{"id":145907,"date":"2020-12-16T01:37:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T01:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/god-war-ragnarok-kratos-atreus-relationship\/"},"modified":"2020-12-16T01:37:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T01:37:30","slug":"how-god-of-war-ragnarok-could-change-kratos-and-atreus-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/12\/16\/how-god-of-war-ragnarok-could-change-kratos-and-atreus-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"How God of War: Ragnarok Could Change Kratos and Atreus’ Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A sequel to the last\u00a0God of War<\/em><\/strong> is on the way. The tagline \u201cRagnarok is coming\u201d suggests that the game will see the events of the Norse apocalypse unfold over the course of its story, which has huge implications for its two main characters.<\/p>\n

In 2018\u2019s God of War<\/a>,<\/em> Kratos was joined by Atreus, his son. Towards the end of the game, it\u2019s revealed that Atreus is in fact Loki, the Norse god of deception. Ironically, it is not by the deception of his own that Atreus\u2019 true identity is kept hidden \u2013 it is only revealed on the Jotunheim mural that Kratos\u2019 wife originally wanted to call the boy Loki before Kratos named him after a Spartan warrior. However it plays out, the next game likely sees Kratos and Atreus\u2019 relationship go through some huge changes.<\/p>\n

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A few events in the Ragnarok prophecy have already taken place in the God of War<\/em> timeline. Baldur has been killed, the event which first begins the \u201cTwilight of the gods.\u201d Fimbulwinter, the three-year winter that precedes Ragnarok beginning in earnest, has already begun.\u00a0God of War<\/em>\u2019s secret ending<\/a> implies that at the end of Fimbulwinter, Thor will arrive to confront Kratos and Atreus about the deaths of his sons, Magni and Modi.<\/p>\n

The deaths of Magni and Modi<\/a> are a key point in Atreus and Kratos\u2019 relationship. Magni and Modi are sent to find and capture the pair. Kratos kills Magni in combat, and Modi flees. Later, Modi attempts to attack the father-son duo again, but is overpowered. When he insults Atreus\u2019 mother, the boy stabs him in the neck and pushes him into a ravine, presumably killing him.<\/p>\n

Kratos is disturbed by the moment, acting too late to stop his son\u2019s newfound impulsiveness. It\u2019s unclear what sort of Loki Atreus<\/a> will turn out to be \u2013 there are many different interpretations of the god from Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/em> to the MCU. However, Atreus and Kratos\u2019 dynamic may be interesting if many of Loki\u2019s most negative traits are reflections of Kratos, as most of Kratos\u2019 life has been propelled by impulsive acts of violence.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the original\u00a0God of War<\/em>\u2019s events are set in motion when Kratos murders a village of people, and Ares tricks him into killing his own wife and child. If Thor shows up at the end of Fimbulwinter and Kratos<\/a> and Atreus have to defeat or kill him, the next game will have already begun with an event that could put a strain on Kratos and Atreus\u2019 relationship. Since they each killed one of Thor\u2019s sons, however, their similarities are destructive and could\u00a0concern Kratos the most.<\/p>\n

Because of this, it is likely that the interpersonal conflict of the next God of War<\/em> will focus on whether or not Kratos can stop his son from falling victim to his father\u2019s fate. Kratos has been stuck in a cycle of violence his entire life, and Ragnarok<\/a> is just that: a cyclical and violent regurgitation of the Norse cosmos.<\/p>\n

Ragnarok may be a cycle of destruction, but that doesn\u2019t mean the circle can\u2019t be broken. In one sense, the prophecy has already been broken. In Norse mythology, Magni and Modi take up Thor\u2019s hammer after their father and the World Serpent<\/a> kill each other during Ragnarok. With both sons dead, the cycle has already been disrupted.<\/p>\n

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The Jotunheim mural<\/a> that shows some of the events of Ragnarok also shows a potential disruption to the cycle. The final mural appears to show Atreus cradling the body of a tattoo-less Kratos as an unknown substance connects them at the mouth. Atreus is next to the runes for \u201csvik,\u201d meaning betrayal or deceit. The other figure is next to the runes meaning father.<\/p>\n

This does not mean that Atreus kills Kratos, just as Kratos killed his father Zeus and Zeus killed his father Cronos. If \u201csvik\u201d is translated as deceit it could be a sort of title. Just as Kratos is the father, Loki is the god of deceit. However, this could also imply that the figure next to the word for father is\u00a0Odin the All-Father<\/a>, explaining the lack of tattoos.<\/p>\n

Kratos originally wore his tattoos because of a birthmarked brother he had who was killed out of fear that he was the prophesized \u201cMarked Warrior\u201d who would destroy Olympus. If the figure lying next to Atreus is in fact Kratos, then the loss of his tattoos could be the ultimate symbol that the cycle of violence in\u00a0God of War<\/em><\/a> that has permeated Kratos’ entire life has finally come to a close, with the mark and burden left by that very first act of violence finally lifted.<\/p>\n

Kratos may not let himself succumb to the same fear that his father Zeus did, who was driven mad by the paranoid idea that his son would kill him. However, it is likely that after seeing the Jotunheim mural, Kratos will believe he is fated to die at the hands of his son, even if he isn\u2019t. Of course, Kratos has messed with the threads of fate plenty of times, and literally in the original\u00a0God of War 2<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another big point of contention could be whether or not Kratos<\/a> decides to tell Atreus what he saw on the final panel of the Jotunheim mural or not. Loki also has some big moments in Ragnarok, from leading Fenrir and the World Serpent to the final battle of the gods to killing \u2013 and being killed by \u2013 the god Heimdall. Much of Kratos and Atreus\u2019 relationship could depend on which events from Ragnarok the developers decide to keep in the story. The mythological Loki was already married when Ragnarok began, and Fenrir and the World Serpent were his children, so there are likely to be changes unless God of War<\/em> takes the time travel route again.<\/p>\n

Whatever the events of Ragnarok, the relationship between God of War<\/em>\u2019s Kratos<\/a> and his son is likely to be the focusing point of the next game. It\u2019s Kratos\u2019 only chance to break the cycle of patricide that has haunted his divine lineage, and to stop Atreus from becoming a truly villainous Loki, or worse, a reflection of Kratos himself.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0God of War\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>sequel is planned to release in 2021 for PS5.<\/p>\n

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