In other words, Pandora's life must be sacrificed to open Pandora's Box. The first time he is seen smiling is in the first God of War for the PAL release of the first game, when he gives a menacing smirk upon encountering a trap in Pandora's Temple where he needs to sacrifice an undead soldier to continue. He uses the Claws of Hades to channel Necrokinesis and call the Cerberus Mongrel to his side and also uses his Blades of Exile to summon fallen Spartan warriors to fight alongside him (with the Army of Sparta ability). Hephaestus, confused, thought he sought the flame of Olympus, but realized what Kratos was planning. To open the gate to the Domain of Death, Kratos needs a key called the Skull of Keres which, according to Callisto, stored in the city of Sparta, Kratos' hometown. When Pandora sacrificed herself to unlock the box, it was shown to be empty, leading Kratos to believe that she was sacrificed in vain. As Atreus took the knife from her own mother, Kratos insisted that it was his to keep. With the Blades taken away from him, Ares manipulated the Blades to once more kill Kratos' family, while a helpless Kratos watched in horror. With the situation escalating as a whole, Zeus started provoking Kratos by insulting his failure to protect his family in the past. After fighting their way through countless members of Dark Elves, they make it to the central chamber of the Light of Alfheim. Atlas despised Kratos for saving the gods of Olympus and warned him that he would regret what he did. This causes Atreus to activate his Spartan Rage for the first time, before collapsing. When he succeeded and returned Helios to his rightful place in the sky, Helios was grateful and even wanted to help Kratos when he was found weak after the journey but was denied by Athena who knew he would live. Thera asked Kratos to save him, because if he doesn't, Kratos won't be able to get out either this place. Kratos also throws the axe directly towards opponents in battle and it seems that it can return to his hand by raising it but only for a limited range. He can carry numerous equipment or weapons and take them out just by reach into it while thinking about the chosen item. At the end of their journey, after coming clean to his son about his past, Kratos threw away his bandages, deciding he has nothing left to hide neither be ashamed for his son. Back at Sindri's home, Kratos continues to demand the truth from Atreus, who has already considered going to Asgard as a spy against Odin. 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. Asgard is destroyed. As he found the Ambrosia, Kratos encountered Cereyon, Helios' champion, and killed him as well. When he did wound the creature, the boy chased after it, where they found the boar heavily injured and under the care of a mysterious woman. Perhaps what Kratos' breaking point that truly made any happiness or positive feelings he possibly could have had vanish is when his brother, Deimos, was killed. These hallucinations taunted Kratos, saying that he was pretending to be something he is not, and that he would always be a monster. Kratos then took his brother's lifeless body to an already empty grave prepared by none other than the grave digger. While both father and son were asleep, they were awoken by Thor, the God of Thunder, just as Atreus predicted his vision to Kratos three years ago, and then Thor asks to talk with Kratos. Taking Perseus' shield, Kratos uses it to open access to the lowlands, where he realized that to reach the Palace of Fates, he had to cross a great chasm. Kratos was a captain of a Spartan army. 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. In the Furies illusion, Kratos finds himself back in Sparta, which is, as you can imagine, heart-wrenching for him. But now with the weapons lent by Zeus, Kratos can enter the Colossus statue. As the series went on, however, Kratos became a much more villainous and sinister figure, due . Seeing Kratos insist on meeting his daughter, Persephone granted his request, but to enter the Elysium fields, Kratos must first release his own powers. When a mysterious light shines. Armed with this knowledge, Kratos reaches the horse Steeds of Time and realized that in order to control the horses, a special key, Horse, was needed Keeper's Key kept by the keeper of Theseus' horses. Weapons that happens to be dual gauntlets. However, his encounter with the Norns and travels through Helheim to deal with the Garm his son released while working with Odin ultimately makes him realize that he was depending on his son to remain tethered to his humanity, his desperation to ensure his son remains safe to where he would dictate as much of his path as possible as being wrong and unhealthy. Kratos climbed back into Gaia's hands, and the two of them managed to reach Zeus who had been waiting for their arrival. Here's a better look at Kratos' powers and weaknesses. His last wish was that Pandora forgive him for failing to protect her and begged Kratos to spare her. Kratos and the Grave Digger.Death. But Mimir tells them that they will have to climb up to his hammer and smash the ice, as their weapons nor Thor's hammer can demolish it. And Pandora's Box can be found in Pandora's Temple. The blades were now the first pair of chained blades that Kratos will used. Together, they bore another child who was named Atreus. In despair, Gaia says that Zeus should have been overthrown by the Titans, but Kratos brushes it off, saying that this is a battle of hers and then destroys the root of Gaia's hand with the Blade of Olympus dropped him from the mountains of Olympus. He was enraged when Atreus believed that he lacked grief for her, and despised how her son spoke ill of her. Kratos, being a God of War, obviously gets powers such as quasi-invulnerability, enhanced strength, combat skills, etc. Most likely because of olives originating from elsewhere and not originating from Scandinavia. He appears older, middle-aged, he has some wrinkles on his face looking to be in his mid to late-50s. With the Scourge, Kratos could summon voids that dealt a good deal of damage to opponents, just like Erinys before him. That artifact allows the one who possesses it to summon and command animals, and once Kratos gets his hands on it, he uses it to command Rocs to defeat Alrick. Aside from elemental-type powers, Kratos is not much of a magic-userthats more Atreus domain. His shin guards also gain a small piece of additional metal on his left leg in II and III. Kratos expressed surprise at seeing her alive, to which she responded that the world bleeds because of all of the destruction he caused by killing the Gods. Though, he also put the titan Prometheus out of his misery after the latter begged for his death. the two enemies then started a tug of war. Her very last wish was for her ashes to be spread from the highest peak of the Nine Realms. Atreus confesses that he has to travel alone from now on in order to find the rest of the Jtnar. Also, in each of the main games, he burned a man alive: the first being the, Kratos has killed both of his parents in his quests. The trio return to Freya, who plans to mobilize the realms against Asgard. Therefore, Asgard is now destroyed. Well because Zeus has banned the battle between the Gods of Olympus since the Great War ended, now Athena can only send Kratos to conquer Ares. Strength is required to be even more powerful, and that power is now stored in Pandora's Box. In addition, while he admitted that he doesn't like it when Sindri talks about his brother, he was nevertheless absolutely disapproving and reprimanding of Atreus when he coldly told Sindri to shut up about it, even going as far as to look almost apologetic to the Dwarf. Wounded and exhausted from the battle, Brok and Sindri encounter Kratos, who asks them for help going back to his home since Odin is still with Atreus and Mimir. After taking quite a long and dangerous journey, including killing Scylla who once again interferes in his efforts to escape, in the end Kratos managed to get out of the Methana Volcano right when the mountain erupted, drowning the City of Atlantis and the entire Temple of Poseidon. His head was cartoonishly small for his III character model, which can be seen when comparing him to his 2018 self. Now without a master to command them, Helios' chariot fell to the earth and the sky was filled with darkness. Kratos later encounters Gaia again in the City of Olympia, where she appears to have been further pushed back from Olympus by her injury and is now hanging onto a cliff edge. Although free of his oath to the god, he was flooded with different memories of killing his family. 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. When Kratos' gaze was distracted by the sound of a bang that came from a distance, the grandfather of the gravedigger was no longer there. Game Debut: God of War (2018) Supernatural Abilities: Immortality, Superhuman Abilities, Innate Language Powers, Mind/Emotion Reading Historical Background: Norse Mythology as Loki the Trickster God A lot happened between the end of God of War 3 and the start of God of War (2018).But, the biggest changes were Kratos' new calmer temperament, the change in location, and the appearance of Kratos . In his fifth year of service to the gods of Olympus, Kratos managed to return Helios to the sky. However, Kratos ignored the plea and instead thrust a pointed crystal into Cronos' head, instantly weakening him. Kratos served Hades just like he served all the other gods of Olympus. When Atreus accused Kratos of not caring for Faye, he was simply annoyed and told Atreus to stop talking. Freya agreed to marry Odin, and him her, not only because of her fertile beauty, but also her expanded knowledge in Vanir magic, something Odin felt intrigued in learning. Furthermore, he explained that Helios had extraordinary powers that could be used to destroy entire worlds and now that the Titan Atlas has it, the world is in danger. However, this can be attributed to gameplay restrictions to prevent Kratos from carrying nearly 15-20 weapons and having over a dozen different magical attacks and items to choose from in God of War III, as he would have had almost all of the weapons, magical attacks and relics he gathered over the games up until that point if it weren't for developer or gameplay reasons. Orkos has been paralyzed by The Furies and Kratos has been captured. In Tr's Temple, he and Freya deliver an impassioned speech before blowing Gjallarhorn, granting all the realms access to Asgard. Not caring about Zeus' warning, Kratos decided to go see Hephaestus to ask about the labyrinth Pandora meant. Hercules then smacked both Nemean Cestus into Kratos' head, making Kratos lose focus for a moment. Is there nothing else?Kratos, serving the gods. This is the past one that will always be tied to Kratos, no matter how hard he tries to forget it. While Kratos was initially suspicious of her, he agreed to her plans of using the flame of Olympus to destroy Zeus. Most notably, Kratos was also in possession of the Blade of Olympus for a short while (mostly from the end of God of War II and the end of God of War III), but like most of the things carried by Kratos, they were either destroyed by Zeus, or Kratos discarded them himself. Kratos now only kills out of self-defense and does not see the point in killing a weakened enemy and he is shown to be much more polite towards those who ally with him and displays enough increased sensitivity to know how not to make an enemy out of others. Interestingly enough, fear is what Zeus gets infected with when Kratos releases the evils trapped in Pandoras box, so it makes sense, in a way, that Zeus would in turn use it against his son. A new main weapon and new abilities retain the defining spirit of the God of War series while presenting a vision of conflict that forges new ground in the genre.PC FEATURESHigh Fidelity Graphics Striking visuals enhanced on PC. During his time there, Kratos would experience hallucinations of Athena's spirit during his quest to find a cure for his son's illness. Lahkesis is annoyed and attacks Kratos once again, only now he is assisted by Atropos from behind mirror. Aphrodite aided Kratos during his quest to kill Ares by giving him Medusa's head. He is alarmed at Atreus' outbursts and is quick to reprimand him for it, fearing that he will become the same monster as Kratos was in Greece. In new game+ Kratos gained Zeus and Ares' armors, which look strikingly similar, especially in the back area, to Kratos' own god armor in God of War II. At the end of his service to the gods of Olympus, when it became clear that they would never relieve him of his nightmares, he became openly defiant and hostile towards them, even after being made a god himself, his hatred, however, reached its peak after learning of their role in his mothers and brother's suffering after which he swore vengeance upon them. Updated July 9, 2021, by Russ Boswell: Sony brought fans another fantastic adventure with the most recent God of War and now fans have even more Norse-themed adventures on the horizon with God of War: Ragnarok. Acting as agents of Zeus. Though Kratos is not a character in actual Greek mythology, there is a being in myth named "Cratos". He is forced to reluctantly kill his mother, Most of Kratos' actions during the series were driven by rage and vengeance. After a short skirmish between the siblings, Thanatos attacked Deimos, but after being rescued by Kratos, the pair joined forces to battle their foe. However, as the series progressed, Kratos became more and more disillusioned and enraged with the treatment he was receiving from the Olympian Gods, most notable when he was in service to them. Olympus and opening Pandora's Box is Pandora herself, daughter of Hephaestus. Kratos than further proceeded to see his Orkos' house being burnt down, with the corpse of Orkos inside it. Kratos' journey back to the city of Atlantis is not easy. It is possible that since Hera was so weak, Kratos didn't see her as a threat. . However, he was tolerant of Aphrodite (not even he could withstand the charm and beauty of the goddess of love & sex and eventually falls prey to her appeal by having sex with her if player chooses) and Hephaestus since they are both indifferent (and in the latter's case, even somewhat supportive) to his war on Olympus. An example of this is Hades use of telekinesis when Kratos fights him. As they leave, however, a rumbling sound could be heard from the outside. Kratos managed to fight the effects of the electrocution, repel Hephaestus' attack that was about to fall on him using a forging tool, and stab Hephaestus to death. Only the destruction of the world was caused by his actions. When asked about the old armor's that Brok and Sindri forged for him, Kratos mentions that he used all of them. He regretted killing Baldur as he knew Freya would be angry at him but defended his actions, by stating that Baldur had chosen this path. He did not harm her when she swore vengeance on him, likely as he understands the pain she feels, having felt the same after killing his family, and believes that time will eventually cause her to forgive him. According to Persephone, that was one of the conditions to enter into this place. He is also very libidinous and sexually passionate with many women, although as stated by Gaia, he never found true happiness or comfort in these acts, with Lysandra being the only woman he actually ever loved. 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