''Styx''

By Crusader1307

The Grecian mythical River ''Styx'' was the ''physical barrier'' between The World of The Living and The Dead. Traversed only via a ''fare'' to an immortal Ferryman, deceased Souls were then allowed to be conveyed to Hades (The Underworld). Earlier versions place Styx as an actual Goddess (personified as The River). After The War with The Titans, all those Immortals who sided with them, needed to swear an Oath to Styx (in proxy to Zeus). Much later still, Styx would take on a more ominous take (Middle Ages), especially with Italian Writer and satirist Dante. His ''Inferno'', which details a ''Journey into Hell'', showed The River as a ''vile and foul'' water – where The Souls of Thieves and others, forever ''drown'', always attempting to ''grab'' something (or someone) to escape. In this form, styx was seen as a form of ''punishment''.