Ghosts and Ghostly Things

Ghosts and Ghostly Things

Melinoe

Dreams. Dreams being sucked out of the Middleworld. The worst part of her job was going to the Styx, she had to fish out remnants of ghosts. Possession was a common thing down in the Underworld. Besides her parents, there where only a few people Melinoe trusted. Her trust was very thin, she wasn't allowed into the Middleworld and her only fun is poking fun at inmates in Tartarus. The only people she could full trust where Acheron, the Spirit of the River of Pain. He understood the pain Melinoe felt being excluded from the world. Epiales, the daemon of nightmares and Thanatos, God of Death.

Melinoe was in a bloody feud with some people in the Underworld. For example, she is in a war over property with Pyriphlegethon, the river of eternal flames. The constantly fight and even Hades cannot end it. Melinoe only wanted to feel like she belonged, she was just "The Minor of Minor Gods" according to Hecate, who also hates Melinoe and even jinxed her cave with a Spider jinx, making her turn into a ghostly spider. This was not how Melinoe wanted to be treated.

The Styx made her reflect on her life. She never really did anything... spectacular. All she did on a day-to-day basis was be careful of unruly ghosts and hault possession. She wasn't necessary to the Underworld deities. Now was her chance to prove herself. If she could stop an epidemic, she'd be respected again.

Sinking her pale immortal hand into the river, she clasped a cold, metal object. A pocket watch with the inscription "Always my dear one -Loreen". Melinoe never got emotional about the dead. It was her way of life.

-WIP