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[[File:ACR DLC-7-ferryman.png|thumb|250px|Depiction of Charon in the [[Animus]] [[Black Room]] ]] | [[File:ACR DLC-7-ferryman.png|thumb|250px|Depiction of Charon in the [[Animus]] [[Black Room]] ]] | ||
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It was customary for the dead to be given a coin or couple to pay Charon his fee. The [[Sparta]]n [[Mercenary| | It was customary for the dead to be given a coin or couple to pay Charon his fee. The [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] offered some for [[Podarkes]]' journey at his funeral.<ref name="A Night to Remember">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[A Night to Remember (Odyssey)|A Night to Remember]]</ref> | ||
This tradition was also observed by [[Pothinus]], a member of the [[Order of the Ancients]] during the 1st century BCE in [[Egypt]], placing a coin in his own mouth as the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] killed him<ref name="Battle of the Nile">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Battle of the Nile]]</ref>, as well as by [[Jacob Frye]], a [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British]] [[Assassins|Assassin]] who gave his target [[Philip Twopenny]] a coin "for the path of the dead."<ref name="A Bad Penny">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Bad Penny]]</ref> | This tradition was also observed by [[Pothinus]], a member of the [[Order of the Ancients]] during the 1st century BCE in [[Egypt]], placing a coin in his own mouth as the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] killed him<ref name="Battle of the Nile">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' – [[The Battle of the Nile]]</ref>, as well as by [[Jacob Frye]], a [[British Brotherhood of Assassins|British]] [[Assassins|Assassin]] who gave his target [[Philip Twopenny]] a coin "for the path of the dead."<ref name="A Bad Penny">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[A Bad Penny]]</ref> | ||
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Charon is a figure in Greek mythology, believed to be the one to carry the souls of the dead over the river Styx.
Influence
It was customary for the dead to be given a coin or couple to pay Charon his fee. The Spartan misthios Kassandra offered some for Podarkes' journey at his funeral.[1]
This tradition was also observed by Pothinus, a member of the Order of the Ancients during the 1st century BCE in Egypt, placing a coin in his own mouth as the Medjay Bayek of Siwa killed him[2], as well as by Jacob Frye, a British Assassin who gave his target Philip Twopenny a coin "for the path of the dead."[3]
In the Animus Black Room version of Clay Kaczmarek's memories, both the river Styx as well as Charon were represented.[4]
Trivia
- Charon is not named in the games nor the books, except as a Helix Store-exclusive lieutenant for the ship Adrestia in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, being referred to only as The Ferryman.
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- The Lost Archive (statue only)
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (mentioned only)