The red gloves Kratos wears under his chains are only seen in II and III, whereas in all the other games in the Greek Saga, they are either on his bare skin, or under some leather wrappings. The dwarf offers improvements to the axe as well as other weapons, armor, and equipment the two carry. He was raised and trained alongside him by his mother Callisto in hopes of one day becoming a Spartan soldier. His skin is still pale and covered with the ashes of his Spartan family, and his tattoos have faded slightly. After successfully hunting down the deer, they were intercepted with an big aggressive troll. Kratos asks Hades to face him, and Hades found him too impatient, saying that the two of them would soon meet. They both accept the offer, and the adventures of Kratos, Mimir, and Freya continue. They are formed from inner madness and anger the war of the Primordials, the war that created the Universe. Before meeting his death, Poseidon tells Kratos that it doesn't matter how many a fallen god, there will always be other gods who will oppose him. But as usual, Kratos doesn't care and leaves him towards the Hyperion gate which will direct him on the Underworld exit. Still haunted by the visions of his mortal past, and against the advice of Athena, Kratos than embarked on a long quest to find his mother, Callisto, in the city of Atlantis. 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. The whole past Kratos' darkness can be read clearly, from how he slaughtered all his enemies brutally, to leave his family for the glory of Sparta. Odin, the King of Asgard, follows soon after, and makes an offer to the God of War: in exchange for him and Atreus not antagonizing the Aesir gods, Odin and Thor would also not do the same, in order to maintain peace. Pandora tells him that he is being held somewhere in the labyrinth, but before he can explain further, Zeus silences him and warns Kratos to back off. Orkos has been paralyzed by The Furies and Kratos has been captured. They are a pair of chained blades that were fashioned by the God of War, Ares. While Magni distracts Kratos, Modi taunts the boy again this time causing the boy to lose control and charge wildly against the god. Once Faye died, he decided to raise Atreus himself and scolded Atreus every time he made a mistake, but always managed to control himself. He figures out that the serpent mistook Kratos and Atreus of being friends of Thor, until Mimir assures him that they are no friends of Thor. With the death of Orkos, Kratos' oath bond with Ares was finally broken. 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. To start a new life. By jumping off the rocky cliff, the Gods of Olympus had other plans for him. Interestingly, Mimir himself originally didn't believe the story of Kratos traveling back in time to win a battle he originally lost and to turn fate against Zeus, saying it had to be exaggerated. Because of this, it made Kratos mistake her for Calliope, but then realized he had been hearing the wrong person throughout this time. 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. Immediately, Zeus knew that Hephaestus had lied to him, and as a consequence of that, Zeus tortured Hephaestus until the God of Blacksmiths revealed the truth, that place the safest way to store Pandora's Box is in the Flame of Olympus and that Pandora is key to open it. Although he overcame all obstacles, Kratos was stunned at Zeus' betrayal and he swore revenge. These drastic changes for his character model across the series can be attributed to better hardware and graphics developments being made as the games were being worked on. 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. To reach the Palace of Fates, a large palace where the Sisters of Fate are currently located, Kratos should use the Steeds of Time. Because of this, he started destroying its foundations from within, and in the end, succeeded in conquering the golden statue of Colossus. This is easily noticeable if one directly compares Kratos' model between II and III. But during this trip, he received help from Aphrodite, the Goddess of Beauty asked Kratos to kill Medusa, the queen of the Gorgons, and in return, Kratos is given the power to petrify enemies. Now with Hades' soul inside him, Kratos can swim through the River Styx without hindrance. The return of the Blades of Chaos in God of War (2018) is an unforgettable moment that helps tie the Nordic Saga to the original games. Kratos and Atreus goes their real home to grieve, and Kratos and Mimir gently tells Atreus to confront his mistakes instead running away from them. Due to exhaustion, he decided to rest in the oasis, where he met with the Baboon again. Waking up in the middle of a rift in the earth, Kratos pulls the Blade of Olympus from Zeus' stomach, but Zeus' spirit which is still active, immediately attacks Kratos and drains his determination and anger, filled him with fear and loss, bringing him to the brink of death. When Kratos was about to give up and be killed by the Kraken, Gaia appeared before him and told him he must press on, for a great war was coming and they needed him to lead them into battle. An enraged Aphrodite told Kratos that it had been long since a real man came to see her- the bridges leading to her chambers have been nearly destroyed and Zeus refused to allow Daedalus to repair so he could continue working on the labyrinth to imprison Pandora. Weapons that happens to be dual gauntlets. The Leviathan Axe's ice magic is very effective against enemies with the attribute of Burn, while the fiery swing of the Blades damage effectively those of Frost. Along the way, they are confronted by a vengeful Freya, but they eventually make amends. Seeing Helios thrown across town, Kratos rushes at him, but before he can kill him, an army of shields come to cover, forcing Kratos to take control of the Cyclops and use it to destroy the defenders. Kratos forgave himself for his past sins but Athena confronted him to return his powers. Climbing up the Chain of Balance, the chain that connects the Underworld to Mount Olympus, Kratos reaches the Flame's Chamber, a room where Pandora's Box is kept. Zeus also blamed Cronos for Kratos managing to retrieve the box as he was supposed to kill anyone trying to reach Pandora's Temple. Hephaestus tried to recreate Pandora, but no matter how hard he tried, he failed, time and time again. 2. He will always remember the day when he was captured by Atlas, and for that, now he wants once more to be saved. Kratos finds the three Sirens in question and kills them, deliver the third soul to open a door in which there is a Titan's trumpet. Later on, Kratos encountered Artemis' champion, Pothia, and killed her as well, with her army also falling victim to the Spartans, although Artemis did not retaliate. He also is a fan of poetry, his favorite being Paris and Helen of Troy. A useful ability when you have to face, e.g. After seeing Zeus for the first time in Helheim, Kratos seemingly reacts with fear upon seeing his father after decades had passed since the former's death. Initially, Hephaestus couldn't accept Kratos' selfish attitude, but on second thought, they had the same goal, namely to overthrow Zeus, so he asked Kratos to look for the Omphalos stone in the depths of Tartarus and promised to make him a special weapon that would be useful in Kratos' journey. What Are Kratos' Powers? Kratos (Greek: ), also known as Frbauti (Nordic: ) and the God of War/Strsgu (Nordic: ), is the titular character and the main protagonist of the God of War series. After being reminded by Athena would On his mission to kill Zeus, Kratos goes inside the Hyperion Gate which redirects him to the mountains of Olympus. The atmosphere became silent when the Flame of Olympus was destroyed as a result of Pandora's sacrifice. 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, in the middle of this strife, Zeus came and captured Pandora. After retrieving the heart and returning to Freya's home, the two briefly discussed how the cure would only be temporary and that in order to heal properly, Kratos would need to tell Atreus the truth about his nature as a God. Callisto was Kratos' mother. Despite his war on Olympus and Greece, Kratos (at least initially) only truly desired the death of Zeus. Kratos manages to cut off Megaera's arm, but Tisiphone comes attacking with her pet bird, Daimon. Kratos steals the Typhon's Bane arrow from the Titan Typhon and uses it to break the bond chain of Prometheus, dropping him into the Primordial Fire and burning him alive to die, freeing him from endless torment. Before heading home, Kratos and his son, Atreus, encountered more Draugrs, and then a Hel-Walker, which they both were not sure what it was. Before Ascension, Kratos attacked a village which worshiped the goddess Athena at the behest of his lord at the time, Ares, the Oracle who resided in the village warned the Spartan to not enter the Temple of Athena. When he asked Athena to get rid of the nightmare that had been haunting him, Athena informs that the Gods have kept their promise to forgive Kratos' sins, however they never promised to free him from his nightmares. With only Alecto remaining, Kratos draws his sword and stabs it into Alecto's chest, killing him instantly. But this time Kratos is not fooled anymore, he knew all this was just an illusion and immediately confronted the three sisters The Furies that attacked him simultaneously. Kratos attempted to stop Ares, but Ares swept him aside and scarred him across his right eye. Lysandra was Kratos' first wife. However, it doesn't matter to him. Sindri quickly catches their attention. However, Kratos did lose a few weapons that were not destroyed by Zeus' Astral Form, notably the Sun Shield of Helios, and the Gauntlet of Zeus, which were physically removed off his body at the end of Chains of Olympus. A couple of years later, Faye died due to unexplained reasons and requested that her family take her cremated ashes to the highest peak in the Nine Realms. It was also one of the only known tools (along with Pandora's Box and the Gauntlet of Zeus) that had the power to harm and kill other Gods. At first, he kept his past a secret from his son out of shame, but eventually told him more about it so Atreus didn't make the same mistakes he did and so that he could be better than he was. She then takes them back to Tr's Temple, commanding Kratos to have the contraption functioning again. Since the death of Deimos, Kratos, the God of War, isolates himself from the other Gods and spent most of his time helping Sparta in conquering Greece. Kratos is an anti-hero, and the main protagonist of the video game series God of War. Things began to get worse between Kratos and the Stranger, as the first fight between the two them gets physical and it worsens more as Kratos lost his patience with the mysterious man, and punches him effortlessly in the face. Already feisty and aggressive at a young age, Kratos trained together with his younger brother, Deimos, who's also a demigod, as they dreamed of joining the Spartan army when they grew up. 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