Ares: You have no idea what a true monster is, Kratos! Your final lesson is at hand!Īres: I have taught you ways to kill a mortal, Kratos, flesh that burns, bones that break, but to break a man's spirit is to truly destroy him. Ares: You are still just a mortal - every bit as weak as the day you begged me to save your life! Kratos: I am not the same man you found that day. Is this the best you can do, Father? You send a broken mortal to defeat me? The God of War? Narrator: After thousands of years, Pandora's Box was finally opened.
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Ares: Zeus!! Do you see now what your son can do?! You cast your favor on Athena, but her city lies in ruins before me! And now, even Pandora's Box is mine! Would you have me use it against Olympus itself? Kratos. Narrator: Kratos had traversed the Desert of Lost Souls, bested the deadly traps of Pandora's Temple and escaped Hades itself. His greatest challenge, and freedom from his growing madness lay before him, in the ancient city, of Athens. Narrator: Leaving the rotting carcass of the Hydra behind, Kratos set sail once more. Have faith, Kratos the gods do not forget those who come to their aid. they will end? Athena: Complete this final task, and the past that consumes you will be forgiven. Kratos: And if I am able to do this, to kill a god, then the visions. Only a mortal trained by a god has a chance at defeating Ares. Zeus has forbidden the gods from waging war on each other. It is the will of Ares that my great city fall. Your greatest challenge awaits in Athens where even now, my brother, Ares, lays siege as we speak.
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Kratos: Ten years, Athena! I have faithfully served the gods for ten years! When will you relieve me of these nightmares? Athena: We request one final task for you, Kratos. Kratos had once been a champion of the gods.
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After ten years of suffering, ten years of endless nightmares, it would finally come to an end. Narrator: And Kratos cast himself from the highest mountain in all of Greece. Now he is out to avenge his family by killing Ares at the behest of Athena, who promises that his past will be forgiven if he is successful.ĭialogue Kratos: The gods of Olympus have abandoned me. It follows Kratos, a Spartan warrior who pledged himself to Ares over ten years ago, until the god tricked him into killing his wife and daughter. God of War is a video game for the Playstation 2 console by SCE Santa Monica Studio.