The Spartan then grabbed the Sun God and pulled his head off with his bare hands, causing the sun to be permanently veiled by dark clouds and rain storms. Behind the Scenes As the Ghost of Sparta moved in to finish him off, Poseidon told Kratos that no matter how many gods fall, there would always be another to stand against him.
Kratos was dragged down by the arms of the Underworld. The scar was caused by Ares when Kratos was a child and tried to save his brother from the raid of Gods on Sparta. He could be talking about Athena, or the many times he has faced undead foes like Alrik. Freya is devastated upon seeing her son's lifeless body and threatens Kratos to use all of her power to curse him.
The name literally means "Nation". In-Game Information Also she brought forth Kratos (Cratus, Strength) and Bia (Force), wonderful children. Baldur tearfully regrets not killing Freya and is left to mourn.
Athena appeared moments later and charged at Kratos, begging him to stop. After arriving at the Realm Travel Room, Kratos locks in Jötunheim and orders Atreus by giving him Mimir's head and positioning it into the beam and straight onto the door finally unlocking Jötunheim. Kratos was unable to harm Aphrodite because of her powers but he could resist her attempts to seduce him as his revenge against Zeus was more important to him. Freya assures them that she can reason with him, but Kratos says that he means to kill her, to which Freya adds that she doesn't care and will protect him. He appears older, with more wrinkles on his face looking to be in his mid to late 50s or 60s. There is a large, claw shaped scar on Hercules' chest which may have been inflicted by the Nemean Lion. Poseidon broke free of Gaia's grasp by attacking her with more Hippocampi. But the boat gets stuck halfway across so Kratos finally lets Atreus help him get it unstuck.
Gaia wrapped her palm around Zeus' platform, trapping him there as an eager Kratos jumped down from Gaia's hand to confront Zeus. He encountered Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld who had been kidnapped by Hades and forced to wed him. When he finds himself in the Nordic Realm, Kratos seems to have lost all the weapons he obtained from his quest of vengeance, having been destroyed by Zeus back when he was fighting him. Kratos reminds Baldur in return to not come near them nor touch Freya again, in Freya says that she doesn't need protection and the two leave for mother and son to settle things out. Buried underneath all of the years of guilt, anger, and need for revenge, Hope was finally released when Kratos learned to forgive his past deeds, thus releasing its power. Kratos is a word from the ancient Greek language with a seemingly simple and straight-forward interpretation. Hercules is the older half-brother of Kratos, and shares many similarities with him. Atreus, whines about the fact that Sindri talks about Brok all the time and how Brok is better than he is. Midway through the fight, Kratos stuns Baldur, but Freya blocks their path to him, but Kratos lifts the hand with ease and notices the crystal, and orders his son to shoot it at the exact timing, in which he does. Kratos then boasted that neither the Sisters of Fate nor the gates of Hades could stop him, ultimately declaring that Zeus would not live to see the next sunrise. Deeper into the garden, Kratos encountered Hera one more time, and she continued to express her hatred for him because of what he was doing to the planet. Meanwhile, Kratos finds himself in the abandoned village of Kirra, where he is trapped in an illusion of his home in Sparta, with his blood oath inhibiting memories of him killing his wife and daughter.
Kratos displays proficiency with all of his weapons. Demigod Kratos managed to kill both Zeus and Gaia by simultaneously impaling both with the Blade of Olympus. He vowed never to falter again and, to honor his brother, he gave himself a tattoo in the exact image of his brother's birthmarks. It's also revealed that his mother is none other than Freya herself.
Zeus immediately ordered his fellow Olympians, along with his demigod son Hercules, to attack Kratos and his Titan allies, although Zeus himself opted to stay out of the fray for the time being as he was still recovering from his last battle with Kratos.
Kratos’ role as a god of strength and power wasn’t just limited the battlefield, but he is usually identified with violence. This relieved some of the Titan's burden but called attention to Kratos' presence. He spoke with the dying oracle, who revealed Ares' plan to mold Kratos into a warrior capable of overthrowing Zeus, thereby allowing Ares to become the new King of Olympus.
They start their journey back to Midgard with Mimir saying that the boat is the only way back and will take them halfway back to the Temple bridge. Minor gods and goddesses were often written in as identifiable characters to bring further symbolic meaning or just to advance the plot.
"[Enter Kratos (Cratus, Power) and Bia (Force), bringing with them Prometheus captive, and Hephaistos (Hephaestus).] He beat Hephaestus to a bloody pulp and took Pandora, his daughter, away from him so he could suffer for all eternity. In Aeschylus' Libation Bearers, Electra calls upon Kratos, Dike ("Justice"), and Zeus to aid her brother Orestes in avenging the murder of their father Agamemnon. As Kratos mournfully cradled the unmoving body of his dead wife, he discovered that Ares had orchestrated his family's death. He also noted that as the Valkyries are so strong, they are useful for his and Atreus's growth in skill. Moments later, Poseidon resurfaced within a colossal watery construct in his image, spawning several Hippocampi to aid him in battle. Rising from the dead, they attempted to kill Kratos in retaliation for abandoning them, although he defeated them all. The Ghost of Sparta continued to have the upper hand, damaging Hades to the point where he could easily fire his other blade and use it to form a noose around Hades' neck. Once Kratos discovered the truth, that Freya was Baldur's mother and he was going to kill her to punish her for all the pain she caused, Kratos tried to stop him. 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. Kratos replied that it was the only thing he could hope for now since he could not go back to Elysium. For the next decade, Kratos faithfully served the Gods of Olympus in whatever tasks they required of him. However, Kratos managed to fly to safety by landing on Atlas. One of these was Kratos, whose name meant “strength.”. As he heard her crying behind him, his hatred for the Gods of Olympus deepened. [43] Unaware of the actual mythological god named Kratos appearing in Prometheus Bound, the creators coincidentally chose Kratos, the same Greek word meaning "Strength", of which the mythological figure Kratos is the personification. However, Kratos ignored his pleas and once again made his way to Cronos' belt, dislodging the nail and driving it into Cronos' chin. Already feisty and aggressive at a young age, Kratos trained together with his younger brother, Deimos, as they dreamed of joining the Spartan army when they grew up. After a long and brutal fight, Kratos grabbed Hercules and carried him to the beds of spikes lining the forum walls, throwing him into them and tearing off all of his armor.
Family Member/s Kratos explained that was the name Faye wanted to call him when he was born and was probably the one she used when speaking of him with her people. Kratos agreed, saying he while he was, still a monster he is no longer her monster. Kratos tells him to get some rest, with Atreus adding that he is way ahead of them, in which Atreus has a vision of Thor showing up at their house when Fimbulwinter ends. With the Gorgon sister's death, Kratos used Head of Euryale to turn his enemies into stone. After doing so, he finds the Titan Horn and uses it to summon Cronos. Kratos then traveled back to Kirra, where he encountered Orkos once again.
Kratos is one of the thousands of daimones that were rarely referenced in mythology. His unofficial 13th and final labor was to kill Kratos and to become the God of War, ironically 13 is commonly referred to as the unlucky number which would foreshadow his death at the hands of Kratos. Instead, Orkos became oath keeper of the Furies in an attempt to please his mother, Alecto.
After successfully exacting his vengeance, Kratos escaped into the world of Norse Gods by settling down in Midgard in Ancient Norway where he married another woman named Faye and bore a son named Atreus who together, after the boy's mother’s death, would embark on a journey to spread her ashes at the highest peak of all the nine realms.
After some initial hesitation, Kratos indulged Aphrodite before using the nearby Hyperion Gate to visit Hephaestus, who sarcastically asked Kratos if his wife "had conquered another God of War". Oddly, he also has the scar from where Zeus stabbed him, despite his battle with Ares occurring long before his fight with Zeus.