The fourth child to be born to the lovely Nyx and Erebus is the very interesting third son, Charon. He is the ferryman that carts the souls of the dead across the river Styx, river of oaths and the Acheron, river of pain. He takes them across both to the Underworld for their judgments. These judgments determine where you will spend your afterlife and the final resting spot as well. He is a servant to Hades when he comes along later, since Hades is the overseer of the Underworld.
The sad part is he forever has to roam the banks of the Acheron river. He never gets to leave, because that's his job for eternity. But he seems to like it, he even planted some kind of Underworld plant on the banks of the river. That is where his hut sits as well, on the banks of the Acheron River. I don't know where my cousin found them nor do I know what they are. He, Nyx, and even Erebus told me to never touch them. If anyone happens to cut their finger on the plant they can never leave the Underworld. So I don't touch, even if I really really really want to, they look like they smell amazing! With my luck sometimes I'd probably lose my hand!
Charon has a personality that is somber, focused, and all business. I can definitely say for a fact that he is malodorous (smelly) and old too. He has wrinkled dirty, dry, pale skin as he never leaves the Underworld. He likes to wear his favorite fishing clothes so much. It's so bad that the old pants have become ratty, his shirt has become old and worn out, and he has an old worn out tattered straw hat. He doesn't wear any shoes since he prefers not to wear them anyway His skiff that he uses to ferry the souls to their destinations is an unnamed one. Unlike other Greeks, Charon decided to keep his unnamed. I think that he should name his skiff but he said "it's his boat so it's my choice to not name it" so there's that. He decided that he didn't have any time nor the energy to marry, or put up with a woman being confined to the Underworld like he is. He also never had any children either because he is busy with his duty of ferrying souls to their destinations.
Charon has 5 powers, the one he has in common with most other of the gods is: the first Superhuman Strength this one is very helpful when he has to force the reluctant souls on his boat. I've seen him have to do this when I was down there visiting once. I'm honestly not even sure what the soul was fighting him for since he, the soul, was a murder. So there really wasn't anyone alive or dead that didn't know what was going to happen to him. His second power is his Summoning ability that allows him to summon his boat, as his boat can change its appearance depending on what is needed for soul transportation depending on the situation. It has various different forms that it can change into. The third power is Shape Shifting, this allows him to appear in different forms pending on what is called for. His fourth power is appearance that allows him to appear whenever he is needed and he is always accompanied by his hut or his skiff. The last of his powers is Pyrokinesis and that is his ability to control fire. Let me tell you when you decide to go camping in one of the caves in the Underworld it's a very useful ability to have all the demons, bats, and other Underworld creatures. Although I don't really recommend it though because it's cold, wet, and creepy.