God of War category
Locations
55 entries tagged Locations, 55 of them long reads. The rest of the wiki points here most often at Midgard: Kratos' home, shaped from Ymir and Asgard.
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10- Aesir Prison Wreckage: Odin's fallen prison in NiflheimThe Aesir Prison Wreckage was a region of Niflheim formed after Ragnarok, when an entire prison of Asgard crashed whole into the ice east of the Raven Tree. Within its cells Kratos and Freya found the true Tyr, whom Odin had hidden away, along with the tuning fork Sindri used to trigger Hrimthur's Flaw.
- Alberich Hollow: tunnel road of the Bay of BountyAlberich Hollow was a tunnel region in the north of Svartalfheim's Bay of Bounty, entered from the great wooden walkway above Dragon Beach. Its abandoned dwarven works held half of the seed that opened the road to Muspelheim, a rift into Yggdrasil, and the lair of the dreadful Grim Ormstunga.
- Alberich Island: deserted shore of the Bay of BountyAlberich Island was a small shoreline in the far north of Svartalfheim's Bay of Bounty, abandoned by the Dwarves and overgrown with dry vegetation. Kratos, Atreus, and Mimir passed its shore during their voyage across the bay, and its heights held a rift in Yggdrasil, the gravestone of a berserker, and a fragment of the Amulet of Yggdrasil.
- Alfheim: the elves' war over the LightLight and Dark Elves fought for centuries over the Light of Alfheim, the source that powers the Bifrost. It changed hands more than two hundred times.
- Ancient EgyptAncient Egypt was a distant southern land, home to the Egyptian gods and to a civilization both old and advanced. Known as the River Empire and the Land of the Pharaoh, it touched the saga of Kratos from the wars of Greece to the treasures of the Norse realms.
- AsgardAsgard was the realm of the Aesir gods, perched in the crown of Yggdrasil and ruled by Odin from the hall of Gladsheim. Behind the great wall of Hrimthur it stood as a fortress against the prophesied doom of Ragnarok, until Kratos breached it and the realm fell.
- Athens: Athena's city, besieged by AresAres laid siege to Athens out of hatred for his sister Athena. Kratos was sent to save it, and killed Ares there to become the new God of War.
- AtlantisAtlantis was the great sea-faring city of Poseidon, home to his mightiest temple and guarded by the monster Scylla. It was where Kratos found his dying mother Callisto, and his battle there sank the ancient city beneath the waves.
- Aurvangar Wetlands: gateway swamps of SvartalfheimThe Aurvangar Wetlands were the warm, geyser dotted swamps at the southern entrance of Svartalfheim, the main waterway to the Dwarven city of Nidavellir. Abandoned by the Dwarves and infested with Grim and Wretches, they were the first ground Kratos and Atreus walked in the Dwarven domain during their search for Tyr.
- AvalonAvalon was a hidden land of the Fae far from the Nine Realms, ruled by the faerie King Oberon and his queen Titania. It was the homeland of Mimir before he wandered into the Norse world, a place of mischief, magic, and the Goodfellows.
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2- Desert of Lost Souls: the wasteland east of AthensThe Desert of Lost Souls was a vast, monster haunted desert far to the east of Athens, the place where Zeus condemned the Titan Cronos to wander with Pandora's Temple chained to his back. Kratos crossed its sands in his quest for Pandora's Box, and there Ares struck him down with a pillar hurled from the ruins of Athens.
- Dragon Beach: bone strewn shore of the Bay of BountyDragon Beach was a geyser pocked shore on the eastern edge of the Bay of Bounty in Svartalfheim, scattered with colossal remains and the ruins of an abandoned Dwarven settlement. A dragon that seemed carved from stone waited at its southern end, and the ghost of a treasure seeking sailor lingered on the ledges above its sands.
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2- Helheim: the frozen hell even Odin fearedThose who died of age, disease or crime were sent to Helheim, a dark and unyielding cold where no fire burned. Even Odin could not last there long.
- Hrimthur's Wall: the rampart of AsgardHrimthur's Wall was the colossal rampart that ringed Asgard, raised by the giant Hrimthur after the Aesir left their defences half built. Into it he set a secret flaw, a hidden weakness meant to one day bring the fortress down.
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2- IronwoodIronwood was a region in Jotunheim, the home of Angrboda and Fenrir and the birthplace of a young Jormungandr. Long thought a mere metaphor for paradise, it proved to be a real and hidden sanctuary of the last giants.
- Island of Creation: cradle of the Greek worldThe Island of Creation was the place where all life in Greece began, lying at the very edge of the world. It became the seat of the Sisters of Fate and one of the most heavily guarded places known to man, until Kratos broke through its defenses, slew its guardians, and left it in ruin.
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3- KonunsgardKonunsgard was a region of Midgard once ruled by the dwarven king Motsognir, who built a great stronghold there in pursuit of a legendary armor. His obsession destroyed his people and himself, leaving the land overrun by the vengeful dead.
- Kratos' Cabin: the homestead in the WildwoodsKratos' Cabin was the home that Faye and Kratos made together in the Wildwoods of Midgard, where their son Atreus was raised. Hidden for years behind a magical grove of marked trees, it endured the coming of Baldur, the sieges of Fimbulwinter, and the visit of Odin and Thor, and it remained the family's anchor through the war that ended the Aesir.
- Kratos' Throne Room: the seat of the God of WarKratos' Throne Room was the chamber on Mount Olympus from which the God of War watched over every conflict in Greece. First the hall of Ares, it passed to Kratos for the years of his reign, and its throne returned to him long afterward in Valhalla as the symbol of an office he had to decide whether to reclaim.
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3- Lake of NineThe Lake of Nine was the great central lake of Midgard, ringed by the towers of the Nine Realms and crossed by the World Serpent. It served as the hub from which Kratos and Atreus reached the far regions of the realm.
- Land of Morpheus: the Realm of DreamsThe Land of Morpheus was the realm of the Greek God of Dreams, a parallel world of eternal night where imagination and reality converged and time ran distorted. Mortals knew its touch through the curse of the living sleep, and when Helios was torn from the sky, Morpheus nearly seized permanent power over gods and men.
- Lyngbakr IslandLyngbakr Island was a strange rocky island in Svartalfheim where Mimir had long ago chained a great Lyngbakr to harvest its fat. Returning centuries later, Kratos, Atreus, and Mimir freed the captive creature.
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3- Midgard: Kratos' home, shaped from YmirOdin shaped Midgard from the body of the giant Ymir. Kratos settled there after leaving Greece, and Fimbulwinter later froze the Lake of Nine.
- Mount Olympus: Zeus' seat, torn downThe golden mountain became the seat of the gods after the first Titanomachy, and none but a god could set foot on it. Kratos brought the whole thing down.
- Muspelheim: the fire that would burn AsgardHome of the Fire Giants and the source of all heat in the Nine Realms. Surtr was prophesied to burn Asgard down, and Kratos went there to ask him.
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2- Nidavellir: the dwarven capital of SvartalfheimNidavellir was the capital city of the Dwarves in Svartalfheim, a mining settlement set between the wetlands and the Bay of Bounty. Its name meant Dark Fields in the dwarven tongue, and its streets lived under the shadow of a great statue of Odin.
- Niflheim: the fog that hid Tyr's prisonIvaldi's curse turned the mist of Niflheim into a deadly fog around his workshop. Kratos and Freya later found the true Tyr imprisoned there.
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2- Pandora's Temple: The Vault of Pandora's BoxPandora's Temple was a vast trap-laden temple built upon the back of the wandering Titan Cronos to house Pandora's Box and keep it from the enemies of Olympus. After failed attempts by countless heroes, Kratos became the only mortal to reach the Box within.
- Pillar of the WorldThe Pillar of the World was a great column in the Underworld that held up the Greek world and kept it from collapse. Partly broken in the battle between Kratos and Persephone, it became the eternal burden of the Titan Atlas.
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2- RhodesRhodes was the great harbor city of ancient Greece and home of the legendary Colossus. It was the last city-state to fall in Kratos' Spartan conquest, and the place where Zeus betrayed him with the Blade of Olympus.
- River Styx: the river of hatred beneath GreeceThe River Styx was the great river of the Greek Underworld, a barrier that killed the living on contact and carried the souls of the dead toward judgement. Charon ferried across it, the Path of Hades bridged it, and Kratos crossed, fell into and finally swam it more times than any mortal.
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3- Shores of NineThe Shores of Nine were the great body of water and surrounding coast at the heart of Midgard, ringing the Lake of Nine and the Realm Towers. They served as the central crossroads from which Kratos and Atreus reached the far regions of the realm.
- Sparta: Kratos' city, razed by ZeusSparta raised Kratos, worshipped Ares, then took Kratos himself as its patron god. Zeus destroyed the city in revenge for the Spartan's defiance.
- Svartalfheim: where Brok and Sindri forgedThe richest of the Nine Realms in minerals, and home to the dwarven smiths. Odin sealed the path to it for generations and bent its trade to Asgard.
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11- Tartarus: the abyss that caged the TitansTartarus was the deepest pit of the Underworld, and in Greek myth one of the first beings. Zeus bound the Titans there, and Kratos killed Cronos in its depths.
- Thamur's Corpse: the frozen grave of the giant stonemasonThamur's Corpse was the vast frozen body of the giant stonemason Thamur, who fell upon a village in Midgard after a clash with Thor. The land around him remained an abandoned tundra, the site of two battles in Kratos and Atreus's journey.
- The ApplecoreThe Applecore was a sprawling, maze-like mining region of Svartalfheim, the realm of the Dwarves. It linked the Jarnsmida Pitmines to the Sverd Sands and the Aurvangar Wetlands, and Kratos and Atreus passed through it in their search for Tyr.
- The ArenaThe Arena, also called the Forum, was a small coliseum at the edge of Mount Olympus where the gods watched and joined in battle. Hercules commanded it for his own amusement, and within it Kratos slew his half-brother.
- The CraterThe Crater was a region in the north of Vanaheim, a vast and varied wilderness of plains, jungle and sinkholes, haunted by the spirits of the fallen.
- The Elysium FieldsThe Elysium Fields were the part of the Underworld where the souls of the good and pure dwelt, a paradise that held the Pillar of the World. There Kratos was reunited with his daughter Calliope, and there he was forced to give her up again to stop Persephone.
- The Great LodgeThe Great Lodge, also called Odin's Hall, was the seat of the All-Father's power, a vast Viking longhouse at the centre of Gladsheim where Odin lived, studied, and ruled the Nine Realms. It was built above the Rift, the place where Odin slew Ymir, and fell with the rest of Asgard at Ragnarok.
- The Labyrinth: the prison Zeus built for PandoraThe Labyrinth was a shifting maze of stone cubes raised inside Mount Olympus by the Athenian craftsman Daedalus at the command of Zeus, built for the sole purpose of holding Pandora away from the Flame of Olympus. Its heart hung from the Chain of Balance and the Three Judges of the dead served as the final latch of its lock.
- The Nine RealmsThe Nine Realms were the worlds of the Norse gods and the countless races who dwelt along the branches of Yggdrasil. From the void of Ginnungagap and the body of Ymir they took shape, and they endured through the fall of Asgard at Ragnarok.
- The UnderworldThe Underworld was the realm of the dead in Greece, a hellish landscape below the living world where the River Styx carried mortal souls to their rest. It was ruled by Hades until his death, and Kratos descended into it many times across his Greek campaigns.
- Tyr's Temple: the gate between realmsTyr's Temple was a magnificent temple in Midgard dedicated to the Aesir God of War, built by all the races of the Nine Realms to allow travel between them. Hidden beneath the Lake of Nine, it was revealed by the stirring of the serpent.
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3- Valhalla: the hall older than Odin himselfValhalla was the golden hall where the Valkyries brought the honoured dead. It was not Odin's creation but a primordial force that tested every soul.
- Vanaheim: home of the Vanir, held by FreyaThe Vanir's jungle world of wild magic. Outmatched in war, Freya's Vanir fought the Aesir to a stalemate, and Ragnarok finally freed it.
- VeithurgardVeithurgard was a region of Midgard once ruled by the dwarven king Motsognir, where farmers were forced to become monster hunters. After the king vanished, it fell to ruin and became infested with corrupted Reavers and the dead.
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2- WildwoodsThe Wildwoods was the forested region of Midgard where Kratos and Faye made their home, shielded by her marked trees from the Aesir. It was from here that Kratos and Atreus set out on their journey after Faye's death.
- Witch's Sanctuary: the hidden grove of FreyaThe Witch's Sanctuary was a concealed garden region of Midgard, hidden behind a living wall of roots and warmed against the winter outside. It was the home of Freya, the Witch of the Woods, who dwelt there beneath the shell of the giant tortoise Chaurli, and it was where Kratos and Atreus first met her while hunting the boar Hildisvini.