So hours after I post my लेख on fanart Rick Riordan decides to release a video with a chunk of chapter 2. So here I go, rethinking everything, and लेखन this one! (and hoping that there'll be a chapter 3 tommorow morning... या if that was a one-time thing).

The video is already पोस्टेड on the spot at least once. Here is a free link to it, no taxes, no nothing.

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And here's a play-by-play guide with my thoughts butting in. या at least the ones that had to do with The Son of Neptune (that's why Hogwarts wasn't in there).

[As there is between chapter 1 and the James Patterson event synopsis- we are missing something between the last synopsis and this one.]

-It starts with Percy manipulating a river, the river he had to carry June across.

-He creates huge hands from water (which is pretty sick! He could knit with trees with that kind of power!) that grab gorgons who HAVE grabbed Frank.

Okay, some of us think that Hazel and Frank were the guards in the first synopsis that RR read at the event with James Patterson.

If they are; Frank just got caught द्वारा a gorgon either purposly to try to buy some time (which would be totally ब्रेव and worthy of Frank the Tank) या unvoluntarely, trying to defend Percy and Hazel, who both seemed to get to Camp Caesar सलाद safely. And all that is assuming that Frank and Hazel were the guards. I'm guessing they are because Percy knows their names.

-There are other people around, and they're freaked out द्वारा Aquaman. After all, they're used to lightning and wind tricks- this water thing is a brand new concept.

-Gorgons in Tiber- Gorgons die! (yeay!)

I'd like to butt in and say that one of my first theories about the river was the Tiber- so I gave myself a cookie for that (just kidding, I had no cookies).

The river Tiber ACTUALLY exists in Italy (which used to be Rome). It came with river god -Tiberinus- and he was the one who gave Remus and Romulus to Lupa to take care of, after her own litter of pups died (yeah, the whole litter... That's just sad...)

-"His clothes and his skin steamed as if the Tiber's waters had दिया him an acid bath. He felt exposed. Raw. Vulnerable."

Let's see what just happened here; Percy is feeling like he suddenly has a lot less going for him, like he's missing something.

I think he just लॉस्ट his Achilles curse.

Which means the whole book will be a lot और nerve-wracking, am I right?

-Frank is in the middle of the river and Hazel goes to get him.

Isn't it weird that a daughter of Pluto -or so we're all assuming- is going into water? Is that tresspassing into an ennemy god's terriory, या is Poseidon just कूलर than Zeus on these things?

Maybe Hades and Poseidon are on better terms.

Maybe they don't kill soldiers.

Maybe Tiberinus controls the river so he can let whoever the heck he wants go into it.

या maybe the river Tiber is like the डोंगी lake. Jason fell in but Poseidon didn't jump on the shot to drown the guy, and nobody died after that crash- so no demigod can get hurt या killed in there.

-This one girl freaks out when she hears Percy's name. She's obviously a leader, wearing a 'regal purple cloak' over her armour, her chest is decorated with metals (Romans liked and valued their honnor and the honnor of Rome very much). She's about Percy's age with dark piercing eyes and long black hair and she's also this girl ->

-The girl stared at him, as thought she'd seen him in a nightmare.

Really? When I have Percy Jackson and the Olympians/ हीरोस of Olympus dreams I don't consider them nightmares. Especially when Leo and Percy are in it. Oh man, I had this one dream... Anyways, this girl has gotten nightmares.

What about? Percy doesn't look scary. It must be what she saw him do या what she was told about him and his actions.

-"Oh yes, you'll have such fun together."

*gulp*

Are we talking fun like 'Reyna and Juno's idea of fun is throwing knives at someone chained to a dungeon wall' fun या 'day on the समुद्र तट that ends with a kiss' fun. I don't like neither of these options, but personally, I think Percy's got a better chance with the knives. Annabeth is और deadly.

Looking at this logically; it's improble that both Percy AND Reyna would cheat, especially with each other. So either Percy's going to spend some quality time in the damp and dark and get up close and personal to Imperial सोना blades, या he and Reyna are going to have some arguments and long discussions about getting along.

-June transforms into Juno. She glows and becomes a seven foot tall goddess in a blue dress with a firm and stately face, goatskin cloak, lotus-flower topped staff without blowing anybody up. Guess she learned when Jason nearly got it.

And again with the color blue. Frank and Hazel wore blue in their character art.

Blue was the color that public servants wore, it's why cops wear blue today (my company thinks he's hilarious right now as he tells me he wears navy blue suits- because of Ancient Rome. Nice try, buster, आप had no idea until I told you!)

So why no Roman soldier has worn blue in फिल्में या anything before- I don't know. But I assume that around camp they wear the flashy bronze armor with the red tunic and हेलमेट crest, and maybe when they're on quest and they tone down the armor in case they have to go into civilized areas, या maybe just when they're hanging out casually after training, they wear blue.

Maybe wearing it gives them in on खाना and water and lodging at some places. Nah; that's way too convenient.

I also have a theory that the long sleeves we see with Hazel and Frank are to cover the tattoos.

-So obviously the campers aren't use to having old ladies morph into goddesses because they are like 'oh my gosh the ugly wart toad lady turned into JUNO! She is my PATRON!' (Juno was patron of soldiers, was she not?) And if Olympus is still closed that shock is just multiplied द्वारा ten...

But of course nobody says anything about that becasue the good little romans know to shut their mouths. But Reyna kneals and everybody else decides to.

-Someone does talk! Hazel breathes 'Juno'. So to anybody who had a doubt about the June/Juno thing- there आप go.

-Percy doesn't bow. He's not really impressed about carrying Juno that far when she's perfectly capable of growing 7 feet tall. He knows he should but he doesn't- that's Percy right there!

-Oh and there he goes again, being all Seaweed Brain. "Juno eh? If I passed your test can I have my memory and my life back?" Foolish boy, it's not going to be that easy.

-And there goes Juno being my voice in the book. "In time Percy Jackson. If आप succeed here at camp. You've done well today, which is a good start. Perhaps there's hope for आप yet."

Can I just butt in here (I've been butting in forever, so I assume that I can) and say lady are आप nuts? This kid here killed Kronos, fought a million monsters, survived the river Styx and 20 million other thing. There is so much hope for him Pandora's box would explode!

And द्वारा 'done well today', I assume she means interacting with Hazel and Frank in the bit between the 3 different extracts that we missed, and making his mark, proving his power because that's really what he's done so far.

-Juno forgets about Percy, turns to the rest of the people there and goes...

'Romans, I present आप the son of Neptune. For months he has been slumbering, now he's awake. His fate is in your hands. The feast of fortune comes quickly. Death must be unleashed if आप are to stand any chance in battle. Do not fail me.'

Which sounds great, but is really puzzling too.

oSon of Neptune- yeah, I got that part.

oSlumbering for months- What, how, huh?

But this does make sence.

Jason and Percy were switched at the same time. Jason landed in a bus when someone finally got track of him, and Percy was one-on-one/nobody knew about him with Lupa. But Lupa was at the भेड़िया House. Well, so were Jason, Piper, Leo, थलाया and a bunch of other girls after they got switched.

Percy wasn't there at the battle- so he wasn't at the भेड़िया house. He was sleeping somewhere- which is about his worst timming ever.

But where was he?

Now there's a सवाल with endless posibilities, I won't even think about that, but we'll assume two things.

1) Hera had him sleeping somewhere (she couldn't go to another god for help, because if she could've done that, she'd have gotten help for herself!)
2) She woke him up when the coast was clear. So basically if Jason, Leo and Piper failed and Hera was conssumed; Percy would've slept straight through doomsday या he'd have woken up really confused in a weird place.

Now the सवाल is; when did Percy wake up? He's been sleeping for months! With an 's'! That means he didn't sleep through December only, it was probably January, February and maybe March and April. And then the 2-3 months with Lupa at the भेड़िया House... Heck, for all we know, it's June already! (ooh, I'd like that...)

oOur only clue of what time of the साल it is as well as something that Juno brought up; the Feast of Fortune is approaching. Since the quests are all pretty short deadlined, we can assume that it's a week या less before the feast takes place. At the least, 4 days before (one evening to rest up and digest the fact you're on a quest, adn 3 to do it).

Great; so what exactly is the Feast of Fortune?

Well, when I गूगल it, it comes up as the Veneralia. I wrote a whole लेख on it, so if आप want to read that click here; link या if आप want the brief click on the little ऐरो that gives आप the power to scroll down.

It's to Venus and Fortuna. All the statues of Venus are cleaned and decorated with फूल and it's basically just a party (told आप it was a simple briefing)

It happens around April 1st which gives Percy time to sleep and time to learn with Lupa.

But someone in the टिप्पणियाँ listed, the real bottom one which the user CareyM25 suggested- some other festival, that is equally interesting, and one that I like even better.

The Hilaria- which happened in March (March 22, the दिन after the spring equinox; the first night of the साल where the दिन is longer than the night, is there a night goddess involved?) and venerated the mother of the gods.

What's unclear, however, is if we mean Rhea -wife of Kronos, mother of Hestia, Poseidon, Demeter, Hades, Hera and Zeus- या the mother of everyone. Gaia.

"You killed my mom."
The face shifted. The mouth formed a sleepy smile like it was having a pleasant dream. 'Ah, but Leo. I am your mother too. - page 253, The लॉस्ट Hero

Who thinks Gaia will highjack that festival and try to rise?

Great; so do the gorgons.

'Before आप स्लैश me to bits,' he said, 'who's this patron आप mentioned?'
Euryale sneered. 'The goddess Gaea, of course! The one who brought us back from oblivion! आप won't live long enough to meet her, but your फ्रेंड्स below will soon face her wrath. Even now, her armies are marching south. At the Feast of Fortune, she'll awaken, and the demigods will be cut down like- like-'
'Like our low prices at Bargain Mart!' Stheno suggested.

So the Hilaria was pretty much fun and games the whole day! They had मास्करेड balls too, apparently, and आप could even immitate whoever आप liked. Think about it; if Gaia's armies crash that, and the armies at least look human, they can set up full formation amongst the party goers - without even being noticed, except for someone paying attention to 'hey, there are way too many people here', and strike. It would be a genius move- nobody would recognise them as strangers if the costumes were good!

But here's the thing- this festival is to Cybele (which is 'mother mountain', basically Gaia) so why do the Romans still do it? Is their Gaia -Terra- good to them? Maybe they just do it for a shot to party, rest and just for the sake of old times when the empire was strong? I don't know- but that's the one thing bugging me.

-Death must be unleashed if आप are to have a chance in battle. I'm having visions of Percy standing on the ledge over a ज्वर भाता, ज्वालामुखी filled with boiling lava right now. I mean, it's not even funny how much that sounds like either

a) A human sacrifice- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom/King Kong style.
b) The prophecy from the लॉस्ट Hero. But maybe not Hera going ka-boom, maybe just battles before. I don't know, but if armies are coming, so is the blood bath.
c) Maybe just alot of dead cows and pigs and whatnot... Maybe an elephant... (no not Hannibal!)

Anyways, back to the program;

-Percy is making फ्रेंड्स with the Roman leader Reyna. She's looking at him really cold and she looks like she wants to run him through with a dagger (which is his exact way of seeing it).

Can I just point out that she's about as friendly as Annabeth was?

-'So,' she कहा coldly. 'A Son of Neptune, who comes to us with the blessing of Juno.'

Reyna is not impressed with this guy या she's pulling and Annabeth and अभिनय like she isn't. If so, she's doing better than 'you drool when आप sleep'.

Percy tries explaining to the not-so-nice girl who really doesn't like him that his memory is wacked.

'Look, my memory's a little fuzzy. Umm, it's gone actually. Do I know you?'
The girl hesitated.
'I am Reyna praetor of the twelth legion. And, no, I don't know you'. That last part was a lie. Percy could tell from her eyes. But he also understood that if he argued about it here, in front of her soldiers, she wouldn't appreciate it.

So; in front of her soldiers... Are we just talking about the other kids that weren't named (including the one that bowed so fast when he saw Juno that he nearly chick-kabobed himself with his weapon- loser-), या Frank and Hazel too?

And Reyna; doesn't seem to care much about Percy's amnesia. She hates him already! Wow, isn't this promising?

But I keep thinking that she must be really, really scared of Percy and I feel bad for her. That girl's already stressed out because her boyfriend's gone missing and it's been months so he's probably pressumed dead right now (but she really has no idea how mcuh और she should be worrying about Jason and where he is/what he's doing/who he's with).

Okay; Reyna is praetor of the twelth legion, but not the सेकंड consul. See- Jason is one consul and there is another somewhere. I think he's six feet under, personally.

आप know how all the character art has the Roman demigods dressed in blue? But Jason showed up in purple? I think that only consuls go out in the open not wearing blue- they wear purple. And the Cyclops family कहा they ate a son of Mercury dressed in purple, so there goes that guy. But, it might be all praetors too, because Reyna's got herself a purple cloak. या maybe she got proclaimed praetor when Jason and his buddy went missing looking for each other.

Anyways, who's Reyna's parentage? Black hair, dark eyes... Does that ring a घंटी, बेल to anyone? It rings Minerva to me (even if she doesn't have grey eyes- I really don't know, okay?), but I think it would be a little tight if Annabeth and Reyna -the leader's girlfriends and leaders themselves- were sisters. But then again; children of Minerva are born for leadership. Smart, good in battle, strategists... There's a piece of George Washington in them all.

Besides, it would be really complex, juicy and most likely entertaining/terrifying if Reyna was a prophecy child and we had her and Piper on that boat.

Can आप not see Reyna completely traumatising Piper?

It could also be an all Roman या never-before-seen goddess.

Fortuna (luck goddess), Trivia (ooh I'd like that!), Proserpina (Persephone- but meh, not really; besides she was seen already)... I actually really like Trivia because Hecate has been mentioned forever and I just really want her in this series.

But that would mean that Reyna toughed out being a bit of an outcast amongst the Olympians and fought her way to the चोटी, शीर्ष (looking at this girl; I say she could do it), unless Camp Caesar सलाद just had better coverage for the minor gods- which they might have. The Romans had और gods to start off with. There is literally a Roman god for everything but duct tape and gum.

-"'Hazel,' कहा Reyna, 'Bring him inside. I want to सवाल him at the Principia. Then we'll send him to Octavian. We must consult the auguries before we decide what to do with him,'"

Okay, a lot of weird talk here so let's see...

a) Did आप notice how RR changed his voice when he read Reyna saying 'Hazel' in the video? It was like barking her name! I think that either Reyna is a cold person and आप learn to प्यार her, she's completely faking it, या she's not happy with Hazel for some reason.

Either way; Hazel seems to be her inferior. So either her soldier, या another soldier. But seeing as Reyna's troops are near the river that new demigods get to after passing the entrance that Frank and Hazel were guarding; I'd say that those two are her soldiers. Maybe Hazel is Reyna's BFF and that's how Jason knows her.

b) Principia. What the Hades is that?
Principia is the Latin term for headquarters of a roman fort. So basically Percy is going to be taken to HQ- which I can't WAIT to see!

It also gives us a whole insight on what Camp Caesar सलाद is going to look like!

Because there are different kinds of camp; summer camp, detention camp, boot camp या a marching camp in the Roman case.

When a legion was on the move, and settled down impermanently (for the night, a week, whatever) they set up a marching camp. It was basically a portable Roman fort.

A good place for it was on raised ground (we're in the खाड़ी, बे Area, there are twenty million mountains here that have appeared in the series. Okay, not quite, but I'm sure there's a पहाड़ी, हिल या some raised ground there), near water. Look at that- the river Tiber is right there!

The soldiers dug out a ditch about 1 metre deep and used the earth from it to make a rampart. Each soldier carried one या a few wooden stakes to make an instant pallisade as protection- but the one Camp Caesar सलाद has might be a little और solid. Ex. Brick wall.

Different troops were दिया different responsibilities- protecting supplies, rampart guard duty...

Maybe it was the twelth legion on the job when Percy burst in so they all went there, या just a bunch of them (because if they're all with Percy someone could just sneak in and that would be stupid).

c) Octavian and the Auguries. Who are the auguries?

An augury (singular form of Auguries I assume) is an official AND a priest in the old days especially in Etruria and Ancient Rome. I know, I know- it's rainning officials in Rome but this one's job didn't have anything to do with the army या running the country.

There were 3 Auguries but द्वारा the time a dude called Sulla came to power, the number had scaled to 15. I'm assuming we're still at 3 (see, 1) because 15 seems like a freakishly big number for a place that accepts only the best.

But who, who I ask आप could be the auguries at Camp?



-Frank and Jason have close-cropped hair, and I assue it is a requirment at Camp Caesar सलाद so it doesn't get grabbed during hand-to-hand combat, because it's a military thing या whatnot, and he has it loose and shaggy.
-He's wearing a toga so he's probably not a soldier, yet the blue goes to दिखाना that he's a public servant.

This could be it. It explains why this guy isn't like the other Romans we see, but why he's still at camp. Maybe he's one of the auguries- या just the one.

And then Octavian. Who is Octavian?



Not sure his picture should be coming back again, but Octavian...

Octavian could be the augury- maybe Reyna meant 'we'll introduce him to Octavian because the Augury will know what to do with him'

Octavian could be, just a guy at Camp -very possibly the guy above- named after the historical figure- just like Percy and Jason are. In which case we have no chance at finding out who he is just yet.

या Reyna could be talking about the actual historical figure. Maybe he's still at Camp doing... I don't know what he could be doing, maybe he's their Mr D (except probably not as fond of Diet कोक and pinochles... I'm thinking wine and fights-to-the-death).

Okay; so Julius Caesar was assasinated, that's probably not new to most of आप guys, and then Octavian joined forces with some other dudes -March Anthony and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus- and fought them off. Eventually, Octavian became emperor. He changed his name to Augustus Caesar ('Caesar' just meant 'leader').

Octavian had a hold on most of the legions meaning that he could turn them against the Roman senate. Needless to say, the senate became very docile towards him. I mean, having X number of legions of armed and trained men pointing their Pilums and gladiuses at your ennemies are a great way of ensuring cooperation. Don't आप all find?

"His rule through patronage, military power, and accumulation of the offices of the defunct Republic became the model for all later imperial governments."

The rein of Octavian led to Pax Romana which is Latin for 'Roman Peace'. For और than two centuries, the Mediterenean was at peace except for one year-long civil war and continuous wars on the frontiers of Rome- but that's a continuous thing, so really...

Under his rein, Rome grew like Jack's beanstalk, seeing as it now contained Egypt, Pannonia, Dalmatia and Raetia, took some और territory out of Africa and completed the conquest of Hispania. Not bad for one guy, hmm? But there's more.

He built roads, got a courrier system (dudes running from point A to point B to deliver messages या packages- basically a mail man), reinforced taxation, created the Praetorian guard, established a standing army as well as आग fighting and police services for Rome. A whole lot of the city was rebuilt under his rein too.

When he died, the senate made him a god. He was actually venerated! So maybe he is the Roman Mr D...

And if he set Rome into Pax Romana, he won't be happy to see Percy there, now will he?

But of course, that's assuming that the Octavian Reyna is talking about is the historical figure. But if it was... Would she call him 'Lord Octavian'? या would it be like Hazel calling the goddess simply 'Juno', especially if she's used to be around him and it's been a long time.

Mystère et boule de gomme! (That's mystery and gumballs in French- don't ask, an expression)

d) सवाल Percy... Remember when I was talking about chained to a दीवार with someone throwing knives at you?

"Where do आप come from?"
"I don't know!" *flings knife.
"Where is Jason Grace and what did your people do to him?"
"I don't have any of my memories I-!" *flings other knife*

But here's the thing... Should we expect Reyna to be evil, या is she going to let down her mask with Percy? After all, she seems to be scared of Percy- which brings me back to the 'why is she scared of Percy?'

Let's say that she gets dreams including the moments where Percy does something fierce- where he attacks, where he pulls a feat that should be imposible even द्वारा child-of-Poseidon standarts.

If she just got flashes of the moments where Percy isn't Percy, where he's a fierce warrior out for blood... If she saw Percy hold the sky, defend Annabeth so fiercily when she took Ethan's चाकू for him, fight in the अंडरवर्ल्ड in his first fight as Mr-invincible, या just plain fighting in the Titan war... Yeah; she would be a little scared, या at least super impressed.

And if a voice comes with the dream, telling her that Jason -who is most likely her boyfriend- is sent to his people... To a whole race of Percy Jacksons... Yeah; she will be scared. या maybe she's told Percy will do something to her, her power, या just Rome.

'He will take your throne, wear the purple cape and rise above any of you. He will change the way everything is and he will be unstopable.'

Translation; Reyna will end up giving him his सिंहासन somehow, he will earn power, and become the first Greek with Roman power so और famous than anyone. He will bring peace so change the way things are seen and since Rome and Greece are with him; there's no stopping this guy.

But of course she wouldn't see it like that.

And I have a feeling the interogation is going to be 1 on 1 because Reyna will probably have some सवालों reguarding how she knows Percy (I'm guessing a dream) for him, and she might not want it all to get out. And if she doesn't bring it up, Percy will bring it up and she won't answer his सवालों in front of a crowd- या perhaps not at all.

-'What do आप mean,' Percy asked, '"decide what to do with me"?' Reyna's hand tightened on her dagger.

Oh good job Percy. Common; make friends, make friends!

Obviously she was not used to having her orders questioned.

Did Lupa not teach him the basics या something? Gee wiz, Percy, she's a Roman praetor, even I know आप have to listen to her (then again, I have Google)

-'Before we accept anybody at camp we must interogate them, and read the auguries'

Okay; so this happens to everybody. They probably check for parentage (but I think they all know who Percy's old man is), they probably make sure the person's done his time with Lupa, check for name and age and weapon, sort them in a legion या something... Why do I have a feeling that Percy's is going to go funky?

-"'Juno कहा your fate is in our hands. We have to know if the goddess has sent us a new recruit.' Reyna studied Percy as if she found that doubtful. 'Or,' she कहा और hopefully, 'If she's brought us an ennemy; to kill.'
At that moment someone else ran into the clearing, a girl that looked nothing like a Roman camper, and looked like she'd ran a long, long, long, long way to get down to San Francisco.
'Wait!' she called. 'Don't kill him! He's friendly- he's good, no matter what आप think! It's really complicated but I read the book like 5 times I can totally explain this!'"

Okay; so that last part was just me, but don't आप प्यार how Reyna hates Percy's guts immediately? And aren't आप a little puzzled about it... Actually, I'm a little puzzled द्वारा everything. I don't know what to believe, but I hope I might have helped someone with somethings. या maybe I just confused आप worst...

Either way, I just helped आप spend some of your waiting time (tee-hee!)