[Hades] Zagreus finally finds out who hired Skelly

Spoilers, obviously.

[marilode]

the way that they are voiced by the same voice actor is just so funny for me HAHAHA

[snakething]

“What’s his angle?” Cut to Charon sitting in a bathtub full of gold coins.

[Irish_Ian]

Skelly: Nice try Boyo
Zags: So you have chosen life.

[stephenkenney]

Don't think I've ever seen someone threatened with non-violence in a video game before!

[cozmo]

“Please boyo have mercy!”

“You will have nothing BUT mercy!”

[pipedream]

I love that Zag gets a tiny bit shouty one time and then defaults to pleading and then prying and then his own form of "threats"
The most intense this boyo gets is still so soft spoken and I love it

[RS-rylp]

Charon: “We’re gonna get rich Hermes.”
Hermes: “No, we’re gonna get rich quick.”

[galvasthehighlordoftheumbr]

Two minutes and three seconds of a potentially-masochistic skeleton being interrogated

[mothmanisthebest]

Charon is a smart business man. Charon is sent Skelly to train Zagreus to get through the multiple layers of Hades. Specifically, Charon wants to have Zagreus as a constant customer. In order to pass through the multiple layers of Hades, Zagreus will occasionally come across Charon’s shop, approximately seven in the entire game, and not to mention, the smaller Charon wells in certain chambers.

[ICHBinCOOLERalsJeman]

Charon being a total bro by secretly setting events into motion that would get his bro back together with his family, despite his claim that it would be best for everyone if they stayed seperate.

[topazprism]

Skelly: promise not to tell anyone!
Ferroxus: Trust me, I won't!

*uplaods to youtube in front of 127k+ viewers*

[detrimidexta]

Oh my, that's why you can't use Companion Rib in Charon's boss fight! Skelly won't go against his employer!

[FSplashie]

Zagreus: You're gonna tell me everything. Right now.
Skelly: No.
Zagreus: Please?
Skelly: No.
Zagreus: Please?
Skelly: No.
Zagreus: Please?
Skelly: No.
Zagreus: No violence then

[harryguidotti]

Ah. It seems so obvious now. I feel like I should've known. Also "So help me, Skelly! If you don't tell me who you're working for, there will be no more violence between us, ever!" Such a golden line.

[mastermage]

It was actually very, VERY obvious who sent Skelly in there from the start. The Clue was always there: The coin in Skelly's Mouth, aka "Charon's Obdol". It is the "fee" the dead pay the Ferryman (Charon) to get a ride across Styx, but since Skelly still has his means that Charon hasn't taken his fee yet as he has a "task" for Skelly to do before he is done with him.

[BreadKrumb]

Right after this: "HEY EVERYONE GUESS WHO SKELLY'S WORKING FOR?"

[animegamer]

Defo Because Charon makes a killing of all of zags Escape Attempts
Truly A great Business man

[mattbrownsvideothing]

I love that this is, like, 100 hours into the game, too. And Skelly is such a minor character. They didn't have to do this. They did it because they truly care about their work and enjoy it. It's why Supergiant is the very best developer out there.

[cydude]

I like how the game alludes to Charon's enigmatic status in mythology. Charon has always been associated with the chthonic gods despite never being explained. He's just the boatman.

Charon isn't born from another chthonic god either like Thanatos or Hypnos are. It's like Charon was always there. Like there couldn't be an underworld without him.

And yet he acts as though he's just doing a job. He doesn't have a deal with Hades or any other god, he's just the boatman. People respect him because he does his job well, and they don't mess with him, presumably because if they did he could take them to Tartarus.

In the game Charon feels similar to Chaos, in that he assists Zagreus from a neutral perspective. The gods assist him because they want something from him, but the only want Charon ever seems to show is a want for money. Charon just wants to be payed for his job.

Maybe Charon is doing his job by helping Zagreus. Perhaps Charon recognizes that the family needs Zagreus to escape, and so he uses his surprising amount of power to help that goal.

I love Charon. I almost immediately got him to max hearts, and I just wanted to honor the character with this little comment analysis.

[lioncourtdeluded]

So Charon is a shipper that wants his OTP back together. Got it.