Later, when Percy told Silena that anyone that could get along with Clarisse has talent, she takes a pegasus and flies back to Camp Half-Blood to try and convince Clarisse and the Ares cabin to help fight the forces of Kronos. Percy uses Blackjack as his transportation in the Battle of Manhattan.

Percy calls Blackjack and four other Pegasi to transport himself and his friends back to Camp Half-Blood. Afterward, Blackjack helps Percy with traveling, including chasing after Zoë Nightshade, Grover Underwood, Bianca di Angelo, and Thalia Grace to assist them in their quest to save Artemis and Annabeth Chase. It is also mentioned that the pegasi (mostly Blackjack) go to Percy to get him to help them with their and other sea creatures' problems. Percy gets a pegasus riding lesson with Silena Beauregard, daughter of Aphrodite. He escapes when Chiron and the Party Ponies come to the rescue of Percy, Annabeth, Tyson and Grover. When Percy Jackson is given the tour at Camp Half-Blood, he notices some of the horses have wings.īlackjack is on board Princess Andromedaas Luke Castellan's forced steed and is the first pure black pegasus Percy had ever seen. Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightning Thief The Pegasus flew to Olympus and brought thunderbolts to Zeus. He was the son of Medusa and Poseidon, and wherever his hoof struck the ground, a spring flowed. Legend tells how the first Pegasus sprang from the neck of the Gorgon Medusa slain by the demigod Perseus. The name Pegasus (plural Pegasi) comes from the Greek word for spring. 7 The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure.

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