User blog comment:Hyperborean/"The House of Hades" – official expectations blog/@comment-86.33.29.76-20130214170410/@comment-50.98.199.110-20130216225244

I think he is just a jerk, who is hungry for power. It would be funny if RR wrote a scene where Percy (or some other good guy who hates him,) were trapped in a life-or-death situation together and had to work together. They wouldn't be able to stop arguing! (Also, why did Percy recognize Octavian in the SoN?