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Background

The God of War series is a series of video games centered around Greek mythology and, following the conclusion of God of War III, Norse mythology as well. The series follows the Spartan warrior, Kratos, who is born a demigod and became the God of War, battles against men, monsters, and even gods alike in his quest for vengeance and retribution.

Timeline

God of War: Ascension
Set six months after that fateful day where Kratos' unintentional killing his wife and daughter.

God of War: Chains of Olympus
Set five years into Kratos' days as a loyal servant of the gods, this PSP prequel sees him rescuing Helios from the God of Dreams and fighting a conspiracy in the depths of the underworld.

God of War
After ten years of serving the gods, Kratos is ordered to kill his former master, Ares, the God of War. This involves opening Pandora's Box, taking its power, and laying the foundations for later betrayals.

God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Having replaced Ares, Kratos learns his long-lost brother Deimos may still be alive, held prisoner by the God of Death Thanatos, and sets out to find him more bitter and bloodthirsty than ever.

God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Following the events, Kratos is leaving his Spartan army against Greece. While fighting alongside his warriors, he is attacked by a number of beasts led by the giant, Argos, who is sent by Hera to stop the war Kratos is waging. However, before Kratos is able to kill the beasts, it is killed by an unknown Assassin as a clear effort to destroy the anti-hero's reputation with the Gods of Olympus. Soon, the son of Hermes, Ceryx, is sent to deliver a message to Kratos from Zeus, who's becoming increasingly concerned with the amount of destruction left in Kratos' path.

God of War II
Consumed by anger, Kratos sends his Spartan troops on a rampage across Greece, worrying the Olympians. When Zeus betrays and kills him, Kratos returns from the Undeworld and begins a journey to change Fate itself to finally get his revenge on Zeus.

God of War III
Picking up where God of War II left off, Kratos' adventure involves a top-to-bottom-and-back-again trip through Mount Olympus and the brutal elimination of the king of gods, Zeus, and battle his inner self as well to finally move beyond his horrible past.

God of War (2018)
Many years after the destruction of the Greek World, Kratos tries to put his past behind him and start over in a distant land with his son Atreus. Can the Cycle be broken?

God of War Ragnarök
In Midgard, three years after Fimbulwinter began, as Kratos and Atreus were returning home after a hunt, they were attacked by Freya, who then failed to kill Kratos. When the duo reach their home, Fenrir, one of their wolves, is close to dying; Atreus recites a funerary chant before asking his father to let him grieve for and bury the wolf. Kratos accepts and falls asleep at the house. Atreus wishes to learn more about himself as Kratos wishes to avoid leading his son into war.

Power of the Verse

The God of War verse is extremely powerful, hosting characters that range from Mountain level all the way to Multi-Continent level and characters having the speed of Faster Than Light. This applies even to the Norse Mythology characters. The characters also have many abilities such as, Fate Manipulation, Time Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation, Fear Manipulation, Elemental Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, etcetera.