ACHERON
The Great River of Acheron is one of the many rivers in the realm of
Hades. The river's surface is black and boiling—not muddy, but
something more like the total absence of anything in the water that
might sustain life for any creature that had ever lived. The water has
been said to reek of the foulest stench any man has ever smelled, it
stung fiercely when it splashed against human skin, and the taste was enough to
make one vomit. The Acheron incessantly booms and roars as if it were
falling from immense heights.
This
black, fuming flow is one of at least two rivers which the
Hades
Shuttle
Service ferries new lost souls across (the other being the
Styx) for
their eternal damnation. The crossing of this river is done from the
Dungeon of Zork entrance.
| SOURCE(S): The Zork Chronicles, Zork Grand Inquisitor, Zork I |