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The definitive, comprehensive, and long-overdue portrait of Pluto as he actually appears in Roman religion and literature — and the universe's most important corrective to centuries of misrepresentation. Pluto in Roman mythology is the god of the earth's wealth (his name literally means 'wealth'), the sovereign of the Underworld's order, and the most impartial judge in the entire divine hierarchy. He is not associated with evil, not resentful of his domain, not jealous of his brothers. He received the Underworld by lot and governs it with the seriousness it deserves. This series shows his daily governance: adjudicating with his judges Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Aeacus; managing the river Styx with Charon; administering the Elysian Fields and the Asphodel Meadows; navigating rare visits from living mortals with appropriate gravity; building his life with Proserpina from their marriage onward. The series is quiet, formal, and occasionally deeply funny — Pluto's dry wit is the show's greatest comedic resource, deployed sparingly and therefore devastatingly. S6E1 — The Kingdom A day in the Underworld. No crisis. No drama. Just governance. Pluto adjudicating with his judges. Speaking quietly with Proserpina. Receiving the newly dead with solemn dignity. The episode is deliberately quiet and the most powerful of the six series. S6E5 — Orpheus Orpheus arrives. His music fills the Underworld. Everything stops. Pluto's decision to release Eurydice is the episode's moral center: an act of genuine compassion from the most just deity in the cosmos. S6E10 — The Oldest Promise Series finale: The universe's final episode meditates on what Pluto's domain actually means — not punishment but completion. Every soul received with care. Every judgment made with fairness. The final image: Pluto and Proserpina in their palace, purposeful and at peace. The camera holds on Pluto's face — steady, certain, entirely without resentment — which is the Roman Chronicles universe's last word.