Charon

He who increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. This article contains spoilers, meaning it has information and facts concerning recent or upcoming releases from the Assassin's Creed series. If you do not want to know about these events, it is recommended to read on with caution, or not at all. This template should be removed from the article September 6, 2019.

Patience, brothers. Soon we will reveal the secrets of The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades. This article has been identified as being out of date. Please update the article to reflect recent releases and then remove this template once done.

This article is a stub. You can help Assassin's Creed Wiki by expanding it.

Depiction of Charon in the Animus Black Room

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.

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, as well as by Jacob Frye, a British Assassin who gave his target Philip Twopenny a coin "for the path of the dead."

In the Animus Black Room version of Clay Kaczmarek's memories, both the river Styx as well as Charon were represented.

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)
  • The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades