Helios (God of War)

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FEEL THE POWER OF THE SUN!

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Behold the glory of Helios!

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Rage of Sparta (Helios Version)

Background

Helios was the Olympian Titan God of The Sun and Guardian of Oaths. He is a major character God of War: Chains of Olympus and a major antagonist in God of War III. Helios is one of the strongest Gods, since he is the sun itself. He is only surpassed by Poseidon, Hades, Zeus and Ares.

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The First Titanomachy In Atlas' flashback of the Great War of the Gods and the Titans, Helios can be seen fighting alongside Hermes against the Titans. Wager with the Gods Helios appeared in the gods' wager, with a champion of his own. Although endowed with powers similar to Helios' own, his champion was killed in battle by Kratos. Helios' Abduction Helios was kidnapped by the mighty Titan by orders of the goddess Persephone, who felt betrayed by the Gods for being forced to stay with her husband Hades, God of the Underworld, six months out of every year. His disappearance allowed Morpheus, the God of Dreams, who had been alerted of Persephone's plan, to take over the mortal realm and cast the Gods into a deep slumber. Helios was taken to the Underworld, where Atlas tried to use his power to destroy the Pillar of the World-and with it, the rest of the world and Mount Olympus (the home of the Olympian Gods). Before this plan could be fully achieved, Helios was saved by Kratos, who defeated Persephone and chained Atlas to the world in the Pillar's place. During the battle with Persephone, Helios was held in Atlas' hand, forming of an orb of light. The ray of sunlight he radiated was used by Kratos to weaken Persephone. After his final battle and Kratos returning Helios to the sky but fell off Helios' Chariot and nearly hit a cliff, though he was saved by the gods. On the cliffs, an unconscious Kratos was stripped of his items by Helios and Athena. Helios, praised his actions and grateful for Kratos' rescuing him, showed pity for his sacrifices, suggesting helping him further, only for Athena to disagree, claiming that "He'll live. They must." Further Appearances While Helios does not appear in person in Ascension, God of War, or Ghost of Sparta, technically he is always visible whenever the Sun is in the sky. Two statues of the Sun God do appear in God of War II. The first is the great Colossus of Rhodes, which, after being brought to life by Zeus, Kratos fought and destroyed. The second was found in the Garden of the Gods, as Kratos traveled through the Palace of the Fates. Helios briefly appears in person at the end, during the council of the Gods on Olympus, along with Hermes, Hades, Poseidon and Zeus. He is one of the first witnesses of the rescued Titans ascending Mount Olympus, led by Gaia and Kratos, who wanted revenge on Zeus for betraying him. The Second Titanomachy The Gods quickly took action to defeat the Titans once again. Helios jumped onto his Sun Chariot and began attacking Gaia, throwing a fireball, combusting a fallen tree to prevent Kratos from escaping the undead soldiers that swarmed the Titaness' shoulder. Afterwards, Helios was also seen battling the Titan of Destruction, Perses, and successfully dislodged him off the mountain. Helios again confronted Perses on the slopes of Olympia, holding an advantage over the Titan because of the blinding light he emitted. He occasionally aided the minions of Olympus fighting Kratos, throwing fireballs into the area. After having fought his way through the hordes, Kratos used a ballista to damage Helios' Sun Chariot, causing him to fly straight into Perses' hand. Perses then crushed Helios with his Chariot, and threw him far into the city. After traveling through the ruined city, Kratos discovers Helios once again; severely injured from being both crushed in Perses' hand and thrown into the city, rendering him unable to lift himself off the ground. A battalion of Olympus Sentinels converged on the wounded Helios, forming a shield that Kratos could not damage due to their Onyx shields. Kratos managed to break their shields by taking control of a Cyclops which had also arrived to assist Helios, using its club to batter through their defenses before ripping the Cyclops' eye socket out and killing it. Death Helios, pleading for his life, reminded Kratos of the debt he owed the mortal for saving him from Atlas years ago (in Chains of Olympus), and promised to repay Kratos if his life was to be spared as his life was spared from Atlas by Kratos. Kratos immediately demanded the location of The Flame of Olympus. Helios stated he would never reach it or kill Zeus and that he would forfeit his life trying; to which Kratos replied that his life is not the one Helios should worry about. Helios subsequently unleashed the power of the sun, in an attempt to blind Kratos. Kratos however, was able to block the light with his hands, slowly advancing towards the Sun God. When he got within range, Kratos began violently stomping his head, after which Helios begged him to stop. Helios lies by telling Kratos that he would have to bathe in the Flames of Olympus in order to obtain its power. Kratos immediately saw through Helios' deceit however, yelling that Hephaestus told him that the Flame would kill all who touched it. Helios tried to defend himself stating that Hephaestus was lying himself, as the "freak" had fallen from the graces of Olympus, so why would the Ghost of Sparta believe Hephaestus's word over an unfallen deity's like himself; Kratos retorted that it was exactly why he believed the smith god, for Hephaestus has nothing to gain or lose by lying to the Spartan, as they had both fell from Olympian grace and therefore on even grounds. Failing to convince Kratos, and with a final gaze at the Spartan, Helios sternly told Kratos his death would not lead him to Zeus, only for Kratos to reply that is where he was wrong. Kratos then grabbed his head, and started to pull it fiercely, Kratos then, delivered a powerful hit on Helios's neck, breaking it, and then grabbed the Sun God's head again and started to pull it with all his might, Helios screamed in pain as Kratos brutally tore off his head, killing him. Helios's severed head screamed in pain and anger as Kratos observed it. With the sun god's death, clouds blocked the sun, bringing darkness and storms across the Greece. Kratos would then use the late god's head to discover several secrets, blind enemies, and unlocking new paths throughout Olympus, as well as the Underworld. Most importantly, he used it to temporarily blind Cronos twice during his battle with the titan. In the final battle against Zeus, the Sun God's head, while undamaged, has its light dimmed when Zeus destroyed Kratos' equipment except for the Boots of Hermes, the Blades of Exile and the Blade of Olympus.

General Information

Name: Helios

Origin: God of War: Chains of Olympus

Sex: Male

Age: Over thousands of years old (The Great War between the Olympians and the Titans happened thousands of years ago)

Classification: Olympian God, Titan, God of the Sun

Species: God

Occupation: None

Status: Deceased (Had his head ripped off by Kratos)

Alignment: Initially Lawful Neutral (Like other gods, did not fully interfere with the affairs of the mortal world), Chaotic Evil after being consumed by Fear (Was consumed by the evils placed inside of Pandora's Box, infecting him and turning him to the dark evils)

Codex Statistics

Grade: S

Tier: High 6-A

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Multi-Continent level (Holds the primordial fire, which is the flame that spawnned all others, with Helios' power being used to destroy the world pillar in Chain of Olympus, with the destruction of the world pillar ending all of existence and returning the world back to a primordial chaos, with the God of War world being a large flat disc. Fought in the great war against the titans, with them defeating titans like Atlas, who is also slightly stronger than Cronus, who fought and defeated Uranus, who is among the group of Primordials that forged the earth and overtime created the universe in their great battle along with Cronus' birth itself letting time come into existence)

Durability: Multi-Continent level

Striking Strength: Multi-Continent Class

Lifting Strength: Class E (Like the other gods should be at least comparable to Atlas who holds the world pillar, with the destruction of the world pillar ending all of existence and returning the world back to a primordial chaos, with the God of War world being a large flat disc)

Travel Speed: Faster Than Light (Comparable to Zeus, who with a mere fraction of his powers allows his warriors to run at the speed of light), Higher with Sun Chariot

Attack Speed: Faster Than Light (Comparable to gods that can tag Kratos, who can tag Pollux and Castor, who are faster then the Redeemed Warrior, even with the Essence of Hyperion, which allows one to travel at the speed of light through opening a Hyperion portal)

Reaction Speed: Faster Than Light

Stamina: Superhuman+ (Fought in the Great War against the titans for hundreds of years without tiring)

Range: Standard Melee, At least Stellar (Helios maintains the the sun in the sky), possibly Universal with Light Manipulation (Illuminated the entire underworld, along with using the primordial fire, the fire that created light in the entire universe)

Intelligence: Unknown

Knowledge: Grandmaster level (Fought in the great war against the Titans and won, reigning supreme as the new rulers of the world. Keeps the Primordial Nyx banished to retreat from the night-skies)

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery (Wields his sun shield, which can block attacks and deflect them), Magic (Noted by Mimir the powers of the gods in the Greek Pantheon use powerful magic), Accelerated Development (Passive; Physical Stats and Abilities. As Olympians grow older they grow far more powerful), Abstract Existence (Physical, Primordial Source; All gods embody different concepts of reality, with their deaths causing the concepts they embody to be affected, such as the death of Helios depriving Greece of the sun), Astral Projection (Should scale to other gods who can create an astral form to speak to Kratos), Immortality (Ageless; Gods are eternal beings that are ageless and can never die from age. Life and Death Immunity; As stated by Gaia Kratos losing his godly powers was described as him "rendered mortal, "vulnerable to the arms of death", meaning gods are not bound by death. Noted during God of War 1 that the only way to kill Ares was to get Pandora's Box), Supernatural Resilience (Gods can surivive lethal wounds and continue fighting), Regeneration (At least Low-Mid; Comparable to other gods who can regenerate from being stabbed through the stomach, leaving a massive hole), Fate Protection (The Sisters of Fate control destiny and plot out the fate of one's entire life), Conceptual Manipulation (The Sun Shield harbors the power of Helios who holds the primordial fire, which is the flame that spawnned all others. Can harm various gods and titans all who embody different concepts of reality, with their deaths causing the concepts they embody to be affected), Flight (Uses his sun chariot to fly across the sky), Fire Manipulation & Heat Manipulation (Holds the primordial fire, which is the flame that spawnned all others. With the Sun Shield, has an aura of heat around it), Light Manipulation (Illuminated the entire underworld, along with using the primordial fire, the fire that created light in the entire universe. Kratos can use his light to stun enemies even without eyes), Weapon Creation (Can throw the Sun Shield away can create a new one), Extrasensory Perception (With his Fire Horses, the minute his horses were awoken, they immediately knew where their master was and led Kratos to him), Non-Standard Interaction (Abstract Interaction and Metaphysical Interaction; Should upscale from a fully depowered Kratos who can fully kill souls, which means he is destroying all four parts of the soul, which explained by Mimir, include form, direction, mind, & luck).

Resistance to Metaphysics Manipulation (Soul Manipulation), Conceptual Manipulation, Vector Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Memory Manipulation & Probability Manipulation (As explained by Mimir, include form, direction, mind, & luck, thus for one to affect Helios with any of these abilities, they must affect his soul), Disease Manipulation (Hermes death released disease across the world that gods were unaffected by)

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Equipment

• Sun Chariot: In God of War series, the Chariot of Helios is seen in two forms. The first form is a giant temple where he lives alongside his servants. It included his throne room, a room for each of the Fire Steeds and a great hall that housed the statue of Eos alongside the portal to her place in Caves of Olympus. The second form is seen after Kratos awakened the Fire Steeds: a much smaller, flying Chariot led by the three horse gods of winds. In God of War: Chains of Olympus, the giant Helios' Chariot is actually his own temple, in which Kratos had to awaken the Fire Steeds to find their master. When he did, they led him into the Underworld where Helios was being held. In God of War III, Helios summons his chariot and jumps on it to stop Gaia and the other Titans from climbing Olympus. He flies over Gaia's shoulder, and blocks Kratos' path by setting a fallen tree aflame, before aiding his fellow Olympians by blinding the Titans with his fireballs. It is interesting to note that only three horse gods are clearly visible during Helios' attacks, probably due to all of them being infused with it. Helios' Chariot appears one final time in Olympia, where the God of the Sun is riding it to fight the Titan Perses. Kratos shoots down his Chariot with a ballista. With the Chariot heavily damaged, Helios loses control and ends up in Perses' palm. The fiery Titan closes his fist, wounding Helios and throwing him far into the city. The Chariot and the steeds are presumably destroyed, if not by the Titan, then by their master's death at the hands of Kratos.
• Sun Shield: The Sun Shield is an object of the Gods used to block attacks and return projectiles. Kratos obtained the Shield within the Temple of Helios.

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Notable Techniques

• Light Manipulation: In addition to his physical attributes, Helios, being the sun god, naturally has control over different aspects of the sun, such as fire or more specifically sunlight; He also displays the ability to unleash an incredibly bright light from his body which he could use to utterly blind his enemies and even illumine even the most darkest of places (as demonstrated by Kratos using his decapitated head as a makeshift lantern). His solar powers are so strong that they can even forcefully banish Nyx, a Primordial Goddess.
• Pyrokinesis: He was shown to be able to hurl massive blasts of light at his foes that would explode in fiery glory that proved to be very effective when he is seen battling Perses at different points in the game.
• Sun Shield: The Sun Shield is an object of the Gods used to block attacks and return projectiles. Kratos obtained the Shield within the Temple of Helios.
  • Helios Reverse: Reflects an attack before being hit.
  • Helios Reflect: Reflects projectiles to do a powerful counterattack.
  • Helios Flash: After a parry, counter with a quick strike. This attack can cut heads of enemies and give a small orb blue for magic for one head.
  • Helios Offensive: After a parry, counter with a heavy overhead attack.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Helios fights with his sun chariot, throwing light blast at the enemies.

Weaknesses: Nothing notable.

Trivia

• He is voiced by Dwight Schultz in Chains of Olympus and by Crispin Freeman in God of War III, where his face is modeled after Freeman's.
• In Chains of Olympus, Helios' abduction led to the disappearance of the Sun from the sky. In God of War III, Kratos killed Helios by ripping his head off, causing the sun to be blocked by dark clouds, and an endless torrent of rain to pour down, then followed by thunderstorms and tornadoes. In the demo version however, after Kratos rips Helios' head off, the sky seems to have been spared from any changes.
• Despite Helios' major role in Chains of Olympus, he does not make any actual appearances until the post-credit cutscene, and is only shown from the knees-down.
• Helios has unique blood as his blood possesses golden sparkling sunlight. This is seen after Helios was wounded by Perses.
• Right in front of Helios, while lying wounded on the rooftop, lies the Sun Shield Kratos used in Chains of Olympus, which can be retrieved as a Godly Possession.
• In a form of cruel irony, Helios' death actually did lead Kratos to Zeus, since the Spartan used the god's head as a lantern to light his way through Olympus.
• The Evil that infected Helios is most likely Deceit, since he lied to Kratos about The Flame of Olympus.
• Even though appearing in very few mythology stories, he was still regarded as the sun god, with the Colossus of Rhodes being built in his image on the eponymous island, where he was worshiped and said to be born.
• Helios and his sisters, Eos and Selene, are cousins of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia, since Hyperion and Cronos were brothers.
• In the God of War II ending cutscene, where Zeus gathers his fellow Gods to face Kratos' threats, Helios's appearance is slightly different. He gains a helmet in God of War III and his armor is brighter.
• Similar to Athena, Helios once sided with Kratos, aiding him in his quest to stop Persephone. They later turned against him when Kratos sought to kill Zeus after being betrayed. Though Athena after her death would eventually help Kratos destroy Zeus even if it was clear she was infected by Greed.
• In one of the "Making of..." videos for God of War Ascensions multiplayer, a model for an armored man bearing a shield can be seen in front of the fifth pillar. It is believed this may have been Helios but it unknown why he was cut from the game.
• If one looks carefully, Helios appears to have the edges of a sun tattoo showing over his breast-plate, and on his arms and legs.
• Ironically Kratos had blocked the sun and killed the same God who he had saved and had restored the sun in Chains of Olympus.
• When Kratos uses Helios' Head, the faint screams of the God can still be heard coming from the decapitated head. A possible conclusion from this is that Helios is somehow still alive as a disembodied head which may also explain how his head is still able to create sunlight whereas the other gods' powers become inert after death.
• Helios and Hera are currently the only antagonists and only Gods who did not have a battle with Kratos they were already weakened by a Titan and drinking respectively by the time they were found.

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