She had raised the young king of Olympus and protected him from his father, Cronos, but when Zeus was grown, the Titans were overthrown by the Olympians in the Great War. While he is again taken to the Underworld, the Titan Gaia intervenes, seeking revenge on Zeus. He then offers the Blade of Olympus to Kratos in order to defeat the Colossus, though it takes the last of Kratos' godly power to charge the sword and destroy it.Īn injured Kratos is easily killed by Zeus after the former refuses to rejoin the Olympians. When he arrives, Zeus disguises himself as a giant eagle and drains much of Kratos' god powers to bring the Colossus of Rhodes to life. God of War II opens with Kratos bored and choosing to join a Spartan army assaulting Athens against Athena's warning. When he tries to commit suicide, Athena catches him, bringing him to Olympus as the new Greek God of War.

When Kratos catches up to Ares, he uses Pandora's Box to gain the power of a god and eventually overcomes the God of War.Īthena returns to thank Kratos for his service but while he is forgiven, he is told that his nightmares cannot be taken away. Ares kills Kratos but our hero persists, fighting his way out of the Underworld. Kratos overcomes hordes of undead soldiers and monsters from Greek myth in his quests, eventually finding Pandora's Box in a temple on the back of the Titan Cronos. When Kratos realized what happened and renounced service to Ares, an oracle cursed him with nightmares, binding his family's burnt ashes to his skin, giving Kratos the moniker 'Ghost of Sparta.' Ares tricked Kratos, however, causing the Spartan to kill his wife and daughter without knowing it. He swore allegiance to Ares if the god would give him the power to win, so Ares bestowed on Kratos the fiery Blades of Chaos, chains that burned into his arms. In the past, Kratos led armies in conquest but nearly lost a battle. Over the course of the game, flashbacks reveal why Kratos suffers nightmares. For his final quest, the goddess Athena tasks Kratos with killing Ares, the Greek God of War. The game focuses on Kratos, a Spartan warrior who completes 10 years of service to the Olympian gods of Greek mythology if they rid him of his nightmares. The original God of War launched on Mafor the PS2.

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