God Of War: Why Did Ares Kill Kratos' Family?
Greek mythology has remained a hotbed for content in pop culture for many years. From movies like 300 and Troy to television shows like Xena: Warrior Princess, there have been numerous adaptations surrounding Greek gods and their powered servants. Of the various video games that have drawn inspiration from Greek mythology, one of the best focuses on a man who isn’t even a god.
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God of War follows a Spartan warrior named Kratos, who has been tasked with killing Ares, the Greek god of war. While the original game focused on Kratos completing this mission, events in the story push Kratos to wage war against the whole Greek pantheon. But what pushed this warrior to seek vengeance against the most ruthless Greek gods?
Throughout the majority of the first game, Kratos is seeking Pandora’s Box to find a way to kill Ares. The goddess of wisdom, Athena, is the one who tasks the Spartan with this seemingly impossible mission because Ares has gone rogue and is laying waste to the city of Athens. Kratos accepts the challenge of trying to kill Ares, but not to save the city of Athens, but to get revenge against the god of war.
On his journey to find Pandora’s Box, Kratos experiences many flashbacks that show the Spartan warrior as once being a servant of Ares. Ten years before the events of God of War (2005), Kratos led a Spartan army against the enemies of the Greek gods. In one battle, Kratos and his men were nearing their violent deaths when Kratos called upon Ares to save them. Ares honored Kratos’s request and bestowed the Blades of Chaos onto him, giving him the power to defeat his enemies and save his army.
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