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The Story of Kratos: The God of War Timeline

the ghost of Sparta the Fallen God farbati or the  one who yells boy every two minutes you know him   by many names but do you know the full story of  Kratos I'm Keegan and in this video we're gonna go   over the story of all of the God of War games from  kratos's early days in Sparta to his adventures in   midgard this timeline will go over the main events  of kratos's story in the order that they happened   for the ghost of Sparta which isn't always the  chronological order of the game's release dates   the story of Kratos begins before the events of  the first God of War Game Kratos is a captain   of the Spartan Army leading his men through  numerous battles and always emerging Victorious   but nothing lasts forever Kratos and his army  eventually encounter a Savage Barbarian horde   that Slaughters them as he's about to die Kratos  strikes a deal with Ares the god of war from Greek   mythology Kratos pledges his allegiance to Ares  under the condition that the God would spare   him and his men and help him obtain Victory Ares  accepts this offer and grants Kratos the blades   of chaos powerful weapons forged in the realm of  the Dead symbolizing kratos's servitude to the god   with chains bound to the Spartans flesh Kratos  becomes Aries servant defeating his enemies and   conquering various parts of Greece these Newfound  Powers turn Kratos into a bloodthirsty conqueror   killing everyone on his way his army eventually  comes across a village that worships Athena the   goddess of wisdom and Military Victory blinded  by his bloodlust Kratos kills every villager and   sets their houses on fire once his rage dissipates  Kratos realizes that his own wife and daughter are   among the casualties The Village Oracle curses  Kratos for this massacre and binds the ashes of   his dead family to his skin this new pale skin  tone grants Kratos his most popular nickname   The Ghost of Sparta it turns out kratos's wife  and daughter weren't here by accident it was a   plot from Ares who wanted to free Kratos from  his mortal bounds to turn him into the perfect   warrior with no feelings this plan didn't work  out for ares as Kratos swears to get his Vengeance   against the god of war and renounces his pledge  of servitude God of War ascension a hack and slash   released in 2013 for the Playstation 3 takes place  six months after Kratos accidentally killed his   family and before the events of the very first  God of War game after Kratos broke his oath of   allegiance to Ares the god of war sends the furies  to punish him for his betrayal these three sisters   are tasked with imprisoning whoever breaks their  Blood Oath torturing them to Insanity as death   would be too kind for traitors that's exactly what  they do to Kratos causing haunting allusions to   weaken the Spartans mind orcos the son of Ares  and the queen of Furies realizes that his father   wasn't fair to the Spartan when he manipulated him  to slay his own family he betrays the furies and   takes kratos's side telling the ghosts of Sparta  that Ares chose him to be his servant in a plot to   overtake Mount Olympus he also tells Kratos that  the Oracle alethia could know how to free him from   his bond to Ares Kratos finds the Oracle who tells  him that the only way to be free from his Blood   Oath is to slay the furies the furies catch up  with Kratos and orcos and imprison the ghost of   Sparta within Aegean a giant living prison called  the prison of the Damned they torture Kratos by   casting various Illusions and even try to seduce  him into getting back to Aries service by showing   him getting home to his wife and daughter but the  ghost of Sparta doesn't forget reality and refuses   to pledge his allegiance to the God of War Kratos  eventually manages to get free from the Fury's   prison and kills the three sisters he reunites  with orcos who tells him that the only way for   both of them to get rid of their respective bonds  to Ares is for Kratos to kill orcos as the furies   made him his oath keeper the Spartan reluctantly  obliges finally breaking his bond with the God of   War however doing so has an unexpected consequence  as Kratos begins to have terrible nightmares about   the death of his wife and daughter these Visions  were previously held back by his bond to Ares and   are now free to roam his mind torturing him with  sorrow the only way for Kratos to get rid of these   nightmares is to serve the god odds of Olympus  and get Redemption for his sins the ghost of   Sparta begins to accomplish various missions for  the Olympian gods protecting Greece from foreign   enemies and defeating powerful mythological  creatures some of his adventures are described   in God of War chains of Olympus a game released in  2008 for the PSP in God of War chains of Olympus   Kratos battles against the Persian army in the  city of Attica in classic Kratos fashion he slays   the Army defeats the Persian king and even kills  the large basilisk fighting for them after slaying   the Beast the sun suddenly plummets through the  sky falling down like a meteorite and plunging   the world Into Darkness the ghost of Sparta heads  to where the sun seemingly fell down running after   the remains of light on the horizon he discovers  that Morpheus the god of Dreams covered the land   in a black fog so he can be the only ruler of  this new world without Helios the god of the   sun Kratos reaches the Temple of Helios where the  remaining light comes from and encounters a statue   of Athena who tells him that morphe has used his  black fog to put all gods in a deep Slumber the   goddess asks Kratos to retrieve Helios to bring  the sun back and get rid of Morpheus so the gods   could finally wake up and prevent him from ruling  over the world since Kratos is now in the world   of Dreams something comes to haunt him a flute  Melody that the ghost of Sparta recognizes as the   one his daughter used to play that sure doesn't  help with the nightmares he has but the ghost of   Sparta manages to keep his sanity or at least  what's left of it Kratos finds helios's sister   EOS who tells him that the god of the sun has been  abducted by the Titan Atlas Kratos frees the fire   steeds the mythical horses that pull helios's son  Chariot across the sky every day the horses take   Kratos to their master in the Underworld where the  ghost of Sparta follows the light of Helios to the   Temple of Persephone the queen of the underworld  he sees his daughter Calliope on the shorelines   of the temple but as he tries to follow her inside  he meets the Queen of the underworld instead she   offers to reunite the ghosts of Sparta with his  daughter under the condition he ran announces the   weapons and powers granted to him by the gods of  Olympus even if the world will suffer from this   Choice Kratos agrees and transfers his powers  to The Forsaken tree becoming an ordinary man   stripped of all Godly Powers magic abilities  and powerful weapons as Kratos can finally   reunite with his daughter Persephone taunts him  and reveals her true plans she was the one who   freed Atlas and caused the kidnapping of Helios as  revenge against the gods of Olympus who abandoned   her while Kratos was getting rid of his powers  and reuniting with his daughter Atlas carried   out Persephone's plan to destroy the pillar that  holds the world killing everyone and causing the   end of the world Kratos realizes that the only  way to save his daughter is to stop Persephone's   evil plans even if that means he'll never see his  child again Kratos fights his way out to retrieve   his weapons and Powers killing everyone standing  in his way this Slaughter turns him into the ghost   of Sparta once more to the despair of his daughter  Kratos catches up with Persephone and the two   fight in an epic battle at the top of the pillar  of the world the ghost of Sparta binds the Titan   Atlas to the pillar and defeats the queen of the  underworld who tells him that his suffering will   never end as he will always be haunted by his past  actions the pillar breaks and Atlas is now forced   to hold the weight of the world on his shoulders  for eternity the Titan tells Kratos that he will   regret helping the gods and that they will meet  again the ghost of Sparta doesn't really care   about atlas's opinion and believes the gods  will keep their promise of getting rid of his   nightmares should he complete missions for them  Kratos riotelios's son Chariot back to the mortal   world bringing the ordinary course of the sun  back and forcing Morpheus to release his grip the   first God of War game released in 2005 for the  PlayStation 2 begins as Kratos accomplished 10   years of service for the gods of Olympus Kratos  is tired of this mercenary life and wants to   stop serving the gods Athena tells him that if he  performs one final mission the gods will forgive   him for killing his family and that final mission  is one Kratos has been looking for killing Ares   Kratos heads to Athens where is wreaking havoc  the ghost of Sparta battles his way through the   city and finds out the only way to kill Ares is  with Pandora's Box a mythical artifact that can   give a mortal the power to kill a god since this  artifact can give immense powers to whoever opens   it Pandora's Box isn't easily accessible it's  hidden within a temple filled with deadly traps   and is located on the back of the Titan Chronos  who was cursed to Forever wander the desert of   lost souls by Zeus after the Great War that oppose  the Titans and the Olympians determined to get his   revenge on Ares and be forgiven for his past  sins Kratos makes his way to Pandora's Temple   as Kratos recovers Pandora's Box Ares throws a  pillar from Athens to the temple and kills the   ghost of Sparta while harpies steal the box for  ares Kratos is sent to the Underworld the realm   of the dead he battles his way out of there  and escapes the underworld with the help of a   mysterious Gravedigger who calls him my child the  ghost of Sparta comes back to Athens and retrieves   Pandora's Box unleashing its powers to finally  face Ares the god of war doesn't go down without   a fight and forces Kratos to relive the death of  his wife and daughter through a powerful illusion   Kratos manages to snap out of it so Ares strips  the blades of chaos from kratos's arms leaving   the ghost of Sparta to fight with his bare hands  Kratos finds the blade of the Gods a large metal   sword formerly used as an ornamental Bridge inside  Athens and uses it to finally defeat the God of   War Athens is safe and sound and Kratos finally  got his revenge Athena tells him that as promised   the gods forgive his sins however they can't make  the nightmares go away as that wasn't part of the   deal and Kratos will have to deal with it with no  more reason to live Kratos tries to kill himself   by drowning in the Aegean Sea however the gods  have other plans for him and Athena pulls him out   of the water since aerys Was Defeated there's an  empty seat on Mount Olympus the Throne of the god   of war and this is how Kratos the bloodthirsty  Spartan Captain becomes the new god of war and   where this popular franchise got its name God of  War ghost of Sparta Dives deeper into the origin   story of Kratos by focusing on some of his family  members not his dead wife and daughter though as   we already know about them long before the events  of the games and Oracle foretold that the end of   Mount Olympus wouldn't come from the Titans but  the gods would fall to the hand of the marked   Warrior a mortal Zeus and ares found a boy with  strange birthmarks that could fit a marked Warrior   description this boy was kratos's younger brother  Deimos Ares interrupted the brother's childhood   training in Sparta and kidnapped demos to prevent  him from harming Olympus Kratos tried to intervene   but the God of War pushed him away and scarred  his right eye as Ares was about to kill Kratos   Athena stopped him stating they only needed the  marked Warrior they took demos to the domain of   death where the boy would be tortured by the god  of death Thanatos for the years to come in honor   of his brother Kratos got a red tattoo similar  to damos's birthmark across his face and body   years later Kratos de defeated Aries and became  the new God of War however he remains haunted by   visions of his mortal childhood wondering what  happened to the rest of his family he decides to   explore his past against the advice of Athena  he finds his mother Callisto in the city of   Atlantis she tells him that his brother is alive  but tormented in death's domain and that to reach   him Kratos needs to head back to Aries temple in  Sparta Callisto suddenly transforms into a beast   and Kratos has to kill his own mother on the way  out of Atlantis Kratos frees the Titan Thera which   causes the eruption of the methena volcano and a  flood that destroys everything as he escapes the   sunken city Kratos stumbles upon the enigmatic  Gravedigger he previously met in the first God   of War game Who warns him not to anger the gods  Kratos reaches Sparta where he's praised by the   inhabitants some Spartans are even tearing down  a statue of Ares to replace it with one of Kratos   the new God of War he then fights against a young  ghost-like version of himself who manages to throw   a few good punches at the God of War but before  getting crushed against a wall Kratos realizes   he needs to get back to Atlantis to find death's  domain and rescue his brother this trip to Sparta   wasn't completely meaningless though as a young  Spartan Commander gives Kratos his former weapons   the arms of Sparta Kratos goes back to Atlantis  but the minions of Poseidon sink his ship and kill   his crew the god of the sea is mad at Kratos for  sinking his kingdom but the Spartan doesn't really   care he finally enters death's domain locates his  brother and frees him but this lovely brotherly   reunion isn't as warm as it could have been as  demos is furious that Kratos didn't come to rescue   him sooner the two brothers fight until Thanatos  the god of death intervenes he takes demos away   Kratos saves his brother and the two reconcile  Kratos gives demos the arms of Sparta and they   fight Thanatos together Thanatos realizes the  gods made a mistake The Marked Warrior was not   damos but Kratos the marks weren't deimos's  birthmark as they thought but the ashes of   kratos's wife and daughter bound to the ghost of  Sparta's skin kidnapping damos had turned Kratos   into a merciless Warrior and forcing him to kill  his family fulfilled the prophecy of creating the   marked Warrior during the fight against the two  brothers Thanatos kills demos Furious Kratos slays   the god he carries the dead body of his brother  to the mysterious Gravedigger he previously met   who for some reason already had a grave prepared  Kratos buries his brother using the arms of Sparta   as a grave marker as the ghost of Sparta wonders  out loud what had become of him the gravedigger   answers that he became death the destroyer of  worlds before Vanishing Athena appears stating   that all the ties That linked Kratos to the  mortal world were now severed as she tries to   turn him into a full-time God the Spartan stops  her he heads back to Olympus saying that the gods   will pay for what they did he sits on his throne  as the God of War wearing his Olympian armor with   a thirst for revenge in his eyes The Adventures  of Kratos continue with the release of God of War   betrayal a 2d side scroller for mobile following  the events of the first game Kratos is back to   Leading his Spartan Army against various Greek  warriors everything is going fine until kratos's   crew is attacked by a bunch of beasts led by Argos  a powerful Giant and servant of Hera sent to stop   Kratos from wreaking havoc in Greece a mysterious  assassin kills Argos and Frames Kratos for this   death in the hope that the gods would turn their  back on the ghost of Sparta Kratos goes after this   mysterious killer to find out who wants to frame  him slashing everyone standing in his way as per   usual Zeus eventually sends the son of Hermes  cerix to deliver a message to Kratos asking him   to stop destroying everything in his quest to find  the Assassin Kratos refuses to stop fights against   the messenger and ends up killing him whoops now  the gods have a really good reason to be mad at   the ghost of Sparta enter God of War 2. Kratos  is among the gods of Olympus but his colleagues   don't really like the way he slotted everyone in  his previous Adventures Kratos doesn't like them   either as they're responsible for the death of  everyone he cared about and didn't help him to   get rid of The Haunting visions of his family's  death the only hobby that Kratos has is leading   his Spartan Army into battle conquering Greece  and defeating anyone he can Athena asks for him   to stop as the gods are growing more and more  angry at the new god of war and his thirst for   blood as usual Kratos doesn't really care what  anyone thinks and continues doing what he wants   he assists his Spartan Army in the Battle of  Rhodes joining the fight as a god way taller   than any of the mere humans fighting this war an  eagle who Kratos believes to be Athena flies over   the battlefield and strips him of his Godly height  infusing it into the Colossus of Rhodes bringing   it to life to kill Kratos the large statue joins  the battle and wreaks havoc in the city in his   fight against the ghost of Sparta Zeus gives  Kratos the Blade of Olympus a powerful sword   once used to stop the Great War Between the gods  and the Titans the king of Olympus tells Kratos to   infuse this Blade with his Godly powers in order  to have the means to defeat the Colossus the ghost   of Sparta trans offers his powers into the sword  becoming mortal but powerful enough to destroy his   opponent Kratos defeats the statue but is mortally  wounded after being crushed by the falling   Colossus the ghost of Sparta tries to crawl to his  sword to get his powers back but the eagle appears   once again it turns out that it wasn't Athena  who stripped him of his Godly height but Zeus   himself he betrayed Kratos as he is a threat to  Olympus and already killed one of the Gods Ares   Zeus doesn't want to be kratos's next victim so  he kills the ghost of Sparta using the Blade of   Olympus and wipes out the entire Spartan Army as  Kratos is dragged to the underworld he's saved by   Gaia the primordial goddess of the Earth Mother  of the Titans and grandmother of the Olympian   gods her voice might sound familiar to players as  she's also the narrator of the God of War series   Gaia tells Kratos that he should find the sisters  of Fate to change his past regain his powers and   status as the god of war and then prevent Zeus's  betrayal and slay the king of Olympus easy peasy   right Gaia sends forth Pegasus the mythical  winged horse has help Kratos on his quest Kratos   and Pegasus fly towards the island of creation but  are attacked by Ravens and Griffins the leader of   the Griffin Riders the dark rioter slams into  Pegasus and sends the horse plummeting to his   death Kratos avenges the winged horse and defeats  the dark Rider before diving onto the island of   creation Below on his way to finding the sisters  of Fate Kratos asks Gaia why she decided to help   him get his revenge on Zeus she explains the story  of Zeus starting with how he was saved as a child   from The Madness of his father Kronos who ate all  of his children to prevent a prophecy stating that   one of the kids would rise up against him Zeus's  mother Reya saved the child and sent him away to   an island that happened to be Gaia herself Gaia  took care of Zeus until he grew up and was strong   enough to enact his revenge against Kronos and all  the Titans in typical Kratos fashion the ghost of   Sparta slays a few enemies standing in his way  including Theseus the son of Poseidon Perseus   son of Zeus the Barbarian King he defeated in  the original God of War the Gorgon Queen uriely   and Icarus whom he steals wings from Kratos then  reaches the Titan Atlas who was forced to hold the   Earth after his encounter with the ghost of Sparta  in God of War chains of Olympus Atlas is furious   at Kratos for being responsible for his fate but  the Spartan explains his plans of reaching the   sisters of Fate to take his revenge on Zeus Atlas  tells Kratos that the Titans are also looking to   take their revenge against the king of Olympus who  humiliated them during the Great War after a few   more battles Kratos enters the sisters of Fate's  stronghold and explains his desire to change his   fate they deny his request to alter time so  Kratos reacts as he always does by fighting   them he defeats the three sisters of Fate granting  himself control over his own destiny Kratos gets   his powers back and retrieves his status as the  God of War before traveling back to his death at   the hands of Zeus in Rhodes Zeus didn't see this  time travel twist coming and Kratos manages to   get the upper hand in their battle after a lengthy  fight the ghost of Sparta pins down Zeus's hands   and uses the Blade of Olympus to stab Zeus  exactly how he was originally stabbed when   he had lost the fight before Kratos can kill  Zeus Athena intervenes to defend the king of   Olympus Kratos is angry at her for protecting  the God and preventing him from getting his   revenge Zeus warns Kratos that he started a war  he will not be able to win as the sisters of Fate   already predicted his victory Kratos turns back  to the king of Olympus and tries to impale him   but Athena sacrifices herself and takes the hit  instead of Zeus who escapes as Athena is dying   Kratos asks her why she sacrificed herself to  protect Zeus Athena reveals that Zeus's actions   were only caused by fear the same fear that led to  his father Kronos killing all of his children the   fear that caused the Great War and the fear that  is now responsible for Zeus trying to kill his   own son Kratos yep Kratos is the son of Zeus and  just like Zeus wanted to kill his father Kronos   Kratos was now trying to kill his dad Athena warns  Kratos that the gods will never stop protecting   Zeus and that Zeus is the only one who can make  sure Olympus will prevail as the goddess draws   her last breath Kratos declares that no one will  stop him from getting his revenge on Zeus even if   he has to slay everyone on Mount Olympus Kratos  travels back in time once more this time to the   Great War that opposed the gods and Titans Gaia  announces that the Titans were expecting him and   the Ghost of Sparta explains how they can change  their fate and win this war however they can't do   this during the Great War Kratos takes Gaia and  the Titans to his current timeline so they can   face off against the gods of Olympus meanwhile  a defeated Zeus comes back to Mount Olympus and   warns his fellow gods that Kratos has gone Rogue  as Zeus finishes a speech stating that Olympus   will prevail Kratos and the Titans appear and  start climbing the mountain Kratos tells Zeus   that his son has returned to bring the destruction  of Olympus God of War 3 picks up the story as the   Titans are making their way to Mount Olympus the  gods rushed To Battle with Poseidon turning into   a massive water being and summoning several water  horses to fight his enemies Kratos fights against   the god of the sea turning him back to his human  form before gouging his eyes out and snapping   his neck the death of Poseidon causes a massive  flood that destroys everyone but those standing   atop Mount Olympus Kratos and Gaia reach Zeus who  throws a blast of lightning at them it knocks the   two off the mountain and while Gaia manages to  climb back to Mount Olympus Kratos struggles to   hang on to the titanus Gaia tells Kratos that he  was only a pawn to give Titans access to Mount   Olympus and that they no longer need him to get  their revenge on the gods she leaves the ghost   of Sparta to fall down to his death Kratos falls  into the river sticks swearing once again that he   will get his revenge and destroy all of Olympus  in the Underworld he meets the spirit of Athena   who claimed to have reached a higher level of  existence after her sacrifice to protect Zeus this   new form allowed her to learn about all the truths  she previously ignored and the former goddess is   now willing to help Kratos get his revenge against  the king of Olympus she states that as long as   Zeus lives Humanity will remain hopeless the only  way to truly defeat is to extinguish the flame of   Olympus and to help the ghost of Sparta reach  them Athena gives him a new set of weapons the   blades of Exile Kratos makes his way through the  underworld to reach hades's Palace meeting various   lost souls along the way he faces the lord of the  underworld and manages to defeat him ripping out   Hades his soul using the god of the Dead's own  weapon The Claws of Hades Kratos escapes from   the underworld and resumes his journey to Mount  Olympus but this time with no allies and two major   enemies the Titans and the Gods on his way to the  top of the mountain he stumbles upon Gaia who is   still climbing to go back to battle the titanist  asks for his help but after her betrayal Kratos   refuses and cuts off her hand making Gaia fall  down the mountain he then meets a wounded Helios   the god of the sun but instead of saving him  Kratos rips off his head plunging the world into   Eternal Darkness after a few more fights Kratos  reaches the Chamber of the flame and finds   Pandora's Box which still holds the power to kill  God however after the ghost of Sparta used its   power to kill Ares Zeus got scared and protected  the Box by placing it inside the deadly flames   of Olympus Athena tells Kratos that the key to  opening the box and unleashing its power is to   find the one it was named after Pandora the ghost  of Sparta slashes a few more Gods while looking   for Pandora killing Hermes Hercules Hera the Titan  Kronos and Hephaestus but not before the Craftsmen   of Olympus forged him a new weapon the Nemesis  whip Hephaestus reveals that he was trying to   protect his daughter Pandora who was imprisoned  in a labyrinth after Kratos opened her box Kratos   heads to the Labyrinth and finds Pandora the two  of them escaped the Labyrinth and make their way   back to the Chamber of the flame the only way to  extinguish the flame of Olympus is for Pandora   to sacrifice herself but Kratos grew fond of the  young woman and doesn't want her to die as Pandora   escapes kratos's grip to run into the flame  Zeus intervenes and grabs the girl the God of   War and the king of Olympus fight once more with  Kratos taking the upper hand against his father   while the two gods are fighting Pandora reaches  the flame and unlocks the box as Kratos opens it   he discovers that the box is empty and that  Pandora sacrificed herself for nothing Zeus   mocks his son for another failure and teleports  outside to recover from the fight Kratos chases   after Zeus and resumes the fight against his  father the two are interrupted by Gaia who   finally finished climbing the mountain and didn't  die when Kratos cut off her hand which grew back   Gaia destroys the platform where Kratos and  Zeus are fighting forcing the father and son   to jump inside the Titan as his body Kratos  and Zeus continued their fight and the Ghost   of Sparta finally manages to defeat his father  impaling him against gaia's heart killing the   King of Olympus and the mother of the Titans at  the same time Kratos awakens amongst the chaos   caused by the death of all the gods and Titans he  finds Zeus impaled on a rock and takes his weapon   out of his dead father's body but Zeus hasn't yet  said his last word and his Spirit attacks Kratos   as Zeus's Spirit crashes Kratos with his giant  fist the Spartan begins a mental Journey where   he reunites his with Pandora who tells him that  hope is the only thing that can help win battles   Kratos forgives himself for his past sins that  were tormenting his soul this newfound hope makes   Kratos regain Consciousness and retrieve his  Godly Powers he forces Zeus's Spirit back into   his body before beating his father to death with  his bare hands Kratos finally got his revenge and   killed the gods of Mount Olympus however it has an  impact on Greece as those supposed to watch over   the world are dead there is no sun tornadoes are  destroying everything the ocean engulfs most of   the land and there doesn't seem to be anyone  else besides birds and Kratos to witness the   chaos Athena appears congratulating Kratos on his  victory she says that now that the world is rid   of the God's control and the land is cleansed by  chaos humanity is ready to hear her message she   asks Kratos to give her the power from Pandora's  box but the Spartan reveals that the box was empty   when he opened it Athena tells him that he's wrong  as she witnessed Kratos killing Zeus thanks to the   power held within the box it turns out that the  power to kill the God that was held in Pandora's   Box wasn't a weapon but hope giving the strength  to overcome all obstacles this power was Unleashed   when Kratos first opened Pandora's Box to defeat  Ares but hope was buried deep underneath kratos's   guilt and need for Revenge now that he forgave  himself and defeated Zeus Kratos unleashed the   true power of Hope Athena asks Kratos to give  her this power so she can rebuild a better   world Kratos refuses and impales himself on the  Blade of Olympus releasing the power of Hope to   the entire world instead of Athena disappointed  Athena leaves Kratos to bleed to death but a trail   of blood leading away from the Blade of Olympus  suggests that the ghost of Sparta isn't yet dead   God of War 3 marks the end of The Olympian gods  and seemingly the end of Kratos as he finally   got his revenge but in 2018 he's back many years  after his fight with Zeus Kratos is now living   in the realm of midgard in ancient Norway with  his young son atreus kratos's second wife and   atreyus's mother Faye just died and her last  request was for her Ashes to be spread at the   highest peak of the nine Realms after the funeral  ceremony Kratos and atreus go to the woods to hunt   a deer but this moment isn't a sweet father-son  bonding time Kratos is distant and tough with   his son never showing him any form of affection  he tells atreus that he's not yet ready to join   him on his journey to the highest peak of the nine  Realms to atreus's despair as the boy successfully   managed to track down a deer and kill it once they  got home a mysterious stranger appears at their   door he seems to recognize Kratos and taunts the  former Greek God of War wanting to fight against   him he slaps Kratos who doesn't fight back but  asks him to get away from his home The Stranger   refuses and attacks Kratos once more forcing him  to fight the two engage in battle and the stranger   seems to have god-like powers to match kratos's  while not feeling any pain after an intense   fight the former Spartan defeats his opponent  snaps his neck and pushes the dead body off a   cliff Kratos goes back to his son and despite his  initial reluctance to take the boy on his journey   across the nine Realm the two of them leave their  home to begin their Adventure on their way to the   highest peak of the nine Realms Kratos and atreyas  meet various characters that will become their   allies such as the Dwarven holdra Brothers Brock  and sindri the Mysterious Witch of the woods and   the world's serpent jorbengand Kratos and his son  grow closer throughout their Journey even if the   Spartan isn't great as showing as a faction Kratos  and atreus climb midgard's Peak but as they're   about to reach the top they hear three men talking  among the voices there's one of an expected foe   the mysterious stranger Kratos fought in front of  their house despite having his neck snapped and   being thrown down a cliff The Stranger is Alive  and Well chatting with magni and Modi sons of Thor   they're interrogating a captured man about the  whereabouts of Kratos and atreyus the stranger   is balder son of Odin and promises that he will  ask his dad the ruler of the Norse pantheon to   have mercy on his prisoner shall he give him the  information he needs the captured man sends him   off and balder and his companions leave Kratos  and atreyas joined the prisoner who is trapped   within a tree Kratos asks his son to track down  balder and his friends to make sure that they're   alone he walks up to the prisoner who seems to  know who Kratos really is and that atreus has   no clue about the past of his father and his true  nature as a God the prisoner introduces himself   as mimir ambassador of the Gods Giants and all  creatures of the nine Realms he knows everything   about these lands and their Traditions but was  made prisoner by Odin 109 years ago atreus comes   back after making sure Balter left reuniting  with his father and explaining to mamir that   they're looking for the highest peak in the nine  Realms mamir reveals that they are not yet at   their destination since the highest mountain of  the Realms is not in midgard but in yotenheim   unfortunately for the father-son duo access to  this realm has been blocked off by Odin and Thor   mimir asks Kratos to cut off his head and have it  revived by the mysterious witch they previously   met so that he could accompany them on their  journey and show them another way to yotenheim   they go to the witch who happens to be the goddess  Freya she revives mamir's head and warns Kratos to   reveal his true nature to atreus who still has no  clue about his father's full story Kratos doesn't   really like being told what to do and leaves with  his son and mamir's head learning that Freya is a   goddess didn't help either as Kratos doesn't trust  any Gods after his Adventure in Greece mamir knows   how to open a portal to yotenheim but needs some  components to activate it during this Quest the   trio is attacked by Modi and magni the sons of  Thor that were chatting with balder at the top of   midgar's highest mountain Kratos kills magni but  Modi manages to escape Modi later ambushes them   but as Kratos fights against him atreyus suddenly  collapses Kratos fends off Modi who manages to   flee once more mimir tells Kratos that the only  way to save atreus is to get him back to freyja   so despite his lack of trust towards all kinds of  gods Kratos returns to the goddess Freya reveals   that the reason atreus fell unconscious is that  his true nature is fighting within him as he has   no clue of his true powers to revive the boy Freya  needs the heart of a particular troll in helheim   so Kratos heads there on the way he's haunted by  his grace past seeing visions of Athena and Zeus   he still manages to get the heart he needed and  bring it back to Freya so that she can save his   son atreus is cured and the duo resumes their  journey across the nine Realms atreus believes   that he overheard Kratos talking to Freya saying  that his son was cursed he believes his father   never wanted him and finds him weak Kratos reveals  the truth to atreus he is a god from a foreign   country who decided to live as a mortal when he  moved to midgard therefore atreus is a God but   according to Kratos this is not a gift but instead  a curse learning that he's a god makes atreus   become more and more arrogant he no longer cares  about their Quest but thinks about everything he   could do thanks to his Godly Powers they stumbled  across a wounded Modi who was beaten by Thor for   not avenging his brother against kratos's orders  atreus kills Modi stating that they are gods and   can therefore do whatever they want Kratos tells  him that he should never kill because he simply   wants to as there are consequences to killing  a God and Kratos surely knows about this after   everything that went down in Greece as they  finally opened the portal to yotenheim Kratos   atreyus and mamir's head are ambushed by balder  an overconfident atreus tries to fight against the   God but he's no match for the son of Odin Kratos  fights against balder and the portal to yotenheim   is destroyed during the battle atreus comes back  to the fight despite his father ordering him not   to the boy doesn't care and shoots a lightning  Arrow at his dad to prevent Kratos from stopping   him as he really wants to fight against balder the  boy attacks balder who easily stops him he grabs   atreus and jumps down the mountain with Kratos  quickly following him they end up in helheim   the realm of the Dead atreus apologizes for his  behavior and the duo manages to escape on the way   they learn that balder is freya's son but that he  resents his mother for the spell she cast on him   supposedly to protect him from harm they return to  midgard and mimir realizes there is another way to   reach yotenheim but of course going there won't  be easy and they need to find mamir's missing eye   they set up on their Quest and are attacked  by balder once again Freya intervenes during   during the fight to protect her son but Kratos  and atreus managed to win the battle despite all   the trouble he caused Kratos doesn't kill balder  he simply asks that he no longer bother him in   atreyus and that he leaves his mother alone  Freya states that if Boulder wants to kill   her to be happy then that's all that matters to  her so she lets her son strangle her Kratos who   already saw his fair share of sons killing their  parents grabs Baldur and snaps his neck before   he can kill his mother Freya gets mad at Kratos  swearing to get her revenge for the death of her   son Kratos Reveals His entire story to atreus  from his childhood in Sparta to his pack with   Ares and how it resulted in him killing countless  victims including his own father he tells atreus   that Sons killing their fathers isn't the only way  to become a God and that they can choose their own   path to be better than the ones that came before  them after all these Adventures Kratos atreyus   and mimir finally reach yotenheim they find a  temple with a large mural depicting all of their   Adventures the Giants had foreseen everything  that would happen from their encounter with the   world serpent to their fight against balder  this mural reveals that Faye atreus's mother   was a giant who decided to stay behind in midgard  this makes atreus Not Only a God but also a giant   and a mortal as Kratos used to be a demigod before  becoming the God of War the mural also shows the   birth name Faye chose for atreus Loki as Kratos  and atreus finally reached the highest peak of the   nine Realms they spread FaZe ashes Upon returning  to midgar mamir warns them that something wrong   is going on the three-year-long thimble winter  began earlier than expected which means that the   end of the world Ragnarok will be coming soon and  you guessed it that leads us to the latest God of   War Game to date Ragnarok three years have passed  and thimblew winter is about to end as Kratos and   atreyas are on their way home from a hunt they're  attacked by Freya who still didn't forgive them   for killing her son balder after escaping freya's  wrath they come home to find their pet wolf fenrir   about to die atreus asks his father for some time  alone to grieve and bury the wolf Craig Kratos   accepts and heads home quickly falling asleep  he's awakened by mimir who's getting worried   as atreya still isn't home after fenrio's funeral  ceremony they head into the woods to find the boy   and face a large bear it turns out that this bear  is actually atreus who still struggles with his   giant and God powers and turned into a bear due  to grief the boy wants to know more about how to   control his powers and his role as Loki Kratos  scared that his son doesn't fully control his   powers doesn't want him to pursue his quest of  finding his future as Loki Kratos and atreus go   home and fall asleep once again kratos's sleep is  interrupted Thor the God of Thunder wants to talk   to him and since he obviously doesn't know how to  knock he awakens Kratos and atreyus by unleashing   a storm over their head Odin the king of asir  follows soon after Odin goes over the events   that happen before fimblewinter he forgives Kratos  for killing Modi and magni Sons of Thor but found   balder to be useful and is death regrettable Odin  asks Kratos for peace that he stays home with   his boy and stops slaughtering nurse Gods he also  wants atreus to stop looking for tear to kratos's   surprise as he had no idea about his son's hidden  agenda in exchange Odin will ask Freya to stop   coming after Kratos and atreyus keeping them both  safe they even get to keep mamir's head as a bonus   peace could be good right but in good old Kratos  fashion he refuses Odin's offer he still doesn't   trust the gods and mimir warned that he shouldn't  believe any word Odin says since he refused Odin's   peace offering Thor can now get his revenge for  the death of his sons the Thunder God and the   Ghost of Sparta fight Thor takes the upper hand  and kills Kratos but the Thunder God revives him   so he doesn't die until he Reveals His True face  as the god of war after Kratos unleashes part of   his powers to defeat Thor the Thunder God escapes  glad that Kratos finally showed his true nature   meanwhile Odin asked atreyus to come with him to  Asgard but the boy refused Kratos is mad at his   son for hiding his intention of finding tear the  supposedly dead Norse god of war in his quest for   discovering his Destiny as Loki but having atreus  unlock his full Powers could guarantee his safety   so Kratos agrees to help him find a way to use  his abilities atreus found a secret place with   a large mural and brings Kratos and mimir to  discover it they find a drawing showing tears   seemingly alive but prisoner in spartafheim the  realm of the dwarves the trio finds tear who made   a vow against violence after years of torture tear  agrees to join them and gives them the information   they need but he won't fight Kratos atreus mimir  and tear head to grow as yotun Shrine in alphaim   they discovered that the Ragnarok prophecy doesn't  foresee the end of the world but the end of only   one of the Realms a champion would unite all  Realms against Asgard and only the Asia realm   the one ruled by Odin would be destroyed through  Warfare tyr believes atreus or rather Loki is the   prophecy's champion that would unite everyone  against Asgard Kratos isn't a fan of this idea   and would rather not have his son become a war  hero atreus goes to his room and falls asleep   but once again the Knight doesn't go quietly  atreus is transported to yotenheim where he   meets anger Boda a giantesse who is about the  same age as him she shows atreus's fate as Loki   and reveals that Kratos or farbati under his  Norse name will die during Ragnarok she asks   atreus not to reveal his trip to this realm or  reveal what he learned atreus reunites with his   father and their companions but this reunion is  cut short by the attack of a valkyrie who happens   to be Freya in battle armor she agrees to spare  their lives if they help free her from Odin's   curse freyr the God of Peace and freya's brother  teams up with them Kratos helps Freya get rid of   Odin's curse that prevented her from traveling the  Realms he opens up about his past in Greece and   tells Freya about the fate of his family and his  revenge against Olympus stating that Revenge was   ultimately useless while she remains angry about  the death of balder she believes defeating Odin is   more important and becomes kratos's Ally atreus  escapes to midgard to spy on Odin and find a   way to prevent his father's death during Ragnarok  Odin shows him around Asgard and asks for his help   translating text from a mysterious mask supposed  to hold infinite knowledge meanwhile Kratos mamir   and Freya tried to learn more about Ragnarok and  what will happen to Loki they discover that Kratos   will eventually die but there is no predetermined  fate for everyone since the prophecy depends on   their individual actions last but not least they  discover that Heimdall The Watchmen of the Acer   and God of foresight plans to kill atreus to  protect Odin and prevent Ragnarok Kratos doesn't   have a choice he has to defeat Heimdall to protect  his son Brock forges the ring drop near into a   powerful spear that could overwhelm heimdall's  prediction ability and defeat him in Asgard Odin   confesses to atreus that he wants the mysterious  mask to find out where he will go after his death   he sends atreus and thrued Thor's Daughter  to helheim for another mission they release   a giant wolf garam a hellhound that begins to tear  holes between the Realms atreus asks Odin to send   him back to midgard Odin reluctantly agrees  and atreus reunion fights with his father the   two fight against garm and atreus discovers that  the soul of his wolf fenrir is contained in his   naive after his funerary chant when he buried his  pet he transfers fenrir's Soul into garm's body   taking control of this hellhound Kratos and atreus  open up to each other with Kratos telling his son   about the drop near Spear and atreus revealing the  truth about his trip to yotenheim Kratos catches   up with Heimdall and defeats him however instead  of killing him he offers to spare his life should   he swear to leave atreus alone Heimdall refuses  and taunts Kratos explaining exactly how he will   kill his son Furious Kratos fights against him and  kills him taking heimdall's horn jalarhorn from   his dead body atreus warns everyone about Odin's  plans with the mask and states that he wants to go   back to Asgard to gather more information there  he discovers that the last piece of the Mask is   in niflheim so he heads there with thrued and a  drunk Thor atreyus completes the mask and escapes   Thor's surveillance to reunite with his father and  their companions tear offers to take everyone to   ask Asgard to fight Odin using the mask to find  out how to prevent Ragnarok he grabs the mask and   despite his vow of Peace he's willing to take arms  to bring Loki to Asgard but Brock grows suspicious   why did tyr never reveal that he had a way to  reach Asgard and why does he call atreus Loki   like the asgardians tyr fatally stabs Brock and  reveals he is Odin spying on them the whole time   he escapes and declares war on Kratos and his  allies the time has come to launch the attack   against Asgard and Ragnarok begins Kratos leads  the eight Realms against Acer blowing yarhorn to   grant them all access to Asgard Kratos atreus and  their friends fight against the asgardians Kratos   fights against Thor wins his battle against the  Thunder God and Spares him as their respective   children are friends Kratos convinces Thor to  stop fighting to show a better example to their   kids Odin appears and blames Thor for wasting his  time talking to Kratos he tells the Thunder God to   obey his orders and kill Kratos but Thor refuses  Odin then impales Thor in front of his daughter   through it who just arrived with the treyas Kratos  atreus and later Freya fight against Odin they   overpower the ruler of Acer and atreus destroys  the mask trapping Odin's soul in a spiritual Stone   sindri the brother of Brock destroys the stone to  kill Odin and avenge his brother Ragnarok emerges   and begins to destroy Asgard freyr the brother  of Freya sacrifices himself to protect everyone   while they escape to another realm ragnarok's  prophecy is complete and Asgard is destroyed   Kratos atreus and all of their friends except for  freyr wake up safe and sound anger Boda leads them   to another secret yotun Shrine and reveals that  Faye destroyed the previous murals so Kratos   and atreus could control their own fate atreus  tells Kratos that he wants to find the remaining   Giants but needs to complete his journey on his  own for now Kratos tells him that he is finally   ready to accomplish his Destiny and the two  share an emotional farewell Kratos discovers   another Shrine behind FaZe his own he finds  a mural showing him with his red tattoos and   acts as a peaceful and beloved god with the  help of Freya and mimir he sets on a quest to   restore the Realms and bring peace once more  after the events of Ragnarok and this is how   the story of Kratos ends at least for now since  he now has to rebuild the Realms with Freya and   mamir this is probably not the last we'll see of  him what will happen to him at atreyus who sets   off to find the Giants only time will tell so make  sure to subscribe to the leaderboard so you don't   miss any information regarding God of War which  version of Kratos is your favorite let us know   in the comments and if you learned anything from  this video please hit that thumbs up button to   spread the word about kratos's Adventures across  Greek and Norse mythology thanks for watching