Philip gives Sadie and Walt a ride on his back down the Nile River and is later one of the shabti released by Walt to protect the fallen magicians. Zia Rashid - A shabti of Zia Rashid created by Iskandar to protect her after Zia inadvertently becomes the host of the goddess Nepthys. For most of The Red Pyramid, the shabti version of Zia is the one that appears instead of the real Zia. The shabti is badly injured fighting Set and uses the last of her life force to shield Amos Kane from the destruction of the Red Pyramid. The shabti crumbles shortly thereafter, asking Carter to find the real Zia and sending her memories to Zia. After Carter finds the real Zia, she is shown to possess her shabti's memories, but at first they are more like a movie she'd watched with an actress playing her and doing things that Zia would never have done. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Main characters Magnus Chase Magnus Chase is the main protagonist of the series and is the cousin of Annabeth Chase. A 16-year-old Bostonian teenager, Magnus lost his mother Natalie to a mysterious wolf attack two years prior to the events of The Sword of Summer and is forced to live in the streets with his homeless friends, Blitz and Hearth. On his 16th birthday, his uncle, Randolph informs him of his divine parentage as a son of a Norse god and his inheritance of Sumarbrander, the sword that once belonged to his father Frey. After being killed by Surt, a fire giant, Magnus is then carried to Hotel Valhalla by Samirah Al-Abbas, a Valkyrie. He then finds out that his father is Frey, the god of peace, wealth and prosperity, who belongs to the Vanir tribe of Norse deities. Magnus is described as having blond hair that reaches his chin and haunting gray eyes that resemble his cousin, Annabeth's. He is said to look like Kurt Cobain and has asthma. His scrawny look is replaced by a more muscular persona after his death and acceptance to Valhalla. He is quite street smart due to the two years he spent as a homeless child and as a result, is not quick to trust people. Nevertheless, he considers Blitz and Hearth as the only friends he is completely loyal to, and after a while, also begins to ease