User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The House of Hades Official Discussion/@comment-24308873-20131020014711/@comment-24065371-20131020113232

It is an interesting point, but maybe as the ruler his influence had to be limited a little, and while children are weaker than the other two elder gods children power of lightning is a vast amount of energy and faster than any action of the other gods so maybe that is his edge, i think his main confidence comes from being the ruler which means everyone supports him so he can shelter behind them and his forces