As he starts to learn who he is, how he fits into all of this and who his dad is, it's an interesting sort of way that-he sees life differently than we see Kratos. They've lived in this forest, a very small area. “Atreus only knows the world that he lives in with his dad. Cory Barlog, Creative Director ( Mashable) He allows us to see Kratos with a slightly different lens because he's experiencing it all differently.” Zeus had three sisters, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera. Cory Barlog, Creative Director ( Mashable ) Poseidon is one of the Twelve Olympians, while Hades is not. They're both sort of teaching each other a little bit and kind of helping each other hobble through a very difficult emotional journey." The kid has no idea about any of that stuff. Kratos tells Atreus that his name, Atreus, comes from that of a very compassionate Spartan comrade. He's helping Kratos understand what it was like to be a human and Kratos is trying to help the kid understand what it means to be a god. It is revealed to us at the end of the game that his real is Loki, and that that name was given to him by his mother, although it is unclear why even Kratos didnt seem to know this. Kratos' complex role as the son of Zeus and former servant of Ares evolves over the games until his final confrontation with the Greek pantheon, in which he frees himself of their control."From a story perspective, Atreus is the humanity that Kratos lost. While in the game, Kratos largely defies this role and eventually frees himself, Greek mythology is littered with tragic figures whose lives are ruined due to the will of the gods. Gaia is a major antagonist in the God of War videogame series, serving as the secondary antagonist of the Greek Era, specifically appearing the deuteragonist of God of War II and one of the three main antagonists (along with Athena and Zeus) of God of War III. (The intimate connection between 'holy war' and the 'one true. I am the Titan Gaia, ever present Mother of Earth.Gaia to Kratos. Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions, monotheistic deities have traditionally been portrayed in their mythologies as commanding war in order to spread their religion. They occur commonly in both monotheistic and polytheistic religions. That is, with the exception of Aphrodite, who bore him many children out of wedlock. A war god in mythology is a deity associated with war, combat, or bloodshed. The same weapons and armor he carried were those used by any soldier in Greece.
This very general imagery makes it sometimes difficult to identify Ares in art. He carried a weapon, either a spear or sword, and often had some kind of armor or shield. Consequently, he was loved neither by gods nor by men. As the god of war, Ares’s chief symbols were those of soldiers. The Kratos of mythology and God of War's Kratos share a common role though, which is that they are pawns of the gods. However, unlike Athena, he represents merely its destructive capacity and is typically the personification of sheer violence and brutality. In ancient Greek art he was depicted as either a mature, bearded warrior armed for. In the games, Kratos' brutality wins in this encounter and he beats his half-brother to death. ARES was the Olympian god of war, battlelust, courage and civil order. The God of War games depict a Kratos somewhere in between the tragic, mortal hero and the powerful gods this is akin to Heracles, who Kratos also meets in the games ( referred to by his Roman name, Hercules). Kratos of mythology is a god, and indeed a cruel one. Greek myths often focus on heroes who make tragic mistakes, such as Odysseus, Oedipus, or Orpheus, but notably it is these characters' humanity that makes them heroes. It is ironic that the original God of War trilogy was criticized for its brutal violence, when the Greek stories are equally, if not more, brutal.