Un Natale Mezzosangue

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Un Natale Mezzosangue (English: A Half-Blood Christmas) is an short story written by Rick Riordan. It is written in Italian for La Repubblica, available on RickRiordan.com. On December 18, 2020, La Repubblica was available as a printed edition.

Description[]

Nico assisted Percy Jackson find the perfect Christmas gift for Annabeth, and they encounter the Etruscan god Charu.

Plot[]

The story is set amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, with mentions of monsters practicing "social distancing". While demigods cannot get sick from COVID-19, they can still spread the virus, so they wear masks to protect the mortals in their lives.

Percy Jackson is searching for the perfect Christmas gift for Annabeth. The son of Poseidon enlists the help of Nico di Angelo. Nico, to Percy's surprise, brings him to Florence through shadow travel. Nico then brings Percy to a shop where they meet the Etruscan god Charu. It is revealed that Charu is the last remaining Etruscan god. Charu gives Percy a gift for Annabeth, that he thinks she will like, and they discuss the universality of Christmas as payment.

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Charu
Sethlans (mentioned)

The Trials of Apollo
Core Series:	The Hidden Oracle \| The Dark Prophecy \| The Burning Maze \| The Tyrant's Tomb \| The Tower of Nero
Main Characters:	Apollo/Lester Papadopolous \| Meg McCaffrey \| Percy Jackson \| Peaches \| Leo Valdez \| Calypso \| Grover Underwood \| Piper McLean \| Jason Grace \| Reyna Ramírez-Arellano \| Frank Zhang \| Hazel Levesque \| Lavinia Asimov \| Nico di Angelo \| Will Solace \| Rachel Elizabeth Dare
Secondary Characters:	Chiron \| Austin Lake \| Kayla Knowles \| Hemithea \| Josephine \| Georgina \| Lityerses \| Trophonius \| Gleeson Hedge \| Mellie \| Chuck Hedge \| Medea \| Herophile \| Crest \| Don \| Tyson \| Ella \| Tarquin \| Luguselwa \| Claudia \| Janice \| Blaise
Minor Characters:	Sally Jackson \| Thalia Grace \| Mrs. O'Leary \| Festus \| Cade \| Mikey \| Harley \| Connor Stoll \| Miranda Gardiner \| Cecil Markowitz \| Ellis Wakefield \| Sherman Yang \| Damien White \| Malcolm Pace \| Paolo Montes \| Valentina Diaz \| Germani \| Agamethus \| Olujime \| Phillip McCaffrey \| Hunter Kowalski \| Sssssarah \| Prickly Pear \| Aloe Vera \| Joshua \| Naevius Sutorius Macro \| Incitatus \| Tristan McLean \| Bombilo \| Aurum \| Argentum \| Julia \| Jacob \| Dakota \| Poison Oak \| Paul Blofis \| Screech-Bling \| Annabeth Chase \| Elon \| Mamurius Veturius \| Mimi
Olympian Gods (Greek & Roman):	Zeus/Jupiter \| Hera/Juno \| Poseidon/Neptune \| Demeter/Ceres \| Ares/Mars \| Athena/Minerva \| Apollo/Apollo (Roman) \| Artemis/Diana \| Hephaestus/Vulcan \| Aphrodite/Venus \| Hermes/Mercury \| Dionysus/Bacchus \| Hades/Pluto
Minor Gods:	Nero \| Commodus \| Caligula \| Iris \| Britomartis \| Styx \| Terminus \| Lupa \| Terpsichore \| Harpocrates \| Cardea
Titans:	Rhea \| Leto \| Mnemosyne \| Helios
Monsters and Magical Creatures:	Python \| Nosoi \| Karpos \| Palikos \| Myrmekes \| Colossus Neronis \| Blemmyae \| Gryphon \| Carthaginian Serpent \| Scythian Dracaena \| Cynocephali \| Centaur \| Cyclops \| Yale \| Satyr/Faun \| Strix \| Dryad \| Dragon \| Pandai \| Eurynomos \| Skeleton Warriors \| Vrykolakai \| Khromandae \| Amphisbaena \| Troglodyte \| Tauri Sylvestres \| Leontocephaline
Related Content:	Rick Riordan \| Percy Jackson and the Olympians \| The Heroes of Olympus \| Demigods & Magicians \| Camp Half-Blood Confidential \| Camp Jupiter Classified: A Probatio's Journal \| Percy Jackson Demigod Collection \| Un Natale Mezzosangue \| The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure