#NICO’S SWORD!!!

[half-shadowgalra]

Not the Personified Weapons

So like, in Magnus Chase and the gods of Asgard, all weapons, according to Jack, have internal monologues, or consciousness, or something, Right?

Does this mean that all the other demigods’ weapons have personalities and internal monologues?

And you know how some people have drawn Riptide and Jack as humans?

DOES THIS MEAN I CAN DRAW THE OTHER (specific) WEAPONS THE DEMIGODS HAVE AS PEOPLE TOO!!

[princessofghosts-posts]

I've been thinking about Nico's sword lately and honestly? That weapon alone is extremely OP,even more than whatever other weapon we had in the books (that don't include magical artifacts,because those are part af a different category).

Riptide is made of celestial bronze,so it can harm demigods and monsters,and has a special feature of always returning with Percy no matter what because it's enchanted.

IVLIVS could always be with Jason because it was a golden coin that turned into a javelin,but it got destroyed pretty fast in the narrative so we don't know if it had some other frature. It was also made of imperial gold so again,could slay monsters and immortals.

Katoptris's original use wasn't for battle,since Helen used it as a mirror,but with Piper it mainly focus on its special feature: visions. It was quite useful for them but Piper hated it so we never got to know much about the dagger.

Backbiter is a modified version of Kronos's scythe (sick enough with just this,since Luke can open portals and travelable rips through space and time),but it's made of tempered steel and celestial bronze so it can kill mortals,demigods and monsters and sever their souls.

All of those swords have different feature that distinguish them from normal ones,but they are still made of typical materials for demigods: imperial gold and celestial bronze,while stygian iron is only used for one sword in the books. Luke's sword,in this list,is the only one that is similar to Nico's in term of powerfulness,but it's still quite different.

Stygian iron is a magical metal capable of absorbing or destroying the essence of: monsters,Gods,Titans,demigods and Giants. And,unlike imperial gold and celestial bronze,it can harm mortals,monsters and immortals alike,and prevent the souls of monsters from returning to Tartarus,and traps those of the people it touches.

Technically stygian iron is the strongest,of all the metals,in the books. And the only sword made of this material is Nico's. Only the children of the Underworld can touch the material,but the sword itself can only be touched by Nico,otherwise everyone else souls get trapped and things can get ugly.

Like,not even Percy or Luke had this much power in their weapons: Riptide is a "normal" sword,for how much "normal" its user is,and Backbiter had so much power because it got modified to be similar to Kronos's weapon,but originally it was just made of different metals. But Nico? Nico got a weapon of mass destruction and extermination of humanity in his hand every day. And we never talk about how much damage it can cause,and how much OP it is compared to the other swords.

It doesn't even have a name like the others,but people already know to not fuck with a black sword laying around,becuse they know it's Nico's. Because he is the only one to have,use and held that sword. That's just how iconic it is and how unique it is to everyone. And just like Riptide and IVLIVS (before it got destroyed),his sword is always with him since he can summon it from the shadows and the darkness.

That weapon is OP,literally the strongest of the whole main timeline (we are talking about more than almost 20 books) and we never gave it much more than a look.

This is just another moment of Rick "I don't want someone to overshadow Percy but I already added this....I'll just made sure to not use that too much so people will not give it much attention" regarding Nico.

I'll probably do a list for how many times it happens.

[delicate-sketch]

Idk if this is unpopular opinion or not but while Percy is like “fuck this demigod stuff I am retired” I think Nico would be working in the underworld in the future like I just have this vision of him in a mix of modern and ancient greek clothing doing missions for Hades collecting some troublesome souls idk helping with the judgement talking shit with the dead making the playlist for their elevators vibing to tragedy by bee gees he kinda enjoys the demigod stuff even if its hella dangerous or whatever

[non-un-topo]

Thinking about Yusuf and Nicolò as young men again

[formulanni]

KMag as the Ace of Swords:

This card symbolizes the potential for immense power and success. But remember that the sword is double-edged - depending on who wields it, its power can be used to shelter and protect or to mercilessly strike down for cold and ruthless self-gain.

The Ace of Swords is a card of mental clarity, breakthroughs, and success. It reminds us of the power of our intellect and the importance of clear thinking and effective communication.

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[imafuckinstar]

so many of the demigods have cool ass weapons (like riptide, jasons coin, nicos stygian iron sword, katropis) and i feel like as a demigod id feel so awk pulling out like a regular ass sword. like oh hey all the main characters are here then theres steve with armor thats slightly too small on him and a boring little stick that will be completely average at what its meant to do

[cosmotellurias]

rereading the Sword of Hades and–

the duality of Perseus Jackson lmao

[percabeth4life]

You ever think about how wild of a time Hades is having in SOH? This man learns his wife went and made him a sword, she then proceeded to lose the sword, she kidnapped his son and his nephew and his niece, his nephew almost died on this quest and Hades can almost hear Poseidon yelling about this, this kid somehow memory wiped a Titan but all three of the kids are suspiciously silent about just how he managed to pull this off and also they won’t explain how they crossed the Lethe because Hades knows the geography of his domain and he knows from their description that they would’ve had to cross it at some point but somehow all three turn deaf when asked, and this memory-wiped Titan who thinks his name is Bob and who Hades can distinctly recall trying to murder him and his siblings on behalf of their father who ate them is now Hades’s problem. Before Hades can say so much as a syllable about how actually, if you memory wipe the Titan then the Titan is your problem, all three leave. This all happens within like 5 minutes.

Hades is the embodiment of the mental math meme. This guy had three powerhouses of kids (one of which is his!) show up, drop all this on him, then just dip before he can really give his stance on it all- and to top it all off he's pretty sure his son stole money to buy burgers.

He's having a difficult five minutes for sure.

[roman-o-cheese]

Everyone give it up for CHB’s newest sword fighting instructor 🫡

[zonaenthusiast]

Zoro you are so loved, stop making them (and me) go through this and come back !!!!!!!!

[matteoberrettini]

inspired by a conversation i had with mars the other day, i ask tennisblr:

*significant can mean a 1000, the wta/atp finals, the billie jean king/davis cup finals or something else i'm forgetting that's particularly important during the tennis season. some of these have dates that have varied more than others over the years but regardless since every tournament obviously happens on different dates every year i'm asking usually, so if most years your birthday is during, for example, indian wells or the davis cup finals pick the 2nd option even if sometimes it isn't, you know

[the-goddess-of-gays]

(text from Percy Jackson and the Sword of Hades, short story from The Demigod Files by Rick Riordan, set between The Titan's Curse and The Last Olympian)

new orleans graveyard, huh? what were you doing in a new orleans graveyard, Nico? 👀 👀

[aroaceleovaldez]

i should post my nico cosplay here at some point cause i'm gonna start working on a project for his armor soon and the material i found for it is so cool

[bugwolfsstuff]

—the Sword of Hades, Demigod Files, page 146

Awww? (cant you see how starved I am for Nico and Hades)

But in all seriousness i am counting this as a win because if it's noticeable enough for Percy to pick up on it despite having no reason to believe Hades wouldn't be an asshole to Neeks then it is slightly important.

And also Nico is the only one in that scene to get that treatment.

Like look at what he says to Thalia and Percy in the next line:

Hes equally harsh to Persephone (i forgot to get a photo) and straight up tells her if he were wiser he'd lock her up in her chambers for going behind his back (and also straight up threatens her.)

[axisssss]

A background thingy I make for Alex idk y the back is black it was green oh well

[aesthetic--mood]

Roronoa Zoro Aesthetic