The river Lethe flows dark and deep in the nether kingdom. Strange stories of the power of those waters spread among mankind.
One story was true.
Who drinks of those waters remembers no more.
Lost loves, friends, family - their vision fades away.
Hate, enemies, wars, catastrophes - all are gone.
Happiness, joy, taste of rare wines, flavor of good foods - all fade.
Victories, defeats. Catastrophes, triumphs. Gone, all gone.
A blessing or a curse?
To each new dweller in Hades offers Pluto a goblet. In that goblet the limpid water of Lethe. The only kindness offered in the kingdom of the damned.
One bathed in those limpid waters, drank deep, and found no peace.