Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20151024232802/@comment-26655494-20151025165404

President35JFK wrote: 8th Hero of Olympus wrote: I mean seriously, I doubt that Magnus with a non-magical sword would stand a chance against Ares, someone who Percy defeated in his very first book (when he was 4 years younger than Magnus is now!). Granted, the arrogant god didn't go all out against the demigod, but still...

That is something that has always bugged me a little. I mean yeah Ares didn't go all out but if he wanted percy dead then he should be dead....so why?

At first, Kronos didn't want Percy dead, so he influenced Ares not to kill him.

Then, in The Titan's Curse it was revealed that Aphrodite was interested in Percy and Annabeth. Ares said something along the lines of "She thinks you're some kid of soap opera actor or something, so if I kill you that puts me in bad light with her." But he warned him not to forget the curse he laid upon Riptide.

Afterwards, in both series, he was the main protagonist in the Great Prophecies. Feeding war, Ares loves war. Unless he wanted his ass destroyed, he couldn't kill Percy. He needed him.

Afterwards Zeus offered him immortality so he couldn't go against his dad.