grace, Festus·Mentioned: Mithras, Ephialtes, Otis, Phorcys, Hera, Gaea
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Chapter 6: VI Leo
Leo and Hazel ride Arion to the island on the Great Salt Lake. Leo collects lime from the white sand beaches, and Hazel uses her Pluto ability to sense precious metals to locate the Celestial bronze.
On the island they encounter the goddess Nemesis, who appears as people they resent. She warns them that war is coming, that Hera has been exiled from Olympus, and that Hazel's brother Nico has only six days to live before Rome is destroyed. She tells Leo he will always be the outsider, the seventh wheel, and gives him a fortune cookie that can solve an unsolvable problem - for a terrible price. The goddess directs them to find the Celestial bronze at a reflecting pool before dark.
POV: Leo Valdez·On page: Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson, Piper McLean, Jason Grace, Ephialtes, Otis, Festus, Nemesis·Mentioned: Phorcys, Narcissus, Hera, Gaea
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Chapter 7: VII Leo
Leo and Hazel follow the nymph Echo to a grassy meadow where Narcissus kneels at a pond, gazing at his own reflection in a large sheet of Celestial bronze at the bottom. He is surrounded by a mob of adoring nymphs who film him and wear fan merchandise.
Narcissus refuses to give up the bronze, and the nymphs are fiercely protective. Leo realises they need the bronze for ship repairs but cannot simply take it while Narcissus watches. Echo is trying to save Narcissus from his obsession, but he does not even recognise her. Leo hatches a risky plan: Hazel will try to pull the bronze through the earth while he and Echo create a distraction.
POV: Leo Valdez·On page: Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson, Piper McLean, Jason Grace, Echo, Narcissus, Festus·Mentioned: Hera, Gaea
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Chapter 8: VIII Leo
Leo transforms himself into a ridiculous spectacle - greased hair, welding goggles, a HOT STUFF tattoo - and struts before the nymphs, insulting Narcissus with terrible jokes. Echo echoes his boasts, whipping up enthusiasm for "Team Leo" and drawing the nymphs' attention away from the pond.
While Narcissus is distracted, Hazel pulls the Celestial bronze through the sand using her underground powers. When Narcissus realises his mirror is gone, the nymphs give chase. Echo stays behind, determined to save Narcissus despite his indifference. She kisses Leo on the cheek before he and Hazel escape on Arion, racing across the lake back to the Argo II with the bronze.
POV: Leo Valdez·On page: Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson, Piper McLean, Jason Grace, Festus·Mentioned: Hera, Gaea
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Chapter 9: IX Piper
Piper sits at the unconscious Jason's side, worried he may have lost his memories of her. She draws her dagger Katoptris and sees troubling visions: Octavian whipping the Romans into a war frenzy, Jason with golden eyes, and herself drowning with Jason and Percy in a dark chamber. She also sees a man in purple near a sign reading TOPEKA 32, offering a silver goblet.
Jason wakes and remembers Piper, to her relief. Leo and Hazel return with the Celestial bronze, and the others bring back tar. The angry lake nymphs attack the ship, but Percy holds them off while Leo repairs the hull. They lift off just in time.
POV: Piper McLean·On page: Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson, Leo Valdez, Jason Grace, Dionysus, Festus·Mentioned: Hera, Aphrodite, Gaea, Ella
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Chapter 10: X Piper
The crew gathers for their first dinner together as the seven demigods of the prophecy. Percy and Jason have an awkward moment competing for the head seat, which they cede to Annabeth. The crew shares their stories from Salt Lake City.
Leo reports the ship needs further repairs and suggests landing near a city. Hazel relays Nemesis's warning: Nico has six days to live and Rome will be destroyed. Piper shares some of her knife visions, including twin giants. Annabeth connects the prophecy lines to Ella's words, and the discussion turns to the Mark of Athena and the need for gods to help defeat the giants. Piper reveals her vision of a man in purple near Topeka, and suggests they head to Kansas.
POV: Piper McLean·On page: Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson, Leo Valdez, Jason Grace, Dionysus, Festus·Mentioned: Athena, Phorcys, Hera, Aphrodite, Gaea, Ella
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Chapter 11: XI Piper
The Argo II lands outside Topeka. Piper, Jason, and Percy head out to find the mile marker from Piper's vision, while the others stay to guard or repair the ship. Jason summons the storm spirit Tempest and Percy calls Blackjack, and they ride to the TOPEKA 32 marker.
They find Bacchus, the Roman form of Dionysus, waiting in a wheat field. Percy's familiarity with the Greek Mr. D nearly drives the god crazy. Piper uses charmspeak to calm him. Bacchus reveals he fought and killed the twin giants Ephialtes and Otis in the first Giant War, and that they are behind the coming threat in Rome. He tells them to seek out Phorcys in Atlanta for more information, then vanishes when he senses danger. Gaea's voice rises from the fields, demanding Piper choose which boy will die with her.
POV: Piper McLean·On page: Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson, Leo Valdez, Jason Grace, Dionysus, Festus·Mentioned: Hera, Aphrodite, Gaea, Ella
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Chapter 12: XII Piper
Possessed by eidolons, Jason and Percy turn on each other with golden eyes, their swords clashing on the Kansas highway. Piper narrowly avoids being killed and struggles to use charmspeak against the possessing spirits.
She manages to get the eidolon inside Percy to pause, then secretly directs Blackjack the pegasus to knock Percy unconscious from behind. With both boys down, Piper loads them onto Blackjack and flies back to the ship. The crew gathers in the mess hall where Piper explains about the eidolons and Bacchus. She sets course for Atlanta and reveals the eidolons are still present on the ship, possessing crew members.
POV: Piper McLean·On page: Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson, Leo Valdez, Jason Grace, Dionysus, Festus·Mentioned: Ephialtes, Otis, Phorcys, Hera, Aphrodite, Gaea, Ella
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Chapter 13: XIII Percy
Using her charmspeak, Piper commands the eidolons to reveal themselves, and Leo, Jason, and Percy all raise their hands, eyes glowing gold. With Hazel's encouragement, Piper forces the three spirits to vow on the River Styx never to return to the ship or possess any crew member, then commands them to leave. The boys collapse, freed.
Afterward, Piper and Jason walk the deck together. Jason apologises for suggesting Piper contact Reyna, and assures her she has nothing to worry about. He confides part of the old Roman legend about a stolen Greek treasure hidden in Rome, and how the children of Athena have searched for it for millennia. The prophecy's reference to an oath to keep with a final breath weighs heavily on them both.
POV: Percy Jackson·On page: Annabeth Chase, Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, Jason Grace, Ephialtes, Otis, Phorcys, Keto, Festus·Mentioned: Athena, Hera, Gaea, Ella
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Chapter 14: XIV Percy
Percy has nightmares about suffocating in Alaskan muskeg, then dreams of the twin giants Ephialtes and Otis in an underground lair, bickering over matching outfits and planning a spectacular show in Rome. They have Nico di Angelo imprisoned in a bronze jar, barely alive and rationing pomegranate seeds.
Percy wakes in the middle of the night to find Annabeth by his berth. She leads him to the stables, where they look through the glass-bottomed bay doors at the landscape below and reminisce about their first quest together. They share a quiet, romantic moment as Percy hints at a future in New Rome after the war. He tells her about his dream of Nico's imprisonment, and they agree to wait until morning to inform Hazel.
POV: Percy Jackson·On page: Annabeth Chase, Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, Jason Grace, Ephialtes, Otis, Phorcys, Keto, Festus·Mentioned: Hera, Gaea, Ella
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Chapter 15: XV Percy
Frank finds Percy and Annabeth asleep together in the stables, triggering a comical panic. Coach Hedge is furious, but the situation is defused. At breakfast, Percy describes his dream of Nico trapped in the bronze jar with pomegranate seeds keeping him barely alive.
Hazel is devastated. The crew works out the prophecy line about the angel - Nico's surname di Angelo means 'angel.' Jason and Leo raise concerns about trusting Nico, since he kept both camps secret, which infuriates Hazel. She storms out. The crew decides Percy and Frank will go ashore in Atlanta with Coach Hedge to find the sea god Phorcys, while the others remain aboard.
POV: Percy Jackson·On page: Annabeth Chase, Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, Jason Grace, Echo, Narcissus, Ephialtes, Otis, Phorcys, Keto, Festus·Mentioned: Hera, Gaea, Ella
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Chapter 16: XVI Percy
Percy, Frank, and Coach Hedge visit the Georgia Aquarium, guided by a perky staffer named Kate. She leads them past the normal exhibits into hidden tanks containing imprisoned sea creatures - hippocampi, Nereids, sea serpents, and drugged telkhines. Percy is outraged at their captivity.
Kate turns out to be Keto, goddess of sea monsters and sister of the sea god Phorcys. When Phorcys himself appears - a crabby little man in a glittery wet suit - he puts on a flashy show for his "VIP visitors." Percy presses him for information about the twin giants. Phorcys reveals that Gaea has put a bounty on the demigods and mentions a map in Charleston that leads to the Mark of Athena. He warns Percy that the twins have a prisoner in a bronze jar and are planning a doomsday show on July 1st.
POV: Percy Jackson·On page: Annabeth Chase, Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, Jason Grace, Echo, Narcissus, Ephialtes, Otis, Phorcys, Keto, Festus·Mentioned: Athena, Hera, Gaea, Ella
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Chapter 17: XVII Annabeth
Phorcys reveals his true intentions: he plans to keep Percy and Frank as permanent exhibits in his aquarium. He traps them in a glass tunnel that shatters, flooding them with water. Percy can breathe but finds his water powers suppressed by the enchanted tank.
Frank transforms into a giant koi fish to survive. Meanwhile, Keto lures Coach Hedge away with sea monster facts. Percy spots Hedge through the glass and hurls a giant marble to get his attention. The coach ninja-kicks Keto unconscious. On Percy's count of three, Frank shifts to human, Hedge does a roundhouse kick, and Percy channels all his anger and the water's pressure into smashing the glass. The tank explodes, and they flee through the mortal aquarium as Phorcys triggers all his special effects, causing chaos.
POV: Annabeth Chase·On page: Percy Jackson, Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, Jason Grace, Festus·Mentioned: Arachne, Dionysus, Hera, Gaea, Ella
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Chapter 18: XVIII Annabeth
Annabeth recalls her devastating encounter with her mother Athena at Grand Central Station months earlier. The goddess appeared confused and bitter, ranting about how the Romans stole her identity and turned her into the lesser Minerva. Athena pressed a silver drachma into Annabeth's hand - the Mark of Athena - and demanded vengeance against the Romans, calling Annabeth a failure when she refused.
Back on the Argo II, Frank visits Annabeth's cabin for help with the Chinese handcuffs, which she explains using a 3-D model. The simple lesson - push in, don't pull out - resonates with both of them. Frank hints at having an Achilles' heel and says Percy is a really good guy worth following. Meanwhile, Leo sends the flying table Buford as a decoy with Frank's dirty laundry to throw the pursuing Roman eagles off their trail, and they detour toward Charleston.
POV: Annabeth Chase·On page: Percy Jackson, Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, Jason Grace, Athena, Festus·Mentioned: Arachne, Dionysus, Hera, Gaea, Ella
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Chapter 19: XIX Annabeth
The Argo II docks in Charleston Harbor. Annabeth, Piper, and Hazel walk through White Point Gardens to find the ghost Jason described. Instead they encounter Aphrodite herself, dressed as a Southern belle.
Over tea in a gazebo, the goddess reveals she is unaffected by the Greek-Roman split and explains the true source of enmity between the camps: the Romans stole something from Athena, and her children have been seeking revenge ever since. Annabeth pieces it together - the Mark of Athena leads to a statue, the Athena Parthenos. Aphrodite says the map Annabeth needs is at Fort Sumter, then spots Roman eagles overhead. The Romans have found them, and the girls must race back to the ship.
POV: Annabeth Chase·On page: Percy Jackson, Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, Jason Grace, Phorcys, Keto, Aphrodite, Festus·Mentioned: Athena, Arachne, Mithras, Dionysus, Hera, Gaea, Ella
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Chapter 20: XX Annabeth
Octavian and two Roman guards block the dock, but Annabeth tosses her dagger into the harbour as a signal. Percy erupts from the water, blasting the Romans into the bay, and returns the dagger.
Annabeth takes the helm and sails for Fort Sumter while Jason, Leo, and Frank fly in to meet them but are shot down by Coach Hedge's ballista and crash into the fort. Annabeth reaches Fort Sumter alone, endures a terrifying spider attack and a vision of the Mark of Athena burning away the swarm, then retrieves a bronze map disk from an old mortar cannon. Reyna confronts her, warning that the legion will march on Camp Half-Blood. Annabeth refuses to surrender, promising to follow the Mark and fix the rift. Percy and Jason combine their storm powers to cover the crew's escape as the Argo II races out to sea.
POV: Annabeth Chase·On page: Percy Jackson, Leo Valdez, Piper McLean, Jason Grace, Phorcys, Keto, Festus·Mentioned: Athena, Arachne, Dionysus, Hera, Gaea, Ella
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