Now the 'Ghost of Sparta', Kratos is plagued by nightmares of his horrible deed and commits to ten years of servitude to the other gods of Olympus.

The oracle of the now destroyed village curses Kratos, and the ashes of his family adhere to his skin, turning it ash-white. Although Ares intends for this act to make Kratos the perfect warrior, Kratos renounces his servitude to Ares. Ares tricks Kratos by placing his wife and child in the village, whom Kratos accidentally kills. A victorious Kratos then wages war against all of Greece, and eventually leads an attack on a village occupied by worshippers of Athena. Kratos then returns to the confrontation with the Barbarian King and decapitates his foe. Kratos promised to serve Ares servitude if the god would spare the Spartans and provide the power to destroy their enemies.Īres hears Kratos' prayer, and bonds the 'Blades of Chaos' (a pair of chain blades and forged in the depths of Tartarus) to his new servant. Outnumbered and on the verge of being killed by the Barbarian King, Kratos called to the God of War, Ares. A fierce warrior, Kratos led his army to several victories, until finally overmatched by an invading horde of barbarians.

It is revealed (via a series of flashbacks) that Kratos was once a captain in the Spartan army.

Kratos is a warrior in the service of the Greek gods of Mount Olympus.

God of war mythology