The Crater
the wilds of northern Vanaheim
The 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 Crater was a region in the north of Vanaheim, a wide and varied wilderness explored by Kratos and Freya during their travels in Vanir lands. Its lands ranged from open plains and jungle to deep sinkholes, with a lightning bolt frozen in place where it had struck. (God of War Ragnarök)
A scarred wilderness#
The Crater spread across the north of Vanaheim, a wide and varied wilderness with plenty in it to explore. Its central expanse, the Plains, opened onto cliffs that overlooked deep sinkholes below, and in one place a lightning bolt stood frozen where it had struck. Brok kept a workshop near the eastern edge of the Plains. (God of War Ragnarök)
Spirits and oath guards#
The region carried the traces of past violence and loss. Among the cliffs of the Plains lingered the spirit of one of the fallen, tied to the scattered halves of a brooch reunited in the favour Casualty of War, found near the skeleton of a slain traveler. Oath Guards roamed the wilds of the Crater, among them Egil, encountered at the top of a cliff overlooking the sinkholes, and Jorgen and Vali, who guarded secluded paths through the region. (God of War Ragnarök)
Frequently asked questions
- What is the Crater in God of War?
- The Crater was a region in the north of Vanaheim, a wide and varied wilderness of plains, cliffs, and deep sinkholes. A lightning bolt stood frozen in the Plains where it had struck.
- Where is the Crater located?
- The Crater spread across the north of Vanaheim, the Vanir realm. Its central expanse was a broad area known as the Plains, which opened onto cliffs overlooking deep sinkholes below.
- Who explored the Crater?
- Kratos and Freya explored the Crater during their travels through Vanaheim.
- What can be found in the Crater?
- Brok kept a workshop near the eastern edge of the Plains, and a frozen lightning bolt was set into the ground where it had struck. The region held the spirit of one of the fallen, tied to the scattered halves of a brooch reunited in the favour Casualty of War, and Oath Guards such as Egil, Jorgen, and Vali wandered its reaches.
Sources
- GameGod of War Ragnarök, Santa Monica Studio, 2022
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Vanaheim: home of the Vanir, held by Freya
The Vanir's jungle world of wild magic. Outmatched in war, Freya's Vanir fought the Aesir to a stalemate, and Ragnarok finally freed it.
Brok: the Huldra brother Odin murdered
Brok 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.
Freya
Freya was the Vanir goddess of love, war, and magic who married Odin to end the Aesir-Vanir War and was cursed to remain in Midgard. Once the Witch of the Woods, she aided Kratos and Atreus, swore vengeance after the death of her son Baldur, and at last turned her wrath on Odin himself.
Kratos
Kratos 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.
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