Hyperion

Hyperion was one of the mighty Titans, the Titan who embodied the sun before his son Helios. When the Titans fell to Zeus, the sun passed to Helios, who served the Olympians, and Hyperion was cast down into Tartarus. (God of War: Chains of Olympus; God of War II; God of War III)

The Titan in myth#

In Hesiod, Hyperion is one of the Titan children of Ouranos and Gaia, and so a brother of Cronos. With his sister Theia he fathers great Helios, bright Selene and Eos, the sun, the moon and the dawn. (Theogony)

The games keep the family link that matters most: Hyperion is the sun's first master, and Helios inherits the role. (God of War II; God of War III)

Master of the Sun#

Hyperion embodied the sun itself before Helios did, and his pride in his own radiance was fierce. When the Phoenix burned brighter than he did, his anger drove him to strike the creature down, but the Sisters of Fate revived the Phoenix to show that their will was greater than that of the Titans. (God of War II)

Within the burning core of his domain he forged a mighty spear, the Hyperion Spear, a weapon said to bear the weight of the cosmos. (God of War: Ascension)

Fall and legacy#

When the Titans were defeated by Zeus, the sun passed to his son Helios, who sided with the Olympians and drove the Sun Chariot for them. Hyperion himself was chained in the depths of Tartarus, and there Kratos climbed up and around the weary Titan on his way out of the pit, loosening the chains that bound him without the Titan even seeming to notice. (God of War: Chains of Olympus; God of War III)

Though Hyperion fell, his name endured across the world. The Hyperion Gates that let travellers cross great distances bear his name. One such gate stood in the kingdom of Hades and could be opened only by the soul of a god, while another linked the chamber of Aphrodite to the forge of Hephaestus. (God of War III)