Clarisse La Rue
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| Clarisse La Rue | |
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| Title | |
| Counselor of Cabin Five | |
| Daughter of Ares | |
| Drakon Slayer | |
| Vital Statistics | |
| Gender | Female |
| Family | Ares (father) Ms. La Rue (mother) |
| Status | Alive |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Hair Color | Dirty Blond |
| Height | Tall |
| Other | |
| Affiliation | Olympus |
| Weapons | Clarisse's Spear (formerly) Maimer |
| Species | Demigod |
| Home | Camp Half-Blood |
| Greek/Roman form | None |
| Appearances | The Lightning Thief The Sea of Monsters (film) The Battle of the Labyrinth The Stolen Chariot The Last Olympian The Lost Hero The Mark of Athena (mentioned) |
| Actor | Leven Rambin |
| Quests | Quest for the Golden Fleece |
| “ | I AM CLARISSE, DRAKON SLAYER!!! I will kill you ALL!!! | ” |
| –Clarisse, after slaying the Drakon in The Last Olympian | ||
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians 
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The Lightning ThiefEdit
| “ | Annabeth: Meet Clarisse, Daughter of Ares.
Percy: Like...the war god? | ” |
| –Annabeth introduces Clarisse to Percy, in the Lightning Thief | ||
Clarisse is known as a bully at Camp Half-Blood. She is a well-trained camper which can be a bad thing, depending on whose side she's on. When Percy Jackson first arrives at camp and Annabeth Chase is showing him around, she mocks him and Annabeth (calling Annabeth princess), and teases them. She tries dunking Percy's head in a toilet, but this backfires when Percy unknowingly uses his water powers to shoot the water back at her, blasting her and her friends out of the bathroom. It is known that she and her gang dunk everyone's head in a toilet as an initiation, although it is not seen whenever a new camper comes. She shows mastery at using her favorite weapon, an electric spear that was given to her by her father, Ares. Percy manages to break it, making Clarisse hate Percy even more. The spear is eventually replaced with one called Maimer, but everyone else (including her cabin mates) nicknamed it Lamer behind her back. At the end of the book at a beach in Los Angeles, Percy has to retrieve Hades' helm of darkness and wins a fight against Ares, making all the Ares kids hate him.
The Sea of MonstersEdit
Clarisse goes on a quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece from the Sea of Monsters. On the way there she rescues Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson from the Hydra and takes them aboard a ship named CSS Birmingham to which she is the commander with undead Confederate soldiers as her workers. While sailing through the Sea of Monsters, they are separated by Charybdis and Scylla, and an explosion blew up the CSS Birmingham. Clarisse thinks everyone else is dead, and Annabeth and Percy think the same. Clarisse reaches the island of Polyphemus just before Percy and Annabeth.
Polyphemus takes away Clarisse's weapon, and ties her up over boiling water. Clarisse yells at him to release her and fight, and reveals that Polyphemus' bride is actually Grover who is trying his best to keep himself alive. Angry, Polyphemus declares that Grover would be the meal, and Clarisse would be the bride, much to her horror. The Cyclops imprisons Grover and Clarisse in a cave, but Percy and Annabeth come to their rescue. After fleeing the cave, they all try to fight Polyphemus but fail. Tyson arrives and rescues his friends, retrieving the Golden Fleece in the process, but Clarisse's taunts at Polyphemus drives him to sink Percy's and Annabeth's ship, Queen Anne's Revenge.
With the help of Hippocampi, they escape the Sea of Monsters to Miami where Percy gives the Fleece and all the money they had left to Clarisse so she could get back to camp. She succeeded and, just as she set the Fleece over Thalia's tree, Percy, Annabeth, Tyson, and Chiron arrived. That night, the Fleece restored Thalia's Tree back to health and brings back Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus, giving Kronos a second chance to control the prophecy.
Added by PaneraiThe Titan's CurseEdit
In the beginning Clarisse is not at Camp Half-Blood because she is away on a secret scouting mission for Chiron (into the Labyrinth), but has not been heard from and is considered M.I.A. She appears at the very end and tells the Campers and Chiron that she has "Bad news for everyone".
The Battle of the LabyrinthEdit
Clarisse has become better friends with Annabeth (though still not with Percy), and they have been planning something to do with Clarisse's secret scouting mission the previous winter. She is seen holding back Juniper at Grover's trial with the Council of Cloven Elders. It is also revealed she comes from Phoenix, Arizona.
She returns from her quest and reports that Luke Castellan has been trying to get into camp through the Labyrinth.
During her quest, she finds a fellow half-blood, Chris Rodriguez, who was driven to insanity by Minos. She takes him back to Camp Half-Blood and tries to nurse him back to health, and cries often because of Chris's condition which shows she has strong feelings for him. When she sees Percy, she asks that when he finds Daedalus, the creator of the Labyrinth, to kill him. "Because anybody who can make something like the Labyrinth, Percy? That person is evil. Plain evil." She was seen by Percy Jackson in the Big House basement with Chris. When Percy describes how Clarisse acts toward Chris, it makes him believe she knew him before he swapped sides. Mr. D is able to reverse the insanity and the two are seen together, happy and holding hands at the campfire while singing camp songs.
The Demigod FilesEdit
The Stolen ChariotEdit
Clarisse was given the task of looking after her father's (Ares) chariot for the day. Her half-brothers, Phobos and Deimos stole it, and with the help of Percy she manages to get it back and return it to her father by sunset. This results in the two becoming friends, though they keep that fact to themselves, because they have a reputation of being rivals at camp.
Her interview foreshadows her dislike of Michael Yew, because of her arguments with him when he said that the Apollo Cabin was better just because they could use long-ranged weapons. She also states that she wishes to break his bow over his head.
The Last OlympianEdit
The occupants of Ares' cabin and Apollo's cabin are fighting over a flying chariot because both cabins want it as their own. The Ares cabin had led the raid, and the Apollo cabin had captured the chariot. The Apollo cabin curses Clarisse's cabin mates so that they have to talk in rhyme.
At a war council, she tells the other head counselors that the Ares Cabin will not fight because they were disrespected. She sticks up for, and is good friends with Silena Beauregard, and is sympathetic when Charles Beckendorf dies. She is also vital in the final battle because Kronos had sent a drakon to attack the Heroes and it was foretold only a child of Ares could slay it; but the cabin had been duped into not helping, thanks to a spy in the camp. Finally they arrive when Silena dresses in Clarisse's armor and fools the cabin into joining the battle (in a parallel of the Illiad). After Silena is fatally wounded Clarisse charges the drakon without armor and brings the beast down, avenging her friend. The deed also earned her the blessing of Ares and the respect of her father who said it was the best drakon slaying he had ever seen. Clarisse continued to battle with the horde of monsters until she was frozen by a Hyperborean Giant.
After the war ends in victory for the Olympians and Half-bloods, Clarisse returned to camp. She and some campers eavesdrop on Percy and Annabeth, Clarisse and the campers interrupt them kissing and throw them into the canoe lake.
The Heroes of OlympusEdit
The Lost HeroEdit
Clarisse is mentioned when one camper comments on how Jason Grace's weapon is better than Clarisse's. She also took part in the council meeting at the end of the book, when Chiron reveals the truth about the Roman camp. She mentions that the brutal philosophy of the Romans makes sense to her (as Ares is the god of war so his children like violence). However, she does not like the concept of Greek demigods working/co-operating with Roman demigods, as they were enemies before.
The Mark of AthenaEdit
When Gleeson Hedge is talking to Frank Zhang about General Sherman's attack on Atlanta and how he burned it to the ground, Percy thought that Clarisse would do something similar.
PersonalityEdit
Clarisse is hot-tempered, arrogant, brave, and strong like most of her siblings. She is also known as a bully that dunks new campers' heads in toilets. In The Battle of the Labyrinth she shows strong feelings for Chris Rodriguez and shows her kind and caring side even before he becomes her boyfriend. Clarisse is very proud and defensive of her cabin, and often defends the camp from monsters. She is also defensive and very protective of her good friend Silena Beauregard after she gave Clarisse some dating advice. Her anger toward Percy increased after he defeated her father. During The Last Olympian, she is angered by the camp for never respecting the Ares Cabin. Her pride even prevented her from allowing her cabin from fighting in the war until Silena's intervention. She is similar to Achilles, in the sense that her pride sometimes gets in the way of her good sense.
AppearanceEdit
Clarisse is described as a big, tall girl with long, stringy dirty blonde\brown hair, pig-like brown eyes and strong looking. Percy also described Clarisse, along with the rest of the Ares Cabin to have the same sneer as their father, Ares. After returning from her scouting mission in The Titan's Curse, her hair is cut short and ragged, and Percy says "It looked as though someone had attacked her hair with a pair of safety scissors." He also notes that she looks buffer.
AbilitiesEdit
- ADHD: Like all demigods, Clarisse possesses inborn supernatural battle reflexes and senses that she uses to analyze the fighting style of her opponent.
- Fighting Skills: Clarisse has been trained in hand-to-hand combat during her stays at Camp Half-Blood. Clarisse is one of Camp Half-Blood's best warriors, demonstrated by her being able to slay a Lydian Drakon alone and without armor, killing it with her spear (although it had been slightly injured beforehand).
- Dyslexia: Her brain is hard-wired for reading Ancient Greek instead of modern languages.
Demigod AbilitiesEdit
- Physically Enhanced: She is very strong and swift.
- Warfare: Clarisse may have some small degree of powers that Ares himself possesses.
- Weapons Expert: Being a child of Ares would make her an expert in all weapon usage and may even have some degree of magical control over them (ex. she turned one of the Apollo cabin's arrows to rubber).
- Invulnerability: In The Last Olympian, Clarisse received the blessing of Ares, which made her near invincible for a time.
Weapons and Magical ItemsEdit
- A spear that can create electricity. It was destroyed by Percy in a game of Capture the Flag in The Lightning Thief.
- A second electric spear called Maimer (nicknamed Lamer by her cabin mates and the other campers behind her back) that was also destroyed when she used it to kill a Drakon in The Last Olympian.
- Armor that was painted red (Possibly to symbolize blood) and a boar-shaped helm.
- A sword of one of her deceased siblings (presumably a brother)
- A knife that is strapped to her leg.
- She can pray to her father for aid--usually in the form of weapons or minions, as Ares is the god of war. She uses this for an ironclad warship courtesy of her father, Ares (destroyed by Charybdis on her quest for the Golden Fleece).
- A chariot that belongs to her father that she may borrow. It can change form (motorcycle, tank, convertible, etc.)
- She has expert control over all weapons (see "Powers/Abilities").
RelationshipsEdit
FriendsEdit
Percy JacksonEdit
Added by Percy jackson is coolAlthough it may not seem like it at first glance, Percy and Clarisse are on good terms. Their relationship did not start out well with her 'initiation' ceremony of dunking his head in a toilet, and the subsequent capture the flag game ending with them both holding a grudge against each other, Percy due to her attitude, and Clarisse because of the damage done to her reputation. When Percy wounded her father, it gave her a reason to hate him. In The Sea of Monsters, they began to understand each other more, even being able to work together with little arguments. Over the course of the next three books (plus The Demigod Files), they grow from an unfriendly relationship to considering each other valuable friends and allies.
Annabeth ChaseEdit
At first she and Annabeth were enemies, but in The Battle of the Labyrinth, they became friends after working together on the Labyrinth problem.
Silena BeauregardEdit
| “ | She was a hero, understand? A hero. | ” |
| –Clarisse, referring to Silena in The Last Olympian | ||
Love InterestsEdit
Chris RodriguezEdit
Clarisse found Chris wandering in the desert near her house, after he was driven insane by Minos in the Labyrinth. She tried to nurse him back to health but nothing helped. Clarisse was gentle and affectionate while trying to help him, and when Dionysus cured Chris of his madness, Clarisse and Chris started dating.
FamilyEdit
AresEdit
Added by Luna-daughter of ArtemisMs. La RueEdit
While never seen in the series, Clarisse spends time at her mother's house in Phoenix, AZ occasionally. This is shown during The Battle of the Labyrinth when Chris appears near her house, and her mom allows her to try and nurse him back to health.
Phobos & DeimosEdit
Phobos and Deimos are Clarisse's half brothers. In The Stolen Chariot (a short story from The Demigod Files), Phobos and Demios steal their father's chariot from her and bully her. She hates them and wishes they would just give her the chariot and leave her alone.
FilmEdit
Added by SayuriDarlingThe Lightning ThiefEdit
She was not included in the film adaptation, although considered a main character.
The Sea of MonstersEdit
Clarisse is shown as Percy Jackson's rival and is shown being chosen by Tantalus as the chosen one to go find the Golden Fleece. She will be portrayed by Leven Rambin.
EtymologyEdit
Clarisse means "fame" which could be referring to Clarisse's pressure to look good for her father and her cabin. La Rue means "the street" in French, but alone Rue can mean "to regret" in English.
TriviaEdit
- Her friendship between her and Silena Beauregard may be a reference to the not-so-secret infidelity between Ares and Aphrodite.
- Clarisse's first name is like Annabeth Chase's first name - Annabeth is an anagram of Athena with extra letters and Clarisse is a anagram of Ares with extra letters.
- Clarisse's weapon, Maimer, was destroyed in The Lightning Thief and her second one in The Last Olympian, yet in The Lost Hero, one camper comments on its inferiority to Jason's weapon. It is possible that after the first and second were destroyed, she acquired a third Maimer.
- Behind her back, most campers call her spear Maimer Lamer.
- Clarisse's actions in The Last Olympian very much mirror the actions of Achilles in the Iliad. After not receiving what they thought they deserved, they refused to fight in the war. Then, a friend stole their armor (Silena and Potroclus respectively) and lead their forces into battle, before being killed by the enemy. This lead each of them to go into a blind rage, rejoin the war, and kill the being responsible for the death of their friend.
