Om du läser löftet noggrant finns det en stor fel i den gåva som Percy begärde, som användes av gudarna för att tillgodose: Det fanns ingen tidslinje för att förlåta Titans som Calypso.
Percy önskade att alla demigoder skulle hävdas innan de blev 13 och gudarna höll sitt löfte.
“Very well!” Zeus growled. “In the name of the Council, we swear by the River Styx to grant your reasonable request as long as it is within our power.”
The other gods muttered assent. Thunder boomed, shaking the throne room. The deal was made.
“From now on, I want to you properly recognize the children of the gods,” I said. “All the children . . . of all the gods.”
The Olympians shifted uncomfortably.
“Percy,” my father said, “what exactly do you mean?”
“Kronos couldn’t have risen if it hadn’t been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their parents,” I said. “They felt angry, resentful, and unloved, and they had a good reason.”
Zeus’s royal nostrils flared. “You dare accuse—”
“No more undetermined children,” I said. “I want you to promise to claim your children—all your demigod children—by the time they turn thirteen. They won’t be left out in the world on their own at the mercy of monsters. I want them claimed and brought to camp so they can be trained right, and survive.”
“Now, wait just a moment,” Apollo said, but I was on a roll.
“And the minor gods,” I said. “Nemesis, Hecate, Morpheus, Janus, Hebe—they all deserve a general amnesty and a place at Camp Half-Blood. Their children shouldn’t be ignored. Calypso and the other peaceful Titan-kind should be pardoned too. And Hades—”
The Last Olympian, Chapter 20, We Win Fabulous Prizes
Grover nämner i Lightning Thief, att de Tre stora hade tidigare gjort ett löfte om River Styx.
Grover shifted his hooves uncomfortably. "About sixty years ago, after World War II, the Big Three agreed they wouldn't sire any more heroes. Their children were just too powerful. They were affecting the course of human events too much, causing too much carnage. World War II, you know, that was basically a fight between the sons of Zeus and Poseidon on one side, and the sons of Hades on the other. The winning side, Zeus and Poseidon, made Hades swear an oath with them: no more affairs with mortal women. They all swore on the River Styx."
The Lightning Thief, Chapter 8, We Capture A Flag
Och två av dem misslyckades med att behålla det, men dessa gudar " gick lätt ut" .
Grover's face darkened. "Seventeen years ago, Zeus fell off the wagon. There was this TV starlet with a big fluffy eighties hairdo—he just couldn't help himself. When their child was born, a little girl named Thalia .. . well, the River Styx is serious about promises. Zeus himself got off easy because he's immortal, but he brought a terrible fate on his daughter."
The Lightning Thief, Chapter 8, We Capture A Flag
Så även om Percy hade angivit tidsramen inom vilken Calypso skulle släppas, kunde gudar ha bailed ut med lätt straff.