Persephone (Riordan Books)

**Persephone** is the Greek goddess of the springtime and vegetation. She is the niece and wife of Hades, therefore being the Queen of the Underworld. Her Roman counterpart is **Proserpina**.

## Powers

As the daughter of two elder Olympians and Queen of the Underworld, Persephone is an extremely powerful goddess, more so than a demigod though less so compared to an Olympian. She is considered a minor goddess.

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

* ***Immortality:*** As with all gods, Persephone is immortal and cannot be killed through conventional methods.
* ***Shapeshifting:***Like all gods, Persephone is able to shapeshift into any form that she desires. She once grew to 50 feet tall before furiously dealing with Minthe.
* ***Divine Form (presumably)***
* ***Superhuman Strength and Stamina (presumably)***
* ***Levitation (presumably)***
* ***Telepathy (presumably)***
* ***Bilocation (presumably)***
* ***Power Bestowal (presumably)***

**Chlorokinesis:** As the Goddess of Springtime and Vegetation, Persephone has absolute control and divine authority over plant-life, but not quite as much as her mother. She can grow healthy plants rather fast, much like Zephyros.

* ***Plant Creation:*** Persephone can create plants with magical properties. She created roses to transport someone from the Underworld to the world of the living and flowers to track a specific person which will lose petals whenever the person is getting further away.
* ***Plant Transformation:*** Persephone can transform anything into flowers or anything related to flora. She turned Minthe into the mint plant, and Nico claims she once turned him into a dandelion. She also used this ability to turn silverware into roses and all the Scythian dracaenae's spears into sunflowers.

**Season Control (*limited*):** As the Goddess of Springtime, Persephone has divine authority and absolute control over the season of spring. Her presence enhances the fertility of the earth along with her mother, encouraging orchards to bear fruit and flowers to bloom.

**Geokinesis (*limited*):** As an immortal daughter of Demeter and Queen of the Underworld, Persephone can control and manipulate the earth to a certain extent, though to a lesser extent than her mother and husband. She once split open the ground beneath Thalia, Percy, and Nico to get them into the Underworld.

**Necromancy:** As Queen of the Underworld, Persephone has absolute control and divine authority over the dead, though to a lesser extent than her husband. She and Hades resurrected Eurydice with the condition that Orpheus could not look at his wife until they were in the living world.

* ***Stygian Sleep Induction:*** Persephone can manipulate pure Stygian sleep, the Underworld's essence. She filled Aphrodite's box with Stygian sleep, which made Psyche pass out when she accidentally inhaled it, with her life beginning to ebb.

**Umbrakinesis:** As the Queen of the Underworld, Persephone has absolute control and divine authority over shadows, though to a somewhat lesser extent than her husband.

* ***Shadow Travel:*** She is able to teleport through shadows. She forcefully transported Nico to New York City to join Percy and Thalia.