Zoë Nightshade, daughter of @Atlas and Pleione, was a former Hesperide, nymph of the sunset, who was later exiled and plotted out for helping Hercules, as if she never existed. For this reason, she joined the @Hunters of Artemis, becoming the loyal lieutenant of @Artemis for over 2000 years. She now resides in the stars, as she has shown a great interest and connection to the stars. Her constellation "The Huntress" is depicted as a girl who is running around shooting arrows in the night sky.

History

Early Life

Zoë and her sisters were born to the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione; they then became the nymphs of the sunset. In ancient times, Zoë tended to the @Garden of the Hesperides with her sisters, caring especially for Hera's tree of @Golden Apple of Discords and the 100 headed monstrous, dragon like serpent who guarded it; @Ladon. Unlike her sisters, Zoë had a strong emotional bond with Ladon. Ladon trusted Zoë and allowed her to feed him by hand.

This is not a relationship that is seen with the other Hesperides.

Aiding Hercules

Later on, Zoë helped @Hercules complete his quest for the golden apples - giving him tips on how to trick her father Atlas. She then gifted him her hairpin, which turns into the sword @Riptide, which is currently in the possession of @Percy Jackson. When her sisters discovered this, they exiled her, and blotted her out as if she never existed. This likely caused a lot of pain for Zoë as the Hesperides were her family, and they now hated her.

Hercules ultimately gave Zoë no credit for her help and abandoned her to her painful fate. As a result, she came to hold a grudge against male heroes, especially ones that reminded her of Hercules. She then joined the Hunters of Artemis, a group of eternal maidens who swear off men for semi-immortality and hunting with Artemis until they fall in battle. Eventually, Zoë rose to become the loyal lieutenant of Artemis for over 2000 years.

Hunting Orion

Zoë would spend centuries trying unsuccessfully to track down and kill the giant @Orion, who harbored a strong hatred for both the Hunters and the @Amazons, due to his tragic past with Artemis. However, she never succeeded in catching the Gigantes who always made sure to avoid the Hunters whenever Artemis herself was present.

Thalia Grace's Quarrel

Zoë and the Hunters once ran into @Thalia Grace, @Luke Castellan, and @Annabeth Chase when the three were running around the country. Zoë almost managed to convince Thalia to join the Hunters. However, Thalia did not want to leave Luke. Zoë felt offended and got into a heated argument with Thalia. Zoë told Thalia she was being "stupid," and that "she would regret it", stating Luke would let her down in some way just like Hercules had once let her down. This gave Thalia a deep sense of hatred to the Hunters, especially Zoë Nightshade.

Quest for Artemis (Part One)

Zoë and the Hunters first appear alongside Artemis, rescuing Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Thalia Grace, @Grover Underwood, Bianca di Angelo, and @Nico di Angelo from a @Manticore named Dr. Thorn, who, though seemingly bested, disappeared with Annabeth Chase, who was still on his back. As the Hunters set up camp, Zoë approached Bianca asking her to talk with Artemis. Together Zoë and Artemis convince her to join the Hunters, while Percy was trying to convince her otherwise. Apollo later arrives to escort them all to Camp Half-Blood, Zoë was left in charge of the Hunters, as Artemis had set off in search of a monster prophesied to be the downfall of Olympus.

The Hunters arrived at @Camp Half-Blood and immediately went to @Artemis's Cabin (Cabin 8). Grover tried to show the Hunters the way, but it is shown that someone slapped him (most likely Zoë). The next day the Hunters won the round of Capture the Flag which angered Thalia, causing her and Percy to fight, amusing the Hunters. After the game, the Oracle left the attic and approached Zoë Nightshade to grant a quest to save Artemis, who had gone missing.

Then, the camp counselors, plus Zoë and Bianca had a talk about the quest and who was going to attend. Zoë wanted to take five Hunters, but she ended up asking to take herself, Bianca, Phoebe, Thalia, and Grover. Phoebe was then pranked by the Stoll brothers, who gave her a shirt covered in centaur blood, which left her ridden with horrible hives. So Zoë had to take just four people.

Zoë went on the doomed quest along with Thalia, Bianca, and Grover. Percy followed them secretly on Blackjack, wanting to make sure that Annabeth was found safe and sound, while having also promised Nico that he would keep his sister Bianca safe. When he revealed himself Zoë was furious. Percy warned her and the rest of the questers that there was a Nemean Lion and a dozen Skeleton Warriors were on their way to attack and that someone called "The General" was organizing the attacks. This frightens Zoë and Bianca, Zoë tried to deny that the General is here, though she later believes Percy when the Nemean Lion attacks.

The five all fought against the lion and Zoë managed to kill it by shooting a volley of arrows into the Nemean Lion's opened mouth. However, she let Percy keep the lion pelt (the spoil of war) because, he got the lion to open it's mouth by feeding it astronaut food, so Zoë could shoot the lion. It is also possible that she gave Percy the pelt because it reminded her of Hercules. Though Zoë did not want Percy on the quest, after this fight, Zoë realizes that Percy is part of this quest, and that he must continue with them.

They all continued their quest, going west to find Artemis, while trying to avoid the General and avoid the General's army. As they're escaping, Bianca points out a subway station, and she says that she remembers it because it wasn't there when she lived in D.C., this makes Zoë start to question Bianca, but she then stops. The five enter the subway station where Apollo, disguised as a mortal called Fred, helped them by giving them transportation west. He then warned them that this was all he could do, as by divine law, he was not allowed to interfere directly with their quest.

On the train Percy had a dream about Zoë helping Hercules, from Hercules' perspective. He realizes that it was Zoë who created his sword; @Riptide. Percy then saw why Zoë had such a grudge against male heroes, and he wanted to make it clear to Zoë that he was nothing like Hercules.

The five later stop by a little ski town labeled "Cloudcroft, New Mexico" where they all rest for a short period of time. Percy and Bianca have a deep conversation with each other while Zoë and Grover get coffee, and Thalia looks for more transportation ideas. Skeletons then attack and Bianca manages to defeat one which surprises Zoë and Percy. While they're fighting Pan gives them the Erymanthian Boar, as a blessing from the Wild. Zoë was surprised and said that she thought she'd never feel that presence again, and when asked what she felt, she said that she felt the presence of Pan.

The Boar takes the five to a desert, where they must continue their quest. Ares and Aphrodite show up and @Aphrodite asks to have a talk alone with Percy. She then talks about the quest and Annabeth, while the others are at taco place that was just "reopened" by Ares. Aphrodite warns them not to take anything from the Junkyard of the Gods.

The five continue west, going through Hephaestus' junkyard. After crossing through the Junkyard, defective prototype of Talos; one of Hephaestus' automatons attacked them, as Bianca had picked up a Mythomagic Hades figure for her brother Nico. Bianca then admitted what she did and she and Percy devised a plan to defeat Talos. It was a lethal plan, but it was the only way. Bianca ended up defeating the automaton, but in return, she lost her life. When Zoë found out Bianca died she sat down and cried. Zoë later says that she felt very guilty over Bianca's death and she also says that she felt horrible because she picked an amateur Hunter who was only twelve for a suicide mission. She then explained that she did this because she believed that Bianca was a strong demigod, with a kind heart and had the potential to replace her as lieutenant, as Zoë couldn't be the lieutenant forever.

The four were canoed upstream to @Hoover Dam, where Percy, Grover, and Thalia exchanged architecture facts that Annabeth shared with them. The Ophiotaurus (Bessie) then appeared to Percy asking him to come into the water with him. He declined and then ran inside to find his friends as he saw a skeleton warrior. @Rachel Elizabeth Dare, a mortal girl who could see through the mist then sees Percy who almost decapitates her with Riptide (Anaklusmos). She then becomes very curious, but Percy had to rush out of there due to the skeleton warriors. He alerted the others of the skeleton warriors and they then became in a hurry to leave. The skeleton warriors start gaining on them, and they start fighting. But then Percy asks Thalia to pray to her father, Zeus, to ask to use the metal statues. Zeus, hears Thalia's prayers and the metal statues come to life to get the four out of there.

The metal statues then fly the four to California, and leave them by the Embarcadero building. The four then have to find Nereus to get there questions answered. Percy catches Nereus and wanted to ask about Annabeth, but he then decided to ask about the monster that would bring the downfall of Olympus. Old Nereus then points to Bessie and leaves, leaving Percy confused. Zoë then realizes that Bessie is the monster that would bring the downfall of Olympus, and tells everyone the story of the @Ophiotaurus.

Dr. Thorn, the manticore finds the four and starts talking about Thalia, and how she will be the child of the Great Prophecy, he also talked about how she should join Kronos' Army. Percy gets Thalia to snap out of her daze and get her to fight the guards that showed up with Dr. Thorn. Zoë then tells Percy to go save the Ophiotaurus, Percy refuses saying that they must stick together. Grover tells Percy to get word to camp, which Percy thinks is an excellent idea. Percy then sends and Iris Message to Camp Half-Blood, and the person who receives the message is @Dionysus, the camp director.