Kratos, however, released all remaining power he had into the Blade of Olympus, which he used to destroy the renegade statue. While Kratos was destroying Rhodes in an effort to be noticed by fellow gods, Zeus drained his godly power and gave life to a nearby statue, which was sent to kill Kratos. In fear that Kratos, his son, would overthrow him, Zeus decided to betray and murder him. Zeus realized he chose the wrong Spartan after Kratos freed Deimos and killed Thanatos.Įverything that you have ever known, Kratos, will now suffer because of your sacrilege. The cycle is mentioned in God of War: Ghost of Sparta, although not directly, when Zeus sent both Athena and Ares to kidnap Deimos, Kratos' younger brother, for they believed Deimos was The Marked Warrior, destined to overthrow Zeus and Olympus.
Ares lost the duel and ended up killed by the warrior he wanted to use to overthrow Olympus. That warrior would later become Kratos, whom Ares saved from near death.Īt the end of God of War, Ares threatened Zeus with the Pandora's Box before being challenged by Kratos to a duel. This plan failed when Orkos was deemed a failure and a disappointment and Ares decided to search for a mortal who he could mould into becoming the perfect warrior.
He conceived Orkos with Alecto in the hope to create a warrior, strong enough to help him on this quest. In God of War: Ascension, it's revealed that Ares had plans to overthrow his father and Olympus with the aid of the Furies. After several months, the pain became unbearable and Hephaestus was forced to cut open his father's skull, and a full-grown Athena burst free. By the time the child was about to be born, Zeus suffered intense headaches to the point it became agonizing. He tricked Metis into taking the form of a fly and swallowed her, and she resided in his brain where she guided him mentally. One of these moments of fear was when he feared his and Metis' child would be the son that would overthrow him. Zeus, however, feared that his children would overthrow him as well. Zeus and his siblings defeated the Titans, and ruled the Earth as the Gods of Olympus. Upon reaching adulthood, Zeus released his brothers and sisters from Cronos' stomach, and then battled him and his kind, resulting in the Titanomachy. Cronos, believing the stone was Zeus, swallowed it whole. Rhea detested her brother/husband's selfish and abhorrent acts upon his own children, and, so, she sent a large eagle to hide her last child, Zeus, wrapping a stone in cloth as a substitute. Cronos then married his sister, Rhea, and, in fear of being overthrown by his own children, ate them immediately after birth. The violent world of Greek mythology comes to life in gory detail as Kratos encounters new mythical characters, and compete in epic boss battles in his quest.Although not being acknowledged in mythology, the cycle is present and began with the wiliest of the Titans, Cronos, castrating his father, Uranus with a flint sickle after being sent by Gaia, whom Uranus tortured by preventing her offspring from exiting her body. The journey takes them through vividly striking environments where they are faced with a labyrinth of challenging puzzles and mini-games intricately woven into the story. Armed with the deadly blades and blistering rage, players are aided by new breath-taking magic and new brutal combat moves. In God of War II, players retake the role of Kratos. God of War II sets an epic stage for a devastating mythological war to end all wars. To end his continued torment, Kratos must journey to the far reaches of the earth and defeat untold horrors and alter that which no mortal, or god has ever changed, his fate. In God of War II, Kratos sits atop his Olympus throne, as the new God of War – far more ruthless than Ares ever was. To end his God of War saw Kratos, a mortal warrior, set upon an epic quest to dethrone a God.