Kratos notably spares Aphrodite, who attempts to seduce him. Kratos also learns that the Flame of Olympus now protects Pandora's Box and that only Pandora can cause the flames to go out. Along the way, Kratos kills any gods or Titans he finds, such as Helios, Hermes, Hercules, Perses, Cronos, and Hera, which unleashes various plagues and causes the sun to darken.

She guides Kratos in search of the Flame of Olympus in order to defeat Zeus.

Kratos is saved by Athena, who has somehow survived and ascended to a spirit form due to her sacrifice. Gaia then betrays Kratos, saying he is no longer needed and letting him fall to the Underworld. The Gods and Titans grapple and while many Titans die, Kratos is able to kill Poseidon, raising the tide of the sea and causing violent waves. God of War III opens with the assault on Olympus that began at the end of God of War II. Kratos then travels back to the end of the Great War, saving the Titans from their defeat and bringing them to the present day in order to destroy Olympus. As she dies, she reveals that Kratos is really the son of Zeus. When he confronts Zeus, he takes the Blade of Olympus but Athena sacrifices herself to prevent Zeus' death. Killing them, he gains the power to travel through time with the Loom of Fate. He finally finds the sisters, who refuse to help him. In his search for the sisters, he also learns that Zeus destroyed Sparta while Kratos has been away. Kratos eventually learns that the Sisters of Fate can send him back in time to undo his defeat by Zeus. She had raised the young king of Olympus and protected him from his father, Cronos, but when Zeus was grown, the Titans were overthrown by the Olympians in the Great War. While he is again taken to the Underworld, the Titan Gaia intervenes, seeking revenge on Zeus.

He then offers the Blade of Olympus to Kratos in order to defeat the Colossus, though it takes the last of Kratos' godly power to charge the sword and destroy it.ДЄn injured Kratos is easily killed by Zeus after the former refuses to rejoin the Olympians. When he arrives, Zeus disguises himself as a giant eagle and drains much of Kratos' god powers to bring the Colossus of Rhodes to life. God of War II opens with Kratos bored and choosing to join a Spartan army assaulting Athens against Athena's warning. When he tries to commit suicide, Athena catches him, bringing him to Olympus as the new Greek God of War. When Kratos catches up to Ares, he uses Pandora's Box to gain the power of a god and eventually overcomes the God of War.ДЄthena returns to thank Kratos for his service but while he is forgiven, he is told that his nightmares cannot be taken away. Ares kills Kratos but our hero persists, fighting his way out of the Underworld. Kratos overcomes hordes of undead soldiers and monsters from Greek myth in his quests, eventually finding Pandora's Box in a temple on the back of the Titan Cronos. When Kratos realized what happened and renounced service to Ares, an oracle cursed him with nightmares, binding his family's burnt ashes to his skin, giving Kratos the moniker 'Ghost of Sparta.' Ares tricked Kratos, however, causing the Spartan to kill his wife and daughter without knowing it. He swore allegiance to Ares if the god would give him the power to win, so Ares bestowed on Kratos the fiery Blades of Chaos, chains that burned into his arms. In the past, Kratos led armies in conquest but nearly lost a battle. Over the course of the game, flashbacks reveal why Kratos suffers nightmares. For his final quest, the goddess Athena tasks Kratos with killing Ares, the Greek God of War. The game focuses on Kratos, a Spartan warrior who completes 10 years of service to the Olympian gods of Greek mythology if they rid him of his nightmares. The original God of War launched on Mafor the PS2.

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