Rivers of Hell was RE: IN> The River of Blood

Randy Finder, SAINT Corporation finderrj at saintcorporation.com
Wed Jun 4 13:45:59 CDT 2008


According to Wikipedia, the five rivers of Hades are Acheron (the river
of sorrow), Cocytus (lamentation), Phlegethon (fire), Lethe
(forgetfulness) and Styx (hate).

I don't know if there is anything close to a Canon arrangement for the
rivers of Hell, the only other time I've seen something involving the
rivers was in Prodigal's Gone to Graveyards fiction.
(http://www.sjgames.com/in-nomine/articles/inc-new/Misc-I/Fiction/gtgv4.
html)

"The journey was long and unpleasant, but thankfully uneventful. The
Styx eventually reached the mouth of the Acheron, and from there it was
just a matter of remembering to take the eventual fork that was the
Cocytus rather than the Phlegtheon, and then passing beyond Tartarus
without capturing the notice of any of Vapula's riverborn press gangs.
When the ferry had finally come to ground on the shores of the wasteland
that was Abaddon, the djinn could contain his curiosity no longer."

(And HELLopoly
http://mail.sjgames.com/pipermail/in-nomine-list/2004-May/008403.html)

Phlegethon (fire) obviously flows from and through Shoel.

Lethe (forgetfulness) probably runs through Perdition. It would have
been appropriate for Mariel.

Styx seems appropriate for Baal in Gehenna, but given that it encircles,
perhaps Hades would be more appropriate.

No clue for Acheron or Cocytus...

Randy




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