I can see how Darkness is Oblivion for these children of Yelmalio (Halamalao?). As Annilla may be the daughter of Yelm and the Styx, there is certainly a mystic cult of Blue Elves where the cycle of the Blue Streak is a symbol of Elvish Reincarnation.
IMC, a Troll fell in the Styx during a Quest for Secrets beneath the Earth and he drank three drops of the liquid which seemd to be poisonous. He conceived a child recently (the parents don't know yet if the child is Enlo or Uz). I wonder if the child could be inhabited by a Dehori or by the memories of an elf...
The virgilian Philip Hibbs said:
> In Greek mythology, the other rivers are Lethe, Acheron, Cocytus and
> Phlegethon. I thought Mnemesyne was one, but I'm not sure.
The (Pyre-)phlegethon is the name I give IMC to Tanian's Flamesea (Umaliath?) and the Stygian Firebergs. There is also Lodril's Realm, inhabited by Salamanders, Magma-Mostali and Crimson Trolls.
In Hell, we also found a Dantesque Icy Cocytus (Ninth Circle of Perjurers IIRC): the Crystalshard River (also called Inora's Chilling Tears) which contains frozen memories of the past. Only Horils can swim there.
Mnemosyne as an opposite to Lethe is Daliath's Spring. As Daliath is Purification, the Pyrephlegethon could be a tributary.
I have problems with the aspect of Styx as Garrotte of the Oathbreakers. That sounds too Greek and the mythical explanation is a little weak.
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