User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Mark of Athena Official Discussion/@comment-5577244-20121011194247/@comment-24.79.9.250-20121012005426

They aren't dead, man. Watch the first chapter from the House Of Hades be like Percy talking or something. Rick wouldn't do ANYTHING like that to us yo, don't worry xD. Nico survived tartatus, and said that Percy was the strongest demigod he's ever seen.