Charlie Liu

### Family

Hades (father), Liu Jing-Mei (mother, deceased), Nico Di Angelo (half-brother), Persephone (step-mother/godmother)

### Residence

Camp Half-Blood (year-round)
 Hell's Kitchen, New York (apartment)

## Physical description

### Height

5'9

**Charlotte 'Charlie' Liu** is a demigod, the daughter of Hades, the former right-hand to Kronos, and a self-made small god. She is a former double agent and a well-known spy who sided with the titans during the war. She has come back from the death two times and is the current so-called spirit of chaos, carrying a piece of chaos in her soul which makes her undetectable to the gods. She is the head-councilor of the Hades cabin, in charge of the camp's newspaper, and works at a camp as an event coordinator under Chiron. At the end of Blood of Olympus she becomes the camp's financial advisor and the manager of Long Island Strawberry Service.

## History

### Early life

Charlie was born on August first in Ketchikan, Alaska to Hades, the god of the underworld, and Liu Jing-Mei, a mortal who could see trough the mist and worked for camp half-blood. Charlie was stillborn when she was born until a piece of chaos imbued with her soul making her the next spirit of chaos, this caused her to become undetectable to the gods and caused it so that she would most likely die of young age. Distraught by this her mother started searching for a way to buy her daughter more time.

#### Living in the Underworld

Charlie spend the first three years of her life hidden in the underworld as her mother tried to find out more about the spirit of chaos, she found that most died when they turned eighteen, and that Charlie's powers as a daughter of Hades would largely be stunted. Charlie would either die if the piece was removed or if it stayed it would slowly corrupt from within unless brought back to chaos. Knowing this fact Hades struck a deal with both Poseidon and Zeus to let his daughter live her life knowing she could not cause any significant problems for them stating she was 'born to die'. After three years they finally agreed to this deal and Charlie could leave the underworld with her mother who continued to search for a solution.

#### Moving the Houston and growing up with Leo Valdez

When Charlie was three her mother moved to Houston, Texas where Jing-Mei would meet Esperanza shortly afterwards after moving next to her workshop. Their children would grow up alongside each other and become good friends. Because of Charlie's connection to Chaos Hera didn't appear before Leo when Charlie was around causing the boy to spend a lot of time around her. When they were both five they used a ouija board to try and talk to ghosts they were able to get a full conversation going with an old man who had worked in the workshop back in the 80s, when Charlie told her mother about it, Jing-Mei made her swear to never try and talk to the death ever again. Even trough that Charlie and Leo would spend a lot of time using the ouija board.

When Charlie was six years old she bought a spirit box and ended up having a conversation with a man who wouldn't tell her his name, but who told her she was a clever little girl and her parents must be both very proud of her, upon telling the man she didn't know who her father was, he answered that wherever he was he must be looking out for her, it's later revealed that this was Hades, he would talk with Charlie trough the spirit box a number of times until she accidentally broke it one day.

When Charlie was seven, she was diagnoses with both ADHD and ASD.

#### First Death

When Charlie turned seven she had an accident with a monster send by Zeus, who even though he had struck a bargain grew restless with the thought of Charlie being alive having been influenced by the spirit of Kronos who at this time had managed to become conscious again, because of Charlie's gift her father could not watch over her and could not foresee the attack nor do anything. The attack was fatal for Charlie who died before her mother could call an ambulance, the piece of chaos bounded tighter with Charlie's soul as she won a mental battle with chaos bringing her back to life, after this attack her powers became increased and she was able to tap into certain parts of it, a side-effect of this however would be an increased scent towards monsters and a clearer target for the gods, there was the drawback however that as she grew older Charlie would have a less stable mental health making her more susbectible to the piece of Chaos and other outside influences. With the knowledge Charlie bested Chaos in a mental battle at the age of seven the gods decided to leave her be knowing any more interference would unfold the prophecy of Chaos' return. A fact even Zeus feared enough to keep the girl alive.

## Prophecies

Charlie has been involved in several great prophecies together with minor prophecies, she has been the subject of several prophecies featuring Chaos.

### Chaos Prophecies

There are three main well-known prophecies centering around Chaos, one of which, Return of Chaos, being well-known while the other two were hidden from most mortals after their declaration only little hints of its existence remaining. Charlie notes that the first prophecy talking about Chaos' return has been classified more as 'a warning or instruction manual depending on the person,' but since it is technically a prediction of something that may happen in the future it is classified as a prophecy even though it's inevitable it is viewed as an end of the world prophecy much like ragnarok or armageddon.

Return of Chaos

Piece of Chaos

Spirit of Chaos

## Personality

> One thing is certain, you're definitely a daughter of Hades, have you tried lighting up a little?
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### Fatal Flaw

> You'd die to prove a point? Who am I talking about, of course, you would.
>
> Hera about Charlie during their confrontation

Charlie seems to have two fatal flaws her main fatal flaw is her stubbornness, which is often also linked to holding grudges, but Nico has admitted Charlie doesn't hold grudges the same way other children of Hades do saying that more often than not Charlie remains apathetic towards those that betray or wrong her. Charlie's stubbornness seems to be immediately linked to her want for control which classifies as her second fatal flaw, this being the main cause she greatly dislikes the gods, as they often act outside of things Charlie can control. This stubbornness and hatred were later manipulated by Kronos and Luke to make her join the side of the titans, but in the end proved to be a saving grace since Charlie refused to work on Kronos' terms to achieve her goals. After the titan war Charlie continued to look for a way to gain more control of her life deciding to try and attain immortality and godhood on her own terms, being too stubborn to accept the gift of the gods.

### Fears

> Have trust in your friends, little one, it'll bring you peace.
>
> Hestia to Charlie

## Appearance

> Charlie always had a strange air around her, something that terrified you, but also drew you in.
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> Annabeth thinking about Charlie

## Abilities and Tools

General Abilities

Demigod Abilities

Spirit of Chaos Abilities

Magic Items

* **Stygian Iron Axe**: Charlie's main weapon is a stygian iron axe that she won from Charon in a game of poker she only lightly cheated on.
* **Magical Box of Lucifers**:
* **Spirit Box**:

## Trivia

* Her mother had a great love for poetry and literature and named her daughter after Charlotte Brontë. Charlie's middle name Jasmine is her mother's favorite flower.
* The reason Charlie prefers the shorter version of her name is because she watched a lot of Charlie Chaplin silent movies as a child.
* The main reason she bought an apartment in Hell's Kitchen is because she thought it would be a funny joke to make.
* Because of her old days as a prankster Charlie knows how to make stink bombs from scratch.