Alchemy — riordan

Alchemy is a branch of magic that involves transmutation through the use of potions, elixirs and other concoctions.

History

Alchemy is a branch of magic that was practiced by Gale before she was transformed into a polecat by Hecate. Gale was a powerful alchemist with one of her potions even being used to resurrect the dead.

The Demigod Diaries

The Diary of Luke Castellan

Luke Castellan, with the aid of Thalia Grace, was able to brew Greek Fire in the mansion of Halcyon Green, who used it to kill the Leucrotae who were a part of his punishment and himself.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

The Sea of Monsters

The sorceress Circe tricked Percy by giving him a magic potion disguised as a strawberry milkshake, when Percy drank it he turned into a guinea pig.

The Heroes of Olympus

The Lost Hero

Medea gives Jason, Piper and Leo a tour of her warehouse which is filled with hundreds of thousands of magical potions, each with a different effect.

The Senior Year Adventures

Wrath of the Triple Goddess

After escaping from The Manse, Gale is captured by four naiad sisters and forced to use her alchemy to create potions with various effects for them. One is used to transform Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, and Grover Underwood into creatures, or in Grover's case, into a human as Grover was already a satyr. Despite the potion supposedly being incurable, Gale is able to guide Percy through concocting a cure using the ingredients in the naiads' shop, many of which took centuries to grow.

Percy later convinces Hecate to allow Gale to practice her alchemy again and to give her assistants with opposable thumbs.

Known Users

Trivia

The central figure in the mythology of alchemy is Hermes Trismegistus (or Thrice-Great Hermes). His name is derived from the Egyptian god Thoth and his Greek counterpart Hermes.^[1] Hermes and his caduceus or serpent-staff, were among alchemy's principal symbols.

References

↑ A survey of the literary and archaeological evidence for the background of Hermes Trismegistus in the Greek Hermes and the Egyptian Thoth may be found in Bull, Christian H. 2018. The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus: The Egyptian Priestly Figure as a Teacher of Hellenized Wisdom. Leiden: Brill, pp. 33-96.

Abilities
Demigod Abilities:	ADHD \| Ancient Greek \| Aphrodite's Blessing \| Ares' Blessing \| Artemis' Blessing \| Clear Sight \| Dreams \| Dyslexia \| Latin \| Spanish
Object Manipulation:	Air \| Anatomy \| Atmosphere \| Beauty \| Bones \| Clouds \| Darkness \| Dead \| Diseases \| Earth \| Electricity \| Fears \| Fire \| Healing \| Ice \| Illusions \| Light \| Locks \| Love \| Luck \| Machines \| Magic \| Memories \| Metals \| Objects \| Peace \| Portals \| Plants \| Poison \| Sleep \| Sound \| Temperature \| Time \| War \| Water \| Wealth \| Weapons \| Youth
Egyptian Magic:	Animal Charming \| Binding Magic \| Combat Magic \| Death Magic \| Divine Words \| Duat Travel \| Duat Usage \| Divination \| Elemental Magic \| Healing Magic \| Necromancy \| Path of the Gods \| Statuary Magic \| Storm Magic \| Surveillance Magic \| Sympathetic Magic
Other Abilities:	Alchemy \| Alf Seidr \| Charmspeak \| Curse of Achilles \| Death Trance \| Empathy Link \| Immunity \| Mist Control \| Monster Sense \| Prophecy \| Rune Magic \| Satyr's Sanctuary \| Seasons Alteration \| Shadow Travel \| Shapeshifting \| Teleportation \| Vocal Mimicry \| Zoolingualism
Skills:	Alf Sign Language \| Archery \| Axemanship \| Greek Training \| Horsemanship \| Knifemanship \| Legion Training \| Morse Code \| Multilingualism \| Musical Aptitude \| Old Norse \| Polearmsmanship \| Swordsmanship \| Weaving

[1] A survey of the literary and archaeological evidence for the background of Hermes Trismegistus in the Greek Hermes and the Egyptian Thoth may be found in Bull, Christian H. 2018. The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus: The Egyptian Priestly Figure as a Teacher of Hellenized Wisdom. Leiden: Brill, pp. 33-96.

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