Alecto

* Erebus (Father)
* Nyx (Mother)

**Alecto** is the Goddess of Punishment from Greco-Roman mythology. She's the eldest and leader of the Erinyes and is tasked with tormenting humans who committed crimes fueled by passion.

## Overview

**Alecto** ("the implacable or unceasing anger") is one of the Erinyes, in Greek mythology. She was the daughter of Gaea fertilized by the blood spilled from Uranus when Cronus castrated him. She is the sister of Tisiphone and Megaera.

Alecto's job as a Fury is castigating the moral crimes (such as anger) of humans, especially if they are against others. Her function is similar to Nemesis, with the difference that Nemesis's function is to castigate crimes against the gods, not mortals. Her punishment for mortals was Madness.

## Appearance

Alecto appears as a well-muscular woman with blue-tinted skin and madness in her eyes. She has blood-red eyes and wild silver-white hair tied into a ponytail. Like her sisters, she only has a single bat-like wing, which is located on the right side of her body and is a toxic-green color.

## Personality

Alecto is known for her cruel, ruthless, and merciless nature, even among the sadistic Erinyes. However, unlike her sisters who prefer torment in the flesh, she prefers psychologically tormenting her victims with horrific hallucinations until they are driven into insanity.

Despite this, however, she is still an honorable judge, and although her judgements might be merciless, they are fair and are only dealt out to those who really deserved it. Similar to her sister Megaera, she is a battle fanatic and wouldn't pass down a chance for a good fight, especially against those she considers "proper heroes and warriors."

She also has a great respect for the ancient rules of the Realm of the Dead, even reminding Hades of the unspoken rules over life-and-death that he, as a chthonic god, must respect when he desired to revive his lover Maria di Angelo.

## History

### Early Years

The Erinyes - Alecto, Tisiphone, and Megaera - were created by Ouranos millions of years ago to serve as guardians of honor and to enforce the authority of the Titans. However, when Ouranos was overthrown by Kronos and Rhea, they banished the Erinyes into the underworld where they were adopted by Erebus and Nyx and became tormentors of the shades who descended there.

### The Titanomachy

During the Titanomachy, Alecto and her sisters, much like other chthonic gods, swore an oath of servitude to Hades and the Olympian dynasty, and from then on, they became Hades' new bodyguards and personal torturers, in charge with collecting information from captured prisoners as well as hunting down defects and traitors among their followers.

After the Olympians achieved victory, she and her sisters returned to the underworld, having grown to love the underworldly realm as their new home. As part of their agreement with Hades, they got their positions as castigators back and are now in-charge of enforcing the rules settled down by the Olympians among humanity.

### The *Aeneid*

In an attempt to prevent the Trojan refugees from having their way with King Latinus by marriage or besiege Italian borders, Juno commanded Alecto to wreak havoc on the Trojans and caused their downfall through war.

To do this, Alecto took over the body of Queen Amata, who clamored for all of the Latin mothers to riot against the Trojans. She then disguised herself as the priestess Calybe and appeared to Turnus in a dream persuading him to begin war against the Trojans. When Turnus refused, she abandoned persuasion and cursed him, causing his blood to "boil with the passion for war".

Feeling unsatisfied with her work in igniting the war, she asked Juno if she could provoke more strife by drawing in bordering towns, though Juno refused as it would draw the attention of Jupiter and that she would manage the rest of the war herself.

## Equipment

**Scourge**: Alecto and the Erinyes all wield enchanted brass-studded scourges created by the Elder Cyclopes, which they use in physically torturing those damned to the Fields of Punishment in the underworld. It possesses similar properties to the death scythes wielded by reapers, which allow it to damage the target's body and soul simultaneously.

## Quotes

**Alecto**: "*Good job, redblood! You made it all this way! But, I have got to send you back to daddy, now. Nothing personal!*"
**Zagreus**: "*Wish you could join me, Alecto. Want me to put in a good word with Father next time, so you can come visit us at the House yourself?*"
**Alecto**: "*Oh, you know, I'd rather have my eyes put out, but thanks for offering! Now, time to head on home.*"
— Alecto to Zagreus

## Trivia

* Her name "Alecto" means "implacable, endless, or unceasing anger".
* 465 Alekto, a main-belt asteroid, is named after Alecto.
* Alecto prefers cats over dogs and tea over coffee.
* Due to a past "disagreement", Alecto is semi-banned from entering Hades' palace.
* Alecto was among the first female students to graduate from Harvard's Mathematics Program.
* Rumors said that Alecto is the Erinys with the highest amount of - secret - war crimes, though this rumor is neither confirmed nor denied by any chthonic god.
* Despite popular belief, Alecto wasn't the Erinys who chased Orestes for his crimes, but rather, it was her sister Tisiphone, who avenges victims of murder, especially of parricide.