Erebus

A New Kharon Series
Erebus (Ἔρεβος): One of the Primordial Gods. He is known as the Twin Godling of Darkness. Erebus is a Son of Chaos, and God of darkness. Erebus is regarded as the first Kharon, or the Father of Kharon.

Spoilers
Warning, Major Series Spoilers ensue... Peruse at your own risk: ====== Book I - Kharon (Prologue) ====== As the eons passed humankind forgot about Erebus and the other gods. Erebus and Hemera became locked in a continual feud, chasing one another, setting the realm to spin through chaos, until the point that neither gods nor humans cared. Due to his eternal chase of Hemera, the Twin Godlings set the earth's rotational spin, bringing about night and day to the entire realm. Thus ends the Spoilers pertaining to this character.

Real World Influence
Wikipedia:Erebus In Greek mythology, Erebus was often conceived as a primordial deity, representing the personification of darkness; for instance, Hesiod's Theogony identifies him as one of the first five beings in existence, born of Chaos. According to the Greek oral poet Hesiod's Theogony, Erebus is the offspring of Chaos, and brother to Nyx.