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113 entries tagged Characters, 113 of them long reads. The rest of the wiki points here most often at Kratos and Atreus (Loki): Kratos's Son and the Truth of His Name.
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10- Acmon: the brains of the thieving KerkopesAcmon was one of the Kerkopes, a pair of thieving monkey-like brothers who dwelt in the Laconian Woods. Blue-furred and long-suffering, he was the wilier of the two, and he crossed paths with the young Kratos and Deimos during their search through Laconia.
- Aeetes: the king of ColchisAeetes was the king of Colchis, a son of the sun god Helios and the father of the sorceress Medea. The Golden Fleece came to rest in his kingdom as a gift of gratitude, and its theft by Jason of the Argonauts cost the king his daughter, his son, and the greatest treasure of his house.
- Aesir Royal Family: the Ruling Dynasty of AsgardThe Aesir Royal Family was the ruling dynasty of gods who reigned from Asgard over the Nine Realms. Descended from the first god Buri and led by Odin the Allfather, the line counted Odin's brothers Vili and Ve and his sons Thor, Tyr, Heimdall, and Baldur among its most prominent members.
- Aletheia: the Oracle of DelphiAletheia was the mortal Oracle of Delphi, a seer whose eyes granted her visions of the future and the power to pierce any illusion. When she uncovered the plot of Ares and the Furies to overthrow Olympus, the Furies tore out her eyes and forged them into the Eyes of Truth, and with her dying breath she set Kratos on the path that freed him from his blood oath.
- AlrikAlrik, the Barbarian King, was the leader of the Barbarian horde from the east and one of Kratos' oldest enemies. His assault drove Kratos to pledge his soul to Ares, beginning the Spartan's tragedy, and his hatred outlasted even death.
- Alvíss Stonefoot: the Warden of SvartalfheimAlvíss Stonefoot was a dwarf of Svartalfheim, renowned as its warden. With his sharp mind he trapped the most dangerous creatures of the Nine Realms, and a great statue was raised in his honor for the protection he gave his people.
- Andvari: the enchanter trapped in a ringAndvari was a dwarven enchanter and master of soul magic who created the dreaded Soul Eaters. When one of his own creations turned on him, he sealed his soul inside his ring to survive, and in that form he aided Kratos and Atreus before being lost.
- Angrboda: the last giantess of IronwoodAngrboda grew up almost alone in Ironwood, painting the prophecy of Ragnarok. She gave Atreus the soul marbles of the lost Giants and made him their keeper.
- Aphrodite's HandmaidensAphrodite's Handmaidens were two mortal women who served and attended the Goddess of Love in her chamber upon Olympus. Among the few mortals who showed no fear of Kratos, and they stayed in her chamber while plague spread across Olympus.
- Atreus (Loki): Kratos's Son and the Truth of His NameAtreus was the son of Kratos and the Jotunn Faye, born in Midgard and given the hidden name Loki. Across two great journeys he grew from a sickly boy into the prophesied champion of the Giants, the god of mischief whose fate was bound to Ragnarok.
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6- Bergelmir: the Beloved King of the GiantsBergelmir was a Frost Giant who, with his wife, alone survived the flood of Ymir's blood that drowned the rest of his race. He found a new land, named it Jotunheim, and repopulated the Jotnar as its king, refusing all vengeance against Odin. He died of old age surrounded by his kin and was remembered ever after as Bergelmir the Beloved.
- BeylaBeyla was a Dark Elf warrior of Alfheim and the wife of the Light Elf Byggvir. Having fled the endless war over the Light, the two joined Freyr's resistance in Vanaheim, where Beyla stood among the allies who aided Kratos against the forces of Asgard.
- BirgirBirgir was a Midgardian warrior and former Traveler who discovered that the Path he served was a lie of Odin, and forsook his brethren to fight for the Vanir. Branded a heretic, he became a loyal ally of Freyr in the resistance against Asgard.
- Body Burner: the cursed keeper of Pandora's GateThe Body Burner was the first mortal to enter Pandora's Temple and, by his own account, the first to die there. Cursed by the gods for his failure, he kept watch year after year on the cliff beyond Pandora's Bridge, burning the corpses of every challenger who followed him, until Kratos passed his gate and carried Pandora's Box out of the temple.
- Brok: the Huldra brother Odin murderedBrok forged Mjolnir and the Leviathan Axe with his brother Sindri. Killed once and revived with an incomplete soul, he was stabbed by Odin disguised as Tyr.
- Byggvir: the Light Elf of Freyr's resistanceByggvir was a Light Elf of Alfheim who was imprisoned for seeking the forbidden history of his people and fell in love with his fellow captive, the Dark Elf warrior Beyla. The two abandoned the elven war over the Light and joined Freyr's resistance in Vanaheim, where Byggvir fought beside Kratos in the war against Asgard and survived it.
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6- CalliopeCalliope was the beloved daughter of Kratos and Lysandra, a gentle and innocent child of Sparta. Killed by her father during a frenzy contrived by Ares, she found rest in the Elysium Fields, only for Kratos to be forced to abandon her there to save the world.
- CallistoCallisto was a Spartan woman and one of the many mortal lovers of Zeus, mother of Kratos and Deimos. Kept hidden in Atlantis and cursed by the King of the Gods, she died at her own son's hands while trying to name his father.
- CastorCastor 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 and PolluxCastor 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.
- CeryxCeryx was a demigod son of Hermes and a messenger of Olympus. Sent by Zeus to halt Kratos' pursuit of the truth behind the assassination of Argos, he fell to the Ghost of Sparta.
- Cobweb: faerie maid of Queen TitaniaCobweb was a faerie of Avalon, one of the male maids of Queen Titania and a member of the Goodfellows, the band of tricksters who ran with the young Mimir in the days when he was called Puck. He never reached the Norse realms, and his name survived there only in Mimir's recollections within Valhalla.
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6- DaedalusDaedalus was the master craftsman of Athens who built the great Labyrinth for Zeus in return for the promise of his lost son Icarus. Driven to madness in years of servitude and chained within his own creation, he was crushed when Kratos set the Labyrinth turning, and died grateful at last to be free.
- DagrPrince Dagr was the last surviving son of King Högni of Fjöturlund and the brother of the Valkyrie Sigrún. After King Helgi sacked his kingdom and slaughtered his family, Dagr avenged them by killing Helgi, only to be cursed by his grieving sister.
- Dark Rider: the Warrior of DestinyThe Dark Rider, called the Warrior of Destiny in the novelization, was the leader of the Griffin Riders who guarded the skies around the Island of Creation. Armed by the Sisters of Fate with the Spear of Destiny, he intercepted Kratos on his flight to the island and died in a duel fought on the back of his own Griffin.
- Deimos: the brother Kratos failed to saveAres and Athena seized Deimos as a boy because his birthmark matched the prophecy of the Marked Warrior. Thanatos crushed him at Suicide Bluffs.
- DurlinDurlin was a dwarven official of Nidavellir and a former rebel leader who, with Laufey, led a failed uprising against the Aesir. Years later he quietly aided Kratos and Atreus in their search for Tyr.
- DwarvesThe Dwarves were a race of short humanoids native to Svartalfheim, renowned across the Nine Realms as peerless smiths, builders, and alchemists. Their craft was sought by mortals and gods alike, though their service to Odin came at a bitter cost.
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4- EirEir was the healer among the Valkyries, gentle and calm where her sisters were fierce. Cursed by Odin and sealed in Midgard, she was freed by Kratos and Atreus and reborn by Freya as a Shield Maiden.
- Eis: the Spartan who gave Atreus his nameEis, also called Atreus of Sparta, was a Spartan Agoge cadet who fought alongside Kratos and was known for his good nature even in the worst of times. He sacrificed himself in battle, and years later Kratos named his son after him.
- EleonoraEleonora was a Spartan temple maiden charged with the care of the interconnected temples of Laconia. Born to a family bound to that service, she tended the shrines of the gods and questioned the path her duty had denied her.
- EpimetheusEpimetheus was a Titan of Hindsight and Afterthought, cast down to Tartarus after the Great War. He marched on Mount Olympus during the second Titanomachy and was slain by Poseidon.
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2- Fafnir: the dwarf thief who became a dragonFafnir Hreidmarson was a dwarf of Svartalfheim who ranged across the realms stealing treasure and made himself a nuisance to Aesir and Vanir alike. He was turned into a dragon by something he took, most likely a Vanir mirror, and was later chained in his own plundered storeroom by the dwarven king Mótsognir.
- Faye: Laufey the Just, mother of AtreusFaye was the Jotunn Laufey, wife of Kratos and mother of Atreus. Her foresight showed her own death, so she planned the route her ashes would take.
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7- GeirdrifulGeirdriful was one of the nine Valkyries cursed by Odin into a corrupting physical form. Sealed away in Midgard until Kratos and Atreus freed her, she later returned restored as a Shield Maiden in the war on Asgard.
- God of War Characters: Every Major Character, Greek and NorseEvery major God of War character in one place, from Kratos and the Olympians of the Greek games to Atreus, Freya, Odin and the Aesir of the Norse saga. Each entry says who they are, what they do in the story and how it ends for them.
- GondulGondul was one of the nine Valkyries cursed by Odin into a corrupting physical form. Imprisoned in Muspelheim and reckoned among the mightiest of her sisters, she was freed by Kratos and Atreus and later restored as a Shield Maiden.
- Grave DiggerThe Grave Digger was a mysterious old man who dug graves outside the Temple of the Oracle in Athens and aided Kratos in his darkest hours. He was in truth Zeus, the King of the Gods, watching over the Ghost of Sparta in disguise.
- GróaGróa was a Jötunn seeress and the most powerful practitioner of seidr in the Nine Realms. The first being ever to foresee Ragnarok, she hid the true prophecy behind a lie and was murdered by Odin, who stole her library and her life to hoard her knowledge for himself.
- GrýlaGrýla was an elderly Giantess of Jotunheim and the grandmother of Angrboda. Broken by the loss of her family and the slow ruin of her kind, she used an enchanted cauldron to steal the souls of animals, until Atreus and Angrboda destroyed it.
- GunnrGunnr, the Mistress of War, was the Valkyrie who reached every battlefield first to judge the fallen. Cursed by Odin and sealed in Midgard, she was freed by Kratos and Atreus and reborn as a Shield Maiden.
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8- HelgiKing Helgi, called the Mad King, was a Midgardian ruler who sought the hand of the Valkyrie Sigrún. When her father refused the match, Helgi sacked the kingdom of Fjöturlund and slaughtered her family, and he died on the spear of her brother Dagr.
- HerculesHercules was a son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmene, a demigod who had completed twelve labors to atone for killing his family. Consumed by jealousy of his half-brother Kratos, he named the killing of the Ghost of Sparta his unofficial thirteenth labor and died for it in the Forum of Olympus.
- HildrHildr was one of the nine Valkyries cursed by Odin, sealed within the icy maze of Niflheim. Though close to the All-Father, she shared her sisters' curse, and was freed by Kratos and Atreus before Freya reborn her as a Shield Maiden.
- How Did Kratos End Up in Midgard?Kratos survived stabbing himself at the end of God of War III, left a ruined Greece behind and wandered until he settled in Midgard, where he married Faye. The games never show the trip itself. Here is what they do show, and what the Fallen God comic adds.
- How Did Kratos Meet Faye?Kratos met Faye in Midgard after he left Greece, and their first meeting was a fight. The games never show it, only the spot where it happened and what grew from it. Here is everything they do tell us about how the two came together.
- Hrimthur: the stonemason who doomed AsgardHrimthur was a Jotunn stonemason, the son of Thamur, who completed the Great Walls of Jotunheim and then sought vengeance on the Aesir. Disguised as a mortal, he rebuilt the walls of Asgard and hid a weakness within them that would one day open the realm to its destruction.
- HristHrist was one of the last Valkyries who stayed loyal to Odin after her sisters were freed. With her sister Mist she served as an enforcer of Asgard, and the two died together at the Spark of the World.
- HrungnirHrungnir was a Jotunn born without head or heart, his body completed with stone, who became a drunken plaything in Odin's court before Thor crushed his skull with Mjolnir. His true story showed how myth was made from ugly truth.
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5- IcarusIcarus was the son of the inventor Daedalus, who fell to his death and was driven mad in the Underworld. Decades of crude repairs let him graft wings to his own flesh and escape, and he sought the Sisters of Fate to undo his fate, until Kratos tore the wings from his back at the Great Chasm.
- Imposter TyrThe Imposter Tyr was Odin disguised as his son, the Aesir God of War. Posing as the long lost Tyr that Kratos and Atreus freed in Svartalfheim, the All-Father infiltrated their circle to learn their plans and uncover the hidden prophecies of the Jotnar, holding the ruse until his temper betrayed him.
- Is Kratos Immortal?Kratos is a god, so he won't die of age or illness, but he isn't unkillable. He has been killed more than once and come back, and he has survived things that should have ended him. Here is what the games show about how hard he is to kill.
- Ivaldi: the dwarf who poisoned NiflheimIvaldi was a dwarven alchemist who built a workshop in the realm of ice and learned to harness its frost, producing marvels that unsettled men and gods alike. When Odin moved against him he answered with lethal contrivances, reached for forces beyond his measure, and cursed the mists of Niflheim into a killing fog that took him as its first victim.
- Ixion: the kin-slayer bound to the wheelIxion was the king of the Lapiths of Thessaly and the first mortal ever to slay his own kin. Pardoned by Zeus and welcomed to Olympus, he repaid the gods by lusting after Hera, and for that treachery he was bound to a winged wheel of fire. In the age of Kratos his ruined body hung chained in the prison of the damned.
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5- KaraKara was one of the nine Valkyries cursed by Odin and sealed beneath the Witch's Cave in Midgard. Freed by Kratos and Atreus, she was reborn by Freya as a Shield Maiden and fought in the assault on Asgard.
- King Hrólf KrakiKing Hrólf Kraki was a Midgardian warrior who seized the kingdom of Lejre with a band of twelve Berserkers, bound in death to the cursed blade Skofnung. The mightiest of all the Berserkers, he was hunted down and slain by Kratos so that Mimir might at last be avenged.
- KratosKratos 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.
- Kratos in Greek Mythology vs God of War: the Real Myth Behind the Ghost of SpartaKratos was a real figure in Greek myth: the god of strength, son of Pallas and Styx, and the enforcer who chained Prometheus to a rock. Here's what the old poems say about him, what Santa Monica kept for its Spartan, and where Atreus and the series' other borrowed names come from.
- Kratos's Wives: Lysandra and FayeKratos has had two wives. Lysandra, his Spartan first wife, died by his own hand in a temple Ares sent him to burn. Faye, the giant Laufey, married him in Midgard, raised Atreus and planned her own funeral. Here is each marriage, how each ended, and how they shaped him.
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2- LundaLunda was a dwarven blacksmith and old friend of Brok, whose skill rivaled the Huldra Brothers. She armed Freyr's resistance and supported Kratos and Atreus in the war against Asgard.
- LysandraLysandra was a Spartan woman, the first wife of Kratos and mother of his daughter Calliope. Unafraid of his savagery and the voice of reason against it, she was slain by Kratos' own hand during a blood frenzy engineered by Ares.
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7- Medea: the sorceress of ColchisMedea was a sorceress and priestess of Hecate, a princess of Colchis born of the bloodline of Helios. Her craft won Jason the Golden Fleece, and her jealousy later destroyed his household, driving the Argonaut on the doomed voyage that ended on the Island of Creation.
- MidasKing Midas of Phrygia was a mortal cursed with the golden touch, by which all he laid hands upon turned to gold, his own daughter among them. Kratos found him weeping in the Canyons of Sorrow and cast him into a river of lava, turning the king and the stream alike to solid gold.
- MidgardiansThe Midgardians, also called Norsemen, were the mortal inhabitants of Midgard, divided into warring Nordic clans by their worship of the Aesir or the Vanir. Short-lived yet fearless, they sought glorious deaths in battle to claim a place among the honored dead.
- MimirMimir was a Celtic fae who rose to become Odin's advisor and the ambassador of the Aesir before the All-Father imprisoned him for over a century. Freed and reanimated as a disembodied head by Kratos and Atreus, he became their guide, conscience, and friend across the Nine Realms.
- MistMist was one of the last Valkyries loyal to Odin after her sisters were freed. With her sister Hrist she enforced the All-Father's will, and the two died together in battle at the Spark of the World.
- Mótsognir: the Dwarven KingMótsognir was a dwarf who became a king of Midgard, ruling humans from his castle at Konunsgard. Once a good king, his obsession with a legendary dwarven armor drove him to atrocity and madness, and he met his end among the dead he could not escape.
- Mustardseed: faerie of the GoodfellowsMustardseed was a faerie of Avalon, one of the faeries who attended Queen Titania and a member of the trickster band called the Goodfellows. He was a friend of Mimir in the days when the future Smartest Man Alive was known as Puck, and he was remembered in the Norse realms only through the old ambassador's recollections in Valhalla.
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5- OberonOberon was the High King of the Fae, a capricious and cruel monarch of Fairyland. His fickle favor drove his servant Mimir to flee the realm of the Fae, a flight that carried Mimir into the Nine Realms.
- OlrunOlrun was a chieftain's daughter who, after her death, devoted herself to knowledge and was made the Valkyries' historian by Odin. Cursed and sealed in Alfheim, she was freed by Kratos and Atreus, then died at Ragnarok by Gna's hand.
- Oluf Nautson: chief of the Kol RaidersOluf Nautson was a mortal Midgardian chieftain who led the Kol Raiders through the years of Fimbulwinter, a masked giant of a man whose band hunted and ate the wolves of Midgard. His cruelty brought him against Kratos, who killed him at his own keep and later faced his shade again in Valhalla.
- Oracle of Athens: seer of the besieged cityThe Oracle of Athens was the mortal seer of Athena's city, gifted with foresight and the power to read the memories of any being. During the siege of Athens she alone held the secret of how a god could be killed, and she set Kratos on the road to Pandora's Box.
- OrkosOrkos 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.
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9- Pandora: the living key to Pandora's BoxHephaestus made Pandora as the living key to Pandora's Box, and Zeus hid her in a labyrinth. She gave her life in the Flame of Olympus to reach it.
- Passalus: the younger of the thieving KerkopesPassalus was one of the Kerkopes, the pair of thieving monkey-like brothers of the Laconian Woods. Orange-furred and as child-like as he was monkey-like, he was the simpler of the two, content to follow his brother's lead through their endless petty schemes.
- Pathos Verdes IIIPathos Verdes III was the mortal architect chosen by the Olympian gods to raise Pandora's Temple upon the back of the bound Titan Cronos. Driven mad by grief and zeal, he turned the temple into a maze of lethal traps before taking his own life and cursing the gods he had served.
- PeirithousPeirithous was a demigod of Thessaly who descended into the Underworld to claim Persephone and was condemned by Hades to eternal suffering. Caged behind brambles, he bargained the Bow of Apollo for his freedom and burned to death at Kratos' hand.
- Pelias: the king of IolcusPelias was the demigod king of Iolcus, a son of Poseidon who feared the claim of his nephew Jason and sent him across the sea to fetch the Golden Fleece. The quest failed to rid him of his rival, and on Jason's return the sorceress Medea turned the king's own daughters into his executioners.
- PerseusPerseus was a Greek demigod hero, a son of Zeus and half-brother of Kratos. Driven mad by his imprisonment on the Island of Creation, where he sought the Sisters of Fate to revive his lost love Andromeda, he was slain by Kratos.
- Petros: the Krypteia of SpartaPetros, known to most only as the Krypteia, was a Spartan special operative who hunted alone and unseen across the Laconian lands. He crossed paths with the young Kratos and Deimos on Mount Taygetos and pressed upon them his own brutal philosophy of war.
- PolluxPollux 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.
- Poseidon's PrincessPoseidon's Princess was a mortal noblewoman held in bondage as the unwilling concubine of the Sea God. Freed from her chains by Kratos during his assault on Olympus, she was used and then crushed in the workings of the god's chambers.
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5- RaebRaeb was a dwarven musician and tavern keeper of Nidavellir. Blunt and cynical, he pointed Kratos toward Durlin, and later performed the music for Brok's funeral.
- RaidersThe Raiders were berserker marauders of Midgard who chose to endure the killing cold of Fimbulwinter rather than flee. By twisting their guardian spirits they took on the traits of beasts, and they fell upon any outsider who crossed into their lands.
- RatatoskrRatatoskr was the squirrel who tended the World Tree of Yggdrasil and watched over the Nine Realms. Bound forever to the Tree, he sent spectral aspects of his own personality out in his stead, including the foul-mouthed Bitter Squirrel.
- Reavers: the last raiders of MidgardThe Reavers were savage human raiders, among the only living people left in Midgard after the Great Desolation emptied its roads. They survived by hunting, pillage, and in the worst cases cannibalism, and those who leaned on Seiðr magic were twisted into corrupted horrors, while their dead rose again as Hel-Walkers.
- RotaRota was one of the nine Valkyries cursed by Odin and sealed within Helheim. Freed by Kratos and Atreus, she was reborn by Freya as a Shield Maiden and fought in the assault on Asgard during Ragnarok.
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7- Sigrun: the Valkyrie Queen Kratos freedOdin's curse drove the Valkyrie Queen mad, so Sigrun imprisoned her eight sisters and then herself. Kratos and Atreus beat her and freed her spirit.
- Sindri: the dwarf who destroyed Odin's soulSindri devised Mjolnir and dived into the Lake of Souls to bring his brother Brok back. After Odin murdered Brok, Sindri destroyed Odin's soul at Ragnarok.
- Sinmara: Surtr's Frost Giant Wife in God of War RagnarökSinmara is the giantess Surtr loved and married, and the reason he spent eons trying to dodge his own prophecy. She never shows her face in God of War Ragnarök, but her frozen heart is what turns Surtr into Ragnarök.
- SkadiSkadi was a Jotunn huntress without equal, daughter of the shapeshifter Thiazi. When Odin could not have her as a wife, he tricked her into slaying her own father, and grief carried her to her death in the snow.
- Skjöldr: the farm boy of New MidgardSkjöldr was a young Midgardian farm boy resettled on the outskirts of Asgard after the Desolation destroyed his homeland. He befriended Atreus at the foot of the great wall, survived being thrown into the battle of Ragnarök as one of Odin's mortal shields, and afterward led the displaced Midgardians as they rebuilt their lives in Midgard.
- SpartansThe Spartans were the warrior people of the city of Sparta, a hardened army whose ruthless discipline made them feared across Greece. Under Kratos, their greatest general, they conquered city after city, and they remained loyal to him long after he rose to become the God of War.
- StarkadrStarkadr the Mighty was an eight-armed Jotunn warrior whose strength surpassed even Thor. Fearing he would lead the giants as their general, Odin ruined his name with slander and had Thor tear him apart on the battlefield.
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10- Thamur: killed by his own chiselThamur was the finest stonemason in the Nine Realms. Thor drove the giant's own chisel through his skull, and his falling corpse crushed a village.
- The Argonauts: the crew that carried the Golden FleeceThe Argonauts were the company of Greek heroes who sailed under Jason aboard the Argo and took the Golden Fleece out of Colchis. Their last voyage brought them to the Island of Creation, where the monsters of the Bog of the Forgotten killed every one of them and a Mole Cerberus swallowed the Fleece.
- The CaptainThe Captain was the leading sailor of a fleet that sailed the Aegean Sea in the Greek era, swallowed by the Hydra King when his ship was cornered at sea. Kratos retrieved a key from him and let him fall to his death, a casual cruelty that haunted the Spartan for the rest of his life.
- The Lady of the ForgeThe Lady of the Forge was a mermaid of great magical power who dwelt within an underwater forge in the depths of Svartalfheim. Renowned for the craft of her weapons, she forged the Draupnir Spear for Kratos.
- The Last SpartanThe Last Spartan was a young Spartan commander loyal to Kratos, the only mortal to survive the destruction of Sparta by Zeus. He kept the Arms of Sparta for his absent lord and later died at Kratos's own hand in the Palace of the Fates, neither warrior knowing the other in the dark.
- The Scribe of Hecatonchires: the mad chronicler of the FuriesThe Scribe of Hecatonchires was the first mortal the Furies imprisoned for breaking a blood oath to the gods. Chained within the Prison of the Damned, he kept his sanity by writing painstaking records of the Sisters and their schemes, and his scattered pages later guided Kratos toward the truth of the Furies' corruption.
- TheseusTheseus was a Greek demigod, son of Poseidon and former hero-king of Athens, celebrated for slaying the Minotaur. Worn down by old griefs, he gave himself to the service of the Sisters of Fate as Keeper of the Horse Key, guarding the Steeds of Time until Kratos cut him down to claim the way forward.
- ThrymThrym was a cunning Frost Giant King of Jötunheim who stole Thor's hammer Mjölnir while the thunder god slept. Rather than keep the bane of the Jötnar for himself, he offered to trade it back for Freya's hand, and was killed when Thor recovered the weapon at the wedding feast.
- Titania: Queen of the FaeriesTitania was the Queen of the Faeries, wife of King Oberon and mistress of Avalon in the Celtic Lands. She endured a bitter marriage to a cruel husband, and her name reached the Norse realms only through the memories of Mimir, the faerie once called Puck who had served her tormentor.
- TravelersThe Travelers were heavily armoured warriors who followed a mysterious code called the Path, believing it led to enlightenment in Jötunheim. In truth the Path was a deception of Odin's, devised to send warriors to besiege the home of the Giants.
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7- What Happened to Kratos After Ragnarök?Kratos survived Ragnarök, let Atreus go, and stayed in Midgard to help Freya and Mimir rebuild the Nine Realms. In the Valhalla epilogue he takes up the title God of War again, this time as a god of hope. Here is where his story stands.
- What Happened to Kratos's Brother?Kratos's younger brother Deimos was taken from Sparta as a boy by Ares and Athena, held for years in the Domain of Death, and killed by Thanatos soon after Kratos finally freed him. Here is the whole story from Ghost of Sparta, and how it still weighs on Kratos in Ragnarök.
- What Happened to Kratos's Daughter?Kratos killed his daughter Calliope by accident, in a temple Ares tricked him into raiding. Her soul went to Elysium, where Kratos found her years later and had to leave her again to save the world. Here is her whole story, from Sparta to Valhalla.
- Who Is Kratos's Father?Kratos's father is Zeus, the king of Olympus. Athena tells him with her dying breath at the end of God of War II. His mother was the mortal Callisto, which made Kratos a demigod, and the secret shaped the whole Greek saga.
- Why Did Kratos Kill His Family?Kratos killed his wife Lysandra and daughter Calliope by accident, in a blind rage, because Ares had secretly put them in the temple Kratos was attacking. Here is how it happened, why Ares did it and what it cost both of them.
- Why Is Atreus Called Loki? The Name ExplainedAtreus is called Loki because that was the name his mother Faye wanted for him, and the name the giants gave him in their prophecy. Here is how God of War reveals it, why Kratos called him Atreus instead, and what the name means for Ragnarök.
- Why Is Kratos White? The Ashes on His Skin ExplainedKratos is white because his skin is covered in the ashes of his wife and daughter. A village oracle bound them to him after he killed his family, and they never came off. Here is the curse, the name it gave him and why he is still pale in the Norse games.