Chiron

**Chiron** is the lead trainer in the New Corinth Academy. He is an immortal centaur, son of Kronos and the Oceanid Philyra, and a famed trainer of heroes from Greek mythology, including Jason and Achilles.

## History

### Birth

Chiron was sired by the Titan King Kronos, who was in the form of a horse at the time. His mother, Philyra, abandoned him on Mount Pelion at birth because of her disgust at his appearance.

### Start of Training

Later the god Apollo took care of the child and taught him all his skills. In return, Apollo sent Chiron demigods for him to teach all that he had learned. Chiron is not a true centaur, as centaurs are notorious for being overly indulgent drinkers and carousers, given to violence when intoxicated, wild, lusty, and generally uncultured delinquents. Chiron, by contrast, was very intelligent, civilized, and kind. Also, true centaurs are born of sun and cloud (Ixion and Nephele) and are not immortal. However, Chiron gained his immortality from the gods. During this time, Chiron lived atop Mount Pelion in the northern region of Thessaly.

### Death and Resurrection

After accidentally getting hit by a poisonous arrow, Chiron felt a lot of pain and later gave up his immortality. Whether this account was false or he was resurrected, Chiron lived to Percy Jackson's time. This is because he was given immortality by Zeus so he will stay alive so long as he is needed to teach heroes.

## Students of Chiron

Throughout the Greek age, Chiron was the only immortal centaur and was known for his exceptional wisdom and also known as the teacher of heroes. Among his known students are:

* Achilles - Chiron raised him on behalf of Thetis and Peleus.
* Actaeon - The son of Aristaeus. He was bred to be a hunter. Artemis turned him into a deer after he accidentally stumbled upon her bathing. After he in the form of a deer was accidentally killed by his own dogs, Chiron fastened his image to soothe the dogs.
* Ajax the Greater - The son of Telamon and the elder brother of Teucer, he was physically the strongest of the Achaeans during the Trojan War.
* Aristaeus - The father of Actaeon. According to some sources, Chiron taught him the art of healing and prophecy while other accounts state that the Muses were responsible for these teachings.
* Asclepius - A son of Apollo, who gave him to Chiron to raise. Chiron instructed him in the art of healing and medicine.
* Atalanta - A famous huntress who participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar.
* Caeneus - A Lapith who fought during the Centauromachy.
* Heracles - Some Greek myths state that Heracles was trained by Chiron.
* Hippomenes - A son of Poseidon and husband of Atalanta the Huntress. He was said to be trained by Chiron.
* Jason - The leader of the Argonauts. Jason was given to Chiron by his father Aeson to raise.
* Oileus - A member of the Argonauts.
* Patroclus - His father left him in the care of Chiron to study alongside Achilles, his best friend and likely lover.
* Peleus - The father of Achilles who was previously saved from the centaurs by Chiron who returned Peleus' sword to him.
* Phoenix - One of the Myrmidons who served as one of Achilles' five commanders during the Trojan War. Chiron was the one who restored his eyesight.
* Telamon - Father of Teucer and Ajax the Greater, he was the elder brother of Peleus, and sailed with Jason as one of the Argonauts.

## Appearance

Chiron is described as a middle-aged man from the waist up, with thinning brown hair, bushy eyebrows, intense brown eyes and a scruffy beard grown longer in the winter. His lower half is that of a white stallion.

## Personality

As the Activities Director of Camp Half-Blood, Chiron takes great pride in his students and acts as a father figure to those that have problems with their own family (like Annabeth). He is remarkably patient with all of the campers, even those that can be exceptionally hard to deal with, like Clarisse La Rue and Meg McCaffrey.

Unlike all other centaurs, Chiron is exceptionally intelligent, wise, civilized, and kind. As seen in *The Lost Hero*, Chiron is also honorable and just, and does not talk about the Romans, Camp Jupiter and the Demigod Civil War until the others find out, since he values the oath that he and Lupa made. Most notably, Chiron does not even tell Annabeth, whom he never withheld information from previously, not even the Great Prophecy. Chiron will also go out of his way or put himself in danger to protect the campers even if he knows that he may not be able to help them. The greatest example of this was when Chiron directly attacked Kronos himself, even though he knew that he stood no chance against his father.

Chiron also has deep faith in Percy, even before Percy knew he was a demigod in *The Lightning Thief*. During his time as Percy's teacher at Yancy Academy, he would constantly push Percy to excel in his studies and pushed him to not only pass the class, but do so with a high grade. Even though Percy didn't manage to pass with an A, he still managed to get a decent grade. Chiron later tells Jason in *The Lost Hero* that he is very proud of the person that Percy had become.

While he is calm and patient he occasionally becomes angry, during which Percy notes that Chiron's tone becomes "steely calm."

Despite all of this, he does have a tendency to show favor, treating Annabeth like his own daughter and teaching Thalia how to control the Mist despite never attempting anything like this with Percy or any other student. This is quite opposed to Percy whom he cares for greatly but still gives quite a bit of distance to.

## Abilities

As an immortal son of Kronos as well as the legendary Trainer of Heroes, Chiron is far more powerful, intelligent, and civilized than other centaurs.

* **Archery**: As the bow and arrow are his favourite weapons, Chiron is an incredibly skilful archer. In *The Hidden Oracle*, Apollo himself praised his archery skills.
* **Swordsmanship**: As shown in *The Last Olympian*, Chiron was an outstanding swordsman, even though he was known for hating to use a sword, being able to fight equally with his father, Kronos, while he was weakened due to being in Luke's body and Kronos only won because he blasted Chiron against a wall with his powers, not through skill. Even Percy was impressed by Chiron's skill, saying that he couldn't have done any better than Chiron against Kronos.
* **Bending Distance**: Like any centaur, Chiron was able to travel at great speeds - *"bending distance"* as he rides.
* **Vitakinesis**: As shown in *The Lightning Thief*, Chiron was a skilful healer, being able to effectively cure Percy of a pit scorpion bite.
* **Multilingualism**: Chiron is shown to speak multiple languages. As shown in *The Lightning Thief*, Chiron was fluent in Latin, and was therefore able to pose as a Latin teacher at Yancy Academy. He can presumably speak Ancient Greek, as it his native tongue. While not shown it can be assumed he can speak other languages from countries where the gods used to reside such as such as German and Spanish.
* **Mist Control**: Chiron can control the Mist doing so to alter the memories of multiple students on a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and teaching Thalia Grace and possibly Percy Jackson to do so.
* **Mystiokinesis** (possibly): Chiron may have some mystical abilities, seeing as he can summon weapons and shields during the Capture the Flag.

## Trivia

* In the books, Chiron's horse half is a white stallion. In the films, graphic novels, video game, and Disney+ series, he is shown to have a dark brown lower body pelt instead.
* He is known to like 50's music as shown in *The Sea of Monsters,* and he is also a fan of 40's music in *The Lost Hero*, but it is unknown if it is in fact 1940's music he is playing. He also likes Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. It is unknown if he likes other members of the Rat Pack or just the two, who are the most famous members.
* He is technically the first monster to appear in the series, although he used his wheelchair to disguise his full form.
	+ As of Camp Half-Blood Confidential, Chiron is the first (and only) monster to have a POV in any series or standalone.
* Chiron can speak Latin fluently.
* He is a brother of the Big Three and the other Elder Olympians.
* Chiron is the only child of Kronos who isn't an Olympian.
* In the myths he was placed in the sky as the constellation Centaurus.
* It is possible that Chiron might have killed the bear monster Oreius but it is unknown who shot the fatal arrow.
* Curiously Chiron has a wife and daughters, thought they not are mentioned in the series.
* While this is never explicitly mentioned by either of them, Chiron is Percy's half-uncle; Chiron is a son of Kronos and Kronos is Percy's grandfather.
* Chiron is aware of other pantheons and apparently has friends in them. This is first suggested in *Demigods & Magicians* and confirmed in *The Tower of Nero* when he meets with Mimir and Bast to discuss a threat of some sort.