5/8/2023 0 Comments Hades thanatos![]() In his humanoid form, he looks like a tall and muscular man with pale grayish skin which has long black hair and completely white eyes. This, as well as Kratos' decree that the Gods would pay for the suffering of both Deimos and Callisto, turned the tension between the Ghost of Sparta and the Olympians into an all out war which would see the destruction of Olympus overhaul.Īs the embodiment of Death, Thanatos has a sinister look. Thanatos' death would be without consequences however, as the Grave Digger, who was in fact Zeus in the guise of a mortal, had overheard Thanatos proclaim Kratos as the true Marked Warrior. Later on, the mysterious Grave Digger revealed to Kratos that due to his victory over Thanatos, he had become "Death, the destroyer of worlds." Before he perishes, Thanatos taunts Kratos one final time by giving him a devilish grin before exploding into dust and light. Kratos then grabs Thanatos' cracked chest, opens it further, and impales him with his blades, ending his life. With Thanatos weakened, Kratos beats him down without mercy, only to be met with taunts. Thanatos, mortally wounded, reverts to his humanoid form. ![]() A furious Kratos attacks Thanatos, destroying his monstrous thick armor. In the heat of the battle, Deimos saves Kratos from Thanatos' grip, only to be smashed into the rocks and killed. ![]() Both brothers ignore his mockeries and begin to fight the God of Death.ĭuring the battle, Thanatos fights Kratos and Deimos using his blade, and takes the form of a gigantic winged black dragon-like monster, similar to Erinys. Thanatos then suggests to Kratos that he was "nothing but a pawn in a game he doesn't know is being played". He then remarks that Ares chose poorly for not taking Kratos as his victim. Thanatos, seeing the red tattoo and the ashes of his wife and daughter fastened to Kratos' skin, realized that the true "Marked Warrior," the warrior prophesized to destroy Olympus, was not Deimos, but Kratos. Thanatos flies away, remarking that the Oracle lied about the Marked Warrior prophecy Kratos rescues Deimos at the very last minute, finally making peace with his brother, and the two decide to jointly confront Thanatos. ![]() As Kratos arrives, Deimos attempts to resist the God of Death, but is ultimately overpowered by Thanatos and knocked over the edge. Thanatos flies down with Deimos to Suicide Bluffs (the location of Kratos's attempted suicide) Kratos follows behind, determined not to lose Deimos again. In the final moment of the battle between Kratos and Deimos, Thanatos appears, snatching Deimos from behind, and angrily reminding Kratos that he had killed Erinys and that he would kill Deimos as retribution. The Spartan eventually confronts and kills Thanatos' daughter, Erinys.įinally, Kratos makes his way into the Domain of Death, where Deimos angrily attacks Kratos for failing to save him from Thanatos' torture all those years ago. At one point of the journey, Thanatos uses a corpse as a medium, warning Kratos to not pursue his path any further. Kratos' search for his brother led him to realize where Deimos was imprisoned. This started Kratos' quest to find his brother. Zeus sent the siblings to capture him and hide the Spartan where he wouldn't be found.Īfter Kratos, Deimos' brother and the real Marked Warrior, killed Ares and became the new God of War, he was summoned by his mother Callisto, who told him his brother was alive. He imprisoned Deimos, who is believed to be the Marked Warrior by Zeus, Ares, and Athena. ![]() Thanatos is described as an ancient and fearsome God, who predates the cycle of life and death, and is the reaper of all souls. In the Multiplayer, when a warrior respawns after death, the announcer may sometimes say "Thanatos will have to wait". It is possible that, since many Gods were dying in the war and he is the God of Death, he was getting stronger at each time another God perished. The war was so vicious that almost all of the Primordials died during it, and Thanatos was one of its few survivors, which is also a proof of the great strength and power he possesses, even against other Gods. Thanatos isn't mentioned in the game itself, but it's curious to notice that, for being a Primordial god, it is very likely that he participated in their war, which was mentioned at the intro of the game. In God of War Series God of War: Ascension His name is transliterated in Latin as Thanatus, but his equivalent in Roman mythology is Mors or Letus/ Letum, and he is sometimes identified erroneously with Orcus (Orcus himself had a Greek equivalent in the form of Horkos (Όρκος - "Oath"), God of the Oath). He was a minor figure in Greek mythology, often referred to but rarely appearing in person. In Greek mythology, Thánatos was the daemon personification of death. ![]()
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