Charon
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Charon (Hangul: 카론, Karon), is the offbeat, childishly strange Bus Driver of Limbus Company's bus, Mephistopheles. She first appeared as a minor character in Leviathan, a prequel web comic.
Formerly known as Lapis (라피스, Rapiseu), she was a headstrong young woman raised by Vergilius' orphanage and was childhood friends with fellow orphan, Garnet. Due to the Ring's experiments with the glass window, Lapis' own personality was overwritten with an Identity of herself from another Mirror World.
This process left this Identity calling herself "Charon" trapped in what was Lapis' body — with her 'real' personality only retrievable on Faust's and Limbus Company's promise to Vergilius.
Appearance
Charon is a short girl with grayish skin. Her droopy eyes are of a similar gray color and tend to have a vacant, emotionless look. Charon has silver hair with bangs and that covers her ears; in the back, it is tied into two thin, floor-length twintails.
Charon wears grayish-green, church-like attire in the form of a ankle-length, long-sleeved dress and hat. Her hat is tall and brimless with silver rims; the lower rim splits and curls outwards to make room for a mural of a dark cross within a larger, silver cross with two dots below the cross's arms. Charon's dress has a high collar, a very low neckline, a layered skirt and rounded hems; she also wears a pleated white top with a cross mural on the chest, black boots with white laces, black gloves and two black belts with silver buckles.
The hems and edges of the dress have silver lining; the outermost skirt parts in the middle and has geometric murals (the same as on her cuffs, lapels and bottom rim of her hat) running partway down its length whereas as the inner skirt has black outlining. The collar and hems of Charon's dress have the same cruciform mural as on her hat.
Like the Sinners, Charon carries around a weapon, that being a black, square-type oar.
Personality
Charon is a laconic, quiet individual whose few words are blunt and brief. Charon simply seems to be in her own world, and repeatedly proves that she is neither shy nor scared of the Sinners. Similarly to Vergilius, Charon stays disconnected from the group and shows no interest in becoming close with them. Her stubborn refusal to learn how to use a map or navigate properly in Canto I: The Outcast is indicative of her unwavering nature and tendency to resist outside influence. Charon has somewhat of a childish personality, frequently using phrases such as "vroom-vroom" or "shimmy-shaky" and talking about Mephistopheles as if it were a living being. She also refers to herself exclusively in third person.
At the beginning of Limbus Company, Charon has a pre-established relationship with her guardian Vergilius, who treats her as something of a daughter. Their relationship shows off both of their softer sides: Charon will act more childlike and needy with him, and Vergilius treats her with a surprising amount of affection. However, Charon seems to be missing some memories of the time they've spent together, and will sometimes contradict herself. For example, when Vergilius mentions that she used to hum when she was sad, she denies this, stating she only hums when happy. Though she comes off as relatively detached and carefree, it's clear that Charon has more going on underneath the surface. Vergilius would at one point remark to Dante that she is "going through a long tunnel with no end in sight".
Trivia
- Charon is based on the Greek mythological character of the same name, known as the ferryman of the rivers Acheron and Styx.
- In the Divine Comedy, Charon is the ferryman who takes Dante and Virgil down into first circle of Hell, beginning Dante's journey through Inferno.
- The oar Charon carries reference common depictions of ferryman Charon using an oar.
- Her associated color is Stygian Cobalt - #84a79d.
External Links
- Charon (카론) - Korean page (Namuwiki)
- Charon (カロン)- Japanese page (wikiwiki)
- Charon (Харон) - Russian page (Project Moon wiki)
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