God of War category
Events
13 entries tagged Events, 13 of them long reads. The rest of the wiki points here most often at Ragnarok: the war that only Asgard lost and Fimbulwinter: the three-year winter.
- Nerthus: the Vanir goddess killed by the sons of ThorNerthus was a Vanir goddess who fought in the Aesir-Vanir War and was cut down in one of its battles by Magni and Modi, the sons of Thor. The games say little else about her, but the old myths tie her to Njörd and his twins Freya and Freyr, whose family went on to pay for the peace.
- Aesir-Vanir WarThe Aesir-Vanir War was the long and brutal conflict between the two tribes of Norse gods, fought ages before Kratos came to the Northlands. It ended in an uneasy peace sealed by the marriage of Odin and Freya, only for Odin's treachery to reignite it.
- Baldur's Death: mistletoe and a broken neckA mistletoe arrow broke Freya's spell of invulnerability over Baldur, and Kratos snapped his neck as he moved to strangle her. Fimbulwinter followed.
- Extermination of the Giants of Midgard: the Aesir CarnageThe Extermination of the Giants of Midgard, also called the Aesir Carnage, was the last great genocide ordered by Odin against the Jotnar. Enraged at his banishment from Jotunheim, he sent Thor to slaughter every giant in Midgard, driving the race to the edge of extinction.
- Fimbulwinter: the three-year winterFimbulwinter was the three-year winter that began with Baldur's death and ended with Ragnarok. Being magical, it weakened curses across the Nine Realms.
- Magni's DeathThe death of Magni, eldest son of Thor, came at the hands of Kratos upon the frozen plain of Thamur's corpse. Though Magni was only a minor Aesir, his fall kindled the lasting hatred of Thor and Sif and set the gods of Asgard against Kratos and Atreus.
- Modi's DeathThe death of Modi, younger son of Thor, came at the hands of Atreus upon the mountain of Midgard. Broken in body and spirit, the demigod returned to face his enemies a final time, and a vengeful Atreus stabbed him in the throat and cast him into a chasm against the wishes of Kratos.
- Odin's Wedding to FreyaOdin's marriage to Freya was a peace treaty that ended the war between the Aesir and the Vanir. Though it brought a fragile harmony to the realms, the Vanir branded Freya a traitor, and the union ended in her banishment.
- Ragnarok: the war that only Asgard lostThe seeress Groa foresaw the death of the gods. When it came, Odin and Thor died and Surtr burned Asgard, but the other eight realms survived.
- Second TitanomachyThe Second Titanomachy was the war Kratos set in motion against the Olympian Gods, when he led the Titans up Mount Olympus to take his vengeance on Zeus. It ended with the death of nearly every god and Titan and the ruin of Greece.
- Siege of RhodesThe Siege of Rhodes was a Spartan assault on the Greek city of Rhodes, waged under Kratos during his reign as the God of War. It was at Rhodes that Zeus stripped his son of divine power and struck him down, the betrayal that began Kratos' war against Olympus.
- TitanomachyThe Titanomachy, also called the Great War, was the long war between the Titans led by Cronos and the Olympians led by Zeus for mastery of Greece and all mortals. It ended in victory for the gods and the imprisonment of the Titans.
- War for the Light: the eternal conflict of the elvesThe War for the Light was a centuries-long conflict between the Light Elves and Dark Elves of Alfheim for mastery of the Light. Control of it passed between the two races scores of times before a foreign god and a returned lord set them on a path toward peace.