Hestia (Riordan Books)

**Hestia** is the Greek virgin goddess of the health, home, and family. She is the oldest child of Kronos and Rhea. Hestia is the current guardian of Elpis. Her Roman counterpart is **Vesta**.

## Powers

As an elder Olympian, Hestia is an extremely powerful goddess in her own right. She is more powerful than the several younger Olympians, but less powerful than her younger siblings. Hestia once claimed to be "the least of the gods". Despite this statement, her strike in the final battle against Kronos testified her strength.

**God Physiology:** It is presumed that she has the standard powers of a goddess.

* ***Immortality:*** As with all gods, Hestia is immortal and cannot be killed through conventional methods.
* ***Shapeshifting:***Like all gods, Hestia is able to shapeshift into any form that she desires. She once transformed into an eagle to escape from Kronos' Palace and into a bat to sneak into Tartarus' maximum security zone.
* ***Divine Form (presumably)***
* ***Superhuman Strength and Stamina (presumably)***
* ***Levitation (presumably)***
* ***Telepathy (presumably)***
* ***Bilocation (presumably)***
* ***Power Bestowal (presumably)***

**Pyrokinesis:** As the Goddess of the Hearth, Hestia has divine authority and absolute control over fire. The fire that she tends to seems to glow "more richly red than a normal fire". During the final battle against Kronos, her flames heated up Kronos' scythe to the extent where he was forced to drop it and his host's hands were seared despite Luke being near-invulnerable from the Curse of Achilles. After her father was destroyed, the scythe liquefied into molten metal and trickled into the hearth's coals.

**Bond Manipulation:** As the Goddess of Home and Family, all things related to domestic and familial relationships are under her jurisdiction.

* ***Past Visions:*** Hestia has the power to know and share family-related visions of an individual's past. She showed Percy Jackson visions of Luke's past to know his enemy better and reminded teh former of his own happy memories to encourage him to fight.
* ***Home Teleportation:*** Hestia has the power to teleport people back to their own home. She teleported Percy and Nico back to Percy's home.
* ***Serenity Inducement:*** Hestia can induce potent feelings of tranquility in others, enabling her to keep everyone who surrounds her at total ease. She inherited this ability from her mother.
* ***Food Generation:*** Hestia can generate or conjure delicious food, manifesting it from anywhere she desires. Percy described the taste of her food as "the kind of home-cooked meal people are supposed to have but never do".

**Hearth Guardianship:** As the Goddess of the Hearth, any past mortal pursued, attacked, or in trouble would be under Hestia's special protection if they made it to either a house or town's hearth. Her hearth on Olympus is still acknowledged by all the other gods to be "neutral territory", where anyone can go to rest and none of them can fight one another.

## Abilities

**Intelligence:** Hestia is shown to be a wise goddess of excellent understanding. She provided Percy, Nico, and Rachel with useful advice regarding their enemies and how they could effectively fight back.

**Culinary Arts:** Hestia is an excellent cook and baker. Zeus noted that she toasted perfect marshmallows that were neither too soft nor too crispy.