Before Nico can ask more questions, Hades vanishes. She and Eurytion thought that he was talking to Minos again and knew he was in danger, afraid of what Minos wanted from him. Nico told the two that Hades met his mother in Venice in the 1930s and they had him and Bianca, but he doesn't remember much about Italy. "Eight half-bloods shall answer the call. Percy found him, and Nico told him that he was saying goodbye to Bianca. When Reyna arrived at Camp with the Athena Parthenos, Nico yelled at the Camp about everything she had done for them, and that they should be grateful for her, something Nico barely did. He informs Apollo that the building is under attack and that the others are off fighting. Yeah, right, Leo says, grinning at J****. The next morning reveals that their perspectives on the past and present might not be as compatible as the three demigods assumed. Sherman was angry that Nico stole his chariot and screamed from the distance. A tear fell down Nico's cheek and he agreed to do it. It is shown that after Bianca died, Hades believes that he has no competent child, repeatedly mentioning that Bianca could do a better job at fulfilling their father's demands. However, Octavian does grow suspicious when Nico seems to know about Alcyoneus in the meeting. As stated by Dakota, Nico took Hazel directly to Camp Jupiter and requested that Reyna and Jason take her in. Albeit, this indicates that Nico may have misinterpreted the campers' reactions to him, or exaggerated it in his own mind, due to his fears of non-acceptance, although it isn't sure Will knows of all he went through before then. Nico said he could feel Bianca being judged in the Fields of Asphodel, but skeletons interrupted them. Nico also helped Hazel with her blackouts and helped her control them, and was the only one who knew about Hazel's past. What are those five books next to him about? Nico also stood up for Bianca when he called her an insufferable girl. For another: as a son of Hades, he is not accepted by other demigods. Nevertheless, Nico still trusted Jason and obeyed his command, and Jason tried to talk and bond with Nico, letting Nico share his news about meeting priests of Hecate to the crew, and told Leo to stop making jokes while he was talking. Will also seems to reciprocate said feelings, or at the very least, is willing to be closer friends with the son of Hades. He became very skinny and bony due to his meager diet. In The Mark of Athena, Hazel was terribly worried about Nico. Oh, so his face was red. When the line was over, Leo asked Nico if he was done with the physical abuse, and Nico smiled and said that at Camp Jupiter, there were many people who wanted to punch him. At The House of Hades, Nico gives Jason the chalice first to drink and asks him if he trusts him, which he does without hesitation, signifying that he trusted Nico. Nico bowed down respectively when Meg was claimed by Demeter. Nico even smiled and laughed when Frank commanded the ghosts and killed the ghosts, saying "Thats more like it! Jason was creeped out by the suggestion of going to go to find Diocletian's Scepter in Croatia with him. He also thought he wasn't easy to figure out. He has a short temper, just like Percy and Thalia. Nico felt guilty that there was no way to get Bianca back, but Minos suggested yet again that he do a soul for a soul for someone who cheated death. Nico also complains that he is too weak to simply Shadow Travel the ship across the mountains. He also got his Stygian Iron sword. He prefers to be on his own, and does not want help from anyone. Piper knew something big happened in Croatia, but Jason wouldn't tell her. She listens to them when she misses him. He says that maybe all eight of them working together could defeat Gaea's forces on the mortal side, but that they would need a team fighting simultaneously on the Tartarus side; a team powerful enough to defeat a legion of monsters in their home territory. There he meets his father, who tells Nico that his quest is hard and he might not survive the trip. As a child, Nico was obsessed with pirates and the game Mythomagic, which he would later be introduced to Percy Jackson in The Titan's Curse. Residence Moments later Camp Half-Blood is lead to battle by Clarisse La Rue, Grover Underwood, Tyson, and Chiron. However, Hazel soon realized that Nico was the most dangerous demigod, even more so than Reyna, Jason, or Octavian. Percy compares him to pictures of prisoners of war, which he notes Nico kind of was. Nico managed to order Minos to leave and the ritual continued. After her death, he develops a long-lasting grudge toward Percy for letting her die. Item Percy, who found even a few moments of seeing it maddening, marveled how Nico had managed to survive with his sanity. They then left the cavern and prepared to return to Camp, but Blackjack didn't want him to ride him. Nico encouraged Percy to go to Olympus, while he helped Sally and Paul, and said that he would handle the army. He sees the way his girlfPiper deflates, backing herself into the corner of her seat. Nico's birthday is undecided. Will agrees, stating that what Rachel told them doesn't sound good. Percy stated that Nico has his mother's eyes, but it has also been said that they have the wild glint of a madman in them, too, just like his father. Nico are you okay? Unfortunately, after returning from Tartarus in The Mark of Athena, Nico is very different. Hazel then cupped her hand on his face, saying that she wouldn't of defeated Clytius without him. Nico himself also heard the lines of the Great Prophecy, presumably from another ghost, or Hades himself. There will be Solangelo in later chapters and also spoilers for The Trials of Apollo. While he is out, he dreams about his life in Venice, Bianca, and him in a mall in Washington, D.C., and Percy shielding him from Dr. Thorn. Percy and his friends were worried for him but Eurytion reassured them that he would be alright. CHAPTER FOURTEEN "Okay, that sucked," Janie said quietly, while studying her face in the mirror. Frank was angry at Nico and wanted to kill him after Hazel was poisoned, and wanted to strangle him. Actually I think its cute. Nico warns Hazel that she should better control her blackouts. How do horny demigods spend their time between and during quests? At Rachel's urging, he goes to the throne room. Now he has to locate that psycho and stop Gaia from rising while trying to figure out who he is. In reality, Nico felt sick because he had to admit his crush on Percy. Nico had everyone hold hands and Shadow Travel away, with the help of Hazel. Nico was also excited after he heard about Camp Half-Blood and immediately wanted to go. Annabeth Chase, his and former love rival. Nico wanted to tell him about how to bathe in the River Styx, but them asked if he had blue birthday cake. He says, "only the dead respect me and only out of fear." When Nico was an adolescent, Maria fled Italy to escape Mussolini in WWII, to protect her children. He likes Percy a lot as a big brother figure, but The House of Hades reveals that Nico had developed secret romantic feelings for him. Every time Jason sacrificed his food to Jupiter, Jason prayed that his father will help him. When Nico reunited with Hazel, Nico was the only demigod not angry at Hazel (besides Frank) for Leo's death, because he knew thats what Leo wouldve done. In Arachne's lair, when Percy tries to save Annabeth from falling into Tartarus, Percy catches hold of a ledge just in time. Thus, Nico became the first Greek demigod since the First Demigod Civil War to learn about the existence of Roman demigods and to visit Camp Jupiter. Chiron asks him to perform the final rites for the fallen demigods, and Nico agrees. Between a scheming Queen of Olympus, the impending rise of the Earth goddess and the mysterious absence of Death, Percy and Apollo strike a deal to help each other weather the storm. The son of Hades takes him to store owned by Charu, the last of the Etruscan gods. He also said that Annabeth would make it through Tartarus, and that Percy would make it, especially with Annabeth on his side, showing he thought highly of the daughter of Athena. Nico happily calls will his "glow-in-the-dark boyfriend". The son of Hades managed to convince Bob (Iapetus) that Percy Jackson was a good person, which would eventually lead to the Titan helping Percy and Annabeth Chase reach the Doors of Death from inside Tartarus. They both cooperated well with the Ourae and they both went to Venice with Frank to get barley cakes from Triptolemus. Jason is trans, Hera doesn't care. Nico sat at the back of the table with his sword by his side, creeping Leo out. He'd entered the ranch to discuss finding the soul he needed with Geryon. When he finally wakes up just after sunset, he wolfs down a sandwich and talks with Hedge and Reyna about Reyna's dreams. Percy and Nico studied each other warily, and Percy thought he knew him, and Nico responded, "do you?". Just let it out, its okay. Will told him. At dinner, Nico sat with Connor and Travis Stoll at the Hermes cabin table, telling him poker was a better game than Mythomagic. After Gaea is defeated, when Reyna tells the two camps about Nico's part in saving both of them and gives him a big hug, the crowd of demigods roared with approval, indicating that thanks to Reyna, both Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter have finally come to truly accept the son of Hades once and for all. While talking to Will, Nico remembers when he first arrived at Camp Half-Blood with Apollo years before, and Thalia Grace calling Apollo hot, but quickly shakes the 'random' memory. Nico wears a black trench coat when he attempts to bring back Bianca, as shown in one of Hazel's blackouts. Nico on his part, is always ready to help and support Will, such as when he tirelessly helped his boyfriend tend to wounded campers (notably Paolo Montes and Valentina Diaz). Annabeth became extremely worried when she thought Nico would come after Percy. Nico then grabbed Will's hand and shadow traveled to steal Sherman's chariot, where he convinced Alice, Julia, and Sherman to get off so he could steal it. Percy couldn't answer, since Nico was scary and sometimes made him uncomfortable. Nico had a warm relationship with his mother, as he remembers her smiling down at him while they both walked by the Venetian Grand Canal. During The Battle of the Labyrinth, Percy has dreams about Nico and feels bad for him, but he became afraid that he would try to kill him as revenge to bring Bianca back. Nico was also impressed by Dionysus and called him the wine dude, after saying he had his figurine in Mythomagic, and talked to him about the defence points all the gods had in the game. (like being locked inside a small, dark room in a brand new foster home.). Nico is in the underworld at the Fields of Punishment when a mysterious girl about his age shadow travels there to warn Hades but she's is not the daughter of Hades, so if she's not the daughter of Hades and she can shadow travel, and bring back the dead, then who is she? Nico eventually was forced to confess that he had a crush on Percy, and Jason accepted him immediately, thinking about his perspective of being gay in the 1940s, and told Nico that he wouldn't tell anyone if he didnt want to. Seven seas. Nico showed Apollo the scroll Leo sent and said he looked at it whenever he got angry, and how he hated being left in the dark because he didnt know if he was safe or planning anything. Nico saw Tartarus without the veil of the mist like Percy and Annabeth did and saw it how it really was: the body of a god. In The House of Hades, Leo was very creeped out by Nico and said he gave him the freaky deakies, thinking his eyes were sad and empty as if he stared into Tartarus, which he did. Bianca also has a tendency to not believe Nico, like when he said when a bus driver had thorns. Hair He thought he was brave for all that he had been through, having more resilience than Stygian Iron, from Tartarus to accepting his identity as a gay man. He had a crush on Percy and couldnt deal with the feelings towards him, and ran away. After Croatia, Piper noticed that Nico was acting nervous and cagey, like something major had happened there, and worried about him. The middle of freaking summer. Please consider turning it on! As i was trying to locate where I had placed my sword, I heard a knock on my door. You practically ran out of sword practice. Will said from the door. Bianca talked to Nico and told him that she was joining, and Nico became very mad and grumpy at Bianca for leaving him. Hades gives Nico directions on how to find Camp Jupiter, explains why the Olympians have kept both camps separated for centuries, and forbids him from telling anybody about it, as the time isn't right. It is Percy that decides to break the news to Nico. After Jason and Leo opposed rescuing him, Piper lectured them, saying that was cold and that Nico was dying, and went to comfort Hazel. Percy wanted to argue, but knew he had to find his own dark way. Naturally, Nico didn't take well to her welcome since she turned him into a dandelion when they last met. Frank didn't know much about him though, or about his past. They used him as a trap to bait the Seven. Reyna was shocked at the beginning and didnt know how to process it at first, with him reminding her of her father, but then she realized how much she trusts him and how he removed some of her burden, and said that she trusted him, healing him for 3 days. After getting there, Hazel, Frank, and Leo try to find Nico, which leads them to the Pantheon, but they are led into a trap and are almost killed by eidolons. They landed at Pikes Peak and Nico told the group that he knew Daedalus wasn't dead, but he wasn't sure about Tyson and Grover. He is also mentioned on several occasions wearing an aviator's jacket, most likely because he was originally from WWII. Unknowingly to her, Jason Grace is also a child of the big three, being the son of Jupiter and Hazel, the daughter of Pluto. While talking, the ship lurched and Nico fell against the wall, banging his head. But after Percy said it had 1,000 attack power Nico corrected him, saying 5,000, and Percy said he can still be a kid once and awhile, causing him to accept the action figure. And so, he was unfamiliar to colours and music. Then that's it. Nico also warned Percy and Annabeth that Rachel was going to Half-Blood Hill, and they went to find her. Hades said he'd never been so 'harassed' by one of his sons and suspected Nico had feelings for Percy. I hadnt made it out of the training area by the time I went into a sneezing fit. After Iapetus lost his memory, Nico would visit him at his father's palace from time to time. When the boys come back to base camp, Hedge goes to write letters while Nico and Reyna talk. As a result, Nico decides to give Camp Half-Blood another try, seeing that he is finally accepted. But he wasn't. . He heals Nico as Apollo and Nero fight over the faces, and both see the emperor disintegrate. The two argue, but Will is shown to be able to withstand Nico's temper, and even order him around a bit. Both of them are also somewhat cynical. She discusses taking a gap year in Paris to study art, but she promises to be back the next summer to continue her work as the Oracle of Delphi. Even though Nico seems to dislike being touched, he is shown to be very affectionate towards Hazel, having kissed her on the cheek several times. Maybe h Set after ToA, except that Reyna didn't join the hunters after retiring. Nico then said that she made her father proud. However, her hand passes through his head on her first attempt and lifts it the second. However, he was surprised when Reyna asked him how she can help him, which was something no one really asked him. He expressed frustration of having no say in his feelings and being gay. This work could have adult content. Hey, have you been crying? Will asked. When they came back, Nico exclaimed that Percys arm was green while Grover healed it.