Leo Valdez

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## Leo Valdez

### Aliases

Counselor of Cabin Nine
Hero of Olympus
Son of Hephaestus
Commander Tool Belt

### Relatives

Hephaestus (father)
Esperanza Valdez † (mother)
Josephine and Hemithea (foster mothers)
Hephaestus's Cabin members (paternal half-siblings)
Charles Beckendorf, Jake Mason, Isaac Schuster, Shane, Christopher, Harley and Archimedes (paternal half-brothers)
Nyssa Barrera and Heloise (paternal half-sisters)
Georgina (foster sister)
Rosa Valdez (maternal aunt)
Raphael (maternal first cousin)
Sammy Valdez, Jr. (maternal great-grandfather)
Hera (paternal grandmother)
Sammy Valdez, Sr. (maternal great-grandfather

### Home

Houston, Texas (formerly)
Wilderness School (formerly)
Camp Half-Blood (part-time)
Waystation, Indianapolis, Indiana (part-time)

### Affiliation

Camp Half-Blood
Olympians

## Appearances

### Appears in

The Heroes of Olympus (1,2,3,4,5)
The Trials of Apollo (1,2,3,5)
The Demigod Diaries

### Debut

The Lost Hero

**Leo Valdez** is one of the main characters and narrators of *The Heroes of Olympus* series.

## Background

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## Appearance

In *The Lost Hero*, Leo is described by Jason to look like a "Latino Santa's elf," with curly black hair, dark brown eyes, pointy ears, a cheerful, elf-like face, normally with a mischievous and impish smile, and a diminutive stature with a slim and relatively scrawny build. He is implied to be fairly short, between Piper and Hazel in stature. Leo's most notable trait is that he has a look in his eyes that makes him look not only like a troublemaker, but also like he has taken much more caffeine than the normal limit. Although not being quite as handsome as Jason, Percy, and Frank have been described, Leo has been called 'cute in a scrawny way' by nymphs and the Maenads from Demigod Diaries, indicating that Leo is quite good-looking despite not finding himself attractive.

## Personality

Leo is mischievous, flirty, upbeat, resourceful, eccentric, and impulsive, and loves to tell jokes constantly, even if they aren't particularly funny. He prides himself on being the 'class clown' and pulling pranks on those around him. Leo is genuinely very intelligent and honest and cares about his friends and found family. Being bullied growing up taught him to adapt and entertain even under pressure, as making his enemies or peers laugh prevented them from attacking him. He is also shown to be incredibly brave and selfless, willing to sacrifice himself to save his friends and stop Gaea. He is said to be sensitive about his size and occasionally makes self-deprecating jokes about it. Even with his mischievous personality, Leo is also a leader, as he is the counselor of the Hephaestus cabin and a commander on the Argo II.

## Disability

Leo, like most greek demigods, has ADHD and dyslexia, this is because Greek demigods have an innate predisposition towards Ancient Greek and possess instinctive battle skills which manifests as dyslexia and ADHD respectively.

According to Annabeth Chase, Leo is seriously ADHD, even for a demigod.

### Reception

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## Notes and trivia

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## Tropes

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## See Also

Leo Valdez on the Riordan Wiki
Leo Valdez on the Heroes Wiki