Netherworld Endelphia is a mentioned afterlife hell abyss lair location in the Erion Saga book series, this lifeless afterlife hell abyss domain located in the northwestern region of erion, where the souls goes after death who died sinful, this place is intended for the suffering of souls who committed crimes during their lifetime, it is a windy and cold area with the least light received, making it as the darkest place in the erion due to the lack of light in the area as the sun never shown in this place but only a mere shadow of sunset light rays during the sun's go down by the earth time and that is the pinnacle light source for this lair.
Domain Overview[]
Netherworld serves as an afterlife destination after the death of living beings with most of it's inhabitants being individuals who had committed crimes in their life and are forced to live in a state of eternal torment. This place also contains blue Psyher Crystals. These crystals were used to forge both Almacia and Gungnir and in Palace of the Dead they littered the ground as carved skulls. King Odin and Brom were among the few who could forge these into Psypher weapons and Odin more than likely used this to forge his Balor. This realm was ruled by two individuals, Queen Odette the true Ruler and King Gallon who took over when Odette was killed by Gwendolyn. Queen Odette was also the one who created the pathway to allow the living to enter the Netherworld, however her death caused the path to be closed as a contingency. However during Armageddon, Queen Odette's death had the other effect of freeing King Gallon from his chains allowing the former Titanian King Darkova to take over and aided by Beldor's Revenant he began asserting his role as one of the 5 Great Disasters of Armageddon.
Encountered Mobs[]
Conjurer Boltergeist -[]
Dog Ghoul - A Ghoul in the shape of a dog, this ghoul runs across the ground and upon coming close to the player will charge at them with surprising speed. It is invincible provided it is not near either a candle bearer or in the effect field of a Shine Potion. Can be destroyed with a single strike.
Fish Ghoul - A ghoul in the shape of a floating fish. It will swim in the air aimlessly, but upon coming close to a player will charge at them with an open mouth. Because they float they can appear in the air or close to the ground. Similar to the Dog Goul is invincible unless near a candle bearer or the effect field of a Shine Potion. Can be destroyed with a single strike.
Bird Ghoul - A ghoul in the shape of a birds head, it floats high in the air, and when it comes close to the player will stop and perform a high speed dive bomb to inflict damage. They typically are at the top of the map to avoid being attacked despite being invincible. But will still be made vulnerable near candle bearer's or the effect of Shine Potion, Can be destroyed with a single strike.
Halja - The personal servants of Odette, the Halja take the form of a robed figure with no face the hood only showing darkness. They carry a massive sickle, in one hand and a crystal in the other. This Crystal appears to be what holds them together as when attacked their 'body' will fade away but the crystal will move and the body will reform near it. They serve as the original Mini-Boss for the Armies of the Dead prior to Leifthrasir. They often attack by summoning the dead and decapitating or just slicing through them to attack showing they do their duties even if they fight. They can also shoot massive ghastly forms that can be attacked and destroyed. When beaten their bodies turn into centipedes and fall apart.
Background History[]
Nothing is known for sure about the history of Netherworld, but it is been speculated that the Netherworld may have formed during the world's early years of existence and since then, many souls of the living who have died sinful had been brought into this place to be given punishment of suffering for the crimes they have committed in their lifetime, netherworld has been long in existence even before the life first came into existence in the world and every beings who died sinful are being directly sent into this place, if they are proven to commit an enough heavy amount of sins while still living.
The Netherworld along with the Volkenon Lava Pits are the oldest and first places to emerge and form a land formation that comprises the continent of Erion, the age of their rocks and soils are estimated to be around 3.5 billion to 2.5 billion years old making these two places the oldest and the first ones to exist during erion's tectonic plates development evolution for millions of years that led to it's formation appearance to become a continental land.
Topography[]
Netherworld features a range of high feet plateau mountains with cracks separating the mountain lands by piece with steep sides that somewhat resembles of a ravine appearance, that mostly referred as "abyss" by most people of Erion, a ruin of shrine can be seen on its further western ascending top from the ascending of dirt path walk coming from the beneath of cracks of plateau mountains that serves as the palace for its death queen that also acts as lair guardian keeper.
Climate[]
Netherworld has a continental winter weather of little to almost no hot weather, it is mostly cold and dry area at the same time, this region receives the least sunlight of any places in Erion.
Main Playable Characters Visits[]
Book 1: The Valkyrie[]
Gwendolyn: This dungeon serves as final dungeon for Gwendolyn. She came here to retrieve the lost Oswald, whose soul has been sold to Odette in exchange of the power of Belderiver. As she fights her way through, Gwendolyn finally realizes that all she need to do is to believe in her own conviction; and that she had fallen in love with Oswald for the first time. Braving all obstacles, Gwendolyn finally faces Queen Odette and after a hard battle, she manages to retrieve her husband.
Book 2: The Pooka Prince[]
Cornelius: This is the first dungeon of Cornelius. After he had been turned into a Pooka, he was cast into the dark Netherworld. After exchanging words with Galleon (unknown to the prince himself) he set out to leave the Netherworld. He was halted by Queen Odette, but he battles her and won. Leaving the dark realm, Cornelius then set his foot into the territory of Aesirs, the Ragnanival.
Book 3: The Fairy Land[]
Mercedes: Mercedes came here, under the lead of the sorcerer Beldor to retrieve Brom, who had been cast into the Netherworld as a punishment because he refuses to forge any Belderiver. She seeks Brom to find a way upgrading her Psypher, Tasla so it may withstand the power of Balor; King Odin's Psypher.
Book 4: The Black Sword[]
Oswald: Oswald was taken here by the halja from the ringford kingdom as his time proclaimed by it being "over" and the halja wants his soul in exchange for the power in his psypher, he was transported to the Netherworld after his foster father's defeat and death along his forces against Mercedes, when he was brought in this lifeless domain, he hears some souls talking towards him saying that he was a ruthless murderer and they all exactly remembers his weapon how it killed them and some of them even wishing him to have a chance to fall out on the abyss of the Netherworld prison so that he could come up and join with them as a soul, most of these souls who talks towards him are likely the soldiers of Ragnanivals that he have killed, as he wonders the prison of the Netherworld he spotted Brom as he share the same prison location as he does, as they met, Brom tell Oswald a truth about his real parents before he was found and raised by his adopted father, Oswald made his way through this place to leave as he reaches its shrine he encounters Queen Odette which he totally fight with, however since his weapon had a curse coming from the death queen, it makes her immune from the inflict damage of Oswald's psypher belderiver.
Book 5: Fate[]
Velvet: Velvet travels in this place to acquire the prophecy poem from King Gallon who was imprisoned in the Netherworld that tells the exact details of the upcoming scenes accurately that we're predicted in the prophecy's poem written by King Gallon himself, this was suggested by Skuldi to her, and Velvet hopes to learn the truth with accuracy of the poem by acquiring the poem directly from it's author King Gallon, as the foretold things about the poem were distorted much in the passing of the story by mouth.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- All of the main playable characters come here at one point in their story.
- Netherworld may be based on Niflheim in Norse Mythology. To say 'go to Hel' means to die, and Niflheim in Norse Mythology is attested as a realm of the dead; souls who were living their live unnoticable and died not in honor was prisoned here. Queen Odette may mirror the mistress of Niflheim, Hel.
- Halja; the name of the field boss in Netherworld, is theorized as the Proto-Germany name of Hel.
- The netherworld is also featured in another Vanillaware game, Dragon's Crown were the player have to defeat hordes of demons and their king.
♦ Odin Sphere Locations ♦
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Continent/World
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Capitals
♦ Nebulapolis ♦ Ringford Palace ♦ Titanian Palace ♦ Valentine Palace ♦ Netherworld Shrine ♦ Inferno King's Shrine ♦ | |