Underworld

So according to Quintus how he got Mrs. O’Leary involved "many close calls with death and quite a few giant squeaky toys."

I want to know what happeneeeedddd and that would be perfect for a short story …

What do you think about the idea?

Oh, and we also need to know what happened in Albania-

Chalice of the Gods has a few solid feats that haven’t been talked about much, mainly since most people haven’t gotten their hands on the book yet.

But there’s an insane feat from Percy that needs to start being brought up more.

For context, Percy did this feat in a cavern with a river, submerged in the river while being pounded around by the god of said river.

This caused him to release his power in a way similar to what happened at Mt St Helens

Here’s the quote:

“My rage exploded.

And so did the river. It blasted away from me in every direction, putting me at ground zero of the detonation—curled up alone in a bubble of air, howling so loudly I could hear myself even over the roar of the torrent. Some part of me had reached outward . . . not just into the pool, but to the source of the river, deep down in the Underworld or maybe Yonkers, and I had pulled it up by its roots. Millions of metric tons of water roared through the cavern, flooding the pool, scouring the cliffs, surging over the riverbanks, and probably surprising a whole bunch of snakes bathing downstream.

At last, the water crashed back around me, settling into its normal flow again.”

This feat is one of the greatest feats ever performed by a demigod in the Riordanverse, so let’s analyze it.

A disoriented Percy pulls water from “the Underworld, or maybe Yonkers”.

How far is the Underworld? A sign in Son of Neptune said:

“NEW ROME 1 MILE; OLD ROME 7280 MLES; HADES 2310 MILES (pointing straight down);RENO 208 MILES, AND CERTAIN DEATH: YOU ARE HERE!”

So the Underworld (Hades) is 2310 miles (3718 km) downwards, which shows absolutely crazy range from Percy.

To put that into perspective, that’s longer than the distance between Los Angeles and Washington D.C. Just crazy.

But, what if it’s Yonkers? That’s less impressive, but Percy is still pulling up the river by its roots, or collecting all the water in this area, so it's crazy regardless.

Now that I’ve established just how impressive the range aspect is, let’s talk about the volume aspect of it, because it’s absolutely insane.

Percy directly pulls “MILLIONS OF METRIC TONS” of water

Let’s convert to a more familiar unit.

Just one metric ton is 264.17 gallons

Millions, plural, as at least 2 million metric tons.

That translates to 528,340,000 gallons.

FIVE HUNDRED MILLION GALLONS

The amount of energy required to move this amount of water is insanely high.

I hope this post showed just how impressive this feat is.

Thanks for reading!

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So in BoL, the line "A young boy squatted at the riverbank, tending a campfire. The flames burned an unnatural blue color. Then I saw the boy’s face. It was Nico di Angelo. He was throwing pieces of paper into the fire – Mythomagic trading cards, part of the game he’d been obsessed with last winter."

Is this Greek fire or something else?

Under screech-blings profile it says he lives under Nyc but that’s not right as seen in TSATS

So in when the di Angelo kids are first introduced they are described as having olive skin, and as you probably noticed, Nico is later described as being very pale. this could just be a mistake in the writing (and probably is- unless im wrong on that regard), or it could be due to him spending time in the underworld for prolonged stretches. i think that is may be possible that Nico got paler from staying in the underworld. this has happened before, as shown with Hades, so it isnt unbelievable that it could be a side effect of his location. as for the time between him running away in the titans curse and Percy & co meeting him in battle of the labyrinth and him being considerably changed may put a damper on this theory. but i have another bit to it: the use of his powers. perhaps the mix of his time in the underworld and his use of his newly discovered death powers may have changed his appearance?though take this with a grain of salt, unless this has been confirmed somehow. tell me what you think

Before she was kidnapped by Hades Persephone’s name was Kore, meaning maiden. The Name Persephone means “to destroy” or “to bring death” since she became queen of the underworld.

I was reading The Son Of Neptune yesterday and came across something said by Nico that sparked a "what if" for me. Bianca is no longer a soul in the underworld. She wanted to be reborn into a new life. Quote for people who don't know/ don't remember:

"She was gone." Nico's voice turned hoarse. "She used to be in Elysium-like, the underworld paradise-but she chose to be reborn into a new life. Now I'll never see her again"

Anyways.

What if later in Nico DI Angelo series he comes across Bianca? What if Biana chose to be reborn and she's trying to find Nico?

At first I thought it was her calling out to nico in the underworld (the sun and the star), but then when I read this, it cant be, shes been reborn.

What do you think?

267: Thanatos has a pure black iPad he uses to keep track of escaped souls that can video conference and has Pluto’s Skype address.

268: Hades allegedly prepared a room in his Underworld palace for his son, Nico di Angelo in case he died on his mission to shadow travel the Athena Parthenos to Camp Half-Blood.

269: Hazel was not on the list of escaped souls that Thanatos had to be delivered back to the Underworld.

In mythology there are four areas to live your afterlife: Elysium, The Fields of Asphodel, Tartarus, and The Fields of Mourning, but why aren't The Fields of Mourning included in the RV?

What's the difference?

50: Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon, the Big Three, drew lots to decide where each one would rule, the Sea, the Underworld, and the Sky.

51: Nectar and Ambrosia are supposed to give the consumer immortality, but do not in the series, instead used for healing purposes.

52: Zeus was the cupbearer to Kronos before overthrowing him.

53: Nectar and Ambrosia are said to be drunk in many different ways in the series instead of as regular nectar and ambrosia, such as spiced, infused with coffee, and such.

54: Amaltheia, a sacred magical goat apparently has teats labeled with Nectar, Milk, Water, Pepsi, Press Here for Ice, Diet Mountain Dew, and magical goat milk in flavors such as Low Fat, Chocolate, and Baby Formula.

How do they decide which afterlife you go to when you die? Do you go to the Greek/Roman underworld, the Egyptian underworld or Helheim? Do Hades, Anubis and Hel have to constantly play Rock Paper Scissors to decide?

So a week or 2 ago I posted: Funny Idea (or the one guy pissing off everyone on Fandom) #2

Remember how in SoN Thanatos gets freed and takes all the dead people down?

Yes EmperorOctaviusOfRoma I do remember how in SoN Thanatos gets freed and takes all the dead people down

Wouldn't it be funny if when Hazel asked Thanatos if he needed to take her down to Hades, he was like 'Oh yeah, I almost forgot, thanks for reminding me, tell your friends bye' and grabs her and takes her down to Hades

I hope when you die you burn in Tartarus and get attacked by monsters frequently

I was thinking before about the Underworld for a fanfiction...

And then I came to the question:

Wat is the ghostly appearance of dead souls?!

Does the appearance of your soul age?

Do the souls take the appearance of the form right before death?

Like you are a 82 year old and are ill and have burnmarks on your whole body, will you be if you reach Elysium in that appearance or can you be like 40 when you die with 50+?

And what happens with the souls of unborn and babies?! Because they would be like yeah, unborn, and are they then stuck in their 5 month old selves?

You are under 16 -> soul takes appearance of 16yo version

You are over 50 -> soul takes appearance of 40yo version

Your body was deformed or burned/ injured -> soul takes appearance without injuries.

I am beyooooooooooooond confused!!!

So, in TSS Julius/Osiris explains that whatever a person believes in, they go to that afterlife. So, if somebody doesn’t believe in any afterlife, they disappear after death. However, there are supposedly a lot of people going into the Underworld. Most people today believe in religions that do not include the Greek afterlife. How come so many people enter it?

So you have to have a coin to pay Charon the ferryman. Remember when Percy, Annabeth and Grover went to the underworld for the first time, the priest they saw, whose “ Lamborghini for the Lord” crashed and he died. In Greek tradition, you have to be buried or burnt with a coin on or in your mouth to cross The River Styx, or remain a lost spirit forever. Percy said the priest died a few days before they say him in Hades’ kingdom. Did he die with a coin in his mouth?

The Underworld is in The Underworld