This But I Like To Think Its Victoria Due To The Fact That He Literally Changes The Tide Of The War In

this but i like to think its victoria due to the fact that he literally changes the tide of the war in all 3 series, not single handed but still he was the mvp of all 3. I might be wrong but oh well

Nico is a Roman legacy

I’ve mentioned this before, but never made an actual post about it. But think about it:

He was able to trick an entire camp of Romans that he was one of them for almost a year

Terminus allowed him into the city without any trouble, even though he had initially refused to let Annabeth, Piper and Leo into the city for being Greek

You could say that applies to Percy as well, but Percy has no memories. He believed he was Roman, and the whole gods thing only works because of belief. If no one believes in the gods, they disappear, like Pan did

Also, he was allowed in because of Hera. Even without the belief thing, his queen had just ordered for Percy to be allowed to stay in New Rome

Nico knew he was Greek, he didn’t believe that he was Roman. But Terminus gave him no trouble about getting into New Rome

The only way that should work is if he is Roman. He’s a son of Hades, but he most likely is a Roman legacy

Plus, he’s Italian, which is ‘a slave of Rome’ (it’s a line in their national anthem). Italy is the closest to Rome that exists in the world. Why wouldn’t the Roman gods travel there all the time?

They can manifest in places where their domain runs high, so Italy should be a breeding ground for Roman gods and goddesses, right?

The Roman in him would have to be relatively close to when he was born (ie grandparent or great-grandparent). If not, the Roman would be so slim that Terminus wouldn’t have let him in so easily

I really like the idea of Nico being super close with his grandparents, so I’m going to say it was a great-grandparent for that reason. I don’t have any actual ideas on that, or reasoning other than I like Nico having a good relationship with his nonno and nonna

Now, who is he a legacy of?

I have a few ideas

Bacchus

Somnus

Venus

Achelois

Bacchus because Mr D didn’t punish him for calling him ‘wine dude’ and starting that whole thing. Plus, I like Mr D and Nico as family, and it would help support my trans!nico Headcanon for how Maria accepted him

Somnus is the Roman form of Hypnos, if you didn’t know. This is because of how much energy is drained from Nico using his powers, when it doesn’t really affect anyone else. Also, he can travel through his dreams and sleep for days on end, which seems a little like Clovis to me

Venus because I love Aphrodite Nico. Plus, he seems to be able to calm people down and talk them into doing things a lot (getting an Achilles Heel, promising to protect his sister, letting him shadow travel the Athena Parthenos to America, etc)

And Achelois is a minor moon goddess, which would explain why Nico and Bianca both got along with Artemis so well from the get go. Like, he hates the hunters, but he seems to not be able to hate Artemis. Also, in pjo she hates men a lot, but she seems to like Nico. Him being a descendant of a moon goddess would explain that

Thank you, and I hope you enjoyed this! Which god do you think Nico is a legacy of? I really like Bacchus or Somnus, but what are your opinions?