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Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief Prophecy Explained
Hi! Welcome to my first page! Here I will try to explain the Great Prophecy in Rick Riordan's first Percy Jackson and the Olympians book. ''Note: the Great Prophecy is not fully explained until The Last Olympian. ''

The Great Prophecy:
A half-blood of the eldest gods shall reach sixteen against all odds

And see the world in endless sleep, the hero's soul, cursed blade shall reap.

A single choice shall end his days, Olympus to preserve or raze.

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When Percy hears the prophecy and is claimed, he thinks that he is the one in the prophecy. Makes sense, because he is the only half-blood at Camp Half-Blood that is a child of the Big Three. But he doesn't have much to worry about, since he's only twelve years old at the start of this epic series. Until at the end of the second book, Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, comes back to life after being turned into a pine tree. In the end, Percy is the mentioned half-blood, he reaches sixteen, and he and Thalia become good friends.

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In The Last Olympian, all the mortals in Manhattan fall asleep so that they do not disturb the battle. It was thought that Kronos's scythe was the cursed blade because anyone who touched it would have their soul severed from their body. But the cursed blade was Annabeth's gold dagger, which was given to her by Luke Castellan when she was seven before they reached Camp Half-Blood. When she was given the dagger, Luke promised her that he, Thalia, and Annabeth would be a family and that he wouldn't leave her. When he started to work for Kronos, he broke that promise and her dagger was cursed. In the end, Luke used Annabeth's dagger to sacrifice his life to banish Kronos. The choice for Percy was that he could let Luke destroy himself or destroy Luke with his own hands. Percy made the right choice and saved Olympus.

And that is the Great Prophecy in a nutshell.