Kratos (God of War character) facts for kids

A cosplayer of Kratos at the New York City Comic Con, October 2018.

Kratos, the "Ghost of Sparta", is a video game character from Sony Santa Monica Studio's God of War series, which is loosely based on Greek mythology. Kratos first appeared in the 2005 video game God of War, which led to the development of six additional games featuring the character as the protagonist. Kratos also appears as the protagonist of the God of War comic series and novels. He has been consistently voiced by Terrence C. Carson, and Antony Del Rio voiced the character as a child in God of War: Ghost of Sparta. Christopher Judge was Kratos' voice actor in God of War (2018) and God of War: Ragnarök. Kratos is depicted as a Spartan warrior in Ancient Greece and son of Zeus (thus making him a demigod) who, after being manipulated into killing his own family by the war god Ares, goes on a crusade in search of revenge.

In the God of War games (2018-2022) Kratos raises a son called Atreus and moves to the land of Norse mythology. Over the course of the first game Kratos must make peace with his son and work together to free various Norse creatures. In the second game Kratos goes on a journey with the aim to beat Odin and in the process they start Ragnarok in order to defeat Odin as well as meet a lot of friends such as Sindri, Freya, etc.