Nico di Angelo
fictional character in the Percy Jackson franchise / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Niccolò 'Nico' di Angelo, is a fictional character in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & The Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus series and The Trials of Apollo, Also starring in his solo book The Sun and The Star: A Nico Di Angelo Adventure. In the series, he is the demigod son of Hades and mortal Maria di Angelo. As such, Nico has extraordinary powers of necromancy, the power to command the dead and the power to summon the dead. He is a son of one of the "Big Three" Greek gods, the other two being Hades' brothers Poseidon and Zeus. Nico is chronologically over eighty years old as a result of his prolonged stay in the Lotus Casino in Las Vegas, an enchanted hotel where one does not age and time does not pass at its normal pace. He was ten years old in The Titan's Curse. He and his sister, Bianca di Angelo, were placed in the Lotus Casino sometime around World War II. They were eventually taken out by a "lawyer" (The Fury, Alecto) when Hades commanded. He also found his half-sister Hazel Levesque in the Underworld and took her back to Camp Jupiter as she was a child of Pluto.
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Nico di Angelo | |
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and Trials of Apollo character | |
First appearance | The Titan's Curse |
Last appearance | The Sun and The Star |
Created by | Rick Riordan |
Portrayed by | Tyler Klingerman (Disney+ show) |
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Nickname(s) | King of Ghosts, Lord, Master (by the dead), Sunshine, Death Boy, Neeks, My grumpy little ball of darkness (those by Will Solace), Zombie Boy (by Percy Jackson), Death Breath |
Aliases | Ghost King, Ambassador of Pluto, Death Boy |
Species | Demigod |
Gender | Male |
Title | Ghost King |
Family | Hades (Father) Maria Di Angelo (Mother, deceased) Bianca di Angelo (Sister, deceased) Hazel Levesque (Half-sister) Persephone (Step-mother) |
Significant other(s) | Will Solace (boyfriend) (Canon as of The Hidden Oracle) Previous crush: Percy Jackson |
Children | None |
Relatives | Hazel Levesque(Half sister), Bianca di angelo (Sister, deceased), Hades (Father), Maria di Angelo (Mother, deceased) |
Nationality | Italian & American |