Hazel Levesque

**Hazel Levesque** is one of the seven heroes of the Prophecy of Seven. She is a fifteen-year-old Roman demigod, the daughter of Pluto and Marie Levesque, and the half-sister of Nico di Angelo and the late Bianca di Angelo. She is the current Praetor of Camp Jupiter and the former Centurion of the Fifth Cohort. She is currently mairried to Eric Zhang.

## History

### Early Life

On December 17, 1928, Hazel was born to Marie Levesque and the god Pluto in New Orleans, Louisiana. Marie had summoned Pluto using a spell that Hecate had found, and they fell in love. Pluto loved Marie, telling her she was brave and beautiful. After Hazel was born, Pluto was proud and swore on the River Styx that he would give Marie anything. Marie wished for all the riches of the earth from Pluto, despite his warning that the greediest wishes cause the greatest sorrows. But Marie insisted, mainly because she was tired of being poor as described in *The Son of Neptune*. Marie's wish gave Hazel a curse. Every precious metal that she summons from the ground would bring doom to the people who took them. Marie began to use Hazel's unique powers (a result of her wish) for selfish reasons.

Marie sold Hazel's first precious stone when she was seven, before either of them knew about her curse. Hazel remembered eating a picnic breakfast with her fondly on a morning during Mardi Gras. Marie was in a good mood: buying beignets and a bottle of champagne, even a new box of crayons for her. Hazel cheerfully drew pictures while Marie hummed. They watched the sky turn to red gold. Hazel remembers this as the happiest day of her life.

Gold popped up around Hazel’s house, as the curse only started in small quantities, and Hazel also would find them while walking up and down the street. Marie used the jewels Hazel would find as charms to sell. People would buy them and sell them for a lot of money, which brought Marie a lot of money. She became known as "Queen Marie". Marie and Hazel loved comfortably, with Marie being able to pay her bills, have steak dinner once a week, and Hazel even got a new dress. But stories started spreading, as bad things happened to people who bought the treasure. Charlie Gasceaux, who bought a bracelet, lost his arm while wearing that bracelet. Mr. Henry had a heart attack and dropped dead with a ruby he bought from Queen Marie.

Rumors began spreading about Hazel, who found the crystals. So only people who didn't live in New Orleans were the ones who bought the jewels. Marie began to resent Hazel, and became short tempered. She became wanted for murder, and her clients wanted to hang her as a witch.

Marie told Hazel that she only pretended to believe in Magic and it was all "bunk and hokum", and she was just performing. But Hazel knew it wasn't true, and she just didn't want Hazel to blame her for her curse. Marie would blame her father, telling her it was Pluto's fault. Hazel would never ask her what she meant, because it just made her angrier. As she became angrier, she listened to Gaea's voice and let it possess her.

Hazel and Marie lived in an old apartment in the French quarter above a jazz club. By the time she was thirteen, it had become festive despite the war. New recruits would talk about fighting the Japanese, get tattoos, and propose on the sidewalks. She lived next to a bakery that would make the stairwells smell of melting butter, making beignets at night.

Once, when Hazel was young, Marie took her to the dentist to get her tooth pulled. It was the only time she ever took ether. The dentist promised it would make her sleepy and relaxed, she was panicky and felt like she was floating out of her body. When the ether wore off, she was sick for three days.

As a child, Hazel went to St. Agnes Academy for Colored Children and Indians. It was mostly black kids, with a sprinkle of Latino kids, with kids as young as kindergarden and as old as highschool. It was an awful school and Hazel hated it. She was bullied and tormented by the kids there because of her mother. They called Marie a witch and told Hazel she traded with the devil. She learned about Diocletian at the academy as well. She didn't understand why other black kids bullied her, but they took her lunch, threw rocks at her, threatened to hurt her, and pushed her into water fountains. Despite her abuse, she never gave them gold or diamonds.

She was forced to attend a funeral for a classmate once, and she remembered how her dead body was terrifying.

She is a mother of 4.

### Sammy Valdez

When Hazel was twelve, she went into the courtyard to eat lunch. She had her hair pinned back in a bun and she wore a black dress, unlike the other kids, so she stood out as looking like a mourner at a wedding. She stayed standing against the wall, trying not to be noticed.

Unfortunately, one of Hazel's bullies, an older boy named Rufus and the largest boy on the playground, backed her into a corner and called her "Witch Girl". He forced Hazel to hand over her lunch, as it was an everyday occurrence at the time. A few other girls came over and joined in, telling Rufus not to eat it and it was probably poison. Rufus then asked if her witch mother made it, but Hazel insisted she wasn't a witch. Rufus gave Hazel her lunch back, but asked to give him a diamond. Hazel tried to defend herself, but Rufus and the bullies refused to back off. A diamond appeared between Hazel's feet, and almost grabbed it.

Thankfully, Sammy Valdez, a troublemaker, walked over, and turned it all into a game, pretending they were filming a movie. The whole courtyard laughed about the possibility that Rufus could be Clark Gable as Sammy said, embarassing him. The bell rang, and Sammy pulled Hazel out of the way. Hazel took her lunch and told Sammy that Rufus would kill him, but Sammy remarked that Rufus knows better than to tangle with him. Sammy decided to keep the diamond as a token of Hazel's favor, but promised not to sell it. Hazel thanked Sammy for being there for him, and the two ran back into the schoolhouse. Hazel began to have a crush on him.

Sammy and Hazel were good friends, with Sammy sneaking her into the "Whites Only" riding club to take care of the horses and go riding. Horses liked Hazel, unlike any other animal. Sammy always made Hazel laugh.

### Moving North

Her thirteenth birthday was filled with ups and downs, as the bullying at school was getting worse. But luckily for Hazel, Sammy snuck her into the riding club. They especially wanted to go in because rumors spread that it would close due to World War Two.

That afternoon, Hazel rode a tan horse and rode so fast she left Sammy behind, leaving him winded by the time he caught up. He asked Hazel if he was "that ugly", which got a laugh out of her. They had a picnic under a magnolia tree in the cold, with the horses tethered to a fence, and shared a cupcake. Though it got smashed on the ride, Hazel thought it was the sweetest thing she had ever seen. They talked about the war, and Sammy lamented about how he wished he was old enough to go. He asked if she would write him letters if he went to war, and Hazel said yes. Sammy then kissed her on the cheek. Hazel felt like she was floating, and barely remembered the ride back to the stables. She never saw him again.

When she returned to her house, she was terrified. She saw Marie in a trance, and a voice came out that wasn't hers. She had seen her in trances before, but never like this. She ran downstairs after she heard what they were saying: how they must move north, strike back at the gods, and that Hazel was a poisoned child.

She ran into a man, who turned out to be Pluto, at the bottom of the stairs. He gripped her shoulders. Hazel was terrified, as he looked just like Adolf Hitler. He remarked how she grown, and a jewel appeared as Hazel trembled. Pluto picked it up, and Hazel protested, telling him it was cursed. But Pluto called it beautiful and apologized to Hazel for her fate. She didn't understand, but it dawned on her that he was her father. She lashed out at him in anger, her eyes filling with tears. Pluto asked Hazel if her mother ever explained her curse, and though she was too angry to speak, Pluto knew. Pluto told her she was born too soon and that although he cannot see her future clearly, she will find her place, as a descendant of Neptune would wipe away her curse. He then gave her a sketch pad and colored pencils. He said he knew her love for horseback riding and art, though she'd have to manage herself for the horse. He wished her a happy birthday, and went to speak to Marie.

Hazel just stood there, paralyzed. She wanted to run away with Sammy, kick Pluto, stomp her colored pencils, but she didn't. She crept up the stairs to see what he would do, and peeked through the door. She saw her throwing things around the parlor and screaming at him. He pleaded with her, begging to stay and explaining he kept her alive. But she called him out, and told him they were going north. He tried to tell her they would both die, but she refused to listen. Hazel wished that he would stay and argue, but he left in silence.

Marie took a deep breath and ordered Hazel to come out from the door. She clutched the colored pencils to her chest, trembling. Marie studied her like she was really a poisoned child and ordered her go pack a bag: they were leaving. Hazel asked where they were going, and Marie said Alaska, where she would "make herself useful" and start a new life. Hazel tried to question her about Pluto, but she brushed her off.

### Life in Alaska

Hazel and Marie lived in Alaska for six months. They lived in a small house by the docks that shook every time the Anchorage train went by. The kitchen was a hot plate and an icebox, and a corner was closed off for Hazel: where she hung up drawings of New Orleans. She went to school, and didn't have any friends. Rumors spread around the community about how she was a witch's child. If she went too close to the children, they would jeer and throw bottles at her. Though, she did ask one local about the island she and her mother went to. He looked at her like she was crazy and insisted there was no island.

Marie worked as a servant on third avenue for railroad workers, naval soldiers, and fishermen. She came home every night with the smell of fish. At night, Marie would be possessed by the voice, giving her orders for her awful plan.

Hazel and her mother were ordered to go to Ressurection Island four to five nights a week. They worn a path into a cavern that Hazel donned "Heart of the Earth". Hazel and her mother would go into that cavern, and Hazel would work herself to tears of exhaustion, begging Gaea to stop. But she would tell her to keep going. Hazel used her powers to bring Gaea's valuables to her. At first, it was only some treasure and bubbled petroleum. But eventually, a spire began to rise and it eventually was two stories tall. The spire held Alcyoneus: the oldest child of Gaea.

Winter was the worst for Hazel, as the voice was there the longest. In the summer, Hazel stayed away from home as long as she could, climbing the hills and attracting ravens.

One day, she stayed out later than usual and saw a gorgeous tan stallion eating gold nuggets. It reminded her of the horse she had ridden with Sammy. Hazel tried to approach it, but it bolted. She spent the rest of the day chasing the horse and returned home at 10 PM after she heard the train.

### Sacrificing herself

Hazel went home after chasing the horse, and saw that her corner of the room was trashed, her sketchpad ripped to shreds, and her colored pencils broken. She read the note Gaea left her, which told her to go to the island. Hazel sobbed in despair, but went to free her mother. She used the boat her mom had bought from a fisherman (who died the next day).

When she was almost at the island, a raven approached her and said: "Tonight. The last night." She asked if it was from her father, but it just repeated itself and flew towards the island.

She arrived at the cavern and saw Marie standing over the pit, possessed by Gaea. But after Hazel arrived, the voice relinquished control. Marie sobbed and apologized. Hazel knew she should be angry, but she couldn't, and put an arm around her mother. She was frail, dirty, and had grey hair. Marie explained that the voice freed her, and told her there was nothing she could do. Marie then told Hazel everything in tears: her curse, courting Pluto, finding Gaea. Hazel begged Marie to tell her how to stop her, but she was interrupted by Gaea. Gaea explained that she only brought Hazel because Marie needed incentive to finish the job: if she sacrificed herself, Hazel would live and Alcyoneus would rise. Gaea told her because of World War Two, the gods taking sides, it would be the perfect opportunity for Gaea to get revive her sons and destroy the world. Gaea would rule forever. All Marie needed to do was to step into the fissure, as a sacrifice was needed to awake her son.

Marie urged Hazel to go, but she refused. She called on her father and summoned all the riches of the island. The cavern shook. Oil bubbled and erupted as Gaea urged her to stop, that both she and her mother would die. Hazel almost stopped and hesitated, knowing she would only live thirteen years. But Marie looked at her and her eyes shone with pride. The only warmth she had been given in years. She told Hazel that she was her gift, and kissed her on the forehead and held her close. That kiss gave Hazel the strength to continue.

She used the last of her strength to crack the cavern walls. The fissure exploded, jewels went flying, and the roof collapsed. Hazel died in Marie's arms as her lungs filled with oil. The island collapsed into the bay.

### The Underworld

Hazel was taken to her trial by Charon. Though Hazel didn't have a coin, he promised to take her across anyway as she was a daughter of Pluto. They arrived on a beach and Hazel went through the dark gates of Erebos. Spirits sensed she was a daughter of pluto and parted for her. Cerberus growled, but he let her pass.

The judges asked her no questions. The first argued that she thwarted Gaea, but the second argued that she raised the giant in the first place and is guilty of cowardice. The third said she did it to protect her mother and that she was young. Upon Marie's mention, Hazel asked where she was. The judges explained that though Hazel died for a noble cause, but she acted too late, but her mother influenced her. They agreed that Hazel should have Elysium and Marie will go to the Fields of Punishment. Hazel protested and told them that it wasn't fair. The first judge told her to beware and that she was destined for great things, showing her her life if she had lived. But Hazel told them her mother was misled and she loved her. Finally, the second judge said there wasn't enough good or evil and put both Hazel and her mother into the Fields of Asphodel.

Hazel, unlike the other spirits, had memories. It made her afterlife harder, especially since her mother couldn't remember her. She drifted aimlessly in those seventy years. She could see Pluto's palace in the distance and tried to go to it, but she could never reach it.

### Returning to Life

Nearly seventy years later, Nico di Angelo, a son of Hades and thus her half-brother, found her in the Fields of Asphodel. He recognized that she was a child of Pluto and brought her back to the world of the living, which was possible due to the Doors of Death being opened. Initially, Nico was in the Underworld to rescue his other sister, Bianca di Angelo, but he was too late as she had tried for rebirth. Nico later states that when he found Hazel, she was just drifting in Asphodel and he could sense that she didn't belong there and that she needed to come back to life.

Once Hazel was restored to life, she began experiencing "blackouts" of her horrible past whenever she tried to think about them. Eventually, she made it to the Wolf House and, consequently, Camp Jupiter, where she was made a guard at the entrance to the Caldecott Tunnel. The blackouts usually happened when she either remembered her past or when she thought too deeply about her old life. Later, after being told to do so by Ella, she pulled Frank Zhang into one of her blackouts, where she replayed the time when she stood before the judges of the Underworld as they decided where she would stay. Afterward, she seems to have no more blackouts. Hazel remembered how Pluto had told Hazel in her past life that a descendant of Neptune would wash away her curse. Initially, she thought that Percy would "wash away" her curse because he was the son of Poseidon. However, she finds out on her quest that Frank is also a descendant of Poseidon and so was not sure who it might be.

## *The Heroes of Olympus*

### *The Lost Hero*

Hazel is remembered by Jason Grace as one of his friends. She knew Jason for about a month before he disappeared, although this is not noted until the second book in the series.

### *The Mark of Athena*

While arriving at Camp Jupiter on the *Argo II*, Annabeth Chase saw Percy on the ground with his arms around Frank and Hazel, as if they were old friends. Annabeth, Jason, Piper McLean, and Leo Valdez then enter the Forum where Annabeth worries that she and Percy may have started a relationship. She quickly dismisses the thought, pairing her with Frank instead. After the attack on New Rome, Hazel and Arion cause a distraction to let their friends escape. She later reunites with the others in Utah, where she wonders if Leo is Sammy Valdez. When Leo tells the seven that they need supplies, she accompanies him to the Salt Lake. They soon come across Nemesis where Hazel sees one of her past teachers. Nemesis tells them to find her brother by the Kalends of Juno. She also tells them that unless they stop the giants by the same day that Rome would be destroyed. She then vanishes. Hazel and Leo share many romantic awkward moments until running across Echo and Narcissus. While Leo and Echo distract the cursed boy, Hazel manages to steal a sheet of Celestial bronze with her powers and flees with Leo toward the *Argo II*.

Hazel is later seen when Piper attempts to get rid of the eidolons, helping to catch Jason after they are banished. She later fans her face and seems flustered after Percy and Annabeth are caught alone together in the stables. Hazel later heads with Piper and Annabeth to Charleston Park where they meet Aphrodite. The goddess tells Hazel to fix her clothes so she could look even more beautiful. The trio is later surrounded by Octavian and Romans, but Percy manages to save them. Hazel, Piper, and Percy stay on board while Annabeth heads into Fort Sumter to rescue Jason, Leo, and Frank, and find the map to help her on her quest. The trio managed to successfully defend the ship by the time the boys came back.

After they make it into the Atlantic Ocean, Hazel shows Leo a flashback of her life. There, she explains that Sammy was her boyfriend and he and Leo look exactly the same. One of Leo's memories take over, and Sammy is revealed to be Leo's great-grandfather and that he met Hera, who told him he won't live to see Hazel's greatest danger. The flashback ends and Leo and Hazel start to talk about what they saw. However, the group is attacked by a skolopendra nicknamed Shrimpzilla, and she tries to help Leo unleash Greek fire to destroy it. Gleeson Hedge then tells the crew that Hazel and Leo were holding hands much to Frank's horror. However, Hazel, Leo, and Frank are taken overboard and land in the underwater city of the ichthyocentaur. Leo explains everything that really happened while Hazel quickly makes friends with the icthyocentaur and they reunite with their friends.

Hazel stays on the ship while Jason and Piper meet Hercules. She is later tied up and taken captive by Chrysaor along with the rest of the crew except Frank. After Percy and Frank defeat him by tricking his crew into thinking Dionysus was on the ship (even though Chyrsaor wasn't convinced, he still had to flee with the rest of his crew), the crew reach Rome, Italy. Hazel, along with Frank and Leo, track Nico di Angelo into the Pantheon. Leo soon uncovers a tunnel that Hazel volunteers to investigate. However, the eidolons attack once again and force Leo and Frank into the tunnel. The trio soon enters a workshop filled with inventions created by Archimedes that Leo becomes fascinated by. Hazel and Frank are soon tasered to unconsciousness by a Taser Ball possessed by an eidolon. Two eidolons possess unworkable machines and threaten to kill Leo with them. Frank wakes up in time to guard Hazel as Leo destroys the eidolons with Archimedes' sphere. Leo sadly tells Hazel that she was tracking Nico by his sword. Hazel, grief-stricken, then asks where Nico could be. Gaea laughs in the trio's faces and shows them that Annabeth is facing her mother's mortal enemy, and Jason, Piper, and Percy are drowning.

Hazel appears again with Leo, Frank, and Coach Hedge as they enter the Colosseum, rescuing Percy, Jason, Piper, and Nico. Leo tells them he had thought of an escape plan. Hazel reunites with Nico, who informs them that the mortal side of the Doors of Death is in The House of Hades. Leo, Hazel, and Frank inform that Gaea had shown them Annabeth was in trouble and they head out to rescue her. The *Argo II* and its crew arrive at Arachne's lair where Annabeth has barely survived the experience. Jason, Piper, Leo, and Frank secure the *Athena Parthenos* to the *Argo II* when Annabeth is dragged into a pit. Hazel desperately warns them to cut the spider silk as Nico tries to save Percy and Annabeth. Percy grabs on to Annabeth as Hazel continues to plead for help. However, Percy makes Nico promise he'll take the four to the House of Hades while he and Annabeth fall into Tartarus.

Hazel, Jason, Piper, Leo, Nico, and Coach Hedge, all aboard the *Argo II*, then decide to follow Percy's orders and set sail to Eprius, Greece to save them from the House of Hades.

### *Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes*

Right after finishing his narration of this book, Percy reveals that after the events of *The Blood of Olympus*, he, Hazel, and the rest of the Seven started the tradition of monthly *Argo II* reunion parties, and he is quite worried about being late to the current one.

## Between the Series

Several days after the deaths of Gaea and Leo, a parchment scroll with a holographic message, sent from the resurrected Leo, came fluttering into Camp Half-Blood on the wind. Hazel and Frank, while angry at Leo for his long absence, are extremely relieved to learn that he is alive.

It can also be assumed that Hazel rarely visits her brother Nico, as the describes her and Frank being busy "doing the Twelfth Legion thing” at Camp Jupiter.

## *The Trials of Apollo*

### *The Hidden Oracle*

Hazel is not present at Camp Half-Blood when the depowered Apollo and Meg McCaffrey arrive, so Nico explains where his sister and the rest of the Seven are now, while showing Leo's holographic message.

### *The Dark Prophecy*

Leo mentions the daughter of Pluto, saying it would be good to see her again.

### *The Burning Maze*

Leo mentions Hazel when telling Apollo and the others that she survived Caligula’s assault on Camp Jupiter.

### *The Tyrant's Tomb*

When she and Lavinia Asimov stand sentry, she lets her go for a while. She later meets up with her, Apollo, Meg McCaffrey, and Don when they are taking the body of Jason Grace to Camp Jupiter and are attacked by two Eurynomos. They fight them off and one tells her it’s master will allow her and Frank’s skeletons to serve him. She then collapses part of the tunnel with quartz and cries and scolds the son of Jupiter’s corpse when she realizes who it is, having seen his death in a nightmare days ago. She solemnly helps the others carry the coffin to camp. She and the others bring Jason’s coffin to Camp and inform praetors: Frank and Reyna.

During Jason’s funeral, she and the rest of the fifth cohort act as the honor guard. As they are about to light the pyre Lupa arrives, surprisingly everyone including her. After a quest to find Tarquin’s tomb is approved she volunteers to lead it, joining Apollo, Meg, and Lavinia. She complains about Frank wanting to go on the quest and what he pulled during the battle a few days ago. She explains her curse to Meg and that she has more control over it since dating Frank. She tells the other to go about there business for the afternoon and to meet up in the Field of Mars at sunset. She, Meg, and Lavinia arrive to see Apollo talking with Frank, she speaks with the son of Mars before her group sets out.

Along the way she talks with Apollo about Frank’s actions during the attack and he tells her everything he can about Tarquin. They reach Tilden Park and she and Meg sence something evil underground. When they figure out what the numbers mean, she writes it on the tile and they enter. She send a pair of Skeleton Warriors away and they move on to the throne room. Tarquin explains that he will attack alongside the emperors and turns his attention to the daughter of Pluto and her group. They charge and she takes out Caelius and two more Eurynomos. The daughter of Pluto then collapses a wall behind Tarquin and the four escape with Meg’s help. When they reach a river she senses about a dozen pursuers and Lavinia goes to hold them off after pointing them back to camp. She and Meg make it back to camp with an unconscious Apollo.

Two days later she and Dakota learn of the capabilities and number of the emperor’s Greek Fire canons. She calms down the fifth by saying at least they now know what Triumvirate Holdings is capable of. As she walks with Apollo and Meg she senses an aura of death around him. She then sees Don and Lavinia arguing on a bridge and tells them to stop but they ignore her. She leaves Apollo to teach archery to the Fifth Cohort.

The following day she drives a red pickup truck to Reyna, Apollo, and Meg to use to get to Sutro Tower. Reyna comments how she has improved by not hitting Terminus. That night during the assalt she aided the first through fourth cohorts while riding Arion. When Terminus warns them zombies are swarming New Rome from the sewers. She takes Apollo and Meg to Temple Hill to help Tyson and Ella perform the ritual. The girls drop him off and go to New Rome to help.

Later as she and Arion fight a hoard of zombies, she meets Apollo and Meg and, after they inform her of Frank’s sacrifice, sends Arion to find him. They reach the bookstore to find Tarquin interrogating Aristophanes about the Sibylline Books. She attacks the undead king and moments later Diana arrives to finish him off. She is shocked when Arion returns with a living Frank. They rush him to a medical tent and she and Apollo stay at his bedside and theorize about how he survived. When the son of Mars wakes up the daughter of Pluto hugs him.

A few days later during a senate meeting, she is chosen to replace Reyna as praetor after she resigns from the legion to join the Hunters of Artemis (which Frank Zhang disapproved of), she accepts and has Lavinia replace her as centurion of the fifth cohort.

In the morning she and Frank say their goodbyes to Apollo and Meg.

### *The Tower of Nero*

After becoming a god again, Apollo visits Camp Jupiter where Frank and Hazel have become the most respected and efficient praetors the Twelfth Legion has ever had. In record time, they have inspired a rebuilding effort in New Rome, repaired the damage from the Battle of San Francisco Bay and started a recruitment drive with Lupa's wolves to bring in new demigods from the wild. To Apollo's surprise, at least twenty new demigods have been brought in this way since his departure.

Frank and Hazel give Apollo a tour of the camp, pointing out their additions which Hazel describes being plated with gold and completely over the top. Frank adds that as far as they can tell, Hazel's curse is officially broken and they have done an augury at Pluto's shrine that came up favorable. Hazel can now summon jewels and precious metals and use or spend them without casting any curses. Hazel reassures Apollo that they won't abuse that power and will only use it to improve the camp and honor the gods. Hazel pointedly tells Frank that they won't be using it for anything tacky or yachts and airplanes. Hazel becomes annoyed when Frank plays with his praetor's cloak, turning it into a sweater wrap.

## Appearance

Hazel is of Louisiana Creole descent with shoulder-length curly cinnamon brown hair and gold eyes. She is marked with a glyph, the letters SPQR, and one stripe for one year of service that she received only a few weeks before Percy arrived. Frank and Leo consider her to be very pretty, while Percy says that Hazel's mother looks just like Hazel, saying Marie Levesque was "beautiful." Percy also describes Hazel as being "darker-skinned," and when Hazel is describing her mother later on she mentions that they had the "same dark complexion, brown as a roasted coffee bean."

Also, when patrolling Frank's grandmother's house, Frank talks about how Hazel wore this shirt and jacket, "that made her skin look as warm as cocoa." She is toned and fit and is the shortest of the seven demigods, though she is also the youngest, in stark contrast to Frank Zhang, the tallest of the seven and third oldest.

## Personality

Hazel is bright and outgoing with a love for creativity and horseback riding, but a has dislike for boating and curses. Percy states that she was a great comfort to him and Frank, at times even saying that she seemed confident. Percy also describes her as being very mature for her age, although he felt a little uncomfortable when he started depending on her for comfort, but was glad she was there. Hazel tends to ignore others at times for her own preferences. For example, she carries a cavalry sword while not owning a horse to ride into battle on and she originally didn't want to like Frank because everyone at Camp Jupiter said they would end up together.

She feels a massive amount of guilt over releasing Alcyoneus, and thinks it's her responsibility to bring him down. Because of this, Percy initially states that she seems to have a 'deep sadness', despite her easygoing personality. Hazel is initially afraid of her own abilities. She constantly tries to keep others away from her gems, worried that they will be hurt by them; and becomes shaken if anyone comes near them as a result.

She seems to have internalised her mother's past view of her as a 'cursed child', as she believes her abilities are dangerous, and feels that she doesn't belong at camp Jupiter. She tries to hide her past as much as she can, believing others would blame her or even see her as monstrous if they found out that she released Alcyoneus. However, she eventually starts to open up to Frank and Percy during their quest to Alaska, sharing her burdens and realising that they trust her even despite knowing about her past. This leads to her feeling more grounded; as she states she doesn't feel like she's divided between the past and present.

During her time on the Argo II, she is shown to be very protective and defensive of those she cares about, as she becomes very upset when Jason and Leo question Nico's intentions, leading her to mistrust Jason. She is also stated by Leo to have a lot of nervous energy, and often summons metals when she is thinking.

After Annabeth and Percy fall into Tartarus, Hazel feels a sense of guilt for not being able to stop them from getting away from them, especially as she looked up to Percy and felt that both he and Annabeth united the Argo II. After this, she feels the need to take more initiative in the Argo II, becoming increasingly determined to unite the group and keep them safe. This leads her to meeting Hecate, who offers her a limited number of potential paths that the group can take. She refuses the three options that were offered as they won’t protect her friends, resulting in her being offered a new potential path. She responds boldly to Hecate by telling her she is forming her own pathway.

She also starts to attempt to use the mist. While initially fruitless in trying to transform various objects and form illusions, she uses her past and experiences with ghosts to realize that the mist affects what people want to see. She also reflects on the nature of wealth and its similarities with the mist, using her past and embracing her lineage as a child of Pluto for the first time. Her resourcefulness here allows her to further develop her skills with the mist, which she uses when encountering Pasiphae. Her encounter with Pasiphae reminds her of her mother, and she reflects that no child should be treated as if they are a monster, and this is why she views the minotaur as a victim of the story.

Towards the end of the Blood of Olympus, Hazel has become more confident, especially with her abilities with the mist, and Nico tells her that this is something she did herself.

Hazel can be easily embarrassed, such as through Frank's clumsiness and his attempts to comfort her. Hazel is extremely loyal to her friends and treats them as family, as shown through her friendship with Frank and Percy, as well as the rest of the Fifth Cohort and when she gave up Elysium to go to the Fields of Asphodel so that her mother wouldn't go to the Fields of Punishment. She is also very affectionate, having kissed Percy, Frank, Leo and Nico on the cheek multiple times though most of the time, she gives them sisterly kisses.

## Abilities

As a child of the Big Three and one of the seven, Hazel is an extremely powerful demigod with power only rivaling that of other children of the Big Three.

* General Abilities
* Demigod Abilities

* **ADHD**: Like most demigods, Hazel possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that she uses to analyze the fighting style of her opponent.
* **Fighting Skills**: Hazel is a very skilled user of her Spatha, able to defeat many trained legionnaires in *The Son of Neptune* during the war games, despite them having more experience than her, she was also able to hold her own to an extent while fighting Clytius by herself when it took 5 demigods and a goddess to defeat him, although she was very nearly killed. She was able to hold her own well with Alcyoneus a giant that is meant to oppose Hades/Pluto and his children, and ultimately defeat him with some help from Frank Zhang and Arion in The Son of Neptune. Hazel was able to fight off these two very strong and ancient giants by herself, therefore, albeit she wasn't as skilled as either and had help in their defeat. In the Second Giant War Hazel is able to hold her own very well against multiple giants, ultimately defeating them with the help of Arion and Hecate. Also, Hazel is able to teach swordsmanship to Piper and train her to also become a skilled swordswoman.
* **Dyslexia**: Hazel's brain is "hard-wired" for Latin.
* **French** **(limited)**: Hazel speaks Louisiana French, having studied it in school, though she is not fluent. However, her French is so very different from Frank's Canadian French, that they can barely communicate.
* **Superhuman Strength** : Being a demigod, Hazel is stronger than the average mortal.
* **Superhuman Agility** : Being a demigod, Hazel is more agile than the regular human being and has much faster reactions.
* **Superhuman Durability** : Being a demigod, a Hazel is more durable than the average mortal, as shown as she survived being hit by a giant, and shook off being hit by one of the strongest giants while traveling at supersonic speed on her horse, Arion.
* **Skilled Trainer**: Hazel is shown to be a skilled trainer, as she trained Piper at sword fighting. Piper was able to even go toe to toe with the giant, Periboia and fight the giant, Mimas, because of Hazel's training.
* **Mist Manipulation**: According to Hecate in *The House of Hades*, Hazel has a great potential to manipulate the Mist. Her mother had this ability as well, but Hazel's potential is even greater. She has begun to master this new skill, having successfully tricked Sciron and even defeated the more experienced and powerful sorceress Pasiphaë. By *The Blood of Olympus*, Hazel was capable of conjuring up persuasive illusions, making Percy and Annabeth appear as Earthborn giants, and make Jason appear as an old man.
	+ **Mnemokinesis**: As she has the ability to use the Mist, Hazel can manipulate memories.
	+ **Mist Travel**: During the final battle with the Giants in *The Blood of Olympus*, Hazel displayed the ability to disappear into the Mist and appear again to strike the enemies.[1]
	+ **Mist Placement**: During her battle with Clytius Hazel has displayed the ability to use the Mist to take objects that are far away from her, and place them right behind her seen in The House of Hades when Hazel used the Mist to take a half dead Percy and Annabeth and over powered Leo who were being choked to death in a dark black smoky mist by Clytius and placed them behind her. She has also displayed this ability when she put the bandit Sciron in front of the cliff, making Jason able to kick him off. [2], [3]
* **Leadership**: Hazel is shown to be a great leader as she is a praetor of the Fifth Cohort.
* **Art**: Hazel is a particularly gifted and talented artist, as she was able to recreate what Calypso looked like with only Leo's description.

## Magical Items

* **Spatha:** Hazel fights with an Imperial Gold spatha, a Roman cavalry sword.
* **Frank's Stick**: In *The Son of Neptune*, Frank trusted the daughter of Pluto with his life line which she has kept for most of their quest to Athens. However, after Leo gave Frank a fire-proof bag to keep the stick in, Hazel gives it back to Frank, feeling a little disappointed in having to give it back.
* **Reyna's cloak**: After Hazel becomes the Praetor of the Twelfth Legion, she is given Reyna's old cloak.
* **Praetor badge**: After Hazel becomes the Praetor of the Twelfth Legion, she is given Reyna's old badge of office.

## Relationships

### Love Interests

* Frank Zhang
* Sammy Valdez

Frank and Hazel were good friends in *The Son of Neptune*, but they both secretly had crushes on each other. Hazel heart skipped a beat every time she saw Frank, which irritated her, and went nuts every time Frank is around, which she hadn't felt since Sammy. Hazel also got irritated because the entire Camp teased her and said she and Frank should date, because they were the two biggest losers at camp, which made Hazel determined not to like him. However, Frank was the only one at Camp nice to Hazel and didn't treat her like a disease, which Hazel was grateful for but thought that if he knew about her past, he wouldn't be as nice to her. As for Frank, he really liked Hazel and thought she was nice and good looking. He was very attracted to her and wanted to put his arms around her and make her warm, and thought she always looked good, even in her war helmet. Hazel was Franks only friend and he even almost told her about his firewood secret. Frank also was grateful for Hazel when she stood for Percy Jackson. And at dinner, Frank bragged to Percy about Hazel got her first stripe, and made her sound like a hero.

Hazel and Frank later went on the quest to Alaska along with Percy. While on the boat, Frank attempted to help Hazel with her seasickness and got a saltine, but it snapped in his big fingers and crumbs went everywhere, making Hazel laugh. When Hazel got a blackout, Frank became very worried and panicked, and was relieved when she woke up. Frank was also worried that he never noticed her blackouts before and asked if it was for a medical reason, and held her hand, which surprised Hazel, but pleasantly. After Percy left to get food, Frank told Hazel that he realized she was born in a different time and was from the Underworld. Hazel wanted to cry, not because she was upset, but because she was relieved he wasn't treating her like a zombie. Frank reassured Hazel that she was alive now, and intended to keep her that way. Hazel said she didn't deserve a friend like him, and Frank said she was a great friend and not the only one who had secrets. Before Frank could explain, Hazel was dragged away by Karpoi. However, even after, even though Hazel was the one Frank trusted most, Frank hesitated to tell her, because he worried he wouldn’t want to take his burden.

As the quest went on, Hazel began seeing Frank as having more courage than she realized, and the one looking out for her, which was a nice change for Hazel, since usually she was the one looking out for Frank and keeping him out of trouble. Frank eventually encouraged Hazel to tell the story of her past, and that she shouldn’t carry her problems alone, but if she didn’t want to, it was okay. Hazel eventually told everything, except for Sammy, to Frank, Ella, and Percy, and Frank held her hand, saying that Hazel was brave and that he could never be as brave as Hazel. Hazel trusted Frank enough to pull him into one of her blackouts, and Frank saw where she went after death. As Frank and Hazel sat in the Fields of Asphodel, Frank said she deserved Elysium, and he was angry her life was taken away from her at such a young age. Frank finally told Hazel about his lifeline, and Hazel questioned why he would trust her, being a daughter of Pluto, but he insisted and said she was his best friend, and he trusted her. Frank and Hazel became more attracted to each other, and after Hazel rescued Arion, Frank said she was very incredible and Hazel wanted to kiss him right then and there. And when they were at Grandma Zhang’s house, Hazel made Frank his favorite breakfast, astonishing him that Hazel would do that. Later, Frank thanked Hazel for not hating him and making him breakfast, and Hazel confessed she was impressed when Frank summoned a skeleton the night before, shocking him. Frank was later slightly jealous when Hazel gave Percy a sisterly kiss on the way to Anchorage. But finally, after Frank defeated Alcyoneus, Hazel gave him a kiss on the lips, starting their relationship. Hazel also began carrying Frank’s firewood.

In *The Mark of Athena*, Frank and Hazel’s relationship became a little strained, due to Leo Valdez being on the ship, and being attracted to Hazel. Frank was skeptical of Leo due to looking like Sammy, and scowled when Hazel went off with Leo on Arion. Frank and Leo would keep showing off to impress Hazel the next day in Kansas, and before Frank could insult Leo, Hazel stepped in and promised to help Frank scout for Roman Eagles. and Frank became furious at Leo when he and Hazel stood holding hands for awhile, because Frank thought he had feelings for Hazel. However, Frank and Hazel still cared about each other, and Frank promised to rescue Nico di Angelo for Hazel's sake, and became furious at Jason and Leo when they were suspicious of him. Frank wanted to go comfort Hazel right away but Piper told Frank to wait a few minutes so she could cool off. Hazel also tried not to laugh when Frank couldn’t get the Chinese finger trap off of him. Hazel would also talk to Leo and tell him that his fire made Frank nervous. The strain in their relationship ended after Hazel and Frank went to Rome with Leo, and Frank and Leo's relationship mended.

In *The House of Hades*, Frank and Hazel are as close as ever, and Frank was grateful for Hazel when she offered to go with him to Venice so he wouldn't be alone with Nico. Frank was also very angry when Hazel was poisoned and threatened Triptolemus to heal her. Frank was determined to kill the Katobleps to heal her, and when she woke up, Frank tackled her in a hug. When Frank’s appearance changed after getting the Blessing of Mars, Hazel said he looked amazing, but when Hazel kissed Frank, she had a sad look in her eyes. Hazel worries that Franks personality would change, but after a few days, she realized he was the same old Frank she knew and loved, and was in awe and impressed after he defeated the katobleps in Venice. Hazel also wished that Frank was with her instead of Jason when defeating Sciron. Later, after they went through the House of Hades, Frank ran and hugged her. They were both worried about each other’s injuries but were both grateful to be alive. Hazel also tried to hug Frank when she found out he was praetor, but she couldn’t due to her broken ribs. Hazel also trusted Frank enough to tell him that she knew that Leo was in love with a girl.

In *The Blood of Olympus*, Hazel and Frank were very close and reminded Leo of an old married couple. Frank would sometimes put his hand over Hazel’s, which Hazel recently would stop getting flustered at. Hazel and Frank would you to most places together. Frank and Hazel both cried together with Frank's arm around hers as they told the others about Leo’s death. During Hazel's last night at Camp Half-Blood, Frank visited Hazel and they talked to each other in hushed tones. When Nico sublely threatened Frank, Hazel laced her hand in his, making Nico's heart ache at his comfortable they looked together. Hazel kissed him and said she would see him in the morning before he left the cabin.

In *The Tyrant's Tomb*, we see that Hazel is worried about Frank having a death wish and wanted him to be safe. When Apollo and her are eating lunch, she's distracted and mumbles to herself about liking a guy with a death wish. She then tells Apollo how by talking to Frank and being made to feel loved by him, he washed away her curse, which she sounded grateful for. Before Hazel goes on the quest with Apollo, she has a talk with Frank out of earshot. Lavinia says that they would be there for a while, because when those two start mother henning over each other, it could take awhile. Lavinia claims that if they could wrap each other in Styrofoam peanuts, they would. When everyone thinks that Frank died, Hazel is in another part of town, and doesn't know. When Apollo tells her after they kill a legion of zombies, she leans on Arion and cries, but has to quickly compose herself. She sends Arion to go find Frank's body and goes to fight Tarquin. After the battle. Hazel is scolding Lavinia about leaving her post when she sees Arion with a figure draped across his back. It's Frank. They rush him to the medics and it is shown that Frank is healthy. Hazel and Apollo are by his side when he wakes up. Hazel hugs him and cries. She proceeds to tell him how he scared her and gives him some nectar. She kisses him on the forehead and tells him he broke her heart. Fast-forward to the end. Hazel and Frank meet Apollo in a coffee shop before they have to rouse the legion. They leave hand in hand.
In *The Tower of Nero*, the two work on rebuilding New Rome together and are the most efficient and respected pair of praetors to ever run the Twelfth Legion. The two also enjoy the fact that Hazel's curse appears to officially be broken and she can use her powers to create gold and jewels without any trouble.

### Friends

* Percy Jackson
* Jason Grace
* Leo Valdez
* Piper McLean
* Annabeth Chase
* Dakota
* Reyna Ramírez-Arellano
* Hylla Ramírez-Arellano
* Lavinia Asimov
* Meg McCaffrey
* Apollo

Percy and Hazel first met in *The Son of Neptune*, when Hazel saw Percy being carried by Juno to Camp Jupiter. Hazel and Frank helped get Percy get across the Caldecott Tunnel to Camp. Hazel helped Percy once he made it and bragged about his deeds to Reyna, calling him brave and heroic. Hazel took Percy to Temple Hill and answered his questions about the Twelfth Legion Fulminata, telling him about legacies and how Camp Jupiter works. Hazel even showed him her favorite view of the city of New Rome. She also comforted Percy when he prayed to his father, Neptune, and put her hand on his back, saying he was one of them. Percy found it awkward, but was glad she was there. Percy liked her but could sense she had a deep sadness inside of her: mature for her age, nice and easygoing, but hiding a big secret. He didn't believe she would have anything to be guiltily about and thought she was nice. As for Hazel, she was in awe of him. When she first saw him, she thought he was a god in disguise, with an aura of power, and ordered Frank not to fire on him, since she thought it was the gods testing her. But when she learned he was the son of Neptune, she hoped he would heal her curse. She could also sense he was more dangerous than Jason, Nico, Reyna, or Octavian.

Hazel ended up standing for Percy and letting him join the Fifth Cohort, which Nico was very proud of her for. Because she stood for Percy, if he did something wrong, Hazel would be killed along with him. They ate dinner together, and Percy told Hazel that they can turn things around for the Fifth Cohort, calling her his friend and giving him a little smile. As she got to know him, she realized he was smarter than he looked and learned not to underestimate him, even if he thought the questions he asked at first were silly. Percy later collaborated with Frank and Hazel for winning the war games. The next day, Percy decided to go on the quest with Hazel and Frank, even though he didn't like Mars, because he thought of them as nice dependable people who made a good team. During the Quest for Thanatos, Hazel and Percy bonded and Hazel told Percy about how she died, her biggest secret. Percy accepted her, to her surprise, telling her that she deserved to go to Elysium, and that she did the right thing by standing up to Gaea.

Percy eventually told Hazel his biggest secret one he found out: he was a Greek demigod from Camp Half-Blood. Percy said he felt that he was as close to Hazel as any of his old friends from Camp, and that since he trusted her, he hoped she would trust him. But to his surprise, Hazel kissed him on the cheek and smiled with sisterly affection, saying of course she trusted him, they were family. The kiss made Percy feel warm down to his feet. Percy felt lucky to have Frank and Hazel watching over him, and thought of them as the bright spots in his scary life after his memory loss. Hazel and Frank were the only things making Percy feel not alone, and promised that he wouldn’t lose them. And when they made it to Alaska, Percy saved Hazel from Gaea and promised her that they would find Nico. The two later promised each other that they would make it back home, Percy would see Annabeth again, and Hazel make it back to Camp. Percy said that Hazel was too valuable to him and the camp and he wouldn't let anything happen to her. Percy reassured Hazel that there was more to her destiny than dying since that she was destined to fight Gaea with him, and her life was worth fighting for. Once they got back to Camp Jupiter, Percy was glad that Hazel was being treated well and as a savior of Rome, and knew that she deserved it. Percy knew Hazel wanted time alone with Frank and respected that, letting them walking around New Rome alone. The next day, Percy promised Hazel that he would find Nico as soon as they made it to Rome.

In *The Mark of Athena*, Percy was near Hazel when the Argo II arrived at Camp. Percy told Annabeth that Hazel was a good person, showing how close he was to her during a short amount of time. When Leo fired on Camp Jupiter by accident, Percy asked if Hazel was going to come with him to Rome, and Hazel said she would, and bought him some time so he could escape from the angry Romans. Percy was very protective of Hazel on the quest, and when she went off with Leo, Percy pulled Leo aside to tell him Hazel's story. While Percy told Leo this, he gave off an undertone that said "If you mess with (Hazel) I will personally feed you to a great white shark". In return, Hazel helped save Percy from Eidolons. Hazel was slightly scandalized by Percy when he was with Annabeth in the stables, not meeting his eyes, but it didn't affect their friendship. Percy couldn't stand seeing Hazel in pain during their voyage while missing Nico, and began to feel a responsibility for her, along with everyone else on the ship. Percy became very worried when Hazel went missing and scoured the entire seafloor to find her, Leo, and Frank. Hazel was supportive of his relationship with Annabeth, smiling when they kissed. After Percy began falling into Tartarus, Hazel realized and tried to cut the ropes, screaming for help and reaching out for him and Annabeth, to no avail.

In *The House of Hades*, she missed Percy very much. Percy was the demigod she admired most, and was grateful about the many times he saved her life in Alaska. She regarded Percy as one of the most important members of the crew, the backbone of the group. He gave her confidence while crossing the Atlantic and she wanted to make him and Annabeth proud, because she felt like she failed him. Hazel even trusted Hecate and decided to have the ship go the most dangerous route to Epirus just to ensure his survival. While meeting Sciron, she couldn't believe Percy was a son ph Poseidon, but realized he was like his father's good side, since he was gentle and helpful, like the kind of sea that takes ships safely to distant lands. Hazel sobbed when she saw Percy and Annabeth come out from the Doors of Death limp as corpses, and demanded that Clytius let them go, and could feel Percy's life force wane. Hazel was shocked when she saw Annabeth and Percy covered with black smoke and wanted nothing else but to save them from Pasiphaë and Clytius, which she did. When they returned to the ship, Percy demanded that Hazel stay with the Argo II because they needed her, and didn’t want her to get lost in the labyrinth.
In *The Blood of Olympus*, they were close friends. They both went together (with Hazel and Frank) to help defeat Nike/Victoria. The two joked with each other, when Percy joked about how her horse, Arion, cursed, and when Hazel rolled her eyes when Percy and Leo tried to get Nikes attention, calling them impossible. While they fought Nike, Percy was against Hazel using the labyrinth to help defeat her, and pretending to fight each other, since he was against both of those things, but he chose to trust Hazel, which saved them all. Percy pretended fo fight Hazel and fired popcorn at her. When Hazel fell during battle, he rushed to help her, catching her when she collapsed. Hazel later got Leo and Percy to stop arguing about zodiac signs, saying that Kekrops was a Geminus, which is different than Gemini. Though Hazel deeply cared about Percy, she kept Leo's suicidal plan from him, at his insistence. When Percy found out, he was angry at Hazel, but his rage dissipated when he couldn't be mad at Hazel while she was crying, and agreed it was a plan Leo would've done. The two are still in contact, going to Argo II reunion parties.

### Family

* Marie Levesque
* Nico di Angelo
* Pluto

Marie Levesque is Hazel's mother. She is the one responsible for Hazel's curse. She was a fortune teller and a jewel seller who once summoned Pluto using a spell that Hecate granted her, and Pluto courted her. Later, he swore on the River Styx that he would grant her anything she wished. Marie, who had been poor her entire life, wished for all the riches in the earth. Pluto warned her of the curse it would bring, but still granted her the wish, and thus, Hazel's curse.

Marie is said to be selfish in the beginning. She was under Gaea's spell and blamed Hazel for her curse. Under Gaea, she uses her daughter and the two go to Alaska to avoid the gods. Hazel is then used by Gaea to resurrect Alcyoneus.
At first, Marie is thought to hate Hazel and think that she is a cursed child. In the end, Marie reveals that she loves Hazel and that Hazel is the one greatest treasure in her life and attempts to sacrifice herself in order to save Hazel, even if that meant that Alcyoneus and Gaea would rise. Hazel, in order to stop Alcyoneus' rise, sacrifices herself. She drowns with her mother holding her in her arms and they manage to delay the rise of the Gigantes for another couple of decades.

### Other

#### Calypso

Hazel’s relationship with Calypso is largely unknown, partly because they never interacted, although Hazel’s hair color was described to look like Calypso’s, and Hazel drew Calypso, for Leo Valdez.

## Etymology

* **Hazel** is an Old English female name, it means "*the hazel tree"* which the name for a tree and color, as there is a tree called the Hazel Witch Tree which can be used for healing purposes. As interestingly her eyes are pure gold, described as being like jewels as there is jewelry that can be hazel in color.
* **Lévesque** is Old French for "Bishop."

## Trivia

* Her favorite food is shrimp gumbo. She says it is her 'comfort food'. It also reminds her about living in New Orleans.
* Hazel feels that she and Nico represent Pluto's/Hades' two spheres of control: she represents wealth and Nico represents death.
* Hazel knows a little bit of Louisiana French because she used to live there. She tried to have a conversation with Frank, because he knew Canadian French, but it ended quickly for which the reason being the major differences in the French translations.
* Frank, Piper McLean, and Hazel are the only three of the Seven Heroes to have the ability to speak French, albeit different dialects (Frank knows Canadian French, Hazel knows Louisiana French, Piper knows European French and possibly all other variations of French.). Still, Piper is the only one of the three who can speak the language fluently.
* Nico di Angelo and Hazel's mothers share a close resemblance in their first names: Marie Levesque and Maria di Angelo.
* Hazel's role in *The Son of Neptune* is vaguely similar to Piper's in *The Lost Hero*.
	+ They both have a crush on a member of the quest. However, Piper is much more open about her crush.
	+ They both possess a dark secret.
* Hazel is one of the four known demigods who can speak another language not related to their godly parent. The other three are Nico di Angelo, who can converse in Italian, Leo Valdez, who can converse in Spanish and in Morse code, and Frank Zhang, who can converse in Canadian French and in Mandarin.
* Hazel has several similarities with Thalia Grace:
	+ Both are children of the Big Three (Pluto, Zeus).
	+ Both aged slower than normal. (Hazel is a returned mortal from the 1930s and '40s; Thalia was transformed into a tree for six years and only aged three years, then she became a Hunter of Artemis and stopped aging altogether.)
	+ Both possess the ability to manipulate The Mist.
	+ Both have a brother who looks nothing like them, but whom had problems with Percy Jackson in the past for different reasons and are from a different camp than their own (Nico di Angelo, Jason Grace).
	+ Both spent less than a year at their respective camps (Camp Jupiter, Camp Half-Blood).
	+ Both used to admire heroes who were similar (Jason Grace, Luke Castellan). For different reasons, both stopped admiring him.
	+ Both received a prophecy that possibly describes one of the Seven. (Hazel was told by Pluto a descendant of Neptune would wash away her curse, which could be Percy Jackson or Frank Zhang; Thalia was told by Halcyon Green that one day she'd be reunited with her family, referring to Jason Grace.)
	+ Both are angry at their immortal fathers (Pluto, Zeus).
	+ Both have December birthdays (December 17, 1928; December 22, 1988).
	+ Both were born near the end of their respective decade (1920s, 1980s), with the number in the one's place both being 8.
	+ Both were manipulated by a deity into aiding in the destruction of Olympus. (Gaea tried to manipulate Hazel into raising her son Alcyoneus; Atlas tried to convince Thalia into slaying the Ophiotaurus.) In the end, both made the right choice that ended with a change in their mortality status (Hazel sacrificed herself to defeat Gaea and Alcyoneus; Thalia opposed the Titans and became immortal, as a Hunter of Artemis).
	+ Both went on a quest with Percy to rescue a chained deity (Artemis, Thanatos).
	+ Leo Valdez was attracted to both of them.
	+ They both end up working against a hero, both whom look similarly and had once been their ally. (Octavian, Luke Castellan).
* She is one of only known demigods to be brought back from the Fields of Asphodel to live once more. Midas ( Who is a son of Cybele) and his son Lityerses ( Son of Demeter) have also returned.
* Hazel was told by her father Pluto that a descendant of Neptune will wash away her curse and give her peace. Frank Zhang was revealed to be him, as he is descended from Neptune, the Roman form of Poseidon.
* She is the only demigod daughter of one of the Big Three in the series to have never been a member of the Hunters of Artemis.
* Hazel is the only one of the Seven to not be the same gender as her godly parent.
* Horses are the only animal that aren't afraid of Hazel, unlike her half-brother Nico, who all animals fear.
* Hazel's mother, while being controlled by Gaea, called her a "cursed child."
* Hazel doesn't know if she has ADHD and/or dyslexia, as when she was growing up (before she died), people would simply call those with ADHD or dyslexia lazy.
* Hazel's birthday is December 17, 1928. However, because of her time spent in the Underworld (effectively stopping her aging while there), the day she becomes a year older may be different from her actual day of birth.
* While Percy believed Hazel to be "about 13" in *The Son of Neptune*, she was actually 14 when she debuted since she had died at 13 years old, was resurrected and made a member of Camp Jupiter by September following the Titan War, and her birthday December 17, which had been the day Jason, Piper, and Leo went on the wilderness trip in the first chapter of *The Lost Hero*, had already passed by the time Percy first meets Hazel.
* Hazel is the only known child of Pluto, with both Nico and Bianca being children of Hades.
* Hazel can become seasick very easily, as shown in *The Son of Neptune* and *The Mark of Athena*.
* In Teutonic, Hazel means "commander".
* Hazel is the only African-American demigod of the Seven.
	+ Hazel is the third character of African descent to have a Point-of-View in the Riordanverse, after Carter and Sadie Kane.
* Hazel tends to fan her face when she is shy or embarrassed; a habit she picked up from her first life.
* Hazel is the only character who’s year of birth is given and never contradicted, unlike her brother Nico.
* Hazel is both the youngest and oldest member of the seven, being the youngest biologically and the oldest chronologically.
* Hazel is the only known demigod child of the Big Three to not participate in the Second Titan War, as she was in the Fields of Asphodel at the time.
* Hazel is a witch, and there is a tree called the Hazel Witch Tree. It is unknown if this is a coincidence or not.
* Hazel is the only child of the Big Three to not have any mortal siblings.
* Hazel is the only known Roman demigod to not train with Lupa, as Nico brought her straight to Camp Jupiter.
* Unlike her half brother Nico, horses like Hazel as she was able to tame and ride Arion.

## References

1. ↑ *The Blood of Olympus*, chapter 49
2. ↑ *The House of Hades*, chapter 74
3. ↑ *The House of Hades*, chapter 23

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