Castor
The False Prophet of Delphi
Castor was the mortal Gemini twin who, with his conjoined demigod brother Pollux, usurped the Temple of the Oracle at Delphi and posed as its prophet. A cruel master who slew his own slaves, he wielded the Amulet of Uroborus against Kratos before the Spartan cast him to his death.
Castor was the mortal half of the Gemini twins, the elder and stronger brother who carried his conjoined sibling Pollux and posed as the prophet of the Temple of the Oracle at Delphi. Cruel and proud, he ruled the temple by terror until Kratos cast him down. (God of War: Ascension)
The mortal twin#
In Greek myth, Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, king of Sparta, and twin of the demigod Pollux. Worshipped together as the Dioscuri, the brothers were said to aid sailors caught in storms, and both sailed among the Argonauts. (Homeric Hymn to the Dioscuri; Argonautica)
In God of War: Ascension, Castor appeared as a towering man wielding two weapons, with his small, undeveloped brother Pollux conjoined to his stomach and hidden beneath his tunic. Of the two he was by far the stronger. (God of War: Ascension)
The false prophet#
Castor had usurped the Temple of the Oracle at Delphi and assumed the role of prophet there, set to the task by the Furies along with his brother. Cruel and snobbish, he commanded his slaves to raise statues in his honor and killed any who stepped out of line, even cutting down one who merely voiced concern for the well-being of his fellow servants. He wielded a staff that split into a sword and a club, which he used with great skill, and through the Amulet of Uroborus he could teleport, manipulate and slow time, levitate objects, take flight, loose blasts of decaying energy, restore ruined objects, and surround himself with a barrier of the amulet's power. Though aged, both twins used the amulet to reverse their years for battle. (God of War: Ascension)
The Furies had placed the twins in the temple to keep Kratos from reaching the Oracle, or to keep her imprisoned, for the blind Oracle and her lover Orkos had sought to warn Zeus of the Furies' plot. (God of War: Ascension)
Death at Delphi#
Kratos pursued the twins through the Temple of the Oracle and brought them down in the Oracle's Chambers. The Spartan cast Castor to his death, then severed Pollux from his fallen brother and crushed the demigod's skull beneath his boot. With the twins destroyed, the Amulet of Uroborus passed to Kratos. The brothers were fought weeks before Kratos faced Aegaeon, making Castor among the earliest of his foes in the long saga. (God of War: Ascension)
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Castor in God of War?
- Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, king of Sparta, and the elder, dominant half of the conjoined Gemini twins known with his brother Pollux as the Dioscuri. He carried his small demigod brother conjoined to his stomach and hidden beneath his tunic.
- Why did Castor pose as the prophet of Delphi?
- Castor had usurped the Temple of the Oracle at Delphi and assumed the role of prophet there, set to the task by the Furies. The Furies placed the twins in the temple to keep Kratos from reaching the Oracle, or to keep her imprisoned.
- What weapons did Castor use?
- Castor wielded a staff that split into a sword and a club. Through the Amulet of Uroborus he could teleport, manipulate and slow time, levitate objects, take flight, loose blasts of decaying energy, restore ruined objects, and surround himself with a barrier of the amulet's power.
- How did Castor die?
- Kratos pursued the twins through the Temple of the Oracle and brought them down in the Oracle's Chambers. He cast Castor to his death, then severed Pollux from his fallen brother and crushed the demigod's skull beneath his boot.
- What kind of master was Castor?
- Castor was cruel and snobbish. He commanded his slaves to raise statues in his honor and killed any who stepped out of line, even cutting down one who merely voiced concern for the well-being of his fellow servants.
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Sources
- GameGod of War: Ascension, Santa Monica Studio, 2013
- BookArgonautica, Apollonius of Rhodes, 3rd century BC
- BookHomeric Hymn to the Dioscuri, Homeric Hymn 33, anonymous, archaic period
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Kratos
Kratos was the demigod son of Zeus who rose from a Spartan general to the Greek God of War, destroyed the pantheon of Olympus in a quest for vengeance, and then began again in the Norse realms as a father seeking to leave his bloody past behind.
Orkos
Orkos was a Fury, the half-god son of Ares and the Fury queen Alecto, made Oath Keeper after his father disowned him. Seeing the injustice of Kratos' blood oath to Ares, he aided the Spartan against the Furies, and in the end begged Kratos to grant him an honorable death so both might be freed.
Pollux
Pollux was the demigod son of Zeus and half-brother of Kratos, the divine half of the conjoined Gemini twins who usurped the Temple of the Oracle at Delphi. A powerful sorcerer bound to the body of his brother Castor, he was severed from him by Kratos and crushed beneath the Spartan's boot.
Aegaeon: the Hecatonchires made a prison
Aegaeon was one of the three Hecatonchires, a giant of many hands who broke a blood oath with Zeus and was punished by the Furies. His vast body was transformed into the living dungeon called the Prison of the Damned, in which Kratos was once chained.
Amulet of Uroborus: the gem that bent time
The Amulet of Uroborus was a golden amulet set with a blue-green gem that could manipulate time and space. Stolen from the Oracle Aletheia and turned against Kratos, it passed into his hands and let him rebuild what had been broken.
Sparta: Kratos' city, razed by Zeus
Sparta raised Kratos, worshipped Ares, then took Kratos himself as its patron god. Zeus destroyed the city in revenge for the Spartan's defiance.
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Castor and Pollux
Castor and Pollux were conjoined Spartan twins, one mortal and one a son of Zeus, who seized the Temple of the Oracle at Delphi and posed as its prophet. Acting for the Furies, they imprisoned the true Oracle and stood as the first enemies Kratos faced in his quest to be free of his rage.
Pollux
Pollux was the demigod son of Zeus and half-brother of Kratos, the divine half of the conjoined Gemini twins who usurped the Temple of the Oracle at Delphi. A powerful sorcerer bound to the body of his brother Castor, he was severed from him by Kratos and crushed beneath the Spartan's boot.
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