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Percy is really good at canoeing, but not archery, foot racing, or fighting.
Time for a sword fighting lesson in cabin eleven. Luke is the teacher.
Luke is the best swordsman to come along in three hundred years.
Percy is paired with Luke as they practice their swordplay. Luke gives him a work-out.
During the break, Percy dumps ice-water on his head and instantly feels better.
Then, Luke demonstrates a super-tricky offensive sword technique to cabin eleven, using Percy as his example:
Somehow, I kept him from getting a shot at the hilt of my sword. My senses opened up. I saw his attacks coming. I countered. I stepped forward and tried a thrust of my own. Luke deflected it easily, but I saw a change in his face. His eyes narrowed, and he started to press me with more force. (8.109)
Percy manages to knock Luke's sword out of his hand.
We then learn an important history lesson:
About sixty years ago, after World War II, the Big Three agreed they wouldn't sire any more heroes. Their children were just too powerful. They were affecting the course of human events too much, causing too much carnage. World War II, you know, that was basically a fight between the sons of Zeus and Poseidon on one side, and the sons of Hades on the other. The winning side, Zeus and Poseidon, made Hades swear an oath with them: no more affairs with mortal women. They all swore on the River Styx. (8.64)
But Zeus broke this promise seventeen years ago and had a child named Thalia by a mortal TV starlet.
When Hades found out about Thalia, he sent some of the meanest monsters from Hades to hunt her down and kill her.
Thalia tried to get to Camp Half-Blood before the monsters got to her. She was escorted by a satyr and a couple of half-blood friends