Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20150930233157/@comment-24067344-20160208212819

8th Hero of Olympus wrote: No, I'm not really privy to any undisclosed information, haha, I was just referring to the time that Percy cleaned Geryon's stables by causing petrified sea shells to generate seawater, and the effort of doing so is said to drain him quite a bit.

As for Jason... See, you cannot just assume that it takes a toll on Jason if it is not explicitly said so - absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, after all! As such, Jason's aerokinesis abilities gradually improve throughout the series, with him able to knock down 12-ft-tall Otis with a powerful gust of wind in "The Mark of Athena", and in "The Blood of Olympus", he generated a much stronger wind, strong enough to send the 40-ft-tall Porphyrion himself flying, and in neither instance does it seem to take any toll on Jason, with him continuing to fight and function just as well afterwards. He could therefore, conceivably kill Percy in this manner, launching him high into the air, with Percy fatally hurting himself from the impact of falling down.

''Entire cul-de-sac was engulfed in a hurricane. Percy stood at the edge, unmoved, but the water was churning so fast now that even the giant crocodile lost his footing. Wrecked cars scraped along the pavement. Mailboxes were pulled out of lawns and swept away. The water increased in volume as well as speed, rising up and turning the entire neighborhood into a liquid centrifuge. It was my turn to be stunned. A few moments ago I had decided Percy was no magician. Yet I'd never seen a magician who could control so much water.''

I think you forget how powerful Percy's hurricanes are. The quote above is a perfect example of how powerful Percy's hurricanes are. While Jason's control of the wind are quite impressive, Like "Knocking a 12 Foot Giant", and "Sending Porpyrion himself into the air", in The Son of Sobek, it seems to be that Percy's hurricanes have gotten far more powerful, and are quite a bit more powerful than Jason's powerful gusts of winds, as you can see his hurricane "Mailboxes pulled out of lawns and swept away", "40 Foot long Crocodile lost his footing", "Wrecked Cars scraped along the pavement", but of all, turning a Neighborhood into a "Liquid Centrifuge". While this drains Percy quite a lot, it is an excellent defense against Jason's Gusts of winds.

Now, about the Percy vs Jason fight in The Mark of Athena. I am amazed that you guys have the information that I am going to use right now, which could be an excellent reason why Percy and Jason are equal in Swordsmanship. Are they equal? A big fat no. Lets retread the quotes, shall we?

"[Piper] rolled to the edge of the road and looked back, dazed and horrified, as [Percy and Jason] crossed swords, gold against bronze. Sparks flew. Their blades blurred-strike and parry-and the pavement trembled. The first exchange only lasted a second, but Piper couldn't believe the speed of their sword fighting."

So, Jason and Percy fight at incredible speeds. Piper, a powerful demigod in her own way, can only see blurs of this fight, since Percy and Jason are fighting with superhuman skill, speed and strength,"The Pavement trembled", at the multiple hits Percy and Jason did In seconds. So it seems that both are roughly equal. However... Did you forget about this?

"Many of Percy's powers had gotten stronger over the years, but now, too late, Percy realized that swordplay was not one of them. He was rusty-at least against an adversary like Chrysaor." (pg. 368)

Impressive, isn't it? What makes this even more impressive is that later Percy realizes he had gotten rusty with his sword skills, so this is not even Percy at the top of his game. So to make this short, Jason, who at his best, was fighting a Percy who wasn't at its best, meaning that Percy currently is the better swordsman, at least according to these quotes. Also, let's not forget the fact that Percy was sleeping for 8 months me while at that time, Jason was training in Camp Half-Blood.