Where Are They Now?

 

 

     Ok, so I realize my title may be a bit misleading. Sorry, but this post isn't like one of those reality TV shows that tell you where your favorite stars from five years ago ended up. This post is about the setting in my book. Well, one of the settings. There are eight characters and each chapter focuses on the journey of one imparticular. Not all of the characters are in the same place and everyone is constantly on the move because of the quest. It makes the story interesting but it can be hard to follow. The only people as of now who are constantly in one place are Annabeth and Percy. They're stuck in Tartarus, the hell for monsters and Titans. This is the setting I am going to focus on.

 

     First off, let me just say that I would never want to go to Tartarus. Some books have really nice settings that you can easily picture yourself visiting. Yeah, not for this book! The only way Annabeth and Percy can survive in Tartarus is by drinking magic fire, which helps them but it burns their throats as they swallow it. The atmosphere is poisonous and the landscape is treacherous with jagged rocks every where. Riordan writes, "They picked their way across the ashen wasteland as red lightening flashed over head in the poison clouds" (Riordan 161). Sounds cozy huh? Not to mention the fact that monsters who have been destroyed are litterally reborn from the ground. They emerge from large blisters on the surface. The two demigods with the help of a friendly Titan have to travel over this deadly landscape into a dark forest to get to the doors of death. To help you picture Tatarus even more both Percy and Annabeth notice that the land seems to be living. The ground is described to be skin like. Annabeth thinks it's the body of the god Tartarus himself. I have to admit Annabeth and Percy are brave to be traveling across a place like that. They are scared out of their minds though, that's for sure. Who wouldn't be?