Death

**Death**, also known as **Didi**, is a recurring but major supporting character in the *Divine Comedy*.

She is the anthropomorphic personification of the ancient concept of death and in some cases life. Despite her appearance and job description, she is actually pleasant, down-to-earth, and perky and enjoys the company of others. She is Phil's best friend and partner.

Death is a member of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse though she distances herself from them for undefined reasons.

## Overview

Death is the sister of Fate and is pretty much the actual concept of 'death' itself, dutifully committed to her task of reaping recently deceased souls. She serves as Azrael's chief assistant and trainmaster in running the Mortem System where she brings the deceased souls to Limbo Station - a subway station - whereupon Phlegyas then transports them to Purgatory, upon which they would be judged on whether they should be taken to Heaven or Hell.

Death's reach also extends to the gods themselves and has a professional working relationship with many of the pantheons, particularly those who hold dominion over the underworld and associated with death itself. She provided various ravens to some of the pantheons to act as guides for the humans who died based on their belief that is centered around a specific pantheon. Some examples include Morrigan, a female raven goddess of death and doom, Thanatos who was given to Hades, and Valkyries were given to Odin.

Death is perhaps one of the very few characters who is neutral in the grand cosmic plan of all things as she is mainly focused on her job and nothing else. However, Death will actually sometimes go about and observe both humans and demons, specifically sinners, as she is both curious and highly fascinated by them, always wondering what it's like for them to struggle and survive or to struggle and survive in general. Death's fascination leads her to taking the role of a ferryman of Hell's rivers to where she rides a taxicab modeled in the shape of a motorboat and offers rides to certain sinners to ferry them to other regions of Hell all while listening to their stories and rants. According to Death, the reason she does is this because "no one talks or rants more to a therapist than they do to a cabbie".

## Personality

Death, despite her job description and to the surprise of many, is described as being delightful, sensible, nice, and even perky; which greatly shatters the facade of her appearance and position. Death is described as the "girl everyone eventually dies to meet" and is dutifully committed to her job, making her quick and efficient to keep things running perfectly in the Mortem System as its director of operations. Death can also be blunt and not afraid to tell it like it is.

She is sassy, laid-back, and her somewhat playful nature adds to the mystery of the character, and many have pointed out that she looks to be aware of something that no else knows about making her somewhat teasing. She is also extremely wise in her own way as she was able to make her the likes of her siblings and Charlie see things in a much different way and have a better understanding of how things work throughout the natural order. Death can also be influenced by others but mainly those with virtuous and optimistic perceptions on things like Charlie's plans of redemption.

Death is warm and caring as she can be frequently seen acting as a confident to her friends, especially Azrael, giving him advice and pointing out his faults. She can also be seen doing so to mortals that she developed a particular close bond with, such as Jordan and Cathy for example. In relation to this, Death's sympathy and affection to mortals with tragic tales would get in the way of her dedication towards her job as shown when she went against the Mortem System's laws to personally bring the likes of Jordan and Cathy unto the train without going through the usual process and thus board the wrong train car. This is perhaps the first and only time she had done this especially given how dire the consequences would be if word got out to the higher ups.

However, she is not above getting angry, though that in of itself is a rarity. When she exhibits annoyance or anger, she becomes very intimidating. While she is usually portrayed as smiling, it is when her expression drops and her smile fades that she can even intimidate powerful individuals like Alastor.

## Trivia

* Her theme song would be "Rest Employed" by The Stupendium
* Death is ironically a fan of greasy cheap food and is a smoker.
* Death makes her presence known to the recently deceased by whistling a serene altered version of Funeral March.
* Death does not guide the soul of the dead into any particular afterlife, she is merely a gateway into what lies beyond.
* She referees the rules and progress of the Wild Hunt.
* It is revealed that Death cannot reap angels like Lucifer as God has the final say on when they will die.
* Death is one of the very few characters in the *Divine Comedy* that breaks the fourth wall. She does this by narrating a certain set of events that will occur in the future or are occuring.