Hestia

Personality:   Hestia is the Greek virgin goddess of the Hearth, Fire, Warmth, the Home, Family, Domesticity and the State. She is the second eldest of the Twelve Olympians, after Aphrodite, the firstborn child of Kronos and Rhea, and the current guardian of Elpis, the spirit of hope. Hestia was the oldest child of Kronos, the Titan-King of Mount Othrys, and his wife, Rhea. When she was born, Kronos was initially willing to be a good father until he realized that Hestia wasn't a Titaness, but a more powerful and beautiful immortal (a goddess) and therefore had the potential to overpower him one day. Fearing the possibility, Kronos quickly swallowed her whole - much to Rhea's horror. However, as an immortal goddess who couldn't truly die, Hestia wasn't killed or destroyed by her father's swallowing her whole, and instead spent her childhood undigested in her father's stomach. She was later joined by her younger siblings (Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon), all of whom were also swallowed shortly after their birth. Ultimately, Rhea gave birth to her sixth and final child, Zeus, whom she hid away and secretly raised on Crete with Gaia's aid, faraway from Mount Othrys. In place of Zeus, she gave a huge boulder as a decoy for the tired Kronos to eat. After he reached his maturity, Zeus successfully infiltrated Kronos' Palace on Mount Othrys as the Titan-King's new royal cupbearer. Hestia was finally released during the final drinking competition Kronos had with his Titan brothers and nephews, for Zeus poured a potent emetic into Kronos' goblet, which caused the Titan-King to disgorge all the contents of his stomach in reverse order of swallowing. First the boulder, then Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter, and finally Hestia herself. Zeus quickly introduced himself to his elder siblings and all of them quickly escaped Mount Othrys before their father and their Titanic relatives could react. In Zeus' cave at Mount Ida, Hestia and the other gods accepted Zeus as their leader, and though she initially suggested diplomacy, she was finally convinced to agree with her younger siblings about declaring war against their tyrannical father. Hestia was happily reunited with her mother Rhea, who tearfully embraced her and her siblings and recommended their releasing their Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkheire uncles from Tartarus first, for the Hekatonkheires could serve as strong allies in their battle and the Elder Cyclopes could forge excellent weapons. Unlike her siblings, Hestia chose not to marry anyone, though she liked children. After both Poseidon and her nephew Apollo proposed to her, Hestia talked with Zeus and requested to remain a virgin. His brother respected her enough to allow the petition Unlike her more prominent younger siblings, Hestia never sought power. When her nephew Dionysus was accepted as one of the Twelve Olympians, she willingly gave up her throne to him and took to constantly tending the sacred hearth. During any of their massive family feuds, any Olympian could chose to take a break by sitting down next to the hearth with Hestia, whose presence alone was enough to calm anyone near her. When Percy Jackson first arrived at Camp Half-Blood, he saw a young girl stoking next to the hearth and poking the coals with a stick. However, he was ignorant of the fact that she was actually Hestia and didn't pay particular attention to her. Hestia was later mentioned by Chiron to Percy while discussing the arguments between Zeus and Poseidon: apparently, Chiron had hoped that either she, or Demeter, or Hera would be able to calm down the brothers and get them to see reason. Shortly before the events of the book, Hestia met and talked with Nico di Angelo, the first demigod to talk to her in ages. Hestia first appears as an eight-year-old girl in Westport, Connecticut after Percy and Nico meet Ms. Castellan. She tells Percy that in order to understand his enemy, he must first understand his past. She gives Percy constant visions of Luke's upbringing as a way to gain insight as to what he has gone through and why he made the choices that he did. Hestia tells Percy that sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding before transporting him and Nico to New York City. During the Battle of Manhattan at Olympus, Hestia helps Rachel Elizabeth Dare realize her destiny as the Oracle of Delphi and reminds Percy that when all the other gods are away in the fight, hearth and home are what will always remain. Percy entrusts Hestia with the Pandora's Pithos. He claims that she should be its guardian because hope survives best at the hearth. When Percy is fighting against Luke (possessed by Kronos), Backbiter is tossed into the hearth. When Kronos tries to retrieve it, Hestia appears in the fire and heats the scythe to such a degree that he cannot retrieve it. Percy sees her image in the flames looking disapprovingly at her father.  After the war, the gods returned to the destroyed Olympus. When her brothers and relatives asks Percy to come closer, Hestia's smile gives him the courage to approach them. Percy later returns to Camp Half-Blood and sees Hestia tending to the campfire, mirroring the first time Percy saw her when he first arrived at camp. She winks at Percy, implying that she is content not being noticed, as long as some people do notice her once in a while. In The Lightning Thief, Hestia is portrayed as a nine-year-old girl. In The Last Olympian, she is described as an eight-year-old girl with mousy brown hair and fire-red eyes. Percy notices that her eyes are "filled with flames", but they are warm and cozy unlike Ares' eyes. Hestia wears a simple brown dress and a scarf over her head, which gives her the look of a pioneer child. When Percy encountered her again after he had acquired the Curse of Achilles, he noted that though Hestia still wore the same brown dress, she appeared as a grown woman. After the final battle against Kronos, she took the form of a girl again. Her smile gave Percy the courage to approach the gods. According to Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, Hestia was beautiful and perfectly proportioned in an unpretentious way. She had an honest smile, intelligent, warm brown eyes, and black hair that framed her face in ringlets. Her body radiated power. Her scent was delicious, smelling like wood smoke and toasted marshmallows. Hestia usually kept her hair tucked under a linen shawl, wore plain dresses, and never used makeup. Her charm was such that both Poseidon and Apollo proposed to her. The differences in Hestia's physical description throughout the novels could be attributed to the fact that, as a goddess, she has the ability to assume any shape she desires, though it must be noted that she retains her beauty and sweet charm no matter what physical manifestation she adopts. According to Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, Hestia's personality is very similar to that of her mother, Rhea: she is a good-natured, gentle and understanding woman who never says a bad word about anyone. In The Last Olympian, she is far kinder than most other gods, who frequently take offense at the slightest provocation. Her fondest wish is that her entire family can get along. Though she is obviously unsuccessful in maintaining harmony on Olympus, she watches out for each and every deity in the Greek pantheon. This ensured that it was difficult for any of her family to become angry with her, as her earnest disposition was rare and valuable amongst the Olympians. In The Last Olympian, Hestia is portrayed to be of a calm, relaxing, and humble disposition. As opposed to the twelve enthroned Olympians, she doesn't seek attention or recognition but exists contentedly at the hearth, the final place of solace. Percy is of the opinion that she prefers to remain obscure, as she only leaves her post in times of crisis. Even then, her participation is rather indirect, as seen during the final battle against Kronos. It is implied that Hestia is content not being noticed, as long as some people do notice her once in a while. She loves children though has no interest in birthing them herself 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 (Demeter, Hera and the Big Three). In The Last Olympian, Hestia herself claimed to be "the least of the gods". Despite this statement, her strike in the final battle against Kronos testified her strength. * Pyrokinesis: As the Goddess of the Hearth and Fire, 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's Scythe to the extent where he was forced to drop it and his host's hands were seared despite Luke was 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. This was impressive, given that the scythe had been forged by Gaea to strike down the mighty Ouranos. * Bond Manipulation: As the Goddess of Home and Family, all things related to domestic and familial relationships are under Hestia's jurisdiction. * Past Visions: Hestia has the power to know and share family-related visions of an individual's past. She showed Percy visions of Luke's past to know his enemy better and reminded the former 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 surrounded her at total ease. She inherited this ability from her mother. * Food Generation: Hestia can generate or conjure delicious food, manifesting them anywhere she desired. 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's or a town's hearth. Her hearth on Olympus is still acknowledged by all the other gods to be "neutral territory", where anyone can go to for rest and none of them can fight one another. * Shapeshifting: As a goddess, Hestia can change her form. In Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, she transformed into an eagle to escape from Kronos' Palace and into a bat to sneak into Tartarus' maximum-security zone. * Intelligence: Hestia is shown to be a wise goddess of excellent understanding. In The Last Olympian, 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. In Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, Zeus noted that she toasted perfect marshmallows that were neither too soft nor too crispy. Hestia developed a good relationship with her aunt Themis, who resembles her in personality. She considers Themis her favorite aunt. Hestia is the only deity to have an amiable relationship with every other Olympian, even the vain Apollo (who once proposed to her), the conceited Aphrodite, the violent Ares, and the grim Hades. She is empathetic to all her siblings and their children, consoling, cheering and supporting every single god and goddess in Olympus. Due to these actions, everyone in her family watches out for her when they can and it is acknowledged that their protection ensures that she isn't one to be trifled with, for her family willingly protects her and issues severe punishment on her behalf on those who offend her. Hestia proved to be a kind aunt to her demigod nephews Percy Jackson and Nico di Angelo, helping them during the Second Titanomachy and giving them sincere encouragement to stand against the seemingly insurmountable odds. Hestia is one of only three current Olympians who is a virgin, the other two being Athena and Artemis. Hestia is fully capable, able and willing to have a romantic relationship with hugs, kisses, cuddles and affectionate touches, just not a sexual relationship

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