Hermes (Riordan)

Hermes
Background information
Movies	The Lightning Thief Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters
TV Series	Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Books	The Lightning Thief The Sea of Monsters The Titan's Curse The Last Olympian The Red Pyramid (mentioned) The Lost Hero (mentioned) The Demigod Diaries The Mark of Athena (mentioned) The House of Hades (mentioned) The Blood of Olympus Percy Jackson's Greek Gods Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes The Hidden Oracle (mentioned) The Dark Prophecy (mentioned) The Burning Maze (mentioned) The Tower of Nero
Portrayed by	Dylan Neal (The Lightning Thief) Nathan Fillion (Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters) Lin-Manuel Miranda (Disney+)
Adapted by	Rick Riordan (recreation)
Publisher	Disney Publishings
Inspiration	The character of the same name from Greek Myths
Character information
Full name	Hermes
Other names	God of Cheeseburgers (by Percy in GG)
Personality	Laid-back, helpful, somewhat arrogant, caring
Appearance	Muscular build, curly black hair, blue eyes, elfish features, and a sly grin, New York City Marathon T-shirt while jogging, an outfit similar to a mailman's when delivering mail with a pith helmet which sprout wings, and a suit
Occupation	Messenger of the Gods Greek god of thieves and travelers
Alignment	Good
Affiliations	Olympians Percy Jackson Zeus
Goal	Steal his brother Apollo's sheep (succeeded) Make amends with Apollo for stealing his sheep (succeeded) to deliver messages from the gods Redeem his son Luke Castellan (succeeded)
Home	Mount Olympus
Relationships
Parents	Zeus (father) Maia (mother) Hera (stepmother and paternal aunt)
Siblings	Ares, Apollo, Hephaestus, Dionysus, Jason Grace (paternal half-brothers) Athena, Artemis, Persephone, Thalia Grace (paternal half-sisters)
Partner(s)	Peitho (wife) May Castellan (ex-lover)
Children	Pan, Agreus, Nomios, and Phorbas (immortal sons) Tyche, Palaestra and Angelia (immortal daughters) Hermes' Cabin members (children) Luke Castellan, Chris Rodriguez, Connor and Travis Stoll, Autolycus, Aethalides, Eudoros, Eurytus, Myrtilus, Norax, Cecil Markowitz (sons) Alice Miyazawa, Julia Feingold and Harriet Tubman (daughters)
Relatives	Gaea (paternal great-grandmother) Ouranos (paternal great-grandfather) Kronos and Rhea (paternal grandparents) Pleione (maternal grandmother) Iapetus (maternal great-grandfather) Percy Jackson Nico di Angelo, Bianca di Angelo, Hazel Levesque, Tyson (cousins) Atlas (maternal grandfather)Poseidon, Hades, Chiron (paternal uncles) Demeter, Hestia (paternal aunts) Pleiades, Zoë Nightshade, Calypso and Hesperides (maternal aunts)
Allies	Apollo (best friend), Percy Jackson, Tyson, Grover Underwood, Hercules, Annabeth Chase, Perseus, Odysseus, Luke Castellan (currently)
Enemies	Kronos, Titans, Apollo (briefly), Calypso, Gaea, the giants, Hera (sometimes)
Personal information
Likes	Guiding travelers and delivering messages between deities and mortals, messing with Apollo (formerly)
Dislikes	His son Luke's inner darkness, messing with Apollo, Percy accusing him, Hera's wrath, Martha and George arguing
Powers and abilities	Several Enhanced Skills Strength Swordsmanship Enhanced Speed Teleportation Transgressing Realms Enhanced Thievery Clauditiskinesis Lock Intuition Money Manipulation Athletics Inventions Ancient Greek Alchemy Power of Persuasion Intelligence Transfiguration Prophecy Audiokinesis
Paraphernalia	Caduceus
Status	Active

“My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.”

―Hermes to his cousin Percy Jackson

Hermes is one of the supporting characters of Rick Riordan's book series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus.  He is the messenger of the gods and the father of Luke Castellan.

Trivia

• Hermes is one of the few gods to refer to Percy as his cousin, which is strange because according to Percy, they do not define their relationships by blood