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all demigods have scars, draw them

there’s a difference between trade scars which can be added per drawing and by how much combat the character is likely to have seen (ie Nico has tons of scars, Clarisse and Annabeth have a fair few, where as Drew and Will probably don’t have as many), and distinctive scars which are noted in the books and can help identify a character. distinctive scars include:

Jason has a scar on his lip (from trying to eat a stapler when he was a baby)

Hylla has a scar across her forehead (from dueling for her and Reyna’s freedom from the pirates)

as of boo Nico has claw scars across his upper arms, probably starting at his shoulders (from killing Lycaon)

Luke has a scar down the side of his face (from a quest to get an apple I think, I don’t remember)

Other injuries that probably left scars:

it’s possible both Percy and Sally have scars from Gabe

Percy’s encounter with the pit scorpion at the end of tlt, on his palm

the ship exploding in som probably gave Tyson quite a few scars

the poisoned blade Annabeth took for Percy in tlo, on her upper arm

anyone in the battle of manhattan probably got a few scars from it

Gwen getting stabbed through the chest with a pilum during the war games in son, probably on her upper chest with a matching scar slightly lower on her back

Hazel’s death, though oil killed her she did die in a cave in and even though she got a new body her scars may have carried over

Nico’s trek through tartarus

when Cupid shot Nico in the shoulder with one of his arrows

Percy and Annabeth’s trek through tartarus

Percy and Annabeth’s encounter with the Arai (the curses of their enemies)

when Jason got stabbed from behind at the beginning of boo, on his abdomen both front and back

the gash on the side of Annabeth’s neck at the end of boo

Leo’s faked death at the end of boo

Jason has a gap in his hair from a bullet as of hoh

Frank is chubby up until hoh when Mars (unfortunately) decides to “fix” him by making him taller and more muscular

for at least the first four books Annabeth is taller than Percy

Percy has a tooth gap

Piper braids feathers from spoils of war into her hair

Hazel is African American

Piper is Native American

Leo is Latino

Reyna and Hylla are Latina (from Puerto Rico)

Frank is Chinese Canadian

Drew and Ethan are Japanese (assumed from their last names)

Nico’s skin colour is never stated, only that he has an olive undertone and that from botl onward he gets steadily more sickly pale (though as of the end of boo it looks like he’s beginning to lead a healthier lifestyle)

Percy’s camp necklace has six beads as of the end of boo

Annabeth’s has at least ten beads and her father’s college ring

Clarisse, Will, the Stolls, and other campers who are assumed to have been there before Percy probably have a similar amount

Jason, Piper, and Leo’s necklaces all have one bead

Nico’s necklace has anywhere from one to three beads on it, depending on whether or not they gave him ones for his aid in the battle of the labyrinth (probably not) and the battle of manhattan (more likely since he stayed for a while after)

both Nico and Reyna have rings that they twist when they’re anxious/thinking, Nico’s is the shape of a skull and Reyna’s has the symbol of Bellona and is most likely a seal ring

Frank’s bow and quiver can turn into a backpack

Frank spends the majority of their journey in pants that are too small for him because Leo’s an asshole (he loses his extra pants to Leo’s bullying in moa and they go clothes shopping for him in boo)

added onto that, Frank spends a while after his transformation in hoh in clothes that don’t fit until they get him new ones in boo

Leo has pointy elfish ears

both Percy and Leo are described as having lopsided, troublemaker grins

Nico is described as having dark bags under his eyes and looking sickly, and post moa is described as extremely malnourished (though this seems to be slowly getting better by the end of boo)

the longer the books go on the tanner Jason gets and the lighter his hair gets

Jason grew up on the coast of CA and probably can’t handle weather or anything under 68° F without many layers

Reyna’s cape is purple and glimmers gold in the light as of Athena’s blessing near the end of boo

Percy’s eyes are sea green

Hazel’s eyes are gold

Piper’s eyes change colour

Annabeth’s eyes are stormy gray

Jason and Thalia’s eyes are electric blue

don’t let the official art constrain your character designs

i haven’t seen any posts about this which makes me so sad so I’m doing it myself: autistic nico di angelo disclaimer: if you arent autistic its okay to reblog, please do!!

autistic nico whose special interest is mythomagic for a long time, then when he discovered he was the son of hades it became mythology in general (he knows arguably more than percy, and has had less exposure time-wise)

when he’s younger hes a lot more open:

stims with fidgets (“he was fiddling with something—a little metal toy soldier of some kind.”) like the beforementioned ‘metal toy soldier’ and his skull ring

and with movement (jumping around when hes excited when he met artemis)

lacks understanding of social cues and situations: his reaction to being a demigod, continuing to pester percy with questions in ttc, then about becoming invulnerable, not listening to percy when bianca died, being manipulated by minos

when he got older, after bianca’s death, he was a lot less open, and threw away his cards ): (once a major special interest)

i hate having to prove my headcanons so im done

NOW my headcanons :^))

he stims by twisting and moving around his ring

the buzzing in his ears he gets when someone dies give him sensory overload

he switches special interests a lot but mythology is always there in some form

he gets sensory overload really easily and usually just tries to be alone to calm down; he has trouble with sounds and having too many people around him

i haven’t seen any posts about this which makes me so sad so I’m doing it myself: autistic nico di angelo disclaimer: if you arent autistic its okay to reblog, please do!!

autistic nico whose special interest is mythomagic for a long time, then when he discovered he was the son of hades it became mythology in general (he knows arguably more than percy, and has had less exposure time-wise)

when he’s younger hes a lot more open:

stims with fidgets (“he was fiddling with something—a little metal toy soldier of some kind.”) like the beforementioned ‘metal toy soldier’ and his skull ring

and with movement (jumping around when hes excited when he met artemis)

lacks understanding of social cues and situations: his reaction to being a demigod, continuing to pester percy with questions in ttc, then about becoming invulnerable, not listening to percy when bianca died, being manipulated by minos

when he got older, after bianca’s death, he was a lot less open, and threw away his cards ): (once a major special interest)

i hate having to prove my headcanons so im done

NOW my headcanons :^))

he stims by twisting and moving around his ring

the buzzing in his ears he gets when someone dies give him sensory overload

he switches special interests a lot but mythology is always there in some form

he gets sensory overload really easily and usually just tries to be alone to calm down; he has trouble with sounds and having too many people around him