Erebus

**Erebus** is the Primordial god of darkness and mist, one of the original primordial deities, and is one of the Protogenoi in Greek mythology.

## Overview

Erebus is the second ruler of the cosmos along with being a child of Khaos. He was also the husband of Nyx who also is his sister. His two children whom are well known through Greek myth include Hemera, the Protogenos of Day, and Aether, Protogenos of Light, an ironic fact that the day and light would be the children of night and darkness.

While he is featured little in Greek mythology, he is known to have fathered several other deities with Nyx; depending on the source of the mythology, this union includes Aether, Hemera, the Hesperides, Hypnos, the the Sisters of Fate, Geras, Styx, Charon, and Thanatos. In Greek literature, Erebus is also used of a region of the Greek underworld where the dead pass immediately after dying, and is sometimes used interchangeably with Tartarus.

## Appearance

Erebus has no physical form, as such it is highly difficult to interpret him in an appearance. Like Nyx can only be seen as the nighttime sky, Erebus on the other hand can only be witnessed as the shadows and darkness that lurk about and leak in the nooks and crevices of the world itself. However, Erebus is capable of taking a form, although not physical, but a spectral one. Although, it is believed that this form merely acts as his avatar.

However according to some, Erebus has apparently been seen taking a human form.

## Personality

Erebus is always seen to be serene and apathetic towards other people, even while actually deeply conflicted. He is notably calm, even in battle. He generally acts different, bordering on coldness, to most situations he is faced with, and rarely views his opponent as being worth his time.

He doesn't show these emotions very often and it's said that he often sports a poker face. He denies this and believes that he just expresses his emotions in his own way. His sister state that he gets a lot of love letters from female entities. He is good at making friends and socializing, and he is one of the few people who can control Tartarus when he gets out of hand.

He can be seen to be friendly towards his siblings and father, however, his coldness can make him rather cruel and quiet hostile from outsiders, specially if some space monsters or an Old One accidentally find themselves in his presence.

Due to fighting many entities, Erebus is an extremely cunning, wise, witty, and a cautious person, having not trusted the words of an Old One like Yog-Sothoth. He is wise and smart enough to convince Nyarlathotep to think that the outer god had successfully manipulated him, and just playing along from his games.

## Erebus

### Aliases

Erebos, Scotus, the Shadow, Rapture, Shade, Great God of Darkness, The Endless Darkness, Consort of the Night, The Darkness behind the Stars, Son of the Void, Husband of the Night, Protogenos of Darkness, Primeval of Darkness, Father Shadow

## Physical Description

### Spirit of

Darkness, Mist, Night, Light, Creation, Abyss, Concealment

## Relatives

### Offspring

Thanatos, Apate, Hemera, Hypnos, the Keres, Moros, the Moirai, the Hesperides, Dolos, Nemesis, Oizys, Momus, Eris, Geras