A Summary Of Leo Valdez's Quest

In the beginning, Leo Valdez feels worried, devastated, and lonely. He is an outsider from the other six demigods on the quest. “But as he looked at them- three couples, all focused on each other- he thought about the warning from Nemesis, the revenge goddess: You will not find a place among your brethren. You will always be the seventh wheel. He was starting to think Nemesis was right.” He wants to get back to Ogygia to rescue Calypso, although it is impossible. “’Sit tight, Sunshine,’ he told Calypso’s picture. ‘ I’ll get back to you, just like I promised.”’ He also is worried because he knows that either he or Jason is going to have to die in order to defeat Gaea. “ To storm or fire the world must fall- Jason or Leo. In Olympia, Nike warned that one of the four demigods present would die: Percy, Hazel, Frank, or Leo. Only one name overlapped those two lists: Leo.” At the end of the book, Leo is confident, joyful, and content. He defeated Gaea, survived the quest, and rescued Calypso. “He felt so happy he had to make a conscious effort not to burst into flames.”

When Leo thinks that completing the quest is impossible, he succeeds. He defeats Gaea without dying. He reuses Calypso off Ogygia, an impossible task, and comes back to life when everyone thinks he is dead. Even though the prophecy says that Leo or Jason must die to defeat Gaea, neither of them does because of Leo. Even though Calypso is cursed and can never escape from Ogygia, Leo finds a way to save her. No man could ever visit Ogygia twice, yet Leo does. He completes many heroic tasks that should be