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Creatures

65 entries tagged Creatures. Every entry is sourced from the God of War games, their in-game lore, or the official reference material.

Adrasteia: the griffin who raised ZeusAdrasteia was a nymph in the service of Gaia who, with her sisters, hid and raised the infant Zeus beyond the reach of Cronos. For shielding the child she was cursed into the shape of a griffin and imprisoned within Mount Taygetos, until Kratos and Deimos set her free.
Aegaeon: the Hecatonchires made a prisonAegaeon 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.
AlectoAlecto was the Queen of the Furies and the Goddess of Anger, the sister who ruled the trio that hunted Kratos. She mated with Ares to bear the disowned Orkos, ensnared her victims in illusion and black goo, and transformed into a monstrous sea creature before falling to the Spartan's blades.
CentaurThe Centaurs were monsters of the Greek world, part man and part horse, once renowned for poetry and wine-making in the forests of Mount Pelion. When the Lapiths encroached on their woods they took up arms, and in time were recruited across Greece for their martial prowess.
Cerberus: the multi-headed hounds of HadesThe Cerberi were a race of fierce multi-headed hounds, most of them kept as the beasts of Hades in the Underworld. Kratos faced them across many of his journeys, from the breeders of Pandora's Temple to the Mole Cerberus that had swallowed Jason and the Golden Fleece.
Chaurli: the tree-topped tortoise of FreyaChaurli was the giant tortoise who sheltered Freya during her exile in Midgard, carrying her home upon his back beneath the great red-leaved tree of his shell. He grew into a quiet fixture of Kratos and Atreus's journeys through the Norse realms.
ChimeraThe Chimera was a great three-natured monster, bearing the heads of a goat and a lion and a serpent for a tail. Loosed as a minion of Olympus, it breathed fire and venom against Kratos in the temples and ruins of Greece.
Colossus of RhodesThe Colossus of Rhodes was a towering bronze statue of the sun god Helios that stood over the port of Rhodes. Animated by Zeus to destroy Kratos, it tore through the city in pursuit of the Spartan, and its fall left him a mortal once more.
Cursed Remains: the rising bones of the deadThe Cursed Remains were animated skeletons that rose from scattered piles of bone to fight the living. Encountered across the Greek lands, they were weak alone but dangerous in numbers, collapsing and reforming to escape a final death.
Cyclopes: the one-eyed giants of GreeceThe Cyclopes were a race of burly, one-eyed giants of the Greek world. Once peaceful shepherds and master craftsmen, they were banished underground, freed by Zeus to fight in the Great War, and bred thereafter as beasts of war.
Cyclops BerserkerThe Cyclops Berserker was the largest and fiercest breed of Cyclops, a club-wielding giant often loosed upon the field by the Beast Lords who rode upon its shoulders. Kratos broke many of these brutes across Greece and faced them again in the trials of Valhalla.
CyclopsThe Cyclopes were a species of burly, one-eyed giants, once peaceful herders and stonemasons banished to the Underworld before Zeus freed them to fight the Titans. In time they became beasts of war in the armies of the gods, their near-divine strength enough to threaten even demigods.
Dark ElvesThe Dark Elves, or Dokkalfar, were one of the two elven peoples of Alfheim, insectoid beings who dwelt in darkness and waged an endless war against the Light Elves for control of the Light. Their conflict ended only in the days of Ragnarok.
DragonsDragons were massive reptilian predators that roamed the Norse realms, breathing fire laced with lightning and capable of flight. Several distinct kinds existed, from the six-limbed Dragons of Midgard to the wingless Drakes of Alfheim.
DraugrThe Draugr were undead warriors who died in battle yet refused the Valkyries' call to Valhalla, condemned to roam the Nine Realms as raging husks of their former selves. They were among the most common dangers Kratos and Atreus faced in the Norse lands.
DuraþrórDuraþrór was one of the four seasonal stags that roamed the Nine Realms, the Stag of Winter known also as the Thriving Slumber. Honored by the Jotnar, his likeness aided Kratos and Atreus on their passage through the mountain of Midgard.
EinherjarThe Einherjar were the warriors of the Norse realms who had died an honorable death and been raised again by Odin in Valhalla. Created to prepare for Ragnarök, they served as the endless military force of Asgard, reborn each time they fell.
ElvesThe Elves were a race of winged, magical beings native to Alfheim, the realm of light among the Nine Realms. Divided into the luminous Light Elves and the insectoid Dark Elves, they waged an endless war over control of the Light of Alfheim.
EuryaleEuryale was an immortal Gorgon and the sister of Medusa, who took the throne of the Gorgons after Kratos slew her kin. From her temple on the Island of Creation she sought to sacrifice the Ghost of Sparta to the Sisters of Fate, until he cut off her head and turned it against his enemies.
The Eyes of OdinThe Eyes of Odin were spectral ravens dispatched by the Allfather to spy throughout the Nine Realms. Once human children sacrificed to Odin and transformed by his acolyte the Raven Keeper, they were freed by Kratos and returned to the Raven Tree in Niflheim.
FenrirFenrir was the beloved wolf of Kratos and Atreus, who died of old age and whose soul Atreus unknowingly carried in his knife. Transplanted into the body of the realm-tearing hound Garm, Fenrir was reborn as a giant wolf and a loyal ally during Ragnarök.
GarmGarm was a soulless, near-unkillable Jötunn wolf who could tear holes between the realms and devour entire concepts of reality. Chained in Helheim by Tyr and freed by Atreus, he was at last subdued and became the vessel for the resurrection of Fenrir.
GorgonThe Gorgons were a serpentine race of female monsters whose gaze turned the living to stone. Ruled by three matriarchs, Medusa, Euryale, and Stheno, they marched in the army of Ares and were hunted across Greece by Kratos, who claimed their severed heads as weapons.
GulltopprGulltoppr was the personal mount of the god Heimdall, a great horned beast of Asgard the watchman tamed and prized above all other creatures. He fell in battle against Kratos in the war that came to Vanaheim.
HarpiesHarpies were monstrous winged creatures of the Greek world, part woman and part bird or bat, that hunted in flocks across Greece and the Underworld. They served the God of War Ares and were the beasts that first carried the Blades of Chaos to Kratos.
HarpyThe Harpies were winged monsters with the heads of hideous women and the bodies of bats or birds, found in flocks throughout the Greek world. Servants of Ares, it was they who first carried the Blades of Chaos to Kratos, and they appeared in many forms across the lands of the living and the Underworld.
HecatonchiresThe Hecatonchires were three giants of immense strength born of Ouranos and Gaia, mightier even than the Titans they helped to overthrow. One of their number, Aegaeon, was transformed by the Furies into a vast living prison for those who broke a blood oath with the gods.
HræzlyrHræzlyr was a great dragon that made its lair in the Heart of the Mountain, the highest peak in Midgard. He attacked Kratos and Atreus on their ascent and was killed when Kratos drove his neck into a spike of crystallized World Tree sap. One of his teeth was used to imbue Atreus' bow with lightning.
HræsvelgrHræsvelgr was the Jötunn ruler of Helheim, a colossal eagle perched atop the realm's tallest spire and known to the Nine Realms as Hel. Indifferent to the living and the dead alike, she sought only someone to take her place so that she might at last lay down her long reign.
Huginn and MuninnHuginn and Muninn were a pair of ravens who served as the personal spies of Odin, flying across the Nine Realms to bring him word of all that passed. Bound to the All-Father's will and granted speech and unnatural speed, the two were among the few creatures Odin truly cherished.
HydraThe Hydra was a colossal multi-headed sea serpent that terrorized the Aegean Sea, sinking ships and devouring sailors at the bidding of the gods. A child of Typhon and Echidna roughly the size of a small island, it was slain at last by Kratos in the service of Poseidon.
Jörmungandr: the World SerpentJörmungandr, the World Serpent, was a colossal Jotunn serpent who grew so vast that he encircled all of Midgard. Awoken from the Lake of Nine by Kratos and Atreus, he became their ally, and was destined to fight Thor at Ragnarok.
JotnarThe Jotnar, commonly called the Giants, were the most ancient race of the Norse cosmos, born of Ymir and native to Jotunheim. Gifted with precognition, magic, and the power to shapeshift, they were hunted toward extinction by Odin and Thor, and locked their souls away in marbles in the hope of one day returning.
JormungandrJormungandr was the World Serpent, a Jötunn so vast he encircled all of Midgard within the Lake of Nine. Sworn enemy of Thor and fated to clash with him at Ragnarök, he aided Kratos and Atreus and was revealed to be a giant reborn from a serpent and cast backward through time.
JuggernautThe Juggernaut, once called the Elephantaur, was a towering elephant-shaped monster that walked upright and bore Persian war-armor. Loosed against Greece during the assault on Attica, it stood among the heaviest beasts Kratos faced in his hunt for the Furies.
Light ElvesThe Light Elves, or Ljosalfar, were one of the two elven peoples of Alfheim, luminous beings who claimed to be the rightful masters of the Light. Their endless war with the Dark Elves for control of that power ended only when Freyr returned to unite the two races in the days of Ragnarok.
Máttugr Helson: the Bridge Keeper of HelheimMáttugr Helson, the Bridge Keeper, was a being of troll and Jötunn blood born and raised in Helheim and set to guard the Bridge of the Damned. Kratos slew him to claim his heart, the one ingredient that could cure the ailing Atreus.
ManticoreThe Manticore was a flying monster of the Greek world, a creature with a lion's face, dragon wings, and the venomous tail of a scorpion. A great female of its kind nested in Delphi, and Kratos fought and slew the beast both at the Tower of Delphi and again on the island of Delos.
MedusaMedusa was a Gorgon queen who fought among the armies of Ares during the siege of Athens. Slain by Kratos at the command of Aphrodite, her severed head granted him the petrifying power of Medusa's Gaze.
MegaeraMegaera was one of the three Furies, the Physical Fury who tormented her victims with brute force and parasitic monsters. After Kratos severed her arm in an earlier clash, she tortured him in the Prison of the Damned, until his escape led to her death and the recovery of the Amulet of Uroborus.
MinotaurThe Minotaurs were a species of towering bull-headed warriors first bred by Ares as brutes for his armies. From the labyrinth-bound Asterion of legend to the armored guardian of Pandora's Temple, they served as beasts of war across Greece and were a recurring foe of Kratos.
NidhoggNidhogg was a primordial Lindwyrm who gnawed and guarded the roots of the World Tree. Made an unwitting pawn by Odin, she was slain by Kratos and Freya, leaving her six orphaned children to scatter across the realms.
OgreThe Ogres were burly, savage monsters of the Nine Realms, hulking brutes with tusks and crushing strength who roamed the outskirts of Midgard. Carnivorous and fierce, they were among the most dangerous beasts Kratos and Atreus faced.
OgresOgres were a species of burly, brutal monsters of the Nine Realms, hulking brutes of great strength and little wit. They roamed the outskirts of Midgard and were pressed into Odin's army during Ragnarök, and Kratos felled many across his Norse journey.
PegasusPegasus was a great winged horse of the Greek world, gray of coat with wings wreathed in flame. Sent forth by Gaia, he carried Kratos through the skies on his second war against Olympus until the Dark Rider struck him from the air above the Island of Creation.
PhoenixThe Phoenix was a legendary fire bird said to rise reborn from its own ashes. Within the Palace of the Fates it slept as ash in the Phoenix Chamber until Kratos rekindled it, and the great bird bore him up the Ashen Spire toward the Temple of the Fates.
Piraeus Lion: the caged beast of the temple dungeonThe Piraeus Lion was a gigantic lion held beneath the Temple of Ares in Sparta. Released by a dissenter fleeing Kratos, the arrow-scarred beast turned its claws and stunning roar against the Spartan before it was gutted and slain.
PolyphemusPolyphemus was a gigantic one-eyed Cyclops, a son of Poseidon counted among the greatest of his kind. Famed in older tales for his clash with Odysseus, in the age of Kratos he was bound in chains within the Desert of Lost Souls.
SatyrThe Satyrs were fierce goat-headed creatures of the Greek world, half man and half goat, counted among the most formidable monsters Kratos ever faced. Once companions of revelry in the older myths, in the age of the gods they became disciplined warriors who fought in coordinated bands under their generals and commanders.
SirenThe Sirens were female monsters whose enchanting song lured sailors to crash their ships upon the rocks. Beautiful from afar yet decayed beneath their guise, they wielded magical powers and were found in the deserts, temples, and shores of the Greek world.
Sköll and HatiSköll and Hati were two giant wolves, sons of the archwolf Hróðvitnir, captured by Odin as pups and cast into the heavens to chase the Sun and Moon. Their endless pursuit was foretold to end on the day of Ragnarok.
Skoll and HatiSkoll and Hati were two giant celestial wolves, sons of the archwolf Hrodvitnir, who chased the sun and moon across the sky. Cast to the heavens by Odin, their eventual catch of their prey was foretold to mark the dawn of Ragnarok.
SkorpiusSkorpius was the Queen of the Scorpions, a vast scorpion that dwelt in the Labyrinth deep beneath Mount Olympus. Her exoskeleton was infused with onyx crystals, and Kratos slew her amid the rising cubes of the Labyrinth to claim Boreas' Icestorm.
Soul EaterThe Soul Eaters were corrupted Ancients, golem-like beings that fed on the souls of the living and trapped them forever, beyond any afterlife. Born from a dwarven scheme gone wrong, they became a danger to every soul that crossed their path.
Stalker: the antlered hunters of the wildsStalkers were antlered, horse-bodied hunters who roamed Midgard and Vanaheim, worshippers of Skaði and masters of the hunt. Once peaceful, many turned savage with the coming of Fimbulwinter, set against the realms by the hand of Odin.
SurtrSurtr was the first and last fire giant, born at the dawn of the Norse cosmos and destined to become Ragnarök itself. Torn between his doom and his love for Sinmara, he sacrificed himself to destroy Asgard, that the cycle of life might begin anew.
TatzelwurmThe Tatzelwurms were serpentine, feline beasts of the Nine Realms that tunneled through the earth to ambush their prey, striking with sharp claws and teeth and a venomous barb in the tail. They roamed the wilds in packs.
The FuriesThe Furies were an ancient trio of sisters born of primordial rage who hunted those who broke their blood oaths to the gods. Once fair judges, they were corrupted by Ares and set upon Kratos after he renounced his bond, until the Spartan saw through their illusions and destroyed all three.
TisiphoneTisiphone was one of the three Furies, the Fury of the Mind whose illusions were the cunningest and cruelest of her sisters. She summoned the creature Daimon, warped reality itself, and tormented Kratos with visions of his dead wife before he saw through her spells and broke her neck.
TrollThe Trolls were towering, stone-skinned giants of the Nine Realms who wielded heavy rune-carved totems channeling fire, frost, or stone. Once a powerful civilization, they were reduced to a scattered remnant after a betrayal by the Aesir.
TrollsTrolls were a race of towering, stone-skinned giants native to the Nine Realms, each bearing a heavy rune-carved totem that granted it elemental power. Once a civilization that spread across Midgard, they were betrayed and broken by the Aesir, and the scattered survivors became some of the deadliest creatures Kratos and Atreus faced on their journey.
Undead LegionnaireThe Undead Legionnaires were the risen soldiers of the Greek world, demonic skeletons clad in the armor of ancient warriors. The most common of all the undead servants of the gods, they made up the bulk of Ares' army that fell upon Athens and stood guard within Pandora's Temple.
The ValkyriesThe Valkyries were female warrior-spirits who served Odin by escorting the honored dead to Valhalla. After Freya fell from favor, the All-Father cursed nine of them into maddening corporeal forms, until Kratos and Atreus freed their spirits and Freya reborn them as the Shield Maidens.
WraithsWraiths were ghostly creatures of the Greek world, eyeless and emaciated spirits with bladed arms who burrowed beneath the earth. Consumed by the rage in which they died, they attacked any living thing that came near.
WulverThe Wulvers were ferocious wolfen beasts of the Nine Realms, immense in strength and speed, standing upright like men yet wolves in form. Cunning and savage, they hunted in packs across Vanaheim and Jotunheim.