The new teaser for Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 features a character many longtime fans struggle to remember from the books, but Alison Simms (portrayed by Beatrice Kitsos) is actually brand-new for the Disney+ series.
Little has been revealed about this new character that is not in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson novels, but the information fans do have opens up some interesting avenues that the show can bring The Sea of Monsters' story on.
Alison is a former Camp Half-Blood camper who aged out of the location and is now living her adult life. She ends up joining up with Luke Castellan (Charlie Bushnell) in his quest to destroy the gods, fighting on the side of Kronos.
The official teaser featuring Alison's first look can be seen below:
Alison is only in focus for a brief moment, right around the 1:00 timestamp, wielding a bow and arrow. It also appears that the blurry figure behind Grover to his left at about 0:52 is Alison, with the bow in her hands and what appears to be the same jacket as in the focused shot, making it almost certainly her.
Based on Rick Riordan's novel The Sea of Monsters, Season 2 of Percy Jackson and the Olympians will premiere on December 10, 2025. It stars Walker Scobell as Percy Jackson, Aryan Simhadri as Grover Underwood, and Leah Sava Jeffries as Annabeth Chase. Daniel Diemer joins the cast as Tyson this season, and other supporting roles from Season 1 include Bushnell as Luke and Dior Goodjohn as Clarisse.
What Else Might Fans Have Figured Out About Alison?
With minimal information on the first significant character in Percy Jackson and the Olympians not from the source novels by Rick Riordan (though there were a few minor new characters in Season 1), fans have been digging to find out whatever they can about Alison Simms.
There have been rumblings and rumors that she will only appear in Season 2 of the series and will not return for the already official Season 3 or any potential future season after. However, these claims are not by any means official and remain rumors as of now.
Additionally, many fans believe the new teaser revealed Alison's godly parent. With Alison's weapon of choice seemingly being a bow and arrow, it makes it likely that she is a daughter of Apollo.
Apollo and Artemis are the two Greek gods most closely associated with archery. The latter does not have children in the Percy Jackson universe. Rather, Artemis has her all-female group of hunters, immortal and unaging unless they die in combat.
With Alison being a grown-up demigod who has lived in the mortal world and being on Luke's side of the war, it is very unlikely she is a Hunter of Artemis, making her a daughter of Apollo seem like the most likely outcome.
It is worth noting, though, that being good at archery is not exclusive to children of Apollo in the Percy Jackson books — in fact, in the sequel series, Frank Zhang always assumed that since he was skilled in archery, he was probably a descendant of Apollo, which did not turn out to be true.
With Alison being the first major character to be exclusive to the Disney+ series, it is unclear how likely it is that we will learn more about her ahead of Season 2's debut on December 10.
Gillian Blum has been a writer at The Direct since 2022, reporting primarily from New York City. Though she covers news from across the entertainment industry, Gillian has a particular focus on Marvel and DC, including comics, movies, and television shows. She also commonly reports on Percy Jackson, Invincible, and other similar franchises.
