User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Mark of Athena Official Discussion/@comment-5812567-20121215010229/@comment-5774152-20121215020320

You could also just capture the more powerful ones and get them out of the way. The more powerful ones being left prabably have more of a chance of defeating her without the others. Gaea would like Percy and Annabeth proabaly for her own evil reasons. At the end of The Son of Neptune, Hera said that Percy is the glue, right? Maybe that means without him the seven will fall apart or not be successfull which is what Gaea wants. But, whatever makes sense in your head.