Bloodline by Butterflies_and_dragons

Chapter 5: Through Family, Through Blood

The Children of the Elder Six are royalty. Their blood is different and their powers stronger, more raw. The other Demigods can feel the power and they understand what it means.

Camp Half Blood is a family, but it also has a hierarchy.

The Children of Hermes are the lowest of the Hierarchy. They are considered the 'fun cousins' or the trouble makers. That doesn't mean that everyone doesn't love them, however if there is a troublesome cousin, it is a Hermes child. Hermes himself is a son of Zeus, but he is a bastard and his mother considered of low importance. This earns Hermes's own children a lower rank.

The Children of Hephaestus sit at the bottom as well, they are loved of course. They have their special talents and the whole camp ensures that the sons and daughters of Hephaestus know how important they are. However, they are born of the Son of Hera who has no father. An incomplete Bloodline makes it hard to climb the hierarchy.

Dionysus's children are low as well but not at the bottom, if only because their father is at the camp. This gives them a bit more importance. Besides, they help grow the food and some are gifted with the Touch of Madness. This in itself earns them a higher rank. Besides, Dionysus's mother was a Princess and his Father is Zeus.

Aphrodite is the daughter of a Primordial. It happened in an untraditional manner, but that doesn't matter. However since Ouranos has fallen, her rank is lower. Her children have great power and charm but they are also known to be the most unfocused.

Ares might be the son of the King and Queen but his recklessness and lack of power dilutes his bloodline. If Ares had been born with greater gifts than perhaps his children would be in a higher position. However his children are petty, quick to anger, petulant, and childish just like their father. They are a risk to the safety of others and this leaves their place in the hierarchy lower than it could be.

Athena is the daughter of a Titan and the King of the Gods. This makes her important. And it makes her children important as well. They are the advisors, the councilors of the camp and that makes them invaluable. They are ever present, always watchful. The Sons and Daughters of Athena help keep the camp safe and the campers alive. Their role in the family is important.

Apollo is the strongest of Zeus's children. He is more gifted than the others. His powers are overarching and his bloodline is impressive. He not only comes from Kronos's line, but he comes from the lines of both Koios AND Phoebe. His children hold much of his power as well. They are almost inhuman. They sing with power. If there were Demigods not of the Elder Six who could bleed gold, it would be a child of Apollo. Their power wins them the seat of second at the table.

They all fall in the face of the children of an Elder. Demeter's children are something older, their bloodline stronger, purer. They are the grandsons and granddaughters of the Titan King and Queen themself. Their great grandfather is the Sky. What power other Demigods have, Demeter's children are stronger. Because of this, they hold the most importance at camp. They have seniority, superiority in power, in blood, in name. Katie Gardner is the Lady of the Camp. Her mother was the Princess of Othrys at one point, this grants her more power than the others could ever dream.

The daughter of Zeus would have been able to challenge Demeter's daughter for the highest rank and she probably would have won.

When the Twins came to camp they won the battle before it started. The power in the blood and the inhumanness they possessed (the godliness) had Katie surrendering to their power quickly. However she finds that family means a lot to the Jackson twins. The children of Demeter and the children of Poseidon are directly cousins, both descended from the same Patriarch. An alliance is forged. Or rather, family comes together. There is easy comradery between the cousins. Their blood sings when they spend time together and their powers thrive with one another.