Judgment Pavilion

The Judgment Pavilion is a place in the Underworld where the dead go to be judged on where to be sent in the Underworld.

Description
There are three judges who decide if the person goes into the Fields of Punishment, the Fields of Asphodel, Elysium or, on the rare occasion the Isles of the Blest. They seem to be able to enter the mind of who they are judging, and recall memories to judge them. They are also able to be bartered with, for example when Hazel offered to give up her place in Elysium to spare her mother the Fields of Punishment.

The neutral souls who haven't done good or bad in their lives are allowed to skip judgment and go directly to the Fields of Asphodel. Souls that have done good deeds in their lives are sent to Elysium; the bad souls that have done numerous evil deeds, enter the Fields of Punishment. Somtimes if a soul had done a pritular crime they could be sent to Tartarus were they would suffer a Torment far worse then one from the Fields of Punishment, for example The fifty daughters of Danaus where sent to Tartarus. The fifty daughters of Danaus had the Torment of taking showers in the water of the River styx naked eternaly.

Judges are decided to pass judgement on all souls that enter the pavilion. While it is not shown how these judges are picked, they are normally people that showed great wisdom or fairness in life.

The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson goes to the Underworld where he sees the souls enter the realms after their judgement.

The Battle of the Labyrinth
It is explained that the reason why Daedalus ran into his Labyrinth was to escape death itself. This was because after Midas was murdered, Midas would haunt him in the afterlife. Daedalus eventually decided it was time for him to die and gave his life willingly after the Battle of the Labyrinth. While the other demigods protested that with Midas on the jury, he wouldn't receive a fair trial. Daedalus had faith in the ruling of the judges and asked [[Nico di Angelo to release his soul. The judges didn't send him to the Fields of Punishment, but instead ordered him to help ease the flow of souls into the Underworld as his punishment.

The Son of Neptune
Hazel Levesque entered the Judgement Pavilion with her mother after their death. The judges examined the lives of the two carefully. While Hazel had almost caused the rise of Alcyoneus, a son of Gaea, she had done so only because Gaea was manipulating her mother's body. It was decided that Hazel would be allowed into Elysium for sacrificing herself to prevent Alcyoneus from rising, but her mother would be sent to the Fields of Punishment for allowing Gaea to control her and allowing herself to almost become a sacrifice. Hazel, who couldn't allow her mother to be sent to the Fields of Punishment, asked the judges to accept her proposal. Hazel volunteered to be sent to the Fields of Asphodel along with her mother, stepping down from Elysium, but saving her mother from the Fields of Punishment. The judges accepted this compromise and sent them both to the Fields of Asphodel.

Known Judges

 * King Minos
 * Thomas Jefferson
 * William Shakespeare