

He's Mimir, the so-called smartest man alive and former righthand man to Odin. After they vanish, Kratos and Atreus chat with the tree prisoner.

When they get there, they find Modi and Magni, sons of Thor and grandsons of Odin, questioning a one-eyed man who's stuck in a tree. She helps guide them through black mist blocking the ascent to Midgard's peak. They soon meet The Witch of the Woods, a kind lady who nurtures the local wildlife. The Blades of Chaos are conspicuously absent, as Kratos and instead wields the Leviathan ax, a weapon given to him by Faye. Kratos is uneasy about his son joining him - Atreus has a strange illness that often makes him weak - but allows it anyway. So Kratos and Atreus go off in search of the highest peak in the land, but with Baldur following them for unknown reasons. Kratos names him Atreus, after a Spartan soldier Kratos battled alongside many years prior. She teaches him to open up his heart, and the two have a boy together. After that time, he meets a woman called Faye. He lives in solitude for 75 years, according to the comics, during which time he works on his anger issues, trying to purge himself of the memories that still haunt. He finds himself in the northern Norse lands.

That allows him to move beyond the Land of the Pharaohs.Īfter his detour through Egypt, Kratos walks and walks and walks. He wakes up, grabs his Blades of Chaos and slays the beast.

Between Thoth and Athena, who has a habit of appearing to Kratos in visions, Kratos is convinced to not run away from his destiny. The old man reveals himself to be Thoth, the Egyptian god of wisdom. He manages to kill one, but the other, larger one knocks him unconscious. He's confronted by the Chaos Beasts, but refuses to use his Blades of Chaos. Kratos is still a massive downer at this point and says he just wants to be left alone. He meets an old man who tells Kratos that he's the answer to the locals' prayers: They've been threatened by two Chaos Beasts, and destiny has sent Kratos there to slay the fiends. Kratos wants to leave his old ways behind, but is tormented by the unshakable Blades of Chaos.
