Cody Irons

"My mind is the only oasis I have been able to preserve. Opponent after opponent has tried to breach it, over and over and over and over...until their attempts to pierce my mind obliterated theirs. I have only found sanctuary and comfort in myself. Not even Chiron could help me. Only he could help me...only he would help me."

- Cody explains his allegiance to Kronos Cody Irons is a Greek demigod son of Ares, the God of War.

Biography
Cody was born at an unknown date when Ares, the God of War, sired a child with a Nebraskan soldier named Miriam Irons. Cody remarks that his life was extremely difficult because his mother was dishonourably discharged after leading a group of soldiers into a trap in Afghanistan, in which all but her were killed - she received violent attacks and threats on a weekly, sometimes hourly basis. One day, his mother was killed when the brother of one of the deceased men she led threw a brick through a window and it shattered her skull.

Traumatised, Cody ran away from home, living a nomadic lifestyle until he was twelve years old. He remarks that he had to fight a series of monsters by that time, including a time he wiped out a family of invading Telkhines all on his own. This accomplishment drew the attention of the Gods for the first time, as Cody had lived out his entire life unclaimed by Ares. Cody eventually accidentally entered the Labyrinth, where he spent several weeks wandering, terrified by the horrors it provoked in his mind. At one point, he trespassed on one of Morpheus's self-made shrines. There, Morpheus, to spite Ares, tormented Cody with terrifying nightmares for several weeks, leaving him in a permanent dream-like state where he was relentlessly hounded by visions that led him to even try to kill himself in his sleep, which Morpheus prevented.

Eventually driven out of control by the unspeakable agony, Cody overwhelmed Morpheus's control over him and escaped, his rage accidentally triggering an explosion which destroyed the shrine. He spent the next year wandering the Labyrinth until he reached an entrance into the Labyrinth at Camp Half-Blood where, dazzled by the first sight of sunlight in ages, he collapsed. He was nursed back into health by Chiron, and finally he was claimed by Ares. He spent three years training intensely at the Camp, becoming second only to Luke Castellan as the best swordsman there. However, he failed to feel at all at home there, permanently marred by his harrowing experience in the Labyrinth. He was, though, approached in his dreams by a hooded figure, whom he first suspected to be Morpheus reborn, but introduced himself as Kronos. The Titan Lord feigned sympathy for the son of Ares, and offered to bring him peace if he sought him out.

Cody left Camp, but in order to do so he had to re-enter the Labyrinth. There, he wandered for several weeks before arriving at an Amazon camp. The Amazons took him prisoner, but Cody challenged the leader to a duel. Armed only with a rusty sword, Cody defeated the Amazon leader, and in exchange he demanded his freedom. The Amazons, vengefully, attacked him and he fought most of them off. Re-entering the Labyrinth, he arrived at the forge of Hephaestus, who expressed that he was impressed with Cody's battle prowess and awarded him with a single wish - the wish for a weapon appropriately powerful for someone of his accomplishments. Cody was awarded with a powerful sword, which he named Wolf's Bite (His only intended honour for his 'neglectful' father).

Wielding the sword, Cody fought his way to Mount Othrys, where he was contacted telepathically by Kronos, who violently entered his mind and brainwashed him into thinking that Kronos was his master, and that Cody was his servant. Cody started gathering unclaimed demigods on the streets for Kronos's army, who were inspired by his immense power of persuasion and charisma and compelled by his story, which depicted Kronos as the only source of compassion that Cody received. Cody would eventually be a leader in the Second Titan War as Kronos's pawn in the bid for Olympus's destruction.

Appearance
Cody is noted, like all children of Ares, to be rather powerfully built - strong, but lithe like a king cobra. He has shaggy coyote-brown hair and eyes that were originally said to have been mud-brown, but after his ordeal at the hands of Morpheus they became an intense silver, like polished platinum. He is explained to have a constant look of suspicion and insane caution, which is stemmed from being on his own and under attack all his life. He wears a grey leather duster over a black T-shirt and blue trousers. He also wears black-grey sneakers.

Abilities

 * ADHD: Like all demigods, Cody's supernatural alertness and keen senses that keep him ready for, and alive, in battle. It also lets him analyse his opponents fighting style as well as pick up minor details about an opponent, such as where their muscles tense so he can tell which direction they'll attack from. This is one general trait of demigods.
 * Dyslexia: s brain is "hard-wired" for reading divine Ancient Greek instead of mortal languages. This, along with ADHD, is a trait common to most demigods.
 * Swordsmanship: After years of training and experience fighting monsters, Cody has become a master swordsman and an expert of blade-to-blade combat. He trained intensely at Camp Half-Blood, focusing completely on combat and even defeated the Amazons singlehandedly with only a rusted sword. After receiving a proper sword as a gift from Hephaestus, Cody showed the full breadth of his talents with a sword. He was able to carve through armies of opponents, as he did during the Battle of the Labyrinth, without sustaining any injuries. Also, he defeated a series of advanced and enchanted combat robots which were gifted with every single form and style of fighting in history. His style was largely based on unpredictability, agility, and pressuring his opponent by cornering or agitating him.
 * Odikinesis: Like all children of Ares, and Ares himself, Cody exudes a prominent and powerful aura of violence and anger. He is able to maintain some control over this. Because of the terrible things he has been through and the terrible things he has done himself, his aura is far fiercer than most children of Ares, and even people as serene as the Hunters of Artemis nearly warred amongst themselves when they tried to ambush him.
 * Peak human condition: Cody is in the pinnacle of the human physical condition in terms of strength, endurance, stamina, flexibility, agility and coordination. As such, he did not tire easily at all in combat and survived the Battle of the Labyrinth not only unscathed but also without becoming exhausted, and Rex reasoned that he couldn't tire the son of Ares out in order to win.
 * Willpower: Cody's most advantageous and by far most impressive attribute is his immense willpower, which doesn't appear to know any boundaries. He survived being tormented mentally by Morpheus himself for several weeks. He was eventually able to telepathically overwhelm Morpheus at his own game and even mentally turn the God's power on himself, causing a powerful explosion that destroyed the shrine. Kronos himself remarked that the boy was incredibly difficult, almost impossible, to penetrate. Rex himself confessed that the boy's willpower and indomitable impenetrability made him look like either his mind was armoured impenetrably by Celestial Bronze, or he had already snapped - either way, his force of will was terrifying.
 * Telumkinesis: Cody, like all children of Ares, is immediately masterful with any conventional weapon that he wields, including spears, firearms, swords and knives. He also unconsciously knows everything about a weapon once he holds it, and knows all of the ways in which to wield it.
 * Necromancy: Cody has some proficiency with Necromancy, and is able to summon a number of skeleton soldiers and command them. However, his ability to do this is far inferior to that of a child of Hades.
 * Strategy: Cody is a master strategist, as evidenced by him being trusted by Kronos to lead his contingency against Camp Half-Blood as far as strategy is concerned.

Weapons

 * Wolf's Bite: Wolf's Bite is his personal weapon, a powerful sword which is enchanted to be indestructible. The sword can also be augmented significantly by the rage and anger of whomever wields it. Cody named it Wolf's Bite as the wolf is one of Ares' symbols.