| Kratos | |
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| Origin | God of War (2005) |
| Alias | Ghost of Sparta |
| Type | Demi-God |
| Role | Ally, former villain |
| Gender | Male |
| Alignment | Greek Gods of Olympus (formerly) New Revengers |
| Home World | Ancient Greece (birthplace) |
| Other residences | Midgard |
| Family | (Unreality) Zeus (father, deceased) Faye (second wife, deceased) Atreus (son) |
| Weapon | Magic Axe, Blades of Chaos |
| Status | Alive |
| English Voice | Christopher Judge TC Carson (flashbacks) |
| Japanese Voice | Kenta Miyake Tessho Genda (flashbacks) |
Kratos is the former Greek God of War, taken from his new home in Midgard and forced to participate as a gladiator.
Personality[]
Kratos' personality is more or less the same as in the recent God of War game released in 2018, having much better control of his anger, far more relaxed in his discipline, and being more reluctant to start a fight unless absolutely necessary. He despises having to fight in the coliseum for the entertainment of Hazel's subjects, but has to do so anyway, as it is implied that Hazel has also kidnapped his son Atreus, whom she threatens to groom into the same kind of destructive murderer Kratos once was, prior to his settling in Midgard, unless he gives in to her demands. He also addresses Sora or Ed as "boy", as he constantly does with Atreus, which even he acknowledges has become a "force of habit". He is also less stern and more open to Sora, Ed, Sarah, Loki, and Lightning.
He also understands full well the controversy that far too many Gods have created around themselves and others, drawing from his past sins as a perfect example, and the importance of caring what other mortals think of things like fate and divine privilege[1].
Quotes[]
- "Call it a force of habit, boy, but that is how I've addressed my son for as long as he can remember."
- "Boy."
- "Read it, boy."
- "No, we must be better."
- "I always told my son this, but should have realized that it applies to me as well."
- "No need for apologies, boy. Only improvement."
- "You and I are more alike than you realize." - to Edward Elric
- "Hypocrisy at it's finest: It's OK when the Gods do it![1][2]" - alluding to the actions of Bahamut and Zeus.
Trivia[]
- Kratos is the only character in The Third Ragnarok who is created by a company other than Square Enix, Disney, Marvel, or Dreamworks.
- Edward Elric comes as a close second, due to Full Metal Alchemist being published by Enix prior to their merger with Squaresoft.
- Kratos, as of the latest God of War game, is voiced by the same person as Thor and Gladiolus Amicitia in Japan.
- His father is retroactively revealed to be the Unreality parallel to Zeus in Kingdom Hearts III.
- This would make the prime Hercules also Kratos' half-brother/cousin, of sorts.
- His history of having been turned into a villainous character because of Zeus' horrible actions can be likened to Ardyn Izunia, and how he only became evil because of Bahamut's selfishness, underhandedness and cruelty. GokaiWhite describes DracoRex as exactly what Kratos, a former God of War, could have become if he remained on his dark path, past God of War II and beyond. In fact, Bahamut now has much in common with Zeus and Ares in the God of War series, and may even be considered a culmination of all their and Kratos' worst traits. Appropriately, both Zeus and Bahamut met their ends by the "monsters" they created.
- His horse and hunter story[3] is also a fitting analogy to what Bahamut did to Ardyn and/or Noctis (at first).
- Another thing that connects Zeus with Bahamut is the effect(s) (the Power of) Fear had on them. Zeus' strain had left his body shortly before Kratos killed Zeus, presumably to find and corrupt the Unreality counterpart of Odin, but Bahamut's strain died with him due to his success in controlling the power without the Fear itself also controlling Bahamut himself, as was the case with Zeus back then; the case being that the Fear became to accustomed with the darkness that was already polluting Bahamut to want to leave him when he was close to death.