When Kratos and Atreus first meet the giant snake, he states that Atreus is familiar to him. Here’s my theory from way back in September 2018 in the article Playing With History: What Next For God of War?: That could be the case, the evidence for this can be seen in an exchange between our trio of intrepid heroes and Jörmungandr. Unless there’s some time travel nonsense of course. One aspect up for contention, are the children of Loki actually going to be his biological children? Loki is still a child himself at this point, so the likelihood of him fathering three children that just so happen to already exist in the three years that Fimbulwinter lasts is unlikely. All Loki’s kiddie winks were either introduced or name-checked in God of War VIII – Jörmungandr played a significant role in the game, whilst Fenrir and Hel were alluded to – so it could be the case that the structure of Ragnarök will revolve around Kratos and Loki tracking down these ‘children’ and teaming up with them to prepare for the final assault. One way it will likely run parallel to the original mythology however, is with the gathering of the children of Loki in order to strike against Asgard. So straightaway, we know that God of War will vary significantly from the traditional myths. Which would be a tricky feat to occur in God of War, on account of them being very dead. In one of the original tellings, Thor’s sons Modi and Magni do make it to the end of Ragnarök and beyond. Few will survive facing these formidable beings. Thor, Odin, Freya, Heimdall and many others will die in battle against the three children of Loki Fenrir the giant wolf, Jörmungandr the Midgard serpent, and Hel, ruler of – unsurprisingly – Hel. At the closing moments of the epic battle so long foretold, most of the Norse gods have ended up catching a severe case of premature death. Ragnarök means, when translated from Old Norse, “fate of the gods” or “twilight of the gods.” It is both an apocalypse but also a rebirth, for, from the ashes of the old world, a new world is born. Look, just go with it okay? Anyway, Mimir then informs our heroes and the audience at home that the mythical Fimbulwinter has begun, at the end of which Ragnarök, or Armageddon, is going to kick off. Mimir… Oh, did I not mention him? He’s the talking decapitated head that’s been bouncing repeatedly against Kratos’ toned buttocks for the entire adventure. That’s right, at the very end we discover that Atreus is actually the Norse Trickster god himself, Loki, having been named as such by his dearly departed mum. So, just to confirm for those, like me, who aren’t keeping track that makes Atreus part god, part giant and all Loki. Whilst the apparently wiped-out giants are the goodies and also the victims of the Norse god’s violent ways and Odin’s dictatorial tendencies. In a flip of the original myths the gods are most definitely the baddies. Oh, I should also mention that the giants and the Norse gods have been at war for many a century. Then, both he and Kratos discover that dead wife Faye was actually a giant, called Laufey the Just. Atreus experiences some hefty revelations on the journey too learning first that he, like his father, is a god.
Unfortunately for Baldur, he was actually prone to a severe case of mistletoe allergy, and he too was nobbled off by the dynamic father and son duo.
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Not only that, but our protagonists have also experienced a series of violent encounters with Baldur, the almost invincible son of Odin and Freya. There’s some back and forth god-battling shenanigans but ultimately both Modi and Magni are accidentally on purpose murdered by Kratos and an increasingly erratic Atreus. On the way Kratos and ‘BOY!’ butted heads with the sons of Thor – the Norse God of Thunder – Modi and Magni. Of course, the task turned out to be anything but simple. Kratos began the game with an apparently simple task return his beloved wife Faye’s ashes to the highest peak of the nine realms. First, let’s remind ourselves of where we left the story of Kratos and Atreus at the end of God of War VIII.