Damasen

Damasen

Personal Information Born: before the Gigantomachy Died: July 18, 2010 (scattered, possibly) Alias: Bane of Ares Bane of Mars Element: Water (healing) Species: Gigantes Family: Chaos (grandfather) Tartarus (father) Gaea (mother) Gigantes (siblings) Occupation: Hermit Affiliation: Iapetus Perseus Jackson Annabeth Chase Loyalty: Nearly any force against his parents, Tartarus and Gaea

"Father, you wished for a more worthy opponent? I am one of the giants you are so proud of. You wished me to be more warlike? Perhaps I will start by destroying you!"

— Damasen to Tartarus[[{{{4}}}|[src]]]

Damasen was a Gigantes son of Tartarus and Gaea, born to defeat Ares (Mars), the god of war. However, as Ares was warlike, Damasen, his opposite, was peaceful and refused to fight the Olympians in the Gigantomachy, forcing his brother Mimas, born to oppose Hephaestus (Vulcan), to fight both Ares and Hephaestus. Mimas lost due to the extra force and began to harbor a deep grudge against Damasen.

When a mortal farmer friend of Damasen was killed by the Maeonian Drakon, an enraged Damasen followed and killed it, allowing Gaea to have an excuse to condemn him in Tartarus, where the Maeonian Drakon attacked him every "day" (time is relative in Tartarus) and was killed by him. Damasen eventually built himself a hut out of the creature's skin and bones.

Millennia later, in the year 2010, he was sought out to heal a poisoned Perseus Jackson. After he did so, he and his Titanic half-brother Iapetus defended Jackson and Annabeth Chase from his father Tartarus and were presumably scattered.

Trivia

• Damasen has power over Healing, a subgroup of the element of Water. Ares, who he was born to oppose, has limited power over the element of Fire, the natural opposite of Water.