But unexpectedly, Gaia reveals that Kratos is just a pawn that is no longer theirs needed, because now the Titans have almost reached the existence of Zeus to finally exact revenge for what Zeus did to them in the Great War. Realizing that he could be better than the monster that he once was, Kratos took his newfound realization to heart and made great efforts to change, developing a sense of compassion previously unseen in him and coming to realize the finer bounds and difference between justice and vengeance, as displayed by how while he activated Ragnark after Brok's death and sought to defeat Odin and end his tyranny once and for all, Kratos refused to abandon the innocent Aesir and Midgardians on Asgard and willingly risked his and Atreus' life to give the innocents a chance to escape the destruction of Asgard. Kratos rarely instructed Atreus to perform any chores since he was always away and did not know how healthy Atreus was. It is revealed that it was an illusion created by Alecto then once again trying to persuade Kratos to return to Ares' side with the lure that Kratos could live forever in that illusion. Deimos (Greek: ) was the younger brother of Kratos, both being the sons of Zeus. 10 Runic. Once again, he needs an artifact to use the power; in this case, its the Oath Stone of Orkos. As they enter the Witch's cave, an unknown person blows into the horn to call the World Serpent. But only there, he realized that the soldier he wounded was the last Spartan he had previously commanded back to the city of Sparta. Athena then explained that after the Great War ended, Zeus housed all the evil forces of fear, greed, and hatred in Pandora's Box. Coming out of hiding, the villagers saw the damage done from the battle and immediately fled in terror, mistaking Kratos as monsters. Stranded in the Underworld and now betrayed by both the Olympians and Titans, Kratos also then learned from the spirit of Athena, that he needed to find the Flame of Olympus, which is the key to defeating Zeus. Kratos was thrown into the big crack, but now hangs on.Kratos luckily fell onto the other side of the cliff, and climbed up, while being taunted by the Stranger. As Kratos screams into the sky, proving that the Gods of Olympus cannot stop his actions, the Colossus statue's hand fell and hit him and separated him away from the Blade of Olympus. Kratos could deliver powerful slams and smashes, and also summoned legions of souls. They make haste towards the horn where Mimir calls the serpent once again and asks if they could travel inside his stomach to retrieve his missing eye. Freya was enraged by the death of her son and vowed revenge. 46. They met again when Kratos went to Tartarus. At the end of the day, Kratos nightmares are one of his greatest weaknesses. Since the bloody events of God Of War 3, the ghost of Sparta has raised a new . The most recent entry added the Leviathan Axe to Kratos' ever-expanding armory alongside his . He would have let her live had she not insulted Pandora, who Kratos was close to- due to this, he killed her without a second thought afterwards. Erinys was sent by Thanatos to stop Kratos from saving his brother. Freya decapitates her and finally frees herself from being restricted to travel the realms. They're just about to retrieve part of his chisel when Magni appears who was battling an ogre, snapping his neck, until he notices the duo. Before Kratos and Atreus can finish their journey, Mimir says that they should leave him here, as he doesn't want a decomposing head ruining the father-son moment. When Zeus was supposed to be eaten by his father, Cronos, Rhea (Zeus' mother) instead gave her child to Gaia to protect him and to raise him to free his brothers from Cronos. Mimir suspects that Hrimthur added a weak spot in Asgard's walls and passed this knowledge to Freya. Kratos pursues Persephone and confronts her at the top of the Pillar of the World. Kratos has also developed a dry sense of humor such as when Mimir asked Atreus to carry him since Kratos was tackling deadly traps, Kratos replied he would not want Mimir to miss "this" (the excitement of dodging the traps) and smirked slightly when Mimir claimed Kratos was enjoying himself. Lucky before touching the fires of hell, Kratos survives on the rocks and manages to climb back up to the surface. Over a century after the destruction of Olympus, Kratos lives a secluded life in the Northlands, the realm of the Norse gods. Freya tells him that they are her allies, and she quickly stops being hostile to Kratos, Brok, and Mimir. Kratos has killed three different people directly from bashing their faces in with something (or his bare hands). Kratos asked, how could he open Pandora's Box if the box itself was protected by the Flame of Olympus, and Athena replied, "as the name suggests", Pandora's Box, the key to destroying the Flame of Olympus. Even in death, and when attempting suicide, the visions still haunt Kratos. Athena promised will forgive Kratos' sins, and Kratos sails towards the city of Athens. During the long winter, Atreus has found proof that Tr, the Norse God of War was still alive, but he had no idea where he was located. when he should have still had those, or when he suddenly lost the Blade of Artemis at the end of the first game. Kratos compels the mild-mannered blacksmith god Hephaestus to chain Prometheus to a rock as punishment for his theft of fire. Lastly, he said that the only way to break Kratos' blood oath with Ares is to kill the binder. The (at this point in the game, former) God of War refuses, because, lets face it, Kratos has other things on his mind. When he arrived at an empty forum, he met Hera, the Goddess of Marriage who was sister and wife of Zeus, and mother of Ares and Hephaestus. The death of Zeus plunged the world into total chaos. Without thinking much, Kratos immediately released his power on the Forsaken Tree and went inside the fields of Elysium, where he finally reunited with Calliope and immediately hug her. 50 Runic. Age: A few days old Classification: Spear Wielders: Kratos In order to completely be free of Ares' oath, Kratos was now forced to kill Orkos, who begged Kratos to do so. Kratos tells Atreus that he has met many annoying spirits before. Norse Kratos appears as a skin exclusively for The PlayStation Version of, Kratos was voted as the "Manliest Man in Video Games" by ScrewAttack.com. Freya tells Kratos that this is no ordinary illness because of his son's true nature lying within him. Kratos exerting all his strength, he manages to destroy the stone structure that protects the colossal heart of water and frees Gaia from the snares of Poseidon's sea forces, giving Gaia the chance to throw a devastating punch at the colossal of water, sending Kratos flying pierced through the water. A god who won't stop until the Earth's populace, Amazon and outsider alike, lies murdered in a battlefield grave." The character is a god or goddess of war. Unmoved by the story, Kratos says that he will stop at nothing while seeking his revenge on Zeus, even though Pandora's life will be the price. He initially wields the Leviathan Axe, a magic axe which was originally owned by Faye, the mother of his future son, Atreus. However strange, this exploration of his only brought him back to the same village where he first met the old man. Instantly, Kratos saw the sun fall from the sky and disappear, leaving the world in complete darkness. The Dwarf is trapped though by Freyr, the god of peace and Freya's brother. Throughout both games, Mimir and Kratos start to develop a friendship. God of War is an action-adventure game franchise created by David Jaffe at Sony's Santa Monica Studio.It began in 2005 on the PlayStation 2 (PS2) video game console and has become a flagship series for PlayStation, consisting of nine installments across multiple platforms.Based on ancient mythologies, the story follows Kratos, a Spartan warrior and later the Greek God of War, who was tricked . Character Kratos appears in 21 issues . However, during Kratos' final showdown with Zeus, Gaia was shown to be in fact still alive, and had managed to grow a new hand which she then used to climb all the way up to the top of Olympus. For this reason, with a heavy heart, he forces himself to return to being the Ghost of Sparta by getting rid of Calliope and slaying innocent souls in the Fields of Elysium, regaining all his strength. In spite of his cruel acts, Kratos is shown to care deeply for his wife and daughter, with the memories of their deaths driving him to the point of madness. He became known as the personification of cruelty and selfishness. No matter what he does, nothing has ever relieved Kratos of his suffering. Orkos has been paralyzed by The Furies and Kratos has been captured. During their trip to the highest mountain, they met a dwarf named Brok, who mentions that he and his brother are the forgers of the axe that Kratos possesses. Angry with Kratos' decision, Ares immediately ordered the Furies to hunt down the Ghost of Sparta so that he could once again be forced to serve himself. Jrmungandr tells Mimir how to get to Jtunheim- first, they must retrieve Thamur's Chisel, then learn the Black Rune with which they can enter the gateway on the Summit. But hes the son of none other than the king of gods, Zeus himself. They both stripped him of his strength, before leaving him unconscious on a rocky cliff that is overlooking the Aegean Sea. He no longer needs the Blade of Exile. However though, Kratos' struggle is not over yet as a trail of blood was seen all over the platform he was in right now. However, Hercules was jealous of Kratos because he had gained more fame and glory than him by allowing him to kill Ares, and by becoming the new God of War while he himself was sent on his labors, which he considered pitiful by comparison. He was quick to figure out upon learning that Baldur was Freya's son that Freya was the one who cursed Mimir so that he couldn't say anything about it. Before Kratos leaves the Underworld, Atlas asks if Kratos really believes that the gods will keep their promise to erase Kratos' past memories that haunt him. When Kratos was in the underworld to save Helios, he saw Calliope and wished to be with her, even planning to leave the world at the mercy of Morpheus. Both Brok and Sindri tell Kratos to be more careful with his gear and criticizes him for breaking the armors they made for him as well as the condition of the Leviathan Axe which both mention has seen better days. However, it doesn't matter to him. Kratos then returned to Olympus, enraged towards all at the Gods. That's why ever since Ares was killed, Zeus was always filled with fear and became so obsessed with killing Kratos, he was afraid if Kratos killed him someday. He was raised and trained alongside him by his mother Callisto in hopes of one day becoming a Spartan soldier. The Blade of Olympus is possibly one of the most powerful weapons in the God of War series. Prophecy did not lead us here. In God of War: Chains of Olympus, players get to see Kratos manipulate light. After the Blades of Athena became dulled when Kratos fell into the River Styx, Athena gave them to Kratos in order to regain his trust. The bow is now used to destroy the thorn bushes that blocked his path. These scholars were terrified upon seeing Kratos, and fled from him. Because of this, he started destroying its foundations from within, and in the end, succeeded in conquering the golden statue of Colossus. There, he took a secret path through the dungeon to leave to the temple of Ares. Thinking the arrival of Kratos is trials given to him by the Sisters of Fate, Perseus challenges Kratos to a duel, hoping the Sisters of Fate witnessed this and would give it a chance to revive his wife. Faye, like Lysandra before her, loved Kratos dearly and she shared his animosity towards the gods. This heritage allows him to possess a number physical attributes and powers. This has driven him to become cold towards almost everyone he's ever met, and unable to let go of the past, as he is filled with deep shame and regret for his actions during the Greek Saga. Atreus' mother also intended him to learn the truth of her real identity and embrace that he is part Frost . Atreus realizes that the giants prophesied their journey. Five of the gods entered into a wager with Ares: each chose a champion to search for the Ambrosia with Ares' champion being Kratos. Inside there, he encounters a statue of Athena who informs him that Helios has been abducted from the sky by an unknown force.And the shrines where Kratos is currently is actually a horse-drawn carriage used by Helios to circle the sky every day. In the palace of Olympus, Kratos is shunned by the other Gods as a result of his actions who seems rebellious, starting from his efforts to save Deimos to the raids he undertook on a city to gain Sparta's glory throughout Greece. He vowed to bring about the gods' downfall for what they did. Kratos, fueled by anger at his betrayal, agreed to aid the Titans and was instructed to find the Sisters of Fate, who were capable of also returning him to the moment of Zeus' own treachery. Kratos tells him he was named after a compassionate spartan soldier who filled the lives of everyone with joy and happiness. As Athena's temple burned, a Village Oracle cursed Kratos and she condemned him to wear the ashes of his family, which also turned his skin into white, earning him the title "Ghost of Sparta". . Realizing that he would never be free from his nightmare, Kratos climbs a cliff overlooking the Aegean Sea and tries ending his life. Now his throne is occupied by Kratos, a Spartan warrior being managed to kill the God with the power of Pandora's Box. As a punishment for his actions, Prometheus was made into a normal human and tied up on the rocks to then have his heart organ eaten by a giant eagle and at night, His heart will grow back to be eaten again the next day. The closest thing that comes to an actual Godly power for him is his Spartan Rage, which by its very name would make him the God of Sparta. 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