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Incomplete Codex of Encountered Surface Denizens by Zagreus, Prince of the Underworld by reptilianraven
Fandoms: Hades (Video Game 2018)
17 Dec 2020
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NARRATOR: After many visits to the surface, the Prince of the Underworld decides to take on a harrowing challenge unlike any other he has faced, one that is so deadly and perilous that only fools attempt it, a venture that could very well lead to one’s demise. The Prince decides to write.
ZAGREUS: Oh, come on. Writing has never killed anybody...Wait, has it?
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Zagreus catalogs the creatures he meets on the surface. Or something like that.
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01 Sep 2025
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we should improve the underworld somewhat by reptilianraven
Fandoms: Hades (Video Game 2018)
20 Dec 2020
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“Fishershade, there you are!” The Prince waves enthusiastically at you, inexplicably recognizing your lack of a face from every other shade who looks exactly the same. “I’m so glad you found your way here, the conversation I had with you inspired this.”
The shades around you turn to look in your direction, murmuring among themselves. Embarrassed, you float right up the Prince and hiss. “And what is this, exactly?” You gesture frantically at the island.
“It’s a place where the Asphodel shades can come together and stave off boredom through, well, whatever activities you folks want to do,” The Prince says. “It’s a Community Center.”
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You, a long dead shade, may have inadvertently caused the Prince of the Underworld to create a Community Center in Asphodel.
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01 Sep 2025
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Zagreus is in a committed relationship with both Death Incarnate and the Fury who has tried to kill him many times. Somehow its working out.
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01 Feb 2022
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Thanatos always remembers. How Zagreus’s touch is so warm against his skin, how just the brush of his fingertips over the flesh of his arm ignites his senses.
He knows himself to be the opposite: cold, in more ways than one. There’s no warmth in his own arms, his fingers more like the ice Zagreus is just barely now experiencing.
He’s cold, in the silence that he finds comfort in and how the way Zag so easily smiles isn’t something just as easy to him.
And that he’s selfish; Thanatos wants everything that Zagreus is, every piece of him.
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29 Jan 2022
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Kore knew nothing of death, beyond it being a fate her father had suffered.
Persephone knew death intimately, and the grief that came alongside it.
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23 Nov 2021
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Aphrodite has a gift for Thanatos that he accepts with Megaera’s help, and the two of them are given a glimpse into Zagreus' feelings for both of them. Aphrodite, of course, takes pleasure in being the messenger.
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22 Nov 2021
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Zagreus hates parchmentwork and Thanatos is very good at getting him away from it.
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07 Nov 2021
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Thanatos and Zagreus' sex life fizzled out before it ever really started. Than knows he's the problem- he just needs the confidence to act on his true desires.
Or, Thanatos tops Zagreus for the first time and gets like... really into it.
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26 Oct 2021
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“Is a love unrequited not the purest form in the world?” Ares asked, pointedly. “To love unbidden, knowing that you will receive nothing in return. To love purely because there is no other option, unsullied by discontent and ulterior forces. Tell me, Thanatos, is that not good?"
Or, Thanatos is in love, and does not know how to say it. Zagreus is too busy trying to undermine his father to stop and listen.
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22 Oct 2021
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Zagreus can feel Achilles' mortal rage and grief through Varathra, the Eternal Spear.
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07 Aug 2021
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There are many nuances to the culture of the realm of the dead that Achilles has yet to fully grasp. As with all things, though, better understanding does come with time.
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06 Aug 2021
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When Megaera falls ill with a strange affliction, she tries to keep it secret, especially from Zagreus. But as her condition worsens and becomes harder to hide, she realizes she can't keep him at arm's length forever. Sooner or later, something's got to give.
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05 Aug 2021
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Fics in the same "continuity" featuring Than/Zag/Meg ♡
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05 Aug 2021
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Death is impartial. Death is unchanging. Death only takes.
Thanatos never forgets himself nor his station. But he's inexorably drawn to the life in Zagreus like a moth to a flame. And if he ever strays from his path, if it's for that—if it's for him—Thanatos is willing to try.
A character study where Thanatos's love for Zagreus is for the ages.
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24 Jul 2021
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Thanatos' heart lies outside his body.
Styx takes Zagreus’ pieces from Thanatos’ grasp and makes him whole once more. It takes longer than he thinks it ought, for flesh to knit and soul to settle into its place; for the woven multicolored thread of Zagreus’ life to be re-spun, knotted over like scar tissue, and the next first beat of Zagreus’ heart to resound in Thanatos’ breast.
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24 Jul 2021
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When exalted shades in Elysium are emboldened and corrupted by Zagreus’ combination of boons, the unthinkable happens for the first time within hundreds of runs, and Zagreus is assaulted. Shocked to find himself traumatised by anything at all, he begins to avoid Elysium at all costs, and others begin to notice…
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24 Jul 2021
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Hades places one hand over Zag’s head, careful to make the touch soft, barely noticeable. He doubts he’s ever done this, pat his son on the head. Or touched him at all in a manner that did not hurt him. Not in years at least.
(I’m sorry, he does not say.)
With his other hand, he snaps his fingers.
Or: Zagreus is cursed to forget each time he dies.
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24 Jul 2021
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To the naked eye they look no different from ordinary trinkets, lucky charms perhaps, simple objects the dead often keep on them in the grave.
Maybe they are. Maybe it’s Zagreus that makes them hold power.
(concept: god's keepsakes and blessings change zagreus' appearance and behavior during an escape. thanatos takes notice.)
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24 Jul 2021