Cabin 32: Boreas Cabin
As a child of Boreas, the North Wind, you are as cold and unyielding as winter itself. You are powerful, driven, and sometimes abrasive, with a temper that can snap like an icicle. Yet, beneath your frosty exterior lies a protectiveness that is fierce and loyal. You endure where others freeze, thriving in harsh conditions and challenges.
Boreas Cabin
Boreas keeps his court in Quebec—a penthouse suite where the temperature never rises above freezing and the god of winter holds audience with whoever is brave enough to visit. In The Lost Hero, Jason Grace, Piper McLean, and Leo Valdez received a not-so-warm welcome. Khione, the snow goddess and...
Boreas
He fell in love with an Athenian princess named Oreithyia. Boreas asked her parents for permission to marry her, as was proper, but they delayed their answer. The god of the North Wind is not known for patience. One day, while Oreithyia danced by the banks of the river Ilissus, Boreas swept down, wrapped her in a dark cloud, and carried her away to Thrace. There she became his queen, and there she bore him four children: the winged sons Zetes and Calais, who would later sail with Jason and the Argonauts, the daughter Cleopatra, and Khione, goddess of snow.
Boreas was the purple-winged god of winter, the coldest and most violent of the four Anemoi. Where his brothers brought gentler winds, Boreas swept down from the mountains of Thrace with icy breath that turned rivers to stone. Ancient...
Boreas
As a Child of Boreas
Children of Boreas are strong-willed, direct, and often brutally honest. You don't sugarcoat things. You likely prefer the cold and have a high tolerance for discomfort. You can be haughty or distant, earning a reputation for being 'cold-hearted,' but this is often a defense mechanism. You value strength and resilience, and once someone earns your loyalty, you will defend them with the ferocity of a blizzard.
Abilities
- Cryokinesis:
The ability to generate and manipulate ice and snow. You can freeze water or lower the temperature of a room instantly.
- Aerokinesis (Cold):
Control over bitter, freezing winds that can knock opponents off their feet.
- Flight:
Like most wind children, you can fly, but your flight is powerful, fast, and often accompanied by a chill.
Notable Campers
Zetes and Calais
The Boreads, famous Argonauts who could fly. They are our most famous immortal brothers.