Nico Di Angelo's and consequently Hazel Levesque's Age
It's more complicated than you think.
I'm using the 'actual' timeline for the sake or using the years to track age better. Rick has said his birthday is either January 28th or May 16th. The one that makes the most sense is January for this tineline and the more fandom popular, so it is the one I will stick to.
We also have to address the fact that Nico spent time in the Lotus Casino and that there is no guarantee that he and Bianca left at the same time of the year they went in which means that theoretically his birthday would not be acurate. But let's assume that he did for this story.
Now let's address his age.
Grover says that Bianca and Nico are 12 and 10, and this is accepted as canon information. Let's assume this is correct and not a best guess.
That would mean
Titan's Curse is December of 2007, so Nico would be 10 until a month after this book finishes.
Battle of the Labyrinth takes place in the summer of 2008, which makes Nico 11.
Sword of Hades takes place in December of 2008, which means Nico is still 11.
The Last Olympian is in the summer of 2009, which means Nico is 12.
The Lost Hero is in December of 2009, which means that Nico is still 12, and because he brought Hazel out in September (page 99 of SoN ebook) and is actually younger than Hazel who is 13. [Let's ignore this I'll address this later]
The rest of the Hero's of Olympus series Nico is 13 because it takes place in the late spring to late summer of 2010.
The Trails of Apollo is said to start in mid-January, which means at the very latest the book would end with Nico being 14 at the beginning of 2011.
The rest of the Trails of Apollo series Nico would be 14.
The Sun and a Star takes place a couple weeks after ToA as Nico mentions the prophecy being a couple of weeks before. It's the end of the summer session, so it is still 2011 and Nico is 14.
Please don't get me started on Un Natale Mezzosangue [Percy, not liking shadow travel when in Last Olympian he does.] The mentions of Covid either mean this is December of 2020 or some other earlier December. Nico at the youngest is still 14.
The problem? Rick said Nico was 14 during HoO, which would make him 15. Do either leave the Lotus Hotel, causing Nico to age a bit faster for a while, Grover was wrong about Nico's age. This would also make Nico back to being older than Hazel.
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Hazel turned thirteen on December 13th, 1941. It was also the last day that she lived in New Orleans.
She died in mid summer in 1942, so she spent about six months in Alaska.
She was brought to camp Jupiter in September of 2009 and is 13 1/2.
She meets Percy in mid-June 2010, which is 9 months afterward, which puts Hazel at 14 1/3.
Frank, whose birthday is June 5th, would have just turned 16.
[The age gap doesn't seem as bad anymore. with this knowledge. It's better than 16 and 13, though.]
The problem is that all sources regarding Hazel as being 13 during SoN.
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So we have several problems here, and I am going to go the path of least resistance and change both the ages to reflect this. You don't have to like it, bit it works.
We assume Hazel is 14 1/3 in Son of Neptune and that Nico is 15 (making him even older than Rick stated he was so let's retrofit this timeline so that they can stay older sibling younger sibling.
December 2007: Nico is 12
Summer 2008: Nico is 13
December 2008: Nico is 13
August 2009: Nico is 14
September 2009: Nico is 14 ; Hazel is 13 1/2
December 2009 Nico is 14 ; Hazel is 13
March 2010 Nico is 15 ; Hazel turns 14
June 2010 Nico is 15; Hazel is 14
At the end of January 2011, Nico is 16 ; Hazel is 14
At the end of the summer of 2011, Nico is 16 ; Hazel is 15
The problem now? Bianca is said to be 12. This is an easy fix. Grover got the ages wrong. Bianca is 13. Fixed. She's still the older sibling.
Again, though, this relies on the idea the idea that when Bianca and Nico get removed from the Lotus Eaters that it is close in time to when they went in and that it is a small disparity.
Also, let's not get started on when the di Angelo's were put into the casino and the contradictory information Rick has written on that, and when they were born.
I am... very sorry... for getting you involved in my fabulous non-great ideas.
@lilliabsdoc is this alright??? (ب_ب)
@suicidol-dz
No it was a good idea don't apologize! Mr. President said that if I still want to do it when I'm old enough, he'll let us. I'm just trying to figure out how long that'll be!
