[Location: Palace of Hades, Underworld]
The realm of the Underworld was unlike anything ever imagined by mankind.
It was not a place of screaming souls and rivers of flame, nor was it a pit of endless punishment crafted for fear. Those were crude mortal interpretations—shadows cast by ignorance upon a truth far older and far colder.
The Underworld was still.
Though it was divided into many regions:
— Asphodel Meadows: Gloomy plains for ordinary souls.
— Tartarus: The deepest, darkest pit for eternal punishment.
— Elysium/Elysian Fields: A blissful area for heroes and the good souls, where the palace resided.
— Palace of Hades: A golden palace where Hades and Persephone held court, in Elysium, a paradise section.
Other than these, the rest of the realm was covered by the five rivers, being:
— Styx: The principal river, forming a boundary and the site of unbreakable oaths.
— Lethe: The river of forgetfulness, causing souls to lose memories of their past lives.
