20 Years of Rage: God of War Blades of Chaos Still Hit Different

It’s been over 20 years since players first wrapped their fingers around “Blades of Chaos.” They were not just some chains that had redefined the action games but they were an embodiment of grief, anger and a desire to own. Over the twenty years in this timeline, we witness a battle-hardened Kratos, from the blood-drenched ancient temples of Greece to the ice-capped places of Norse as he desires to leave his violent past behind and live-out remaining life with his son Atreus. For a little fun today, we'll reminisce about that rage and pay tribute to a legend born of blood and metamorphosis still alive with each generation of gamers.

We’ll go over everything there is to know about God of War in this article, from the Spartan Lands to the world of Norse adventure in Midgard. "Kratos" is our protagonist whose other names include Ghost of Sparta, Fallen God and "Boy!" yeller by the gaming community of late. The list is sorted by last name up to the time of death, rather than by game in order of release.

Kratos's Origin and Ares

Pre God of War

Kratos was a spartan general, he led his armies to countless victories in battles and always win. In the midst of his combats he is in old days overwhelmed by barbarian hordes. So, he makes a deal with Ares, who is the actual God of War in Greek mythology, to let him win and defeat those barbarians. Ares agreed, and he gave Kratos "the Blades of Chaos" - weapons of great power that were attached to Kratos' body (under his wrists) by chains. By this, Kratos became Ares' slave and took over parts of Greece, defeating his enemies.

During his activities and adventures, he found a village that instead of worshipping the true God they were worshipping “Athena” (Goddess of wisdom). Kratos murdered everyone in that village just because he is a man with bloodthirsty, but then he learned that the whole issue of there were present)his wife (Lysandra) and daughter (Calliope. His burnt family’s ashes were wrapped around his skin,thus the pale skin tone. And that’s how he got his moniker when “The Ghost of Sparta” is the street name shouted out by adoring fans. He later learns it was a scheme from Ares, to get his family there and turn him into a ruthless soldier that feels nothing by releasing Kratos of his mortal bonds. But Kratos rejected Ares, made a vow of revenge against him and swore to destroy him.

God of War: Ascension

Six Months After Family's Death

When Kratos reneged his service to Ares The God of War sent Furies to hunt fighting for a despicable oath! The three furies were sisters who would confining and punish any of those that broke their bonded blood money oath in the prison of their mind until they went mad. Kratos was imprisoned and subjected to illusionary scenarios intended to break his spirit. Orcos, the Son of Ares Outraged at his father's ultimate plan which involved ruling over Olympus and Kratos' manipulation, he led him to the Oracle Aletheia. The Oracle informed Kratos that he needed to kill the Furies in order to sever his blood oath with Ares.

The Furies imprisoned Kratos in the Prison of the Damned known as Aegaeon but he eventually broke out and killed the three sisters. Orkos would tell Kratos the only way for them both to be free from their servitude to Ares was to kill him, because the Furies had made him his oath keeper. Kratos was hesitant, but then murdered him and finally severed his ties with God of War. Rupturing the link caused him to get hit by a colossal burst of nightmares and visions being killed his family. There were the visions that once belonged to Kratos follower of Ares but had now been haunting his mind. He then began serving the God's of Olympus and tried to atone for his sins.

God of War: Chains of Olympus

Serving the gods

Whose servant is the Olympian Gods, did And had been on may missions for them, such as defeating he Persian army at the Battle of Attica in which he defeated becoming king and also a basilisk who fought to their side. Since then, the (Helios) fell from the sky Molded earth under Morpheus as God of Dreams. Morpheus forced the gods of Olympus to sleep, and Kratos had to locate Helios in order to rekindle the sun and wake the gods.

Kratos continued to have nightmarish visions of his family. In the dream world, he heard the flute of his daughter. Kratos rode the Fire Steeds through to the Underworld, where he encountered Persephone. There, he spotted his daughter Calliope. Persephone offered Kratos a reunion with his daughter, but first he would have to relinquish his godly powers. Kratos did so and passed his powers into the Forsaken Tree, being rendered a mortal once more and reunited with Calliope for a short time. In truth, she conspired with Atlas to kidnap Helios to cauce the destruction of The Pillar Of The World as payback against the gods. Kratos knows he needs to be strong if he’s going to force Persephone into being who she once was, even if he has to lose his daughter a second time. Kratos regains his powers, battles Persephone atop the Pillar, chains Atlas under the weight of the world and kills Persephone.

Kratos returned Helios to the sky, liberated Morpheus from his control and served the gods in hope that they would help him remove his nightmares.

 God of War (2005)

Ten Years of Service to gods

For ten years now Kratos has waged war against the Gods of Olympus in hopes that they would free him from his nightmares. He had made a lot of wars and was sick of his mercenary existence. So Anthena is like, "You must go on one final task and then the gods will forgive you for your crimes," kill Ares. Kratos had been deceasing to get his hands on Ares so he couldn't really refuse. But when Ares begins to cause anarchy , Kratos flies to Athens. Discovering that he needs to find a Pandora box which contains the power to kill a god.

The box was secreted in a temple guarded by other traps and on the back of Titan Cronos in the Desert of Lost Souls. Kratos arrived at the Temple of Pandora. Kratos gathered the box, but Ares struck him down with a column from far away that brought him to the Underworld. Kratos battled through there thanks to an enigmatic gravedigger. Kratos subsequently returned to Athens, unlocked Pandora's Box, and became armed with power that could kill gods. When Kratos began to battle Ares, he did see the death of his family once more as a mirage due to the fading effects that would not allow him fight Ares but defeated and kill Aura using blade of the Gods (bridge sword). The gods absolved him of his crimes, but the nightmares stayed just as bad — they hadn’t entered into the pact. So, Kratos tried committing suicide believing there was nothing else to live for in drowning but he was pulled asphyxiated by Athena and became the new God of War on Olympus.

God of War: Ghost of Sparta

Kratos as the God of War

Kratos was tortured by his human past and sought answers about his lineage, especially for his brother (Deimos). The Oracle prophesied an end of Olympus through a "marked warrior". Zeus & Ares fearing the prophecy mistaked Deimos'sa birthmarks and abducted him. In an effort to do so, Kratos intervened, but Ares marked him with a vision of giving Kronos food and water when asked for them. When Ares was about to eliminate Kratos, he was stopped by Athena who told him they only required the marked warrior. Deimos was captured and tortured by Thanatos (the God of Death). We also find out that many years later, after we killed Ares, Kratos was crowned the new God of War. But visions of his shortlived childhood still haunted him and he wanted to know what had happened to them. Athena advised him not to seek his past, but he disobeyed and located his mother Callisto in Atlantis. she informed him that Deimos was alive but it was being tortured in the Domain of Death. Suddenly, she became a monster and Kratos had to kill his mother.

Returning to Sparta, Kratos discovered that he had been made a hero in the city. He was also given his old weapons (Arms of Sparta). He also learned that he has to go back to Atlantis in order to locate Domain of Death. Kratos found his brother there and freed him, but Deimos was mad at him cause he didn't came early to rescue him, then both beginnings to fight but Thanatos the god of death appears and took Decimos with him, but Kratos saved his brother and delivered for him were their weapons so both could fought together Thanatos. Thanatos discovers they've taken the wrong brother as the warrior marked by the gods. It was in fact Kratos, not Deimos with the light skin. Thanatos killed Deimos in combat which enraged Kratos, who then fought and killed the god before taking his dying brother to the grave digger. The grave digger already had a open hole for with he placed the grave dynes and also settled the graves marker using 'Arms of sparta' as device on the marker..

 God of War II

Escalation with Olympus

Kratos was among the Gods of Olympus. but he was not liked by them because of for his brutality. He also had the same rage against them as he considered them responsible for his suffering and also not helping him get rid of his haunting illusions. Athena asks him to stop as the gods are getting more and more angry with his actions, but he didn't listen. During the battle of Rhodes, Kratos assisted his Spartan army as a giant god. Zeus disguised as eagle drained his power into the Colossus of Rhodes and brought it to life to kill Kratos. Zeus also gave Kratos the Blade of Olympus which was a powerful sword once used to stop a war between god of Olympus and the titans. Zeus told Kratos that he had to infuse his godly powers into the blade for him to kill the colossus with it. He did transfer all his powers into the sword and became mortal but powerful enough to destroy Colossus. Kratos was badly wounded during the fight and returned back to his sword to get back the powers, but the blade was taken away by the same eagle (Zeus). Zeus betrayed Kratos as he though he is a threat to Olympus and already killed one of the gods (Ares). So, he killed Zeus using the blade of Olympus and also wipeout the whole spartan army.

In the underworld, Kratos was saved by Gaia, goddess of the earth. Gaia told Kratos that to change his past, regain his powers and the status as god of war, he had to find Sisters of fate and then deal with Zeus betrayal and slay the kind of Olympus. Kratos reached the island of creation on his quest to find sisters of fate. Kratos asked Gaia why she helped Kratos on his revenge against Zeus. Gaia explained him how he was saved from Kronos (Zeus father) who ate all his children because he was afraid of a prophesy that one of his children would rise up against him. Zeus mother saved him and sent him to an island called Gaia (herself). Kratos battled against many mythical figures like Theseus, Perseus and more and finally encountered Titan Atlas who allied with Kratos because they had a shared enemy (Zeus), because he humiliated them (titans) during the great war. After that Kratos reached sisters of fate and asked them to change his fate but they denied his request. so, he did what he always does, fought them and defeated them. This granted him control over his destiny. Kratos got his powers back and his status as god of war before traveling back to his death at the hands of Zeus. Zeus was not ready for this time travel and caught off-guard. They both fought a long battle, but Kratos managed to overtake him and started stabbing Zeus the same way as he was stabbed using the Blade of Olympus. Before, Kratos could kill Zeus, Athena intervened and stopped him from doing so. Zeus told him that the sisters of fate had already predicted his victory and that Kratos will fail in his mission. Hearing this Kratos got angrier and more attacked Zeus but Athena came in his way and was stabbed by his blade, seeing this Zeus flew away from the scene. As she was dying Kratos asked Athena, why she sacrificed herself for Zeus. She said his actions were caused by fear same as his father Kronos killing all of his children. So Kratos found out that he was the son of Zeus. Kratos told her that no one will stop him from taking his revenge on Zeus. Kratos Traveled back to the times of Great War, bringing back Gaia and Titans to the present to assault Olympus.

 God of War III

The Fall of Olympus

Just as Zeus finished warning his fellow gods of a rogue Kratos, Kratos arrived with Gaia and the titans. Zeus is informed by Kratos that his son has returned, and that Olympus will soon be destroyed. As the titans ascend to mount Olympus, the gods prepare to battle them one by one where they each transform into whatever most represents them such as Poseidon transforming into a large water elemental. But Kratos fought him and murdered him. This kills everyone but those present on Mount Olympus. Kratos and Gaia reached Zeus. They were still bear hunting when Zeus stroked both of them with a lightning and both falls, Gaia Could be grasped mount and Kratos drowned in the river Styx. he vows once again that he will have his revenge against the gods and topple all of Olympus. Here he encountered the spirit of Athena. She led him to kill Zeus and end the Flame of Olympus (Flame of Olympus) and gave him Blades of Exile in order to aid him on his quest. On his trip he avenged himself on Hades, the lord of the underworld and carried off his claws.

Kratos survived the underworld and made his way to Olympus. This time he was an enemy to two, both the titans and gods. On his climb to the top, he met Gaia a second time and she requested his aid, but he wound up cutting her hand and she dropped. He even located Helios, the god of the sun but he was already injured and so he killed the latter turning the world to total darkness. He soon makes it to the camber of the flames and pandoras box where is which contains powers that can kill a god. Since Kratos power was used to kill Ares, Zeus protected it within the lethal Olympian fires. Athena informed him that the only way to release its power was to seek out the one whom this box is named for “Pandora”. On his way to get Pandora, he stabs Hermes, kills Hercules and Hera, Cronos, Hephaestus kills and receives the Nemesis Whip. he later learns that Pandora resides in Labyrinth. Kratos went to the labyrinth and found her. They retraced their steps to the room of flames. The only hope to put out the flames of Olympus was for Pandoras to offer her body as the sacrifice. Kratos prevented her from doing so, however. Meanwhile Zeus came up to her and caught her by the arm. The father and son began fighting back, but Kratos had the advantage. Pandoras were fight both opened the box of lydos but Kratos discovered Pandoras decided to sacrifice herself for nothing. They both started to fight and Gaia showed up. Gaia destroys the area where both had fought; forcing the two to fight inside of burrowing into Gaia's body. Kratos defeated Zeus and impaled him against the heart of Gaia to kill them both. he got his revenge on the gods of Olympus at last, but Greece as crumbling because there was no sun and torrent tides. Athena appeared and congratulated Kratos. She explained that there was power (Hope) in the box and when Kratos first opened it, he absorbed it. She begged of him the power of hope so that she could rebuild a world not as it was. Athena, however, asked Kratos to return the power of hope to her and he instead stabbed himself with his Blade of Olympus, giving hope back to mankind. Let down, Athena abandoned him to his death. But there was a blood trail, and that left hope that perhaps he had been shot but was still alive.

God of War (2018)

Arrival in Midgard

After exacting his revenge on the gods of Olympus, Kratos, years later in Midgard and now with young son (boy) Atreus. Kratos younger wife and Atreus mother had just died. They left for adventures one day after funerial and on return, a stranger came to meet them at the house.They knew Kratos as god of war and he wanted him to fight.ichi didn't want to fight but the stranger made him definitely to fight". Both fought a seemingly losing battle and Kratos eventually killed him. Kratos understood that they couldn't stay at home because it was not a save place for his son and decided to take on a quest with Atreus to reach the highest peak of nine realms.

They encounter the Huldra Brothers (Brock & Sindri), Witch of the Woods (Freya) and World Serpent (Jörmungandr) on their journey; both the second latter become supporting characters. When both attain to Midgard Vale, Vengeance they find there: Much she loved him,- who life had when with Magni's and Modi's Father he was numbered. They were questioning Mimir regarding Kratos and Atreus. The unknown man was Baudler, Son of Odin. It is where Mimir was imprisoned by Odin. They learn that real peak is on Jotunheim and it's blocked by Odin and Thor. Kratos decapitates Mimir and frees his head at his request, before proceeding to take him along in order to direct him a different way to the highest peak. Kratos finds that the witch refer is goddess, but after what he has been with gods was so great and somehow he loathed at them. She urged him to share his truth with his son, but Kratos chose not to.

On their journey to open the portal, they discovered that they also needed parts of the portal. They were then ambushed by Magni & Modi over it. Kratos defeated Magni in battle, but Modi escaped. Atreus collapsed in the middle of the battle and Mimir instructed Kratos to take him back to Freya. So, despite all his suspicions of gods, he prayed to the goddess still. That Atreus' real fight lies within himself, Freya said to him. There was a heart of a troll she was after, in Helheim. He made his way to the heart and Atreus was healed and they continued traveling through all nine realms.

Kratos informed him that he was a god from another land later on the trip. But he chose to live as a mortal when he moved to Midgard, So Atreus was a god too. Atreus asked what it did, Kratos told him that "it was no gift" but a curse. Upon learning of this, Atreus grew progressively prouder. When they travelled, they located an injured Modi who had been struck by Thor for not venging his brother. Atreus appears to have killed Modi by stabbing him in the neck, despite Kratos instructing him not to – as there are consequences to killing a god.

Once the portal was opened, they were ambushed by Baldur. Atreus attempted to oppose the god, but the god overwhelmed him. During the battle, the way to Jotunheim was also destroyed. They fled but learned on the way that Baldur is Freya's son. Her mother had put a spell over him so he wouldn’t be harmed, but he hated her for it. So they now sought another way to Jötunheim, and Baldur assailed them. but Freya intervened. Kratos and his son defeat Baldur but spare him and instructed him to leave his mother Freya alone. Baldur was choking Freya, and while doing so Freya told him to if killing her will make him happy then do it right there but Kratos came between them killing Baldur. Freya hates Kratos for accidentally killing her son and vows revenge by seeing him get killed by the hands of Kratos. Kratos explained his life story to his son and how he was responsible for killing countless including his father. “His father told him that you don’t need to kill your fathers to become a god,” he said, “they can choose another way.

** They did all that, and when they got to jotunheim at last there was a temple mural depicting their entire journey as seen by the giants. So atreus found out that fye (hte mother of atreus) who gave birth to Atreus was also a giant and so Atreus turned out being a god, giant and mortal and his Giant name was loki. There they sprinkle Fye ashes on the summit.

God of War Ragnarök

The Prophecy Unfolds

It was three years and the Fimbulwinter had almost came to an end, which meant Ragnarök (End of the World) would be coming soon. Father and the son were returning from a hunting when they were assaulted by Freya who still have not forgiven them for the death of her child. They just managed to flee and go home only to learn that Fenrir, Atreus' wolf was dying. Atreus was still in process of learning who he really is, and beginning to change forms.

They were once interrupted by Thor who came one night. Kratos faced off against Thor due to the latter's killing of his sons. Odin came as well, proposing a truce if Kratos and Atreus stay out of their affairs in particular his search for Tyr. Kratos refused the offer. And then there is an epic Thor vs Kratos battle. Thor killed and resurrected Kratos a few times, just to abandon him when Kratos finally revealed some god-power. Kratos reluctantly agreed to help Atreus locate Tyr, the Norse God of War, and gain an understanding of his and Alec...MORE'S as Loki's purpose. and later save Tyr from the realm of Svartalfheim. The shrine of Groa stated only Asgard will be torn in Ragnarok, not all nine realms and Loki a savior figure (not villain) who with his allies played part to save Asgard at time. However, Kratos was not settled as he did not want his son to be a war hero like him. Atreus's visited Jötunheim in secret and encountered a young enough giantess named Angrboda. She explained the prophecies that Kratos would die in Ragnarök.

Kratos and Atreus formed an alliance with Freya to aid her in combatting Odin’s curse so that she could move between the realms. She also allied herself with them in their conflict with Odin and Freyr (her brother). Atreus meanwhile ran away to Midgard, staying behind in order to spy on Odin and figure out how to prevent the death of his father during Ragnarök. There, he also assisted Odin in his pursuit of masks from a previous era that contained endless amounts of knowledge. Heimdall (Aesir monitor and god of prescience) planned to kill Atreus, Kratos discovered. Kratos claimed Draupnir Spear from Brock, killed Heimdall, and plundered Gjallarhorn. Atreus also freed the giant wolf Garm in Helheim by mistake. He later used Fenrir's soul to make Garm obedient. Atreus and the gang embark on one final mask quest, which is then completed. "Tyr" also volunteered to sacrifice cover and using mask, lead attack but Brok got suspicious, that why Tyr didn't tell they had a way inside Asgard before then; why did ( Loki like) Atreus call himself by the name of an Asgardian? Tyr drive a well-place knife into Brock and was like, all along I was Odin looking down on you! He later broke out and declared war against Kratos and his company.

He then brought the Gjallarhorn to united coalition of 8 realms against Asgard. With that, Kratos engaged Thor in combat and he managed to beat him, but spared him since their children were friends and were an example for the younger individuals as well. Odin commanded Thor to execute Kratos, but when he refused, Odin killed him due to insubordination. Kratos, Atreus and Freya battled Odin together and they were triumphant over the leader of Aesir. Atreus confines Odin's soul to an ethereal stone while Sindri smashes it in revenge for Brock. Eventually Ragnarök arrived and Asgard was laid to waste. Freyr gave up his life so others could flee the damned world. Ragnarök was done and Asgard was in ruins. Survivors of the cursed land reunited and Angrboda informed that Faye changed prophetic murals for destiny. Atreus then embarked on a solitary mission to uncover Giants. Kratos' fate was altered to reveal a final mural of how he was worshiped as a peaceful god.

God of War

The Future

We have witnessed the transformation of Kratos from a vengeful, violent warrior to a god who seeks peace and accountability as well as love for his friends and family. Kratos was restoring realms and Atreus trying to find his place in the world as Loki.

Open Questions: What does the future of leadership under Kratos look like? Will Atreus find the Giants? Will their paths cross again?

Tell us in the comments or — wait for it — support us. Looking forward.

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