Backstory
You have no idea how terrifying it is to know that you would be competing in the first ever Olympian games. No, not the Olympics, they're just sporting events humans compete in for glory. The Olympian games are much worse.
It's all Poseidon's fault really, he just wouldn't stop gloating about how his son defeated Cronos and how Zeus's child fought like a common foot soldier along with her fellow hunters, and that his son saved Athena's smartest daughter's life countless times, and how his son had beaten Ares' fiercest child on his first day at camp, about how his son saved Artemis 'all by himself' and how without the great Perseus Jackson, Son of Poseidon, Olympus would cease to exist.
The other gods finally snapped when Poseidon said "It's such a shame how none of your children will never even come close to being as strong as my Percy" and all hell broke loose. After a long battle in the throne room, Zeus finally shouted "ENOUGH! THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO DETERMIN WHO HAS THE STRONGEST CHILDREN, WE WILL HAVE A COMPETITION OF STRENGHT AND CUNNING AND EACH OF US SHALL OFFER UP TWO OF OUR OWN CHILDREN AND THEY SHALL FIGHT UNTIL ONE ALONE SURVIVES, THAT CHILD SHALL BE REWARDED WITH FAME AND RICHES AS THE VICTOR OF THE FIRST OLYMPIAN GAMES!"
Most of them agreed immediately without thinking of the consequences, and it didn't take much to convince the others to practically sacrifice two of their children (talk about parents of the year) for glory and gloating rights.
And so it was decided that once a year, on June first, one son and one daughter of each of the 12 Olympians between the ages of 12 and 18 would fight to the death in an arena until one alone survived and became a victor.
A victor is to live on Olympus as a celebrity and mentor their siblings for the games for years to come.
It has been 38 years since the games were announced, 38 victors,874 murdered demigods and 12 regretful, hated gods.
As I said already 38 games and 38 victors, this story is some of the most memorable ones.
Enjoy