Board Thread:Antaeus' Arena: Audience Chamber/@comment-1515612-20160210164601/@comment-5471249-20160223082027

HypnoIsco wrote: In Greek Heroes, King Minos states that Theseus is the son of the second most powerful Greek king, and the SECOND most powerful god, while he was the most powerful king and the son of the most powerful god.

Hades wasn't even considered a match. While I admit he is strong, Poseidon has a better territory and more vast powers, as in Greek Gods it is said that Poseidon took the second best territory, and Hades, the one with rotten luck, took the worst influence of power, the Underworld. As much I like Hades, POSEIDON FTW!!! The second most powerful god? Not necessarily. See, just because "Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes" states something, that cannot necessarily be taken to be an objective fact, because the book was after all written by Percy, who has a very strong and subjective bias towards his father, so it would only be logical for him to say that. Better territory? Not necessarily, since becoming Lord of the Underworld did, after all, make Hades a lot richer than any other god, which in and of itself would be enough for me to choose the Underworld over Atlantis. More vast powers? Again, not necessarily. See, being Lord of the Underworld does grant Hades a much vaster army than Poseidon's, and while Poseidon can control tsunamis and storms (to an extent), Hades is no less formidable, as he can control earthquakes, darkness, shadows, hellfire, riches, and terror (which is strong enough to scare even Zeus and Poseidon simultaneously). An argument can be made for Hades' powers being just as vast as Poseidon's, if not possibly even more so.