'professional associates' dialogue masterpost (in hades 1)
hi im insane. here's a list of timestamps of instances charon and hermes are mentioned or associated with each other in the first game. thought i'd compile them since their dynamic is pretty miss-able and heavily implied through dialogue
using tazzie gaming's 94-run playthrough videos for these. thank you stranger, whoever you are
if anyone has any clips of other interactions lmk, i'll update this post. clips of other characters talking about these two together is fine too!
Hermes's dialogue
00:30 - first time hermes calls charon his "professional associate"
00:47 - hermes notices zag has charon's keepsake (bone hourglass); calls charon "a real gentleman" (🤨❓)
2:44 - hermes talks about his job and charon
3:40 - hermes and his "one-sided chats" with charon
5:10 - hermes tells zagreus to keep his association with charon a secret
5:17 - hermes knows about persephone returning to the underworld despite it still being a secret at that point, implying charon (❗) told him
6:05 - charon and questions
10:41 - what hermes thinks of charon :)
11:05 - hermes imitating charon
14:59 - how long hermes and charon have been working together
16:36 - charon dropping off hermes
16:58 - hermes about zag's first fight with charon
17:09 - hermes's bet with charon of zag beating charon twice in a row
17:30 - zagreus completing the bet
Charon's dialogue
shorter list because you know how charon is lmao
1:55 - zagreus first mentions hermes to charon
5:38 - zagreus asks charon why hermes is helping him escape the underworld
6:13 - zagreus asks charon if he can ask nyx why hermes is helping him, charon gets mad (lol)
9:04 - zagreus and charon after the feast with the olympians; charon and hermes "having a good time" (‼)
11:17 - zagreus mentions hermes's bet with charon
13:06 zagreus to charon after beating him twice in a row
if there is ever a good hades 2 dialogue video of these two i'll use that to compile the dialogue in another post lol
edit 6/5/24 - found a charon compilation video that depicts how charon and hermes were subtly conspiring together. thanks youtube user opal!
i'll be listing some dialogue from other characters, and the lucky tooth saga included in the vid. i think it's very funny that skelly is also deep into this.
22:07 - alternate dialogue from hermes after completing the wager
23:50 - zagreus asks hades about hermes working with charon
24:38 to 24:50 - artemis and zeus wonders where hermes is
24:58 - hermes tells zagreus not to tell anyone he's helping him
25:26 - zagreus asks nyx about hermes
25:54 - hermes comments on skelly's keepsake (lucky tooth)
26:06 - zagreus asks skelly about hermes
26:48 - hermes admonishes zagreus to keep what skelly said to himself
27:00 - hermes about skelly
27:13 - zagreus asks skelly about what hermes said
27:35 - hermes about zagreus's friendship with skelly
33:28 - zagreus confronts skelly about who he's working for; gets confirmation that it's charon, and that hermes works for him too
35:54 - zagreus asks charon about skelly, charon gets mad (lol)
36:18 - hermes heard from charon (!) that zagreus knows the extent of charon's involvement; admonishes zagreus (again) to keep that to himself (lol)
36:33 - zagreus asks skelly if he told charon and hermes about their conversation
39:22 to 39:50 - various lines of dialogues from zagreus telling charon to say hi to hermes as he's exiting charon's shop (!!!!)
