Every Greek God Kratos Has Killed
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Welcome to MojoPlays and today we’re writing a eulogy for every Greek God Kratos killed during his quest for vengeance. For this list, we’ll be looking at every God’s appearance and ultimate demise at the hands of our favorite God of War. We’ll be looking at each God in chronological order of events of Kratos’ bloody tour through the Greek Pantheon. Demi-Gods will also be included. What God do you wish Kratos encountered during his time dismantling all of Greece? Let us know down in the comments.
The inspiration for the Gemini Twins constellation, Castor and his half-brother literally have taken up residence within the Oracle of Delphi’s throne room and have stolen her time bending powers using the Amulet of Uroborus to make themselves essentially immortal. Castor is undoubtedly the muscle, wielding a staff that can transform into a sword or club, while Pollux is a powerful sorcerer and even takes over the fight against Kratos when his brother is knocked out. However, they stand between Kratos and his goal and although they put up a decent fight, they’re no match for the future God of War.
Existing since nearly the beginning of time, the Furies were created to carry out judgment of oath breakers and to punish those they deem wicked and treacherous. Each has their own special abilities although some are more disgusting than others, especially Megaera’s parasites, the Furies were corrupted by Ares and have become more and more ruthless in their punishments. Torturing Kratos with visions of a life he could no longer have, Kratos seeks to break his bonds to Ares and the Furies stand in his way. The climactic battles with the Furies are the highlights of an often-overlooked entry and are some of the best large-scale battles in the series even if the rest of the game is mostly forgettable.
The ferryman of the underworld, Charon is responsible for transporting the dead across the River Styx as long as the soul has the coin. In the world of God of War, Charon is the closest thing we get to a Grim Reaper, scythe and all. Since Kratos is still living upon his first encounter with Charon, the ferryman quickly sets to work righting that wrong and tosses his unconscious body in the depths of Tartarus below. Undeterred because that’s just who Kratos is, he returns more powerful and ready to send the ferryman down river. We just wonder if he’s got enough coin for the journey.
We can completely understand being resentful of your forced marriage to the God of the Underworld Hades and being abandoned there by your former family but ending the entire world because of it seems like a bit of an extreme. After joining forces with the Dream God Morpheus and putting the whole world under a spell, Kratos finds his daughter in the fields of Elysium and Persephone offers Kratos a choice: stay with his daughter for all eternity or regain his powers and never see her again. Persephone forces an impossible choice on a grieving father and Kratos makes her pay the price for her manipulation. Maybe she should have considered counseling?
The God of War whose ambition brought about the end of the entire Greek pantheon. Ares' lust for the throne of Olympus often put him at odds with the other Gods, but after Kratos’ pledged servitude, Ares became even more emboldened. Attempting to make Kratos into the ultimate warrior, he tricked the Spartan into murdering his own family which in turn set Kratos on his path of vengeance. With help from the other Gods and Pandora’s Box, even the fires of Hades itself couldn't hold Kratos and he would have his revenge and in turn, take Ares’ place upon the God of War’s throne.
Long ago when Kratos was a child training to become a Spartan warrior, his brother Deimos was taken by the Gods because of a prophecy stating a “marked warrior” would bring about the destruction of Olympus. Long believing Deimos to be dead, Kratos would eventually set out to free his long-lost brother from the God of Death Thanatos but during his quest kills Thanatos’ daughter Erinys and Thanatos seeks to kill Deimos in retribution. Another God from the beginning of time, Thanatos met his match as the two brothers fought side by side and together killed the God of Death at the expense of Deimos’ life.
Following in his father Hermes’ winged footsteps, Ceryx is a messenger of the Gods of Olympus and during the events of God of War Betrayal, is for some reason chosen by Zeus as the one to stop Kratos’ rampage after Kratos is framed for the murder of Hera’s beloved Argos. Ceryx isn’t much of a fighter, so his battle with Kratos is rather short-lived even despite Ceryx’s magical abilities. In the end, all Ceryx accomplished was further cementing Kratos’ hatred for the Gods of Olympus after coming to the realization they would never fully accept him as one of the true Gods.
As far as the many other half siblings Kratos encounters, Theseus is by far one of the most accomplished. As not only the son of Poseidon but the founder and king of Athens, he’s got the credibility to back up his ego. And yet standing in Kratos’ way and challenging him to combat was by far one of the worst mistakes in his storied history. Possessing the key that kept the Sisters of Fate’s “Steeds of Time” locked in place, he could have at the very least survived until God of War 3 had his pride allowed it. In the end, Kratos brought him down off his high horse and showed him the door.
As someone who became famous for slaying the Gorgon Queen Medusa using a reflective shield, you’d think Perseus would have seen Kratos coming. Much like Kratos, Perseus has come to seek the help of the Sisters of Fate but become trapped inside a bathhouse and gone a bit mad as a result, almost immediately attacking Kratos upon his arrival. Perseus believes Kratos to be a test sent by the Sisters, but one he clearly didn’t study for. Kratos ends up showing Perseus the way out as Kratos was able to see their window of opportunity clear as day.
Primordial beings responsible for controlling time itself as well as the fates of the many Gods and mortals who inhabit all of Greece, Kratos really set out to destroy the entire Greek pantheon bloodline all the way to its origins. Seeking to undo his death at the hands of Zeus’ betrayal, the Sisters of Fate have no intention of allowing Kratos anywhere near the Loom of Fate but Kratos, even despite their many attempts to erase his own timeline, continues to prevail through sheer rage alone. Making use of their own interdimensional mirrors, the Sisters are unable to stop Kratos as he shatters any and all reservations that anyone could stand in his way.
Despite receiving aid from many Gods during the events of the first God of War, Athena remained one of Kratos’ only allies after ascending to the throne and becoming the new God of War. After attempting to win Zeus’ favor and ultimately being betrayed by him, Athena still stood by the Spartan, attempting to stop him from killing Zeus. Sadly, she is one of the only Gods Kratos never intended to harm and her sacrifice to save Zeus and prevent Kratos from killing his own father did very little to stop what was coming for Zeus and all of Mount Olympus and although she returned to continue to aid the Ghost of Sparta in God of War 3, her motivations had clearly changed.
With all of Mount Olympus itching for a piece of Kratos, Poseidon gets the first strike and makes one of the most memorable boss fight entrances in the entire series and after Kratos destroyed his beloved Atlantis, this encounter is especially personal. With his control over all bodies of water, Poseidon wastes no time creating an enormous avatar for himself to strike at both Kratos and Gaia and using the many tendrils of his Hippocampi to pull them down the mountain. Even the combined efforts of Kratos and Gaia struggle to contain the mighty seas until Kratos breaks through Poseidon’s shell and despite his pleas to Kratos that his path will lead to the destruction of Greece, Kratos only sees red and by the end so does Poseidon and as his lifeless body hits the waves, the seas cry out and flood the world in despair.
Having escaped from Hades itself on more than one occasion, Hades is looking to make Kratos’ stay permanent after making a mockery of his domain over the course of the series. And not to mention the death of his wife Persephone at Kratos’ hand. Hades mocks Kratos’ attempts to escape, having prepared for his arrival this time. Hades’ attempt to steal Kratos’ soul fails as the Spartan is too angry to die before his quest for revenge is complete. It would seem this rage is a family trait because even after seemingly slaying his uncle for good, Hades returns, and Kratos turns the table on the King of the Underworld and instead steals his soul using Hades’ own claws as the souls of the River Styx exact their revenge on their former tormentor.
Like the rising Sun, Helios makes a grand entrance but his light is quickly snuffed out as Kratos easily shoots his Sun Chariot out of the sky for an early sunset. Helios cowardly begs for his life and even despite owing Kratos a debt for saving his life in Chains of Olympus, refuses to give Kratos what he demands and subsequently repays his debt with his life as Kratos mercilessly and painfully takes the power of the sun into his hands, forever plunging the world into darkness.
News travels fast on Mount Olympus and Hermes is the one who spreads it the fastest. Hermes’ cocky attitude is matched only by his speed and much like Hades, he has a personal bone to pick with Kratos for the death of his son Ceryx in God of War Betrayal. Much like all the Gods of Olympus, Hermes’ ego fully believes he will be the one to end Kratos’ rampage and bring an end to the assault on Olympus. However, Hermes seems to be getting on in the years as his speed doesn’t match the legend and he routinely becomes winded fighting Kratos. In the end, Kratos clips his wings and sends one final message to any who remain on Mount Olympus.
Hercules and Kratos are essentially two sides of the same coin in the God of War series. Before Kratos’ quest for revenge, he too sought Zeus’ approval and tragically ended the lives of their families by their own hand while being manipulated by the Gods. And yet even with these similarities, Hercules still sides with the Gods who betrayed him and stands before Kratos believing Kratos to be one of the many labors he needs to complete to ascend to Mount Olympus. Unfortunately for Hercules, this puts him at odds with Kratos, and although the two appear evenly matched, even with Hercules calling in the cavalry, Kratos’ strategic thinking lets him take full advantage of Hercules’ predicament and unleash all missed the years of brotherly beatdowns upon his half-sibling.
Although she is the Queen of the Gods and wife to Zeus, Hera is more preoccupied with the effects Kratos’ wanton destruction has had on her garden than her throne or husband. Welcoming the end of Greece with glass in hand, she curses both Zeus and Kratos as yet another illegitimate child. Fully believing Kratos will be trapped in her garden and its many puzzles, Hera drunkenly stumbles away only for Kratos to prove her wrong once again, driving her even madder. Still, possessing no real power to stop him, Hera seeks to enrage Kratos but only brings about her own demise, inadvertently assisting Kratos in escaping her garden while all her beloved plants in Greece wither and die alongside her.
Arguably the father to all of Mount Olympus, Kratos encounters Cronos multiple times on his rampage through the Greek Pantheon. After Kratos retrieved Pandora’s Box from the temple on Cronos’ back in the first game, Zeus had yet another punishment in mind for his father and banished the Titan to the pits of Tartarus where he once again encounters Kratos. Blaming Kratos for his newfound predicament, Cronos attempts to subject Kratos to the same fate as Zeus’ brothers and sisters before they were freed and swallows him whole. Undeterred, Kratos cuts his way out and begins the erasure of his whole bloodline by killing Cronos, who is once again trapped by his own chains.
One of the more tragic figures Kratos crosses paths with in all of his travels, Hephaestus’ desire to keep his adoptive daughter Pandora safe is what leads to the creation of the temple and Kratos inevitably releasing all the evils trapped within that infected the many Gods of Olympus. Initially, Hephaestus is a sympathetic ally, assisting Kratos in his final assault against Zeus. However, the Blacksmith had plans of his own and attempted to send Kratos to his death against Cronos and when the Ghost of Sparta returned, he took matters into his own hands and tried to crush Kratos with his mighty hammer. With his final words, he pleads with Kratos not to kill his daughter to reach the box, and Kratos understands more than anyone Hephaestus was only doing what any parent would do to save their child.
The King of the Gods and ruler of Mount Olympus as well as undoubtedly the architect of its destruction, Zeus’s attempts to avoid prophecy ignited the spark that set the events leading to Kratos banging down his front door in motion. After his first attempt to stop Kratos failed, he set loose the might of Olympus upon his son and when even that wasn’t enough, he took matters into his own hands. In a showdown that shook the very bedrock of Olympus itself, the father and son traded blows as Greece lay destroyed around them, the cost of both their arrogance and rage. In the end, Kratos finally has his revenge at the cost of absolutely everything, including his home, although Kratos managed to leave those who remained with the hope they had lost in the course of his quest for revenge.
Castor & Pollux
“God of War: Ascension” (2013)The inspiration for the Gemini Twins constellation, Castor and his half-brother literally have taken up residence within the Oracle of Delphi’s throne room and have stolen her time bending powers using the Amulet of Uroborus to make themselves essentially immortal. Castor is undoubtedly the muscle, wielding a staff that can transform into a sword or club, while Pollux is a powerful sorcerer and even takes over the fight against Kratos when his brother is knocked out. However, they stand between Kratos and his goal and although they put up a decent fight, they’re no match for the future God of War.
The Furies
“God of War: Ascension” (2013)Existing since nearly the beginning of time, the Furies were created to carry out judgment of oath breakers and to punish those they deem wicked and treacherous. Each has their own special abilities although some are more disgusting than others, especially Megaera’s parasites, the Furies were corrupted by Ares and have become more and more ruthless in their punishments. Torturing Kratos with visions of a life he could no longer have, Kratos seeks to break his bonds to Ares and the Furies stand in his way. The climactic battles with the Furies are the highlights of an often-overlooked entry and are some of the best large-scale battles in the series even if the rest of the game is mostly forgettable.
Charon
“God of War: Chains of Olympus” (2008)The ferryman of the underworld, Charon is responsible for transporting the dead across the River Styx as long as the soul has the coin. In the world of God of War, Charon is the closest thing we get to a Grim Reaper, scythe and all. Since Kratos is still living upon his first encounter with Charon, the ferryman quickly sets to work righting that wrong and tosses his unconscious body in the depths of Tartarus below. Undeterred because that’s just who Kratos is, he returns more powerful and ready to send the ferryman down river. We just wonder if he’s got enough coin for the journey.
Persephone
“God of War: Chains of Olympus” (2008)We can completely understand being resentful of your forced marriage to the God of the Underworld Hades and being abandoned there by your former family but ending the entire world because of it seems like a bit of an extreme. After joining forces with the Dream God Morpheus and putting the whole world under a spell, Kratos finds his daughter in the fields of Elysium and Persephone offers Kratos a choice: stay with his daughter for all eternity or regain his powers and never see her again. Persephone forces an impossible choice on a grieving father and Kratos makes her pay the price for her manipulation. Maybe she should have considered counseling?
Ares
“God of War” (2005)The God of War whose ambition brought about the end of the entire Greek pantheon. Ares' lust for the throne of Olympus often put him at odds with the other Gods, but after Kratos’ pledged servitude, Ares became even more emboldened. Attempting to make Kratos into the ultimate warrior, he tricked the Spartan into murdering his own family which in turn set Kratos on his path of vengeance. With help from the other Gods and Pandora’s Box, even the fires of Hades itself couldn't hold Kratos and he would have his revenge and in turn, take Ares’ place upon the God of War’s throne.
Thanatos
“God of War: Ghost of Sparta” (2010)Long ago when Kratos was a child training to become a Spartan warrior, his brother Deimos was taken by the Gods because of a prophecy stating a “marked warrior” would bring about the destruction of Olympus. Long believing Deimos to be dead, Kratos would eventually set out to free his long-lost brother from the God of Death Thanatos but during his quest kills Thanatos’ daughter Erinys and Thanatos seeks to kill Deimos in retribution. Another God from the beginning of time, Thanatos met his match as the two brothers fought side by side and together killed the God of Death at the expense of Deimos’ life.
Ceryx
“God of War: Betrayal” (2007)Following in his father Hermes’ winged footsteps, Ceryx is a messenger of the Gods of Olympus and during the events of God of War Betrayal, is for some reason chosen by Zeus as the one to stop Kratos’ rampage after Kratos is framed for the murder of Hera’s beloved Argos. Ceryx isn’t much of a fighter, so his battle with Kratos is rather short-lived even despite Ceryx’s magical abilities. In the end, all Ceryx accomplished was further cementing Kratos’ hatred for the Gods of Olympus after coming to the realization they would never fully accept him as one of the true Gods.
Theseus
“God of War II” (2007)As far as the many other half siblings Kratos encounters, Theseus is by far one of the most accomplished. As not only the son of Poseidon but the founder and king of Athens, he’s got the credibility to back up his ego. And yet standing in Kratos’ way and challenging him to combat was by far one of the worst mistakes in his storied history. Possessing the key that kept the Sisters of Fate’s “Steeds of Time” locked in place, he could have at the very least survived until God of War 3 had his pride allowed it. In the end, Kratos brought him down off his high horse and showed him the door.
Perseus
“God of War II” (2007)As someone who became famous for slaying the Gorgon Queen Medusa using a reflective shield, you’d think Perseus would have seen Kratos coming. Much like Kratos, Perseus has come to seek the help of the Sisters of Fate but become trapped inside a bathhouse and gone a bit mad as a result, almost immediately attacking Kratos upon his arrival. Perseus believes Kratos to be a test sent by the Sisters, but one he clearly didn’t study for. Kratos ends up showing Perseus the way out as Kratos was able to see their window of opportunity clear as day.
The Sisters of Fate
“God of War II” (2007)Primordial beings responsible for controlling time itself as well as the fates of the many Gods and mortals who inhabit all of Greece, Kratos really set out to destroy the entire Greek pantheon bloodline all the way to its origins. Seeking to undo his death at the hands of Zeus’ betrayal, the Sisters of Fate have no intention of allowing Kratos anywhere near the Loom of Fate but Kratos, even despite their many attempts to erase his own timeline, continues to prevail through sheer rage alone. Making use of their own interdimensional mirrors, the Sisters are unable to stop Kratos as he shatters any and all reservations that anyone could stand in his way.
Athena
“God of War II” (2007)Despite receiving aid from many Gods during the events of the first God of War, Athena remained one of Kratos’ only allies after ascending to the throne and becoming the new God of War. After attempting to win Zeus’ favor and ultimately being betrayed by him, Athena still stood by the Spartan, attempting to stop him from killing Zeus. Sadly, she is one of the only Gods Kratos never intended to harm and her sacrifice to save Zeus and prevent Kratos from killing his own father did very little to stop what was coming for Zeus and all of Mount Olympus and although she returned to continue to aid the Ghost of Sparta in God of War 3, her motivations had clearly changed.
Poseidon
“God of War III” (2010)With all of Mount Olympus itching for a piece of Kratos, Poseidon gets the first strike and makes one of the most memorable boss fight entrances in the entire series and after Kratos destroyed his beloved Atlantis, this encounter is especially personal. With his control over all bodies of water, Poseidon wastes no time creating an enormous avatar for himself to strike at both Kratos and Gaia and using the many tendrils of his Hippocampi to pull them down the mountain. Even the combined efforts of Kratos and Gaia struggle to contain the mighty seas until Kratos breaks through Poseidon’s shell and despite his pleas to Kratos that his path will lead to the destruction of Greece, Kratos only sees red and by the end so does Poseidon and as his lifeless body hits the waves, the seas cry out and flood the world in despair.
Hades
“God of War III” (2010)Having escaped from Hades itself on more than one occasion, Hades is looking to make Kratos’ stay permanent after making a mockery of his domain over the course of the series. And not to mention the death of his wife Persephone at Kratos’ hand. Hades mocks Kratos’ attempts to escape, having prepared for his arrival this time. Hades’ attempt to steal Kratos’ soul fails as the Spartan is too angry to die before his quest for revenge is complete. It would seem this rage is a family trait because even after seemingly slaying his uncle for good, Hades returns, and Kratos turns the table on the King of the Underworld and instead steals his soul using Hades’ own claws as the souls of the River Styx exact their revenge on their former tormentor.
Helios
“God of War III” (2010)Like the rising Sun, Helios makes a grand entrance but his light is quickly snuffed out as Kratos easily shoots his Sun Chariot out of the sky for an early sunset. Helios cowardly begs for his life and even despite owing Kratos a debt for saving his life in Chains of Olympus, refuses to give Kratos what he demands and subsequently repays his debt with his life as Kratos mercilessly and painfully takes the power of the sun into his hands, forever plunging the world into darkness.
Hermes
“God of War III” (2010)News travels fast on Mount Olympus and Hermes is the one who spreads it the fastest. Hermes’ cocky attitude is matched only by his speed and much like Hades, he has a personal bone to pick with Kratos for the death of his son Ceryx in God of War Betrayal. Much like all the Gods of Olympus, Hermes’ ego fully believes he will be the one to end Kratos’ rampage and bring an end to the assault on Olympus. However, Hermes seems to be getting on in the years as his speed doesn’t match the legend and he routinely becomes winded fighting Kratos. In the end, Kratos clips his wings and sends one final message to any who remain on Mount Olympus.
Hercules
“God of War III” (2010)Hercules and Kratos are essentially two sides of the same coin in the God of War series. Before Kratos’ quest for revenge, he too sought Zeus’ approval and tragically ended the lives of their families by their own hand while being manipulated by the Gods. And yet even with these similarities, Hercules still sides with the Gods who betrayed him and stands before Kratos believing Kratos to be one of the many labors he needs to complete to ascend to Mount Olympus. Unfortunately for Hercules, this puts him at odds with Kratos, and although the two appear evenly matched, even with Hercules calling in the cavalry, Kratos’ strategic thinking lets him take full advantage of Hercules’ predicament and unleash all missed the years of brotherly beatdowns upon his half-sibling.
Hera
“God of War III” (2010)Although she is the Queen of the Gods and wife to Zeus, Hera is more preoccupied with the effects Kratos’ wanton destruction has had on her garden than her throne or husband. Welcoming the end of Greece with glass in hand, she curses both Zeus and Kratos as yet another illegitimate child. Fully believing Kratos will be trapped in her garden and its many puzzles, Hera drunkenly stumbles away only for Kratos to prove her wrong once again, driving her even madder. Still, possessing no real power to stop him, Hera seeks to enrage Kratos but only brings about her own demise, inadvertently assisting Kratos in escaping her garden while all her beloved plants in Greece wither and die alongside her.
Cronos
“God of War III” (2010)Arguably the father to all of Mount Olympus, Kratos encounters Cronos multiple times on his rampage through the Greek Pantheon. After Kratos retrieved Pandora’s Box from the temple on Cronos’ back in the first game, Zeus had yet another punishment in mind for his father and banished the Titan to the pits of Tartarus where he once again encounters Kratos. Blaming Kratos for his newfound predicament, Cronos attempts to subject Kratos to the same fate as Zeus’ brothers and sisters before they were freed and swallows him whole. Undeterred, Kratos cuts his way out and begins the erasure of his whole bloodline by killing Cronos, who is once again trapped by his own chains.
Hephaestus
“God of War III” (2010)One of the more tragic figures Kratos crosses paths with in all of his travels, Hephaestus’ desire to keep his adoptive daughter Pandora safe is what leads to the creation of the temple and Kratos inevitably releasing all the evils trapped within that infected the many Gods of Olympus. Initially, Hephaestus is a sympathetic ally, assisting Kratos in his final assault against Zeus. However, the Blacksmith had plans of his own and attempted to send Kratos to his death against Cronos and when the Ghost of Sparta returned, he took matters into his own hands and tried to crush Kratos with his mighty hammer. With his final words, he pleads with Kratos not to kill his daughter to reach the box, and Kratos understands more than anyone Hephaestus was only doing what any parent would do to save their child.
Zeus
“God of War III” (2010)The King of the Gods and ruler of Mount Olympus as well as undoubtedly the architect of its destruction, Zeus’s attempts to avoid prophecy ignited the spark that set the events leading to Kratos banging down his front door in motion. After his first attempt to stop Kratos failed, he set loose the might of Olympus upon his son and when even that wasn’t enough, he took matters into his own hands. In a showdown that shook the very bedrock of Olympus itself, the father and son traded blows as Greece lay destroyed around them, the cost of both their arrogance and rage. In the end, Kratos finally has his revenge at the cost of absolutely everything, including his home, although Kratos managed to leave those who remained with the hope they had lost in the course of his quest for revenge.
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