Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1820614-20141107023406/@comment-5471249-20141117222909

Annabeth and Percy wrote: Whatever. Percy's been through a lot more than either of Nico or Jason combined. I beg to differ--Jason is also a veteran of the Second Titan War, and has been training at Camp Jupiter ever since he was 4 years old (indicated by his 12 tattooed lines), so he would have logically gone on more quests than Percy.

While Nico might not have gone on as many quests as Percy, he survived a trip to Tartarus alone, while seeing the place in all of its horror for the entire time he spent there  (considering that only seeing that for a few seconds was maddening for Percy!!), AND managed to survive with his sanity. T hat is, quite possibly, the greatest single feat ever achieved by any demigod in both series. Nico has also had to deal with a lot more emotional baggage than Percy - not being truly accepted at either camp, not truly belonging in the 21st century, loosing his sister, displeasing his strict father who wouldn't initially take him seriously, and, worst of all, being gay (which made him more lonely than other demigods). Heck, even the goddess of misery herself was impressed at how much  sorrow and pain the son of Hades carried, claiming that there was little more that she could do to him. Heck, according to Reyna, a portion of Nico's pain and anguish is more intense than what she felt from her entire entire legion during the battle with Polybotes! No character in either series has suffered more than Nico.