About Beckendorf

Charles Beckendorf was a demigod son of Hephaestus, and had been head of at Camp Half-Blood. He was known to be incredible with his hands. He had a minor role in the first four books in the series, but has a larger role in The Last Olympian. He has a not-so-secret crush on Silena Beauregard before asking her out in "The Bronze Dragon" (In The Demigod Files). Most members of Camp Half-Blood call him by his surname, Beckendorf, with the exception of Silena who called him by his first name, Charlie. The rule that two members are not allowed in one cabin alone was imposed ever since Silena and Beckendorf started dating. He was killed early in The Last Olympian while on a covert mission with Percy Jackson to plant Greek fire explosives on the Princess Andromeda so that the so-called cruise ship would be destroyed. A spy tipped off Kronos and the boys walked into a trap. However, not all the charges were disarmed and Beckendorf sacrifices himself by detonating the remaining charges to complete the mission and give Percy a chance to escape into the sea.