Board Thread:The Trials of Apollo/@comment-43494103-20190927211020/@comment-39953712-20191011004633

Sammy temple77: Well I know that the out of universe reason is that hazel most well loved and known Roman so she would be the only likely choice. In universe tho I agree with everything you say. Yes she is one of the seven and is responsible for the success of the most impactful quest ever and yes she is one of the strongest demigods to ever live, but when it comes to leadership it’s a completely different ballpark. It’s a completely different skill set then using a sword or using your powers or even being on a battlefield and you only really build it through teachings of mentors and leading others. Hazel had no leadership growth before HOO and through the quest she only took the helm once really. Even after becoming a centurion, she only had the position for less then a year. All I’m saying is that it would be a better choice in my opinion to choose a centurion with possibly 3-5 years maybe lead a couple quest maybe? IDK it’s not much of a big deal to me tbh, again she really was the only logical choose out of universe.

Halfblood Nerd: that’s not exactly all of it. The fifth Cohort lost the eagle in Alaska and the camp majority of imperial gold and a ridiculous amount of personnel when trying to fulfill the great prophecy, and since they were solely responsible for it, the were “dishonored”, being described as “disgraced”, “cursed”, and “losers”. That then affected they’re moral, which THAT in turn affected the battle prowess. Frank says that since in the couple months since he arrived they lost 13 battles in a row. That’s like an NFL team losing every game they have in a season except one.