
Until Percy discovered that he was a demigod, Sally told him that his father wasn't "dead" but "lost at sea", a possible hint about his true identity. When Percy was a toddler, Sally met and married Gabe Ugliano, a lazy and abusive man with a repulsive scent, for the sole purpose of masking Percy’s demigod scent so that monsters would stay away from her son.ĭuring their marriage, Gabe would treat Sally like a servant and occasionally hit her when Percy wasn't around. Soon after, Poseidon was forced to return to the sea. This was despite the fact that Zeus had broken the oath five years earlier, and once again three years after Percy's birth, both instances resulting in the birth of Thalia and Jason Grace. Poseidon kept Sally and Percy a secret from Zeus because he knew his brother would kill Sally and their child if he knew that Poseidon broke the oath in siring Percy. They fell in love, spent the summer together, and conceived a son, Percy. Knowing her problems, Poseidon offered to build Sally a palace at the bottom of the sea, but she rejected the offer. Sally met Poseidon in Montauk twelve years before the series started, seeing his trident through the Mist. Sally was raised by her uncle Rich, who didn't really have time to care for her. During her senior year of high school, her uncle died of cancer, leaving Sally to have to work small jobs because she had dropped out of school to take care of him. No one survived the accident and the cause of the crash was never determined. When Sally was five years old, her parents died in a plane crash 150 miles south of Lake Ontario at 3:00 AM. Sally was born from Jim and Estelle Jackson. 5 The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure.
