#Akhlys

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House of Hades Chapter 48 - Percy vs Akhlys

Part 5 of PJO/HOO Chapter Illustrations

[incorrect-percabeth-quotes]

Percy: Achoo!

Nearby water tank: *explodes*

Annabeth, alarmed: What was that?

Percy: Water tank exploded when I sneezed. My fault. It was an accident. I'm sick. Sorry.

Annabeth: Percy, I told you some things aren't meant to be controlled! What if someone was standing near the water tank? They could've gotten injured!

Percy: I'm sorry I can't help it - I'm sick! I can't stop myself from sneezing and the water just responds automatically.

Annabeth, angry: This is why everyone's so scared of you! The exploding toilets was bad enough, now this? And don't even get me started on Akhkys. You're a danger to everyone around you and you need to be controlled!

[princessofghosts-posts]

Thinking back about Percabeth travel through Tartarus made me more sad about the fact that we will never know about Nico's first travel.

Idk if in TOA or TSATS he talks about it to Will or someone else,but I really wish we could know more about it. The only things we know are the following:

He went alone,so no Bob with him that could have helped him like Annabeth and Percy,at the start of SoN;

His meeting with Akhlys,where she straight up told him he was perfect in his misery and she couldn't make him more miserable than that;

He saw Tartarus for what it really was all the way in,and almost went insane for that;

He got captured when he got to the door by Gaia's army and then was bought for a bit in his father temple,before putting him in a jar in Rome.

And apparently Nyx is obsessed with him and his darkness,and like Akhlys,she think Nico can't change and he's perfect in his darkness. And this is something that's only talked about in TSATS,unlike the others,so it's a pretty "new" information. But that's it,we don't know anything else and this will be probably one of my greatest regret.

Did Nico hesitated to jump because he realized something was wrong and could see the real Tartarus? Did he already knew about this "privilege" of his,since Tartarus is in his father's domain? Did he ask Bob for information before jumping? Did he research or knew about the gods down there that could have helped him? And if he didn't,how did he knew about Akhlys's dead mist? How did he met her since Bob didn't bought him to her? Did she gave him the mist without trying to kill him like she did with Annabeth and Percy,because she liked his misery,or Nico had to endure a near-death experience? Did he also met Nyx? If he did,did he went though her house like Percy and Annabeth? Since he is immune to the mist in Tartarus,can he also see beyond the darkness of Nyx's house? Did he met other gods or primordial? Did Tartarus watched his travel but didn't interfered,like he did with Percy,because he knew Gaia's plan? And if he did interfered? Did Thanatos helped him (he is one of Nyx children so he can go in Tartarus without a problem) since he technically work for his dad? Did he felt being followed by monsters and,without knowing it,by also Gaia's army? Did he met old enemies like Percy and Annabeth? Did his title as ghost king made things more complicated in case there were vendicative spirit around? Did the fact that he was Hades'son/the prince of that place gave him more downside? Was his travel more easier than theirs since the monsters knew about Gaia's trap for him,so they didn't interfered and let it unfold once Nico got to the doors? How did Nico felt knowing he was walking and seeing Tartarus body? Did Hades know what he was planning to do or was too busy with his split personality to understand what was happening? Did he cared? How did Nico felt once he got to the doors and got kidnapped? Persephone gave him the seeds,so she probably had an idea of the dangers he was going to face,how did she felt about that? Did Nico thought that Persephone cared about him? Did he thought of his dad too? Did his powers snapped too down there,like Percy's did? Did he felt the change or only realized later on when he turned Bryce into a ghost? Did he felt getting weaker by the moment or Tartarus didn't had the same effect to him? How Nico felt once he was out of Tartarus,in Gaia's hands,and was bought to his father temple: a place where he should be safe? And what about the jar,did the giants put him in there while he was conscious and trying to fight,or he was knocked out before he could get out of Tartarus? If he was knocked out,how did he felt we he understood he was trapped in a jar under the colosseum–that he was in Italy? How did he felt while watching Percy,Jason and Piper coming to his aid? Was he guilty since they were getting hurt for him? Was he relieved since someone cared enough to safe him? Was he feeling useless since he couldn't do anything to help them and was too weak to even move? What did he felt when he met Hazel,after so long,without knowing if she was still alive? What did he feel as the ship descended into Arachne's cave,and noticed another opening to Tartarus? Was he panicking inside? Was he having a silent trauma-respons? Did he wanted to get the farthest away possible with it? Did he wanted to take everyone else with him and shadow travel away because he couldn't do that again? And when Annabeth and Percy got pulled over the edge? And when he tried to get them out,putting himself on the edge of the same place he just got out again? What was he feeling? And when he watched them feel? Was he having flashback of his jump? Was he screaming in dispears? Was he dissociating because the trauma is too much? Was he feeling guilty because he couldn't do anything to help them? Did he had nightmares about their fall?

There is so much we don't know about,and it has so much potential to explore and ground to cover. You can probably write a whole separate book about it,of more than 200 pages (if someone will write or wrote a ff,or know about a good one on this topic,please,share it in the comments,I'm desperate for Nico's first travel in Tartarus ff).

Nico is the first ever survivor of Tartarus. He is the first: before him no one ever made it,and Percy and Annabeth made it out of it thanks to Bob's help. And Bob helped only because Nico was a friend to him,and talked about Percy. And the fact that we still don't know nothing about his travel is truly a crime.

There are so many dark topic you could talk about,especially because Nico travel was more dangerous than Percy and Annabeth. In HoH everyone was going to the Doors because they wanted to go out and take part in the final battle,so nobody was actively trying to hunt them down expect Polybotes and Tartarus (idk about him). But for Nico,that went there when the Doors were freshly opened? And Gaia probably knew he was coming and her trap was probably pre-organized only for him? Everyone was either hunting him down,or was waiting for the right time to jump at him. Akhlys encounter was a straight up nightmare,the one when you throw up after waking up. Nico probably felt more devasted when Misery herself told him how she couldn't make him more miserable. You can't tell me Tartarus wasn't watching him,since Nico was the first demigod in ages to venture in his body. He was probably keeping a close eye on him and either didn't interfer because he didn't care,or because he was aware of Gaia's plans. And I need more of Nyx interacting with Nico,because her obsession waa probably born from his first travel. Maybe they didn't met,but if Akhlys loved his misery so much,who say she wouldn't talk about him with other primordials? The dark topics and trauma here are>>>>>

[nicodiangelo-we-stan]

My biggest gripe with TSATS is-

Okay my SECOND biggest gripe with TSATS is that there was no Akhlys in the novel

She was so interesting her character was so interesting and the way she viewed Nico was something that I genuinely would’ve really liked to see how that changed

Would she try to torture him now that he has something to lose? She lost her perfect demigod, she must be devastated I’m sure and maybe take taken that anger out on Nico. How would he deal with her now that he would’ve actually had to fight her? Questions I’ll never get answers to

Sorry y’all just thinking about tsats again after I was reminded of the second book and what made me excited for the first one in the first place

Akhlys…Akhlys pls come back…

[serien-grl-22]

Percy's inner thoughts:

falalalalalamylifeismiserablefalalailoveannabethlalalaSUFFOCATEONYOUROWNPOISONfalalalifestillsucksandannabethstaysamazing

[helpallthenamesaretaken]

if disney were ever as to go as far as adapt house of hades, would they have to adapt the story of demigod files where percy pushes iapetus into the river lethe to make the story of bob not come out of nowhere?

[theartofmetal]

332. House of the Black Geminus - Akhlys (Black Metal, 2024)

Art by Agostino Arrivabene (Cover Art for both album & shown Single releases)

[northlt03]

Nico di Angelo 🤝 Edwin Payne

Being gay and told by despair/ misery that they're perfect the way they are

[altar-ov-plagues]

Akhlys

[incorrect-percabeth-quotes]

Annabeth: Some things aren't meant to be controlled Percy! Promise me you won't do it again!

Percy:

Percy, leaving: Alright. Have fun dealing with Akhlys on your own.

[drondskaath]

Akhlys | House of the Black Geminus | 5th July, 2024

American Black Metal

Artwork by Agostino Arrivabene

[diana-thyme]

Greek Gods 101: Akhlys

Akhlys is a Daimona of the death-mist and poisons. Excluding the universal offerings, some common offerings include:

Depictions of Mist or Fog

Depictions of Poisons (Or Actual Poison CAREFULLY)

Mildly Poisonous Items (Apple Seeds, Cherry Pits, Etc.)

Excess of Foods/Drinks

Blood (Animal, Human, or Fake)

Bones

Depictions of War or Other Violent Deaths

Wilting Roses

For devotional acts, some activities that can be done for her include:

Visiting Graveyards

Volunteering at Retirement Homes

Volunteering at End-of-Life Care Facilities

Taking Care of Elders

Studying Poisons

Cleaning/Fixing Up Burial Sites

Learning About the Process of Death and Decomposition

She is not celebrated in any Athenian holidays.

[parcai]

LMFAOOOO

[onlyhurtforaminute]

AKHLYS-THROUGH THE ABYSSAL DOOR