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00:00 "Remember Kratos, you have the power to control time itself."
00:07 The pantheons of Greek and Norse myth have been adapted and altered so many times, it's
00:11 hard to keep track.
00:13 But when it comes to video games, none have quite reached the success of Sony's God of
00:17 War.
00:18 On paper, it's fairly straightforward, about an extremely pale barbarian pushed to his
00:23 limits until he murders the gods themselves.
00:26 "Kratos had done the impossible, a mortal defeating a god."
00:33 However, with several spin-offs released out of chronological order and the series gaining
00:37 new fans all the time, its history can get a little complex.
00:42 Welcome to Mojo Plays and this is the God of War timeline explained.
00:46 "Battlehead is difficult, and you Atreus are clearly not ready."
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01:02 The earliest point shown in the games that doesn't involve a bunch of deities kicking
01:06 the snot out of each other takes place in Ghost of Sparta, released for the PSP in 2010.
01:11 "Another trick of the gods."
01:14 "No, my son, it is me."
01:18 Growing up in Sparta, a city famed for its warriors, Kratos desired nothing more than
01:22 to rise in the ranks of its army.
01:24 He trained alongside his brother Deimos, who was born with a sizable red birthmark.
01:29 However, when a prophecy foretold the fall of Olympus at the hands of a marked warrior,
01:34 Zeus assumed it referred to Deimos.
01:37 He sent his children Ares, the god of war, and Athena, goddess of wisdom, to find and
01:43 kidnap the boy.
01:49 Despite Kratos' best efforts, he was a mere helpless child compared to his brother's
01:54 captors.
01:55 In honor of Deimos, he would one day tattoo himself in the style of his brother's birthmark,
01:59 which would have huge ramifications later.
02:02 "Deimos, I will find you."
02:07 The early trauma of losing his sibling didn't keep Kratos from pursuing his dreams.
02:12 He climbed the ranks of the Spartan army and, as seen through flashbacks in the original
02:17 game, became a general.
02:18 Despite warnings from his wife Lysandra, Kratos followed his lust for blood and Spartan expansion
02:23 until a mighty barbarian horde crushed his forces.
02:27 He then pleaded with Ares, seemingly not knowing who he dealt with as a child, to help him.
02:32 "Only a simple pledge of loyalty was required."
02:34 "My life is yours, Ares."
02:38 The then current god of war obliged, but only after Kratos swore an oath to serve him.
02:42 Kratos was given immense power and the Blades of Chaos, mighty weapons whose chains were
02:47 seared into his forearms.
02:49 "Chained and seared to the flesh, a part of the bearer's body.
02:53 A permanent reminder of Kratos' pledge."
02:57 With the strength of Ares on his side, nothing could stand in Kratos' way.
03:01 Unfortunately for him, Ares believed there was something holding his prized fighter back
03:06 from becoming the ultimate weapon.
03:08 And so one day, he commanded Kratos and his army to attack a village loyal to his sister
03:13 Athena.
03:14 "This entire village stands as an affront to Lord Ares.
03:18 Burn this village!
03:20 Burn it to the ground!"
03:22 Unknown to Kratos, who was blinded by fury, his wife and daughter Calliope were in the
03:27 village and were tragically killed by Kratos himself.
03:30 The village's oracle then cursed him to forever wear the ashes of his slain family on his
03:35 skin, giving birth to his famous nickname.
03:38 "The ghost of Sparta had been born."
03:41 Of course, the ghost of Sparta didn't take this betrayal lying down.
03:45 He renounced his oath and swore vengeance one day, which Ares naturally took issue with.
03:50 He commanded the Furies to capture Kratos and torture him for the slight, which kicks
03:54 off 2013's Ascension.
03:56 "You seem confused, Kratos.
03:59 Having trouble remembering our special time together?"
04:03 During the game, Kratos meets Orkos, son of Ares and Alecto, Queen of the Furies.
04:08 Orkos seeks to help Kratos due to his father not playing fairly, what with the whole murdered
04:12 family and all.
04:14 Orkos also uncovered the fact that his father coveted Zeus' throne on Olympus, building
04:19 Kratos as a perfect warrior to use against him.
04:21 "The blood of your very-" "The past is the past, Orkos!"
04:25 Although the pair formed an unlikely friendship and Kratos defeated the Furies, Orkos had
04:30 been made keeper of Kratos' oath.
04:32 The Spartan would never be free so long as Orkos lived.
04:35 And it was with a heavy heart that Kratos gave in to Orkos' request to take his life.
04:45 It would still be quite a long time before Kratos earned his vengeance on Ares.
04:50 Plagued by visions of the horrible things he had done, Kratos would serve the larger
04:54 Greek pantheon for 10 years to atone.
04:57 2008's Chains of Olympus occurs during this service.
05:01 "Olympus has sent a message, and I am here to deliver it."
05:05 After the god of the sun, Helios, goes missing, the rest of the gods are put to sleep by Morpheus,
05:11 god of dreams.
05:12 Therefore, it falls to Kratos to rescue Helios, which eventually takes him to the underworld.
05:18 "You must find Helios, and return him to the sky."
05:23 There he meets its queen, Persephone, who will reunite him with his daughter as long
05:27 as he gives up his power.
05:29 It's a pretty easy decision for Kratos to make, but the touching reunion is cut short
05:34 when he realizes Persephone's plan is to destroy all of existence, including his daughter.
05:39 I guess she didn't take kindly to Zeus marrying her off to Hades, which is fair.
05:44 "She will perish."
05:46 "No!
05:47 I will not let the gods take her from me!"
05:52 After the saddest quicktime event in gaming, Kratos regains his powers, eventually defeating
05:57 Persephone and her co-conspirator, the Titan Atlas.
06:01 But he's warned by both of them that he should not have helped the gods.
06:05 Yeah, you can say that again.
06:07 "Kratos had saved mankind, but that mattered little to them."
06:13 With the Greek world saved, Kratos returned to a life of servitude, which finally brings
06:18 us to the actual events of 2005's God of War.
06:22 "Ten years of endless nightmares.
06:24 It will finally come to an end."
06:27 After ten years of service, Athena offers Kratos a chance to be forgiven for killing
06:31 his family, but only if he kills Ares.
06:35 The God of War's desire to rule Olympus never faded, though it was impossible for
06:39 the gods to kill one another.
06:41 Since that meant none of them could go after Ares, it fell to Kratos to do their dirty
06:45 work.
06:46 Not that he'd mind getting vengeance.
06:48 "And if I am able to do this, to kill a god, then the visions, they will end?"
06:56 After traveling to Athens and learning Ares could only be defeated through the use of
07:00 an artifact called Pandora's Box, Kratos sought it out on the back of the Titan Kronos.
07:05 While he was able to find it, Ares killed Kratos, sending him to the underworld a second
07:10 time.
07:11 This trip would prove to be a lot shorter, however, as Kratos was freed by a mysterious,
07:16 mystical gravedigger.
07:17 We'd later find out this was Zeus, which is just about the only kind thing the God
07:22 of Thunder ever did for him.
07:23 "But how did you know I was-" "Athena isn't the only god keeping watch
07:27 on you, Spartan."
07:30 Kratos would eventually find Pandora's Box, open it, and use its power to take on Ares.
07:35 Despite his strength and ability to make Kratos relive his family's death, Ares was defeated.
07:41 "Remember Kratos, it was I who saved you."
07:46 However, while the gods forgave Kratos for his actions, they couldn't get rid of his
07:50 nightmares.
07:51 Instead of letting Kratos take his own life over the grief, they lifted him up to godhood,
07:56 offering him the spot of Ares' old position.
07:59 And it's the worst decision any of them ever made.
08:02 "The mortal who had become the new god of war."
08:09 Next comes the majority of Ghost of Sparta.
08:12 After becoming the god of war, Kratos decides to dig more into his past.
08:16 He travels to Atlantis, where he's surprised to find his mother Callisto.
08:20 "I have waited so long."
08:24 "My father."
08:28 She tells him not only that his brother Deimos is alive, but that she was sworn to secrecy
08:33 and taken to Atlantis by his father.
08:36 But before she can reveal who that is, a curse triggers, turning her into a vicious monster
08:41 that Kratos is forced to kill.
08:44 "Find your brother, Kratos.
08:47 Go to Sparta."
08:50 While she thankfully finds peace, Kratos feels only rage.
08:54 After freeing the titan Thera and inadvertently causing the sinking of Atlantis, Kratos has
09:00 another run-in with Zeus and his gravedigger Gaius, who unsurprisingly warns him against
09:04 pissing off the other gods.
09:06 "Be wise, my son, and turn back now."
09:11 Naturally, Poseidon isn't too pleased that his favorite city has sunk into the ocean.
09:16 Not that Kratos cares that much.
09:18 But it's an insult that likely plays into the god of sea's actions later.
09:22 Kratos eventually makes it to the domain of Thanatos, the primordial god of death who
09:27 has been holding Deimos captive for years.
09:30 The reunion between brothers doesn't go too well, with Deimos angry at Kratos for taking
09:34 so long to rescue him.
09:36 However, following a fight, the two make up and take down Thanatos together.
09:42 Deimos, sadly, doesn't make it out of the fight alive.
09:50 Kratos swears the gods will one day pay for what happened.
09:53 Meanwhile, the gravedigger buries the hero's brother and mother next to an empty grave,
09:58 stating that only one remains.
10:06 Not long after returning to his post, the events of the 2007 mobile game, God of War
10:11 Betrayal, occur.
10:13 The game is clearly simplistic, but still features some important events.
10:18 It follows Kratos basking in his anger and bloodlust, leading the Spartan army in conquest
10:22 across Greece.
10:23 Hera, Zeus' wife and goddess of fertility, sends her pet beast Argos to stop him.
10:29 But after a hooded assassin frames him for killing Argos, Kratos attempts to chase the
10:34 killer while combating minions of Hades, sent to stop his rampage.
10:42 Zeus also sends Seryx, son of Hermes, but that encounter only ends in the messenger
10:48 god's death.
10:49 Which explains why Hermes is such a raging dick in God of War 3, but we're getting ahead
10:54 of ourselves.
11:04 Despite the events of Betrayal, Kratos does not ease up on the warfare.
11:08 God of War 2 opens with him ignoring Athena's requests for peace and joining the Spartan
11:13 army as they attack the city of Rhodes.
11:16 During the fight, a giant eagle, which he assumes to be Athena, drains him of much of
11:20 his power and gives it to a massive statue.
11:23 However, it's actually Zeus who then gives Kratos the Blade of Olympus and tricks him
11:28 into transferring the rest of his power into it in order to defeat the Colossus.
11:39 With Kratos weak and Zeus seemingly tired of pulling strings from behind the curtain,
11:44 the god of thunder gives him a choice.
11:46 Serve him and quit with all the destruction, or die.
11:49 Naturally, Kratos tells Zeus, in not so many words, to get fucked.
11:56 As he dies at Zeus' hands, he swears vengeance once again and heads to the underworld once
12:01 again.
12:02 However, he's rescued by the titan Gaia, who seeks to team up with him since the titans
12:06 also crave vengeance against the gods due to losing the great war to them so long ago.
12:16 With aid from the titans, including his former foe Atlas, Kratos journeys to the home of
12:21 the three fates, seeking a way to alter his destiny.
12:24 They, of course, refuse, which means they all end up dying by his hands.
12:29 Using the loom of fate, Kratos returns to the moment Zeus kills him and goes about enacting
12:33 his revenge, and he ends up defeating the mighty leader of the Olympians.
12:38 Sadly, Athena, who knows Zeus' death means the end of Olympus, sacrifices herself to
12:43 save her father.
12:44 Before her final breath, she reveals to Kratos that Zeus is also his father.
12:52 Desiring the destruction of the gods now more than ever, Kratos uses the loom to travel
12:56 back to the great war, rescue the titans, and bring them into present day where they
13:00 lead an attack on the home of the gods.
13:08 When you look at everything leading up to 2010's God of War 3, war was inevitable.
13:13 Kratos, with two dead families and his own demise at the hands of his father, deserves
13:18 justice.
13:19 On the other side, you have Hades, with a dead wife, Hermes, with a dead son, Poseidon
13:24 with the destruction of his city, and Zeus, who is genuinely a terrible deity, but who
13:30 is still trying to stop the fall of Olympus, which will throw Greece into chaos.
13:40 The climax of the Greek era kicks off swiftly with a massive fight of Kratos and Gaia versus
13:45 the god of the sea.
13:46 It's a stellar opening and leads to Poseidon's brutal beatdown at the hands of Kratos.
13:51 Unfortunately, Kratos is knocked out of the fight after being struck by Zeus' lightning,
13:55 and Gaia refuses to save him.
13:57 He falls all the way to the river Styx, venturing into the underworld for a final time, where
14:03 he meets Athena's spirit, whose sacrifice caused her to ascend to a higher plane of
14:08 existence.
14:09 Now, she's all for killing Zeus, and tells Kratos he has to put out the flame of Olympus
14:14 to do so.
14:15 Lovely.
14:16 That would have saved a lot of time and effort though.
14:23 Kratos makes it back to the land of the living by killing Hades and releasing all the souls
14:28 of the underworld.
14:29 In Greece, he then kills Helios, a bit more brutal than necessary, which causes the sun
14:34 to once again disappear.
14:37 But without Morpheus' involvement this time around, the gods don't fall into a slumber,
14:41 and the battle rages on.
14:43 Next on Kratos' chopping block is Hermes, whose talent for being an annoying twerp is
14:47 unmatched, but whose death sends a plague across Greece.
14:56 Amidst all the death, Kratos learns Pandora's Box from the first game is now held within
15:01 the Flame of Olympus, and can only be opened by Pandora, daughter of the smith god Hephaestus.
15:07 There's a whole lot more death to come before Kratos ever reaches it though.
15:12 He's forced to swear off against his half-brother Hercules.
15:17 He once again visits Kronos, this time in search of a material Hephaestus needs for
15:20 a new weapon, and kills the titan for it.
15:23 Hephaestus also tries to kill Kratos after forging the new weapon, due to Kratos opening
15:28 Pandora's Box in the first game, which caused Zeus to imprison the real Pandora.
15:34 Kratos also later kills a drunken Hera, which destroys all plant life in Greece.
15:46 After rescuing Pandora, Kratos finally makes it to his father.
15:51 Although Pandora sacrifices herself, the box is found to be empty, and the final clash
15:55 begins.
15:56 The fight takes the duo inside Gaia, who tries to murder them both.
16:00 It's a tough fight, but the god of war prevails, impaling Zeus through Gaia's heart and killing
16:05 them both.
16:06 Or so it would seem.
16:13 Zeus's spirit refuses to go down, but Kratos' hatred knows no bounds.
16:18 He forces his father's spirit back inside his body, and proceeds to viciously beat the
16:23 deity to death.
16:24 With Greece having been thrust into all out chaos, Athena reappears and commands Kratos
16:30 to give her what was inside Pandora's box.
16:33 Turns out, after the great war between the gods and titans, Zeus sealed all evils into
16:38 the box, while Athena placed the power of hope inside.
16:48 When Kratos first opened the box, the evils corrupted the gods, while hope was buried
16:53 within Kratos.
16:54 With this power, Athena could fix and subsequently rule over Greece.
16:59 Instead, Kratos stabs himself with the blade of Olympus, unleashing hope into the world
17:03 for all.
17:04 Of course, as we all know, this second attempt at his own life also fails, and thus ends
17:10 the blood-soaked Greek saga.
17:17 While the story of the Greek gods was over, Kratos' story certainly wasn't.
17:21 He would leave his doomed land, eventually making it to Midgard, the earthen realm of
17:26 Norse mythology.
17:27 With a different pantheon, this land was not utterly destroyed like Greece.
17:31 Kratos would find an uneasy peace, at least for a time, with a woman called Faye, with
17:36 whom he would have a son named Atreus.
17:42 The 2018 game picks up directly after Faye's death, with her final wish being to spread
17:47 her ashes from the highest peak in the realms.
17:50 However, Kratos' mountains of family-related trauma and the fact that Atreus has no idea
17:55 who he really is means their journey is a fraught one.
18:01 Unfortunately, there's also a whole lot Faye never told them.
18:06 Before they can even leave their house, and in an extreme case of mistaken identity, Kratos
18:11 is attacked by a mighty stranger, who he'd later learn was the unkillable god, Baldur.
18:17 After he defeats Baldur several times in a row, Kratos and Atreus try to fulfill Faye's
18:22 final wish.
18:23 They meet some friendly faces along the way, including two dwarf blacksmith brothers, Brokk
18:28 and Sindri, a helpful witch in the woods who turns out to be the goddess Freya, and, of
18:33 course, the smartest severed head to ever exist, Mimir.
18:40 It's Mimir who tells them the highest peak in the realms is not in Midgard, but Jotunheim,
18:46 the realm of the giants which was sealed long ago when the giants left.
18:50 Of course, there are some not-so-friendly faces too.
18:54 Alongside Baldur are Magni and Modi, the sons of Thor.
18:57 The brothers eventually catch up to father and son, though Magni takes an axe to the
19:01 head during their fight.
19:08 Another stressful encounter with Modi takes its toll on Atreus, as does not knowing about
19:13 his own godhood.
19:14 He falls ill, but can be saved by Freya if Kratos gets her the heart of a troll in Helheim.
19:20 With his icy leviathan axe useless against the creatures who reside there, Kratos returns
19:24 home to begrudgingly reunite with the Blades of Chaos.
19:35 He experiences visions of Athena, as well as Zeus in Helheim, but is able to get the
19:40 heart, bring it to Freya, and help heal Atreus, who he then comes clean to about being a god
19:46 at long last.
19:48 With how badly his experiences went with past gods, and with his own self-hatred, Kratos'
19:54 misgivings about coming clean were pretty understandable.
19:59 The revelation about his divinity causes Atreus to get a bit too big for his britches, leading
20:04 him to murder a weakened Modi who had been savagely beaten by his father for Magni's
20:09 death.
20:10 It's at this strained point in their relationship when Baldur attacks once again, causing their
20:15 one way into Jotunheim to be destroyed.
20:18 The fight takes them from Midgard to Helheim, where Kratos and Atreus finally learn why
20:22 Baldur can't be killed.
20:30 Long before the game takes place, Freya, a Vanir goddess, and Odin, ruler of the Aesir
20:36 gods, married to form a peace between their people.
20:39 Baldur was the result of this marriage, but after a prophecy foretold his death, Freya
20:44 placed a spell on him so that he would never die, but also so that he couldn't feel anything.
20:49 After she refused to remove the spell, Baldur grew to hate his mother, and after her marriage
20:54 with Odin dissolved, Freya was cursed to never leave Midgard while her son's mind was tainted
21:00 by her former husband.
21:05 Just like in real Norse myth, the only thing that could break Freya's spell was mistletoe,
21:10 which Atreus just so happened to have an arrowhead made out of.
21:14 In the final fight, the spell is broken, though Baldur still seeks his mother's death for
21:18 what she did to him.
21:20 Kratos intervenes and kills him, causing Freya to vow vengeance as she still loved her child
21:25 despite his wishes to kill her.
21:27 But there's still more story to be told.
21:29 At the end, Kratos and Atreus make it to Jotunheim, where a few big surprises are in store.
21:42 Since the giants were known for prophecies, the two find murals depicting their entire
21:46 journey.
21:47 They learn Baldur was sent looking for Faye by Odin due to her being a giant in hiding,
21:52 since the group had previously been in conflict with the Aesir, and they also learn that Atreus
21:57 was referred to as Loki by the giants.
22:03 After spreading Faye's ashes, they return to Midgard, where they learn Fimbulwinter
22:07 has begun.
22:08 According to another prophecy, that means the apocalyptic Ragnarok will occur in three
22:13 years.
22:14 Which brings us to the 2022 installment.
22:21 God of War Ragnarok opens with Kratos and Atreus still dealing with a vengeful Freya,
22:26 but far bigger problems arise soon after.
22:29 And we aren't just talking about Fenrir's tragic passing.
22:32 Fans got the anticipated debut of Odin and Thor, who promised peace as long as Atreus
22:37 stopped looking for Tyr.
22:44 The peaceful Norse God of War mentioned multiple times in the first game was theorized to have
22:49 been killed by Odin for helping the giants.
22:52 That obviously wasn't the case, because after a tremendous bout between Kratos and
22:57 Thor, the father and son team find Tyr in Svartalheim, home of the dwarves.
23:01 Or at least they think they do.
23:06 Most of the game chronicles the pair trying to avoid Ragnarok, which is revealed to only
23:11 be the destruction of Asgard rather than all the realms.
23:15 Atreus learns more about the giants, his mother's people, through Angerboda, one of the last
23:20 remaining members, as well as his ability to transfer souls.
23:24 Freya ends up forgiving Kratos when he helps rid her of Odin's magic, keeping her trapped
23:28 in Midgard.
23:32 With her and her brother Freyr, the Holdre brothers, and Tyr on their side, and Odin
23:37 seemingly okay with Atreus coming and going from Asgard, things are looking up.
23:41 Atreus even gets his faithful pup Finryr back when he transfers his soul into the body of
23:46 Garm, a gigantic, vicious wolf in Helheim.
23:53 Of course, as is the theme with God of War, a prophecy ruins everything.
23:59 The Norns, the Norse version of the Fates, prophesize Atreus' death at the hands of
24:04 Heimdall, whose subsequent murder at the hands of Kratos to save his son kicks the apocalypse
24:09 into full gear.
24:11 Even worse is the reveal that Tyr was always Odin in disguise.
24:19 He reveals himself by fatally stabbing Brokk, the only one to catch on to him acting strangely.
24:24 Dealing with all the horrible things Kratos' allies had told him, Odin played the kindly
24:29 old man part in order to trick Atreus into helping him.
24:37 So naturally, Odin had it coming.
24:39 With the knowledge that Ragnarok will only destroy Asgard, Kratos and Atreus go about
24:44 making it happen.
24:45 They venture to Muspelheim, where they find the fire giant Surtr, said to be the catalyst
24:50 in the upcoming destruction.
24:51 Once they convince him to help them, the battle can begin.
25:00 The final clash is one for the ages, with the Vanir, Elves, and even a couple of giants
25:05 joining the resistance's forces.
25:07 Kratos battles Thor once again, though the fight ends peacefully when Kratos convinces
25:12 the God of Thunder to stop for the sake of their children.
25:22 Or at least it would have ended peacefully, but Odin kills Thor for disobeying him.
25:27 Thankfully for the sake of peace, Odin doesn't last much longer, with Kratos besting him
25:32 in combat, Atreus transferring his soul into a stone, and Sindri getting vengeance for
25:37 Brock by smashing it with his hammer.
25:43 Surtr, imbued with the power of the Blades of Chaos, destroys Asgard, along with Freyr,
25:50 who sacrifices himself so that his sister and the others can make it to safety.
25:54 Although the battle ends, there's still work to be done.
25:58 Atreus leaves to find any remaining giants, making for an exceptionally heartfelt goodbye.
26:03 Kratos, Freya, and Mimir, on the other hand, go about cleaning up Midgard and vanquishing
26:08 Odin's remaining forces.
26:10 They even find the real Tyr, imprisoned along with a whole host of other members of various
26:14 races that Odin had been impersonating.
26:17 The story would have ended there, but Sony decided to be really cool and give us all
26:22 free DLC in Valhalla.
26:30 After receiving a mysterious invitation, Kratos and Mimir enter Valhalla, an afterlife reserved
26:35 for those who die in glorious battle.
26:38 Inside, Kratos is confronted by mistakes of his past, which either physically assault
26:43 him like Magni and Modi, or verbally berate him like the head of Helios.
26:53 It's revealed the invitation was sent by the real Tyr, who wants Kratos to move on from
26:58 his past.
26:59 Kratos eventually comes face to face with his old self, but is able to find peace within.
27:04 Realizing he's not the god he once was, he agrees to join Freya's council, and lend
27:10 his strength to helping those in need.
27:18 And that, so far, is where his story ends.
27:21 None of us know what the future holds for Kratos, but with everything he's been through,
27:26 which if you've made it to the end of this video, you know is a lot, we sincerely hope
27:30 Sony lets him hold onto the peace he's found, at least within himself.
27:34 With more than a lifetime's worth of death and despair, he certainly deserves it.
27:43 Thanks for watching.
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