History Fridge / GodOfWarPS4

* Leaving the vault for the second time, Kratos and Atreus share a bottle of wine acquired from Greece, more specifically the island of Lemnos, which is fairly close to Sparta. While the moment itself is heartwarming, this is the last kind moment they share before Atreus starts abusing his power as the son of a god. Considering their scene before, this is the game subtly pointing out Atreus is becoming ''[[IncrediblyLamePun drunk]]'' with power.

** Now Zeus, Poseidon and Hades may not have been the best examples, since those three won their respective spheres of influence from drawing lots. Heck, they only got the right to draw lots in the first place by winning the Titan War. The game series took a lot of creative liberties and thus changed many things established in the myths to suite the story. If the GoW games are all you have to go on, most people wouldn't even realize Zeus NEVER had the ability to conjure lightning ex nihilo – that was a gift from the Cyclopes and one of the few details the many versions of the Greek myths actually agree on. The point still stands though. The vast majority of Greek deities were born with their domains and powers.

** Now Zeus, Poseidon and Hades may not have been the best examples, since those three won their respective spheres of influence from drawing lots. Heck, they only got the right to draw lots in the first place by winning the Titan War, but the point still stands. The vast majority of Greek deities were born with their domains and powers.

* Baldur's absorbing both ice and fire and use it himself seems to come out of nowhere during the final battle, especially as he is supposed to be the norse God of Light with no active association over fire and ice. However, unlike Greek Gods which mostly born with their power over certain domain (Zeus over lightning, Poseidon over oceans, and Hades over souls), Norse Gods are capable taking their power for themselves (Odin and Freya are both being God of Magic and War due to their active participation in their domain). In this sense, it's not so strange for Baldur to take ice and fire as his own power. It's likely that Baldur's love/insanity over the feeling of these two elements allows him to take them as his own strength.

** In the ''God of War'' canon, each region with its own myths and gods (basically everywhere) is essentially its own separate world. Kratos murdering the Olympians and then "killing" himself may have had far-reaching effects on Greece, but places like Scandinavia, Egypt, Mesoamerica, etc, would've been completely unaffected because they have their own myths.

*** It could be even worse. Rather then hoping for the dead to help in the fight Odin decided he had enough warriors. At that point with the Vanir in the picture or not, the Valkyries are now a threat rather than a benefit. Regardless of their function to balance the world, he needs them out of the picture to satisfy his paranoia.

*** There's also the fact that Faye was a Giant, and they go to the Well of Souls upon death.

* Why is the Stranger described as "Odin's best tracker", despite his condition? [[spoiler:It's precisely ''because'' of his condition. He doesn't have any sense of touch, smell, taste or pain - and this sensory deprivation is torture for him. It's safe to assume that he focused on his remaining senses (sight and hearing) because they're the only things that he can feel; and he ended up developing them to an immense degree, hence why he's so good as a tracker]].

* While the player, as Kratos, can use Spartan Rage whenever the rage meter is full, making him nigh-unstoppable and boosting his strength, there are only three times when the game will prompt the player to activate it, potentially making them the only "canonical" times the ability is used, and each time it happens, it's when Atreus is in danger. In fact, the ability doesn't become available to the player until the first fight with Baldur, appearing once Baldur realizes there's someone else inside the cabin and that if Kratos won't talk, maybe whoever is inside will. The second time is in Alfheim, when Atreus is taken by Svartáljǫfurr, the third time is when Modi attacks the pair in Tyr's vault, where the prompt appears right after Atreus falls unconscious from the strain of trying to use his powers.

* Tyr was a [[HundredPercentAdorationRating near-universally beloved figure]] in the setting by both Aesir and Jotun, as well as Greeks, Egyptians and whatever pantheon he interacted. Considering one of Tyr's domains besides {{war|god}} was also justice, he would be TheCape in Norse mythology which goes a long way explaining why is he so likable.