Kratos

Kratos was born in Sparta, a city in Greece known for being the birthplace of the best warriors. From a very young age, Kratos showed great strength, endurance and tenacity. With great mastery, training, discipline and perseverance, he rose through the ranks in the Spartan militia, reaching the rank of general, along with thousands of warriors who were under his command.
One after another, barbarian villages fell to Kratos' brutal and 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 army of barbarians stood against 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 torment him.

Kratos, following Ares' orders, spreading bloody battles and numerous deaths in his name and in every village he destroyed, 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 his soldiers and subordinates.

One night, Kratos and his army are on a mission 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 does not follow the advice and upon entering, he kills all the people there, possessed by a blind rage that did not allow him to see who he was killing. When no one is left alive, he discovers that among the dead were his wife and daughter. He cannot explain why they were there if he had left her in Sparta. Ares, meanwhile, tries to convince Kratos that without his family in the middle, he would become the perfect warrior, that was Ares' plan, to strip him of anything other than the cruel massacres ordered by him. But Kratos feels guilty about the death of his family and swears that he will kill Ares for having put his family in that temple. When he leaves the temple he sees the town in flames, the village slowly catching fire. It is at that moment that the oracle decides to place on 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 that he had committed, then honoring in the future his nickname "Ghost of Sparta". From that night when Ares knew that the family was there and ordered Kratos to destroy that village and kill his family, Kratos would suffer nightmares and visions.

Kratos enters the temple and heads to the back of it, which is outdoors, where previously there was a huge statue with a giant sword acting as a bridge. It is there that he meets the god of war, who is talking to the sky, criticizing his father Zeus, and reproaching him that if he is seeing what his son could do, how powerful he is and now even more so, because Pandora's Box now belongs to him. Kratos throws a lightning bolt at the chain holding Pandora's Box that Ares had in his hand, and prepares to open it. After a thousand years, the box was finally opened, and the powers of the gods were unleashed. Kratos increased enormously in size, reaching the height of Ares. After a small, hard-fought battle, Ares sends Kratos to another dimension, telling him that he took many ways to kill a man, but that the best way to kill someone was to break his spirit, that's why Kratos falls on a platform where there was only a temple, the temple in which years before he had killed his family. Kratos does not understand much, he opens the door of the temple and sees that inside is his family, this being an illusion, but it is there where he sees that clones of him begin to emerge from the walls. Thus a paradox was formed in which Kratos had to kill these clones of himself, since they wanted to kill his family, then, he had to avoid what years before he himself had done.

Kratos' clones grow in number, Ares strips Kratos of his swords, ripping them from his arms, and with them kills his family again. Ares makes Kratos return to Athens, where they had been fighting before, and now Kratos, stripped of his swords and of 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 rips the sword from the statue, thus planting himself 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 get the ideal warrior who had no mercy, but Kratos tells him that he had achieved it, and runs him through with the sword, killing him without mercy. Kratos had accomplished the impossible, a mortal killing 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 one of Cronos' hands 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 Will, Strength and Speed: His supernatural strength gives him the ability to complete great feats such as mastering divine weapons, the Basilisk, Hydra, the Colossus of Rhodes, Titans and gods. He resisted losing his soul to the Claws of Hades, something that Atlas could not do and the latter can hold the world. He can sustain a battle and dominate 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 throws himself off Olympus and falls as a meteor on Rhodes.

Before and during Ares' rule, Kratos was also very respectful of the gods and divine entities (with the exception of Ares and Persephone), to the point of calling them "Lords", though he did not fully trust them. Over time, he became disillusioned with the gods and began to respect them less and less. By the end of his service to the Olympian Gods, when it became apparent that they would never relieve him of his nightmares, he became openly defiant and hostile towards them, even after being made a god himself. However, he is shown to care for Athena to some extent (and vice versa), with Kratos being more affected by her death than even Zeus, who seemed to care very little (if at all) about her death. He is also tolerant of Aphrodite and Hephaestus, as both are indifferent (and in the latter case, even somewhat supportive) of his war against Olympus. Additionally, he likely felt a certain level of kinship with Hephaestus, as they share a mutual hatred of Zeus as well as intense grief over their lost daughters, though he is ultimately forced to kill the blacksmith god when he tries to prevent him from reaching his daughter, Pandora.

Kratos, having fulfilled Athena's command, feels that he will be redeemed from his feelings of guilt, but when he speaks to her, she tells him that the gods have mourned their fallen brother and thanked him for accomplishing 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 cannot bear the idea and decides to throw himself from the top of a mountain on whose precipice awaits some cliffs that will surely end his life, saying: "The gods of Olympus have abandoned me, now there is no hope", but when 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 defeat without any help from a god, and, as Ares had died, a vacancy remained 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 room where at the back awaits the majestic throne where he finally sits and rests, knowing that he had not only achieved the impossible, but he also knew that he was now the new God of War.

The fight begins at the top of the Flame of Olympus chamber. The battle is very even but Kratos ends up overcoming 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 one 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 throw themselves through the hole that Poseidon's hippocampus made in Gaia. Kratos follows the trail of blood, and reaches Gaia's heart again, but this time prepared, and breaks the crystals that border 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 on the ground, and the third battle begins. The fight is long, Zeus will need more than just multiplying himself to finish Kratos. Kratos uses the Blade of Olympus but Zeus stops it and drags Kratos across the ground with his strength, but Kratos manages to get it off him. Kratos and Zeus grapple, 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 runs through Zeus with the Blade of Olympus and Gaia's heart along with him. Kratos defeated Zeus, and Gaia died.

Kratos survives the explosion, weakened he gets up, reaches Zeus' 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' 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, choking him, and the life, magic and item bars are destroyed, practically killing him. Kratos wakes up in his mind, with a black figure and his bright red markings, 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 in 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 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 says his last words to her and she also disintegrates. Kratos follows the blue flame and in the background you see 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 none left...", and he throws 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. In addition to the voices of the gods (the words they said just before their deaths) you can hear the voice of his brother telling him "A Spartabus never lets his back touch the ground" which gives the impression that the two have seen each other shortly before, which is proven 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 Pandora's voice, on the way he hears the voices 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's the reason we are here. It's what we fight for when all else is lost. " Kratos' eye is seen with a blue flame. Kratos returns to reality. He grabs Zeus' hand and takes it away, takes his swords of exile and begins to attack Zeus, Kratos is invulnerable to Zeus' attacks and all of his power. The damage he did to Zeus is serious; the black shadow returns to Zeus' body, Kratos sees his swords of exile and throws them 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 volatilizes. Kratos looks at the horizon, only seeing 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 what good there 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 the positive and negative energies (Kratos is supposed to release 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 in Kratos' 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 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 she must give him the power, Kratos crouches where the Blade of Olympus was lying, Athena tells him "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 answers "The end of... my revenge." And Kratos concentrates all his power... But the sword passes through his head and from one moment to the next Kratos turns the sword around and stabs himself.

Having left the world of the gods behind, Kratos must adapt to unfamiliar lands, confront unexpected dangers, and seize a second chance at fatherhood. Together with his son Atreus, he will venture deep into the harsh lands of Midgard and fight to complete a deeply personal quest.
Faye's death

The game starts with Kratos standing next to a tree and after approaching it, he cuts it down and takes it with Atreus to his house. The tree was put 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 and Kratos carries her to the stacked logs, places her on them and with the axe lights the wood to begin the cremation. She had asked as a last wish to have her ashes spread on the top of the highest mountain in all the realms. While the cremation is taking place, on impulse Atreus grabs his mother's knife, causing his hand to burn, then Kratos tells him that the knife now belongs to him. Then the two leave so that Atreus can show what he knows.

In an impulsive act, Atreus shoots the deer they've chosen as a target and misses, which angers Kratos more than necessary 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 the prey, a Troll snatches them away and a fight begins. After a few blows, Kratos kills the troll by breaking its neck, after that Atreus begins to stab it and Kratos tells him to control himself.
Back at 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 sort of training and then they are shocked by something coming and someone knocking at the door.

Kratos hides Atreus under a trapdoor hidden beneath a rug, telling him not to come out, proceeding to face this mysterious stranger who claims to know "Who and what" Kratos is. The latter 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 to not present any type of pain, while quickly regenerating from his wounds.
After a grueling battle, the Spartan emerges victorious, apparently killing the stranger, 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 that Atreus is not ready, having no other choice and knowing that his home is not safe, he decides that they must leave his home, and it is time to begin the journey to spread Faye's ashes.
The funny thing is that the stranger was actually looking for Faye, as in his first interaction with Kratos he says, "Ha, I thought you'd be bigger, but you're definitely you, you're a long way from home huh, you know what I want, and here I thought your kind were more civilized, better, smarter, yet you hide in the woods like a coward.", referring to Faye, as we know, she was a giant.

Along the way to the mountain, they encounter various enemies and traps that are placed throughout the forest. At one point, they manage to observe that the spell that Faye had placed around her house that prevented them from being found was losing its effect, beginning to disappear, explaining how the stranger managed to reach her home.
Continuing on with the journey, they encounter a dwarf having trouble crossing a creature over a bridge, which obstructs the passage, helping Atreus calm the animal and without problem carrying 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 being Sindri, but due to personal matters they have distanced themselves.

As they continue their journey, they decide to train Atreus' hunting skills, when they find a strange boar in the forest, which they target. The boy hits it and the animal runs away, and Atreus chases it. Kratos loses sight of them until he meets them again a short time later in the courtyard of a witch's house, with the creature badly injured on the ground, when suddenly, the witch appears, who tells them that he was her friend and that they must help him; in light of this fact, they decide to help the boar.
The witch, using a spell, awakens what appeared to be a tree, becoming a giant turtle that guards her house below it, where they go to look for what they need to cure their friend.

Once the animal is cured, the boy apologizes for what happened, to which the woman accepts. She senses the divinity of Kratos and Atreus, so she secretly advises the Spartan to tell the truth to his son as soon as possible so that he does not repress his true nature and before it is 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 that they can use to reach the lake of the nine, which they must take to reach 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. This returns his axe to him 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 has the access room to the kingdoms, which allows travel between them with the use of a Bifrost.
In turn, Brok has his workshop on the top where he works. The dwarf gives Kratos a special stone that allows him to use the realm between realms to travel to different points in the world, although at the moment it can only be used to return to this place.

Resuming their journey, they reach the side of the mountain where they meet Sindri, Brok's brother, who is surprised to see the Leviathan Axe in Kratos' possession, stating that they forged it for Faye. Kratos tells him what happened and the dwarf laments Faye's death, since they really had a great affection for her.
Making their way they manage to reach the base of the mountain where they find a mysterious black smoke that prevents them from passing, when suddenly the witch of the forest arrives saying that it will be impossible for them to pass, 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 its light in order to return and disperse the smoke.
She helps them restore Týr's temple to function and travel to said 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 completely 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 control of the light, which does not make it easy for them to reach their destination, the temple of light, where there is the light necessary to make the Bifrost functional again and dispel the black smoke.
Eventually, Kratos and Atreus arrive at their destination, but not having listened to the witch's warnings, Kratos steps into the light, finding himself in an illusion of sorts, where he hears Atreus' thoughts, wishing that his father had died instead of 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 a few seconds, looking around only to realize that Atreus had spent hours alone, facing the aggressive elves, which leads to the boy being angry with his father.
With the light already channeled into the artifact, and having obtained special arrows impregnated with it, they are ready to return to Midgard, then 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, getting angry the Greek, responding that until the journey is over one of the two must remain focused on the task, the boy should not "confuse his silence with lack of mourning", Atreus apologizing for not realizing that he was keeping his feelings inside, Kratos arguing that it is normal since he does not know what he is like, the boy reconciling with his father.

Already in Midgard, they return to the base of the mountain where the black smoke that blocked the way was, using the light they took from Alfheim, thus managing to evaporate it and cross the path, ready to begin the ascent.
The two of them go through various traps and enemies that make their task difficult, and at one point, they find a type of elevator that is broken and they must repair it to ascend to the top. Once it is fixed, they use it, but shortly after reaching their destination, an electric dragon called Hræzlyr appears, destroying the transport, forcing them to continue the missing journey to the top.
Shortly after, they find Sindri taking cover behind some rocks as the dragon is attacking him, so Atreus convinces his father to help him, facing the beast and, after a difficult fight, defeating it. As a thank you, the dwarf gives the boy some mistletoe arrows, while using a dragon's tooth to create a spell on Atreus' arrows that allows him to electrify.
Already on the final stretch to the top, Kratos notices that the strap on his son's quiver is broken, so he breaks off a mistletoe arrow given to him by Sindri, so he can tie it and reattach the strap.
Finding the entrance to the top blocked, they climb around the walls, beginning to notice the presence of people at the top, getting closer and closer to realize that it was the stranger who invaded their house, this time accompanied by two more individuals, questioning 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 the man who was being interrogated, who is tied completely by the roots and branches to a tree using magic, ordering the boy to check if there are no threats, while he proceeds to talk to him.
This one presents himself as Mimir, the wisest man of all the realms, however, he really still doesn't know why the Aesir are looking for Kratos and his son. In that Atreus tells him that they are there because they seek to fulfill the wish of his deceased mother, which is to spread the ashes on the highest peak of all the realms, to which unfortunately, Mimir tells them that they are wrong, because the highest peak of all the realms is in Jotunheim, the realm of the giants, not in Midgard.
The man says that the gateway disappeared suddenly years ago and was never heard from again. Mimir seems willing to help them on their journey, stating that he can find a way to get them there using a special entrance behind them at the top, which with the necessary items can be used to travel to the realm.
Unfortunately, he was cursed by Odin so that he would never be able to leave that tree, so he comes up with an idea. He asks them to cut off his head and take it to someone with magical knowledge who would be able to revive it so that he could help them, the Spartan commenting that they met a witch with such abilities and that she would be of help.
Before cutting off his head, Mimir secretly confesses to Kratos that he knows that they are both gods, that he is not from Norse lands, and that the boy apparently does not know, advising him to tell him the truth before it is too late. Kratos cuts off his head, and they begin to head back to the witch's house.

Once there, the woman is glad that they are safe, but becomes enraged when she sees the mistletoe arrows and forces the boy to give them to her, then breaks them, claiming that 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 sake, as she does not get along with him.
The process is set in motion and they manage to revive the head, only for the man to "wake up" and recognize the witch as Freya, the Vanir goddess, disgusted with him for seeing her, due to past conflicts.
Kratos, upon learning of the woman's divinity, becomes seriously angry, ordering his son to leave, and without thanking her 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 the temple of Týr, where a great horn is located, necessary to call Jörmungandr and ask him how to travel to Jötunheim.
Once there, the head summons the snake, leading to a conversation, with Mimir being the only one who currently knows the snake's language, which causes the water level of the lake to drop again, giving way to new areas to explore. After questioning him, he tells Kratos and Atreus that he told him that what is needed to travel are two things: the first is 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 to head north, where they can find the necessary chisel. Once there, they see that they are in a snowy area, where lies the corpse of Thamur, a giant killed by Thor and who 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 insults and provokes Atreus, making him explode in rage, causing him to get angry and lose control, which makes the fight difficult, but finally, in a moment of carelessness, 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 the fact that he represses his god nature for not knowing it), but he insists on being well, so they take the chisel ready to go for the travel rune.

They head to the Temple of Týr, where with the chisel previously obtained they manage to open a hidden chamber where they can find the rune, But shortly after entering, Modi appears, immobilizing Kratos and annoying Atreus again, making him angry and briefly awakening his divine abilities (Similar to his father's Spartan anger) and then fainting. Kratos becomes enraged and manages to get up and walk towards the Norseman even though he is stunned by his lightning hammer, dealing him a blow, leaving him badly wounded.
Atreus is in a very critical state, so with no choice 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' divinity is repressed, and he must tell her the truth of what he really is after healing him or else he could get worse 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 in order to heal his son. However, his axe will be of no use there, thanks to the extreme low temperatures that nothing can thaw them.
It is then that Kratos knows that he must go home to "dig up the past", getting on the witch's boat and returning by the river to his home, 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, being hidden between the boards his well-known skirt that he knew how to use long ago, which wrapped inside the Blades of Chaos that had been taken and tormented so many years ago, being now necessary to save his son. At that point 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 a father, reminding him that he will always be a monster, getting up Kratos having put the swords back on

Having already obtained what he needs, he heads to Helheim, meeting Brok before leaving, who learns of the boy's condition, reflecting on the dispute with his brother and the value of family, determined to help Kratos.
Already in the realm of the dead, after a hard journey, he faces and defeats the aforementioned guardian and takes his heart, then observes the shadow of Zeus calling him from the beyond, 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, with Mimir realizing along the way that Kratos is the Ghost of Sparta and that he needs more than ever to tell Atreus about his nature. Back at Freya's house, the boy is cured and Kratos tells the goddess that he will never forget what she 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 as much as his own, to which the boy is surprised and gradually begins to get the idea 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 end up getting.
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 Atreus becomes increasingly arrogant about his behavior, believing himself better than everyone as a god, treating Sindri badly by telling him that he is fed up with listening to his fights with Brok, Kratos and even dishonoring his mother by speaking disparagingly about her. Upon reaching the mountain gate, they find a badly wounded Modi, who provokes the boy again. Kratos indicates that he is already finished and that he is not a threat, but the boy, blinded by arrogance and anger, kills Modi against his father's wishes, Kratos becoming angry 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 suddenly Baldur appears, attacking the two and breaking the door that as far as is known is the only way to get there. In a moment of rage and whim, Atreus shoots Kratos leaving him immobilized to fight Baldur, only to be incapacitated by him as he takes him by throwing himself down the mountain. Kratos breaks free and follows Baldur as they descend on a dragon, when they end up crashing, Kratos falling on the bridge of Týr, 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 meet with the boy because they fell in different places. Upon saving him, he seriously scolds him for his behavior, telling him to calm down and that he will not be tolerated again, and 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, so they must escape as soon as possible since they should not be there. Trying to get out of 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 was going to 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 appears of the moment when Kratos kills Zeus, 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 off 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, such as 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 shows up ready to set things right, bringing him the necessary elements to make it, reforming their friendship and relationship, and the boy being happy about 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 Hall Between Realms, which is upside down and holds a mysterious object that they must reach. Through a long process, they manage to flip the entire temple, which seems to have been designed for that, and manage to reach the object that was the Stone of Unity, a legendary object that was believed to be a myth, which Tyr used to travel between realms and to other lands.
With this Mimir finally manages to understand something he saw earlier in a shrine, 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 about is that they should not stray from the path while traveling through the realm between realms, now with the stone they must do it to find the secret path to Jötunheim.

They go to the realm between realms, towards the cliff and jump off, making the stone work, protecting them and managing to reach an area where the tower of Jötunheim that had disappeared so long ago was hidden. Using the stone, they manage to make it rise and place itself again in the lake of the nine, ready to be used and travel to the kingdom of the giants.
However, it couldn't be that easy, as Tyr made it so that the energy of the journey would need to be channeled with special crystals in order to go to the realm, and not just the energy of 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 away, so they're going to ask Brok and Sindri if they know anything.
They tell them that in his time Odin asked them if they could build a kind of chamber with a hidden compartment, having refused, but later learning that he had achieved it, this being the statue of Thor of 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 snake, agreeing that they row and get inside it, to finally enter and find the eye.

As they attempt to exit Jormungandr's interior, a rumbling begins, opening its mouth, sending Kratos and Atreus flying and landing where Thamur lies, leaving Jormungandr unconscious. Freya arrives at the scene looking for her son, who then appears, claiming that she harmed the snake in order to make Kratos and his son appear, but upon realizing his mother's presence, he puts everything else aside, ready to kill her, to which Kratos stops him, arguing that the path of vengeance he is choosing will not give him the peace he wants, which he already knows; Baldur ignores him and continues on his way, 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. The witch immobilizes Kratos and Atreus tries to save him but Baldur strikes him in the chest, accidentally impaling himself with a broken piece of mistletoe arrow that Kratos had previously tied to his quiver when it had broken.
Baldur begins to get excited as this causes his mother's spell to be cancelled and for the first time in many years he can feel again, while also not being immortal anymore. 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 coming up with the idea of ​​trying to call Jörmungandr, successfully speaking his language, helping our protagonists and knocking down the dead giant, while knocking down Freya losing the spell on Thamur.

A weakened Baldur falls to the ground, Kratos approaches him, but Atreus says that he is no longer a threat, to which the Spartan agrees, warning the Aesir not to approach them or his mother again, but a blinded by revenge Baldur wants to kill her for all she has made him suffer, accepting Freya's blame and willing to let herself be hanged for her son, 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, full of rage, promises and swears to take revenge on the Spartan and put him through hell, stating that the boy does not know "who he is", to which finally, Kratos 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.
Disappointed, Atreus asks if this is what it means to be a god, all wrapped up in revenge, in a never-ending cycle. Kratos takes his son and tells him no, that they will be the gods they decide 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 destination.

One last time, in the room between realms, they activate the passage to Jötunheim but this time using Mimir's eyes to channel the energy and open the passage. Kratos and Atreus leave the head in the hands of the dwarves who came to see their entry into the realm, the two climbing long stairs to reach the entrance of the giants' realm. Upon arriving, Kratos unties his bandages and lets them go with the wind because 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 noticed, 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 lived 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, stepping forward from his father, who sees the latter behind a cloth, a final prophecy where he is seen dead in the arms of his son, looking like he has been murdered. Back on their goal, they climb to the highest point of 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 weaving a strong bond between the two throughout the trip.

As they descend the mountain, the boy tells that it seems the giants called him "Loki," and Kratos claims that that was the name his mother was going to give him. Atreus then asks where his name comes from, 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 conveyed kindness and humanity. The day he gave his life in battle, Kratos personally buried him with the greatest honors, thanking him for what he had done.
Once reunited with Mimir, he tells them that it seems that Ragnarök is approaching, despite having been prophesied for much later, the prophecy did not count on Kratos' participation in it and by killing Baldur something changed, beginning to show 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 had always lived with his mother. Both of them spent long periods of time without seeing Kratos, but after Faye's death, Atreus was forced to live with Kratos and be trained by him. Unlike the Spartan, his son knows the Old Norse language, so he will be of help in certain situations.

Atreus is equipped with a magic bow, the learning of which is part of his father's training. He is also equipped with a small dagger, belonging to

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 had always lived with his mother. Both of them spent long periods of time without seeing Kratos, but after Faye's death, Atreus was forced to live with Kratos and be trained by him. Unlike the Spartan, his son knows the Old Norse language, so he will be of help in certain situations.
Atreus is equipped with a magical bow, the learning of which is part of his father's training. He is also equipped with a small dagger, belonging 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 had always lived with his mother. Both of them spent long periods of time without seeing Kratos, but after Faye's death, Atreus was forced to live with Kratos and be trained by him. Unlike the Spartan, his son knows the Old Norse language, so he will be of help in certain situations.

Atreus is equipped with a magical bow, the learning of which is part of his father's training. He is also equipped with a small dagger, belonging to his mother.

Has Bow Management

Laufey, called Faye by her loved ones, was a warrior Giant of Jötunheim. Second wife of Kratos and mother of Atreus. (Faye is currently deceased)

Mimir is the God of Wisdom and Knowledge, popularly known for being the smartest man alive, he is a being of great intelligence 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 cutting off and reanimating his head, Mimir joins the adventure and becomes a close friend and advisor.

He is a smart, curious and analytical guy, conceited, who takes pride in 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 alleviated the burden that Kratos had about his past and helped them on the journey.

Omniscience and Intelligence: He is even described as knowing everything that any living or dead being in all of the Nine Realms knows: treaties, rituals, creatures, beings, gods from 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, whose body is only his head, he is usually tied to Kratos' waist or hanging from somewhere

Freya, the Witch of the Forest, is a banished Vanir goddess. Former Vanir leader and 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 to 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 that shine blue when she uses her magic.

He wears mostly modest, tattered clothing, no shoes, but around his neck he wears many necklaces and amulets, one of which bears the name of his son Baldur.

He currently wears a brown and black Vanir war armor that covers his entire body and wears a cape that turns 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 endurance.
Divine Physiology: As a Goddess, Freya has all the standard attributes of one, such as super strength, speed, agility, enhanced reflexes and endurance.
Ancient Magic: Although she admitted that she had not practiced it for a long time, Freya has great mastery and knowledge about magic.
Spell Casting: 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 telekinetic abilities as she was able to lift Atreus' bow into the air with her mind alone.
Shapeshifter: Freya can change shape, 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, is: narcissistic, boastful, ambitious, cruel, sadistic, insensitive, chaotic, ruthless, paranoid, tyrant, 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 Nordic territory and that he will do anything to be supreme of all the 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 had influence in very different areas, such as the weather, harvests, protection, consecration, justice, struggles, travel and battles.

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

Personality
Mimir describes him as bloodthirsty, egotistical, brutal, merciless and cruel. As the son of Odin, he only follows his 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 he needs his weapon to do so. He is an extremely powerful being, and managed to take down Thamur, who is a Giant comparable to a Titan.

Balder or Baldr is a god and the second son of Odin. Baldr is best 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 delve into him and it would mostly be spoken of in the past, but the main repercussion is the enmity that he generated between Kratos and Atreus with Freya

In the Nordic era he is shown to be more mature and becomes more aware of other people's lives, even if 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 as the years went by he began to have control over his anger but now he controls anger to a certain extent and uses it in a better way, only in combat. At first he seems to be cold and not show affection to Atreus but the truth is that he would protect him from any evil, as the game progresses he relates better with 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 to ignore it.

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

Kratos is described 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 incapable of accepting full responsibility for his actions, usually tending to blame the gods (especially Zeus, Ares, and Athena) for his suffering, while ignoring or denying his own part in it. The memory of his misdeeds has led Kratos to attempt suicide on at least two separate occasions.

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

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

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

Among other capabilities of the weapon, the ability to "call" it back to the hand stands out, allowing for boomerang-type attacks or simply recovering it from a distance.

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

After the World Serpent swallows the axe and throws it back, the weapon becomes imbued with some eitr, a substance of primordial power that is highly poisonous in its purest form, 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 use his old swords again. When Brok sees the swords he is impressed, recognizing them as a masterpiece. His appearance, unlike his previous appearances, does not have color glyphs and has a deteriorated appearance on the blades. Even so, he retains many of his original abilities.

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

In addition to being able to be used in battle, weapons prove to be useful for movement and climbing, even as a shield.

Midgard is the Realm of Mortals. A rich and fertile land filled with an immense variety of life. At its center is the great World Tree, Yggdrasil, which acts as the center of all the realms.

Midgard used to be the realm of humans and mortals, but now it is overrun with creatures and monsters of all kinds. The Temple of Tyr stands at the center of the Lake of Nine, where Jörmungandr, the gigantic World Serpent, lies. Midgard is also home to Kratos and Atreus, as well as Freya, following 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, an event that earned him the title of "Ghost of Sparta."

Other traits include a scar across his right eye and a large red tattoo (which was originally blue, but was later changed in production), which starts at his left eye and ends at his left shoulder. The scar is eventually revealed to be a result of an encounter with the Olympian god Ares during his childhood, while the tattoo is a tribute to his late 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 it as well as boots made 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 well known for not talking much about 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 he actually enjoys, as for his relationship with his own son Atreus Kratos is evidently much more paternal with him and gives him privileges and displays of affection that would not be done to other people in a million years