#zephryos

Zephryus landed you down on the dew covered grass, as you arrived at Camp just at the crack of dawn, the sun was peering over the skyline, a rosy orange glow pushing forward, pulling back the curtain of the night and stars. There wasn’t just anyone awake yet as you stood on top of camp, the rosy dawn washing over camp. You stared above it for a bit, catching your breath a bit before walking down to Camp, brushing past the dewdrops that there were on the grass.

A little girl with a brown shawl greeted Zephyrus and gave you a smile as she led you to the brazier as you helped her add more coals to it, allowing the fire to build back up into a roaring fire and she gave you a sweet bun when Chiron appeared, yawning and stretching into the air. He was startled to see Zephyrus who was greeting the centaur and then started at you sitting there and you greeted yourself, when a claim appeared over your head as dawn had broken through, a symbol of a cicada floating above you; thus Eos claiming you as her demigod child.

Chiron led you into the Big House, waking up Mr. D who was grumpy, especially when Zephyrus was there uninvited but then choked when the god of the West Winds confirmed you were a child of Eos, who was told by his godly mother to make you arrived at Camp and to confirm you were one of her owns; who was worried you wouldn’t be able to make it.

It wasn’t surprising that Eos had a demigod child but what was surprising was that it took this long to have one of her demigod children arrive at Camp, considering Eos was cursed by Aphrodite to constantly fall in love as punishment for sleeping with Ares that one time. There may be more of you out there, but why they aren’t at Camp either, it’s unsure.

If you’re more of an optimistic or a person who tends to have rose coloured glasses, who tends to see the best in things at times or tries to find the good in things, you’re likely a child of Eos as Eos is often referred to with Rosy- often because of her ‘rosy-fingers’.

If you have a love for all things beautiful or have a tendency to finding beauty in everything, that can be also be attributed by the rosy epithet that you’ve inherited from Eos, as you tend to have ‘rose-coloured’ glasses.

Eos was often referenced with wearing a lot of gold from gold robes, sandals, and even being golden-armed. So if you tend to lean towards gold, then that’s probably why. Paired with the connection with Rose and Gold, Rose-Gold is the ultimate gold of Eos and her demigod children.

Your Cabin is made with gold and a tint of rose gold, painted with the colours of dawn. When you enter it, there’s a constant presence of Saffron and Roses as well; either in scent or in appearance.

That said, if you notice your fingers or nails often having a flush, rosy colour, this is a physical feature that you inherited from Eos; whose rosy-fingers brings the red tint to the colour of dawn and sunrise. In a more literal sense, if you touch a rose bush that hasn't bloomed yet, or even focus hard enough to touch the ground, you can make roses bloom too. 

There’s also a chance you make saffron bloom as they used the word to describe Eos as well.

Much like her brother Helios, she was also considered ‘All-seeing’ and you probably have the power of Clairvoyance through the eyes as well.

Eos has been also been referenced with the word Aurora (her roman counterpart) and Aura; where the greeks referenced it to the breeze but also attributed to Eos herself, while also being the Mother of the Winds: Boreas, Eurus, Notus, and Zephyrus. So there is a chance you have the ability to have minor manipulation or influence the winds and air. You might also be able to talk to the four winds but that requires and hinges on your relationship and respect from the four winds and on the mood of your godly half-siblings.

Going back to the power of Clairvoyance and the words of “Aura”, this applies modern usage of Aura as well- so your clairvoyant abilities may come in the form of being able to see someone’s aura. You can gauge someone’s personality and nature based on their aura as well as their emotions primarily. However, when you start to encounter demigods and the world you all belong to, you also realize you can tell what their godly parent is, if it's a satyr in disguise, or better yet, if there’s a monster hiding in your midst.  For example, a child of Zeus’s aura is crackling and stormy with energy, a child of Aphrodite is pink and addicting-

There was a time you noticed a god but they looked at you with intrigue before quietly stopping you because you musn’t stare at their aura either for too long as you are looking a part of their divine form, and while you might not be incinerated looking at it, you’ll suffer the consequences too. You’ll be lucky if you just get eye astigmatism or become blind then over your life or going mad.

With a connection to drawing power from dewdrops, you can also manipulate mist; both the natural phenomenon of mist and the veil of mists that is between the mortal realm and the realm of gods and monsters. This is because Eos is connected with mists in many stories to describe her and her duties as dawn “with her rays of light dispersed the mists of night” (Theoi, Eos) 

If you have an appreciation for the Aurora-Borealis, that’s also because of Eos and one of her immortal children, Boreas. You might also be able to summon it at times but it does take a bit out of you so probably something you can only do once a blue moon ... .and you don’t want to throw off scientists when you make it happen in locations where they shouldn’t be appearing. 

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The weather was cold but you knew it could be a whole lot more freezing at this time of year in Quebec. There were still remnants of the city being absolutely covered in nothing but snow and ice as if they were built out of it, but spring was arriving soon…hence why you were on the top floor of the hotel’s tower with Boreas; the God of the North Wind, Storms, Winter, Ice and Snow and Zephyrus; The God of the West (Gentle) Wind, Spring, and Attendant of Eros, were in front of you. 

You were brought here by Zephyrus, a pit stop he said, and were greeted by Boreas’ children, Zethes and Calais, then being greeted by Khione. 

The Snow Goddess greeted Zephyrus with respect, but when she looked at you, her face and eyes were cold to you. You weren’t sure if that was just her nature or was that her true feelings for you. It was probably because you were with Zephyrus that you weren’t turned into an ice sculpture. 

“Ah, Zephyros, frere! comment as-tu été? Ça fait rop longtemps!” Greeted Boreas towards his brother first.

Boreas had greeted you not long after, after the winds traded small talk at first before they looked at you and hence here you were, sitting down at a grand table with drinks and snacks. You watched Zephyrus take a sip before he nodded before you politely took a sip and bite (you tried not to lose your nerve as you saw Khione sending you metaphorical ice daggers from behind her father). 

“So, my brother here, tells me that you are a child of our mother, Eos, a half mortal child as well” said Boreas as he regarded you.

“Um, yes sir. Apparently sir” you said as you gripped the chilling cup. 

Boreas hummed, running his hand through his beard in thought. “Interesting”

“Is it?”

“Oui! While Eos, the Titaness of Dawn, is not a stranger bearing half mortal children, it has been many eons since she had one. Especially after she lost our half-brother Memnon fought and was killed by Achilles in the Trojan War. Her tears created so much dew that it almost flooded the plains” he said.

“Oh ... .mother must’ve loved him greatly” you said. 

“Indeed! She even asked Hephaestus to give her arms to Memnon in preparation to fight against Achilles, but alas he died with mother’s gift” he grumbled. You could hear the wind being agitated outside of the fortress and you were slightly nervous, looking at Zephyrus for some sort of comfort. 

The God of the West Winds didn’t seem deterred but you were also aware that whatever north winds Boreas blew wouldn’t hurt him. You couldn’t gauge how much Zephyrus was amicable to you considering you only met the god for a short while, even if he said that he met you once as a baby to take you to your mortal parent. 

“Brother, must I remind you why we’re here. If you have nothing more to say, we have to move on so we can send our youngest sibling to Camp” reminded Zephyrus. 

Boreas’s clouded face became clear as he let out a laugh. “Ah yes! I wanted to know you a bit better as a fellow child of Eos, as mother hasn’t made herself appear in a while so I wanted to know what kind of child you are. Even Zephyrus was caught off guard when our mother summoned him out of the blue from her silence for so long to only present a tiny babe.”

“Well, I am certainly a child” you emphasized. Hopefully reminding that you were in fact, very innocent and was not part of any plan or whatever paranoid Boreas may be having.

“Oui, t’es! Your winds may not be very strong but who knows?” he shrugged before he gestured to you and Zephyrus, “Come, we have much to talk about and about our mutual mother; then Zephyrus can take you to that camp. Honestly, if it weren’t for mother to specifically say you were to attend camp like the other demigods, I would’ve made you stay here.”

You freezed and glanced at Zephyrus but he shrugged before gently yet firmly placing a hand against your back to lead you. “You see, Eos has been closely identified with Hemera, the primordial goddess of Day and was conflated, so it's hard to know part of the Dawn is Eos or Hemera; so we have to make sure how much of Eos you have inherited…” Boreas stopped and turned over his shoulder, “or if you also contain some of Hemera’s essence.”

Everything fell into place and you realized what was going on and why were you here to begin with. 

Oh it definitely history repeating itself and all the Aphrodite demigods are absolutely swooning over it. As for the Daughter of Eos and Son of Astraeus, they are a bit more hesitant in the beginning because they're not sure if its because their respective parents are already married and they feel like they're being pushed together because of it.

Like seriously, this is only what the fates could do purposefully. A Daughter of Eos, the Female, Titan Goddess of Dawn, and a Son of Astraeus, the Male, Titan god of the Stars and Astrology? With each deity being married together and their own demigods were both born in the same gender as their respective parents, time period and encountered each other in Camp??

I feel like their relationship was a slow one to start because whatever romantic feelings that were budding were probably squashed because they both believe their feelings were only because of their godly parents and people kept saying it wouldn't be a surprise they got along swimmingly. In the case of the D!Eos, she has heard of Aphrodite messing with her godly mother so she believes whatever romantic feelings and thoughts she may have were Aphrodite messing with her as well. For the S!Astraeus, I can see him being confused because while he had heard his parent wax and wane about when he would meet his own destined fated one it would be "up to the stars" or "when the stars align" and while meeting the D!Eos does feel like the stars aligning, he's still imagining that meeting his destined one would be more earth-shattering.

The S!Astraeus definitely consulted the stars to get their opinion and looked over both his and the D!Eos' astrological chart to see if they were compatible. Not just like how Virgos and Pisces go together, but really going to depth with all of their respective charts. Their Libras matching or not, their Mars being compatible, and etc- Zoey definitely scoffing and rolling her eyes at him which does not help the agenda.

The D!Eos definitely aware that she has rose coloured glasses on which she tries to disprove that she actually likes the S!Astraeus but only if she stopped blooming roses and saffron around the S!Astraeus when he's around. I can see the D!Eos also stuffing or trying to hide her hands because her fingers always become even more flush and rosier when the S!Astraeus is close.

With the D!Eos, she also dismisses the pink aura around the S!Astraeus whenever he sees her, dismissing it with her rose coloured glasses as well.

Neither are suble when they realize they actually do like the other romantically, with the S!Astraeus' making the stars bright and the D!Eos creating an aurora of light as their respective faces become flush.

When either the other confesses or both confess to each other, both accidentally created a kaledioscope of light in the process, with saffron and roses blooming all around camp.

When the Anemoi catch wind of their new relationship, I can see them regularly dropping by and watching them and being utterly entertained with their relationship; as if they're watching their parents getting together and what their relationships were like before they were born. Definitely teased them as fellow siblings. especially Zephyrus who keeps teasing how "love is in the air" and how "Spring has come~"

Together, the S!Astraeus and D!Eos become consultants in all prophetic and foresight endeavours with the S!Astraeus using his astrological and astronomy skills to tell the future with the D!Eos clairvoyant skills.

Might have some conflict though with the D!Eos being an early riser that literally rises with the dawn, and the S!Astraeus being a late-night owl, who ends up sleeping close to early morning if he could.

Despite the representation of their respective parents realms, these two demigods definitely drifted together because of their fellow wings. But I'd imagine its not just because "Oh you have wings too?" it's more practical and desperate where it's like "OH YOU HAVE WINGS TOO, OH THANK GODS HELP ME"- For all the avian lovers or knowers, you know that wings have to be preened by themselves or by fellow birds…and when you're a humanoid with giant wings on your back, even if you have good flexibility, there are times where there's just that one spot that you just can't itch-

So whatever reservations the other may have felt to the other is thrown out of the window for practicality; cause yeah, as a child of Spring and thus new life, may feel apprehensive meeting a child of Death, and vice-versa, their practical needs triumph all; especially when they have a broken feather that's lodged somewhere-

Unless the other had people they were close with in Camp with ample knowledge about feathers to help them preen, its really hard.

Actually, the two demigods probably kept going to the Iris Cabin or even the Pegasus for help with their wings, with the former being good with pegasus and the latter well, because the Pegasus have wings themselves so they must know how to preen.

It definitely comes to a point where the two approached each other for help when the Iris cabin members were indisposed and the Pegasus are two riled up, and after more than a few trips to the Apollo cabin for a few bloodied feathers and other wing injuries, they decided to get over their opinions and approached the other for help and by gods, is a difference.

Cause unlike the Iris cabin members and the Pegasus, they either don't have wings themselves and aren't as adept and move with a certain strength and gentleness or use their teeth to pull out the feathers, the Child of Zephyrus and Child of Thanatos know what its like to have wings, so their fingers are already adept at preening and taking care of the other's feathers.

For all the Avian people out there, you also know that preening is not only a form of self-care, but it's also a form of bonding with others. And this is how the C!Zephyrus and C!Thanatos begin to bond and become closer. Cause honestly the act of revealing your back towards someone, with your shirt off to expose yourself to their hands is an act of trust and vulnerability, and with wings, they are a vital part of themselves- so immediately, after one session, their walls begin to come down. (whether or not the wings are hidden under the shirt or even if the back of the shirts were cut open to give room for the Wings to move and breathe, there are smaller flight feathers that are still hidden)

I can imagine them having preening sessions at first out of necessity, but in the long stretches of time of preening one's back and the other preening yours, you can only go for so long with out talking. Snacks and personal tools are used brought out (and if possible a music player) as they preen each other's wings, as they first start off what's wrong with their wings today and how their feathers' function, before they begin to talk about their own experiences with wings and then smoothly into other topics.

Eventually that bonding from the preening sessions bleed outside of it, and becomes birds of a feather flocking together, and whenever they preen the other's feathers, it becomes less of a practical need and more an act of love. Which makes soon ends with the session with kissing and cuddle party.

Probably prefers the other preen their feathers then themselves at some point, and miss the other's fingers trailing their feathers and back when they're gone.

Just like the Wind and Death, both of the C!Zephyrus and C!Thantos can go invisible and more than once, they've use their abilities to fly/glide in the air or snuck out together. More of then not, they use their invisibility abilities to hide themselves from prying eyes to have a moment of privacy with each other.

The smell of spring and wind helps blow away the smell of death on the C!Thanatos temporarily, allowing them to feel lighter and more approachable to others, and the touch the C!Zephryus brings life and vibrancy to their life, especially when they're surrounded by death. That there's always life and the flowers' vitality will always come back.

The C!Thanatos' presence helps mask the C!Zephyrus' presence, whenever the wind demigod gets overwhelmed from everyone else. Being the demigod of a popular minor demigod who has several relations with other gods and thus demigods, they become overwhelmed with their popularity and sometimes the attention other seek from them gets too overwhelming. So being with the C!Thanatos' whose presence is deafening silent helps them calm down and they rather like when the C!Thanatos not only hugs them close to their chest, but also when their wings cover them like a hug by a another set of fluffy arms.

Probably didn't share their first kiss with each other for the longest time because the C!Thanatos was worried that they may have the "Kiss of Death" and they don't want to harm the C!Zephyrus and soiling an act of love with such a thing. However, there was no worry but the C!Zephyrus did feel like dying from all the excitement and emotion when they did have their first kiss and for other kisses.

If you’ve ever heard of “Spring is in the air”, there is no better term used for Zephyros because that essentially sums up his entire existence. This also applies to you every time you make an appearance. Whether you bring love in the air or smell like flowery perfume (the good kind that brings you ease and happiness), it ranges a bit.

When you get claimed, you can hear the singing of swans as the wind blew gently from the west, carrying the smell of Spring almost like a herald…even if it’s not even Spring anymore. Unironically, your claim in Camp Halfblood takes place at Zephyros Creek…the creek that is literally named after him that runs through the entire forest.

As one of the more popular, minor gods, your presence as a demigod and your powers are also notable…which isn’t as much of a problem if it wasn’t much of a learning curve. Unlike where it’s pretty simple for the major gods where it makes relative sense of their domains and concepts, for Zephyros it’s less on the nose and requires some actual studying; from the winds, horses, spring, love, and etc.

As a child of Zephyros, you obviously have the power of the winds at your command. However, he is also technically a god of springtime, you also have the power to grow and manipulate plants, though not as much as the child of Demeter. Makes sense if you think of the wind carrying the pollen, helping the growth of flowers and the Spring wind heralds the changing of the seasons from Winter. If you’re at Camp between the seasons of Winter and Spring, you’ll find yourself in the company of the children of Demeter. A welcome change from growing decorative gourd to strawberries.

What no one tells you at first, despite being a god of the winds, you expect to have some connection to birds like the Swans from earlier, you learn you also have a connection with horses; as Zephyros has turn into a horse and had pulled Zeus’ chariot with his brothers against Typhon. So Pegasus flying is almost like second nature to you but slightly left field. Good thing you have the children of Poseidon because you two can gossip and complain with the pegasus…though why is that you feel a certain draw to certain pegasus…?

You also find yourself being drawn to and from the children of Iris; where you learn that Iris told them to make you feel welcome and extends you an invitation to drop by her Organic shop anytime, the children of Apollo surprisingly; once everyone got over the fact about their parents’ thing over Hyacinth, they welcomed you greatly and especially appreciated you spirit over any injured patients over or simply growing some well-need plants at that moment. Plus, every so often, you all get together to have a small music break and not surprisingly, you find yourself gifted at wind instruments.

You also meet Lester or a.k.a. Apollo as well around this time. He welcomes you as much as he can and while you appreciated the gesture, you knew he carried guilt and awkwardness towards you, forcing himself to show you that he had no qualms and in extension, show Zephyros that he regretted blaming your godly father for Hyacinth's death and to show he wouldn’t be petty and harm his own kid; even if he knew that received help during his own powerless moment. Luckily for you and him, Zephryos written a letter for Apollo that you gave to him, explicitly stating that Zephyros that was sorry as well and forgave Apollo long ago. You find yourself having another father figure in your life through Apollo, who constantly invites you to his and his children’s activities.

You find yourself being in the company of the children of Aphrodite. Zephryos famously has a connection being in the service of Eros, bringing Spring (i.e. romance) in the air, but there’s also his and Iris’ son; Pothos, the God of Sexual Longing, Yearning, and Desire, who is also an attendant of Aphrodite. So whether or not you have a particular interest in romance or whatever, the children of Aphrodite are more likely to share their secrets and gossip with you and even help you from time to time. Or you’re going to be the one spreading those juicy gossip and spilling the tea to the people of the Aphrodite cabin (and those who feel so inclined) about So and So being seen together while holding hands.

You quickly figure out that Zephyros is rather well-known around Camp, outside of his presence in Greek Mythos, as you find out that from Annabeth, like her, a lot of them were brought to their mortal parents from their godly parents by Zephyros. Somewhere down the line, you find yourself able to find out whose unclaimed demigods’ parentage is because Zephyros touch lingers on them, leaving you in a dilemma if you’re allowed to say it.

In terms of physical attributes inherited from your father, this is what’s going to be a nightmare for you. At first you thought you might inherit wings because Zephyros is often depicted with wings, but if your claiming doesn’t trigger it, then you might not have wings at all. Though this is not a problem with flying as you can manipulate the wind to help you fly. No, what’s a nightmare is that Chiron sat you down and told you that you might be able to turn into a horse because Zephyros has been known to turn into a horse, so you may be able to turn into that…but what really threw you in a loop is that you may possess the characteristics of a tiger because he’s also the sire of Tigers. So Tiger, Horses, and Birds oh my! good luck with that!

On the other hand, you’re going to have an animal companion; whether its a tiger, horse, or birds; though usually swans but not limited to it. Afterall, pegasus are considered horses too; so there’s that. For all you could know, you may have crows as your companion(s); though they’re a rather chatty bunch so you are probably going to call them as Chat. Or Bryan- for that one crow that can speak rather human like. 

Everyone stared at you with open gaped mouths as the claim of Zephryos floated above your head. The swans were singing and flapping their wings in Zephyros creek. The wind gently blew from the West as if Zephyros was gently running his hand over your hair, giving you a light kiss on the forehead. There was a waft of floral scent also coming from the West, and it smelled familiar to you. 

Everyone was staring at you with a range of awe, surprise, and absolute recognition. The weight of the stares was starting to make you awkwardly hot and uncomfortable. Silence gradually filled in when the swan singing started to fade off into the distance, only the wind swaying of the trees with the sound of the water running through the creek. It was then you remembered that you had the flag in hand, the fabric flapping in the wind earlier like some epic painting when you reached the goal. It was a whirlwind of events when you felt yourself flying, your feet carrying you like you were absolutely nothing. At first you thought you were definitely a child of Hermes, with your feet running like you had wings on your feet but then when you were getting pincered from all sides. You were cut off by the enemy side and the only exit was a cliff and the next thing you knew you jumped off the cliff in a run, and as you fell, panic hit you as you realized you couldn’t land safely and the creek wasn’t that deep to sustain your fall. 

It was at that moment the wind blew from the West and swirled around you, carrying off into safety into the waters. You botched the landing and did a couple stumble but you took that then going SPLAT.

You wondered if you should say anything when people weren’t really moving, whispering amongst themselves, until you heard a whistle that came off rather musically impressed and then a clap of rhythm. Your eyes turned to the source to see a boy with brown hair and eyes but when the sunlight filtered through the gap of the branches, you swore you saw blue instead. 

“Well, certainly Zephyros knows how to make an entrance, not that I wouldn’t do either of course” said the boy and you heard that one child of Demeter with a temper scoff. “I think we can say Capture the Flag is over right Chiron?”

The centaur shook out of his stupor and cleared his throat, regaining his composure. “Yes, that would seem to be the case” he said before he turned to the other campers to say that Capture the Flag was now over and your team cheered in victory. 

You were rushed over by your teammates for securing the win and congrats on being claimed. You thanked profusely, still not sure who claimed you until you saw the boy from earlier, that your brain hazily remembered as some from the Apollo cabin. 

“Well I never expected to see a child of Zephryos to appear, much less when I’m at camp. I guess there’s no real bad blood anymore if he’s open to claiming his kid in front of me.”

“Uh, wait Zephryos? He’s my dad? But isn’t he the god of the West wind-”

“Yes, Zephryos, God of the West Wind as well as the personification of it and a god of Spring you can say” he said, before gently gesturing you out of the water and that’s when you realize your shoes and socks were absolutely soaked and very uncomfortable as they squished with every movement. 

“I don’t think he would have a demigod” you admitted. 

“Well, Zephryos and I were both interested in a lovely human man named Hycanith, though he got jealous that Hycanith accepted me as a lover. It’s a long story but it seems like he had moved on some time to have you” smiled the stranger. 

I'd imagine there isn't anything actually that far different then an overprotective sibling dynamic which the younger sibling just rolls their eyes and to ignore their older sibling. If it were just the usual sibling behaviour of where the Eris demigod tells the Apollo demigod that she could do better and that the child of Zephyrus isn't worthy of her love or something, then the Apollo demigod could just roll her eyes at it and just bear with it cause siblings.

But if this takes place after the ask where you sent me about the Eris sibling joining Kronos' side and the Titan War, then we're talking about something very different. Cause I'd imagine with everything that went on, even if the Eris demigod and Apollo demigod have reconciled after the war, its still a sore spot because those years still happened in between and it was a war, where both sides lost people; more so for the Apollo demigod since practically most of her siblings were killed in the Battle of Manhattan.

So if the Apollo demigod catches wind of the Eris demigod threatening her boyfriend or anyone else she loves in general, then its a major trigger. Cause I'd imagine the Apollo demigods in general are traumatized losing their siblings and love ones, making them cherish them more and willing to do what is needed to keep them safe and alive (i.e. which explains Will's behavior when he follows Nico to the underworld).

So just as much as the Apollo demigod loves and cherish her sister, even after everything, she also loves the child of Zephyrus just as much.

And when their supposed sibling, who supposedly loves and cares for her to be part of the side that ended up killed their half-siblings, the people she loved, threaten the Son of Zephyrus who she does loves, then its just a major attack against the Apollo demigod. Because I can imagine the Apollo demigod thinking the Eris demigod doesn't really care about her, to put her own emotions (and selfishness) aside just for one moment, even if the Eris demigod does care for her sibling and that her over-protectiveness comes from good intentions, but is misleading result.

Where it's very much becomes "The Road to hell is paved with good intentions"

Not to mention, as a demigod of Eris, there's always the possibility that she would subconsciously or will consciously effect the surroundings of the Son of Zephyrus with misfortune and discord. And who knows what will go too far that will major affect him? or even the people around him, that might drag the Apollo demigod with him?

That would've always been a concern the Apollo demigod grew up with the Eris demigod, because that's the Eris' demigod's nature and power, and they both had to learn how to harness it.

And an Eris demigod's threats could always become very much real because she is the demigod of the goddess of Discord. Where her mother just threw a golden apple that eventually led itself to the Trojan War. Where the Eris demigod still stayed with Kronos' side despite knowing they would have to fight against anyone that stood with the gods, which included her own sibling.

Even if Zephyrus has a record of having beef with Apollo over Hyacinthus, that doesn't transfer over to their children and if that's what the Eris demigod believes and is (part of) her reasoning for threatening the child of Zephyrus for dating her sibling, then the Eris demigod hasn't learned at all from what happened to the Second Titan War and its entirety. Even if the child of Zephyrus isn't fazed and if the Eris demigod apologizes and smooths things over, its still something she shouldn't have done in the first place and not in a threatening manner because she's still a demigod of Eris and her actions have consequences. Even if the Apollo demigod forgives them, it still a sore spot that will take time to repair her trust in her Eris demigod.

I haven’t learned Greek or Latin either, but the advantage of Ancient Greek Mythology is that it survived since then, discovered and researched by scholars and linguists for decades, and the resources are already there. Though it does open more avenues and ideas when you do know the original language and the etymology but not entirely necessary in this day and age. I have read some of Homer, especially during when I took a Greek Mythology class for my elective in University, but it's less daunting once you already have a basis or an idea of basic Greek mythology, and its just written really long. There’s not really any difficult fancy words used repeatedly (as far as I’ve experienced). 

However, I don’t think you need to jump into Homer just yet since his works are compiled Epic poems when he was a wandering bard, and these epic poems contain specific details that you pick out about certain heroes, people, and the gods as what they’re described doing and their epithets. People have long compiled them altogether that makes it easy to read. Of course, it depends on the translator but for the general feel of the story and core ideas, any should do. If you really want to jump into Greek mythology, I think you should start with Hesiod’s Theology, since he compiles every single lineage of every Greek deity and family together, and there are compiled poems describing them. What seems intimidating though is all the annotations scholars, writers, and other literary minds tack on. Now actually getting to talking about superpowers for the Greek gods and their demigods, the PJOverse that Riordan wrote helps a whole lot because it categorizes and gives us an idea what their demigod powers are specifically. Whether just because Riordan wants it that way or you could interpret it as a whole modern perspective of gods and demigod logic starting to take shape.  Take for example a child of Zeus. We see with Jason and Thalia they have powers that respond to Zeus’s domains: Flight and Wind Powers, (Zeus’s sky epithet and domain of the sky and air), Lightning and Thunder, small Storm generation, (because he is a Sky and Thunder, Storm god). There are also secondary demigod abilities just because being Zeus’s kids and hence are an extension of Zeus himself. Like Eagles are Zeus’s sacred animals so in theory, Eagles will respond to a child of Zeus much more favorably and listen to them than anyone else. Then you can go back to the Riordanverse of canon examples of what a child of Zeus can do and imagine it from there. If that’s not enough, that’s when you go to Greek mythology and find bits of details about Zeus himself, and his children, and etc. You could look into demigods as a reference but that may not work because going back to Zeus, he has one many, many children and descendents and therefore vary greatly, thus are not consistent in terms of powers. Take for example Heracles, the famous son of Zeus (grandson of Perseus, who is also a Son of Zeus). He’s great strength and most of his godly attributes is not typically from Zeus primarily, but because Athena managed to trick Hera in breastfeeding baby Heracles, hence being super strong. In the PJOverse, demigods just naturally have enhanced physical abilities. Back to the example, Zeus is the king of the gods and Kingship, honor, and justice. He is also the upholder of hospitality and ensuring the core rules are upheld (like murdering your own kin or harming your guests first was a big no-no) so you can have a child of Zeus having a power or attribute where they like to uphold order, keeper of honour and oaths, and/or able to detect lies. In your case with the Anemois, when I was researching them and currently writing them at the moment, like I did with Zephyrus, Notus and Eurus are part of the Anemois, the Four Directional, Seasonal Greek Winds. Each of the winds respond to a season so you can use that as part of their powers. Then there’s how they appear in Greek mythology, their connection with certain gods and realms, and so forth. Zephyrus is the Greek god of the West Wind, representing Spring, and was considered one of the more favourable and helpful gods; representing how the Greeks favoured Spring, his winds were gentle compared to the much harsher three other winds, and so forth. So with his Spring connection, a child of Zephyrus would have fertility powers and be able to grow flowers etc much like a child of Demeter. There are also other details I wrote based on his connection and details of his appearances in actual Greek mythology, like his connection with horses, and I spun with it. 

So in the case of Notus and Eurus figure out who they are and what they represent, and what comes to mind. Notus is the god of the South winds and is associated with Summer, and Eurus is the god of East winds, representing autumn/fall. Think of what the direction of winds may have and what they symbolize, what their seasonal representation could have an effect. Like winds in the summer and the winds in fall are very different don’t you think? You’re basically taking in core aspects of the certain deity, then details about them in mythology, and then you’re basically applying it and working around with it in the medium you’re thinking of (The Riordanverse or your own story) and attaching aspects that make connect with it (Spring = Fertility, Plants, Growth, Love, etc), What does late Summer and autumn mean and represent? and it’ll naturally develop once you get going.

Now you’re probably being intimidated back with Greek mythological ties and no need to worry about it with this website: https://www.theoi.com/ The Theoi project basically has all of Greek Mythology, the gods in classical literature and art. Its a free reference guide to the gods, spirits, and basically everything in Greek mythology. It contains basic summaries, details, encyclopedias, snippets of epics, myths they’re involved in. Including all of the minor gods! Still takes some reading but at least you don’t need to know the entire story of Zeus and Leto separately to just have an idea about Apollo. (Though it is a good idea to have an idea).

Then take what you know, categorize it like I did with the example of the children of Zeus, and then figure out their powers there and apply it to the world around them. You can use this: https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Superpower_Wiki to figure out the superpowers and choose them accordingly. Just remember that demigods are not the gods themselves, and are only half-god, and half-human. They are still mortal so there are limits to what humans can do, even if they are half gods. Yes they can do god-like abilities and actions, but they are still mortal.

It's also less daunting to go into Mythology and other historical cultural details involved in general if you have a basic idea or watch ideas discussing the topic. Watch a bunch of YT videos and free lectures discussing the topic in your free time. My favourite formative summaries of Classic literature and mythologies is the Overly Sarcastic Productions crew which made it easier to discover or find out which stories to read and with a pre-prepared idea what it may contain, I figured out my own interpretation and readings from the material itself.  Of course, always fact-check what you watch on YT because there are of course, there are some facts that are interpretations that may not adhere back to the original source or may not be interpreted right to you.

And for my last trick to help you out, 

Just look at other headcanons and works by other people. Seriously. That’s how I got to this point when I was a pre-teen!

A whole lot of us got into this by making our own OCs off the bat first, looked at other people making their own OCs based on the concept, fanfics, headcanons, art, and so forth. You can be inspired by other people’s interpretations and ideas! It's definitely a whole lot easier to be inspired than it was over 10 years ago, and it was definitely a whole lot more wild. Go wild if you want! Especially with minor gods, if there’s not a whole lot about them, take what there is and go wild with it! You’re free to do so! Look at other inspired works of mythology too and see if you can apply it the world you’re working in! Like the EPIC musicals, the HADES games, God of War game franchise, even! Look at anime, cartoons, comics, manga, even other books! It’s all inspiration and we’re all doing this for fun!

Sure, it's nice to tie back to cultural facts and keep it reasonable as if you were the writer, but you don’t necessarily have to because at the end of it, it's for you.

In terms of fanfiction-example, I remember reading a PJO fanfic back in FF.net where in pre-Heroes of Olympus, a writer wrote a scene where Thalia, Nico, and Percy combined their powers to create basically a black liquid of death and poison of destruction  together by combining electricity and ozone to bind Nico’s death aura of shadowness, and together with Percy’s power of water to contain and liquidize it all together and decimated an entire army of monsters and destroying everything in its path.

If that doesn’t open up possibilities what children of demigods can do in headcanons and fanon, oh boi. It certainly did set a limit of what could’ve been and lo and behold, we see Percy in canon being able to manipulate poison in the House of Hades.

Heck, my headcanons are just my headcanons that I personally believe and they’re not hard rules I’m imposing on. Everyone else reading them can pick and choose at their own leisure and work off them as a guide for future OCs if they want to.