Narrator/Quotes

This details the quotes and dialogue of the illusive Narrator. This will also detail the dialogue he makes for Cerberus. Be aware this page will contain **SPOILERS.**

## Narrator / Story Events

The Narrator is usually the first to comment on story events for Zagreus.

## Narrator / Location Descriptions

The Narrator will often describe the location around in certain rooms, or sections of the house. Zagreus will usually comment, or remark.

Narrator: ***"The infernal wares of the stygian boatman, Charon, lie sprawled about, available for sale to whomever would be willing to quench the boatman's great thirst for riches."***

Zagreus: "That would be me."

- *Upon interacting with the Glint in Charon's Shop.*

Narrator: ***"Beyond the present chamber lies the outermost perimeter of Tartarus, promising terrifying dangers far beyond the Underworld Prince's reckoning."***

Zagreus: "And I can reckon quite a bit."

- *Upon interacting with the Glint in the chamber before the Furies boss fight.*

Narrator: ***"The House of Hades: That dark and lavishly appointed lair of the Underworld's King is home not just to him, but to his willful progeny."***

Zagreus: "You know I can hear you, old man."

- *Upon interacting with the Glint in the Gallery at the House Of Hades.*

## Narrator / Fake Out Endings

When the game ends, the Narrator will detail how gruesomely Zagreus' trip to the surface was with a few endings where he dies anyway. This is likely because the game is still in Early Access, and as of current, has no ending. Will these go away after the game is finished? It's not quite certain yet.

##### Asphodel Ending

[Zagreus] - ***"Thus having stilled the deathless raging of the bone-forged Hydra, willful Zagreus now presses ever forward, upward, toward his goal: the surface, where his long-lost birthmother resides. The myriad of challenges and dangers that await beyond the flame-hot river shall be revealed and overcome upon a later time. Let us imagine that the Prince did not go far, before falling once more into his father's house..."***

*- The only ending for Asphodel's completion. The Asphodel Ending has since been retired.*

##### Elysium Ending

[Zagreus] - ***"Thus having vanquished the heroic king of Athens, willful Zagreus now presses ever forward, upward, toward his goal: the surface, where his long-lost birthmother resides. Our tale of the Underworld Prince is far from finished. But the rest of it shall have to wait until another time."***

*- The first time Zagreus clears Elysium. This line has since been retired.*

[Journey] - ***"The next stage of the Prince's journey to the surface would bring even greater peril and surprise, the likes of which shall have to be described some other time. Imagine, if you will, the Underworld Prince soon meets one of his typical, ignoble deaths."***

*- The second time Zagreus clears Elysium. This line has since been retired.*

[Pretend] - ***"Pretend our deftly-footed Prince did not survive the boastings of the Champion back there."***

*- This line has since been retired.*

[Bloodless] - ***"Then, erm, valiantly striding Zagreus was set upon by seven Bloodless Slam-Dancers, and slain. Or something of the sort."***

*- This line has since been moved to the Temple of Styx Ending.*

[Misfortune] - ***"The burning fields of Asphodel again proved unable to stop the flame-resistant Prince, but then, misfortune struck, just like it always does."***

*- This line has since been retired.*

[Inescapable] - ***"The master of this realm, Lord Hades, states that death is inescapable. There is considerable credence to his claim."***

*- This line has since been moved to the Temple of Styx Ending.*

[Dismay] - ***"Thus did the fate-confronting Prince traverse Elysium, where he discovers to his great dismay such horrors as can only be detailed at some other, later time."***

*- This line has since been retired.*

[Hero] - ***"As hero-thwarting Zagreus approaches perilously closer to the surface, he... perhaps gets caught within a rockfall of some sort."***

*- This line has since been retired.*

[Dangers] - ***"With oft-undocumented dangers of Elysium well behind him, now Prince Zagreus faces an even greater threat... one which I shall get back to you about."***

*- This line has since been retired.*

[Stifling] - ***"So stifling is the thick darkness past Elysium, that the ill-fated Prince there bumps his head extremely hard, and dies."***

*- This line has since been retired.*

[Behind You] - ***"Beyond the splendors of Elysium, the ever-patient Prince shall find his fate, eventually, but not right now, because--oh no, watch out!"***

*- This line has since been retired.*

[Joy] - ***"So joyfully did Zagreus attempt to gain the surface that, why, he just rose too quickly; and we know how that one goes, from Icarus' tale."***

*- This line has since been moved to the Temple of Styx Ending.*

[Victory] - ***"Whilst well within arm's reach of victory, the bull-defeating Prince succumbs to a large pack of sinisterly harmless-seeming rodents."***

*- This line has since been retired.*

##### Temple Of Styx Ending

[Father] - ***"Thus having somehow vanquished his own father, the grim god of the dead, defiant Zagreus is finally set free to seek the hidden place in which his long-lost birthmother resides. How shall that all work out for him? Alas, it is as yet too soon to say. Pretend for now that the Lord Hades absolutely clobbered him."***

*- The first time that Zagreus 'beats the game'.*

[Prince] - ***"Beyond this point, our tale of the Underworld's determined Prince cannot further continue at this time. But time does not stand still, and more, much more, shall someday be revealed... For now, there is no more to say or show from here, so let us say instead that Zagreus was cruelly killed, again."***

*- The second time that Zagreus 'beats the game'.*

*- The following are Endings that are unlocked past **three** clears.*

[Trials] - ***"The trials of Prince Zagreus have only just begun..."***

[Underworld] - ***"Our tale of the Underworld Prince is far from finished. But the rest of it shall have to wait until another time."***

[Defying] - ***"The tale of death-defying Zagreus shall continue at a later time."***

*- The following are Endings that are unlocked past **six** clears.*

[Another] - ***"The oft-impatient Zagreus appears to take repeated deaths in stride, and so, here comes another one for him."***

[Bears] - **"The limitless variety of fauna dwelling on the surface brings to Zagreus no shortage of delight. Though, when he makes an effort to communicate with one, its eyes so full of calm intelligence, he learns that bears are not as gentle as they seem."**

[Beetle] - ***"Just then, erm, how about a very small yet very deadly beetle landed upon Hydra-slaying Zagreus, ending his attempt?"***

[Bloodless] - ***"Then, erm, valiantly striding Zagreus was set upon by seven Bloodless Slam-Dancers, and slain. Or something of the sort."***

[Change] - ***"Imagine that Prince Zagreus experiences some sort of joyous outcome, for a change, in contrast to the arbitrary and unfortunately painful death he shall experience... now."***

[Chariot] - ***"Mere moments from his final victory, the Prince, in his great haste, ignored surveying each side of a rather busy crossing, where a swiftly-passing chariot collided with him, very forcefully."***

[Clever] - ***"The clever-minded Prince again eluded certain death, up to a certain point, but then, predictably made one of his fatal mistakes, again."***

[Complicated] - ***"So complicated is the path to the well-hidden cottage of Persephone that surface-walking Zagreus on this particular occasion sadly zigs instead of zags, plummeting from off a precipice into most-familiar waters…"***

[Confines] - ***"Despite having transcended past the confines of the Underworld yet again, Prince Zagreus proves utterly unable to get past this point."***

[Demises] - ***"The often-dying Prince, having achieved his purpose, then reflects upon his life and deeds, remembering his many past demises with such vivid clarity, that this occurs:"***

[Doom] - ***"Prince Zagreus proceeded onward toward his certain doom, entirely too graphic to describe."***

[Dream] - ***"Having somehow defeated grim Lord Hades in a thrilling fight, Prince Zagreus discovers... it was all a dream! A rather deadly nightmare, actually."***

[Duty] - ***"The duty-shirking Prince then met another of his fated deaths, in fashion best left to imagination."***

[Echo] - **"As he journeys to his mother's cottage in the cold, loudly-speaking Zagreus calls out to hear the echo of his own voice, the blast of sound causing a substantive amount of ice and snow to break off from a nearby mountaintop, and fall, and fall, and..."**

[Flowers] - ***"Having gained the surface once again, Prince Zagreus breathes deeply of the wildflowers, and the roses, and the like, among which one of them contains an allergen so intolerably potent, that it causes this:"***

[Fungus?] - ***"Filled with such confidence, the Prince neglected to avoid, erm, stepping on a toxic strain of fungus, so rare you'd not have heard of it."***

[...Glorious] - ***"There are a myriad of tales to be told, of both great deeds and of vainglorious defeats, and this has been a tale that falls somewhere in the middle, overall."***

[Goat] - ***"Horned creatures are familiar to Zagreus, having fought countless Satyrs and the like; but he discovers, this time, that not even Satyrs possess the sheer, ferocious power of a startled mountain-goat..."***

[Horrifying] - ***"Beyond this point lies such a horrifying fate that we had better speak no more of it for now."***

[Ideas] - ***"He cannot kill me like this every time, believes the Underworld Prince. He shall eventually have no more ideas. But the Prince, as often is the case, is wrong."***

[Inescapable] - ***"The master of this realm, Lord Hades, states that death is inescapable. There is considerable credence to his claim."***

[Joy] - ***"So joyfully did Zagreus attempt to gain the surface that, why, he just rose too quickly; and we know how that one goes, from Icarus' tale."***

[Mundanity] - ***"Having achieved his goal, the Underworld Prince discovers that the mortal realm is utterly bereft of the life-threatening excitement to which he has grown accustomed, and the lack of anything of note to do, the sheer mundanity, results in this:"***

[Not This] - ***"One of these days, or nights, not so very long from now, the Prince may finally traverse beyond this point. And then, what shall become of him and I? Well, hopefully, not this:"***

[Peel] - ***"In his great hurry to explore the country-side, the hapless-footed Prince steps on the peel of a most-exotic sallow-colored fruit, and tumbles backward with such sudden, violent force that you-know-what occurs."***

[Precipice] - ***"The never-learning Zagreus then... carelessly fell off a precipice, or something, plunging him into the rapids of the Styx."***

[Rather Good] - ***"The Underworld Prince is getting rather good at this. But let us say he perished anyhow."***

[Serpents] - ***"Snakes and serpents rank amongst the creatures somewhat known to Zagreus, due to their presence in the Underworld. So it is with delight that he approaches one upon the surface, greeting it as a familiar friend. It greets him venomously back, using its fangs."***

[Setbacks] - ***"Having ventured successfully much farther than before, the surface-seeking Prince encounters setbacks far too hideous to be described."***

[Shiver] - ***"After defeating his lord father, yet again, Prince Zagreus begins to shiver, and catch cold. And, as is well known, there sadly is no cure for such a thing."***

[Spears?] - ***"Alas, the wisely-spoken Zagreus... stumbled upon a pit of deadly spears, perhaps?"***

[Spines] - ***"Amid the wondrous ever-springing garden of Persephone, Prince Zagreus discovers a greenish plant of some sort, supple-skinned and covered all in spines, a bit too small to see, until it is too late..."***

[Splendid] - ***"Having already seen the splendid cottage of Persephone sufficient times, the stubborn Underworld Prince nevertheless attempts to go there once again. Although, his memory of it shall have to do."***

[Steam] - ***"Just when his victory was all but certain, a fissure opens underneath the feet of the ill-fated Prince, and from it vents a cloud of superheated water-vapor; steam, as it is known! And probably you know what happens next."***

[Sure...] - ***"The favor-doing Zagreus then walks into a chamber, black as night, but with a blood-red pool, and from it comes a voice which says: Would you mind diving in these waters, Prince? To which the Prince replies, Oh! Sure."***

[Tale] - ***"One might suppose the Prince's tale most likely ends akin to other tales of the heroes of our time, like so:"***

[Telling] - ***"...I have no new tales left to tell. But do not think that you have won, Prince Zagreus... for any tale worth telling... is a tale worth telling again, and again, and again. Bye-Bye!"***

[Tenacious] - ***"Once more, tenacious Zagreus achieves his lofty goal, and just as every time before, except with some sort of new twist of Fate, perhaps, he goes a little distance, then dies."***

[Tool] - ***"As he explores the wonders of the world, Prince Zagreus discovers a quaint farm, in which he carelessly trespasses, stepping on a farming-tool, which swoops up and strikes him in the forehead, fatally."***

[Transgress] - ***"The hint-ignoring Prince again attempted to transgress, to no avail, into domains not yet prepared for his arrival."***

[Unrelenting] - ***"The unrelenting Underworld Prince again vainly attempted to proceed beyond the current limits of this tale."***

[Variety] - ***"Although there are innumerable ways for one to die, our danger-seeking Prince has come to know a sizable variety."***

[Victory] - ***"Reflecting on his victory, Prince Zagreus observes how death can take hold in so many different ways, at times quite slowly, and at other times--"***

[Waiting] - ***"Upon the surface realm, the mortal-loving Prince would doubtless find that death still comes in a variety of different forms. One of the most common, yet perhaps least interesting, involves simply waiting... long... enough... until..."***

[Wall] - ***"Just then, the carefree-running Underworld Prince runs headlong into a thick and deadly wall of stone, painted to look like the way out."***

[Zagreus] - ***"Thus, having once more gained the surface of his grim-faced father's realm beneath the earth, resourceful Zagreus makes his way toward the one-time abode of radiant Persephone. It is a journey of considerable distances, which he has already completed many times, and which has always ended in the same result. So... imagine he made it there with just time enough to water the crops and tidy up a bit before..."***

## Cerberus / 'Conversations' With Zagreus

Cerberus resides in the House Of Hades and the Temple. So naturally, there is some back and forth between Zagreus and his faithful companion.