Let me explain: there are dragons, and then there are drakons. Drakons are several millennia older than dragons, andmuch larger. They look like giant serpents. Most don't have wings. Most don't breathe fire (though some do). All are poisonous. All are immensely strong, with scales harder than titanium. Their eyes can paralyze you; not the turn-you~to-stone Medusa-type paralysis, buttheoh~my~gods-that~big~snake~is~going~to~eat~me type of paralysis, which is just as bad.
Rick RiordanYou know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"?
Rick RiordanSet screamed something in Ancient Egyptian. I was fairly sure it wasnโt a compliment. โI will rend your limbs from their sockets!โ he shouted. โI willโโ โDie?โ Carter suggested.
Rick RiordanAnnabethโs shoulders ached. The elevatorโs easy-listening music didnโt help. If all monsters had to hear that song about liking piรฑa coladas and getting caught in the rain, no wonder they were in the mood for carnage when they reached the mortal world.
Rick RiordanHades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of his black robes, faces of torment,as if the garment was stitched of trapped souls from the Fields of Punishment, trying to get out. The ADHD part of me wondered, off-task, whether the rest of his clothes were made the same way. What horrible things would you have to do in your life to get woven into Hades' underwear?
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