Wesley Wyndam-Pryce

"Yeah," Alex said. "Did I not tell you that before? Yeah. I mean, how did you think I went from a demigod to a god? Well, I mean, it's way more complicated and messy than that, but that was the last step, I had to die to burn away my mortality." He was pretty sure that was how his dad had explained it to him, anyway. "Anyway, I was fighting this undead guy called Gorgon to buy the rest of my team time to escape--and, well, our fight had already been always going to happen, he didn't fear anything and he had the twin to my sword. And...I lost. So I died. And then I got better and here I am!" He made a little 'ta da' gesture, like a game show host.