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Eh. I'm not as iffy about Piper as much as other people are. I used to hate her and Jason but I eventually warmed up to them (on the other hand, Leo, who I loved at first, I started to like less)

I mean, Piper could very well be the most powerful of the seven (we're not sure because we haven't been given the exact limitations and strengths of Charmspeak) making everyone follow your command? Yeah. At stronger levels, she could probably tell someone's heart to stop beating- can only hope though. Also on the topic of powers, just saying- More Powers does not equal better character (just saying).

I honestly thought that Hazel was the one that got the short end of the stick, she started out great but then fell off. Her Mist powers were much more of a plot mcguffin than anything else, just...plot convience sometimes. (though this might probably just be the fact that every time RR tries to explain how Mist works, I just get more and more confused). I can't remember off the top of my head Hazel's control over minerals being used past Book 3 (the whole cursed metal thing wasn't really brought up again either- or really explained. Too my knowledge anyway)

I'm probably gonna be killed with a stake for this but Hazel didn't really have anything....particular about her personality. Pretty generic personality along with not a lot of character development. She's heroic and selfless sure- but that doesn't count for much when we have 7 main character who have that trait too.

She started off amazing, an escaped soul from Hades, who in a past life sacrificed herself to stop Gaia from rising-

-which was why that point was never brought up again past Book 3.

No explanation why she has flashbacks, no much elaboration on, again, the cursed metal thing. No real consequence on her being an escaped soul, just like a lot of the enemies. That could've been an amazing plot point. Why was Hazel being allowed to live when she was the same as any of the other escaped souls?

The whole 'why are there two sets of rules' kind of thing. Why is she exempted from Death? If the reason was that she died too early, then why don't all the children who died young be brought back to life too? If it was for her heroic act, then why don't past heroes get revived too?

If the reason was that she was one of the Seven and a child of Pluto- well thank god for people being special because they were born special, right? *SHOT*

Unfortunately, all wasted potential.

Heck, just giving a Fatal Flaw would've helped that, but she doesn't. (though tbf, most of the 7 do not have a mentioned Fatal Flaw.)

She pretty much ended she the same as she appeared- minus being in a relationship with Frank thing, which was sort of present during at the start.

Piper, and I can't believe I'm saying this, at least has a complete character development arc. She starts off as a whiny, 'my dad doesn't pay attention to me'  kind of kid (*cough* Nyssa Al-Ghul anyone? *cough*) but she eventually becomes a reliable warrior in the fight against Gaia.

She kicks ass with Jason and Annie during the first part of BoO, heck she could hold her own against the Earthborn during Lost Hero using a dagger- without prior training.

Also since people love bringing this up-

Times Piper uses Charmspeak:

- Break Leo and Jason out of Medea's charm.

- To lull Gaia to sleep as Leo cut the cage to Hera's cage open.

- Stopping Percy and Jason from killing each other during their Jousting fight- or whatever. (Anyone wonder what happened to Tempest after Book 3?)

- Getting the Eidolon out of the boy's bodies after the fight.

- Wake up Festus from his...idleness (still don't how she did that, but hey, it's still something she did)

- Help put lull Gaia again at the end of the story as Leo and Jason whitled Gaia down.

So yeah, she's been kinda useful.

Piper can be annoying with her obsessions sometimes, unfortunately this makes her more believable since that's majority of teenagers these days- but at least she doesn't attempt to kill herself if Jason threatened to leave her *cough* Bella *cough*

And Yes, Hazel has a much more bearable personality than Piper- but at least Piper has a lot more personality than Hazel does. (Just look and the 'Personality' section, on their respective Character Pages on the wiki)

Now, this is of course just my Opinion and by no means the definitive answer. I am not saying that Piper is the best character- but she is definitely not the the worst.

That would go to Leo *SHOT*