Dark Is Not Evil: While the chthonic gods are dark and intimidating, most are at worst neutral or nice individuals who hold unsavory domains because someone has to personify death or darkness.

This ranges from Nyx's constantly cool demeanor, even when you have crossed a line with her, to Thanatos's dramatic arrival, involving tinting the area in green light, the sound of bells and a catchphrase about the inescapability of death.

Cold Ham: While the Olympians are full-blown Large Hams, the chthonic gods tend to lean more towards this.

There's even an administrative office that Zagreus can gain access to (and he even tried to work there himself, with disastrous results).

Despite the focus on the afterlife, it's still very much a bureaucracy with a lot of paperwork involved. Meanwhile, Thanatos is in charge of delivering the souls of those who died peaceful deaths, and the Furies punish those who committed particular crimes in life. Charon ferries dead souls down the River Styx (after Hermes delivers them to him), Hypnos keeps track of new arrivals, and Hades himself decides where the dead will be placed, determines any punishments, and listens to their claims. Celestial Bureaucracy: Many of these gods have roles that contribute to running the Underworld and managing the souls of the dead.Making things even worse is that Hades is on very bad terms with Zeus and Poseidon, and gets incredibly angry when Zeus asks Zagreus to pass on a message that he 'forgives' Hades. It's telling something when all of the chthonic gods can help in the battle against Hades. Finally, the gods are all tangentially related to each other, including Zag to most of Olympus. Nyx, the woman who raised Zagreus, also has her misgivings. Zagreus hates his father Hades, and his birth mother Persephone is up in Greece, refusing to return to the Underworld. Big, Screwed-Up Family: The original Big Screwed-Up Family, predating even the infamous Olympians.Or later, Achilles' theory that Zagreus is the personification of blood and life. unless you buy Hades's theory that he's the personification of backtalk. Zagreus appears to be an exception because the story doesn't immediately tell what concept is he the god of.

Anthropomorphic Personification: Many of the chthonic gods in this game are similar to how they are usually depicted in Classical Mythology they are the personifications and representatives of basic concepts such as night (Nyx), sleep (Hypnos), death (Thanatos), etc.Also butterflies for Thanatos, and bats for Megaera.Oh, and he's still utterly devoted to Persephone. Hades for his part is dutiful, hardworking, equally as determined as his son, incredibly distanced to those he distrusts (read: his entire family on Olympus), but in his own way tries to protect his realm it's inhabitants. Zagreus is very outgoing, eager to make friends left and right, determined, impulsive, reckless and can unintentionally overstep boundaries in his desire to help those he cares about (though he strives to make up for it). Aside from their close bind with Cerberus, both have the animal incorporated in their design the shoulder pauldron of three dog skulls for Zagreus, while both the Helmet of Darkness and Gigaros both have a stylized dog face in them.

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