Those of us in the know, know that she did it to tie Acheron to her for eternity. For reasons unknown, Artemis went to Acheron (common belief is that he was a renowned Atlantean hero whose bravery had caused him to be spared when Apollo cast the city into the ocean- we know this isn’t true, but propaganda reigns supreme) and convinced him to help her hunt down and destroy the Daimons who were preying on pregnant women and children. Apollo sought his sister’s aid in handling them. Now called Daimons, they turned against mankind. When the Apollites were cursed by Apollo, they were taken in by the goddess Apollymi who showed them how to steal human souls to circumvent Apollo’s decree. In the context of the DH mythos, she is a primary goddess who rules over all the Dark-Hunters. While she was called virginal and shown to be such in some works, she was also shown to be a lover of many Greek heroes including Orion and even of her own twin brother, Apollo. Most modern legends portray her as a virginal goddess, however in ancient Greek writings she was a dichotomy. She is the goddess of the hunt, childbirth, fertility and plagues, and she is associated with the moon. The daughter of Leto and Zeus, Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo. No one even knows what his real hair color is. Trying to get any personal information out if him is an impossible task. With the promise of supreme sexual fulfillment. Like a lethal wild animal, he moved with a primal promise of danger and masculine power. Everything about him from the sleek muscles that rippled to the deep, erotic timber in his voice seduced anyone who came into contact with him.

Artemis herself once said of him: He had been built to please, and trained to pleasure. He possesses a raw, rare kind of charisma. It is said of him that there has never been a mortal born who could equal his physical perfection. He runs the full gamut from friendly to intimidating to downright scary. The Dark-Hunters never know what to expect when Acheron enters a scene. Eccentric and idiosyncratic to the extreme, he is a legend among legends. He interacts with the other Dark-Hunters on a whim, and his sage advice is often sought. Because of his Dark-Hunter age and the fact that he fought the Daimons alone for thousands of years, he is more phantom than real.

He is also the writer of the Dark-Hunter Creed and of the Code we abide by. Even though he was the youngest when he died, Acheron was the first Dark-Hunter ever appointed. Very little is known about Atlantean aside from his knowledge is vast and his understanding of the human heart is deep. First and oldest of their kind he teaches all new Dark-Hunters. Acheron is the enigmatic leader of the Dark-Hunters how to hone in their powers.

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