Underworld

The Underworld is the realm of the dead, the final resting place of the deceased. The Underworld is divided into various sections, and the Judgment Pavilion decide where a soul should go based upon their life's accomplishments. In Ancient Greece, a man named King Rhadamanthus judged the dead and was later joined by King Aeacus and Minos. Its entrance is located beneath Mount Taenarus in Sparta, Peloponnese.
==Entrances==
===Ploutonion===
The entrance is managed by Charon, the reaper of souls. He takes them into an elevator and heads down, where they sail across the River Styx toward the opposite shore. On that shore, Cerberus, a three-headed dog born from the monsters Echidna and Typhon stands guard. The souls must pass by Cerberus toward their afterlife. Once they pass Cerberus, they cannot leave. DOA stands for Dead On Arrival. 
===Door of Orpheus===
The Door of Orpheus is a lesser-known entrance, which stands in Delphi. Orpheus created it to retrieve the dead spirit of his wife, Eurydice. It lets out behind the main gates, therefore being more direct to Hades' palace.
===The Doors of Death===
The Doors of Death act as way for Thanatos to quickly enter and exit the Underworld. However, he claims that the doors aren't in a physical place and normally only he knows where they are. Though they are commonly known to exist in Epirus.
===Other Entrances/Exits to the Underworld===
While the above entrances are the main ways to get into the Underworld, there are other ways to get out. Hades can use his keys for creating and closing the gates to the Underworld almost at will. The exact locations of these entrances are unknown.
==Known Locations==
===River Styx===
Charon's ferry floats along this river on its way to the main gate on the Walls of Erebos. In ancient history, Achilles used the Styx to become invincible (His mother, Thetis, held him by his heel to keep him anchored to the mortal world, dipping him into the river.) Since the river is so powerful, the person bathing in it has to pick one vulnerable spot on their body to make sure they are anchored to their human life, or else they will dissolve into the river. Thus the saying "Achilles' Heel" came to be because he was defeated in his vulnerable spot, his heel. There is also a place on the human heel that is called the "Achilles Tendon", mainly because that is what scientists discovered and named with Achilles.
===Chthonic District===
The Chthonic District is the main population center of the Underworld for deities, as it is the location of the House of Hades and the Judgement Pavilion.
===Elysphodel District===
The Elysphodel District is the main population center of the Underworld for souls, as it is the location of Elysium and the Fields of Asphodel.
===Judgment Pavilion===
Once a spirit enters the Underworld, it enters the Pavilion, where three spirits judge them and put them in a certain place, according to their actions during life. One of the three judges is known, King Minos.
===The Fields of Punishment===
The Fields of Punishment are fields of complete and brutal torture for souls of people who have done extreme wrongs in their lifetime.
* King Sisyphus cheated death numerous times with the first one having him chain up Thanatos so that no one can die. He even appealed to Persephone that his wife never gave him a proper funeral. Sisyphus was sentenced to roll a boulder up a hill that would roll back down when it gets close to the top, and was constantly plagued by the fact that he wanted to roll the stone up again, probably as an added side effect.
* King Tantalus was invited to dine with the gods and was said to have stolen nectar and ambrosia and brought it back to his people alongside the secret of the gods. Tantalus later chopped up his son Pelops and served him as food to the gods. Upon his death, his punishment was to stand in the middle of a lake under the branches of a fruit tree, but whenever he reached for the fruit, the branches would retreat from his grasp, and whenever he leaned down for a drink, the water would recede from him.
* Ixion was the king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly. Ixion got mad at his father in law and ended up pushing him onto a bed of coal and woods, committing the first kin-related murder. The princes of other lands ordered that Ixion be denied of any sin cleansing. Zeus took pity on Ixion and invited him to a meal on Olympus. But when he saw Hera, he fell in love with her and did some under the table caressing until Zeus signaled him to stop. Zeus created a cloud-clone of Hera to test him and Ixion made love to her which resulted in the birth of Centauros who mated with some Magnesian mares on Mount Pelion engendering the race of Centaurs who are called the Ixionidae from their descent. Zeus ended up driving Ixion from Mount Olympus and then struck him with a thunderbolt. He was sentenced to eternity in the Fields of Punishment tied to a winged flaming wheel that was always spinning. Only when Orpheus came down to the Underworld to rescue Eurydice did it stop spinning because of the music Orpheus was playing.
It has "miles of barbed wire separating the different torture areas." Some of the torture areas include being burned at the stake, running through cactus patches naked, being chased by hellhounds, and being forced to listen to opera music. It is also noted in The Lightning Thief, that there were lots of people in the Fields of Punishment. One notable prisoner is a Televangelist who used his funds to be richer and died on a police chase in his "Lamborghini for the Lord." Percy mentioned that what he believes in a different hell is exactly the Fields of Punishment and mortals just one to see what they want.
===The Fields of Asphodel===
Souls who don't wish to be judged go to the Asphodel Fields. According to Persephone, it is described as "standing in a fennel field in Marathon for eternity." Also for people who are judged and who have not done enough good or bad in their life end in Asphodel as Annabeth stated that "most people don't do good or bad in their life." Most souls forget their lives when they are in these fields.
===Elysium===
Elysium is the place of paradise for the heroic and the virtuous. The souls of those who had either died a hero's death or led a virtuous life will live in peace in Elysium forever. In the middle of the Valley of Elysium, there is a glittering blue lake, on which is the Isles of the Blest.
===Tartarus===
Tartarus is the darkest and deepest area of the Underworld. Tartarus is where the gods imprison their enemies, chiefly the Titans. Cronus is known for being held there. When a monster is slain, its essence is sent to Tartarus until they can reform.
Tartarus is the lowest region of the world, as far below earth as earth is from heaven. Tartarus is described as a dark, gloomy pit, surrounded by a wall of bronze, and beyond that a three-fold layer of night. According to the Iliad, it is a 9-day anvil fall from the other regions of Hades. It was here that Annabeth and Percy spent many days trapped, searching for the doors of death.
====The Fourth Age====
When Cronus ruled, he kept the Hekatonkeries (Hundred-Handed Ones) and the Cyclopes in Tartarus, guarded by Kampê.
====The Fifth Age====
Tartarus is where Cronus, along with some other Titans, were imprisoned after the battle between the gods and the Titans. Their jailer were the Hekatonkeries.
===The River Lethe===
The River Lethe is the River of Forgetfulness, and it is used on people who try for rebirth. It has pure black water.
===House of Hades===
 
Hades' palace is where he lives and operates his command over the Underworld. His gate is engraved with images of death and his throne is made of bones, with a flowery throne next to it for his wife, Persephone. Hades built it to resemble Olympus even though everything is black and bronze and on Olympus, everything is silver and white.
=== Persephone's Garden ===
Persephone's garden is Persephone's magic garden filled with pomegranate trees with orange blossoms and sweet-smelling fruit, multi-colored mushrooms, poisonous scrubs, and weird luminous plants that grow without sunlight.
=== Forges ===
The forges are where weapons are made. Skeletal weapon-smiths work over a forge of black flames, using hammers fashioned like metal skulls.
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