Kratos mustered all his strength to confront Alecto and Tisiphone, and by using the Eyes of Truth, he managed to subdue Daimon, Tisiphone's pet and forces Alecto back into his human form, stopping the illusion. On the way to Sparta, Scylla once again appeared and attacked Kratos fell into the depths of the Methana Volcano, where he met the Thera Titan, The Lava Titan who was imprisoned in the Methana Volcano by Poseidon. The title was first held by Ares, who was killed and overthrown by a demigod-turned-god, Kratos, in vengeance for the former's role in the latter's family's death. Athena then explained that after the Great War ended, Zeus housed all the evil forces of fear, greed, and hatred in Pandora's Box. Kratos than had to cross the river Styx, so he rings a bell to summon a ship piloted by Charon, the ship's porter in the Underworld enslaved by Hades to transport the souls of the dead across the river Styx. Mortally injured without the power of the Gods, Kratos knows the only thing the hope for survival lies with the Blade of Olympus. For a time, Kratos served Ares loyally, raiding villages, slaughtering innocents, and spreading chaos in his name. Relics are a new item that you can use in God of War Ragnarok. Atreus is impressed and tells him he actually told a good story and that Mimir missed it. He was also respectful towards Athena due to her helping him in his quest, although he was skeptical as to why she was doing so. Armed with lethal double chain blades, Kratos must carve through mythology's darkest creatures - including Medusa, Cyclops, the Hydra and more, while solving intricate puzzles in breathtaking . But it was the Primordial Fire that became the source of the carriage's power Helios' horse is not welcome here, so the light of the horse carriage suddenly dims and Kratos fell into the depths of hell. Interestingly, when Mimir tells the story of Jrmungandr being sent back in time Kratos reacts with disbelief, claiming it as madness, despite the fact that he he himself has travelled through time in the past and has seen multiple instances of time manipulation in his life, including the Norse era with Vanir Temporal Magic and the fact that time flows differently in each realm. Instead, he reinforced Faye's instructions such as when Faye told Atreus to cut some firewood, Kratos (after forcing it out of Atreus) enforced the decision and told Atreus to pull his weight. However, trolls appeared and were able to push Kratos to the point he lost control and he slaughtered the trolls with ease, causing Kratos great anger with himself. In a cruel twist of fate, Kratos managed to repay this debt by killing Baldur, Freya's son, who was about to strangle his mother to death due to the resentment and hatred he had carried for her for cursing him with sensory deprivation as a side effect of her invulnerability spell for over a hundred years. The Styx is the river across which the boatman Charon ferries souls, and, for any living being, its waters are lethal. Helios once again tried to defend himself by assuming Hephaestus was a fraud and starts calling him a "freak", but Kratos knew he had to trust Hephaestus. He ultimately offered Baldur a chance to leave when he was defeated and even tried reasoning with him, saying that vengeance is not a path to be walked by as people would not find peace, recounting his own experience with it. And Pandora's Box can be found in Pandora's Temple. Most of them are Spartans, much to Kratos' horror, and before his last breath, he vowed to make Zeus pay for the betrayal. Hades' death caused all souls in the Underworld to run rampant. Born a son of Zeus and a mortal woman, Danae, he was commonly said to . During Kratos' war against the gods of Olympus, Aphrodite didn't participate in defending Olympus, not caring that the other gods were getting killed or that the world was ending and only cared about having sex. Kratos, being a demi-god, isnt destroyed by the river, but the souls attack him and leave him badly weakened. The Blades of Chaos were forged at the darkest depths of the Underworld by Ares himself. But Erinys, Thanatos daughter and messenger in God of War: Ghost of Sparta, can also use Umbrakinesis. A useful ability when you have to face, e.g. Ten years later they build a house in the Wildwoods. Even though he doesn't believe in Eos' promise because it has been given many times a false promise by the Gods, Kratos still follows Eos' advice to awaken Helios' fire horse that would lead him to where Helios was being held, because after all, in Helios' absence, the world will become completely dark and everyone in it will sooner or later die. But even though Helios was dead, his head could still emit intense sunlight. Stretch Film Division. Helios begs Kratos to stop and tells him that in order to kill Zeus, Kratos must enter the Flame of Olympus. His shin guards also gain a small piece of additional metal on his left leg in II and III. This situation forced Kratos to beat him until he fell helpless and begged to be forgiven, promised to give all his wealth. After the labyrinth was finished, whether or not he was reunited with Icarus, Daedalus instead imprisoned by Zeus in one of the labyrinth traps, but that didn't make Daedalus stop believing that Icarus was still alive. The story of The Hare and Tortoise was very similar to the fight between Kratos and Hermes. Though a moment passed as if nothing had changed, marked by a delay in the axe's return, the lake erupted into heavy drifts and waves. After telling the Huldra Brothers of their trip to the Norns, Brok suggests that in order to overwhelm Heimdall's prediction ability, the duplicating ring Draupnir will have to be modified into a spear that detonates its duplicates on command. An active power is something that can affect a being or object physically . He figures out and is enraged to know that he actually died, but Kratos consoles him. An example of this is Hades use of telekinesis when Kratos fights him. Interestingly, Kratos is only tortured by his vision of killing. Seeing how other, similar attempts went, its safe to say the Blade of Olympus is one of the only weapons that could do that, and as such, one of his greatest weaknesses. Freya then tells them that the last part of their plan is to appoint a general to lead them against Ragnarok. His skin is still pale and covered with the ashes of his Spartan family, and his tattoos have faded slightly. Since childhood, Persephone has lost the life she longed for, she was kidnapped by Hades with help Zeus, forced to marry Hades, and must care for the dead in the Underworld once and for all. His entire body shape has also remained slightly inconsistent over the Greek saga, as the size of his head physically was different between each title, as every Greek saga game used a different character model for Kratos. When almost to the destination, the ship was attacked and was destroyed by a giant sea monster named Scylla sent by Poseidon, Kratos crashes into the mainland of Atlantis. For example, when Castor tried forcing his slaves to remove him, Kratos let these men they flee in fear because they were neither in his way in any fashion; and being slaves, they were being forced against their own will. After fighting countless waves of enemies, Kratos opens the door and find themselves back in Midgard. He eventually accepts Atreus' path to leave the Norse lands to search for the Giants, showing great pride that his son has matured and no longer requires him. Deep down Kratos loved and cared for Atreus, as seen when Atreus was sick. Atreus tells the group back home about Odin's mask and plans to return to Asgard to gather more information. Due to his slaying of the gods of Olympus, Kratos now understands that vengeance will not bring him or others peace, even trying to talk Baldur out of killing Freya and then killing him when he attempts to do so to try and end the cycle of children killing their parents. They were a pair of large curved blades that were attached to Kratos' arms via chains, which served as both weapons and marks of his servitude to the Goddess of Wisdom. This causes Atreus to activate his Spartan Rage for the first time, before collapsing. In desperation, Poseidon, who was very scared, tried to crawl left and fled into the ocean, but before he could do so, Kratos grabbed his leg, poked out both eyes, and broke his neck, before then letting the corpse of The Sea God fell from the mountains. From that day forward, Kratos became known as the Ghost of Sparta; his skin now 'pale as the moon' from the ashes that coated him. Mimir confides that he has never spoken the giants tongue sober. Kratos first met Ares indirectly after the latter and Athena arrived in Sparta to take his brother Deimos and get rid of him due to the Marked Warrior prophecy, with Ares giving Kratos the scar over his left eye after punching him to prevent the latter from saving Deimos. Shortly after her birth, Calliope contracted a plague, causing the Spartan authorities to deem her weak. Kratos took the Hermes Boot and used it to cross a large chasm. Atreus, also known as Boy and Loki, is the deuteragonist of the Norse Era of the action-adventure fantasy video game franchise God of War, appearing as the deuteragonist of the 2018 video game God of War and its 2022 sequel God of War Ragnark. Kratos attempted to stop Ares, but Ares swept him aside and scarred him across his right eye. Ares, who at that time was busy carrying out a large-scale attack on the city, he immediately realized that Kratos had managed to find Pandora's Box. At first, Kratos assumed that it was a trick by the Gods due to thinking that his mother was dead, but she assured him that it was truly her. The giants will also later on referred to Kratos as "Frbauti". At that time, before leaving Kratos, Athena also apologized. So he tells Sindri to stop talking about it out of spite, leaving the dwarf hurt. As Kratos returns to Sindri's house, he dreams of another memory of Faye, this time with an infant Atreus. This article contains lore based on real-life sources of the Greek mythology as introduced from the God of War Greek era. Arriving in the Kingdom of Hades, Kratos uses the chest where Persephone's corpse was kept to open a passage to a dark room, where he came face to face with Hades, the Lord of the Underworld. This is why throughout Kratos' journey, Athena always encouraged him to kill Zeus and now insists on asking Kratos to return the power of hope that he will use to reorganize Greece under his rule. The first illusion places Kratos on a situation where the King of Sparta was about to pay homage to him, and the second illusion put in place Kratos at his home, where he is reunited with his wife and children, Lysandra and Calliope. Zeus tortured him until eventually he told the truth about where to put Pandora's Box, and how Pandora was needed to get the box. Ares (Greek: ) was the original Olympian God of War, and the son of Zeus and Hera and the main antagonist of God of War, as well as the perpetrator behind the events of God of War: Ascension, meaning he was also responsible for setting the events of the series into motion by tricking Kratos into killing his family and turning him into the Ghost of Sparta, which eventually fulfilled . Ares, you will die for what you did that night!Kratos. In desperation to save his life and refusing to admit his defeat. Laufey the Just, or Faye as she is affectionately called, became Kratos' second wife after he left Greece for Midgard. The revenge that Kratos fought for from the start has finally been fulfilled, as well as the oracle's prediction, "a marked warrior will overthrow Olympus". With Helios weakened and at Kratos' mercy, he remembered the debt he still owed Kratos and begged Kratos to save him again, promising to repay him. After successfully driving Scylla away, Kratos rushes over went to the Poseidon Temple and came across his mother lying on a bed, weakened and frail. And now with the key in his hand, Kratos knows that he must return to the sinking city of Atlantis. Upon resurrection, Mimir accidentally reveals the witch to be Freya, the previous of Vanir gods and Odin's former wife. Zeus manages to escape, while Kratos, in despair asked why Athena sacrificed herself. Mimir asks Atreus if he's ready to see Jtunheim, Atreus adds that while he's excited, he's sad that the journey is almost over. When Kratos succeeded, Zeus, who was consumed by fear, believed that Kratos would seek Cronos' aid. Meanwhile, Kratos is looking for a way to break his blood oath with Ares. Hercules declares his hatred for Kratos, claimed that Zeus always favored Kratos more than himself, because in fact it was Kratos who was chosen by Zeus to kill Ares and later appointed as the God of War. Even though the effect of the black fog was quite strong, Kratos made it through and found the remains of the ruins which were later revealed as the temple of Helios, the sun god. However, the Underworld is filled with monsters and obstacles that are very dangerous, but Kratos managed to get through it all and climbed the rope that was suddenly thrown down there. But before Pandora could explain further, Kratos' attention was diverted into Hades' voice mocking him. Several years later, Kratos had found the Blades of Chaos and brought them with him to the Norse realm, where he hid them, wrapped together in a thick red cloth with a simple Grecian pattern on it, under the floorboards of his cabin, hoping never to use them again. 20 Runic. ]Eos asks Kratos to save his brother and by doing so, he promised to make Helios try to convince Zeus to erase his dreams and the bad that is inside of Kratos. Returning in Midgard, Fimbulwinter began, and while the two were sleeping in their Home, Atreus has a vision that Thor will come for them at the end of Fimbulwinter. In this confrontation, Kratos scoffs, saying that now Zeus will no longer have the protection of Athena, because Athena is dead, which is according to Zeus, Athena's death was caused by Kratos' blind rage. He is also shown to still harbor resentment towards the gods of Olympus, promptly telling the spirit of Athena to leave his head the moment she appears. Over a century after the destruction of Olympus, Kratos lives a secluded life in the Northlands, the realm of the Norse gods. If you know anything about Greek mythology and the stories of Orpheus and other heroes who tried to get out of the Underworld, you know its hard to do even once, demi-god or not. By using that power lent by the Gods, Kratos can conquer Ares soldiers more easily. Once was because of Zeus, another time was when he used the Sword of Olympus against himself. Kratos up to that point was unaware of Faye's status as a Giant but had found love again with her, having cared deeply for her just as he had for Lysandra. When Kratos was on the verge of killing Zeus, Athena intervened and Kratos accidentally killed her, an act he was more strongly affected by than even Zeus. In his final moments he insulted Kratos one last time before being killed by him. After landing without any side effects, Atreus notices the missing Jtunheim tower was in the realm between realms all long. After Erinys' death, Kratos finally made it to the city of Sparta, his homeland. Kratos revealed his troubled past, and that he and Atreus should both learn from all of these experiences and not to repeat their own past mistakes. As he found the Ambrosia, Kratos encountered Cereyon, Helios' champion, and killed him as well. Hades further appeared with a much larger size than before, now without the Helmet of Darkness, uncovering the hideous fractured skull face he has. Is there nothing else?Kratos, serving the gods. Remembering the betrayal committed by Gaia earlier, Kratos resolutely refuses and injures her arm even further. Although free of his oath to the god, he was flooded with different memories of killing his family. With the Gauntlet of Zeus in his grip, Kratos tries to find a way out, and in the midst of his efforts, he realizes that what Eos told him was true, Atlas had managed to escape, left the chains that bind him are broken. However, once Kratos began a conquest of Greece, he refused to listen to Athenas pleas to stop, and she had no other choice but to help Olympus rid themselves of him. A weapon that possesses incredible Godly Powers, which allowed those who wielded it to kill Deities or those who were infused with Godly Might, as Kratos used it to slay the Colossus of Rhodes, Athena, Perses, Cronos, Zeus, and Gaia. Kratos then once again joined the Spartan Army in Rhodes, intent on destruction. The Stranger at first attempts to get into Kratos' house to see who was hiding even there once. Apparently after being used by Kratos to kill Ares, Pandora's Box is now placed in this room under the protection of the Flame of Olympus. When Atreus asks why she didn't tell them, Kratos explains that she sent them here knowing she would find this and that she would've had good reasons. Realizing that Kratos would never stop trying to kill Zeus, she warned him that the gods would not stop pursuing Kratos, as Zeus was needed for Olympus would prevail. They all return to Sindri's house. Seeing Kratos coming, they plead to be saved from a monster in the form of a giant crocodile they call the "Chaos Beast". Kratos is an anti-hero, and the main protagonist of the video game series God of War. Zeus took advantage of this situation to tries to escape, claiming that Kratos has started a war that isn't he can win. As Kratos mournfully cradled the unmoving body of his dead wife, he discovered that Ares had orchestrated his family's death. Zeus, however, weakened Kratos and tricked him into abandoning his godly powers into the Blade of Olympus, which Zeus used to kill Kratos. 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