User blog comment:Hermione Chase/"The Blood of Olympus" Expectations/@comment-5423251-20131009194849/@comment-6007020-20140331031237

Up north is said to be "beyond the reach of the gods'", but maybe they mean the reach of our gods. It isn't their territory. The Norse gods claim any region higher than New York and Boston is their southernmost point. Or maybe an outpost for any southborn Norse demigods.