Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3542839-20140227002012/@comment-4763787-20140704010702

Arctic Blue wrote:

GleidsonMK wrote:

Arctic Blue wrote:

GleidsonMK wrote:

8th Hero of Olympus wrote: Well, then, WHY give Nico a POV? Uncle Rick could have chosen only to show Nico's progress back to Camp through the other demigods' dreams....

Medea affirmed that Jason, Piper and Leo are part of the 7, and Mars affirmed that Percy, Frank and Hazel are... NEVER did any god ever affirm that Annabeth was part of the 7, that was only Percy's speculation... To do this, all the other demigods would have to sleep in each five minutes or nothing would be clear in this damn war. Stop everybody freaking out about this shit.

Since the Mark of Athena I knew Nico was going to be one of the main characters, he just hasn't found the opportunity. Besides, the profecy says "Seven demigods" it doesn't say "Percy, Jason, Piper, Hazel, Frank, Leo and Annabeth,". Your theory is correct and it isn't unprobable. Just because Annabeth is a boo boo bicth, doesn't mean she is in the profecy. In the Demigod Diaries, Rick Riordan specifically says that Annabeth is one of the seven. My previous answer wasn't sent, but:

Riordan plays a scriba in the Demigod Diaries. Those are not him himself Talking, is the characters Rick Riordan talking. Of course I skipped the final stories for my lack of time to read, but I read the introduction and the notes again and I haven't seen any specification about Annabeth. The answer for one of the puzzles was something like Percy, Jason, Piper, Frank, Leo, Hazel and Annabeth are the seven in the prophecy. Man, It's a puzzle!

If Riordan used the real seventh as an answer, then it would ruin the final surprise. You need to think as writer to understand it. It would be like he put a puzzle:

"Who's the actual hero in Percy Jackson Saga"

and the answer would be "Luke". He can't do that, because books need a surprise element. He just put Annabeth in there because she is BELIEVED to be between the seven. She is not confirmed.