History Characters / GodofWar

* GreenThumb: She took over Demeter's job, as Demeter doesn't even appear in any of the games.

* MadeOfIron: He can take ''a lot'' more punishement than any Mook of the game and isn't affected by the stagging effect or the stuns of certain attacks.

* DirtyCoward: Subverted; He knows full well that he doesn't stand a chance against Kratos in close combat, and so attempts to use the chaotic environment around Olympus to kill him. It didn't end up as he planned.

* XanatosSucker: For all his badassness, Kratos gets played for a fool a ''lot'' in the series. He only wises up at the very end [[spoiler:and kills himself rather than allow Athena to become Greece's only goddess.]]

* XanatosSucker: Zeus promised to reunite him with his son if he built the Labyrinth, but Icarus was already dead and Zeus had no intention of bringing him back.

* CompleteMonster: Very strong arguments can be made that he's this. Although there are [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation different opinions]].

* TheCombatPragmatist: Kratos will use whatever means and dirty tricks to defeat his enemies. If he figures out an enemy's weakness, he'll gladly and quickly take advantage of it. Just ask all the cyclopes which eyes had been ripped out of their sockets, or Hercules, who he [[spoiler:performed a sneak attack behind his back and then pinned him underneath a very heavy floor that Herc was going to use against him before beating him to death]].

* MadeOfIron: Even if he is no more a God, he still can take punches that would kill normal people. [[spoiler:Justified that he is Zeus' son, and so a Demi-God]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:By opening Pandora's box, he released the evil inside, which possessed the Olympians and turned them all into bastards]].

* ShellShockedVeteran: He's constantly attacked by the memories of his campaigns through Greece and the only way he can cope with them is through battle. The reason why he allied with the Olympians in the first place was the hope that they would take them away. Since they promised they would forgive him, but not take the memories away if he killed [[CompleteMonster Ares]], makes Kratos pretty much pissed at them. At the third game, Zeus [[spoiler:attempted to use his memories to break Kratos' will through a MindRape and almost succeded with it]].

* XanatosSucker: For all his badassness, Kratos gets played for a fool a ''lot'' in the series. He only wises up at the very end [[spoiler:and kills himself rather than allow Athena to become Greece's only goddess]].

* [[spoiler:AlasPoorVillain]]: [[spoiler:With the exception of Ares, no one of the gods were actually evil by choice or birth. Their evil came from the evils that were released from Pandora's box by Kratos. Before that, they seemed to had been hard yet benevolent rulers who tried to bring order in Greece from all the monsters and Greece's mortal enemies that attacked Greece and her people. Poseidon seemed to had been the only god who remained uncorrupted, Hephaestus just wanted to protect Pandora and Hera is just loyal to her husband]].

* CompleteMonster: Such a douchebag to everyone and everything, from Kratos, to Hephaestus, to Pandora, to mankind, to the Titans and he didn't even gave a shit when [[spoiler: Athena was stabbed by Kratos]]. Subverted in the third game when it's revealed that [[spoiler: he wasn't evil by choice, but by the powers of Pandora's box which possessed him after Kratos released them]].

*** Not completly benevolent, but at least somewhat benevolent, considering how he gave Kratos missions to kill monsters which made the mortals' life hard, and Ares, who almost destroyed Athens. And he did tried hard to keep [[spoiler:the evils inside Pandora's box forever sealed so they wouldn't corrupt him or anyone]].

* MindRape: He to pulled Kratos in this in their last battle. He tried to break him by forcing him [[spoiler:to feel the pain and angst by those he killed during his rampage, and if it wasn't for Pandora's soul, his mind would've been destroyed]].

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:She did it when Kratos was about to kill Zeus with his own sword. Its was one of the few deaths that Kratos showed any regret for]].

* [[spoiler:ManipulativeBastard]]: [[spoiler:Due to her new found lust for power, she manipulated Kratos' hatred for the Gods into killing them, so that she will be the last God of Greece. Things didn't work out in the end]].
* MoralityPet: One of few persons Kratos has any respect for. [[spoiler:Turned out she was no different from any other God]].
* TheObiWan: To Kratos. She is probably the only God who treats Kratos with actual humanity and kindness and she advises him. [[spoiler:Subverted in the third game]].

* [[spoiler:CainAndAbel]]: He's actually [[spoiler:Kratos' half-brother]].

* CombatTentacles: Bladed spider-like legs protrude from his back.

* CompleteMonster: He is the reason why Kratos had become what he is now, and so is indirectly responsible for everything that happened, including the [[spoiler:murder of Kratos' family]].

* GodOfEvil: He ain't actually this, but he is the closest, because he was evil [[spoiler:by choice, and not 'cause he was possessed by the evils of Pandora's box]].

* MindRape: He pulled Kratos in this when he couldn't defeat him physically.

* LightIsGood[=/=]LightIsNotGood: Played with. He himself is as arrogant as the average god (except for a brief PetTheDog moment in the prequel where he feels sorry for Kratos), but his absence means the sky will be covered by dark clouds. [[spoiler:After Kratos kills himself and releases Hope into the world, Helios might not be necessary anymore]].

* [=~Gaia's Vengeance~=]: Literally. She is determined to overthrow Zeus with any means possible due to his attitude against the world, and later, [[spoiler:she has problems with Kratos as well]].

* WellIntentionedExtremist -> KnightTemplar: She definitely becomes this by the end of the third game, when the war scarred the world too bad for her to handle. It wasn't better that she [[spoiler:survived a murder attempt by Kratos and had to climb the whole Olympus again]].

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: The motivation why he tried to [[spoiler:smash Kratos like a bug. Kratos had just recently tried to kill Gaia]].

* MoralityChain: Thanks to her, Kratos began to develop empathy for his fellow man, and remorse for the things he had done, and not just the [[spoiler:murder on his family]]. Mankind had use of it later when Kratos gave them the power of hope by [[spoiler:killing himself]].

* [[IveComeTooFar I've Come Too Far]]: right before [[spoiler: you fight him]]

* MadeOfIron : He can take ''a lot'' more punishement than any Mook of the game and isn't affected by the stagging effect or the stuns of certain attacks.

-->Soon, I will have ''your'' head!

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever

* [[spoiler:ManipulativeBastard]]

* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: He somehow survives when Zeus essentially nukes Rhodes and Sparta. And he is ''[[MadeOfIron tough as nails]]''.

* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: He somehow survives when Zeus essentially nukes Rhodes and Sparta.

* TheCombatPragmatist: Kratos will use whatever means and dirty tricks to defeat his enemies. If he figures out an enemy's weakness, he'll gladly and quickly take advantage of it. Just ask all the cyclops which eyes had been ripped out of their sockets, or Hercules, who he [[spoiler:performed a sneak attack behind his back and then pinned him underneath a very heavy floor that Herc was going to use against him before beating him to death]].
* DealWithTheDevil: A a young Spartan commander, he was nearly defeated by the Barbarian King, until he promised to serve Ares in exchange for the strength to achieve victory. He turns on his master after [[spoiler: Ares tricks him into killing his own family to remove his only "weakness".]]

* DualWielding: The Blades of Chaos / Blades of Athena / Blades of Exile.

* WellIntentionedExtremist -> KnightTemplar: She definitely becomes this by the end when the war scarred the world too bad for her to handle. It wasn't better that she [[spoiler:survived a murder attempt by Kratos and had to climb the whole Olympos again]].

* WellIntentionedExtremist

--->Come forward. Let us finally see which one of us is the greatest warrior in all of Greece!

* [[spoiler: HoistByHisOwnPetard: He kills Kratos, but Kratos finds a weapon that can actually harm him in The Underworld.]]

-->I have faith that our Spartan brothers will live on through the true god of war.

* ShoutOut: His labyrinth is like the one from {{Cube}}.

* BadassNormal: This dude kicked Kratos' ass and forced him to deal with Ares in the first place.

* PreAssKickingOneLiner:

* BadAss: While they were married, she actually stood up to him and his bullshit about fighting for the glory of Sparta.

--->'''Persian King''': Please... Please, spare my life and I will give you all that you ask!
--->'''Kratos''': You have nothing I want, Persian.
--->'''Persian King''': Take my kingdom, my women, my gold.

--->Evil? It is not evil that I bring, Spartan. I bring the might of Persia, and the sacrament of purification. As we speak, my Basilisk cleanses this land so that it may embrace the glory of the Persian Empire.

--->The hands of death could not defeat me, the Sisters of Fate could not hold me, and YOU will not see the end of this day! I WILL have my revenge!!

--->If all on Olympus will deny me my vengance, then all on Olympus will die. I have lived in the shadow of the gods for long enough. The time of the gods has come to an end!

--->I will release you from your life, my son, but your torment is just beginning!

--->My brothers, we were forged in victory. A victory that ended the great war and brought forth the reign of Mt. Olympus. Born from the depths of the underworld. Rooted in the river of souls. Our mountain emerged out of the Chaos. As it grew, so to did the might of the Olympians. We created a world of peace, a world of prosperity, a world that lives in the shadow and safety of '''my''' mountain. A mountain that has come to be the absolute measure of strength and power. Now, on this day, that power is to be tested. The mortal Kratos, seeks to destroy all that I have wrought. Brothers, put aside the petty grievances that have splintered us for so long. We will unite. We will stand together. And I '''will wipe out this plague'''! [[ThisIsSparta OLYMPUS... WILL PREVAIL]]!!!

--->I have taught you many ways to kill a mortal, Kratos; flesh that burns, bones that break. But to break a man's spirit, is to truly destroy him!

--->Zeus! Do you see now what your son can do?! You cast your favor on Athena, but her city lies in ruins before me! And now, even Pandora's Box is mine! Would you have me use it against Olympus itself?!

* [[spoiler: HoistByHisOwnPetard: Kratos uses the Claws of Hades to steal ''his'' soul.]]

--->[[spoiler: Kratos, so glad you could carve out some time for US!. You know, we need it... Oh the memories, they're overwhelming really. Let's see. How many sins have you committed against me? Oh, that's right, you murdered my niece, Athena. And what else? What else?! Ah, and you killed my brother, Poseidon. And I have not forgotten that it was you who butchered my beautiful queen! I will see you suffer as I have suffered. Your soul is MINE!!!]]

---> You Challenge me Mortal?!...A God of Olympus?!

--->[[spoiler: Oh, that's right, you're off to kill your father, Zeus. Won't happen. Can't happen. Kratos is on a fool's errand. Again! Never, never learn! Never, never change! Kratos, the fool who killed his own blood. Kratos, the fool among mortals and gods. Forever, ever cursed. Forever, ever doomed. Consumed by vengeance to his last breath. The Spartan lights the way to dusty death.]]

--->Your brute strength may have bested Hercules, but your simple mind will never find the way out of here. I look forward to watching you die here, ''[[NightmareFuel as an old man]]''.

--->Do you think it was my choice to wed a man I did not love? Live a life I did not choose? I was betrayed by the very gods that once saw me as their own. But no more.

--->While I was stuck cleaning the Augean Stables, he chose you to destroy Ares. (Kratos raises an eyebrow) Not convinced? How about this? While you were being crowned the God of War, I was sent to find an apple. (Hera laughs) They called them "Labors". Hah! Perhaps he did allow me to kill the Nemean Lion, but he made your name known amongst the people. A fierce warrior. A killer made hero. A man made a god.

--->No! That door was my only escape! I have faced test after test in search of the Sisters. And now you have dashed it all away! You certainly do not live up to your reputation, Ghost of Sparta! But...perhaps this is a test. Are you watching me now, Sisters!? Give me a sign! Am I, the great Perseus, to kill this fallen God to recieve an audience with you? Will that allow me to bring my love back from the grasp of Hades himself!? If not, at least I can bathe in the glory of bringing down the mighty Kratos, the slayer of gods...Although I hardly think a harpie's fool such as yourself deserves such praise.

--->You have always amused us, Kratos. But know this, mortal. There is no power greater than the Sisters of Fate. If you challenge us, [[ThisIsSparta You... Will... Die]]!

--->We control your destiny, foolish mortal! With our weaving we can end your life! Or allow you to remain. Search your memory, Kratos. The sword which you stand on delivered your victory against Ares. Without it, ''you'' will be the one who dies this day. Not Ares! We can change your past and set your future! This is the power of the Fates!

--->We share a common fate Kratos. The gods will release neither of us from our torture.

--->Kratos... murderer of children. I know this! I am aware of the misery you have brought upon my brood! ... Ruthlessly cutting down my line; your hands wear their blood. Praise to the Sisters! For on this day, Kratos... You will meet your end!

--->Oh no! Not you again!

--->I have faith that our Spartan brothers will live on through the true god of war.

** Erm, sort've. If we're talking about "clawing out of Hades tooth and nail," yes. If we're talking about fighting stuff like Thanatos, the ''literal'' AnthropomorphicPersonification of Death, maybe (Hercules was able to beat Thanatos, and Kratos beat Hercules [[SoYeah so]]...)

* DefiantToTheEnd

* {{Badass}}: Ares, Zeus, Poseidon and Hades certainly qualify.
* BadassBeard: Ares Zeus and Poseidon sport these.

--->My brothers, we were forged in victory. A victory that ended the great war and brought forth the reign of Mt. Olympus. Born from the depths of the underworld. Rooted in the river of souls. Our mountain emerged out of the Chaos. As it grew, so to did the might of the Olympians. We created a world of peace, a world of prosperity, a world that lives in the shadow and safety of my mountain. A mountain that has come to be the absolute measure of strength and power. Now, on this day, that power is to be tested. The mortal Kratos, seeks to destroy all that I have wrought. Brothers, put aside the petty grievances that have splintered us for so long. We will unite. We will stand together. And I will wipe out this plague! Olympus... will PREVAIL!!!

* GreenThumb