Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Legends

He is described as a handsome man of Cherokee descent with a perfect smile, dimpled chin, twinkly dark eyes, and closely cropped black hair. He has a sad look in his eyes, which he claims is because the Cherokee carry generations of pain and suffering with them. He has a fashionably scruffy beard, like he has not shaved in two days. When in the captivity of Enceladus, he is described as wearing torn slacks, with bare, mud-caked feet. While he was held hostage, his chest was scratched and his hands were handcuffed behind his back. After being audited, Tristian has gained weight, grew his hair out, and stopped shaving.

Tristan cares about his daughter, Piper and he loved Aphrodite deeply although he was unaware that she was a goddess. He is very busy with his work, but tries to keep in contact with Piper as much as possible, even letting her help with his research for a movie role, though he tries to distance her from his movie star life. He does not however believe in any kind of god or gods as if he did, he would always be looking for someone or something to blame for things. Even though he cares for his daughter, he is scared of making mistakes and will leave the tough choices to Jane, his assistant.

Tristan grew up as a poor child in a two-room house in Tahlequah, Oklahoma with his father Thomas McLean. Tristan eventually met and fell in love with the goddess Aphrodite. However, Aphrodite never revealed to him who she really was, as she felt he would be unable to handle the information that gods were real. The two eventually had a daughter together named Piper McLean, at her grandfather's suggestion. Tristan liked the name as Piper had a strong voice, and would occasionally call her Pipes. Shortly after, Aphrodite left Tristan without a word or ever revealing her true identity. Tristan took it hard, but still raised Piper as best he could. Previously, Tristan McLean was having financial problems and his house in Malibu was being repossessed. Tristan was broke yet owes millions in taxes he didn’t even know about. However, he is adjusting well to moving back to Oklahoma.