Hermod

…In the hall of the dead, Hermod found his brother seated in the place of honour, pale and quiet among the shades, and he went before the throne of Hell herself, the half dark queen we last saw being exiled to this realm as a child, and begged.…

…Nine nights, Hermod rode through valleys so deep and dark he could see nothing, until he came to the bridge over the river of the dead, and beyond it…