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So I did freak out when the character art wasn't out this morning, 或者 at lunch when I checked at the library- but now it's all good! Especially because it's...

Thanatos

Also known as the god of death. This guy controls where souls go after people die. Fun job, huh?

What does he do? Acts as a lieutenant of Pluto (Hades), Thanatos acts as border control to keep souls from crossing between life and death without his permission.

Noteworthy: He's a good looking guy. Who knew the god of death was a looker?



Okay... So maybe it's not news that Thanatos is in the 列表 of characters, but here I go with my article.


Thanatos in myth: Thanatos is found in two myths.
In one of them hew as sent to the 黑夜传说 to fetch Alkestis. In the words of Theio;

Thanatos (death personified) drags Alkestis away from the altar, where he is confronted 由 Herakles with a sword. Alkestis had willingly surrendered her life in return for her husband's, in a deal brokered 由 Apollon with the goddess Fates.

^Okay, so looking at this Apollo had something to do with it (Apollon and Herakles are just 2 different ways to say Apollo and Heracles, like Hekate is the name thing as Hecate).

And the 秒 myth of Thanatos is the interesting one (for us right now...)

Has anyone here read 'The Sword of Hades' in 'The Demigod Files'? It's good isn't it? This might count as a tiny spoiler, but in it our 3 characters get to deal with Sisyphus.

So Sisyphus, 或者 as Nico calls him 'Sissy', was a criminal. Bad Sisyphus...

So he knew that once he landed himself in the 黑夜传说 he wasn't going to be partying in Elysium, so he schemed and schemed and managed to bring himself back to life a few times.

One of those ways was 由 trapping Thanatos in a sack to keep people alive. Eventually someone figured it out and Thanatos was back on track- and Sissy got to the Underworld. And then he tricked Thanatos into his own shackles when he was supposed to be chainned up in Tartarus. Smooth 移动 man...

To keep Sissy in Hades punished him to roll a rock up a 爬坡道, 小山 for eternity. Whenever it gets close to the 最佳, 返回页首 of the 爬坡道, 小山 it rolls back down. Fun, eh?

*Note on the Sword of Hades- A lot of 黑夜传说 spirits and demons and gods were introduced in this: including Persephone, Melinoe, the Keres and a bunch of the dead, but a lot 更多 gods weren't even mentioned. Hecate (GO HECATE 你 APPEAR IN THOSE 图书 I KNOW 你 CAN!), Thanatos, Hypnos, the Nosoi, etc.

Thanatos was the twin brother of Hypnos the god of sleep (Homer confirmed it in the Illiad when the pair were seen bringing the slain body of a dude called Sarpedon back to his 首页 land),and he was a god of non-violent death. The violent death was for his sisters, the Keres, that also popped up in The Sword of Hades- but I'm sure he's flexible and can do both. I mean, check out his arms; I'm pretty sure he can do violent.

In vases and such, Thanatos was shown as a winged, bearded old man.



So I get that that's not exactly what 你 see in the picture- but Thanatos was also shown as a beardless youth on rarer occasions. That's 更多 like it, isn't it?

In Roman reliefs- he was pictured as a youth (that explains it...) holding a down-turned torch, a wreth 或者 a butterfly. Yes folks- a 蝴蝶 for a personification of death! That makes no sense- but then again, nor does the flying boat.

To the Romans; he was Mors 或者 Letum (he has two Latin names- don't ask me why because I don't know).


Back to 超能英雄 of Olympus:

'A quest to free Death'. Alrighty- well, look at that.

*I'd also like to point out how the pictures are going for characters.

迷失 Hero: 3 questers, 1 trapped and important immortal, 1 creature and 1 other.


Alias: Jason, Leo, Piper, Hera, Festus, Camp

The Son of Neptune: 2 questers (we already know what Percy looks like, right? Although New Character Art for he and Annabeth would've been nice...), 1 trapped immortal, 1 creature and 2 others.

Alias: Hazel, Frank, Thanatos, Ella, Reyna and Octavian.*

Anyways; my theory is pretty short and sweet this time (I hear 你 唱歌 'hallelujah' from across my monitor)

So first off; we're going to read a synopsis from the link.

Demigod Percy Jackson, still with no memory, and his new 老友记 from Camp Jupiter, Hazel and Frank, go on a quest to free Death, but their bigger task is to unite the Greek and Roman camps so that the Prophecy of Seven can be fulfilled.

Okay; I think we can all establish about what happened here.

Somebody (read: Gaia, Khione, spy, slave, Sissy etc) trapped Thanatos again, so the 黑夜传说 is a free for all! Which means that spirits are running all over!

It makes a lot of sense; Khione has these alluring and temptation powers like for Aeolus, Midas makes golden bags that can trap powerful beings in, and Sisyphus would be pretty easy to bait 或者 buy 或者 even get into service.

Gaia: 嘿 want to make the gods pay and come back to life?
Sisyphus: WHEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

He'd have about the same reply as if 你 asked anybody here 'hey, want to have The Son of Neptune' right now?', except less extreme.


Either that; 或者 Gaia is hogging all the control and it's a free-for-all for who she decides it can be! Which is why Midas and Lycaon can run around like maniacs while Beckendorf just sits there! I 爱情 Beckendorf, he is so cool, I think it runs in the family for Hephaestus, because you've got Leo there too...

(Plus: imgaine the help that 舱, 小木屋 9 could get from excellent builders like Beckendorf and Esperanza Valdez!)

So here go Percy, Hazel and Frank to go and free Thanatos.


Additional proof to this myth: In his character art he appears in chains. Why the Hades else would he appear the chains if he's not in chains? Especially sparkly blue chains- because that. does. not. scream. out. macho. What god likes to 显示 themselves like that? Maybe Hestia which makes her that much 更多 awesome- but other than that? *cue the crickets* (Hestia wins)

Interesting idea from that additional proof: Hera's picture includes her with that Lotus-topped staff Percy mentioned her having. Is how the characters appear lasting the whole series? Are they not going to be able to free Thanatos? What if they have to chose between Thanatos and that Aquila that Percy has on the cover, and in the end they had to save the Aquila?

你 know; maybe it's his ressemblance to Amos Kane 或者 something, but I think that Thanatos could be a god that you'd learn to love. So maybe it'd be really hard on all the characters to leave him and that would be our 'awww' moment of the book. Especially for Hazel if her dad is Pluto like some people have said.

Actually; scratch that. Thanatos was described as a merciles and indescriminate, hateful and hated-by a whole bunch of people. Aww... Oh well.

更多 Proof: On his blog, Rick Riordan had an entry for the release of Thanatos. 'Meet Death... In a Good Way' (HA! So maybe Thanatos will be a nice guy! I hope so- although I don't know so don't ask me why)

Anyways, Rick suggests that 你 go read an entry on Theio, one of his 最喜爱的 online ressources for Greek mythology, which talks about this myth. How is that not clear? Oh, and here's the link tolink (I like that site a lot...)


Last theory of the day: Thanatos (or Mors 或者 Letum 或者 whatever 你 want to call him!) is Reyna's father.

I know, I know; the ressemblance isn't striking, but it COULD be! I mean, dark hair and eyes seem to be a reoccuring thing for 黑夜传说 god and demigods (read: Bianca and Nico di Angelo), so maybe she just looks like her mom. I don't know- it's like Sadie Kane being white while her father is black, isn't it?


A lot of people have 说 this, and I'm thinking that one of the reasons that Reyna might need her two hounds as protection is because her domain is unstable- therefore so is she. It is like when your straw has a hole in it. Do 你 get your juice? No.

I know there are a lot of theories about Reyna's parentage (and my 最喜爱的 remains Trivia- Thanatos as a close second) but I thought this one was worth mentioning.


Don't ask me how anything I've 说 fits in with the cover 或者 makes sense- but I'm saying that it fits in with the mythology (maybe not that bit about Reyna but...).

So- as the Romans say; Hic articulus est quod weve 'got tantum superfuit hasta lavista XIV dies expectet, libenter te speravi, et spem meam sententiam facto saltem sensu pellentesque

(For the non-Latin 或者 Greek population of the HoO spot- This 文章 is over and we've only got 14 days of waiting left so hasta lavista, hoped 你 liked it, and hope my theories made at least a bit of sense!)

照片 sources:
Thanatos and Reyna, plus the screenshot of the characters- The official website
Statue of Thanatos- link
Vase with Thanatos on it- link
 Statue of Thanatos from the temple of Artemis at Ephyus
Statue of Thanatos from the temple of Artemis at Ephyus
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Well where do I begin.It was a great book with lots of twist and turns and unexpected things.I went through about ten dollars worth of tissues during the whole book.And that ending made me want to jump off a cliff and die.I'm pretty sure most of 你 felt the same way.My otp fell into tarturus like percabeth. Still crying over that 由 the way.Uncle Rick has really gone over board on those cliff hangers and now I really really need to read the 下一个 book.But we all have to wait until 下一个 fall 2013.Well good luck with your patience and what not. See 你 下一个 book. Peace in all that demigodeshness.
I was walking to my regular lunch 表 i was about to sit down

when some girl pushes me out of the way to sit 下一个 to Percy

" Hi Percy" she smiled sweetly.

" Hi" he 说 I was mad and so I tapped her shoulder and 说

" That's my seat"'she turned around and said

" 你 sit 下一个 to Percy Jackson? Yeah right! Even if your his

sister" she smirked at me like I am the new girl what am I going

to do. " Hey" Percy stood up I put my hand up " No, Big Bro I

got this"
" But sis-" he started.

" I 说 I got this" I almost yelled I am so mad of these kids

pushing me around because I'm new I'm gonna show...
continue reading...
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This is how many people crush who!
And who wins? Drum roll please. *Drum roll*
And the winner is Leo!
The 列表 for Boys
Leo:9
Percy:4(Percy 粉丝 watch out for Annabeth)
Nico:2
Luke:1
Stoll Brothers:1
Clovis:1
And who will win in the girls side! Let's see, Drum roll please.
*Drum roll*
And the winner is a tie! Annabeth and Piper!
The 列表 for girls
Annabeth:1
Piper:1
And this is the end of the 显示 How Many People Like Who, good night, and demigod!
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