Cabin 33: Notus Cabin
As a child of Notus, the South Wind, you embody the burning heat of summer and the sudden violence of late-summer storms. You are passionate, sometimes volatile, and burn with an intensity that others find overwhelming. You are the humidity before the thunder, the heat that shimmers on the horizon. Your emotions run hot, and you are quick to act.
Notus Cabin
When Khione's wind bomb scattered the crew of the Argo II, Jason Grace found himself in Africa—the domain of the South Wind. He had been having daily audiences with Auster, the Roman form of Notus, requesting permission to continue their voyage. Auster was fickle, lazy, and unhelpful. But something was happening inside Jason, too. He was realizing he didn't belong at formal, traditional Camp Jupiter. He missed Camp Half-Blood.
In The House of...
Notus
Notus rises from the scorching sands of the south, from Aithiopia—the mythical Ethiopia that marked the southernmost edge of the Greek world. He is the wind of late summer and early autumn, bringing the sirocco's blast: hot, heavy with moisture, wrapping the land in mist before unleashing devastating storms. Farmers feared him as a destroyer of crops. Sailors knew his gusts could shred their sails. Unlike his brothers Boreas and Zephyrus, who inspired grand myths and worship, Notus remained more elemental—less a character, more a force.
Yet he had his moment. When Zeus decided to cleanse the world with the Great Deluge, he locked away Boreas and the other cloud-blowing winds. Only Notus was set free, commanded to rain upon the earth until nearly all life drowned. The south wind became...
Notus
As a Child of Notus
Children of Notus are energetic, hot-headed, and intense. You feel things deeply and react quickly. Unlike your Boread cousins who are cold and distant, you close the distance instantly. You are unpredictable—one moment a warm, lazy breeze, the next a scorching gale. You are fiercely independent and hate being contained or cooled down. You bring the heat to any party or fight.
Abilities
- Thermokinesis (Heat):
You can raise the ambient temperature, causing heat waves or making an area uncomfortably hot.
- Aerokinesis (Hot):
Control over scorching winds that can dry out opponents or spread fires.
- Storm Generation:
Specific ability to summon sudden, violent thunderstorms typical of late summer.
Notable Campers
Unknown
Notus is elusive, and his demigod children are rare drifters, moving like heat waves across the land.