User blog comment:Hyperborean/"The House of Hades" – official expectations blog/@comment-66.75.46.222-20130629134923/@comment-122.167.22.126-20130629141132

Yeah, but you should cut some slack for Nico. I mean, he was practically born ill-fated: He was born in bad times; lost his mother and sister; was out of commision for 80 years; is sort of a social outcast and now is shell-shocked from Tartarus. Killing him would be waaaay too harsh, according to my opinion. And even if he's not one of the seven, he's certainly NOT expendable.