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* AbusiveParent: To Orkos when he wasn't born the powerful warrior she and Aees desired.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: The Dark Rider shows up to harass Kratos on his way to Typhon's mountain. They get to fight for real on the way to the Island of Creation.
* KingMook: The Dark Rider, the strongest warrior and wielder of the Spear of Destiny.
* GiantMook: Fates Juggernauts are huge, armored brutes with giant maces/flail and much thougher than regular soldiers.

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\nThe most plentiful and varied {{Mooks}} of ''VideoGame/GodOfWarII'', these peons of the Sisters of Fate are specifically unique to the sequel and show up most freqently amongst the locales of the Island of Creation.
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'''[[WMG:Fates' Sentries, Fates' Guardians and Fates' Juggernauts]]'''
* EarlyBirdCameo: EliteMooks: Fates' Guardians are stronger versions of regular Fates' Sentries which can be distinguished by their red armor and battleaxes.
* GiantMook: Fates' Juggernauts are huge, armored brutes with {{Epic Flail}}s and are much tougher than regular Servants.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: It's not clear exactly what they are supposed to be, but they resemble brutal, Satyr-like humanoids with dark skin and goat legs.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To the Undead Legionnaires from the other games, which they temporarly supplant and occasionally fight alongside.
'''[[WMG:The Dark Rider]]'''
An extremely powerful Fates' Servant and leader of the Griffin Riders who harass Kratos on his journey to the Island of Creation.
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* BossTease:
The Dark Rider shows up to harass Kratos on his way to Typhon's mountain.Lair. They get to fight for real on the way to the Island of Creation.
* KingMook: The Dark Rider, the strongest warrior and wielder of the Spear of Destiny.
Destiny, is a fully-fledged boss fight in comparison to the rest of the Servants just being bog-standard {{Mooks}}.
* GiantMook: Fates Juggernauts are huge, armored brutes with giant maces/flail HighAltitudeBattle: Kratos has to fight him while riding on the back of Pegasus before jumping over to the Rider's flying mount to finish him off and much thougher than regular soldiers.steal his weapon.



* OurDemonsAreDifferent: It's not clear what they are, but they mostly resemble brutal, orc-like humanoids with dark skin and goat legs.
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* OurDemonsAreDifferent: It's not clear what they are, but they mostly resemble brutal, orc-like humanoids with dark skin and goat legs.
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* DigAttack: Their SignatureMove; they sink into the ground and attack Kratos from below.



* TunnelKing: Their signature move: they sink into the ground and attack from below.

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* BadWithTheBone: Several variations wield huge jawbones as crude, improvised clubs.



* CarryABigStick: If they're not fighting with their bare fists, you can bet they'll be using a huge club of some kind, be it a mace, tree trunk or otherwise.

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* CarryABigStick: If they're not fighting with their bare fists, you can bet they'll be using a huge club of some kind, be it a mace, tree trunk trunk, [[BadWithTheBone giant monster's jawbone]] or otherwise.


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* GoForTheEye: A very common finisher Kratos performs on them is to capitalize on their lack of multiple eyes by ripping out their single eye with a grapple, permanently blinding them and instantly killing them afterward.


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* MightyGlacier: They are typically sluggish and have slow-moving and predictable attacks, but if those attacks connect they'll take huge chunks off of Kratos' health bar and send him flying. They also usually [[GiantMook have a great deal of health to offset their high-priority status in fights]].

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* ContinuitySnarl: They are stated to have created the Earth, however the Norse era games state that the world was created from the corpse of Ymir by Odin. It could be possible that they are referring to their respective lands and not the entire planet.

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* ContinuitySnarl: They are stated to have created the Earth, however the Norse era games state that the world was created from the corpse of Ymir by Odin. It could be possible that Most likely they are referring to their respective lands and not the entire planet.
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: You are launched into a boss fight with it after completing the Challenge of Hades, with very little buildup or explanation for its existence.


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* TheSpook: Unlike most of the other traps and denizens found within the Temple of Pandora, Pandora's Guardian is never given an explanation for existing. It can be assumed that it's one of the Temple's many challenges due to [[GateGuardian it guarding a door which a required key item is behind]], but who created it or put it there is a total mystery.
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* BreathWeapon: It's capable of spewing out a stream of molten lava as one of its many attacks.


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* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: Despite being 20 feet tall and covered in heavy armor, it is a LightningBruiser capable of leaping off of the walls of its chamber into an extremely fast and powerful charging attack, which is more than a little physics-defying by the look of it.
* LightningBruiser: Its attacks are extremely fast for its size and it hits like a truck, especially on higher difficulties where it's capable of killing Kratos in just a handful of hits.


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* StanceSystem: It has two entirely different movesets depending on if Kratos fights it up on the platform where the ballista is or if he fights it down on on the lower floor. On the floor Pandora's Guardian is a relentless and deadly attacker, constantly throwing sequential attacks at Kratos which knock him backward, whereas on the platform its attacks are slower and easier to block but hurt much more if they connect.

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[[caption-width-right:238:One of the three Sirens of the Desert of Lost Souls]]
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Kratos kills some of the Sirens by grabbing them and then bending them backwards, breaking their spinal column. When a siren is killed in this way she emits a loud scream of pain which can damage surrounding foes.



* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Kratos kills some of the Sirens by grabbing them and then bending them backwards, breaking their spinal column. When a siren is killed in this way she emits a loud scream of pain which could damage surrounding foes.

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* SadlyMythtaken: In Greek Mythology, Sirens were women with the bodies of birds whose beautiful singing encouraged sailors to crash their ships. In ''God of War'', Sirens are man-eating {{Humanoid Abomination}}s with CreepyLongFingers who are first encountered in the ''desert''.
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* NonMaliciousMonster: Kratos by the time of ''Valhalla'' remarks that it was just an animal, in contrast to Kratos's own malice.
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*VengefulGhost: In ''Valhalla'' Kratos recounts in his letters to Atreus that Wraiths are the angry spirits of those who went unburied, or were done so improperly, who take out their torment on the living.

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* DeadpanSnarker: The sarcasm on his voice when he wishes " May the Gods grant you strength to conquer the perils that lay before you" to Kratos is palpable.

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* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: An entire race of monsters like these, unlike the original minotaur that was a single monster born from an unnatural union. The bull look tend to look more and more grotesque as they grow stronger.

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* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: An entire race of monsters like these, unlike the original minotaur that was a single monster born from an unnatural union. ''Valhalla'' reveals that they were a race created by Ares to be his servants based off of the original Minotaur of Crete, which may or may not have been Pandora's Guardian from ''1''. The bull bulls look tend to look more and more grotesque as they grow stronger.

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* BossInMookClothing: They almost never flinch, love interrupting your combos while you fight smaller mooks (because they always come with smaller mooks), have a crapton of health, and the QTE when they grab you requires super-human reflexes to win. The finishing move on them is one of the squickiest of the game, but you won't mind.

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* BossInMookClothing: They almost never flinch, love interrupting your combos while you fight smaller mooks (because they always come with smaller mooks), have a crapton of health, and the QTE when they grab you requires super-human reflexes to win. The finishing move on them is one of the squickiest of the game, but you won't mind. mind
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: In the first game, Kratos chops their front legs, impales them in the chest and after a brief desperate struggle slashes their throats. In the third game he manhandles them to the ground and graphically tears their stomach open.



* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: In the first game, Kratos chops their front legs, impales them in the chest and after a brief desperate struggle slashes their throats. In the third game he manhandles them to the ground and graphically tears their stomach open.



* ElaborateEqualsEffective: Generally, the more spiky and elaborate the Cyclops' clothing ([[FullFrontalAssault if it has any]]) is, the tougher of a variant it'll be. This applies in full force to the Cyclops Desert Kings from ''1'', which are some of the strongest enemies in the entire game but are encountered very sporadically.

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Brutish bull-headed monsters which serve a variety of roles as primarily {{Smash Mook}}s across the Greek games.
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* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: They predominantly carry axes, hammers and clubs to reflect their status as {{Smash Mook}}s and bloodthirsty monsters.



* SmashMook: They primarily serve as this with [[MightyGlacier incredibly hard-hitting attacks to compensate for their relatively slow movement]], making them a priority target when they appear in encounters.



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* CarryABigStick: If they're not fighting with their bare fists, you can bet they'll be using a huge club of some kind, be it a mace, tree trunk or otherwise.


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* ElaborateEqualsEffective: Generally, the more spiky and elaborate the Cyclops' clothing ([[FullFrontalAssault if it has any]]) is, the tougher of a variant it'll be. This applies in full force to the Cyclops Desert Kings from ''1'', which are some of the strongest enemies in the entire game but are encountered very sporadically.
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* GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: Unlike basic Legionnaires, they have these to help denote their greater power.

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The Greek series' most basic and numerous {{Mooks}}.
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* AncientGrome: Ancient Greece did not have "legions" ''or'' "legionnaires"; both of these terms come from the army of the Roman Republic and later Empire. Instead, Greek infantrymen were called Hoplites.



* DemBones: One variant is a bare skeleton with only a shield and scimitar, simular to the ones in ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts''. They can also reform unless killed with a strong attack or a grapple.
* DualWielding: In a rather flamboyant choice, Captains can be seen wielding a broadsword in their right hands and carrying a SinisterScythe they can sometime use in tandem with their swords.

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* DemBones: One variant is a bare skeleton with only a shield and scimitar, simular similar to the ones in ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts''. They can also reform unless killed with a strong attack or a grapple.
* DualWielding: In a rather flamboyant choice, Captains can be seen wielding a broadsword in their right hands and carrying a SinisterScythe they can sometime use in tandem with their swords.
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* EliteMooks: Legionnaire Captains are not only tougher than normal legionnaires, but need two finishing moves to properly kill them.



* MovesetClone: In ''Ragnarok'''s Valhalla DLC, they reuse the moveset of the Draugr from the Norse Saga.

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* MovesetClone: In ''Ragnarok'''s Valhalla DLC, they partially reuse the moveset of the Draugr from the Norse Saga.



** WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler:And in 3, hiring standards are lowered to include the souls of unwilling civilians.]]



* SpikesOfVillainy: Hint, the more barbs and spikes, the stronger the Legionnair is.

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* SlaveMooks: Legionnaires in ''III'' are stated to be press-ganged dead civilians forced into servitude due to Olympus scraping the barrel for more manpower.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Hint, the The more barbs and spikes, spikes on the Legionnaire's armor and weapons, the stronger the Legionnair is.Legionnaire is.
* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Valhalla'', while they are still very much basic {{Mooks}}, they are not CannonFodder which can be slaughtered ''en masse'' by Kratos like in the Greek games and are more akin to basic humanoid units in the Norse games, requiring a fair bit of damage to take down but having a predictable moveset.
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* DualWielding: In a rather flamboyant choice, Captains can be seen wielding a broadsword in their right hands and carrying a SinisterScythe they can sometime use in tandem with their swords.
* EliteMooks: Legionnaire Captains are not only tougher than normal legionnaires, but need two finishing moves to properly kill them.
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Captains are much stronger than basic Legionnaire infantry grunts, to the point that they can't be instakilled with a grab and actually require ''two'' grabs to finish them off, as well as dealing significantly more damage. As such, [[EliteMooks they're encountered far more rarely]].
* SinisterScythe: They employ these alongside their main sword weapons to great effect, dealing out deadly and hard-to-avoid combos.



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A woman wearing revealing clothing =/= Ms Fanservice, No attention is called toward Lahkesis despite her choice of clothing.


* MsFanservice: She has a very beautiful body, and wears her toga in such a way to let her left breast bare.



* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers: Kratos' writings in ''Valhalla'' reveals that not all Centaur's were [[BarbarianTribe savage]], many were once peacful, concerned only with wine making and poetry but after taking up arms to protect their lands from invaders, the Centaur's found themselves headhunted for their skills in battle.

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* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers: Kratos' writings in ''Valhalla'' reveals that not all Centaur's Centaurs were [[BarbarianTribe savage]], many were once peacful, concerned only with wine making and poetry but after taking up arms to protect their lands from invaders, the Centaur's found themselves headhunted for their skills in battle.



* SmashMook: They have powerful and relentless attacks, making them a high priority target to defeat immediately.



* FanDisservice: On one hand their torso and head resemble the ones of a seductive beautiful naked woman with voluptuous exposed breasts. On the other hand they have purple spikes instead of limbs (green in gameplay) and horrible sharp blade-like for hands.

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* FanDisservice: On one hand their torso and head resemble the ones of a seductive beautiful naked woman with voluptuous exposed breasts. On the other hand they have purple spikes instead of limbs (green in gameplay) and horrible sharp blade-like for hands.



* FanDisservice: They have exposed and visible breasts. However since '''everything''' else about them is absolutely repulsive...



* NationalGeographicNudity: They have exposed female breasts, but are generally designed to look like filthy, messy animals, giving them this effect.



* SadlyMythtaken: There were only 3 gorgons (all of them being sisters) in Greek Mythology. Read below for more info.

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* SadlyMythtaken: There were only 3 gorgons (all of them being sisters) in Greek Mythology. Read below for more info.Mythology, wheareas in ''God of War'' Medusa is one of their three Queens.



* FatBastard: She is an morbidly obese gorgon.

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* FatBastard: She is an a morbidly obese gorgon.



* BreastAttack: Kratos can finish some of them by jamming his blades in their voluptuous breasts before extending the chains and slamming them on the ground.

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* BreastAttack: Kratos can finish some of them by jamming his blades in their voluptuous breasts before extending the chains and slamming them on the ground.



* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To the Undead Legionnairs from the other games, which they temporarly supplant.

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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Kratos makes it lose the grip on the columns and activates the bridge, which hits the Kraken in the mouth and smashes it against the opposite platform.

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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: CruelAndUnusualDeath: Kratos makes it lose the grip on the columns and activates the bridge, which hits the Kraken in the mouth and smashes it against the opposite platform.



* {{Expy}}: Her design slightly resembles the Clover monster from ''{{Film/Cloverfield}}'' as well as spawning arachnids-like creatures.



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* BeastMan: They resemble humanoid elephants or the Hindu God Ganesha. Originally there were ideas for other variants as well, such as crocodiles, dragons, hyenas, lions, boars and rhinos.

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* BeastMan: They resemble humanoid elephants or the Hindu God Ganesha. Originally there were ideas for other variants as well, such as crocodiles, dragons, hyenas, lions, boars and rhinos.



* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Kratos finishes them off by stabbing his blade into their cranium and use the leverage to crack their skulls open, exposing the brains.

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A powerful and heavily-armored foe Kratos encounters in the section of Pandora's Temple dedicated to Hades which guards the tomb of the Architect's Son. By pure chance, its hoof smashes through a locked door upon its defeat, allowing Kratos to proceed deeper into the temple.

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* BrokenArmorBossBattle: It's covered in nearly impenetrable armor which Kratos must remove piece by piece by wearing the beast down and gradually breaking it using the room's ballista. Once the armor is removed, a final ballista shot is needed to finish it off.

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* BrokenArmorBossBattle: It's covered in nearly impenetrable armor which Kratos must remove piece by piece by wearing the beast down and gradually breaking weakening it using the room's ballista.ballista before knocking individual pieces of its armor off. Once the armor is removed, a final ballista shot is needed to finish it off.
* DamageSpongeBoss: Because of how ludicrously armored it is, it can tank a staggering amount of damage without letting up. Once the armor is off, however, it's a different story.
* FashionableAsymmetry: It has different [[SpikesOfVillainy spike patterns]] on both its shoulders and gauntlets which manage to not look out of place.
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* GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: Its eyes perpetually burn a bright red while it has its armor on, but they stop glowing once its headpiece is removed.

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* BrokenArmorBossBattle: It's covered in nearly impenetrable armor which Kratos must remove piece by piece by wearing the beast down and removing individual sections of it using a quick-time event. Once the armor is removed, a ballista shot is needed to finish it off.

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* GateGuardian: It protects the large blocked door that the player will have already passed by at least once, and killing it is the only way to get past said door.

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* BossTease: During the Challenge of Hades segment in Pandora's Temple, Kratos passes a [[BigDoor huge set of locked doors]]. Later, in the end of the Challenge, these doors unlock and immediately something starts to hammer them from behind. After passing a SavePoint and walking through a door that closes behind, it becomes obvious to the player that the room they're returning to is actually a BossRoom. When the player reaches the gate, the doors swing open and suddenly Pandora's Guardian emerges from behind them.

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[[WMG:Miscellaneous Minotaurs]]



* KingMook: Pandora's Guardian in the first game is a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot colossal, fire-breathing zombie Minotaur wearing a giant armor]], while the second game has the [[RockMonster Titan Minotaurs]].


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A powerful and heavily-armored foe Kratos encounters in the section of Pandora's Temple dedicated to Hades which guards the tomb of the Architect's Son. By pure chance, its hoof smashes through a locked door upon its defeat, allowing Kratos to proceed deeper into the temple.
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* BrokenArmorBossBattle: It's covered in nearly impenetrable armor which Kratos must remove piece by piece by wearing the beast down and removing individual sections of it using a quick-time event. Once the armor is removed, a ballista shot is needed to finish it off.
* GateGuardian: It protects the large blocked door that the player will have already passed by at least once, and killing it is the only way to get past said door.
* GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: Its eyes perpetually burn a bright red while it has its armor on, but they stop glowing once its headpiece is removed.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Kratos finally kills it by firing a massive flaming ballista bolt into its chest and nailing it to the door behind it.
* KingMook: Pandora's Guardian is a much larger Minotaur than any other encountered in the series, dwarfing even the Titan Minotaurs from ''2''.
* UndeadAbomination: Removing its armor reveals it to be a ''gigantic'' minotaur corpse which is somehow still alive, and [[TheSpook no explanation is given as to its origins]].

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* MovesetClone: In ''Ragnarok'''s Valhalla DLC, they reuse the moveset of the Draugr from the Norse Saga.



* PaletteSwap: In ''Ragnarok'''s Valhalla DLC, they reuse the moveset of the Draugr from the Norse Saga.

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