![]() ![]() The ashes of Kratos' loved ones were gathered by the Village Oracle who then placed them upon his skin as a permanent reminder of the monster he had become: the Ghost of Sparta. Ares appeared before the bloodstained hands of Kratos and told him that it was necessary to have his family eliminated so that nothing stood in his way. Ignoring the old woman, Kratos, blinded by bloodthirst, killed all who were within the walls of the temple, including his wife, Lysandraand his daughter, Calliope. Upon reaching a strange temple, Kratos was warned by the Village Oracle not to venture within its walls. The Spartan soldiers ruthlessly killed all who lived in the village and burned their homes to the ground in the process. Ares led Kratos to attack a village built in honor and worship of Athena. The last rite was spilling the blood of loved ones. The second, spilling the blood of innocents, was easy to accomplish with Kratos' rising bloodlust as he ended countless lives with his Spartan companions, and conquered most of Greece. The first had already been completed: spilling the blood of enemies. To ensure that the Spartan became the perfect warrior and was bound to his will, Ares and the Furies devised three blood tests for Kratos. After he saw Kratos as the potential warrior that he needed to overthrow Olympus, Ares accepted, violently wiped out the barbarians, and gave Kratos the Blades of Chaos as a sign of his servitude. Kratos, about to be killed by Alrikthe Barbarian King, pledged himself to Ares, the God of War, in exchange for victory. Kratos and his Spartan army were no match for the merciless barbarians tribes of the east.īeing outnumbered and overpowered, Kratos' army was losing the battle. After a grueling journey, Kratos captured the Ambrosia and thus made Ares the victor of the wager of the Gods. In the wager of the Gods, Ares was seen in the comics choosing Kratos as his champion and was confident that nothing would stop him in his quest for the Ambrosia. Years later, the Gods created a contest and chose various mortals as their champions for the capture of the Ambrosia. ![]() Little did Ares know that the boy to whom he gave a scar would be the same boy who would Initially serve him and later leave him in adulthood after his family would be slaughtered by his own hands due to his machinations. Ares then left with Deimos, and Athena quickly apologized to Kratos.Īres then took Deimos to the Domain of Deathwhere he would be tortured for many years by Thanatosthe God of Death. Despite his efforts, however, Ares hit Kratos on the face and created a bloody scar on his right eye.Īres was about to kill Kratos, but Athena persuaded Ares to leave him be. Two Gods of Olympus, Ares, and Athenaraided the city of Sparta in order to capture a child named Deimoswho had been suspected of being the mortal who would destroy Olympus in The Marked Warrior Prophecy.Īfter Ares captured the boy, Deimos' brother, Kratos, charged toward Ares to save his younger brother. The Furies, however, saw potential in Orkos and made him their oath-keeper. Unfortunately, OrkosAres' child, was not up to his standards and was disowned. After learning of the prophecy of the Marked Warriorwho is destined to destroy Olympus and kill Zeus, Ares conceived a child with Alecto in the hope that their child would be the marked one so that he could aid him in overthrowing Zeus and claiming his throne. Ares came to covet all of Olympus, especially Zeus's throne, so he struck an alliance with the Furiesand persuaded them to take a more ruthless approach. He was born after the Great War of the Gods and Titans and served his father faithfully for many years. Ares was the original Olympian God of Warthe son of Zeus and Hera and the main antagonist of God of War, as well as the perpetrator behind the events of God of War: Ascensionmeaning he was also responsible for setting the events of the series into motion by tricking Kratos into killing his family and turning him into the Ghost of Spartawhich eventually fulfilling the prophecy of the Marked Warrior who would destroy Olympus and end the reign of the Gods.Īres was the oldest child of Zeus and was commonly referred to as the most hated god on Mount Olympus, even before being killed by Kratos. ![]()
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