chapter 4: the Underworld
1: Hoplite Shade
I am Hades, ruler of the unseen realm where the shades of the dead drift in silence. Hermes guides their spirits from the mortal world, while the dark Keres descend upon the dying to claim their souls. Unburied bodies wander, restless and cold, until the living offer blood or honey to grant them peace. Only through remembrance do the dead remain whole in my shadowed domain.
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