Tyson the Cyclops
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| Tyson | |
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| First appearance | "The Sea of Monsters" |
| Created by | Rick Riordan |
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| Nickname(s) | Cyclops |
| Age | 12 (as of The Battle of the Labyrinth) Nota Bene: Cyclopes age slower than humans |
| Date of birth | August 1995 |
| Family | Olympians, Nature Spirit, Percy (Half-brother), Theseus (Half-brother), other half-bloods, other cyclopes |
Tyson is a fictional character in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.
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[edit] Character's background
Tyson is the son of the Greek god Poseidon and a nature spirit. He is a young cyclops, only around twelve years of age, who tries to be the best little brother possible and make his family proud. He met Percy at Merriwheather College Prep school; Tyson was the 'person' that was the recipient of a program at the school which sought to take in a homeless kid and help him while also taking in some information about him. The Mist obscured everybody, including Percy's, view of Tyson's one eye, making most think he had two. Tyson has severe scars on his back that were caused by a sphinx in the substation where he used to live. Tyson finds Annabeth and Rachel pretty. He uses his bare strength and blacksmithing ability to his avail in many situations. In his first summer at Camp-Half Blood, Tyson made Percy a shield with images of all of their adventures over the quest engraved on it; it retracts into a watch when not deployed.
[edit] In the books
[edit] The Sea of Monsters
Thalia's tree, the tree which serves as the magical border of Camp Half-Blood (which was formed to prevent a daughter of Zeus from dying), has been poisoned mysteriously by unknown forces. Chiron is dismissed from camp (he is blamed for poisoning the tree), and Tantalus, who came from the Fields of Punishment and can not have food or water, has taken his job. The only thing able to rid the tree of its poison is the Golden Fleece, which is located on Polyphemus's Island in the Sea of Monsters (the Bermuda Triangle).
Clarisse, the daughter of Ares and longtime enemy of Percy, is given the quest to go into the Sea of Monsters to find the Golden Fleece, which has healing powers for plants, animals, and humans. Percy and Annabeth decide to go also, not just for the Golden Fleece, but for their friend Grover, who is trapped in Polyphemus's cave. Tyson, Percy, and Annabeth, after saving Camp Half-Blood from two fire-breathing bulls, set out to find Polyphemus, who believes that Grover is a female cyclops and not a satyr.
As they enter the giant lobster's mouth of Monsters, they have to get past Scylla and Charybdis. Instead of at least trying to sail in between, Clarisse automatically goes for Charybidis and Tyson supposedly dies in Clarisse's ship. After that, Percy and Annabeth journey to many dangerous islands, and Annabeth tells Percy many things about how Thalia died and she also mentions her prophecy. Fighting their way through many other obstacles, like the Sirens and Circe's island, they join up with Clarisse, Grover, and later Tyson, and leave with the Golden Fleece.
When they return to the mortal world, they send off Clarisse on an airplane to camp alone, and Percy, Annabeth and Tyson get kidnapped by Luke. He almost kills Percy in a duel, but Percy reveals Chiron was innocent, and Chiron comes to rescue them with his strangely dressed relatives, the Party Ponies. When they return to camp, the Fleece is put on the tree. The Fleece not only revives Thalia's tree, but it revives Thalia too. Thalia appears as she looked in Percy's dreams. He remembers the dream and realizes that it is her. It turns out that this was actually Kronos's plan, done so that he would have another chance to manipulate the prophecy which governs the future of Olympus and the Olympians.
[edit] The Titan's Curse
Tyson only appeared a few times in The Titan's Curse. Once, while he is in Poseidon's underwater court making various items at the forge, he appeared in the Iris message between him and Percy.
[edit] The Battle of the Labyrinth
Percy comes back to Camp Half-Blood to find Tyson already there cleaning the room for inspection. Tyson has also crafted Percy a shield. Annabeth leads the quest into the Labyrinth; she is very excited because this is her first time leading a quest. It was one of her dreams (the other being her dream of becoming an architect). She broke the rule of only two companions on a quest, by choosing Percy, Grover, and Tyson. Annabeth descends into the Labyrinth with Percy, Grover, and Tyson to find a way to stop Kronos's evil forces from entering the borders of Camp Half-Blood by searching for its inventor, Daedalus. The prophecy the Oracle gave her appears to have scared her and she refuses to say the last line. As they go into the Labyrinth, they run into many obstacles. Annabeth faces a Sphinx and finds the riddles (which are actually factual questions) not challenging and an insult to her intellect. They escape the claws of the Sphinx and continue on to find Hephaestus so he can tell them about where to find Daedalus. Tyson then finds Briares, the Hundred-Handed One, but is disappointed to find out he is afraid of Kampe and refuses to fight. They split up, and Tyson follows Grover, who goes a different direction in search of Pan. They all reunite and flee the Labyrinth after the help of Daedalus and Quintus.
The fight begins; the Camp is losing and all seems lost until Briares and Daedalus arrive. Mrs O'Leary and Quintus to help fight, and then, once again, all seems lost until Grover unleashes the cry of Panic, greatly disrupting — but not ending — the Battle. This stuns and confuses Kronos's army so much that the Camp's army gets the chance to push them back; they soon flee back into the Labyrinth.
[edit] The Last Olympian
After jumping off the exploding Princess Andromeda (a cruise ship that Kronos had made his headquarters), Percy finds himself in Poseidon's palace where Tyson is waiting. Percy is in a grim state, so Tyson takes him to Poseidon. Poseidon looks very aged due to all of the stress from the war going on. Poseidon is not letting Tyson fight, for fear of losing him. To Tyson's disappointment, he sends him back to the armory to make weapons. The next time he is seen is through the mist of the hearth on Mount Olympus. Percy gave Poseidon the idea to send Tyson and all the other Cyclopes to take down Typhon. They do, and Typhon lands in the Hudson River. Tyson last seen on Mount Olympus where he is awarded a new "stick"; he is also awarded the role of being the general of Poseidon's army.
[edit] Power and Abilities
- Immensely strong
- Works well with metal
- Cannot be killed by fire
- Inhuman hearing and can imitate voices
- Gets along extremely well with hippocampi (or fish ponies, as he calls them), especially the hippocampus, Rainbow, first introduced in The Sea of Monsters
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