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6[[caption-width-right:239:Study these pages well, for your own adventures have only just begun. May the gods be with you, young demigod!]]
7->''Dear Young Demigod,''
8->''If you are reading this book, I can only apologize. Your life is about to get much more dangerous.''
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10''The Demigod Files'' is a companion book for ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''. Within it are three [[ShortStory Short Stories]]; "Percy Jackson And The Stolen Chariot", "Percy Jackson And The Bronze Dragon" and "Percy Jackson And The Sword Of Hades", all from the [[PointOfView POV]] of Percy Jackson. Along with these stories is a letter from the [[Creator/RickRiordan Senior Scribe of Camp Half-Blood]], interviews with various characters (the Stolls, Clarisse, Annabeth, Grover and Percy), a map of Camp Half-Blood, Annabeth's camp trunk, games, a small chart of gods, a sneak peek of ''[[Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians The Last Olympian]]'' and some official pictures of some characters. A alternate version of this book was also made for the ''[[Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians The Lightning Thief]]'' movie.
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12* "Percy Jackson And The Stolen Chariot" is about when Percy stumbles upon a quest Clarisse La Rue was given by her father Ares. The quest being for Clarisse to take and bring back Ares war chariot. Unfortunately Clarisse's immortal brothers, Phobos and Deimos, who are Ares's usually charioteers, don't like it when anyone else gets to drive Ares's chariot and stole it. Knowing how bad her father's temper is, Percy volunteers to help her retrieve it before sundown.
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14* "Percy Jackson And The Bronze Dragon" takes place at Camp Half-Blood during a capture the flag game. During which Percy is paired with the counselor for the Hephaestus cabin and his capture the flag's team captain. Unfortunately in the game the two half-bloods discover the Myrmekes's nest and with them the remains of a old camp guardian.
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16* "Percy Jackson And The Sword Of Hades" begins with Persephone bringing the children of the big three (Percy, Thalia and Nico) together for a quest. The quest to retrieve a nearly finished sword, which has been stolen by a servant of Kronos. The three then race against time to stop the thief and retrieve the sword before he can leave TheUnderworld.
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21* AmnesiacVillainJoinsTheHeroes: After having his memory wiped by [[spoiler:the river Lethe]], [[spoiler:Iapetus]] is told his name is Bob and that he's on the demigods' side. He turns into a ChekhovsGunman in the sequel series ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus''.
22* BigCreepyCrawlies: The Myrmekes are basically giant ants.
23* FeatheredFiend: The feather shooting birds that guard Ares's temple.
24* GemTissue: The bronze dragon has rubies for eyes.
25* InvisibilityCloak: Annabeth Chase's hat.
26* IKnowWhatYouFear: As the gods of fear, Phobos and Deimos subject Percy and Clarrise to visions of their worst fears: for Percy, it's the choice of the Great Prophecy that will decide the fate of Olympus; and for Clarrise, it's disappointing her immortal father.
27* MakingASplash: Percy naturally does this several times.
28* NoodleIncident: According to Nico, Persephone turned him into a daffodil when they last met.
29* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The bronze dragon is a automaton.
30* RedEyesTakeWarning: The bronze dragon has ruby eyes.
31* ShortStory: This book contains three; "The Stolen Chariot", "The Bronze Dragon" and "The Sword Of Hades".
32* WalkOnWater: Percy through his [[MakingASplash hydrokinesis]] allows Ares's war chariot to go on water.
33* TheUnderworld: Most of "The Sword Of Hades" takes place here.
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37->"Yours truly,"
38->"Creator/RickRiordan"
39->"Senior Scribe, Camp Half-Blood"

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