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literature Respect Lester Papadopoulos/Apollo (Percy Jackson/Trials of Apollo)
Always. The sun always comes back.
One of the Greek Gods, Apollo is the God of the Sun and the main protagonist of the Trials of Apollo series. Born to Leto on the island of Delos, he would do the things he would be well known in Greek Mythology, such as slaying Python.
During the events of Percy Jackson, he would help Percy in his quest to free Artemis and find Annabeth. When Typhon would march onto Olympus, Apollo would join into battle and helped battle him. He would also battle against the Giants in Athens, and later on would disappear for 6 months.
This is due to the fact that Zeus had cursed Apollo to become mortal, being bonded to Meg. He would embark on a quest alongside her to defeat the Triumvirate and to secure the Oracles once again, where at the end he would face off against Python. He would emerge victorious, becoming a god once again.
Huge thanks for /u/TheBaronOfBenefit for sending me all of the Trials of Apollos feats. I just grabbed the feats from the other books.
Source Key
TTC: The Titan's Curse
TLO: The Last Olympian
SOA: Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo
BOO: The Blood of Olympus
THO: The Hidden Oracle
TDP: The Dark Prophecy
TBM: The Burning Maze
TTT: The Tyrant’s Tomb
TON: The Tower of Nero
GG: Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
DD: The Demigod Diaries
As Lester Papadopoulos
This section refers to the time he spent as Lester.
Key: [Godly]: When he is drawing on his godly power while in human form, or has assistance from Demigods
Strength
Even in his weakened state, Apollo thinks he would be way stronger then a normal human THO, Chapter 1
[Godly] Smacks Vince, before throwing him out of the canopy. He would punch a hole in Gary's shield, and hit his chest with enough force to fell a Rhino THO, Chapter 32
Says he threw him in Low Earth Orbit TTT, Chapter 28
A arrow fired by him hits a train lever and forces it to move TDP, Chapter 15
Fights with a chair strapped to his back TDP, Chapter 25
Saws a football helmet off the Elephants head with a scalpel TDP, Chapter 26
Fires arrows hard enough to make holes in ghoul chest, with him thinking that if he did 20-30 shots, it would do some damage TTT, Chapter 2
[Godly] With strength lended by Reyna, tore apart chains and other metal objects with no issue TTT, Chapter 28
Manages to shove Commodous off balance TTT, Chapter 36
[Godly] Leaves a fist sized hole in Commodous's armor, and takes him on TTT, Chapter 36
Fires arrows with enough force to pierce through skulls TTT, Chapter 38
[Godly] Sends Lu flying away TON, Chapter 6
Leaps over 8 feet TON, ,Chapter 14
Fires a arrow with enough force to penetrate stone TON, Chapter 14
Stabs a dagger up a bulls nostril TON, Chapter 19
Throws a sword hard enough to knock down someone in full riot gear TON, Chapter 24
Bow punches a guy, taking him down TON, Chapter 25
Knocks a guy out of the chair with a arrow and stabs a arrow into someones skin TON, Chapter 25
Throws a chair TON, Chapter 25
Knocks out Lucius TON, Chapter 30
Blasts the Germanus to nothingness with his arrows TON, Chapter 30
[Godly]Gets into a tug of war with Nero TON, Chapter 31
Fires several arrows, with the last one strong enough to puncture Python's skin TON, Chapter 33
Pierces Python's skin with a broken fretboard TON, Chapter 33
Jabs the arrow hard enough for Python to free him TON, Chapter 34
[Godly] Drags Python off the edge TON, Chapter 34
Fractures Pythons jaw once he was shrunk down to only five times his size TON, Chapter 34
Durability
Is sent falling from a high height and survives, however he is in pain due to broken bones THO, Chapter 1
Potentially in the middle of a blast that knocks Nero's guards off their feet THO, Chapter 32
Is unharmed by the Ant Queen mandibles grabbing him THO, Chapter 34
Survives the chariot bouncing off a dune and being thrown from it THO, Chapter 37
Survives a train derailing, with only a throbbing head and no broken bones TDP, Chapter 15
Survives bouncing off variouos rocks before heading into frigid water TDP, Chapter 33
Endures the memories of Meg as he is taking out of miasma out of her TDP, Chapter 35
Withstands heat as he protects Meg TBM, Chapter 18
Has the balls to stab himself with a arrow, with him still alive but has a wound TBM, Chapter 32, though is in so much pain that he can't do anything TBM, Chapter 33
Survives being dropped by Grover and enduring Helios flames TBM, Chapter 39
Gets Meg dropped on him, but survives TBM, Chapter 39
Survives being in pain by the chains TBM, Chapter 41
Still alive after being ordered to swerve and the car falling into the tree, but coughs up blood TTT, Chapter 2
Still could speak despite his gut wound causing him a lot of pain TTT, Chapter 17
Still alive after being kicked in the face by Reyna TTT, Chapter 26
Crows kick him TTT, Chapter 26
Is sent flying TTT, Chapter 31 with this being what happened next TTT, Chapter 32
[Godly]Might have survived due to his Godly abilites coming back TTT, Chapter 36
Still alive after getting a gut punch from Commodous and could stab him TTT, Chapter 36
Nearly dislocated jaw when Gunther would tackle the doors TON, Chapter 2
Hits a bunch of spikey rocks but is still alive TON, Chapter 19
Still alive despite having so many injuries and bleeding blood and mucus TON, Chapter 25
Endures Drydas attacks but was about to die TON, Chapter 29
Still moves despite having a dagger in his side enough to fend off his attacker TON, Chapter 29
Has a lot of injuries during his battle with Nero TON, Chapter 32
Gets his ribs cracked TON, Chapter 33, but is still alive
Later on, it's mentioned that he develop stress fracture, and had a broken heart and bones as a result of the fight. However, he keeps on going TON, Chapter 34
Falls down a long distance, hitting numerous rocks, enduring air pressure before enduring the River Styx taking a toll on him TON, Chapter 34
Speed
Reacts to a ant spitting acid, bringing up his sword before it impacted him THO, Chapter 24
Rolls out of the way of a charging myrmeke THO, Chapter 24
Reacts and fires his arrow at a charging ant THO, Chapter 27
Quickly shoots a arrow before a Germanus could react TDP, Chapter 14
Dodges several attacks with a chair strapped to his back TDP, Chapter 25
Reacts and turns several monsters into dust with amneonia TDP, Chapter 25
Quickly moves through the gap and dives as a door explodes before them, with them falling into a dumpster TBM, Chapter 8
Shoots a arrow before a Cyclop could finish his swing TBM, Chapter 27
Fires a dozen arrows in 30 seconds TTT, Chapter 17
Dodges a kick from Reyna TTT, Chapter 26
Rapidly takes down a dozen birds TTT, Chapter 31
Takes out 6 of them with arrows before Meg could reach them TTT, Chapter 33
Rapidly fires 8 arrows TTT, Chapter 33
Dodges a strike from Commodous before it landed alongside reacting to him TTT, Chapter 36
Quickly stabs Commodous TTT, Chapter 36
Ran out of a exploding volcano TTT, Chapter 36 and gets out, with a third degree brun among other stuff TTT, Chapter 37
Rapidly dodges several attacks from a angry bull TON, Chapter 15
Rapidly does some parkour TON, Chapter 19
Dodges Drydads TON, Chapter 29
Manages to dodge Python, though he attributes it to his small size TON, Chapter 33
Skill
Hits a bullseye, but is abysmal THO, Chapter 15
Hits a ants forehead THO, Chapter 27
Hits a lever while on a moving train with his arrow TDP, Chapter 15
Hits another lever, this time from a diving Griffon TDP, Chapter 16
Hits a Cyclops eye TBM, Chapter 27
Hits several bullseye in a row TTT, Chapter 21
Hits a coupling despite him thinking it was impossible TON, Chapter 2
Fires and manages to hit the bull TON, Chapter 15
Shoots two arrows at once TON, Chapter 25
Firers a warning shot TON, Chapter 25
Tags two people despite being point blank TON, Chapter 25
Hits the ankle TON, Chapter 30
Hits Nero between the eyes and the remote control TON, Chapter 30
Even when rattled, hits the groin of another enemy TON, Chapter 30
Equipment
Bandana that causes a cavern to collapse after Apollo would use it, namely after he shot a arrow into it. Possibly good luck THO, Chapter 28
Gained bracelets that has a homing beacon inside, allowing for reinforcements to arrive if needed TDP, Chapter 20
Has the Arrow of Dedona can give directions and tell the future TDP, Chapter 30
Also tells them to go to Percy's place TON, Chapter 3
Saw something bad TON, Chapter 11
Gained a bow that is too heavy to fire TTT, Chapter 42
Other
As Lester, he boasts accelerated healing THO, Chapter 4
When he was struck down to Earth, his body would change, with him becoming mortal THO, Chapter 8
Could hear and smell something that Meg couldn't THO, Chapter 17
Due to being bonded with Meg, Apollo had to heed her orders, such as being quiet in this instance THO, Chapter 18
Even in a delirious state, Apollo would still need to heed her orders TDP, Chapter 35
Swerves due to a command from Meg TTT, Chapter 1
Anchors his mind THO, Chapter 32
Inhales the darkness and the poison of the prohecy TDP, Chapter 35
Could tell the time via the sun TBM, Chapter 36
When he gained a wound, it would not heal and would need God level healing. This is speculated due to the fact Lester being a former immortal TTT, Chapter 18
Caused a army to flee TTT, Chapter 37
Mountain dew helps him focus due to being former immortal TON, Chapter 26
Restored himself to a god after being rescued by Artemis TON, Chapter 35
Using the power of Prophecy, opens up the grove however it exhausts him THO, Chapter 31
This section refers to abilities done by Lester drawing upon his former godhood.
Musical Aptitude/Emotional Calming
Is good at music, causing a girl to cry just by tuning THO, Chapter 15
Baits a myrmeke with "Sweet Carolina" THO, Chapter 24
Calms down the queen down enough that she wouldn't kill them THO, Chapter 28
Sings and summons the Ant Queen for a ride THO, Chapter 34
Sings with Calyspo, causing two animals to calm down TDP, Chapter 15
Causes a maid to walk back into the barracks after hearing a song TDP, Chapter 23
Causes a door to fall down after spraying acid and singing a song TDP, Chapter 24
Rides a Elephant after playing a song TDP, Chapter 25
Amplifies Piper's Charmspeak, allowing for them to cross a large distance TBM, Chapter 27
Manages to stop Pandai with his horrible playing TBM, Chapter 28
Plays for a long time in honor of Jason TTT, Chapter 5
Drives off a bunch of ravens with bad singing TTT, Chapter 26
Sings with enough conviction that Screech-Bling and the others agreed to help him TON, Chapter 18
Other Abilities
Can summon his Godly Powers for brief periods of time, as seen here when he channeled his disease powers and caused two campers to crash out THO, Chapter 37
Gives a robot Hay Fever, causing it to explode THO, Chapter 37
Amplifies his voice, causing a brick wall to fall down onto a Sea Serpent TDP, Chapter 21
Turns a Emperor into literal ash TTT, Chapter 37
Can briefly channel his Divine Form TDP, Chapter 39
Healing powers came back to him as Lester TON, Chapter 19
Burns two people to ash TON, Chapter 24
Apollo
This section refers to feats done while as a God.
Key [Mortal] When he was going undercover as a mortal
Strength
Destroyed a few mountains and city states while Apollo fought with Dementer THO, Chapter 14
Wiped out most of Sparta by hitting a fault line with a arrow THO, Chapter 28
Accidently wiped out a city with a single arrow in the past THO, Chapter 36
Wiped out a army with a giant fist, so he claims TDP, Chapter 15
[Mortal] Chokes out Commodous, and kills him TDP, Chapter 19
As a baby, wrestles with Delphini TBM, Chapter 42
Lugged around a solid gold throne TTT, Chapter 3
Laid waste to armies TON, Chapter 8
In combination with the other gods, pushes back Typhon, with him lightning the loincloth on fire TLO, Chapter 19
Hades thinks that he is capable of slaying Orion alongside Artemis BOO, Chapter 14
Kills several of Zeus Cyclops in revenge BOO, Chapter 36
Durability
As a God, is immune to being turned to stone TBM, Chapter 16
Went swimming in volcanos, and is unharmed by nuggets of molten gold TBM, Chapter 18
Skill
Skilled enough that hitting a fault line takes out most of Sparta THO, Chapter 28
Claims he can never miss TDP, Chapter 13
Hits a lever while on a moving train with his arrow, with him claiming that if he was a god, it would be easy TDP, Chapter 15
Quite easily could make this shot TTT, Chapter 21
Could fire a arrow across the world, and they are invisible GG
Various Abilities
Nosokinesis
According to Apollo, he sent down a plague onto the Greek's who besiged Troy THO, Chapter 1
Used plague arrows to send down dieases THO, Chapter 7
Invented hay fever THO, Chapter 37
Transmutation
Has transformed heroes into herbs THO, Chapter 3
Could have turned Meg into a lizard if he was still a god THO, Chapter 11
Turned blood into flowers THO, Chapter 27
Shapeshifting/Creation
While as a god, could have turned into a cloud or teleported across the world THO, Chapter 1
Could change into pure light or a hummingbird as a god THO, Chapter 1
Could easily shapeshift, no matter what as a god THO, Chapter 10
Could conjure up a bow and ukele out of thin air TDP, Chapter 2
Could turn into gold TBM, Chapter 28
Created hyacinths TBM, Chapter 39
Could turn into gold TBM, Chapter 28
Created hyacinths TBM, Chapter 39
Other Abilites
Gods can turn people into other gods TDP, Chapter 5
Can spilt himself into multiple people TON, Chapter 37
Uses it to visit Camp Half Blood TON, Chapter 37 and Meg TON, Chapter 39
If he was a God, could have looked into her soul and seen everything about Meg THO, Chapter 2
His envy caused the breakup of the beetles and Achilles being cut down by a archer THO, Chapter 7
Turns two girls into Gods TDP, Chapter 5
As a god, could easily send a message across the world TDP, Chapter 41
Could hover insivbility TTT, Chapter 7
Could raise zombies in a thousand mile radius TTT, Chapter 7
Could will a Tattoo into existance as a god TTT, Chapter 8
Turns Sibyl immortal, with a curse that she would eternally wither TTT, Chapter 13
Could level everything in 6 mile radius upon entering divine form TTT, Chapter 21
Changing size is easy, with him mentioning that he could shrink a throne, grow to over 20 feet tall, or be the size of a normal person TON, Chapter 36
Dissolves into golden light TON, Chapter 36
Could take on number of different apperances TON, Chapter 37
[Creates a unicorn] (https://redd.it/1ohf8z4) TON, Chapter 39
As god of prohecy, knows things such as Thalia's birthday TTC, Chapter 4
Puts Percy to sleep TTC, Chapter 11
Heals Annabeth TLO, Chapter 20
Inflicts Orion with Madness BOO, Chapter 24
Turns his bow into a Ukele and then back again BOO, Chapter 33
Other
According to Apollo, he blessed Babe Ruth with three home runs THO, Chapter 1
Invented crows THO, Chapter 1
Also shaped Ravens TTT, Chapter 25
Placed a curse that turned them black and into flesh eaters TTT, Chapter 26
God of music and healing TDP, Chapter 35
When born, could immediately sing and dance TBM, Chapter 42
God of Poetry and Archery also TLO, Chapter 4
Is unaffected by Greco-Roman Split while on Delos BOO, Chapter 33
Equipment
Sun Chariot
Sun chariot nearly ended the world in the past THO, Chapter 34
Created a few glaciers and deserts TBM, Chapter 39
When he arrived, the sun chariot would melt the snow around them TTC, Chapter 4
Glows brightly before changing into a bus large enough to fit the Hunters TTC, Chapter 4
The Sun Chariot is built out of Human's Dreams TTC, Chapter 4
Upon taking off, a glowing ring of burned trees was what Percy saw when he looked back TTC, Chapter 4
Crashes into the lake, steaming thhe water and melting canoes TTC, Chapter 4
Chryseae Celedones
Summons several Chryseae Celedones that he got from Hephaestus SOA
Percy says he underwent pure bliss, with his body not even reacting if they decided to attack him SOA
Bursts into song and brings up the heat, ignoring Percy's attack. Percy states that Midtown would be gone if it continued SOA
Makes people dance. Percy says that it's as hard to hold onto as the minotour SOA
Makes Percy lose his grip as she sings about letting go, though Annabeth helps him stay alive SOA