WhenAlexwas 13, he was recruited into camp Half-blood by asatyr. After only 6 months, during his first quest to kill theMinotaurwho was causing trouble, Poseidon asked for his help to kill a sea monster, he was chasing the sea monster for 3 week before he finally cornered it and killed it. As thanks for alex's help, Poseidon gave alex the one of a kind, Oceanic bow. The oceanic bow is an unbreakable bow, it's arrows fly through water as well as they can air and can send messages to any descendant of poseidon.