User blog comment:Jabberwokk/The Romans/@comment-79.66.222.232-20110923235114/@comment-3146930-20110924012846

I dont think children of Hades have power over dirt, they have power over Erebus, the black walls of the Underworld. Both times Nico controlled the earth, it was underworld related. When the skeletons attacked, he opened the earth and created a portal to the underworld. When he went to save Percy from Kronos, he created columns of Black rock. I also dont agree with Hecate