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I can't even qualify for the Olympics until I'm sixteen!

–Kayla worrying about her archery skills after Apollo becomes mortal in The Hidden Oracle.

Kayla Knowles is a Greek demigod daughter of Apollo and the mortal Darren Knowles

History[]

Kayla was born in Canada to the god Apollo and the mortal Darren Knowles, a Canadian archery instructor. At some point in her life, she went south to the United States and came to Camp Half-Blood.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians[]

The Last Olympian[]

Kayla is among the campers that go to New York City and fight for the Olympians. She and her half-brother, Austin, set traps along the Brooklyn Bridge with their half-brother, Michael Yew, directing them.

Kayla survives the battle and is commanded by the new cabin counselor, Will Solace, to look for Michael Yew. Michael's body is never found (though he is later revealed to have died), as this seems to be the general opinion at the memorial ceremony. Percy Jackson only sees his bow and presumes that he had fallen into the river below the Williamsburg Bridge.

The Trials of Apollo[]

The Hidden Oracle[]

Kayla, along with Austin, visit Apollo when he is brought to Camp Half-Blood. After learning that their father became a mortal, Kayla worries if the skills and powers they'd inherited from him are going to disappear. She then asks if they themselves are going to be un-born, her father assures her that it would not happen. 

The next day she tells Apollo to keep practicing and his archery skills will improve. She was shocked when he swore on the Styx to not play music or practice archery until he was a god again. They stopped Sherman Yang from going into the forest.

She was paired with Austin for the three legged death race, but the two were taken hostage by Nero.

She was freed by Austin and rode the queen Myrmeke with her father, she rode in the flying chariot with Apollo and Austin to take down Nero's automation Colossus Neronis.

The Dark Prophecy[]

Apollo mentioned that Kayla told him to maintain his equipment while traveling. When her immortal father is aiming for the lever on the train tracks, he remembers how she had encouraged him what she had told him about patience.

The Burning Maze[]

After escaping the Strixes, Apollo wonders how Kayla is doing at camp.

The Tower of Nero[]

When his father and Meg return to camp after six months, Kayla and Austin argue with the harpies about eating new campers on their third warning rather then the first. The following morning she greets her immortal father after returning from a hike and tells him she wants to help take out Nero during breakfast.

A couple of days later the camp mounts an attack on Nero's Tower. As she is fighting, Nico hands her immortal father over to her and she patches him up and gives him Mountain Dew. She walks him to a dining room where campers are being chased by a Tauri Sylvestres and she passes Apollo over the Austin so she could help them. After the battle is over, she and Austin help with the wounded as they give Apollo a reassuring look.

Two weeks later she and Austin hug their father when he returns to Camp Half-Blood as a god.

The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure[]

Two months after stopping Triumvirate Holdings, as the summer session ends, Nico and Will walk with her and Austin to Half-Blood Hill. As they walk, the son of Hades is asked which Star Wars character he would date and answers Darth Vader. When they arrive, Austin and Kayla are nervous about their travel arrangements as Chiron calls the Gray Sisters' Taxi. As it arrives, Austin reveals his mother moved to Harlem after he got into school there and she is going back to Toronto. Will says he is staying at camp as his mother is touring for her new album. She and her Brother then head out.

About a week later, Will contacts her and Austin via Iris Message and tells them about the quest to Tartarus. Soon Nico walks in and Will ends the call. Before Will does, Kayla teases them about having a romantic moment.

Appearance[]

Kayla has short ginger hair dyed with a shock of bright green and blue bell eyes. She has freckles covering her skin.

Personality[]

Kayla is shown to be kind, as she tried to calm her immortal father when he was turned mortal. She is also driven, as she desires to become an Olympic archer when she is old enough.

Abilities[]

  • ADHD: Like most demigods, she has superhuman reflexes.
  • Dyslexia: Her brain is hard-wired for Ancient Greek instead of modern languages.

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Apollo, her immortal father.

  • Archery: As a daughter of Apollo, she is a naturally talented archer, her skills only rivaled by her aunt, Artemis' maiden hunters. Kayla seems to take pride in her archery skills the most.
  • Audiokinesis: Since Apollo is god of music, Kayla is a natural musician.
  • She can curse others to only speak in rhyming couplets that can take days or even weeks to wear off.
  • Vitakinesis: As daughter of Apollo, she can heal people by singing to her father in Ancient Greek.
  • She is skilled in physical contests and games.

Etymology[]

  • Kayla means 'laurel' in Arabic, suggestive of a reference to her father since the laurel happens to be his symbol. In Greek, her name would be derived from the name Katherine, which can mean 'pure'.
  • Knowles is a common surname of Cornish origin that is said to be derived from the Irish surname “Ó Tnúthghail”.

Trivia[]

  • Kayla is the only known Greek demigod with a human parent being the same sex as their godly parent.
    • The way that she was born is unknown, not being known if Apollo is who was pregnant or Darren (though given his interactions with Sally Jackson when she was pregnant, it is unlikely it was Apollo, as he seemed to have trouble understanding the concept at all). It's also possible that Apollo birthed Kayla with Darren in a similar to how Athena's children are born.
  • She wishes to try out for the Olympics as an archer.
  • Kayla is technically the first Canadian demigod in the series to be introduced, making Frank Zhang the second Canadian demigod to appear in the series. However, Kayla was only mentioned, in The Last Olympian, making Frank the first Canadian demigod to "appear" in the series.

Gallery[]

Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Core Series: The Lightning Thief | The Sea of Monsters | The Titan's Curse | The Battle of the Labyrinth | The Last Olympian
Main Characters: Percy Jackson | Grover Underwood | Annabeth Chase | Tyson | Clarisse La Rue | Thalia Grace | Nico di Angelo | Chiron | Luke Castellan | Rachel Elizabeth Dare
Secondary Characters: Sally Jackson | Travis Stoll | Connor Stoll | Mrs. O'Leary | Silena Beauregard | Charles Beckendorf | Paul Blofis | Blackjack | Zoë Nightshade | Bianca di Angelo | Juniper | Ethan Nakamura | Daedalus
Minor Characters: Gabe Ugliano | Argus | Tantalus | Hylla Ramírez-Arellano | Frederick Chase | Michael Yew | May Castellan | Austin Lake | Kayla Knowles | Maria di Angelo | Will Solace | Elevator Security Guard
Olympian Gods: Zeus | Hera | Poseidon | Demeter | Ares | Athena | Apollo | Artemis | Hephaestus | Aphrodite | Hermes | Dionysus | Hades | Hestia
Minor Gods: Amphitrite | Ariadne | Ganymede | Hecate | Iris | Janus | Morpheus | Nemesis | Pan | Phobos | Deimos | Persephone | Triton
Titans: Kronos | Atlas | Calypso | Iapetus | Krios | Hyperion | Oceanus | Prometheus
Mythical Creatures: Minotaur | Centaur | Furies | Satyr | Cyclops | Manticore | Ophiotaurus | Nemean Lion | Empousa
Related Content: Rick Riordan | Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | The Demigod Files | Demigods and Monsters | The Ultimate Guide | The Heroes of Olympus | The Trials of Apollo | Percy Jackson Demigod Collection | The Lightning Thief: Illustrated Edition | Disney+ Series
The Trials of Apollo
Core Series: The Hidden Oracle | The Dark Prophecy | The Burning Maze | The Tyrant's Tomb | The Tower of Nero
Main Characters: Apollo/Lester Papadopolous | Meg McCaffrey | Percy Jackson | Peaches | Leo Valdez | Calypso | Grover Underwood | Piper McLean | Jason Grace | Reyna Ramírez-Arellano | Frank Zhang | Hazel Levesque | Lavinia Asimov | Nico di Angelo | Will Solace | Rachel Elizabeth Dare
Secondary Characters: Chiron | Austin Lake | Kayla Knowles | Hemithea | Josephine | Georgina | Lityerses | Trophonius | Gleeson Hedge | Mellie | Chuck Hedge | Medea | Herophile | Crest | Don | Tyson | Ella | Tarquin | Luguselwa | Claudia | Janice | Blaise
Minor Characters: Sally Jackson | Thalia Grace | Mrs. O'Leary | Festus | Cade | Mikey | Harley | Connor Stoll | Miranda Gardiner | Cecil Markowitz | Ellis Wakefield | Sherman Yang | Damien White | Malcolm Pace | Paolo Montes | Valentina Diaz | Germani | Agamethus | Olujime | Phillip McCaffrey | Hunter Kowalski | Sssssarah | Prickly Pear | Aloe Vera | Joshua | Naevius Sutorius Macro | Incitatus | Tristan McLean | Bombilo | Aurum | Argentum | Julia | Jacob | Dakota | Poison Oak | Screech-Bling | Annabeth Chase | Elon | Mamurius Veturius | Mimi
Olympian Gods (Greek & Roman): Zeus/Jupiter | Hera/Juno | Poseidon/Neptune | Demeter/Ceres | Ares/Mars | Athena/Minerva | Apollo/Apollo (Roman) | Artemis/Diana | Hephaestus/Vulcan | Aphrodite/Venus | Hermes/Mercury | Dionysus/Bacchus | Hades/Pluto
Minor Gods: Nero | Commodus | Caligula | Iris | Britomartis | Styx | Terminus | Lupa | Terpsichore | Harpocrates | Cardea
Titans: Rhea | Leto | Mnemosyne | Helios
Monsters and Magical Creatures: Python | Nosoi | Karpos | Palikos | Myrmekes | Colossus Neronis | Blemmyae | Gryphon | Carthaginian Serpent | Scythian Dracaena | Cynocephali | Centaur | Cyclops | Yale | Satyr/Faun | Strix | Dryad | Dragon | Pandai | Eurynomos | Skeleton Warriors | Vrykolakai | Khromandae | Amphisbaena | Troglodyte | Tauri Sylvestres
Related Content: Rick Riordan | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | The Heroes of Olympus | Demigods & Magicians | Camp Half-Blood Confidential | Camp Jupiter Classified: A Probatio's Journal | Percy Jackson Demigod Collection | Un Natale Mezzosangue | The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure
The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure
Book: The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure
Main Characters: Nico di Angelo | Will Solace | Gorgyra | Small Bob
Secondary Characters: Screech-Bling | Hiss-Majesty | Iapetus | Chiron
Minor Characters: Kayla Knowles | Austin Lake | Rachel Elizabeth Dare | Percy Jackson | Annabeth Chase | Sally Jackson | Estelle Blofis | Meg McCaffrey | Epiales | Echidna | Menoetes | Amphithemis | Maria di Angelo | Bianca di Angelo | Piper McLean | Shel
Gods: Dionysus | Apollo | Hypnos | Nemesis | Acheron | Persephone | Hades
Giants: Otis | Ephialtes
Primordial Gods: Nyx | Tartarus | Chaos | Gaea
Monsters and Magical Creatures: Nymph | Cacodemon | Troglodyte | Demon | Chimera | Empousa | Stymphalian Birds | Cynocephali | Telekhine | Basilisk | Manticore | Pegasus | Aetera
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