The Underworld

### Current Residents

Hades, Persephone, Dionysus, Macaria, Melinoë, Plutus, Hecate, Thanatos, Hypnos, Enyo, Cerberus, Furies, Charon

 Background

The Underworld is an extradimensional realm ruled by Hades & his wife, Persephone. While once a barren ground with no infrastructure, the Underworld now resembles a modern day metropolitan city. Unlike Olympus, it is always dark out.

## Points of Interest

* **Cavern of Souls:** Storage for women who were killed by the violence and ignorance of men. The well was emptied by five of the Olympian goddesses to create the Amazons.
* **Elysium**: The place of paradise for the heroic & 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. It is only "light" place in the Underworld.
* **Fields of Asphodel:** Souls who don't wish to be judged go to the Asphodel Fields. it is also for people who are judged & who have not done enough good or bad in their life. Most souls forget their lives when they are in these fields.
* **Fields of Punishment:** Where mortals are punished for horrible deeds, using a variety of horrible torturous methods.
* **Hades Palace:** The residence of Hades & Persephone, it is where the two live & operate their command over the Underworld. His gate is engraved with images of death & his throne is made of bones, with a flowery throne next to it for his wife, Persephone.
* **Judgment Tower:** Where the dead go to be judged by Hades on what location to be sent to in the Underworld.
* **Persephone Garden**: A magic garden filled with pomegranate trees with orange blossoms and sweet-smelling fruit, multi-colored mushrooms, poisonous scrubs & weird luminous plants that grow without sunlight.
* **River Styx:** A sacred river that separates the land of the living from the realm of the dead. Oaths made by this river brings something 'worse than death' to the oath bearer if not fulfilled. If anyone bathes in the Styx & survives, that person will bear the Curse of Achilles and become invulnerable to most physical attacks, excluding a small spot on their body that if struck will instantly kill them. Charon's ferry floats along this river & all who die must pay Charon for passage to pass through.
* **Tartarus:** It is the darkest & deepest area of the Underworld. Tartarus is where the gods imprison their enemies, chiefly the Titans. Kronos is known for being held there. It is described as a dark, gloomy pit, surrounded by a wall of bronze & beyond that a three-fold layer of night.

## Trivia

* People tend to get confused but Hell & the Underworld are not the same thing.
* Echidna, also known as the Mother of All Monsters, was a monstrous creature with the upper torso of a woman & the bottom half of a serpent. After taming the beast, Myrina slayed the monster earning the names of Slayer of Echidna & Tamer of the Griffin. Echidna was then sent to The Underworld.
* It can be accessed through Themyscira. The access point is the Gates of Tartarus, are located at the Temple of Hades on the Olympian Islands.