He even appealed to Persephone that his wife never gave him a proper funeral.
The Fields of Punishment are fields of complete and brutal torture for souls of people who have done extreme wrongs in their lifetime. The Fields of Punishment Main article: Fields of Punishment Now there is a select group of judges that rotate regularly. In Greek times, a man named King Rhadamanthus judged the dead and was later joined by King Aeacus and King Minos. Annabeth mentions William Shakespeare and Thomas Jefferson being some of the other judges. One of the three judges is known, King Minos.
Once a spirit enters the Underworld, it enters the Pavilion, where three spirits judge them and put them in a certain place, according to their actions during life. Judgment Pavilion Main article: Judgment Pavilion Also, swearing on the River Styx is the most serious oath you can make. His vulnerable point was in the small of his back. Getting the idea from Nico di Angelo, Percy Jackson used the river to become invincible so he could defeat Kronos.
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His weakness was a small bit of skin just under his left arm. Luke Castellan used the river to be able to host Kronos. There is also a place on the human heel that is called the "Achilles Tendon", mainly because that is what scientists discovered and named with Achilles. Thus the saying "Achilles' Heel" came to be because he was defeated in his vulnerable spot, his heel. In ancient history, Achilles used the Styx to become invincible (His mother, Thetis, held him by his heel to keep him anchored to the mortal world, dipping him into the river.) Since the river is so powerful, the person bathing in it has to pick one vulnerable spot on their body to make sure they are anchored to their human life, or else they will dissolve into the river. River Styx Main article: River StyxĬharon's ferry floats along this river on its way to the main gate on the Walls of Erebos. The exact locations of these entrances are unknown. Hades can use his keys for creating and closing the gates to the Underworld almost at will. While the above entrances are the main ways to get into the Underworld, there are other ways to get out as shown in The Demigod Files. More specifically, the entrance at the River Styx where Charon awaits them. When Percy reads the text aloud "Woe to all depraved souls," a bit of the ground next to the sign crumbles away, leaving an entrance to the Underworld. On the letter "H" of Hollywood, there is an Ancient Greek text. In the film adaptation of The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson and his friends enter the Underworld through the Hollywood Sign, following the map given to them by Luke Castellan. Unfortunately after Thanatos was captured, Gaea managed to chain down the Doors of Death in Tartarus use them to allow monsters to quickly reform and souls to return to the land of the living, such as Medea, King Midas, and Phineas. However, he claims that the doors aren't in a physical place and normally only he knows where they are. The Doors of Death act as way for Thanatos to quickly enter and exit the Underworld. The Doors of Death Main article: Doors of Death It lets out behind the main gates, therefore being more direct to Hades' palace. Music is required to open this door and Percy Jackson and Nico di Angelo used it in The Last Olympian with Grover Underwood's reed pipes. Orpheus created it to retrieve the dead spirit of his wife, Eurydice. The Door of Orpheus is a lesser-known entrance, which stands in Central Park, New York. Door of Orpheus Main article: Door of Orpheus Once they pass Cerberus, they cannot leave. The souls must pass by Cerberus toward their afterlife. On that shore, Cerberus, a three-headed dog born from the monsters Echidna and Typhon stands guard. He takes them into an elevator and heads down, where they sail across the River Styx toward the opposite shore. The entrance is managed by Charon, the reaper of souls. 1.5 Other Entrances/Exits to the UnderworldĮntrances DOA Recording Studios Main article: DOA Recording Studios.