and chose which one to rule.
But to be ruler of the Underworld
you must choose never to live
on Olympus with the other Gods.
A Realization
‘Hades chose to live here?’
I asked Styx, in confusion.
It was a realm more difficult
than skies or sea could ever be.
‘He did not want Olympus,’
Styx told me softly,
‘and he wanted nothing
to do with his brothers after the war.’
I looked at Styx now,
but she was staring
at the frame of the young God
as he walked surefooted ahead.
‘Did he fight?’ I asked.
She turned to me sharply now.
‘Hekate, not all of us had a choice. Hades had to
fight. But he regretted it deeply.
I remember his feet soaked in
the golden blood of all his loved ones.
I think it was then he decided
to work only with the dead.’
I stared at the shape before us,
silently making his way into the inferno.
He was so unafraid,
but there was an ancient sadness there.
Something told me clearly
