Prologue:

WARNING: SPOILER ALERT. IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED INFINITY WAR, READ THE BURNING MAZE OR ARE IN BOTH THE RICK RIORDAN AND/OR MCU FANDOM YOU WILL FIND THIS VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND EVEN WITH CONTEXT. WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU GO AND WATCH THE MCU MOVIES AND INFINITY WAR AND ALSO THE ENTIRE PERCY JACKSON/HEROES OF OLYMPUS/TRIALS OF APOLLO SERIES TO PROPERLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Hello everyone, we are ttdbzgumball and The Light of the First Dawn and we are here to bring you our super awesome story about the avengers because we know everyone is sad about infinity war and as we wait the agonising wait for Avengers 4 and The Tyrant's Tomb in which we hope Loki and Jason are coming back or we will sue the Russo brothers and Rick. And we are writing this story to ease our broken souls. Anyways we need this prologue to explain a bit of the context in this story. It is confusing if you don't properly understand it first.

So basically our prompt is "What if Magnus Chase happened in the context of the MCU (and vice versa)?" This happens IMMEDIATELY after infinity war and the burning maze, assuming they happen at the same time. Of course, The Ship of the Dead happens during Burning Maze in the Rick Riordan canon mythos (and e know the MCU and Rick Riordan timelines are seriously messed up, and there are a lot of issues relating to the fact that the Battle of New York in the first Avengers movie is around the same time as the war, also in New York, in the Last Olympian and such), but we are going to conveniently ignore that and shift Magnus Chase's story back a few months, or even years - anyways, the point is that while Apollo and Meg have the Oracles and the Triumvirate to deal with, the Earth's Mightiest Heroes have their own troubles to deal with in relation to the Huge Purple Grape of Destruction. And, naturally, these two events find a way to collide with each other.

Also, we know that in the canon MCU, all those who disintegrated from the snap at the end are definitely coming back (I mean, there's Homecoming 2 and GotG 3 and there's absolutely no way they're not going to bring T'Challa back for a Black Panther sequel), and yes, we are aware they're probably trapped in the Soul Stone or something. However, for the purposes of the story, we are going to assume they are dead. Like, actually dead as a doornail. (and no, they're most probably NOT coming back to life by the end of the story. Sorry.) And what happens to them after they die? They enter Hotel Valhalla, of course. And because Odin and pretty much every other god is dead, Thor now runs the place.

And who else should show up at the pearly gates of Hotel Valhalla? One suspiciously Roman demigod by the name of Jason Grace.

Why isn't he in Elysium? Why Valhalla? In fact, why are they all in Valhalla, even T'Challa, who should be prowling in the Ancestral Plains by now? That's one of the mysteries the new team of dead heroes have to solve. Of course, another one is, what is Thanos's next step now that he's gained infinite power?

However, also for the purposes of the story, we are, very sadly, NOT going to bring the dead Asgardian gods back - as much as I love Loki, it would fit the story better if the immortals who died stayed permanently dead. However, there are definitely going to be a lot of Loki-centered flashbacks on Thor's part (he's a main character), so don't worry, we'll find ways to fill the Loki-sized gap in our hearts (mine is huge).

And if you think this story is only going to focus on the dead heroes, you're sorely mistaken. Much of it will also be focused on the still-living Avengers, figuring out their own problems, and who knows? We may even get a sneak peek of the Camps.

P.S. we will ignore the whole doctor strange seeing only one possible future where they all survive thing. A lot of things don't make sense in this context, so as the writes of this fanfiction we have chosen to change and/or ignore them. Sorry.

So, if you're interested, continue reading. Good luck, and may the Force be with you. (wrong story but still a great line to use)