Maria di Angelo

Maria di Angelo is a minor but pivotal protagonist in the Percy Jackson novel The Last Olympian. She is the mother of Bianca and Nico do Angelo and the lover of Hades.
== History ==
===Background===
Maria Di Angelo was born in Venice, Italy to a diplomat.
Before World War II broke out, Maria was an Italian young woman who fell in love with Hades in spite of him being married to Persephone. Together, they had a relationship and in that union, they had two children: Bianca and Nico. By the time of World War II, the Great Prophecy was spoken about a child of either Zeus, Poseidon and Hades would be Olympus' salvation or damnation and Hades" ' children were a part of the Axis Powers while battling against Zeus and Poseidon's. Fearing what his brother would do to Maria and their children, he asked her to come with him to go to the Underworld. However Maria refused to let her children grow up in the realm or see her family again.
Unfortunately, the decision would cost Maria her life, as she was in a hotel, Zeus destroyed it, killing Maria while trying to target his niece and nephew. Hades was only quick enough to shield Bianca and Nico and had the fury Alecto wipe their memories and sent to the Lotus Hotel and Casino. Hades wanted to resurrect Maria; however, Alecto told him to leave things be.
===The Sword of Hades===
While searching for Ethan Nakamura in the Underworld, Melinoe, the goddess of ghosts, appears before Percy Jackson, Thalia Grace, and Nico di Angelo to torment them with visions of people they had lost. While she appeared to Thalia as her mother, she showed herself to Nico as Maria di Angelo.
===The Last Olympian===
When trying to summon Maria, Nico instead finds out much information about his mother through the ghost of his sister, Bianca di Angelo.
Nico was able to partially use the memory of his mother's last moments to convince Hades to fight with the other Gods: he told Hades that Maria was right about families sticking together and his father should prove himself to be more than what his siblings thought of him.
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