God of War

Unites the nine kingdoms.

It has three main roots:

One in Asgard (next to the Well of Urðr and the Norns).

One in Jotunheim (next to Mímir's Well).

One in Niflheim (next to the Hvergelmir well, where the dragon Nidhogg lives).

Various creatures live on it, such as the squirrel Ratatoskr and the nameless eagle at its peak.

Inhabitants: Souls of the non-heroic dead

Ruler: Hel, daughter of Loki

Description: A gloomy world where the souls of those who die naturally, are sick, or are old. It is often depicted as a cold and gloomy place, not necessarily an eternal punishment.

Difference with Valhalla: It is not a warrior's paradise, but a neutral kingdom for those who did not die in combat.

Inhabitants: Fire giants, led by Surtur (Surtr)

Description: A realm of blazing fire and chaos. It is the opposite of Niflheim and is associated with the end of the world, as at Ragnarök, Surtur will lead the charge with his flaming sword.

Mythical significance: The heat of Muspelheim helped give rise to the world by melting the ice of Niflheim into the Ginnungagap (the primordial void).

Inhabitants: Spirits of the dead, Hel (goddess), Nidhogg (dragon)

Description: A world of ice, fog, and darkness. It's the coldest place and one of the oldest.

Important: Helheim is located here, the realm of the dead who did not die in battle (ruled by Hel, daughter of Loki).

Primordial River: Niflheim is linked to the origin of the cosmos with the river Élivágar and the well Hvergelmir.

Inhabitants: Dwarves (dvergar) and/or dark elves (depending on the source)

Description: A dark, underground world filled with forges. Dwarves are master blacksmiths, creating mythical weapons and artifacts (such as Mjölnir, Thor's hammer).

Common confusion: Some older texts do not clearly distinguish between dark elves and dwarves.

Inhabitants: Light elves (Ljósálfar)

Description: A beautiful, luminous, and ethereal world, home to the light elves, elevated and benevolent beings. They are sometimes associated with beauty, wisdom, and magic.

Mythical Ruler: Freyr, the Vanir god, was assigned as lord of Alfheim.

Inhabitants: Jotnar (frost giants, fire giants, etc.)

Description: A chaotic and savage world, home to the giants, eternal enemies of the gods. It is an inhospitable place, filled with mountains, glaciers, and gloomy forests.

Important: Loki was born here. Many of the gods' enemies come from this realm.

Inhabitants: Vanir (second race of gods, like Njörd, Freyr and Freyja)

Description: Fertile and mystical world, home of the Vanir, gods associated with fertility, nature, prophecy and magic.

Relationship: After a war with the Aesir, both races made peace and exchanged members as hostages (for example, Njörd went to Asgard).

Inhabitants: Humans

Description: It is the world of mortals. Its name means "middle land," and it is surrounded by a great ocean inhabited by the serpent Jörmungandr.

Connection: Connected to Asgard via Bifrost. It is protected by the gods of the giants.

Inhabitants: Aesir (main gods like Odin, Thor, Frigg)

Description: The realm of the Aesir gods, it is majestic, celestial, and fortified. It is home to Valhalla, the hall where Odin welcomes fallen warriors (einherjar).

Access: It is connected to Midgard by Bifröst, the rainbow bridge guarded by Heimdall.

In Norse mythology, the cosmos is divided into nine realms (or worlds), connected by the great sacred tree Yggdrasil, the World Ash. Each realm is inhabited by different mythical beings: gods, giants, humans, elves, the dead, and others. Below, I explain each one in detail:

1. Asgard – Realm of the Aesir gods (Odin, Thor, Frigg).

2. Midgard – Human Realm.

3. Vanaheim – Realm of the Vanir gods (Freyja, Freyr, Njörd).

4. Jotunheim (Jötunheimr) – Kingdom of the giants (Jotnar).

5. Alfheim (Álfheimr) – Kingdom of the light elves (Ljósálfar).

6. Svartalfheim (or Nidavellir) – Kingdom of the dwarves or dark elves.

7. Niflheim – Kingdom of ice, fog and darkness (origin of Helheim).

8. Muspelheim – Realm of fire and chaos, home of the fire giants.

9. Helheim – Realm of the non-heroic dead, ruled by Hel.

Kratos was born in Sparta, a Greek city known for being the birthplace of the greatest warriors. From a very young age, Kratos displayed great strength, endurance, and tenacity. With great skill, training, discipline, and perseverance, he rose through the ranks of the Spartan military, eventually reaching the rank of general, alongside thousands of warriors under his command. One after another, the barbarian villages fell to Kratos' brutal, ruthless, yet efficient tactics. He pushed his ambition to the limit to continue conquering armies. But far to the North, he faced his destiny. A great barbarian army confronted him. His subordinates fell one by one, and Kratos was left alone at the mercy of the Barbarian King and his warriors. It is here that his true story begins, along with the nightmares that haunt him.

Kratos, following Ares' orders, spreading bloody battles and numerous deaths to his name and from each village he destroyed, he was joined by soldiers from the destroyed villages since they had no other option but to join him, who under Kratos' orders, attacked the villages in their path leaving behind only death and destruction of their soldiers and subordinates.

One night, Kratos and his army set out to annihilate a village, on the orders of Ares. The village's oracle warns him of his fate and advises him not to enter the temple. Kratos ignores this advice and upon entering, kills everyone there, driven by a blind rage that prevents him from seeing who he is killing. When no one is left alive, he discovers that among the dead are his wife and daughter. He cannot understand why they were there if he had left them in Sparta. Ares, meanwhile, tries to convince Kratos that without his family around, he would become the perfect warrior; that was Ares's plan, to strip him of anything other than the cruel massacres he ordered. But Kratos feels guilty about the death of his family and swears that he will kill Ares for having placed his family in that temple. When he leaves the temple, he sees the town in flames, the village slowly going up in flames. It is at that moment that the oracle decides to place upon Kratos the terrible curse of sticking the ashes of his recently deceased wife and daughter on the skin of the furious Spartan, for the fact of killing his family and that from that moment on all the people who saw him would know the terrible deeds he had committed, later honoring in the future his nickname "Ghost of Sparta". Since that night when Ares knew that the family was there and sent Kratos to destroy that village and kill his family, Kratos would suffer nightmares and visions.

Kratos' clones grow greatly in number, Ares strips Kratos of his swords, tearing them from his arms, and with them kills his family again. Ares makes Kratos return to Athens, where they had previously fought, and now Kratos stripped of his swords and all hope only awaits the final blow of his enemy. But it is there that he sees the statue with the giant golden sword that simulated a bridge, so he dodges his enemy's blow and tears the sword from the statue, thus standing in a second fight with the god, willing to annihilate him for what he did to him. After another fight with Ares, Kratos manages to defeat him, and Ares, collapsed on the water (since the fight takes place in the sea), reminds him that it was he who saved him from his death, but he wanted to find the ideal warrior who would have no mercy, but Kratos tells him that he had achieved it, and runs him through with his sword, killing him without mercy. Kratos had achieved the impossible: a mortal had killed a god. Now, Ares was no more.

Olympian Physiology: Being a demigod, he already has strength superior to a human, shown when he crushes someone's head against a rock with ease in a flashback, he is even able to lift Cronus's hand when he tries to crush him during their battle. As the saga progresses, he controls his powers more and increases them, arguably his greatest power so far.

Superhuman Willpower, Strength, and Speed: His supernatural strength gives him the ability to complete great feats such as mastering divine weapons, the Basilisk, the Hydra, the Colossus of Rhodes, Titans, and gods. He resisted losing his soul to the Claws of Hades, something Atlas could not do, and the latter can hold up the world. He can hold his own in battle with and overpower Baldur, a being capable of knocking out the Midgard Serpent, however, the latter surpasses him in speed and hand-to-hand combat.

Superhuman Stamina: His stamina gave him the ability to withstand direct attacks from Zeus and other gods. He threw himself off Olympus and fell as a meteor on Rhodes.

Kratos, having fulfilled Athena's command, feels that he will be redeemed of his feelings of guilt, but when he speaks with her, she tells him that the gods have mourned her fallen brother and thank him for carrying out his task, but that he would not be stripped of his nightmares that tormented him when he killed his family since no man and no god would forget the terrible deeds he had committed. Seeing that his main objective had not been achieved and that he would live with the remorse of not recovering his family for the rest of his days, Kratos can't bear the idea and decides to throw himself from the top of a mountain where some cliffs await him that will surely end his life, saying: "The gods of Olympus have abandoned me, now there is no hope", but as he jumps and falls into the water, he is levitated by the goddess Athena to the top where he jumped, where there was a statue of her and a mysterious golden gate, and tells him that it was not his time to die, and that the gods could not forget the feats that he managed to overcome without any help from a god, and, as Ares had died, there was a vacancy among the gods that had to be filled by him, since there was no god of war, it is there where Athena opens the golden gate and reveals its interior: the entrance led him to Mount Olympus. The goddess gives him the "Swords of Athena," which closely resemble the Blades of Chaos, only these are golden, instead of the others that were forged of iron. Kratos prepares to enter Mount Olympus, entering a hall where at the far end awaits the majestic throne where he finally sits and rests, knowing that he had not only achieved the impossible, but also that he was now the new God of War.

The fight begins at the top of the chamber of the Flame of Olympus. The battle is very even but Kratos ends up defeating his father. Then Pandora recovers and tries to sacrifice herself to free Pandora's Box, then Kratos runs towards her, Zeus himself tells him not to let go, Pandora says that the only way to kill Zeus is by sacrificing his life, but Zeus makes a mistake by telling Kratos not to let go, not to fail Pandora as he did with his family. That was enough for Kratos to lose his mind again due to anger towards Zeus and unconsciously ends up letting go of Pandora (causing her to be absorbed into the box) and deals a right hook to Zeus. Kratos wakes up from the explosion, and walks towards Pandora's box, and says "The power to kill a God", but when he opens it .... it was empty, Zeus himself is surprised but at the same time mocks. Zeus tells him that his entire odyssey was in vain, everything that happened was for nothing, all for nothing, Kratos' hatred towards Zeus increases, when he turns around Zeus disappears.

Kratos follows Zeus, they fight in the initial place where they confront each other at the beginning of the game, then in the middle of the fight Gaia appears with her left hand regenerated but different, and says that her world is lost in chaos because of Kratos, and Zeus tells her "Your chosen has failed you Gaia, you should have chosen the other" (possibly referring to Deimos), Gaia says "Enough, father and son will die together." Kratos and Zeus jump through the hole that Poseidon's hippocampus made for Gaia. Kratos follows the trail of blood, and reaches Gaia's heart again, but this time prepared, and breaks the crystals that line the base of the heart with the Nemean Cestus, and with the Bow of Apollo he burns the dry leaves, and begins to attack her heart this part is very, very difficult. Zeus was hanging above and says "Kratos", and throws an electric fist at the ground, and the third battle begins. The fight is long, Zeus will need more than just multiplying himself to finish off Kratos. Kratos uses the Blade of Olympus but Zeus stops it and drags Kratos with his strength on the ground, but Kratos manages to get it off him. Kratos and Zeus struggle, Kratos slowly pushing Zeus. Kratos avoids and dodges the attack with the Blade of Olympus, Zeus tries to defeat him with all his physical strength but fails, Kratos is stronger, and manages to hurt him right in front of Gaia's heart, and Kratos concentrates all his power and slowly pierces Zeus with the Blade of Olympus and Gaia's heart with it. Kratos defeated Zeus, and Gaia died.

Kratos survives the explosion, weakened he gets up, reaches Zeus's corpse and pulls out the Blade of Olympus stuck in his belly, Kratos throws the Blade of Olympus and walks away, suddenly a giant spectral figure comes out of Zeus's body, Kratos turns around and Zeus hits him with his infinite powers, Kratos gets up dying, all his weapons are destroyed, even the Golden Fleece, Zeus grabs Kratos tightly strangling him, and the life bar, magic and item are destroyed, practically killing him. Kratos wakes up in his mind, with a black figure and his marks glowing red, he runs and sees his family, he sees how he himself kills them, he continues on his way and finds Pandora all blue and disintegrates into a blue flame like the Flame of Olympus, and takes a lamp, lights it with the flame and continues on his way, he finds his family again and this time he approaches them and hugs them, they also disintegrate in a blue fire, he erases the traces of blood with the lamp, he sees how he kills Athena, he tells her his last words and she also disintegrates. Kratos follows the blue flame and you can see in the background the bridge of the great sword from God of War 1, the great sword with which he killed Ares, he throws the lamp, and says "The Gods of Olympus have abandoned me, there is no more...", and he threw himself like in the end of God of War.

He falls into a pool of blood, and begins to hear the voices of all the Gods. Besides the voices of the gods (the words they said just before their deaths) you can hear the voice of his brother telling him "A Spartan never lets his back touch the ground" which implies that the two have seen each other shortly before, which is verified in God of War: Ghost of Sparta, where Deimos (his brother) says a similar phrase a few minutes before his death. He takes the lamp and turns the sea of ​​​​blood into blue water the flame comes out and throws it back, Kratos follows the flame with the voice of Pandora, on the way he hears those of Zeus and Pandora. He reaches land, walks and sees Pandora's Box, saying "The POWER to kill a God", he opens it and the events of God of war 1, 2 and 3 are seen, and Pandora tells him: "Hope is what makes us stronger. It is the reason why we are here. It is what we fight with when all else is lost. " Kratos's eye is seen with a blue flame. Kratos returns to reality. He grabs Zeus's hand and removes it, grabs his blades of exile and begins to attack Zeus, Kratos is invulnerable to Zeus's attacks and all of his power. The damage he did to Zeus is severe; the black shadow returns to Zeus's body, Kratos sees his blades of exile and throws them away so he can kill Zeus with his own hands. He runs to Zeus. Zeus tries to back away in fear of Kratos, Kratos begins to punch and knee Zeus, grabs him by his beard and hits him repeatedly, the screen begins to fill with blood, until it is completely covered; Only Kratos' screams and his punches are heard. and finally Zeus is dead

With the death of Zeus, Kratos loses the chains attached to his forearms, Zeus evaporates. Kratos looks at the horizon, he only sees the world in ruins covered in chaos. The ghost of Athena appears and tells him that he has done well, that now the world purified in chaos will be able to hear his message, Kratos asks her what good is in his message if the world is in ruins. Athena tells him that he must give the power to her, she tells him that the power of the box was positive and negative energies (It is assumed that Kratos releases the negative energies to kill Ares in God of War 1). That she saw how Kratos used the power to kill Zeus. Kratos tells her that the box was empty. And Athena realized that Kratos in God of War 1 released the positive energy to kill Ares, and that the negative energy spread throughout the world, that it infected the Gods, changed them. Deep down in Kratos's heart there was hope. That the power of the box that Kratos released was the will to face the Gods. Athena asked Kratos what was happening, because Kratos was silent, and remembers for the last time Pandora saying: "Hope is what makes us stronger. It is the reason why we are here. It is what we fight with when all else is lost. " Athena asks the same thing again, and Kratos answers "I only remember what I have lost", and Athena tells him that is why he should give her the power, Kratos crouches down where the Blade of Olympus was lying, Athena says "You owe me, Kratos" and Kratos getting up says "I owe you nothing", Athena says "I made you a God, I protected you from the wrath of Olympus, I allowed you to fulfill your revenge, and Kratos says "It's over Athena" and Athena answers are you going to oppose me ... again ?! ". Kratos replies, "The end of... my vengeance." And Kratos focuses all his power... But the sword passes through his head, and from one moment to the next, Kratos turns the sword and stabs himself.

Kratos, having left the world of the gods behind, must adapt to unfamiliar lands, face unexpected dangers, and seize a second chance at being a father. Together with his son Atreus, he will venture into the deepest and most unforgiving lands of Midgard and fight to complete a deeply personal quest. Faye's death

The game begins with Kratos standing next to a tree. After approaching it, he cuts it down and takes it with Atreus to his home. The tree was moved to the side of the house because it was no longer needed.

Atreus and Kratos enter the house and say goodbye to Faye, who is wrapped in some kind of cloth. Kratos carries her to the stacked logs, places her on top of them, and uses his axe to light the wood to begin the cremation. She had asked as her last wish that her ashes be scattered on top of the highest mountain in all the realms. While the cremation is taking place, Atreus impulsively grabs his mother's knife, which causes his hand to burn, then Kratos tells him that the knife now belongs to him. The two then leave so Atreus can show what he knows.

In an impulsive act, Atreus shoots the deer they had chosen as their target and misses, which angers Kratos beyond belief for a few seconds, but then he controls himself. When Atreus finds the deer for the second time, he mortally wounds it, and when they approach their prey, a Troll snatches it from them and a fight begins. After a few blows, Kratos kills the troll by breaking its neck. After that, Atreus begins to stab him, and Kratos tells him to control himself. Back home, the cremation is complete, and Kratos places his wife's remains in an ornate cloth bag and looks at her with sadness. Upon entering the house, his son is sitting on one of the beds, and Kratos gives him a lesson or some kind of training, only to be shaken by something coming and a knock at the door.

Kratos hides Atreus under a trapdoor hidden under a rug, telling him not to come out, proceeding to confront this mysterious stranger who claims to know "Who and what Kratos is." Kratos warns the individual and asks him to leave but ends up becoming aggressive and unleashes a series of blows to the Spartan's face, who maintains control before finally hitting him back, unleashing a battle where the opponent is highly resistant and seems not to present any type of pain, while rapidly regenerating from his wounds. After a heavy battle, the Spartan emerges victorious, seemingly killing the stranger by breaking his neck and throwing him off a cliff. Kratos begins to wonder how they were found, how the man knew him, and if they are truly safe. Despite firmly believing Atreus is not ready, having no other choice and knowing his home is not safe, he decides they must leave, and it is time to begin the journey to scatter Faye's ashes. The funny thing is that the stranger was actually looking for Faye, since in his first interaction with Kratos he says: "Ha, I thought you'd be bigger, but it's definitely you, you're a long way from home eh, you know what I want, and I thought that your kind were more civilized, better, intelligent, however you hide in the forest like a coward.", referring to Faye, since as we know, she was a giant.

Along the way to the mountain, they encounter various enemies and traps set throughout the forest. At one point, they notice that the spell Faye had placed around her house, preventing them from being found, was losing its effect and beginning to fade, explaining how the stranger managed to reach their home. Continuing on their journey, they encounter a dwarf struggling to cross a creature across a bridge, which is blocking the way. Atreus helps calm the animal and easily leads it to the other side. The dwarf introduces himself as Brok, one of the two blacksmith brothers who forged Mjölnir, as well as the Leviathan Axe that Kratos carries. The other brother is Sindri, but due to personal matters, they have grown apart.

Continuing on their journey, they decide to train Atreus's hunting skills when they encounter a strange wild boar from the forest, which they target. The boy shoots, and the animal runs away, while Atreus chases it. Kratos loses sight of them until they meet again a short time later in the courtyard of a witch's house. The creature is badly wounded on the ground. Suddenly, the witch appears, telling them that he was her friend and that they must help him. In light of this, they decide to help the wild boar. The witch, through a spell, awakens what appeared to be a tree, but it is a giant turtle that protects her house below her, where they go to look for what they need to cure their friend.

Once the animal is healed, the boy apologizes for what happened, and the woman accepts. Sensing the divinity of Kratos and Atreus, she secretly advises the Spartan to tell his son the truth as soon as possible so he doesn't repress his true nature, before it's too late.

She decides to help them find a way, so she gives them a magic compass that will show them the way and opens the back door of her house, which leads to a boat they can use to get to the lake of the nine, which they must take to get to the mountain.

Once they reach the lake they find a statue of Thor, which demands a sacrifice by throwing their weapons into the lake, Kratos throws the axe but when he tries to call it it does not return, then Jörmungandr, the world serpent, emerges from the depths of the lake, causing the water level to drop, giving rise to a lot of areas that were hidden under the lake. She returns his axe which he imbues in Eitr, he sees a statue of Thor whom he despises and eats the statue and then positions himself around the lake.

In the center of the lake is the Temple of Tyr, which contains the access room to the realms, allowing travel between them with the use of a Bifrost. Brok, for his part, has his workshop upstairs where he works. The dwarf gives Kratos a special stone that allows him to use the realm between realms to travel to different parts of the world, although for now it can only be used to return to this place.

Resuming their journey, they reach the mountainside where they meet Sindri, Brok's brother, who is surprised to see the Leviathan Axe in Kratos' possession, claiming that they forged it for Faye. Kratos tells him what happened, and the dwarf mourns Faye's death, since they truly held her in high regard. Making their way through they manage to reach the base of the mountain where they find a mysterious black smoke that blocks their way, when suddenly the witch of the forest arrives saying that it will be impossible for them to pass, being the only thing that can undo it is the light of Alfheim, so they must travel to the respective kingdom through the room of the kingdom between kingdoms of the world tree, using a Bifrost that she gives them; she warns them that it has energy for a single trip, therefore, they have to take it to the light of Alfheim located in the center of the kingdom and fill it back with her light in order to return and disperse the smoke. She helps them restore Týr's temple to function and travel to that realm, they use the artifact received and initiate the mechanism to go to Alfheim, but when the witch tries to accompany them, a magical force that was implanted in her prevents her from leaving Midgard, so while the forces pushed her back towards Midgard she warned them not to go fully into the light, but they did not hear well.

As they make their way through the kingdom, they realize that the place is in the middle of a war between the light and dark elves for the dominion of light, which does not make it so easy for them to reach their destination, the temple of light, where there is the light necessary to make the Bifrost functional again and to dissipate the black smoke. Finally, Kratos and Atreus arrive at their destination, but having not listened to the witch's warnings, Kratos enters the light, finding himself inside a kind of illusion, where he hears Atreus' thoughts, wishing that the one who had died was his father and not his mother, as well as expressing that Kratos does not love him, when suddenly he begins to hear the voice and "see" the figure of Faye; he was about to touch her, when suddenly Atreus pulls him out of the light. The angry Spartan asks him why he did it, to which he replies that he has been in there for hours, when for Kratos it was only seconds, looking around only to realize that Atreus had spent hours alone, facing the aggressive elves, which gives rise to the boy's anger with his father. With the light now channeled into the artifact, and having obtained special arrows impregnated with it, they are ready to return to Midgard, so they leave the temple and board a boat ready to return to the room between realms.

On the journey, Atreus asks his father if he saw his mother in there, to which Kratos denies it, the boy getting up and stating that he did not care about her or him, the Greek getting angry, responding that until the journey is over one of the two must remain focused on the task, the boy should not "mistake his silence for lack of mourning", Atreus apologizing for not realizing that he was keeping his feelings to himself, Kratos arguing that it is normal since he does not know what he looks like, and the boy reconciles with his father.

Once in Midgard, they return to the base of the mountain where the black smoke that blocked their way was located, using the light they took from Alfheim, thus managing to evaporate it and cross the path, ready to begin the ascent. The two navigate through several traps and various enemies that make their task difficult, until at one point, they find a broken elevator that they must repair to ascend to the top. Once it's fixed, they use it, but shortly after reaching their destination, an electric dragon named Hræzlyr appears, destroying the vehicle, forcing them to continue the remaining journey to the top. Shortly after, they find Sindri taking cover behind some rocks as the dragon attacks him, so Atreus convinces his father to help him, facing the beast and, after a difficult battle, defeating it. In gratitude, the dwarf gives the boy some mistletoe arrows and uses one of the dragon's teeth to create a spell on Atreus's arrows that allows them to electrify. Already on the final stretch to the summit, Kratos realizes that the strap of his son's quiver is broken, so he breaks a mistletoe arrow given to him by Sindri, in order to tie it and retie the strap. Finding the entrance to the summit blocked, they surround it by climbing the walls, beginning to notice the presence of people at the top, getting closer and closer to realize that it was that stranger who invaded their house, this time accompanied by two more individuals, interrogating someone about where Kratos and Atreus are, realizing as the conversation progresses that this stranger is Baldur himself, accompanied by his nephews Magni and Modi, sons of Thor.

Once the gods have left, Kratos and Atreus finally climb to the top, to meet with the man who was being interrogated, who is completely bound by roots and branches to a tree using magic, instructing the boy to check if there are no threats, while he proceeds to talk to him. He introduces himself as Mimir, the wisest man in all the realms; however, he still doesn't really know why the Aesir are looking for Kratos and his son. Atreus tells him that they are there because they are seeking to fulfill their deceased mother's wish, which is to scatter her ashes on the highest peak in all the realms. Unfortunately, Mimir tells them that they are wrong, because the highest peak in all the realms is in Jotunheim, the realm of the giants, not in Midgard. The man explains that the gateway disappeared years ago and was never heard from again. Mimir is willing to help them on their journey, claiming he can find a way to take them there, using a special entrance behind them at the top. With the necessary supplies, the gateway can be used to travel to the kingdom. Unfortunately, he was cursed by Odin to never leave that tree, so he came up with an idea. He asked them to cut off his head and take it to someone with magical knowledge who could revive it so he could help them. The Spartan explained that they knew a witch with such abilities and that she would be helpful. Before cutting off his head, Mimir secretly confesses to Kratos that he knows they are both gods, that he is not from the Norse lands, and that the boy apparently doesn't know this, advising him to tell him the truth before it's too late. Kratos cuts off his head, and they begin heading back toward the witch's house.

Once there, the woman is pleased that they are safe, but becomes enraged when she sees the mistletoe arrows and forces the boy to hand them over. She then breaks them, claiming they were evil and giving him new ones that were hers. Kratos asks her to revive Mimir's head, but she agrees only for their sakes, as she doesn't get along with him. The process is set in motion and they manage to revive the head, only for the man to "awaken" and recognize the witch as Freya, the Vanir goddess, who is disgusted with him for seeing him due to past conflicts. Upon learning of the woman's divinity, Kratos becomes very angry, ordering his son to leave, and without being grateful for what happened for not having told him before, since the Spartan does not trust the gods. After this, Mimir asks to be taken to the bridge of Týr's temple, where there is a large horn, necessary to call Jörmungandr and ask him how to travel to Jötunheim. Once there, the head summons the serpent, leading to a conversation. Mimir is the only one who currently knows the serpent's language. This causes the lake's water level to drop again, opening up new areas to explore. After questioning him, he tells Kratos and Atreus that he told him that two things are needed to travel: first, a special chisel to carve the rune on the magic door at the top, and second, they will need the special travel rune.

They begin heading north, where they can find the necessary chisel. Once there, they notice they are in a snowy area, where the corpse of Thamur, a giant killed by Thor, lies. The corpse has been in that place for years. Going deeper into the place, they manage to see that the needed chisel is frozen under a thick layer of ice on the ground that not even Mjölnir itself could break, so Kratos comes up with the idea of ​​climbing to the top of the giant's corpse and making it collapse to break the ice, which they end up doing. When they are about to take the chisel, Magni and Modi appear, who were looking for them, giving rise to a battle. Modi insulted and provoked Atreus, making him explode in rage, causing him to become angry and lose control, which makes the fight difficult, but finally, in a careless moment, Magni ends up dying at the hands of Kratos with his axe and Modi ends up fleeing. After this the boy begins to feel ill because his illness begins to return (which is related to him repressing his god nature for not knowing it), but he insists on being fine, so they take the chisel ready to go for the travel rune.

They head to the Temple of Tyr, where with the previously obtained chisel they manage to open a hidden chamber where they can find the rune, But shortly after entering, Modi appears, immobilizing Kratos and bothering Atreus again, making him angry and briefly awakening his divine abilities (Similar to the Spartan rage of his father) and then fainting. Kratos becomes enraged and manages to get up and walk towards the Norseman even being stunned by his lightning hammer, dealing a blow to him, leaving him badly wounded. Atreus is in a very critical condition, so with no other option and on Mimir's advice, he decides to take him to Freya, who, despite the previous fight, decides to help him. She tells Kratos that Atreus's divinity is repressed, and that he must tell her the truth about what he really is after healing him, or else he could worsen or even die. The main ingredient needed for the cure is the heart of the guardian of the bridge in Helheim, the realm of the dead, so he must travel there to heal his son. However, his axe will be of no use there, thanks to the extremely low temperatures, so nothing can thaw them. It is at that moment that Kratos knows he must go home to "dig up the past," boarding the witch's boat and returning to his home by river, while on the way he begins to have illusions of the ghost of Athena. Once there, he opens the trapdoor where Atreus had hidden from Baldur, hidden between the boards is her familiar skirt that she once used. These skirts wrapped within them the Blades of Chaos that had taken and tormented her so much years ago, now being necessary to save her son. At that moment, the ghost of Athena appears again, who states that the Spartan can pretend to try to be someone he is not, such as a teacher, husband or father, reminding him that he will always be a monster, Kratos gets up having put his swords back on.

Having already obtained what he needed, he heads to Helheim, meeting Brok before leaving, who learns of the child's condition, reflects on the dispute with his brother and the value of family, determined to help Kratos. Already in the realm of the dead, after a difficult journey, he faces and defeats the aforementioned guardian and takes his heart, then observes the shadow of Zeus calling him from the afterlife, Mimir telling him that the realm is characterized by tormenting those who are located there with visions. Having taken the ingredient, he proceeds to return to Midgard, Mimir understanding along the way that Kratos is the Ghost of Sparta and that he needs more than ever to tell Atreus his nature. Back at Freya's house, the boy is healed, and Kratos tells the goddess that he will never forget what he did.

Resuming the journey they must return to the temple to look for the black rune, but not before leaving, having a conversation with Atreus, where he tells him the truth once and for all, revealing his nature as a god, both his own and his, to which the boy is surprised and gradually begins to get the fact of being a god. Already in the temple of Týr inside the hidden chamber, they must solve a series of tests to reach the black rune that allows access to Jötunheim, which they eventually obtain. With all the necessary items, they are ready to return to the top of the mountain to travel to the realm of the giants, but each time Atreus becomes more arrogant about his behavior, believing himself to be better than everyone as a god, treating Sindri badly by telling him he is tired of hearing his fights with Brok, Kratos and even dishonoring his mother by speaking contemptuously about her. Upon reaching the mountain gate, they find a badly wounded Modi, who again provokes the boy. Kratos indicates that he is finished and that he is no longer a threat, but the boy, blinded by arrogance and anger, kills Modi against his father's wishes, angering Kratos with his son, the latter beginning to disobey his father's orders. When they reach the top, they use the chisel and place the rune to open the passage to Jötunheim, but Baldur suddenly appears, attacking the two and breaking down the door that as far as is known is the only way to get there. Atreus, in a moment of rage and whim, shoots Kratos leaving him immobilized to fight Baldur, only to be incapacitated by him as he throws him down the mountain. Kratos frees himself and follows Baldur as they descend on top of a dragon, when they end up crashing, Kratos falling on Týr's Bridge, heading to the room of travel between realms, where the immortal was going to escape with the child, accidentally activating the mechanism, traveling to Helheim again, being stranded there.

Back in this realm, Kratos must reunite with the boy, having fallen at different points. Upon saving him, he severely scolds him for his behavior, telling him to pull himself together and that it won't be tolerated again. The boy begins to reconsider his actions, regaining control and respect for his father. After this, they realize that they are on the "other side" of the bridge of souls, therefore they must escape as soon as possible since they shouldn't be there. Trying to leave the most dangerous place in Hel, they end up running into Baldur, so stealthily surrounding him they observe a vision that torments him, learning that he is the son of Freya and that she cursed him so that he could never feel pain, due to a prophecy that dictated that he would die, but also sacrificing with this that he would never feel anything again. This was the cause of the god having a great resentment towards his mother

They manage to reach a ship that can return them to the "safe" part of Hel, making it work so that it can fly, when shortly before the destination an illusion of the moment in which Kratos kills Zeus appears, leaving Kratos in shock because he did not want Atreus to see him like that, although the boy does not care since they are about to crash and must jump from the ship, falling into a hidden chamber of Odin. There inside, they discover that there is an alternative way to reach Jötunheim, thanks to a sanctuary with a secret plan, which only those with the vision granted by the giants could see, like Tyr or Mimir, indicating that a key is needed to open a hidden chamber in Tyr's temple, also showing how to make it, so they decide to ask Brok if he can make it.

They return to Midgard and ask the dwarf if he can make the key, but he refuses until Sindri appears, ready to set things right, bringing him the necessary elements to make it, reforming their friendship and relationship, and the boy is overjoyed by the event. They forge the key for them, ready to search for Tyr's hidden door in the lake. Upon entering, they discover an inverted version of the room between realms, upside down and containing a mysterious object they must reach. Through a lengthy process, they manage to flip the entire temple, which seems to have been designed for just that purpose, and reach the object, the Unity Stone, a legendary object believed to be a myth, which Tyr used to travel between realms and to other lands. With this, Mimir finally comes to understand something he had seen earlier in a sanctuary, where Tyr was shown in the Realm Between Realms holding that stone; it was always said that "Tyr followed his own path" so Mimir and Kratos deduce that what they had been warned so much not to stray from the path while traveling through the Realm Between Realms, now with the stone they must do so in order to find the secret path to Jötunheim.

They go to the realm between realms, toward the precipice, and jump off. The stone takes effect, protecting them and reaching an area where the long-lost tower of Jötunheim was hidden. Using the stone, they manage to raise it and place it back in the lake of nine, ready to be used to travel to the realm of the giants. However, it couldn't be that easy, as Tyr made it necessary to channel the travel energy through special crystals to be able to go to the realm, and not just the energy from the realm hall. His eyes were the key, which only he and Mimir had, but long ago, Odin took one of Mimir's eyes to prevent him from traveling and hid it, so they go to ask Brok and Sindri if they know anything. They tell them that in their time Odin asked them if they could build a kind of chamber with a hidden compartment, having refused, but later finding out that he had succeeded, this being the statue of Thor in the lake this "hidden chamber", but the problem is that Jörmungandr ate it when they called it for the first time, so they go to talk to the serpent, agreeing to which they row and get inside it, to finally enter and find the eye.

As they try to leave the inside of Jörmungandr, everything begins to rumble, the snake opens its mouth, throwing Kratos and Atreus out and landing where Thamur lies, Jörmungandr falls unconscious. Freya arrives at the place looking for her son, then he appears stating that he harmed the snake with the intention of making Kratos and his son appear, but realizing the presence of his mother, he puts aside everything else ready to kill her, to which Kratos stops him arguing that the path of revenge he is choosing will not give him the peace he wants, which he already knows; Baldur does not listen and continues the same, forcing Kratos to start a battle with him. The fight begins as Freya uses her magic to stop them, not wanting them to hurt her son. At that moment, the witch immobilizes Kratos, and Atreus tries to save him, but Baldur strikes him in the chest, accidentally stabbing himself with a piece of broken mistletoe arrow that Kratos had previously tied to his quiver when it had broken. Baldur begins to become exalted as this causes his mother's spell to be nullified and for the first time in so many years he can feel again, while no longer being immortal. Freya "revives" the body of the great Thamur using her magic which makes the fight difficult. At one point in the battle between the gods, Freya controls Thamur to blow icy winds that begin to freeze Kratos and Atreus, the latter having the idea of ​​​​trying to call Jörmungandr, successfully speaking his language, rescuing our protagonists and knocking down the dead giant, while knocking down Freya losing the spell on Thamur.

A weakened Baldur falls to the ground, and Kratos approaches him, but Atreus says that he is no longer a threat, to which the Spartan agrees, warning the Aesir not to come near them or his mother again, but a Baldur blinded by revenge wants to kill her for everything she has made him suffer, Freya accepts the blame and is willing to let her son strangle her, when suddenly, Kratos intervenes, pulling him away from his mother and breaking his neck, saying that "the cycle ends here", killing him instantly. The goddess Vanir, filled with anger, promises and swears to take revenge on the Spartan and make him go through hell, stating that the child does not know "who he is", to which Kratos finally tells his son that he comes from a land called Sparta, where he killed many who deserved it and others who did not, including his father. A disappointed Atreus asks if that's what it means to be a god, all wrapped up in revenge, in a cycle that never ends. Kratos takes his son and tells him no, that they will be the gods they choose to be, and that they can be better. Freya leaves the place with her son's corpse in her arms, and the protagonists are ready to finally travel to their destiny.

One last time, in the room between realms, they activate the passage to Jötunheim, this time using Mimir's eyes to channel the energy and open the passage. Kratos and Atreus leave the lead in the hands of the dwarves who had come to witness their entry into the realm, and the two climb long stairs to reach the entrance to the giants' realm. Upon arriving, Kratos unties their bandages and lets them go with the wind, saying he "has nothing more to hide," and gives his son the task of carrying his mother's ashes. Once inside, the absence of life in the place is noticeable, full of paintings and drawings of those who once lived there, when Atreus accidentally touches a wall and a series of hidden paintings are revealed, where Faye is shown talking to giants and all the events they experienced during the trip are marked, such as their first encounter with Jörmungandr, the fight against the mountain dragon or their fight with Baldur that had just happened, indicating that Faye was a giant, who could see the future and sent them on this journey knowing everything that was going to happen, while understanding that Baldur actually always looked for Faye without knowing that she was dead.

Atreus says they must scatter the ashes, going ahead of his father, who sees the latter behind a cloth, a final prophecy where he is seen dead in his son's arms, seeming to have murdered him. Back at their goal, they climb to the highest point in all the realms to finally scatter Faye's ashes, calling Atreus "Son" for the first time, culminating in an emotional moment, having concluded the journey and intertwining a strong bond between the two throughout the journey.

On the way down the mountain, the boy explains that the giants seemed to call him "Loki," and Kratos claims that this was the name his mother had intended for him. Atreus then asks about the origin of his name, to which Kratos tells the story of Atreus of Sparta, a soldier who fought alongside him and his army. He was a happy man who, even in the worst of times, always smiled and exuded kindness and humanity. On the day he gave his life in battle, Kratos personally buried him with the greatest honors, thanking him for what he had done. Once they meet with Mimir, he tells them that it seems that Ragnarök is approaching, despite having been prophesied for much later, the prophecy did not include Kratos' participation in it and when he killed Baldur something changed, beginning to denote the strong winter that will hit the earth, the Fimbulvetr, to finally give way to Ragnarök.

Atreus is a teenage god, son of Kratos and the giantess Laufey. He is known to the Giants and the Aesir gods as "Loki."

Atreus was a sickly child who always lived with his mother. The two of them went long periods of time without seeing Kratos, but after Faye's death, Atreus was forced to live with and be trained by Kratos. Unlike the Spartan, his son speaks the Old Norse language, which helps him in certain situations.

Atreus is equipped with a magical bow, which he learned as part of his father's training. He is also equipped with a small dagger, which belonged to his father.

Atreus is a teenage god, son of Kratos and the giantess Laufey. He is known to the Giants and the Aesir gods as "Loki." Atreus was a sickly child who always lived with his mother. The two of them went long periods of time without seeing Kratos, but after Faye's death, Atreus was forced to live with and be trained by Kratos. Unlike the Spartan, his son speaks the Old Norse language, which helps him in certain situations. Atreus is equipped with a magical bow, which he learned as part of his father's training. He also carries a small dagger, which belonged to his mother. Atreus is a teenage god, son of Kratos and the giantess Laufey. He is known to the Giants and the Aesir gods as "Loki."

Atreus was a sickly child who always lived with his mother. The two of them went long periods of time without seeing Kratos, but after Faye's death, Atreus was forced to live with and be trained by Kratos. Unlike the Spartan, his son speaks the Old Norse language, which helps him in certain situations.

Atreus is equipped with a magical bow, which he learned as part of his father's training. He also carries a small dagger, which belonged to his mother.

Has Bow Handling

Laufey, known as Faye by her loved ones, was a warrior giant from Jötunheim. Kratos's second wife and Atreus's mother. (Faye is currently deceased.)

Mimir is the God of Wisdom and Knowledge, popularly known for being the smartest man alive. He is a highly intelligent being who served as Odin's advisor until Odin imprisoned him in a tree for 109 winters.

When Kratos and Atreus free him from his prison by severing and reanimating his head, Mimir joins the adventure and becomes a close friend and advisor.

He is a smart, curious and analytical guy, boastful, who is proud of his own infinite intelligence, he is even sarcastic, but he is wise, intelligent, altruistic and understandable since in his adventure with Kratos and Atreus he tried to teach the latter with his knowledge and cut that cold distance that both had, he even relieved the burden that Kratos had about his past and helped them in the journey.

Omniscience and Intelligence: He is even described as knowing everything that any living or dead being of all the Nine Realms knows: treaties, rituals, creatures, beings, gods of almost any pantheon and culture, stories, all living and dead languages, spells, objects and charms, etc.

Bifrost's Crystal Eyes: A gift that he and Tyr received from the Giants, capable of projecting and activating the hidden and the Unity Stone, but for that he needed both eyes.

Mimir is a talking head, meaning that his body is only his head, he is usually tied to Kratos' waist or hanging from somewhere.

Freya, the Witch of the Wood, is a banished Vanir goddess. Former Vanir leader and former queen of the Valkyries. Former wife of Odin, mother of Baldur, and former queen of Asgard. Initially an ally of Kratos and his son Atreus, she becomes their enemy after the murder of her beloved but estranged son.

Freya is legendary for her beauty and her skill with Vanir magic.

Freya is a beautiful, tall woman with a slim and curvy figure, she has pale skin, brown eyes and long reddish-brown hair that reaches down her back, tied in a braid almost to the end with two strands that fall on her shoulders, she has tattoos on her arms, feet and chest which glow blue when she uses her magic.

He wears mostly modest and ragged clothes, he doesn't wear shoes but around his neck he wears many necklaces and amulets, one of them bears the name of his son Baldur.

He currently wears brown and black Vanir war armor that covers his entire body and wears a cape that transforms him into a falcon.

Divine Physiology: As a Goddess, Freya has all the standard attributes of one, such as super strength, speed, agility, enhanced reflexes and stamina. Divine Physiology: As a Goddess, Freya has all the standard attributes of one, such as super strength, speed, agility, enhanced reflexes and stamina. Ancient Magic: Although she admitted that she had not practiced it for a long time, Freya has great mastery and knowledge of magic. Spellcasting: Freya can cast Seiðr spells through hand gestures and chanting. Chlorokinesis: Freya can conjure and manipulate plants at will because with a spell she hid her house from the other Gods using plants Telekinesis: Freya has shown to have telekinetic abilities as she lifted Atreus' bow into the air with only her mind. Shapeshifter: Freya can shapeshift, being able to turn into an eagle in order to fly.

Odin is the chief god of Norse mythology and king of the Aesir gods. He is the father of Thor and Baldur, and the ex-husband of Freya.

Odin, they say and confirm that he is: narcissistic, boastful, ambitious, cruel, sadistic, insensitive, chaotic, ruthless, paranoid, tyrannical, psychopathic, unhinged, distrustful, evil, spiteful, greedy, avaricious, depraved, capricious, arrogant, wrathful, cowardly, lunatic, selfish, megalomaniac and a very cunning manipulator to the point of wanting to reign over everything, even beyond the Norse territory and that he will do whatever it takes to be supreme of all lands.

Thor, the legendary God of Thunder and champion of the Aesir, is the son of Odin and father of Magni and Modi. He wields a powerful, short-handled hammer called Mjölnir. Thor is the god of thunder. His role is complex, as he influenced very different areas, such as the weather, crops, protection, consecration, justice, wrestling, travel, and battles.

Appearance He is tall, robust, wearing armour with sleeves that leave his back uncovered and a hood to cover himself in the winter. He has a beard and hair that gives him an unkempt complexion.

Personality Mimir describes him as bloodthirsty, egotistical, brutal, ruthless, and cruel. As a son of Odin, he simply follows Odin's maniacal orders, taking them personally.

Powers and Abilities Divine/Giant Physiology: Thor is strong and powerful, but much of his power comes from his hammer. He can use lightning as a weapon, but to do so, he needs his weapon. He is an extremely powerful being; he managed to defeat Thamur, a Giant comparable to a Titan.

Balder or Baldr is a god and the second son of Odin. Baldr is primarily known for the myth surrounding his death. This is seen as the first in a series of events that will lead to the destruction of the gods at Ragnarök. According to the Völuspá, Baldr will be reborn in the New World.

Balder is already dead at the hands of Kratos, so there is not much to go into about him and it would mostly be spoken in the past tense, but the main repercussion is the enmity that it generated between Kratos and Atreus with Freya.

In the Nordic era, he appears more mature and becomes more aware of other people's lives, although he doesn't admit it, but even so, he only helps those who give him something in return or those to whom he owes something. Because he is with his son, he must control himself and handle situations in a more mature manner.

His uncontrollable anger is his greatest strength and weakness, but over the years he began to have control over it, but now he controls it to a certain extent and uses it better, only in combat. At first, he seems cold and does not show affection to Atreus, but the truth is that he would protect him from any evil. As the game progresses, he relates better to his son and on one occasion tells him that to save him he would lose his own life. From time to time he receives advice from Mimir, although he tends not to take it into account.

He shows visible affection and admiration for Faye, but doesn't like to talk about her too much, even claiming that she fought beautifully. Despite being more mature, he still holds a grudge against the gods, and the moment he realizes Freya is a goddess, he gets angry and leaves, believing there are no good gods, and that includes himself.

Kratos is depicted as an incredibly cruel, reckless, and destructive being, willing to kill anyone who gets in his way, even innocent people. He is also shown to be generally unable to accept full responsibility for his actions, usually tending to blame the gods (especially Zeus, Ares, and Athena) for his suffering, ignoring or denying his own part in it. The memory of his misdeeds has driven Kratos to attempt suicide on at least two separate occasions.

(Kratos most of the time maintains a stoic and serious attitude, wise and somewhat angry)

Kratos is a serious man of few words, serious and stoic, focused on his objectives and goals.

The axe was forged using the icy screams of ice trolls, giving it the ability to unleash icy attacks capable of freezing even non-corporeal objects. The weapon's pommel is replaceable, each granting it distinct additional qualities, as do the runes that can be imbued into it.

Among the weapon's other capabilities is the ability to "call" it back to the hand, allowing for boomerang-style attacks or simply recovering it from a distance.

When Kratos is not wielding the weapon, he will attack with his fists, until he retrieves it or uses another weapon.

After the World Serpent swallows the axe and returns it, the weapon is imbued with some eitr, a substance of primordial power that is highly poisonous in its pure state, making the axe much more powerful; proof of this is the attack that Kratos made to Thor's belly in their first fight, which remained open despite the time being the fact that he is a god capable of regenerating his wounds.

Kratos uses the swords because when visiting the realm of Helheim, enemies are immune to the Leviathan Axe, so Kratos is forced to return to using his old swords. When Brok sees the swords, he is impressed, acknowledging them to be a masterpiece. Their appearance, unlike their previous appearances, lacks colored glyphs and has a deteriorated appearance on the blades. However, they retain many of their original abilities.

They are a pair of curved blades attached by chains to Kratos's forearms, giving him the ability to throw them great distances and return them to his hand. They glow yellow or red when used. The hilt has a skull design, and the blades' designs change as the player levels them up.

Midgard is the Realm of Mortals. A rich and fertile land filled with immense varieties of life. At its center stands the great World Tree, Yggdrasil, which serves as the focal point of all the realms.

Midgard used to be the realm of humans and mortals, but now it is plagued by creatures and monsters of all kinds. The Temple of Tyr lies at the center of the Lake of Nine, where Jörmungandr, the gigantic World Serpent, lies. Kratos and Atreus also live in Midgard, as well as Freya, after her exile from Asgard. The Fimbulvetr has drastically changed the landscape of Midgard, freezing the Lake of Nine and covering the land in ice and snow.

Kratos' most distinctive external feature is his ash-white complexion, a fact for which he earned the title “Ghost of Sparta.”

Other features include a scar across his right eye and a large red tattoo (originally blue, but later changed in production) that runs from his left eye to his left shoulder. It is eventually revealed that the scar is the result of an encounter with the Olympian god Ares during his childhood, while the tattoo is a tribute to his deceased brother Deimos, who has similar birthmarks.

Kratos has hazel eyes in addition to his ash-white skin complexion marked by blood-red tattoos, Kratos is 2.19 meters tall, Kratos is completely bald although his eyebrows and large beard are black, and currently Kratos has grown a long black beard

Kratos wears armor on his right forearm, leather pants and a belt that secures him, as well as boots of the same material.

Kratos is written as an extremely serious and grumpy person even with his family and friends, mostly he is a person who completely refuses new experiences and prioritizes his survival and that of his allies, Kratos is also quite known for not talking much of being a man of few words but when he does speak it is to say really important things or to make fun of his own allies or his enemies which is something that he actually enjoys, as for his relationship with his own son Atreus evidently Kratos is much more paternal with him and gives him privileges and displays of affection than other people would not do it for him in a million years

(All of these events and characters occur at the end of the God Of War 4 video game, so their personalities and the way they act are based on the end of the God Of War 4 video game)