Poseidon is one of the few gods who has never had more than a few children – three or four – in a decade. Unlike many of the gods, he makes sure to claim each and every one of his children. He keeps an eye on them, looks out for them as much as he can without attracting the attention of Zeus and Hera.

After the Oath had been made, he had every intention not to have half-blood children again – but Sally Jackson has always had a way of getting under her skin. He had not been able to keep as great an eye of Percy as he would have liked, not without drawing his family's attention, but he has always done as much as he can.

But this – this is the one time he is useless to his son. The child is the centerpiece of a game that had begun millennia before his birth, and he can only watch in mostly helplessness as Percy faces creatures that he should never have to encounter in the span of his life. And his is only fourteen.

He does what he can to help – sends sea creatures and directs Percy's Cyclops half-siblings to him – but there is a limit to what aid he can offer. So as Percy holds up the weight of the sky, something no mortal was ever meant to suffer, he sits and watches, completely useless for all of his powers.

He knows the consequences could be dire if he interferes – but Percy is son, and not being able to interfere hurts more than anything else. Which is why he allows the satyr and the Ophiotaurus to travel through the rivers and seas when Zeus would rather see the latter dead – Percy asked it of him, and he will not refuse.

And when Percy asks his final wish, that the Ophiotaurus be left alive, he knows that will do everything in his power to make certain it comes into being.

Percy may be a pawn in a game that Poseidon cannot remove him from, but none of that means that he will have to face everything that is coming alone. He is the son of the sea, and the sea protects its own.


I've always thought that Poseidon was the most concerned and involved of the godly parents, and that is what I wanted to show here. I hope you guys liked it! As always, please don't forget to drop a review on your way out :)