Sarpedon was king of Lycia and one of Troy's most important allies during the war. He was known as a great strategist and a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield. He and his soldiers did much of the early fighting during the trojan war. So much so that he taunted Hector about him doing the heavy lifting while the Trojans stood by in thier own war.

Death

During the climax of the war Sarpedon himself took to the battlefield. He slayed many enemies of Troy but his reign eventually came to an end when he came face to face with a man whom he assumed to be Achilles. Instead though, it was Achilles' lover, Patroclus that Sarpedon faced. He mistook him for the other because he was wearing his armor and Sarpedon, while rivals with Achilles had never been aquainted with him in person. During the face off Sarpedon fell to Patroclus' blade and perished on the battlefield thinking it was Achilles whom was to blame for his death.

When he fell, before he breathed his last breath he called to his ally Glaucus to retrieve his body and be sure he was given proper funeral rites. After he'd passed on the Greeks and Lycian's began to battle over who would gain possesion of the fallen King's body. During the struggle the Greeks stripped his body of his armor and his body was battered more than it had been during his own fight. However the Lycian's, with the assistance of Thanatos and Hypnos, eventually did get their King's body back. They then gave it to the gods of death and sleep to be cleaned and returned to Lycia for the proper burial that the King had requested.

Afterlife

When Sarpedon awoke after falling in battle it was Thanatos that he first saw. The God of Death was carrying his soul from his furneral to the Temple of Styx where he'd be ferried into the underworld. Thanatos, though stoic was gentle and kind with him. He explained what had happened to him and that he had been granted his last wishes in life. He now would be taken to the underworld where it would be determined how he'd live out his afterlife.

Hades, seeing how Sarpedon had fought in life had him brought to his own home. He would live out his days in the House of Hades tending to the weaponry and on call should the need for a war strategist should ever arise.