Abram Renato

Lysander Maverick is the founder of the Apotheosis Initiative, the main antagonist of the Theomachy Series and the nemesis of Hypatia "Patty" Jackson. Lysander Maverick is a master in Ether magic and after his ascension in 2029 he becomes the God of Ether in his new Pantheon.

Lysander hates the ancient gods, he views them as parasites feeding off human civilization who need to be destroyed. Lysander correctly points out that the gods were not elected and most humans do not even worship them any more, he also correctly points out how the gods are guilty of almost unfathomable cruelty and that their crimes go unpunished and yet they are still allowed to dictate where humans go after they die and how the natural world should work.

Lysander sees achieving godhood as a necessary step to completing his revolution. In his mind he is not a  supervillain trying to dominate the world but a revolutionary trying to liberate it. It is in the name of this cause that he justifies genocide against demigods. Lysander is more dangerous than a lot of other antagonists because he genuinely believes that he is the hero.

Mistress of Magic
Lysander's war began in earnest in 2024 when the Apotheosis Initiative began systematically killing or capturing every demigod they could find and the Initiative also managed to capture Hecate which caused the mist to start failing.

Lysander and a few other high ranking members of the Initiative ambushed the Jackson family on their way to Camp Half-Blood and they managed to capture both Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase-Jackson.

Lysander plans to absorb all of Hecate's power and wipe away the mist exposing the gods to humanity and instigating a war.

Hypatia Jackson, together with August and Lucy Grace go on a quest to save Hecate but Hypatia is forced to choose between saving the world and saving her parents. Hypatia chooses to save the world and her parents die as a result.

Already at this point in the war Lysander had succeeded where Kronos, Gaea, and Setne failed. Unfortunately for Lysander, killing Percy and Annabeth removed two powerful opponents but created two equally powerful martyrs and icons.

"Avenge Percabeth" would become a rallying cry during later battles.