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Character: Percy Ignatius Weasley Fandom: Harry Potter Character Notes: History: Percy’s almost the exact middle child of the massive Weasley family empire. Bill and Charlie are older than him, while the twins, Ron, and Ginny are all younger. He got sorted into Gryffindor like all the others. He’s also the former owned of Scabbers the (almost) rat, which got passed along to Ron. Still, the narrative doesn’t pick up with him until he’s in his fifth year, when he gets named prefect and, naturally, gloats about it all summer. After the sorting, he points out Professor Snape to Harry Potter, congratulates Ron on being sorted into Gryffindor, and chats with Hermione Granger about her classes. He doesn’t do much that’s terribly important, aside from leading the First Years to the dormitory during the Halloween troll attack. When Gryffindor wins the house cup, he gloats about Ron beating McGonagall’s chess set. Most importantly for him, he scores 12 OWLs, which are basically the wizarding SATs.
At some point during his fifth year, he starts dating a Ravenclaw prefect named Penelope Clearwater. They continue dating over the summer. He hides this from his family as best he can, fearing humiliation. Percy spends most of the summer writing her letters and hiding up in his room. He also gets named prefect again, to nobody’s great surprise. Hogwarts becomes embroiled in the Chamber of Secrets fiasco, however, so things don’t go entirely well for him. Understatement, actually. He picks up on Ginny acting strangely, even strong arming her into taking Pepper Up potions, but doesn’t connect the dots. Granted, some of those dots may have been affected by Ginny accidentally walking in on Percy and Penelope making out. Percy tries to hide from the petrification rampage behind his prefect badge, but he loses a lot of his bravado about it after Penelope gets attacked. When Ginny gets taken to the Chamber of Secrets, he owls his parents and then hides himself in his room. Still, the day is saved, although Ginny reveals he’s dating Penelope on the train ride home.
Percy gets named Head Boy over the next summer, and also continues dating Penelope. At the end of the year, he sits for NEWTs, some sort of aptitude test, and apparently does very well on them. He gets a job with the Ministry of Magic straight out of graduation, and begins working in the Department of International Magical Cooperation under the leadership of Barty Crouch Sr. Most of his work concerns insuring that cauldron bottoms are standardized, but also organizing two very, very important events. They are, in order: The Wizarding World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament. The World Cup goes very badly, due to unforeseen circumstances such as Death Eaters causing a riot. Small problem, that.
When the Triwizard Tournament is underway, Barty Crouch Sr. becomes ill and Percy ends up filling in for him as department head for the rest of the year. He ended up judging the second contest, but was replaced with Minister Fudge for the last. He had to deal with a lot of very suspicious inquiries, as he was the only one in close contact with Barty Crouch Sr., who unfortunately took a turn for the crazy before dying shortly after the Yule Ball. Still, he seemed to handle all these problems in relative stride, if it weren’t for the very minor detail of Voldemort coming back from the dead as a direct result of the Tournament. Small problem, that.
Voldemort’s return sends the Ministry of Magic into denial mode, particularly Minister Fudge who goes on a Dumbledore supporter firing rampage. With a great deal of ulterior motives concerning spying on the Weasleys, he promotes Percy to his Junior Assistant. Percy doesn’t see those motives, however, and reports back to his family with more pride than usual, as he views this appointment as one step closer to his dream job. Arthur shoots him down, pointing out those aforementioned ulterior motives and, in the process, implies that Percy doesn’t deserve the job. Percy goes berserk, and they have a screaming match. By the end of it, Percy not only shouts about Arthur making them poor on purpose, but also leaves the Burrow to find his own flat.
He drops out of contact with them, becoming a cog in the Ministry machine. Further dickish behavior includes returning Molly’s annual Weasley jumper unopened, not visiting his father in the hospital, working as a scribe during Harry’s trial, and other Ministry related douchebaggery. The crowning jewel, however, is the letter he sends to Ron claiming that, put simply, Harry is deranged and dangerous and Ron shouldn’t talk to him anymore. At the end of the year, Voldemort’s existence is proven, Fudge resigns in disgrace, and Percy continues working in the Ministry, this time under Rufus Scrimgeour. To Percy’s great surprise, Scrimgeour used him to get close to his family, specifically Harry Potter, who is as good as. Thus, he ended up visiting them during Christmas. He storms out after the justifiable use of parsnip projectiles, and only storms back into the narrative to attend Dumbledore’s funeral.
On August 1st, the Ministry falls. Scrimgeour dies, and is replaced by official Voldemort toady, Thicknesse. If Percy didn’t want to leave before, he certainly does now. What he does during the bulk of this time is unknown, but at the very least, he makes contact with Aberforth Dumbledore. At the end of the year, Aberforth alerts him to the Final Battle taking place, and he shows up at the Room of Requirement just in time to run into his family again. After the most awkward pause in the world, he launches into apologies and proclamations that he was, in fact, a complete and utter idiot. They forgive him and reconciliation happens and it’s all very warm and fuzzy.
Well. Up until Fred dies. Percy goes completely berserk about it, too, He doesn’t leave him until they find a place to hide him, and then he goes very, very vengeful and tries to murder the Death Eater (Rookwood) who killed him. Still, comforting ensues, good triumphs over evil, and Percy winds up not totally and completely screwed. He ends up working for the Ministry of Magic again, this time under Kingsley Shacklebolt, and it is, in fact, totally awesome.
He’s being taken from his fifth year, or book one. So you can just forget about 90% of this section, really.
Personality: Percy is such a prat that the dictionary could use him as the definition (no, really!). He’s very pompous and smug when he’s doing well. He even has a habit of puffing out his chest to show off his badges better. Percy sounds like he’s running for mayor, very dignified and very, very easy to mock. He’s ambitious, viewing every minor job he gets in the Ministry of Magic as being one step closer to becoming the Minister. His ambition is only equaled by his naivety, considering he believes the Ministry spin without a second thought. This leads to him doing very, very misguided things in the name of improving his station. Oh, and did we mention he’s a prat? Because he is.
For all his ambition, though, he seems to be climbing the political ladder the hard way. He despises Ludo Bagman because he thinks the latter is incompetent, after all. He works very, very hard to achieve his grades and standing. He’s so anxious studying for NEWTs that he starts finding the slightest excuses to deduct points for loudness. While he’ll brag nonstop about his accomplishments, he also takes his responsibilities seriously. He’s often the first to scold others for not taking the crisis of the year as seriously as they should. He’s very academically gifted, too, considering his OWLs scores -- he scored higher on them than *Hermione*. He treats all the not important tasks he’s given by his bosses as though they’re the single biggest thing to hit Britain since the Saxons. He apparently seems to do well under pressure, considering he basically ran Barty Crouch Sr.’s department for him. So, basically, Percy best demonstrates the gulf between book smarts and common sense, because while he possesses a lot of the former, he’s got as much common sense as a loaf of bread.
Like all Weasleys, he’s best defined by his relationship with his family. His is strained at best, even before his Ministry siding ways. The twins are nigh constant members of the teasing squad, and that goes double for Fred. Ron and Ginny aren’t too fond of him, either. His mother seems to be the only one who sticks up for him. He hides that he has a girlfriend for almost an entire year because he fears being mocked for it, and then his family goes and proves him completely correct in this fear by mocking him for it. To be completely fair, this is pretty much typical big family teasing, and to be even more fair, Percy is the most perfect target for it. That being said, Percy shows a marked tendency to take almost everything else seriously, so it’s very very likely he’s taking the teasing seriously, too. He also presumably has the classic Weasley cocktail of trouble distinguishing himself from his siblings, considering that his brother Bill was *also* a prefect and headboy.
It’s easy to lose sight of how much he genuinely does care about them. It’s also the clearest sign that however ambitious he is, separating from them has to be killing him inside. True, some of it, particularly in his sixth year, can be chalked up to him not wanting to look bad. The bulk of it, however, has no excuse but love. He’s very misguided and bullheaded about his advice, but there’s touches of genuine concern for his younger siblings’ well being. He’s the only one to notice Ginny acting strangely in her first year, and while he’s wrong about the cause, he does try to make her feel better. He has a fairly strong protective streak, too. When Ron’s in controlled danger during the tri-wizard tournament, he drops his dignified act completely and flails over him to the point of needing to be shoved off. He also seems to extend his bonedeep panic to people outside the family, considering how he goes pale and wan the second Penelope gets petrified. And this isn’t even getting into his sobbing misery and unstoppable rage over Fred’s death. So, to sum up? He loses his complete and utter shit over his family. Always.
He’s very much a Weasley, however much he tries to deny it. Particularly regarding his temper. He tends to snap when teased, usually responding with a very undignified shut up. Percy leaves the Burrow after a row with Arthur, which can be assumed from the text to be more than a little heated. He’s very proud and when he’s very angry, that means he can get very stubborn and not let go of things as quickly as he ought. He’s also remarkably brave. Sure, he leaves the family due to a combination of very many things, most notably his ambition, but it takes a lot of guts to come back to them and apologize. Not only that, but the second he hears the Final Battle’s happening, he dashes straight for it and worries he missed it. He may be a total prat about most things, but he’s very Gryffindor deep down.
For all his ambition, he’s astonishingly rule abiding. Percy takes rules and regulations very seriously, even before the Ministry related drama. He’s orderly and organized, and respects authority even when it isn’t completely earned. Most importantly, he changes over the course of the text. When originally presented with the classic law vs good dilemma, he chooses the law and loses his family for it. Later, after he realizes it was the wrong thing to do, he switches back. Or, to put it in Alignment terms? He starts out Lawful Good, slides to Lawful Neutral when he sides with the Ministry, and becomes Lawful Good again when he joins the final battle. He’s capable of learning from his mistakes and making up for them, which bodes well for any future development. The chances of him doing a complete personality transplant are about as low as me doing a tap dance, but it’s very likely he’d loosen up a bit and, at the very least, act much more genuine. The best demonstration of this is that he actually *jokes* during the final battle. Also, he tends to call his parents ‘Mother and Father’ before his redemption, and ‘mum and dad’ after.
The biggest problem with Percy, besides the fact that he’s a total prat, is that he always acts more dignified than he really is. Little glimmers of real personality are visible, though, even before he pulls the redemption card. His complete and total failure when dating Penelope, for one thing, as he sneaks around Hogwarts and stammers when confronted about it. Percy also makes bets on Quidditch with money he doesn’t have, and cheers just as loud if not louder than everyone when Gryffindor wins the Cup. He genuinely adores Hogsmeade, too. He has a tendency to fanboy people, especially ones he’s trying to suck up to. He also may very well possess a small dollop of a sense of humor deep down, as he can get sarcastic when he’s in the right mood.
So, to sum it all up? Percy is a gigantic prat, but he’s not totally helpless.
Other:His birthday’s August 22nd, and he was born in 1976! This makes him 21 years old at the end of the series proper.
First Person (entry type): [A notice posted to the Gryffindor Announcement Board:]
I’d like to take the time to remind everyone that quiet hours are in effect starting the Thirtieth of May and continuing on until the end of term. Quiet hours, for those of you who aren’t aware, last from eleven at night until seven in the morning. Us prefects will deduct points from any flagrant disregard for this policy. [In the margin:] This means you, Fred. [Continuing on:] Please use your common sense in determining what constitutes appropriate levels of noise to prevent any more lost points this term. [In the margin:] Ron, you should have known better! [Continuing on:] Some of us have very important OWLs to study for, after all!
Thank you for your kind attention.
- Percy Weasley, Gryffindor Prefect
Third Person: Percy shouldn’t have been so surprised. Really, with his marks so high -- highest in his year if he said so himself -- he suspected even blind men in caves might’ve seen it coming. Still, when the extra letter arrived, complete with the badge he’d already polished twice since, it took all his effort to keep composure. Percy rather thought he failed, even so. He must have looked completely gobsmacked, because he certainly felt it. Almost too good to be entirely true, must be some sort of oversight or maybe some sort of dream. Well, up until the twins whistled sharply right next to him, asking him to pass them the salt if he was done staring at it. That helped him figure things out fairly quickly.
His mother gave him a bonecrushing hug and an extra helping of eggs. He tried very hard to remember the look on her face, the way she beamed the rest of the way through breakfast. Not the part where the twins mock bowed to him all afternoon. Especially not the part where his father very much looked like he wanted to join in. Percy rather thought he failed, eventually escaping up to his room with his letter folded very carefully in his hands. He read it until he had it memorized, until the words stopped making sense, until he could recite it letter by letter. Always more work to be done, after all.
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Character: Percy Ignatius Weasley
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Character Notes:
History:
Percy’s almost the exact middle child of the massive Weasley family empire. Bill and Charlie are older than him, while the twins, Ron, and Ginny are all younger. He got sorted into Gryffindor like all the others. He’s also the former owned of Scabbers the (almost) rat, which got passed along to Ron. Still, the narrative doesn’t pick up with him until he’s in his fifth year, when he gets named prefect and, naturally, gloats about it all summer. After the sorting, he points out Professor Snape to Harry Potter, congratulates Ron on being sorted into Gryffindor, and chats with Hermione Granger about her classes. He doesn’t do much that’s terribly important, aside from leading the First Years to the dormitory during the Halloween troll attack. When Gryffindor wins the house cup, he gloats about Ron beating McGonagall’s chess set. Most importantly for him, he scores 12 OWLs, which are basically the wizarding SATs.
At some point during his fifth year, he starts dating a Ravenclaw prefect named Penelope Clearwater. They continue dating over the summer. He hides this from his family as best he can, fearing humiliation. Percy spends most of the summer writing her letters and hiding up in his room. He also gets named prefect again, to nobody’s great surprise. Hogwarts becomes embroiled in the Chamber of Secrets fiasco, however, so things don’t go entirely well for him. Understatement, actually. He picks up on Ginny acting strangely, even strong arming her into taking Pepper Up potions, but doesn’t connect the dots. Granted, some of those dots may have been affected by Ginny accidentally walking in on Percy and Penelope making out. Percy tries to hide from the petrification rampage behind his prefect badge, but he loses a lot of his bravado about it after Penelope gets attacked. When Ginny gets taken to the Chamber of Secrets, he owls his parents and then hides himself in his room. Still, the day is saved, although Ginny reveals he’s dating Penelope on the train ride home.
Percy gets named Head Boy over the next summer, and also continues dating Penelope. At the end of the year, he sits for NEWTs, some sort of aptitude test, and apparently does very well on them. He gets a job with the Ministry of Magic straight out of graduation, and begins working in the Department of International Magical Cooperation under the leadership of Barty Crouch Sr. Most of his work concerns insuring that cauldron bottoms are standardized, but also organizing two very, very important events. They are, in order: The Wizarding World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament. The World Cup goes very badly, due to unforeseen circumstances such as Death Eaters causing a riot. Small problem, that.
When the Triwizard Tournament is underway, Barty Crouch Sr. becomes ill and Percy ends up filling in for him as department head for the rest of the year. He ended up judging the second contest, but was replaced with Minister Fudge for the last. He had to deal with a lot of very suspicious inquiries, as he was the only one in close contact with Barty Crouch Sr., who unfortunately took a turn for the crazy before dying shortly after the Yule Ball. Still, he seemed to handle all these problems in relative stride, if it weren’t for the very minor detail of Voldemort coming back from the dead as a direct result of the Tournament. Small problem, that.
Voldemort’s return sends the Ministry of Magic into denial mode, particularly Minister Fudge who goes on a Dumbledore supporter firing rampage. With a great deal of ulterior motives concerning spying on the Weasleys, he promotes Percy to his Junior Assistant. Percy doesn’t see those motives, however, and reports back to his family with more pride than usual, as he views this appointment as one step closer to his dream job. Arthur shoots him down, pointing out those aforementioned ulterior motives and, in the process, implies that Percy doesn’t deserve the job. Percy goes berserk, and they have a screaming match. By the end of it, Percy not only shouts about Arthur making them poor on purpose, but also leaves the Burrow to find his own flat.
He drops out of contact with them, becoming a cog in the Ministry machine. Further dickish behavior includes returning Molly’s annual Weasley jumper unopened, not visiting his father in the hospital, working as a scribe during Harry’s trial, and other Ministry related douchebaggery. The crowning jewel, however, is the letter he sends to Ron claiming that, put simply, Harry is deranged and dangerous and Ron shouldn’t talk to him anymore. At the end of the year, Voldemort’s existence is proven, Fudge resigns in disgrace, and Percy continues working in the Ministry, this time under Rufus Scrimgeour. To Percy’s great surprise, Scrimgeour used him to get close to his family, specifically Harry Potter, who is as good as. Thus, he ended up visiting them during Christmas. He storms out after the justifiable use of parsnip projectiles, and only storms back into the narrative to attend Dumbledore’s funeral.
On August 1st, the Ministry falls. Scrimgeour dies, and is replaced by official Voldemort toady, Thicknesse. If Percy didn’t want to leave before, he certainly does now. What he does during the bulk of this time is unknown, but at the very least, he makes contact with Aberforth Dumbledore. At the end of the year, Aberforth alerts him to the Final Battle taking place, and he shows up at the Room of Requirement just in time to run into his family again. After the most awkward pause in the world, he launches into apologies and proclamations that he was, in fact, a complete and utter idiot. They forgive him and reconciliation happens and it’s all very warm and fuzzy.
Well. Up until Fred dies. Percy goes completely berserk about it, too, He doesn’t leave him until they find a place to hide him, and then he goes very, very vengeful and tries to murder the Death Eater (Rookwood) who killed him. Still, comforting ensues, good triumphs over evil, and Percy winds up not totally and completely screwed. He ends up working for the Ministry of Magic again, this time under Kingsley Shacklebolt, and it is, in fact, totally awesome.
He’s being taken from his fifth year, or book one. So you can just forget about 90% of this section, really.
Personality: Percy is such a prat that the dictionary could use him as the definition (no, really!). He’s very pompous and smug when he’s doing well. He even has a habit of puffing out his chest to show off his badges better. Percy sounds like he’s running for mayor, very dignified and very, very easy to mock. He’s ambitious, viewing every minor job he gets in the Ministry of Magic as being one step closer to becoming the Minister. His ambition is only equaled by his naivety, considering he believes the Ministry spin without a second thought. This leads to him doing very, very misguided things in the name of improving his station. Oh, and did we mention he’s a prat? Because he is.
For all his ambition, though, he seems to be climbing the political ladder the hard way. He despises Ludo Bagman because he thinks the latter is incompetent, after all. He works very, very hard to achieve his grades and standing. He’s so anxious studying for NEWTs that he starts finding the slightest excuses to deduct points for loudness. While he’ll brag nonstop about his accomplishments, he also takes his responsibilities seriously. He’s often the first to scold others for not taking the crisis of the year as seriously as they should. He’s very academically gifted, too, considering his OWLs scores -- he scored higher on them than *Hermione*. He treats all the not important tasks he’s given by his bosses as though they’re the single biggest thing to hit Britain since the Saxons. He apparently seems to do well under pressure, considering he basically ran Barty Crouch Sr.’s department for him. So, basically, Percy best demonstrates the gulf between book smarts and common sense, because while he possesses a lot of the former, he’s got as much common sense as a loaf of bread.
Like all Weasleys, he’s best defined by his relationship with his family. His is strained at best, even before his Ministry siding ways. The twins are nigh constant members of the teasing squad, and that goes double for Fred. Ron and Ginny aren’t too fond of him, either. His mother seems to be the only one who sticks up for him. He hides that he has a girlfriend for almost an entire year because he fears being mocked for it, and then his family goes and proves him completely correct in this fear by mocking him for it. To be completely fair, this is pretty much typical big family teasing, and to be even more fair, Percy is the most perfect target for it. That being said, Percy shows a marked tendency to take almost everything else seriously, so it’s very very likely he’s taking the teasing seriously, too. He also presumably has the classic Weasley cocktail of trouble distinguishing himself from his siblings, considering that his brother Bill was *also* a prefect and headboy.
It’s easy to lose sight of how much he genuinely does care about them. It’s also the clearest sign that however ambitious he is, separating from them has to be killing him inside. True, some of it, particularly in his sixth year, can be chalked up to him not wanting to look bad. The bulk of it, however, has no excuse but love. He’s very misguided and bullheaded about his advice, but there’s touches of genuine concern for his younger siblings’ well being. He’s the only one to notice Ginny acting strangely in her first year, and while he’s wrong about the cause, he does try to make her feel better. He has a fairly strong protective streak, too. When Ron’s in controlled danger during the tri-wizard tournament, he drops his dignified act completely and flails over him to the point of needing to be shoved off. He also seems to extend his bonedeep panic to people outside the family, considering how he goes pale and wan the second Penelope gets petrified. And this isn’t even getting into his sobbing misery and unstoppable rage over Fred’s death. So, to sum up? He loses his complete and utter shit over his family. Always.
He’s very much a Weasley, however much he tries to deny it. Particularly regarding his temper. He tends to snap when teased, usually responding with a very undignified shut up. Percy leaves the Burrow after a row with Arthur, which can be assumed from the text to be more than a little heated. He’s very proud and when he’s very angry, that means he can get very stubborn and not let go of things as quickly as he ought. He’s also remarkably brave. Sure, he leaves the family due to a combination of very many things, most notably his ambition, but it takes a lot of guts to come back to them and apologize. Not only that, but the second he hears the Final Battle’s happening, he dashes straight for it and worries he missed it. He may be a total prat about most things, but he’s very Gryffindor deep down.
For all his ambition, he’s astonishingly rule abiding. Percy takes rules and regulations very seriously, even before the Ministry related drama. He’s orderly and organized, and respects authority even when it isn’t completely earned. Most importantly, he changes over the course of the text. When originally presented with the classic law vs good dilemma, he chooses the law and loses his family for it. Later, after he realizes it was the wrong thing to do, he switches back. Or, to put it in Alignment terms? He starts out Lawful Good, slides to Lawful Neutral when he sides with the Ministry, and becomes Lawful Good again when he joins the final battle. He’s capable of learning from his mistakes and making up for them, which bodes well for any future development. The chances of him doing a complete personality transplant are about as low as me doing a tap dance, but it’s very likely he’d loosen up a bit and, at the very least, act much more genuine. The best demonstration of this is that he actually *jokes* during the final battle. Also, he tends to call his parents ‘Mother and Father’ before his redemption, and ‘mum and dad’ after.
The biggest problem with Percy, besides the fact that he’s a total prat, is that he always acts more dignified than he really is. Little glimmers of real personality are visible, though, even before he pulls the redemption card. His complete and total failure when dating Penelope, for one thing, as he sneaks around Hogwarts and stammers when confronted about it. Percy also makes bets on Quidditch with money he doesn’t have, and cheers just as loud if not louder than everyone when Gryffindor wins the Cup. He genuinely adores Hogsmeade, too. He has a tendency to fanboy people, especially ones he’s trying to suck up to. He also may very well possess a small dollop of a sense of humor deep down, as he can get sarcastic when he’s in the right mood.
So, to sum it all up? Percy is a gigantic prat, but he’s not totally helpless.
Other:His birthday’s August 22nd, and he was born in 1976! This makes him 21 years old at the end of the series proper.
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First Person (entry type):
[A notice posted to the Gryffindor Announcement Board:]
I’d like to take the time to remind everyone that quiet hours are in effect starting the Thirtieth of May and continuing on until the end of term. Quiet hours, for those of you who aren’t aware, last from eleven at night until seven in the morning. Us prefects will deduct points from any flagrant disregard for this policy. [In the margin:] This means you, Fred. [Continuing on:] Please use your common sense in determining what constitutes appropriate levels of noise to prevent any more lost points this term. [In the margin:] Ron, you should have known better! [Continuing on:] Some of us have very important OWLs to study for, after all!
Thank you for your kind attention.
- Percy Weasley, Gryffindor Prefect
Third Person:
Percy shouldn’t have been so surprised. Really, with his marks so high -- highest in his year if he said so himself -- he suspected even blind men in caves might’ve seen it coming. Still, when the extra letter arrived, complete with the badge he’d already polished twice since, it took all his effort to keep composure. Percy rather thought he failed, even so. He must have looked completely gobsmacked, because he certainly felt it. Almost too good to be entirely true, must be some sort of oversight or maybe some sort of dream. Well, up until the twins whistled sharply right next to him, asking him to pass them the salt if he was done staring at it. That helped him figure things out fairly quickly.
His mother gave him a bonecrushing hug and an extra helping of eggs. He tried very hard to remember the look on her face, the way she beamed the rest of the way through breakfast. Not the part where the twins mock bowed to him all afternoon. Especially not the part where his father very much looked like he wanted to join in. Percy rather thought he failed, eventually escaping up to his room with his letter folded very carefully in his hands. He read it until he had it memorized, until the words stopped making sense, until he could recite it letter by letter. Always more work to be done, after all.