Charon's Guidance

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Charon's Guidance
Item Information
Type	Scythe
Origin	YGGDRASIL
Users	Surshana (Formerly) Antilene Heran Fouche (Formerly)
Debut Information
Light Novel	Overlord Volume 04
Anime	Overlord II Episode 1

Charon's Guidance (カロンの導き) is a weapon of the Six Great Gods that hailed from YGGDRASIL.

Description

A God-kin by the name of Antilene Heran Fouche is an owner and wielder of this weapon. Prior to her possession, this item belonged to the God of Death, Surshana. However, the weapon and its wielder were claimed by the Sorcerer Kingdom in a skirmish in the Elf Country.

Appearance

A war scythe that bears a great resemblance to a cross-shaped spear.

Abilities

Though it is unknown what type of item it is, according to its current/former wielder Antilene, the scythe could easily part walls and floors in its path. Additionally it was made from a metal that had yet to be discovered by the Theocracy. It was extremely tough and possessed great offensive strength fit for a god.

The item enabled the wielder to cast various spells, allowing them to choose among them and use them five times every four hours such as:

• Death: An 8th tier spell that can be used on a single target each time. Though the scythe can only do so two times every eight hours.
• Undead Flame: Surrounds the target in an aura of mystical flames made of negative energy which will engulf the enemy when they make contact.
• Undead Avoidance: A spell which protect the wielder from undead without intelligence.
• Create Undead: A 3rd tier spell that allows the user to spawn a low-tier undead minion.
• Disease: A spell that could cause illness.
• Sleep to the Undead: A spell which triggers a chance to destroy the undead without turn resistance in a single hit.
• Evil Eye: A spell that lets you select an ability from the different gaze effects.
• Death Mask: A spell which can defend a caster from gaze attacks while strengthening the fear effect caused by the user.
• Hand of Glory: A spell that can be used in two ways.

It could also summon a special undead known as Spartiate. A total of 30 could be summoned every 24 hours, with a limit of 5 being active simultaneously.

Trivia

• Charon is the name of the Greek ferryman that ferries the souls of the dead to the underworld.
• For all its power, the item appears to be unable to cut into Mare Bello Fiore's Dress Armor.
• Antilene by using her Talent of psychometry is able to use [The Goal Of All Life is Death], a skill previously belonging to the scythe’s original wielder, Surshana, even though she lacks the Eclipse class.
• The Evil Eye spell might be inspired from certain cultural beliefs towards a supernatural curse brought about by a malevolent glare, usually inspired by envy.
• According to European superstition, a Hand of Glory is the pickled hand of a hanged man, made to hold a candle of the same persons fat. Superstition holds that laying eyes on this combination would paralyze you. It is also purported to be able to unlock doors.
• Hand of Glory might else be a a reference towards an item from Dungeon and Dragons 3.5 Edition, a skeletal hand that chould be worn as a necklace and used to see through invinsibildius around one self. It chould also wear an additional ring for the user bypassing DnD's, 2 ring limit.