Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Legends

She is described as an eight-year-old girl with mousy brown hair and fire-red eyes. Percy notices that her eyes are "filled with flames", but they are warm and cozy unlike Ares' eyes. Hestia wears a simple brown dress and a scarf over her head, which gives her the look of a pioneer child. The differences in Hestia's physical description could be attributed to the fact that, as a goddess, she has the ability to assume any shape she desires, though it must be noted that she retains her beauty and sweet charm no matter what physical manifestation she adopts.

Hestia's personality is very similar to that of her mother, Rhea: she is a good-natured, gentle and understanding woman who never says a bad word about anyone. She is far kinder than most other gods, who frequently take offense at the slightest provocation. Her fondest wish is that her entire family can get along. Though she is obviously unsuccessful in maintaining harmony on Olympus, she watches out for each and every deity in the Greek pantheon. This ensured that it was difficult for any of her family to become angry with her, as her earnest disposition was rare and valuable amongst the Olympians.

Hestia is the Greek virgin goddess of the Hearth, Fire, Warmth, the Home, Family, Domesticity and the State. She is the second eldest of the Twelve Olympians, after Aphrodite, the firstborn child of Kronos and Rhea, and the current guardian of Elpis, the spirit of hope. When Reyna, with the help of six pegasi finally manages to place the Athena Parthenos on Half-Blood Hill, golden light ripples across the ground, seeping warmth into the bones of both Greek and Roman demigods, and curing all of the Olympians (including Hestia) of their split personalities. However, as the Last Olympian, Hestia is the only Elder Olympian not to join her siblings, nephews and nieces in the final battle with the Giants in Athens.