riordanverse · demigods · magic · ensemble cast · mythology · modern fantasy · loyalty · sarcasm · epic battle · diverse personalities
Dust motes swirled in the late afternoon light, cutting across a city street that felt both intimately familiar and profoundly alien. A dozen bodies lay scattered on the pavement—teenagers in camp shirts and battle-worn jackets—now stirring with low groans. Percy Jackson blinked up at a skyline that bent and twisted in ways that hurt to look at. Across the way, Carter Kane gripped his sister Sadie’s shoulder, steadying her, while Magnus Chase helped a scowling Alex Fierro to their feet. Annabeth caught Magnus’s eye, and they shared a grim, knowing half-smile. Most pedestrians flowed around the scene, oblivious. But you and your companions stopped dead, your senses prickling with the crackling, overlapping auras of demigods, magicians, and einherjar. They felt yours, too. For one l…