Change Durza/Acheron's Name to Phlegethon (or some other name)

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Change Durza/Acheron's Name to Phlegethon (or some other name)
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Phlegethon

What the f*ck is a Phlegethon?

Phlegethon is a river of fire and/or lava in Greek mythology. Located in the Underworld, it flows alongside the river Styx but leads directly into Tartarus, the prison of the Titans and other enemies of the Olympians.

The river is also featured in The Divine Comedy, where it is described as a river of boiling blood located in the Seventh Circle of Hell (Violence). Here, Phlegethon is used as a punishment for those who commited violence against other people, such as murderers and warmongers.

Why should we change Acheron’s name to Phlegethon?

  • Sounds cool (IMO)
  • More unique than the name “Acheron,” which is already used by other, more popular characters
  • In lore, someone named after a literal river of fire that leads directly into hell sounds pretty intimidating and dangerous, fitting for someone like Durza (who, you know, can steal Curses and has destroyed the world).
  • Gives the opportunity for a character (likely one of the Peacekeeper’s allies) to call the Dark Wizard, “Phlegm-athon” as an insult

Other name suggestions (feel free to comment some of your own!)

  • Megdovas
  • Stygian
  • IDK I spent, like, 15 minutes making this
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goofy ass name

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I don’t think Phlegethon works as well as a name compared to to Acheron, but it is pretty fitting.

Not rating, though, since I’m not entirely sure if Suggestions can be for established lore.

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no, acheron fits perfectly well

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being named after a river of fire would make no sense since durza has never been associated with anything hot

who?

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acheron from that one gacha game with big ass boobs

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:nerd_face:

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phlegethon just sounds worse

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Acheron specifically is known as the river that is the entrance to the underworld, whereas Phlegwhatever is just the river that flowers in the Acheron

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If there was a kid named that in my school I would bully them relentlessly

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ill assume its irony

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no way you actually think anyones gonna remember that long name :skull:

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I think I’ll shorten that name to… idk… Phlegm.

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Phlegethon, afaik, is not just a river of fire, but also, (according to Riordian) a river of healing. Neither of which the antagonist formerly known as Durza has a major connection to. C- for effort.

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Mods ban this guy, what the phlegm

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Both Achern and Phlegethon suck ass bring back the goat Durza, or modify something akin to Durza to circumnavigate the copyright reasons

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never cook again, you single handedly worsened global warming tenfold with how badly you burnt the kitchen

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i mean you could make the case of dead revival magic but eh

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Geometry Dash

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I like the mythological connection but that name sounds like you’re choking on mashed potatoes

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changing the names of characters at this point in the story would be too much of a pain, and would probably just lead to confusion.