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NOTE: This is only about his book version, as his TV and film versions were not voted as Inconsistently Heinous.

Good-bye, Percy. There is a new Golden Age coming. You won't be part of it
~ Luke to Percy.
Ethan. Me. All the unclaimed. Don't let it . . . Don't let it happen again
~ Luke's last words.

Luke Castellan is the central antagonist of the book series Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan.

He is a demigod son of the Greek god Hermes and his mortal lover May Castellan. He held a strong grudge against the gods, so much so that he tried to awaken the Titan Kronos in order to destroy them, betraying Camp Half-Blood in the process.

Additionally, Luke also serves as the protagonist and narrator of "The Diary of Luke Castellan" (which takes place 5 years before the events of The Lightning Thief), a short story in The Demigod Diaries.

His Evil Ranking[]

What Makes Him Heinous?[]

  • He voluntarily joined forces with Kronos to help his plan of overthrowing the gods and destroying civilization. Luke's dialogue with Percy near the end of The Lightning Thief makes it clear that he fully understands the amount of destruction that Kronos will cause, and that he's joining him anyways.
  • He stole Zeus' Master Bolt and Hades' Helm of Darkness with the intention of starting a war among the gods. Such a war would have led to untold numbers of deaths, as the last war between the Big Three gods was World War II.
    • When caught by Ares, Luke manipulates the God of War into helping him start the war among the gods, and convinces him not to return the Master Bolt to Zeus, instead keep it until someone else could unknowingly deliver the bolt to Kronos.
    • He framed a 12-year-old Percy Jackson (who wasn't aware of the mythological world) for stealing Zeus' lightning bolt and Hades' helm, both crimes which Luke himself committed.
    • He gave Percy cursed shoes that were meant to drag him, along with the Master Bolt, into Tartarus. He was lucky that he happened to give them to Grover and Percy barely saved him from Luke's trap.
    • He summoned a hellhound to kill Percy in order to make him think Hades is the enemy. He even adds that summoning the hellhound was also to make Chiron believe that camp wasn't safe for Percy after he's claimed as a forbidden child and make him and his friends venture on a potentially dangerous quest.
    • Because of Luke's actions, Sally Jackson, an innocent woman, got caught in both Zeus and Hades' misplaced wrath because Luke stole their symbols of power and framed her son, Percy, for it.
    • After revealing his betrayal, he left Percy alone with a deadly scorpion with the intent of killing him while also taunting him. Percy would've died from the poison had he not been healed by Chiron.
  • He poisoned Thalia's tree, which magically protected Camp Half-Blood from monsters, weakening the protection and putting the campers (mostly children) in serious danger of being killed by monsters. Luke even shows callousness about this, claiming that the campers' only option would be to abandon Camp Half-Blood and join his cause for their own survival.
    • He admits that he was gonna allow Percy to heal the tree, but it was not for the well-being of Camp Half-Blood and its campers. It's because he knew Thalia could be brought back to life and he believed he could try to use her as a "weapon" in his plan to destroy Olympus.
  • He framed Chiron for poisoning Thalia's tree, a crime which Luke himself committed.
  • Aboard the Princess Andromeda, Luke had his bodyguards feed Percy and Annabeth to a drakon. Both Percy and Annabeth were 13-years-old at the time. It's also worth noting that Luke promised to protect Annabeth several years beforehand, making it a particularly harsh betrayal.
    • He tried to kill Percy in a duel aboard his ship. Right after severely wounding Percy, Luke forces him to watch helplessly as Annabeth and Grover (Percy's best friends who were also betrayed by Luke) are eaten alive. They were only lucky to be saved by Chiron and his centaur kin.
  • He deceived Annabeth — who, again, he promised to protect in her childhood — into holding up the sky in the place of Atlas. This was an incredibly painful experience for Annabeth, who was only 14 at the time, and it could reasonably be seen as a form of torture.
  • He deceived Artemis into holding up the sky after he let Annabeth go.
  • He sent several demigods to scout the Labyrinth to find a route to Camp Half-Blood for their plan to destroy it without worrying about the barrier. One of the demigods, Chris Rodriguez, who is also Luke's half-brother, was driven insane during the mission courtesy of King Minos' ghost. Luke implies that several other demigods in his army have likely perished, gotten lost, or were also driven to madness.
  • He helped Antaeus host gladiator games, which he used in the hopes of killing a then 15-year-old Percy.
  • He volunteered to be possessed by Kronos, helping the evil Titan return to the world to destroy the gods and human civilization with them.
  • He extorted Silena Beauregard into being his spy and threatened to hurt her boyfriend Charlie if she disobeyed him.
  • Though many other Riordanverse villains have attempted global cataclysm to the point that Luke's master Kronos doesn't stand out, Luke still passes the in-story heinousness standards. He is just a half-blood with relatively few powers, so it's unfair to compare him to immortal gods like Gaea, Apophis, or Loki who have far more resources. On top of that, Luke actively chose to join and resurrect Kronos, making him largely responsible for the threat he poses.

What Makes Him Inconsistent?[]

  • He redeems himself on his deathbed by sacrificing his own life to defeat Kronos. This action saved the entire world. After doing so, he asks Annabeth to forgive him, which she does. His father Hermes blesses him, and his soul is taken to Elysium having died a hero's death. Percy himself admits that Luke was a hero in the end and that's what mattered.
  • During his time as villain, he was a well-intentioned extremist who had legitimate grievances against the Olympian gods. He saw first-hand how he and his fellow half-bloods were hurt by their parental neglect, forcing them to go on quests, and treating them like pawns. Therefore, he wanted to overthrow the Olympians to build way for a better system. The main reason he's a villain is that he's trusting Kronos to do this, despite Kronos not having the same good intentions.
  • He is incredibly tragic. His mother May Castellan saw a prohecy of his future that made her insane, which led to Luke running away from home as a child and live on the streets for several years, fending off monsters for his own survival. He made a friend in Thalia, but she was almost killed by monsters and her father Zeus turned her into a tree to preserve her. No matter how much he prayed, his father Hermes pretty much never appeared to him or comforted him.
  • He honestly loved Annabeth as a friend and hated having to fight her, hence why he repeatedly tried to recruit her. He has a similar connection to Thalia, who he tried to resurrect to get her on his side.
  • The abuse he receives from Kronos paints Luke in a sympathetic light, as he was told that he'd be made a vessel for possession if he failed.

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