Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3542839-20140227002012/@comment-3566131-20140805193913

8th Hero of Olympus wrote: Arctic Blue wrote: Well, see, in the earlier twists you mentioned, the information "twisted" is revealed to the heroes to be true, or the heroes just believe that it means something that isn't true. However, in the 7 Heroes of Olympus part, he literally writes to the reader, that Annabeth is the 7th hero. Therefore, there can be no misconception, nor can it be false, as the information is disclosed to the reader directly. Well, even if you are right, that produces another theory (though this one is a little more far-fetched)--Even if Annabeth is one of the Seven, while Nico isn't... Suppose that one of the Seven is somehow incapacitated, and cannot continue on to fight the Giants (I can totally see Frank sacrificing himself for the greater good)... Therefore, he/she will be effectively "banished" from the Seven... HOWEVER, the Prophecy clearly says that only seven demigods can fight the Giants on an equal footing, since these demigods have to be the " seven greatest demigods of the age "... Hence, since the Seven lost a member, they'll need a worthy replacement for their lost member, who lives up to those qualifications... So, the only possible worthy replacement is Nico di Angelo, who is strong enough to scare his pretty powerful cousins into peeing their pants...Think about it, this could be the reason for giving Nico a POV in " The Blood of Olympus"...

In any case --I'll stand by my initial theory, but I'll keep this one as a back-up one! Also, this actually brilliant.