ian ▁ne c rom ancy . ▁ ▁Philip ▁of ▁Mac ed onia ▁— ▁Am os ' s ▁alb ino ▁cro cod ile ▁pet , ▁later ▁identified ▁as ▁a ▁w ax ▁sh ab ti . ▁Prote ctor ▁of ▁and ▁( br ief ly ) ▁trans porter ▁for ▁the ▁protagon ists . ▁ ▁Ser pop ard ▁– ▁A ▁creature ▁of ▁cha os ▁that ▁has ▁the ▁head ▁and ▁neck ▁of ▁a ▁s nake ▁and ▁the ▁body ▁of ▁an ▁African ▁le op ard . ▁They ▁have ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁sp it ▁poison ▁and ▁are ▁trem end ously ▁strong . ▁ ▁Magn us ▁Ch ase ▁and ▁the ▁God s ▁of ▁As g ard ▁Main ▁characters ▁Magn us ▁Ch ase ▁Magn us ▁Ch ase ▁is ▁the ▁main ▁protagon ist ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁and ▁is ▁the ▁cousin ▁of ▁An nab eth ▁Ch ase ▁of ▁the ▁Camp ▁Half - B lo od ▁Chron icles . ▁A ▁ 1 6 - year - old ▁Boston ian ▁te en ager , ▁Magn us ▁lost ▁his ▁mother ▁Natal ie ▁to ▁a ▁myster ious ▁w olf ▁attack ▁two ▁years ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁The ▁S word ▁of ▁Summer ▁and ▁is ▁forced ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁the ▁streets ▁with ▁his ▁hom eless ▁friends , ▁Bl itz ▁and ▁H ear th . ▁On ▁his ▁ 1 6 th ▁birth day , ▁his ▁uncle , ▁Rand olph ▁inform s ▁him ▁of ▁his ▁divine ▁parent age ▁as ▁a ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁Nor se ▁god ▁and ▁his ▁inheritance ▁of ▁Sum ar br ander , ▁the ▁sword ▁that ▁once ▁belonged ▁to