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Aidoneus handed over his coin and spoke gently to the dead. “See? I pay. Same as you. Our greatest difference is that you cannot go back from whence you came. Your lives are over, so what have you to fear now?” Ω “Tartarus!” The dark haired woman burst into tears. Ω “You’re not going there, Cassia, of Knossos. Nor you, Meriones, of Knossos. Despite what your priests tell you about my judgements, it is rare that I damn a soul to Tartarus. Not even you, Hippolytos, son of Atreus.” Ω The hoplite’s lip trembled. “A-Ares in all h-his glory—” Ω “Isn’t here…

I am your lord god, Hades Aidoneus Chthonios. From this day until the day you are reborn.”

— The Good Counselor, Chapter 5

by Rachel Alexander