"The Lost Hero"

Authors note: This piece is about the effect of one event in The Lost Hero, and how it plays out in the book.

In The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan, Leo volunteered to go on a quest to save Hera, Queen of the gods. The first problem they encountered was that they needed transportation to start their quest. After ducking out of a camp meeting early, he went into the woods to look for the bronze dragon that was terrorizing campers. Without taming the dragon, Leo and his friends never would have been able to save Hera, and the world.

Before Leo tamed the dragon, it was killing campers that dared to go out into the woods. Cabin nine was trying to capture the dragon before Leo came to camp. Leo was one of the newest people at the camp, not knowing anything about the gods. But, he did have one secret power; he was fire proof and could summon fire in his hands. He knew that he could find the dragon and tame it.

After taming the bronze dragon, Leo, Jason, and Piper were able to actually start the quest. Because of the transportation, they fought Cyclopes, wolves, killed the giant, Enceladus, and saved Hera and Piper’s dad, on their quest. If it was not for Leo finding the dragon, the world would have been destroyed.

If Leo did not find and tame the bronze dragon, they would have never gone on the quest to save Hera. In turn, Hera would have been consumed by Gaea, the gods would have started wars on each-other, Piper’s dad would have been killed, and Porphyrion and the other giants would have been victorious.

Leo and his friends would have never finished the quest if Leo had not tamed the bronze dragon as transportation on their journey.