Guys, weather alert! Massive storm of backstory which was caused by some random author who doesn't want to keep you in the dark about who some of the Deathseekers were cause they are original characters(except the Nemean Lion)! Sorry in advance.

Previously...

"Stand down, set up camp here, the only people that are to be in my tent are Thalia and Percy, the rest of you can hear it from Thalia afterwards, I assume you wouldn't show up unless something dire is about to happen." I said, looking at Percy as he nodded curtly. Pulling out my the small box, I tossed it on the ground and walked into the suddenly enlarged tent, followed by Thalia and Percy. "Now, you can start by explaining what on earth are the Deathseekers." I demanded, finally about to get some real answers.

"Simple, the Deathseekers are male hunters in the newly formed hunt led by me that only accepts males." said Percy with a smile on his face.

Now...

Percy

"A male version of the Hunters?!" exclaimed both Thalia and Artemis at the same time, almost causing me to laugh at their unified expression. I knew I had to tell them everything from the very beginning, so I plopped down in front of Artemis and Thalia, making sure that I was comfortable, because it was going to be quite the explanation.

I then explained about how I asked him to form the Deathseekers, giving myself a task to absorb myself in while it benefitted Olympus as the Deathseekers would be just as loyal to Olympus as the Hunters were. When I was flashed away to California, I wandered around with no certain place in mind, until I stumbled upon the Wolf House.

It was there where Lupa and her pack attacked me being that I was Greek until I managed to tell her my situation of making a new pack as she grinned at the idea of a third pack being that Lycaon and his mutts didn't count. Three was still considered good luck as Romans also sent three people off on quests usually and with the three furies and fates that Romans still believed in. It was there where I spent two months in her pack, learning to operate and to cooperate as one in the pack. After seen fit to lead a pack, I was given Lupa's blessing, to be able to turn into a wolf and back.

As I then traveled from California to Nevada practicing each blessing that I received so was then where I learned how to teleport while combining blessings, so I began to experiment. By mixing Hephaestus and Athena's blessing, I was able to later on forge the very armor I'm wearing, flexible yet even more durable than steel by just simply absorbing all damage, no matter how sharp or powerful. It was when I combined Apollo's blessing of minor foresight while staring at the moon which due to your blessing Artemis, I had a glimpse of the Lotus Hotel.

Next morning, I then flashed to the time warping hotel, entering the doorway only to find Lord Chronos, the Primordial God of Time himself lying there, bleeding. Besides him was the Goddess of Victory Nike who happened to come across the wounded primordial who forbid her from alerting the gods for the time was not right to know of his passing. With his few minutes of life, he warned of a danger greater than the Olympians were expecting, and that they were going to need everything if Olympus is to still stand. With that, the three Fates arrived as Chronos named me, Perseus Jackson, heir to the primordial power of Time.

As Lord Chronos faded away, Nike said she must depart too to see if she would be able to search for hints of the oncoming threat. Before she left, she told me that there was one person that would be willing to join the Deathseekers winking before she left, surprising me as only Lupa and Zeus were the only ones that I told. As I searched for the new recruit, I also focused on how to control time so I didn't waste any in the cursed hotel. after about half an hour, I learned how to restore time while freezing everybody else so they wouldn't disintegrate having their bodies catch up to the modern time without leaving the hotel.

Surprisingly, it wasn't hard to find him, whom you now know as Ryan. Fighting him was another story. I can't tell you what transpired as I swore on the River Styx to him being that he was and still guards secrets that are close to him. Despite that, he accepted to join the Deathseekers as his stepmom secretly murdered his dear father that he cherished and was abandoned to fight for himself until he stumbled upon a place where he grew up, which I also can't talk about, another close secret.

It was there where I created the oath, "I swear to fight for Olympus alongside my brothers, and to embrace the life of a Deathseeker, to seek and serve monsters the death they deserve, and I shall turn my back against the temptations of women, for bros before hoes." I recited to them chuckling about the last part. I then explain of how he accepted it and we then left the cursed hotel to camp to a secluded place where we could train and hone our fighting skills until night where I would be able to look slightly in the future for our next destination once more. That night, I saw the very location we were at right now. That was until I saw a little irregular lightning bolt shoot right past me.

Ryan had already detained them the moment he caught sight of the lightning, dragging two teenage boys, Xekes and James. They had been around here for days after an empousa was chasing them, calling them demigods. After some food, James explained how he saw a fiery hammer above his head while playing football, and that the only other friend that noticed that was Xekes and Jimmy, who was killed by the empousa that arrived the next day. They had been running from the empousa since then for several hours until she was engulfed by a flame and vanished, leaving them confused and lost. Xekes then told his secret of how he discovered using lightning since he was 14, mainly using it only for pranks and people that pissed him off.

The boys didn't have any experience, but I really didn't have a line of people wanting to join the Deathseekers, and a child of Zeus and Hephaestus didn't seem too bad, all they had to do was swear an oath and it was set. It was the longest night of my life as I explained to them Demigod 101, adding in a new section containing the Deathseekers. I gave them the option of where we could send them to camp for protection, or to join the Deathseekers, all they had to do was swear to fight for Olympus and to live a life of solitude. They seemed hesitant at first, that is until I pulled out extra sets of armor, enlarging one just for James. Their eyes widened at the prospect of getting to have their own armor as they came from an orphanage and their jaws dropped when they saw an assortment of weapons appear for them to choose. Xekes chose the spear, reminding me of another child of Zeus, while James chose a huge broadsword like it was a twig. I warned them that by swearing their oaths that should they break it they would die in the most horrible way possible, that it wasn't something to join if you weren't serious. I thought they were just in it for the fun, but when I saw the looks in their faces, even I could tell without Hera's blessing to look through memories to tell all they wanted was a family to fit into. With that, we set off once more in the morning, with two new members joining the growing Deathseekers.

When we reached Utah, it was there where I felt a monster presence that I would never forgot, the Nemean Lion. The Nemean didn't even try to attack us while we approached near it. As we got closer, we realized exactly why it just stood there, for the Nemean Lion was guarding a dragon egg that Blayze hatched out of. Everyone else didn't know what to do, but after living with Lupa for two months, I just winged it. Turning into a full black wolf, where I learned later that my eyes were gold due to Chronos. Surprisingly, it was much easier to talk to the Nemean Lion who was no doubt just as surprised. I told him we meant no harm and asked what happened, when he growled angrily, saying that he was following a bunch of monsters for lunch when he saw the dragon egg that they were carrying. Seeing it as only something shiny, he immediately killed them and took carried it in his mouth all the way to Utah, escaping his pursuers.

As we conversed, the egg was beginning to rattle, which Nemean said had been happening for the past few hours. That day was crazy enough, but it was even crazier when I another thought crossed my mind. I didn't tell Ryan and the others because I wanted them to find out soon enough, that once they were strong enough, they would be able to change into whichever animal suits them. The Nemean Lion and Ryan were already strong enough, I was unsure if the Nemean Lion wanted to join. I just winged it was about to ask Nemean when the dragon egg exploded, knocking us all back while I reverted to human form to take the blow, even with the armor, it still hurt. Out crawled a baby dragon looked straight at me before deciding to tackle me. Sadly, my armor wasn't baby dragon proof as I took the full brunt of the dragon headbutting my sternum as if my armor wasn't there. After regaining my breath, I realized that the dragon was whispering in my head the same message over and over again, hi. Here were two extremely powerful and dangerous creatures and the Deathseekers and I weren't dead yet. Despite just crawling out of an egg a minute ago, it was incredibly intelligent, chattering telepathically to us all. With nothing to lose, I reverted back to wolf form once more and asked them to join the hunt, immediately having the dragon accept while the Nemean Lion stared at me for a while until he conceded, tired of being the hunter yet hunted by hunters of Artemis for years. Oaths were said, and the Nemean immediately turned into a human, shocking himself and everyone else until switching back and forth, pleased with this new transformation.

"The rest of the months were where we trained across the country, Ryan being the next one to transform with the Blayze following afterwards. Zekes and James reached it at the same time." I explained, tired. The entire story dragged for a couple hours that it made my throat sore.

"Hold on, what about the man in the mask?" Thalia asked.

"He wishes not to be mentioned and I shall keep it that way, as will the others." I said with an emotionless face, staring straight at Artemis, who stared straight back as if trying to look in my mind, looking for some clue.

"It doesn't matter, he'll be bound to tell us sometime soon, now's just not the right time. Now is the time for you to explain exactly why you decided to show up." said Artemis.

"Part of the reason was because I came for this," I answered, summoning Kronos's sword into my hand thanks to Hades giving me the ability to store items such as wealth, weapons, and armor and allowing me to turn into shadow. "As I said, Chronos passed his remaining power that wasn't given to Kronos and some that leaked into the world. I came to get the sword which I'll call Time Killer just to kill some time when I'm bored." I said, laughing at my own joke only to be silenced by the glares Artemis and Thalia were giving me. "Oh, and you were also the closest Olympian nearby." I stated, slightly pissing off Artemis.

"Who do you think I am boy? A phone booth to the Olympians for you convenience?" seethed Artemis, already glowing silver.

"No, I would never use you like that. I came here to report what I saw only not a week ago that would stop Olympus from raining rubble upon us all because everyone will be dead in a matter of months." I said, silencing the room as I stabbed Time Killer into the ground, letting it absorb where it was guarded with all my belongings even underneath the Underworld while I got up and left an extremely shocked Thalia, preparing for the council.

Hi guys, once again, if you hate backstory, I hate it too. I just thought it would be a bit too much work keeping track of where I subtly put in their background story. As for the masked man? Hehe, another time for you mortals if you live long enough. Thanks for supporting me so far, until we meet again, good reading!