User blog comment:Guywithafedora/Camp Half-Blood Civil War/@comment-3146930-20120721025334/@comment-3442381-20120723165346

I did consider that. However, several points came to mind: 1) I didn't want to recreate the Trojan War with a Poseidon vs. Athena conflict. 2) Zeus's affinity for lightning would be useful in the defensive strategy alongside Apollo's arrows. 3) I knew that Hades would never be on Zeus's side in a civil war, so I needed a cabin that could counter Hades's ability to raise undead armies. Thus, I put Ares and Hephaestus on the Defenders' side. 40 As for the wind gods, I admit I blundered there.