Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160307020620/@comment-24674051-20160322170716

Cora is definitely somewhere in Underbrooke. She has not moved on. Being consumed in the River of Lost Souls (the River Lethe) is not an exit to either the better or worse place, and I'm also not convinced that the fire that consumed BlackTooth (the random villager) is a departure from the UW.

Hades is looking to have as many souls as possible (something that fits with Greek Mythology, and was strongly hinted at in Devil's Due). So he's going to do his best to keep souls in the UW, rather than allow them to move on. I don't think he really cares if the souls are in the river, in the fire, wandering in Underbrooke, or wherever else they can go there.

Hades punished Cora to deliver flour for her time in the UW, and that is exactly what she's doing, which is why Cruella is now (apparantly) the mayor of Underbrooke.