Coronis and Apollo became lovers and though she was pregnant she had another desire for Ischys. When Apollo left to do business in Delphi, Coronis invited Ischys to her couch. Apollo learned of their affair, complained to his sister Artemis, who then killed Coronis. Apollo came to his senses and motioned to Hermes to save his offspring from Hades, overlord of the underworld. Using the light of the funeral pyre flames, Hermes cut the unborn babe from the womb of Coronis. Thus Asclepius came into the world; his mother murdered by his aunt; his father bartering for his soul by stealing from the devil. Unsurprisingly, he signed a 360 with LiveNation and acquired McCarthey Tétrault to write the deal memo.