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Nico di Angelo

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

FULL NAME Niccolò di Angelo

GENDER Male

AGE 15 (biologically)
79 (chronologically)

ALIAS Son of Hades

The Ghost King
Death Boy (Will Solace)
Ambassador of Pluto
Death Breath
Zombie Dude (Percy Jackson)
The Lord of Darkness (Will Solace)
Debbie Downer (Will Solace)
The Italian Wall Lizard (Screech-
Bling)
Mr. Dark Lord (Will Solace)
Italian Son of Hades (by the
Troglodytes)
Signor MythoMagic (by Will
Solace)

FAMILY Hades (father)

Maria di Angelo (mother)
Persephone (stepmother)
Bianca di Angelo (sister)
Hazel Levesque (paternal half-
sister)
Mr. di Angelo (maternal
grandfather)
Mrs. di Angelo (maternal
grandmother)
Thalia Grace, Percy Jackson,
Jason Grace (paternal cousins)
Fifteen cacodemons (children
made out of Nico's darkness by
Nyx)

AFFILIATION Camp Half-Blood

Olympians
Camp Jupiter (formerly)

RESIDENCE Venice, Italy (birthplace)

Washington, D.C. (formerly)
Bar Harbor, Maine (formerly)
Lotus Hotel and Casino, Las
Vegas, Nevada (formerly)
Camp Half-Blood
Underworld

ITEM Stygian Iron sword

Diocletian's Scepter (destroyed)

STATUS Alive

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

EYE Dark Brown

HAIR Black

HEIGHT 5'6 / 167 cm

SPECIES Demigod
Dandelion (formerly)
Corn Plant (formerly)

BEHIND THE SCENES

APPEARANCES The Titan's Curse

The Battle of the Labyrinth
The Demigod Files
The Last Olympian
The Lost Hero (mentioned)
The Son of Neptune
The Mark of Athena
The House of Hades
The Blood of Olympus
Camp Half-Blood ConEdential
The Hidden Oracle
The Dark Prophecy (mentioned)
The Tyrant's Tomb (mentioned)
The Tower of Nero
Un Natale Mezzosangue
The Sun and the Star: A Nico di
Angelo Adventure

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“
I am Nico Di Angelo, son of Hades. I control the
shadows. They do not control me.

NICO AS HE STOPS HIMSELF FROM MERGING WITH

THE DARKNESS IN THE BLOOD OF OLYMPUS.

Niccolo "Nico" di Angelo is a 15-year-old [1] Italian-

born Greek demigod, the son of Hades and Maria Di
Angelo. He is a main character in the Percy Jackson
and the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and The
Trials of Apollo series of books and the protagonist of
The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure. Nico
is the younger brother of the late Bianca Di Angelo and
the paternal half-brother of Hazel Levesque. He's
known in the Underworld as the "Ghost King" after
taking the title from Minos in The Battle of the
Labyrinth. He is currently in a relationship with Will
Solace.

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History

Early Life

Nico di Angelo was born around 1932 on January 28th

in Venice, Italy, before World War II (before Hades and
his brothers took an oath to have no more demigod
children) to Hades and Maria di Angelo, their second
child together, the ]rst being his older sister Bianca di
Angelo. He was raised in a conservative catholic home.

Hades rarely made appearances in the household, in

fear that the other gods would notice that he had a son
and a daughter.

As a child, Nico was obsessed with pirates and the

game Mythomagic, which caused him to ]nd the
knowledge of being a demigod very exciting. At around
the age of six, Nico visited Diocletian's Palace in Split,
Croatia.

Nico had a warm relationship with his mother, as he

remembers her smiling down at him while they both
walked by the Venetian Grand Canal.

In elementary school he studied Dante.

Relocation and Losing his Mother

At some point near the beginning of World War II, Nico

and his family left Italy for the United States, where
they stayed at a fancy hotel in Washington, D.C.. Shortly
after arriving, Nico was playing Mythomagic with
another boy his age, Henry Whittaker, and he mentioned
that Ares was pretty. Henry said that was weird and
they stopped hanging out.

One day, as Hades was begging his mother to store him

and Bianca somewhere safe as Zeus was planning to
kill them. Shortly after, she died when Zeus struck the
hotel they were staying in with lightning in an attempt
to kill the siblings since he thought they would be to
dangerous. However, they were protected by Hades as
he erected an impenetrable wall of black energy to
shield them from Zeus' bolts, but Hades was not able to
protect their mother in time.

Afterward, a devastated Hades ordered the Fury Alecto

to take Nico and Bianca to the Underworld and bathe
them in the River Lethe, in order to wipe away their
memories and told her to give their mom the Ancient
rites. The lord of the dead also swore revenge on Zeus.
This later caused him to send monsters to attack and
try to kill Thalia Grace, Zeus' daughter.

Washington D.C. and the Lotus Hotel and

Casino

In The Titan's Curse, Bianca says that she and Nico had
no memories of their mortal parent and told by a lawyer
(Alecto in disguise), in Washington D.C., that their
parents were dead, and had left a bank trust for them.
This "lawyer" would come by once in a while to check
on both of them. During this time, Nico and Bianca were
enrolled in a boarding school. Meanwhile, Bianca
familiarized herself with the city's subway system. In
The Blood of Olympus, Nico sees a brief `ashback from
this time - his sister Bianca, laughing as she pulled him
across the National Mall. After some time had passed,
Hades, hoping that one of his children might one day
become the "child of the Eldest Gods" (referred to in the
Great Prophecy), decided to place them in the Lotus
Hotel and Casino, and tasked Alecto with the job. Once
again disguised as a lawyer, Alecto had Nico and Bianca
leave the boarding school, and took them all the way to
the Lotus Hotel, in Las Vegas.

After what the siblings thought was a month in the

Lotus Hotel (which turned out to be 70 years), they
were taken out by Alecto, this time disguised as a
diderent lawyer. Alecto drove Nico and Bianca back
east, through D.C., and then up into Maine. They were
brought to a military school called Westover Hall, paid
for by Hades using what Nico and Bianca thought to be
a trust fund left to them by their parents. At this point,
Nico became obsessed with Mythomagic, a card game.
It was later revealed that Nico had been obsessed with
pirates even before he started collecting Mythomagic
cards. Bianca mentioned that the summer before she
left Westover Hall (during the events of The Sea of
Monsters), she and Nico visited Washington D.C. once
again, and were very surprised to see several subway
stations that had not been there before. Bianca
mentions that during their visit, several monsters
(disguised as mortals) attempted to attack them in an
alley. Nico also mentions seeing a bus driver (most likely
a satyr in disguise) with ram's horns, though Bianca had
not believed him at the time.

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Percy Jackson and the

Olympians
The Titan's Curse

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Hiding in the Labyrinth

Nico eventually found the entrance to the Labyrinth

and found Minos. Minos manipulated Nico and the two
traveled together, with Nico barely eating at all. Nico
became very depressed during this time and his anger
only grew bigger, and he became convinced that he
would never belong at Camp Half-Blood because he
was a son of Hades. He even abandoned his
Mythomagic cards. Nico became very strong during his
months away, learning to summon ghosts. He also got
his Stygian Iron sword. Nico also learned how to shadow
travel but ended up in China many times. Nico and
Minos would camp out in the Underworld where Minos
would try to manipulate him into doing a soul for a soul
to bring Bianca back.

Nico’s appearance also changed. His hair grew to his

shoulders and his skin went from olive to as white as
snow. He also donned his signature out]t of his aviators
jacket, black jeans, and a skull shirt, with a sword on his
side. He became very skinny and bony due to his
meager diet.

While Nico was gone, Percy, Grover, and Annabeth

searched for him the entire spring with no luck. Percy
thought about Nico a lot and the crack he made, which,
was still at the Dining Pavilion.

The Battle of the Labyrinth

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The Demigod Files

The Sword of Hades

Nico is one of the three demigods along with Thalia and

Percy who are summoned by his step-mother
Persephone to ]nd the Sword of Hades. When he is ]rst
summoned by Persephone he claims to have been at a
graveyard in New Orleans, this could possibly be
reference to Hazel. Naturally, Nico didn't take well to her
welcome since she turned him into a dandelion when
they last met. Percy thinks it's a bad idea but Nico is
hoping to achieve recognition from his father Hades. He
tells Thalia and Percy why they need to go on the quest.
To Percy's irritation, he comes up with logical reasons.
His knowledge of the Underworld and its occupants
helps them complete their quest. He remains in the
Underworld afterward to discuss the upcoming Titan
War with his father. Before his friends leave, he reminds
Percy of his idea to defeat the Titans.

The Last Olympian

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Between the Series

Sadly, Nico's popularity only lasted a few weeks. After

that campers did whatever they could to avoid him and
forgot he was at camp. (Though a year or so later Will
Solace tells him this never happened, he in fact isolated
himself). The fact that Percy had begun dating
Annabeth did not make Nico feel any better. As a result,
Nico takes to only showing up at Camp from time to
time. Sometime after the Battle of Manhattan, Hades
gave Nico a French zombie chaudeur, Jules-Albert, for
his birthday.

As revealed in The Son of Neptune, in the September

following the Battle of Manhattan, after Thanatos had
been captured, and the dead were returning to the
world, Nico had gone to the Underworld in hopes of
rescuing his sister Bianca, but was unable to do so,
because she decided to be reborn and thus couldn't be
brought back to life.

Instead, Nico found his half-sister Hazel Levesque in

the Fields of Asphodel and sensed she was a child of
the Underworld, as, unlike the other souls in Asphodel,
she remembered her life. Nico felt that she deserved
another chance at being a hero and brought her to the
overworld (Gaea said that he had sel]sh reasons for
doing this, but it is unknown if he had any or for what
sel]sh reasons did he do it for, maybe because he
wanted a chance at having a sister again). Hades gives
Nico directions on how to ]nd Camp Jupiter, explains
why the Olympians have kept both camps separated for
centuries, and forbids him from telling anybody about it,
as the time isn't right. Hades also advises his son to
introduce himself to the Romans as a son of Pluto,
telling Nico that it is important for him to make this
connection.

As stated by Dakota, Nico took Hazel directly to Camp

Jupiter and requested that Reyna and Jason take her
in. Thus, Nico became the ]rst Greek demigod since the
First Demigod Civil War to learn about the existence of
Roman demigods and to visit Camp Jupiter. He accepts
a role as the Ambassador of Pluto to the Romans and
becomes involved in the camp's political life as a
Senator.

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The Heroes of Olympus

The Lost Hero

Annabeth mentions that Nico is searching for Percy

along with Tyson, Grover, and the Hunters of Artemis,
but otherwise, he doesn't appear in this book. It's to be
assumed that he doesn't stay at Camp Half-Blood
much, as Annabeth said he "sometimes" shows up,
which could be due to his double duty at Camp Jupiter
as Ambassador of Pluto. She mentions him as one of
the only children of the Big Three along with Percy
Jackson and Thalia Grace. Unknown to her, Jason
Grace and Hazel Levesque are also children of the
Roman Big Three, being the son of Jupiter and the
daughter of Pluto respectively.

The Son of Neptune

Nico meets Percy at Camp Jupiter, where he is visiting

his half-sister, Hazel Levesque. Nico is very shocked
when he sees Percy, but he introduced himself and
held out his hand. They shook hands, and Percy said
that he knew him, but Nico said, “Do you?”, not telling
him about his past. Hazel tells Nico about how Percy
arrived and Nico tells Percy about Gaea, and how evil
she was. He also tells him about how. Saturn came back
and caused the Second Titan War and the Battle of
Mount Othrys. Nico mentions how he told Reyna
Ramírez-Arellano about the giants being reborn, but
she didn't listen to him. Nico also greeted Frank Zhang
when he arrived and smiled since he was amused by
him and was never uneasy around him. Nico tells Frank
to take Percy to dinner while he talks to Hazel, and tells
Hazel that he is staying overnight. Hazel is stressed
about this because she knows that the campers won’t
like that.

Hazel and Nico talked on the roof of Pluto's Shrine,

where Nico tells Hazel that important things are at
work, and he cannot tell Hazel much about Percy, but
she can trust him because he is only dangerous to his
enemies. Hazel was still suspicious, and Nico got
moody, making bones pop up from the ground. Nico
reassured Hazel that she can make things right, and
almost calls her Bianca, making Hazel even more bitter,
knowing that she will never be like her. Nico tells Hazel
how "Pluto" was going crazy because of everything
happening in the Underworld, and that Hazel belonged
at Camp Jupiter. After Hazel blacks out, Nico gets very
worried and asks her where she was when she woke up.
Nico warns Hazel that she should better control her
blackouts. He and Hazel ran to the mess hall for dinner
and Nico gave her Nectar to heal her cuts after she fell
when a gold bar popped up. The two ran for the gates
of Camp to not be late for roll call. When they arrived,
Nico went next to Percy. After Hazel stood for Percy,
Nico was proud of her and beamed at her, calling her
"sis". Hazel wondered if he called Bianca that. While
Frank was with Percy, Percy asked many questions
about Nico, which Frank didn’t know much of the
answers. Frank thinks that he isn't like Hazel since Hazel
is nicer and better looking, and tells Percy that he is
mysterious and makes everyone nervous, but not him.
At dinner, Nico sat with Frank, Percy, Hazel, and the
Centurion Dakota. Percy wanted to talk to Nico about if
he saw him before, and Nico panicked and told him
unless he saw him in the Underworld, they never saw
each other. Dakota says how Reyna never knows what
to do when Nico arrives, which Nico took no odense to.
Nico says that Dakota was helpful, standing for Hazel,
making Dakota blush. Nico tells Percy that he only
learned about Hazel recently, how children of Pluto stick
together, and how he had another sister. When Don
started mentioning Percy's Empathy Link, Nico had
Frank and Hazel get Percy oriented and dragged
Dakota, Don, and Vitellius to the Praetor's table to
discuss war strategies, dragging Don and Vitellius by
the ear.

During the War Games, Nico watched from the

observation tower in the fort with binoculars. After
Gwendolyn died and came back to life, Reyna asked
Nico if it was a power of Pluto, but Nico says that no
one returns from the dead, and glanced at Hazel, telling
her to stay quiet. When Mars arrived at Camp, he glared
at Nico while talking about how some people return
from the dead. The next day, Nico participated in the
Senate meeting and wore a black toga, sitting with the
other Senators. Nico tells Reyna that he and Hazel
learned about the giants from Pluto, and how the eldest
giant, Alcyoneus, was born to oppose Pluto. Reyna was
suspicious, and told him that he sounded "quite familiar
with him". Nico tells the others how only a demigod and
a god together can kill a giant, and how it has happened
before in the First Giant War. Nico also explains to Percy
how Pluto is the god of the dead, but Thanatos is the
god of death, but he was captured. Nico also says how
it is easier for ghosts to escape your Underworld, and
how Gaea and her forces captured the Doors of Death,
making monsters escape.

Before Hazel left, Nico wished her luck and said that he
would head back to your Underworld to help his father
with helping the Furies. Nico also planned to track
escaping souls and ]nd the Doors of Death. Hazel told
him to be careful, but Nico said that he knew how to
hide. Nico was also worried that after she saved
Thanatos, he would never see her again, and she would
go back to the dead. Nico said goodbye and melted into
the shadows. Nico is later shown in one of Hazel's
`ashback blackouts. He ]nds Hazel in the Fields of
Asphodel and brings her back to the mortal world to
give her another chance at life. Hazel later learns that
he is in Rome. Percy becomes angry at him when he
regains his memories.

Journey through Tartarus and Europe

As Nico is searching the Underworld for the Doors of

Death, he ]nds the entrance to Tartarus. Not long after,
he encounters the Chimera and Echidna, momentarily
mistaking the later for his grandmother. After taunting
the pair, they attack Nico and the son of Hades is pulled
into Tartarus. After falling, Nico is surprised that none of
his bones are broken and gets up. After spotting the
Giant Army, Nico is spotted by wolves and runs. As the
wolves are gaining on him, he sees a house nearby and
someone waving at him. The son of Hades makes it to
the house and he is greeted by Nemesis. Nemesis
insists she is there to help Nico, but he does not believe
it. The goddess takes the form of his father and tells
him to correct the imbalances in his heart. She gives
Nico pomegranate seeds from his step-mother’s
garden and he questions the gesture. After saying she
is weaker in Tartarus, the goddess tells Nico to follow
the River Phlegethon downstream to reach the Doors of
Death and to restore balance in his heart. The house
and goddess vanish, but not before warning Nico of her
mother, and Nico sees a bubble of puss. It bursts and
an empousa emerges, he kills her as she complains that
she just reformed and the son of Hades runs away. He
]nds the river of ]re and follows the goddess’s
instructions.