surrenders his praetorship to Frank, who uses its authority and Diocletian's Sceptre to lead an army of Roman skeleton soldiers against the monsters in the Necromanteion. Frank was described as 'cuddly' and 'fuzzy' and with a chubby, babyish face in The Mark of Athena, but in The House of Hades, after summoning the blessing of Mars to defeat a hoard of enemies, he transforms. He is then described as being taller, more muscular, and without all of his childhood fat. Though now built like a professional football player, he is still as sensitive as before, and is embarrassed at his new appearance at first. Initially, Frank is wary of the tension between Hazel and Leo (caused by Leo's resemblance to Hazel's old boyfriend, Sammy Valdez). After Leo's encounter with Calypso, however, Leo becomes more relaxed around Hazel and their relationship becomes clearly platonic, much to Frank's relief. Frank then pursues a relationship with Hazel. Frank burns his stick for the final time in The Tyrant's Tomb to kill Caligula. Despite the stick completely burning, Frank survives, freeing him from his curse. Apollo believes that by taking his fate into his own hands in such a noble way, Frank has created a new fate for himself free of his curse. Apollo compares Frank's fate to Meleager, noting that Meleager's family had hidden his curse from him and his mother was eventually forced to use the firewood to kill him while Frank's family revealed the truth and it helped to shape who Frank became. It's also revealed that his romantic relationship with Hazel has enabled her to break her curse, fulfilling a prophecy that she had received that a descendant of Poseidon would wash away her curse. In The Tower of Nero, Frank and Hazel are revealed to have become the most efficient praetors the Twelfth Legion has ever had and have been building up New Rome. Coach Gleeson Hedge Gleeson Hedge is a satyr first mentioned in The Last Olympian, as the author of a distress call sent to Grover Underwood. Like Grover, Hedge is also a demigod Protector, his proudest "recruit" being Clarisse La Rue. He disguises himself as a coach at the Wilderness School to escort Piper McLean and Leo Valdez (and later, Jason Grace) to Camp Half-Blood. He also serves as the adult chaperone for the Argo II and later accompanies the Athena Parthenos to camp. Despite his