Ares (God of War)

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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.

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Once your soul is in my grasp, warrior, I will grant you the strength to crush your enemies.

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Duel with Ares

Background

Ares was the original Olympian God of War, and the son of Zeus and Hera and the main antagonist of God of War, as well as the perpetrator behind the events of God of War: Ascension, meaning he was also responsible for setting the events of the series into motion by tricking Kratos into killing his family and turning him into the Ghost of Sparta, which eventually fulfilled the prophecy of the Marked Warrior who would destroy Olympus and end the reign of the Gods. Ares was the oldest child of Zeus and was commonly referred to as the most hated god on Mount Olympus, even before being killed by Kratos.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Ares’ story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Alliance with the Furies Ares came to covet all of Olympus, especially Zeus's throne, so he struck an alliance with the Furies, and persuaded them to take a more ruthless approach. After learning of the prophecy of the Marked Warrior, who is destined to destroy Olympus and kill Zeus, Ares conceived a child with Alecto in the hope that their child would be the marked one so that he could aid him in overthrowing Zeus and claiming his throne. Unfortunately, Orkos, Ares' child, was not up to his standards and was disowned. The Furies, however, saw potential in Orkos and made him their oath-keeper. Encountering Kratos Two Gods of Olympus, Ares, and Athena, raided the city of Sparta in order to capture a child named Deimos, who had been suspected of being the mortal who would destroy Olympus in The Marked Warrior Prophecy. After Ares captured the boy, Deimos' brother, Kratos, charged toward Ares to save his younger brother. Despite his efforts, however, Ares brutally struck Kratos in the face and created a bloody scar on his right eye. Ares was about to kill the boy when Athena persuaded her brother to leave him be. Ares then left with Deimos, and Athena quickly apologized to Kratos. Ares then took Deimos to the Domain of Death, where he would be tortured for many years by Thanatos, the God of Death. Little did Ares know that the boy to whom he gave a scar would be the same boy who would Initially serve him and later leave him in adulthood after his family would be slaughtered by his own hands due to his machinations. Wager of the Gods Years later, the Gods created a contest/wager and chose various mortals as their champions for the capture of the Ambrosia. In the wager of the Gods, Ares was seen in the comics choosing Kratos as his champion and was confident that nothing would stop him in his quest for the Ambrosia. After a grueling journey, Kratos captured the Ambrosia and thus made Ares the victor of the wager. Kratos' Servitude Kratos and his Spartan army were no match for the merciless Barbarian tribes of the east. Being outnumbered and overpowered, Kratos' army was losing the battle. Kratos, about to be killed by Alrik, the Barbarian King, pledged himself to Ares, the God of War, in exchange for victory. After he saw Kratos as the potential warrior that he needed to overthrow Olympus, Ares accepted, violently and very brutally wiped out the barbarians, and gave Kratos the Blades of Chaos as a sign of his servitude. To ensure that the Spartan became the perfect warrior and was bound to his will, Ares and the Furies devised three blood tests for Kratos, with the first having already been completed: spilling the blood of enemies. The second, spilling the blood of innocents, was easy to accomplish with Kratos' rising bloodlust as he ended countless lives with his Spartan companions, and conquered most of Greece. The last rite was spilling the blood of loved ones. Ares led Kratos to attack a village built in honor and worship of Athena. The Spartan soldiers ruthlessly sacked the village and killed all who lived there, burning their homes to the ground in the process. Upon reaching a strange temple, Kratos was warned by the Village Oracle not to venture within its walls. Ignoring the old woman, Kratos, blinded by bloodthirst, killed all who were within the walls of the temple, including his wife, Lysandra, and his daughter, Calliope. Ares appeared before the bloodstained hands of Kratos and told him that it was necessary to have his family eliminated so that nothing stood in his way. The ashes of Kratos' loved ones were gathered by the Village Oracle who then placed them upon his skin as a permanent reminder of the monster he had become: the Ghost of Sparta. Enraged by Ares' deception, Kratos declared vengeance upon the God of War who once saved his life. After Kratos left Ares' service, the God of War's son, Orkos, learned of the injustice that his parents had inflicted on Kratos and turned against his father and his mothers. Orkos sought counsel from the Oracle, Aletheia, who revealed Ares' plot to overthrow Olympus. When Orkos and Aletheia went to warn Zeus, Ares discovered their attempt and sent the Furies after them. Orkos escaped while Aletheia had her eyes torn out and hidden in the ruined Statue of Apollo. The Furies then ruthlessly hunted Kratos to force him to return to Ares' service for their plan to reach its fruition. During Kratos' triumph over the Furies, it was revealed that Ares had wanted Kratos returned to him; the plan was ruined when Kratos killed the Furies and mercifully killed Orkos, who was remade the oath keeper to Kratos, and thereby severed his bond. Kratos managed to escape and served Olympus for 10 years, all while hoping to redeem himself as well as for his sins to be forgiven. Battle with Kratos Jealousy came over Ares for Athena, and, as a result of that jealousy, Ares laid siege to Athens which was her city. Since Zeus had forbidden the Gods from waging war with one another, Athena could not step in to protect her city. Instead, Athena enlisted the help of Kratos, who had faithfully served the Gods for 10 years. Kratos was instructed to find Pandora's Box in order to kill Ares. While Ares relentlessly tore Athens apart, he suddenly sensed that Kratos had retrieved the Box. Although he was impressed, Ares picked up a broken pillar and hurled it into the desert, which flew into Pandora's Temple and struck Kratos in the chest, impaling him to a wall and killing him. Ares' Harpies retrieved the Box and brought it to him. However, Kratos escaped the Underworld through the help of the mysterious Grave Digger. Ares challenged Zeus and threatened to open the Box and use it against Olympus. It seemed all was lost, until Ares looked behind him and saw a returning Kratos standing behind him. He then mocked Zeus by his saying that he sent a broken mortal to defeat the God of War. Kratos, using his power granted by Zeus, took the Box from Ares' hands and opened it. The Gods' power was unleashed, and Kratos felt its magic pour into him, which caused him to grow into a giant (though Ares was still noticeably bigger than him). Kratos' strength matched Ares, and the ultimate battle for power began. Ares claimed that Kratos was still just a mortal and was every bit as weak as the day that he begged him to save his life. Kratos recalled that he was not the same man that Ares had found that day – the monster Ares created had returned to kill him. Ares boasted that Kratos had no idea of what a true monster really was. Ares then unleashed large spider-like spikes from his back and was ready to finally kill Kratos for good. Kratos gained the upper hand during the fight, but Ares trapped him in an illusion where his family was attacked by an army of clones of himself (representing his mistake of killing his wife and child) and stated that there were more effective ways of killing someone than just physical harm. Though Kratos had managed to kill all of the clones, Ares mocked him, ripped the Blades of Chaos from his arms, and killed the image of his family with them. The two of them returned to the real world, where Kratos was emotionally beaten, and Ares boasted that Kratos should have been stronger and prepared to kill him with His Sword. Death of Ares Kratos, however, spotted the Blade of the Gods (which had sent by Athena), dodged Ares' attack, took up the sword, and defeated him in battle with it. Ares pleaded for his life while reminding Kratos of the day that he had saved his life, and how he had only tried to make him a great warrior. Kratos ironically recanted that Ares had "succeeded" in doing that before he impaled him through the chest and killed him. The God of War fell into the Aegean Sea, and was no more, dead at the hands of the mortal that he controlled many years ago. Before his last breath, Ares released a loud death cry, which caused blood to burst from his chest, and a powerful explosion was released. However, Kratos, having killed Ares, the one who made him kill his family, asked Athena to remove the nightmares of his past. Athena replied that even though he had been forgiven of his sins, the Gods nor any mortal could ever remove his memories of killing his family. Kratos realized that his nightmarish visions of his past sins would never leave him and thus tried to kill himself over Suicide Bluffs. Athena saved Kratos and said that the Gods could not allow him, who had done such good deeds for them, to die by his own hand. Athena then said that Ares's tactics and methods were brutal and while the Olympians mourned for their brother, Ares's path of destruction had to be stopped. However, with Ares's death, there was an empty place on Olympus for a new God of War: Kratos. Kratos then ascended to Olympus and was given the crown, throne, and title as the new God of War, which meant that the peace of Ares' death was broken and whenever there were wars, for good or evil, they would be sought by and given permission to by Kratos, the new; all-powerful; and immortal God of War. After Kratos' success in defeating and killing Ares and becoming the new God of War, the Spartan citizens disowned Ares and hailed Kratos willingly (save for a few staunch supporters of Ares), and even removed all effigies of Ares and replaced them with those of Kratos. However, a few faithful Disciples of Ares attempted to revive their fallen God of War with the power of the Ambrosia (a power that could resurrect even a God), but Kratos had destroyed Gyges, the island in which the Ambrosia rested on, in order to prevent the followers of Ares' plans from coming to fruition. After Ares' Death After Kratos was betrayed by Zeus and stripped of his Godly powers, Kratos was rescued by Gaia, the Titaness of Earth, who told him that the Sisters of Fate had the power to help him go back in time, avert his betrayal and face Zeus. On the Island of Creation, Kratos came upon a room known as the Garden of the Gods, in which there was a Statue of Ares where he was referred to as "The Fallen God of War". Kratos, after he faced many challenges to get to the Sisters, finally arrived at the Temple of the Fates where he met one of the sisters, Lahkesis. She told Kratos that no one could change their destiny and then began to fight him. As Kratos hurt Lahkesis gravely, she summoned her sister, Atropos, from within herself. Atropos quickly grabbed Kratos, took him inside the mirrors, and brought him back to the day where he faced and killed Ares. She threw Kratos on the Blade of the Gods that he used to kill Ares and become the new and great God of War. Then she tried to change his past by destroying the blade. With the blade gone, Ares would be victorious. In order to maintain his existence, Kratos protected the blade while he battled Atropos, eventually defeated her, secured his past, and trapped her inside the mirror. The Second Titanomachy While he faced the Hippocampi on Gaia's hand, Kratos followed a path that leads to a chamber, the Tomb of Ares, which contained Ares' massive corpse that was concealed in ice. Kratos fought the first Centaur of the game there. Despite being dead, Ares played a small role in the third game, as he was mentioned by Athena, Hephaestus, Hera, Cronos, Zeus, and Kratos, and was also shown in flashback scenes. There was also a large fresco of Ares in the upper part of the Chamber of the Flame, which showed him wielding his trademark sword. That fresco was located right next to a fresco of his mother, Hera. Ares' voice was heard when Kratos ended up in his psyche. With the death of Zeus and the near destruction of the world, Ares' plan for Kratos to take down the Olympian Gods and Mount Olympus came to full fruition, though not as he hoped.

General Information

Name: Ares

Origin: God of War

Sex: Male

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

Classification: God of War, Prince of the Gods, Fallen God, First God of War

Species: God

Occupation: None

Status: Deceased (Was killed by Kratos with the Blade of the Gods)

Alignment: Neutral Evil (Ares was a god that wanted nothing more then bloodshed and war, tricking his most loyal subject Kratos into killing his family to mold him into the perfect warrior, planned to overthrow Olympus along with attacking Athena's city of Athens, killing many innocent people, also order Kratos to burn and kill any village that offered prayers to Athena)

Codex Statistics

Tier: High 6-A

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Multi-Continent level (Ares is considered the upper threshold of Olympian Gods, being called one of the "mightiest gods" along with Hades, Zeus, & Poseidon, along with planning to overthrow Olympus. All of whom fought in the great war against the titans, defeating the likes of Atlas, who is also slightly stronger then Cronus, who fought and defeated Uranus, who is among the group of Primordials that forged the earth and created the universe overtime in their great battle along with Cronus' birth itself letting time come into existence, with the God of War world being a large flat disc. The Greek Gods are superior to the Norse Pantheon Gods, making them superior to Odin, who killed Ymir is the being of pure creation and chaos, taking Ymir's flesh to create Midgard and form the other realms)

Durability: Multi-Continent level

Striking Strength: Multi-Continent Class

Lifting Strength: Class E (Comparable to Hades, Zeus, & Poseidon who are all superior 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 (Should be comparable to Zeus, who with a mere fraction of his powers allows his warriors to run at the speed of light)

Combat Speed: Faster Than Light (Comparable to Hades, Zeus, & Poseidon who tagged Atlas who is superior to God of War Ascension 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+ (Comparable to Hades, Zeus, & Poseidon who fought in the Great War against the titans for hundreds of years without tiring)

Range: Standard Melee Range, Hundreds of Meters with Size Manipulation (Possesses this size), Cross-Universal with BFR (Ares brought Kratos into a nightmare dimension where he must stop copies of himself from killing his family)

Intelligence: Unknown

Knowledge: Champion level (Molded Kratos to become the perfect warrior to take down the very walls of Olympus and overthrow Zeus. Servers as the god of war and one of the mightiest Olympians who are on the same threshold as Hades, Zeus, & Poseidon who all participated in the great war with the titans)

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery (Can wield his sword deftly, grants people under allegiance to him weapons of his, this includes his sword, blades, hammer, war hammers, spears, lances, armor, etcetera), 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 (Type 2; 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 (Ares created an astral projection in the fire 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 survive lethal wounds and continue fighting), Regeneration (At least Low-Mid; Regenerated from being stabbed in his abdomen by his own spider leg. Comparable to other gods who can regenerate from being stabbed through the stomach, leaving a massive hole), 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. Ares created the nightmare dimension from Kratos by taking all of his nightmares and giving it form and substance. Should be comparable to other gods who can harm various gods and titans all who embody different concepts of reality, with their deaths causing the concepts they embody to be affected), Conceptual Manipulation (Ares created the nightmare dimension from Kratos by taking all of his nightmares and giving it form and substance. Should be comparable to other gods who can harm various gods and titans all who embody different concepts of reality, with their deaths causing the concepts they embody to be affected), Body Control & Natural Weaponry (Could sprout spider legs out of his back), Necromancy (Ares reanimated the fallen soldiers, and corpses to be apart of his undead army), Weapon Creation (Can create a weapon that shoots out fire), Vacuum Manipulation & BFR (Application Based; Ares brought Kratos into a nightmare dimension where he must stop copies of himself from killing his family), Dimensional Travel (Went to the nightmare dimension with Kratos), Mimicry (Physiology Mimicry; Can create clones of one in their nightmare dimension, with them having all of the attacks too), Power Absorption (Can strip one of their powers completely), Telekinesis & Durability Negation (Telekinetically controlled and killed all of the soldiers through destroying their inner organs throughout an entire battlefield), Fire Manipulation (Set men on fire to kill them across the battlefield. Bestowed people with Fist of Ares, releases an explosion of fire in an enemy's chEst from a furious punch. Bestowed his followers with the Lance of Ares, a magic based fire spear. Bestowed people with Enyo's Gift, activates a mobile flamethrower to burn enemies and send them flying back), Power Nullification (Ares fire magic causes damage over time and disables the enemies defenses), Clairvoyance (Could tell when Kratos completed his quest while battling in Athens, being able to throw a weapon at his exact location to kill him), Water Manipulation (Can use the water to teleport around), Creation (Can shoot out meteors), Flight (Can fly in the sky), Lifeforce Absorption (With each hit saps the life from an enemy and gives it to himself), Aura & Statistics Amplification (Bestowed people with Burning Hostility, summons a ring of fire that burns and damages anyone who cross the barrier, also creates an aura that adds physical attack power. Bestowed people with Wall of Flame, creates a barrier of flame in front of one that burns any opponents who try to past through, increases allies and oneself physical attack if they pass through the flames), Energy Manipulation (Bestowed people with Flames of Destruction, a powerful ranged energy wave), Forcefield Creation (Bestowed people with Drums of War, grows to the size of a demigod and summons a shield of fire), Chain Manipulation (Bestowed people with War God's Ascension, a chain based spinning physical attack with range), Explosion Manipulation (Bestowed people with Ares Inferno, quickly leap high into the heavens, allowing rapid movement for up to 6 seconds, upon landing, a massive explosion launches all nearby enemies into the air and breaks enemies blocking. Bestowed people with Incineration, unleashes a fiery explosion upon enemies, being able to do a second devastating explosion and burn enemies hit by the explosion), Elemental Manipulation (Bestowed people with Ares Fury, replaces all basic attacks with powerful elemental attacks, along with defense and physical power being greatly increased and being able to burn enemies who come into contact with one), Healing (Bestowed people Battle Horn of Restoration, heals oneself from small skirmishes while increasing the power of their weapon), Statistics Reduction (Bestowed people with Call to Arms, call forth a battle cry to hasten assault while disorienting enemy defenses), Invulnerability (Physical Invulnerability; Bestowed people with Eye of the Wolf, instantly activates invulnerability, creates a protective barrier of fire that blocks a single incoming attack, the shield detonates for high damage after 6 seconds or on impact).

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 Ares with any of these abilities, they must affect his soul), Disease Manipulation (Hermes death released disease across the world that gods were unaffected by), Madness Manipulation (Mental Based; Should be comparable to other gods such as Zeus, Poseidon, & Hades, who are all unaffected by the songs of the siren, which lure people that hear their songs and drive men insane), Petrification (Medusa's Stare does not work on him), Power Nullification, Metaphysics Manipulation (Soul Manipulation), Transmutation & Corruption (Can take multiple hits from the army of Hades without having his powers nullified or being transmutated and corrupted), Fire Manipulation (The Battle Armor he bestowed his followers give them resistance to his fire magic)

Holds the abilities of God of War 1 Kratos, which includes: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts (Kratos can use his fists to break the enemy's defenses and disarm them), Weapon Mastery (Can casually swing with a blade while his other hand is tied up. Able to use his blades of chaos to take down an entire group of enemies, being capable of doing acrobatic flips with it, completely spin them around in a 360 angle, spin them around vertically to multi-hit an enemy, while being able to also do this in the air. Can also spin his blades around horizontally for a multi-hit attack on all nearby enemies. Can wield a giant sword in combat to easily slice through his enemies. Can wield the blades of Athena, which he can spin around in a horizontal arc to multi-hit enemies, along with acrobatically flip in the air and do a 360 spin attack with the blades, along with continuous multi-hits through horizontal spins for a long period of time without the speed slowing. Can wield a gigantic hammer in combat and spin it around for powerful attacks. Can wield a spear that fires out energy burst and can increase in size to attack enemies. Can wield the blade of Olympus, and use it deftly. Can wield the gauntlet of Zeus, the gauntlet allowing him to re-chain Atlas. Can use the sun shield to deftly parry and block attacks along with reflect attacks sent back at him), Social Influencing (Kratos is well-know by many of the women for his immense activity in bed, being able to woo an entire brothel of women, and the goddess of love, Aphrodite herself, with even her servants being in awe just from watching), Bloodlust (As a spartan warrior, Kratos is trained to hone is bloodlust and slaughter his enemies, continuing his bloodshed to spread the glory of Sparta to all the world), Accelerated Development (Other & Battle; Physical Stats and Abilities; Noted to grow stronger as his journey continues. Those imbued with Zeus' magic can regenerate magic and increase their godly powers through battles. Through destroying objects, opening chest, killing foes, or having sex with women, Kratos will gain red orbs that make him grow stronger over the course of the game greatly increasing the strength of his weapons and magic), Sheer Will (Fought through the illusions and madness put to him by the Furies, regaining the memories of him killing his wife and child, serving the gods with these constant nightmares for 10 long years. Out of sheer will healed his injuries to go save his brother Deimos. Even while dying and mortal, withstood multiple hits from the Blade of Olympus and could briefly hold back a stab from Zeus with it out of sheer rage and will), Enhanced Senses (Could avoid attacks from an invisible person, and could fight and defeat them), Acrobatics, Multiple Jumps, Metaphysics Manipulation (Logic Manipulation), Law Manipulation & Physics Manipulation (Kratos doesn't worry about laws, he makes his own, an example of this is the Icarus Lift, where he ignores the laws of physics allowing himself to double jump. Can perform acrobatic full 360 flips while handling weapons), Extrasensory Perception (Could tell from all of his instincts that entering a scared temple of a village he was raiding wasn't wise, with him ending up being correct as his family was in there), Supernatural Luck (Noted by Mimir, the soul contains four parts which are form, mind, direction, and luck, with Mimir noting a lot of Kratos' exploits can be attributed to his luck portion of his soul calling him "eternally lucky"), Breaking the Fourth Wall (Killed his own creator in a secret message), Resurrection (Was killed by Ares but refused to accept his death climbing out of the underworld returning back to life. Was killed by Zeus, and regenerated back his wounds from the Blade of Olympus, climbing out of the afterlife. Fell into the underworld and escaped), Blessed & Divine Protection (Due to defeating Ares for the gods, the gods protected Kratos from his suicide attempt. Characters in God of War can pray to the gods to be protected from death with Kratos himself even praying to Ares being the reason for his superhuman strength and blades of chaos), Fate Protection (The Sisters of Fate initially control Kratos's destiny, being the reason he defeated Ares), Temporal Reload (Kratos is gifted a glowing ray of light from the gods allowing him to save his progress), Adaptation (Over the course of his fight with Pollux and Castor he adapts overtime to their time manipulation ability, ending in him completely being immune to it), Dimensional Storage (Officially noted that his items are magically reposed with the other gifts he had received from the gods), Magic (Kratos is capable of using magical abilities granted by the gods), Non-Standard Interaction (Soul Interaction; Can physically interact with an kill ghost. Even fully depowered, he could kill the souls in Elysium and absorb their lifeforce. Abstract Interaction & Metaphysical Interaction; As Kratos can kill souls even while fully depowered, he is destroying all four parts of the soul, which explained by Mimir, include form, direction, mind, & luck) Rage Power & Electricity Manipulation (Kratos' fuel of rage is an asset that other gods and creatures don't possess, giving him the advantage in lots of physical things, like response time, strength, speed, etcetera. With Rage of the Gods, a power that Kratos taps into that briefly increases his strength, having lightning form around him), Life Manipulation (Kratos can transfer his life into others), Power Absorption (Can absorb the lifeforce of souls in Elysium to regain all of his magic, equipment, and powers back).
Resistance to Conceptual Manipulation, Vector Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Memory Manipulation & Probability Manipulation (As explained by Mimir, include form, direction, mind, & luck, thus for one to affect Kratos with any of these abilities, they must affect his soul. When Persephone tries to send Kratos into "another world", he breaks out of the grasp, resisting the effect), Empathic Manipulation (Unaffected by the advances of Aphrodite, who possesses the power to steal away from the hearts of gods and mortals alike), Disease Manipulation (Hermes death released disease across the world that demigods and gods were unaffected by), Time Manipulation (Over the course of his fight with Pollux and Castor he adapts overtime to their time manipulation ability, ending in him completely being immune to it. Can enter the temple of fates where time itself is stopped), Madness Manipulation (Mental; Can follow the song of the sirens, which lure people that hear their songs and drive men insane), Illusion Manipulation (Standard Illusion; Can still his mind through, being able to see through illusions), Fire Manipulation & Extreme Heats (Can put his hands into Ares fire without burning or feeling any adverse heat effects. Can move around in a room covered in flames just fine. Could ride on a Pheonix without any injuries or burns), Ice Manipulation & Extreme Colds (Can put his hands into the Ice of Poseidon without freezing or feeling any adverse cold effects), Poison Manipulation (Can survive acidic poisonous hits from enemies), Paralysis Inducement (Can break out of being paralyzed), Sleep Manipulation (The black fog created by Morpheus, the God of Dreams, put everyone to sleep including the Gods, yet Kratos remained unaffected), Petrification (Can easily break out of being petrified and is completely immune to the gorgon's stare with the rage of the gods, which can petrify even souls)

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Equipment

• Battle Armor of Ares: The Battle Armor of Ares is an armor that only those with allegiance to Ares use. The armor features a helmet that covers almost all the face, shoulder/biceps, vambraces and greaves, full chest protection and is adorned with skulls. The main color is red, as a relation to Ares, and the secondary color is silver/chrome. It adds +13% Physical Damage; +4% Physical Defense. The Godly Armor of Ares adds +15% Physical Damage; +8% Physical Defense.
• Blade of Ares: The Blade of Ares was a two-handed sword from Multiplayer that was only available to players who were aligned with Ares. The blade was rectangular and silver, and the hilt, which was said to have been made of the skull of a Harpy, had a part that shined red. It was a sword of brute strength that was good for close and medium range combat, usually with focus on a single enemy. When it was leveled up, it mixed the elemental powers of Ares to its special attacks, which gave them the ability to burn the enemy (which disabled their defenses) or unleashed a large wave of fire that knocked back multiple opponents at once. In battle, that reliable blade could harm and murder enemies with surprising efficiency. It adds +13% Physical Power. The Godly War Blade of Ares adds +14% Physical Power; +7% Elemental Power.
• Cestus of Ares: The Cestus of Ares are a pair of gauntlets unique for those aligned with Ares. A weapon made for War, they are perfect for a fiery crowd control. The Cestus of Ares have a look similar to the Gladiator Gauntlets with the front appearing as a battering ram. Made of the bronze battering rams of Ares, they resemble his madness for war. A simple design with only one purpose: a swift victory. It adds +3% Health Point; + 11% Physical Power.
• Fury Armor: The Fury Armor is an unlockable armor set for those who swear allegiance to Ares. The armor features a helmet that covers all the face, shoulder/biceps, lower arm and leg plates, seemingly with no protection in the chest, like the Orion costume. The armor itself is identical to the one that the Fury Megaera wears. The overall appearance resembles a gladiator-style armor. It adds +9 Physical Damage; +7% Elemental Damage; +5% Cooltime Reduction. The Golden Fury Armor adds +10 Physical Damage; +8% Elemental Damage; +8% Cooltime Reduction.
• Gauntlets of Ares: The Gauntlets of Ares are DLC Multiplayer weapons only available to players with alignment to Ares. The gauntlets consist of skulls that had their flesh burned, as stated in the first description, which have been put together with red iron structures. They are strong weapons that channel Ares' fiery powers mainly through powerful and wide ground pounds. As mentioned above, due to the long range of their attacks and the speed they're performed, they are a good choice when starting a battle, even when there's more than one enemy in the area. Use the unblockable attacks of these gauntlets to crush the skulls of anyone who dares to stand in ones path. It adds +3% Health; +10% Physical Power.
• Lance of Ares: The Lance of Ares is a weapon only available to players aligned with Ares. It adds +3% Physical Damage; +10% Elemental Damage. The Godly Lance of Ares adds +3% Physical Damage; +12% Elemental Damage; +4% Cooldown Reduction.
• Maul of Ares: The Maul of Ares is a Multiplayer weapon only available to players with alignment to Ares. It adds +5% Physical Power; +7% Elemental Power; +4% Physical Resist. The Godly Maul of Ares adds +10% Physical Power; +10% Elemental Power; +4% Physical Resist.
• Olympus Armor of Ares: The Olympus Armor of Ares is a powerful DLC set of armor of Multiplayer exclusive for warriors aligned to Ares, this armor offers enough power to defeat entire armies of enemies, but greatly decreases the owner's resistance to damage. It adds +16% Physical Power; +13% Elemental Power; -4% Physical Resist.
• Spear of Ares: The Spear of Ares is a weapon exclusive to warriors of Ares. The spear has three pointy blades on its end, and as described above, three dog heads carved right below them. The Spear of Ares is a weapon designed for medium and short range combat. The Grappling Hooks used by all warriors are attached to the rod in its special attacks for the spear to be tossed in front of the user, which focus on a single foe, or around him, which hits every nearby foe, and then pulled back when the attack is over. The result of this are medium ranged combos in which the spear spins at enemies multiple times, dealing repeated damage before delivering a final blow that knocks them away. Assault your enemies by fiercely slicing them with this quick and deadly weapon. It adds +10% Physical Power; +7% Elemental Power. The Godly War Spear of Ares adds +11% Physical Power; +10% Elemental Power.
• Sword of Ares: The Sword of Ares is a weapon from Multiplayer only available to players aligned with Ares. The Sword has many pointy parts to slice the enemy with more effectiveness and, as mentioned above, it's double edged. It also has the image of a soldier's helm on its hilt, whose eyes glow red. This is a weapon for ranged combat that can deliver multiple hits to enemies in a single moment. However, most of its attacks are blockable (excluding the final blow of Battlefield Snare), and players must time them precisely to avoid being parried. The superior range of the blade even allows it to attack multiple enemies at once, usually knocking them away in the final blow. Each attack of the Sword of Ares is an onslaught capable of slaying opponents in a swift and fierce fashion. It adds +11% Physical Power; +4% Cooldown Reduction. The Godly War Sword of Ares adds +12% Physical Power; +6% Cooldown Reduction.
• The War Hammer of Olympus: The War Hammer of Olympus is a weapon in God of War: Ascension's Multiplayer available only to warriors who have sworn an oath to Ares. The War Hammer of Olympus is the giant hammer of Ares, one of his weapons of choice. At the end of God of War, it was one of the conjurable weapons he used during his battle against Kratos. One side of the hammer is a spiked surface as the other side is shaped in the head of a Cerberus, the ears included. The weapon increases the size of its user during its special attacks, which considerably increases their range and makes it useful when dealing with multiple enemies. The attacks of this weapon are physical-based devastating attacks that, along with the large quantity of extra Physical Power offered by it, can shave off a great part of an enemy's health bar as well as knock them away in the end. This gift of Lord Ares to his best champions will wipe out any fool who dares to stand in its way. It adds +15% Physical Power; +7% Physical Resist; +4% Elemental Resist.
• War Armor of Ares: The War Armor of Ares is a set of armor only available to warriors pledged to Ares in Multiplayer. It adds +2 Health; +9% Physical Damage; +8% Physical Defense. The Godly War Armor of Ares adds +4 Health; +10% Physical Damage; +12% Physical Defense.
• War Hammer of Ares: The War Hammer of Ares is a weapon of Ares. This is a metallic hammer with an image of Ares himself in his "beast" form on it, showing his monstrous spider-like legs. Although it can be considered a basic weapon, this hammer can be very powerful and useful in battle. Its attacks consist of fiery ground slams that can either knock opponents away or in the air, which makes it good to knock them out of an arena, for example. In a combat against a single enemy player, it can be deadly and enough to overpower the foe within seconds, depending on the skills of its user. As a tool of brutal devastation, hundreds of warriors will fall before the crushing wrath of the War Hammer of Ares. It adds +10% Physical Power; +4% Physical Resist. The Godly Hammer of Ares adds +12% Physical Power; +5% Physical Resist.

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Notable Techniques

• Dimensiokinesis: Ares was able to create pocket universes that he could control completely. Ares demonstrated that during his battle with Kratos, where he trapped him in his own mind, where he was forced to protect his family, for Ares to kill after all, and almost broke his spirit. However, the pocket universe seemed to be made in Kratos' head instead of an actual physical dimension as when he returned to his giant body, he was kneeling as Ares appeared behind him and was ready to strike him down.
• Enhanced Senses: Ares was able to sense how Kratos retrieved Pandora's Box while being dozens of miles away from the Desert of Lost Souls.
• Immortality: As a god, Ares was innately immortal; neither aging beyond his prime nor succumbing to mortal frailty such as disease or impotence of any sort. He could not be slain by earthly weapons; only divine forces and weapons such as the power of Hope, Blade of the Gods or other immortals such as Titans could slay him.
• Power Bestowal: Ares was able to grant the chosen warrior with a large variety of abilities and weapons, a power common among the Gods. It was he who gave Kratos his original blades, the Blades of Chaos. He also granted the Redeemed Warrior, if he chose to follow him, the highest amount of attack power as well as the ability to empower their weapons with fire to burn enemies.
• Pyrokinesis: Ares possessed the ability to manipulate fire, in every way possible. Ares was able to infuse it in his weapons, throw fireballs from his hands, and ignited people at will. Ares often used that ability to kill those who opposed him. Ares also used it in an aesthetic way, as his hair and facial hair were made of fire.
• Astral Projection: Ares was able to project an image of himself out of the fire to communicate to Kratos after the Spartan killed his family.
• Shapeshifting: As an Olympian, Ares was able to alter his appearance at will. He did that however to a small extent as the change of his hair was altered between God of War: Ascension and God of War.
  • Size Alteration: Ares was able to alter his size, and often increased it to titanic proportions, as he did during the Battle of Athens.
  • Transformation: Ares was able to sprout large, spider-like protrusions from his back that could be used in combat to hit and impale his enemies. Based on the fact that his statue in God of War: Ascension bore those "claws", it is implied that this was a trademark feature of the War God.
• Telepathy: Ares was able to talk to people through their minds, without physically getting involved with his target. He can even do this after creating his pocket dimension as he used it to mentally taunt Kratos.
• Telekinesis: Ares was able to move objects and people with his mind and did that on a massive scale. Ares used the ability to rip the Blades of Chaos from Kratos' arms, and, during the Battle with the Barbarians, lifted people in the air and broke them in half.
• Teleportation: Throughout his battle with Kratos, Ares was able to teleport all around the area very quickly.
• Geokinesis: Ares would occasionally summon enormous volcanic rock structures to try to harm Kratos.
• War Embodiment: As the original God of War, Ares was the embodiment of War itself and was able to draw power from it. In combination with his other abilities, Ares was able to lay waste to huge armies with little to no effort. When he died, Ares' body exploded like a nuclear bomb.
• Weapon Creation: During his final fight with Kratos, Ares has shown the ability to materialize various weapons such as a gigantic war hammer, an axe, and a sword, all of which were enveloped in flames.
• Underworld Control: Ares seems to have limited power over the forces of the Underworld. He crafted the Blades of Chaos from the deepest layers of Hades. Furthermore, the vast majority of Ares' army was made of undead monstrosities, hinting that he has limited necromancy.
• Monster Control: Ares could control over a vast legion of monsters which served as the backbone of his army. In conjunction with his undead troopers, he was able to command Harpies, Minotaurs, Gorgons, and Cyclops.
• Enhanced Marksmanship: As a god of war, he possessed a greater level of marksmanship as he was able to perfectly hurl a large pillar from Athens to the far-off Pandora's Temple in the Desert of Lost Souls to fatally impale Kratos.
• Blade of Ares
  • Avenging Fire: A multiple spinning hit attack that is able to combo. Additional final wave burns enemies.
  • Ares Rampage: An unblockable slam attack, capable of creating a wave of fire. During windup, can alternate to a horizontal wave.
• Cestus of Ares
  • Warrior's Rebuttal: Summon a massive column of fire under your nearest enemy that launches and burns.
  • Furious Aggression: Execute a flurry of ground pounds that culminate in a powerful rock wave smash attack that sends enemies flying.
• Gauntlets of Ares
  • Discipline of War: Enter a powerful charge state and dash toward enemies to execute different attacks. Allows for a coop maneuver if near a teammate.
    • Ground Pound: Perform a single and fiery ground pound that sweeps enemies off their feet.
    • Uppercut: Deliver a powerful uppercut that launches you and a foe in the air. Good to perform air combos.
      • Discipline of War cooperative maneuver: Leap from ally high in the air, crushing the ground in a fiery and wide ranged slam.
  • Thero's Sanction: Slam both gauntlets on the ground, bouncing opponents in the air and setting up numerous combos.
• Lance of Ares
  • Enyo's Gift: Activates a mobile flamethrower. Can burn enemies and send them flying back.
  • Burning Hostility: Summon a ring of fire that burns and damages anyone who cross the barrier. Create an aura that adds physical attack power.
• Maul of Ares
  • Wrath of Ares: Large sweeping attack that launches enemies and leaves a fiery hazard.
  • Drums of War: Grow to the size of a demigod and summon a shield of fire. Can perform a powerful stomp along with this.
• Spear of Ares
  • Retaliation of Eris: Boomerang based physical attack that locks opponents down and deals repeated damage.
  • Mongrel Ascension: Vertical boomerang attack that launches and then bounces enemies. Final slam can now burn enemies.
• Sword of Ares
  • War God's Ascension: A chained-based spinning physical attack with massive range.
  • Battlefield snare: A powerful physical attack with superior range, capable of stunning, launching and bouncing enemies. Final slam applies burn on enemies.
• The War Hammer of Olympus
  • Heat of Battle: Swing the Hammer 4 times while moving towards the target.
  • Blistering Revenge: Swing the Hammer twice, knocking an opponent far back with each hit.
• War Hammer of Ares
  • Flames of Destruction: A powerful ranged energy wave that sends enemies flying.
  • Ares' Defiance: A slam attack that burns and knocks enemies airborn.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Ares shows during his assault on the city of Athens to send his minions to attack and grow in size to that of a giant while attacking it and fighting Kratos.

Weaknesses: His arrogance in wanting a perfect warrior led to his downfall.

Trivia

• Ares is technically responsible for the events of the Greek-era games of the series: by tricking Kratos into killing his family, he would set him on the path that would lead to Olympus' destruction.
• Ares is the first character to successfully kill Kratos followed by Zeus.
• A secret video of the original game had Kratos revealing that he trapped Ares' soul inside a secret room, and he will eventually use it against the gods. It is never mentioned again and by the end of the third game, it is unlikely it will be brought up ever again.
• Ares was voiced by Steven Blum in God of War and God of War: Ascension, and by Fred Tatasciore in God of War III. Interestingly, he shared the same voice actor (Steven Blum) as Lucifer from the animated movie of Dante's Inferno, a game that shared many gameplay mechanics and themes.
• Ares' appearance changed dramatically during the development of God of War. Originally, David Jaffe had intended for the god to appear as "ninety percent energy and ten percent material", but because of the limited power of the PS2, Ares' appearance was gradually stripped back to the warrior seen in the final product.
• During the final battle, after Kratos is robbed of his blades and magic, Ares will use the Army of Hades ability, implying he has some degree of power stealing or perhaps, with him being a God, can also withdraw blessings or powers other Olympians have given him.
• Because he was killed by Kratos, it was rather unlikely that Ares had a chance to be affected by the evils of Pandora's Box, as he did not truly display any characteristics of the evils the Box contained. As such, Ares' threat to attack Olympus as well as his bloodthirsty ways were already part of his own character.
• Ares is technically responsible for Kratos' standard appearance (with the exception of the scar on the latter's abdomen). He attacked Kratos when the latter was a child, giving him a scar on his right eye and then took Deimos away, leaving Kratos to think his brother was dead and thus causing him to tattoo himself in a way similar to Deimos' birthmark. He also tricked Kratos into killing his own family, thereby causing their ashes to attach themselves to his skin. He even gave Kratos horrific burns on his forearms upon searing the Blades of Chaos to them.
• It is unknown why, even if he was an enemy of Kratos, his illusion was used by Gaia in God of War II to encourage Kratos to fight back and revive himself after his death at the hands of Zeus.
• Ares' human-sized avatar was only seen in Ghost of Sparta: in flashbacks that showed him taking Deimos away and scarring Kratos.
• Ares was one of the mentors for God of War: Ascension Multiplayer. That made him the only mentor who wasn't a son of Cronos: he's his grandson instead.
• Strangely, when Ares is killed, there is no Earthly consequence of his death as was the case for other Gods, such as Poseidon's death causing massive flooding or Helios' death causing the world to be covered in darkness. While this phenomenon was only implemented many games after the original God of War when Ares was killed, no explanation is provided for the lack of consequence of Ares death.
• Ares was depicted as having hair and facial hair made of flaming energy, although when his corpse is seen in God of War III, his hair is simply normal red hair.
• Ares was ranked on 55th place of the Top 100 Video Game Villains on IGN.
• Ares was the only God in the series shown with the ability to grow retractable blade-like spider legs from his back. It remained unknown if there were other Olympians with that ability or if it's unique to Ares. Megaera, one of the Furies, had spider-like legs growing out of her back: their appearance was very similar, though more insect-like, compared to Ares' but they were not on fire, and they seemed to be truly a part of her physiology.
  • Based on Ares' appearance in God of War: Ascension, his ability to grow those spider legs wasn't a secret to the Champions of Ares. In other words, Kratos would have known that Ares had that ability as was implied by Kratos' complete lack of surprise. The legs were mostly a surprise for the gamer.
• The Champions of Ares had a natural bounding with fire and gained energy from battle as revealed in Ares' Trailer of Ascension.
• In God of War: Ascension, Ares was seen with shorter hair and beard than in the other games. The reason of the change was still unknown.
  • It was most likely, however, that Ares, like the other Gods, could change his appearance depending on whatever suited him.
  • Since Ares' appearance in Ascension is shown in flashbacks, it is possible this was Ares' appearance prior to Kratos' birth or as the game took place ten years prior to the original game.
• Ironically, Ares lacks a mustache with his facial hair, a gesture which is seen by most cultures as a symbol of non-violence and pacifism. Mustaches are strongly associated with military services and thus removing them was considered a symbolic gesture of rejecting militarism.

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