“Traffic on the Styx is up — the dead are restless and talkative, and the ferry runs late. The obol is still sacred.”
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Common · One of 400
Charon
“No coin, no crossing — the Greeks put coins in mouths for three thousand years because of him.”
A Ferry legend of Spirits & Nymphs
2 known connections · an open question
The living story
The story so far
Charon has ferried the dead across the Styx since the first burial, charging one obol — the Greeks' funeral custom exists because of his fare schedule. He ferried Heracles (who scared him), Orpheus (who sang), and Psyche (who had cakes).
Happening now
Traffic is up — the dead are restless and talkative, and the ferry runs late. Charon has doubled his shifts and raised nothing; the obol is sacred.
What may come
He once refused the unburied, leaving them to wander the banks a century. The policy stands; the wanderers wait.
Connected
Whispers about Charon
Spirits & Nymphs
Gods of the small hours: rivers, winds, dreams, and thresholds. They were old before the Olympians had names.
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At a glance — details & stats
- Element
- Ferry
- Faction
- Spirits & Nymphs — the in-between
- Rarity
- Common
- Personality
- The ferryman of the Styx, who carries souls across for a single obol.
- Edition
- One of 400
- Stats
- power 60 · speed 55 · charm 75