Chaos

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This article contains lore based on real-life sources of the Greek mythology as introduced from the God of War Greek era.

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Chaos
Chaos during the Primordial War
Biographical Information
Title(s)	Original Primordial Primordial Void Goddess of Life Goddess of Void Personification of Life
Alias	Creator of the Universe Mother of Life
Birthplace	Before Creation
Location	The Void
Age	Immeasurable
Nationality	Greek
Status	Alive
Physical Information
Race(s)	God (Primordial)
Gender	Female
Height	Universal
Hair Style	None
Eye Colour	Red
Skin Colour	Red
Relationship Information
Family	Primordials (children/grandchildren) The Furies (daughters) Titans (descendants) Olympians (descendants) Demigods (descendants) Mortals (descendants)
Loyalties	Herself
Enemies	Ourea
Occupation	Personification of Life
Victim(s)	Ourea
Goals	Defeat Ourea (unknown) Survive the Primordial War (complete) Create life in Greece and the Island of Creation (complete)
Equipment
Power(s)	Immortality Superhuman Strength Superhuman Speed Superhuman Durability Superhuman Stamina Life Creation Quintekinesis Void Manipulation Size Manipulation Pyrokinesis (Primordial Fire)
Behind the Scenes
Appears in	God of War: Ascension

“	This world is the birthright of those who were born to the son of Chaos, father of the Universe.	”
–Gyges

Chaos (Greek: χάος) is the original Primordial entity who personifies life itself and is the mother/grandmother of the other Primordial deities, one of whom gave birth to the Titans, who in turn birthed the Gods of Olympus.

Greek Mythology

In Greek cosmology, Chao was the void that preceded all of creation as well as the deity embedded in it. It represented the disordered state of the Universe prior to the emergence of the other primordial gods. Chaos is the progenitor of Tartarus (Abyss), Eros (Love), Erebus (Darkness), Nyx (Night) and Gaia (Earth).

Gaia herself then brought forth Ouranos, the starry heavens and her male equivalent, to be her companion. With him, she gave birth to the twelve original Titans, along with the three Cyclopses and three Hecatonchires.

As for Nyx and Erebus, they first brought forth their opposites in the form of their first two children, Aether (Light) and Hemera (Day). Later, by herself, Nyx would give birth to lesser deities that each embodied one of her traits, such as Moros (Doom), Oneiroi (Dreams), Nemesis (Retribution), Momus (Blame), Philotes (Affection), Geras (Aging), Thanatos (Death), Hypnos (Sleep), Eris (Strife), Apate (Deceit), Oizys (Distress), the Sisters of Fate, the Keres and even Charon the ferryman of Hades.

In the God of War series

Chaos makes its only appearance in God of War: Ascension, where she is seen fighting in the war between the Primordials seen in the game's introduction. The GoW Ascension artbook reveals that Chaos is the female red Primordial who embodies life itself. She is seen fighting Ourea, the personification of the mountains. The blood splashed from her face created the Furies.

Chaos is also mentioned by Gyges in the God of War comics, where she is said to be the mother of Ouranos, who is Gyges's father. However, the tie-in novelization for the original God of War has Athena mention that Chaos was a primordial realm conquered and brought to order by Ouranos.

Chaos is mentioned in the God of War II manual under Gaia's section, with the aforementioned Titan being said to have been born from Chaos. She is also mentioned in the Island of Rhodes hidden website of God of War II, where the first paragraph states that Chaos was "nothingness", and that, alongside Nyx, it created the universe. This was later retconned by the God of War comics and Ascension, which both show Ouranos as the creator of the universe.

The word "Chaos" is used by the goddess Persephone when she states that the Pillar of the World's destruction would lead to the world "reverting into Chaos". This would seem to indicate that, much like in actual mythology, Chaos was a primordial realm of nothingness and/or disorder. This proves to be true as in the end of God of War III, having killed Zeus along with the other Olympian Gods, Kratos completely reverted Greece back to into Chaos.

Powers & Abilities

• Immortality: As the original Primordial entity, Chaos is immortal and may potentially be the only truly immortal being in existence.
• Superhuman Strength: Being the first Primordial, Chaos is very strong, enough to greatly harm Ourea.
• Superhuman Durability: Chaos participated in the war of the Primordials, surviving despite taking serious damage.
• Power of Life: Chaos is the personification of life itself, with her blood falling into the ocean being the catalyst that birthed the Furies.

Trivia

• In advertisements and trailers for God of War III, Kratos is seen shouting "There will be only chaos!".
• "Chaos" Mode is the hardest difficulty setting in God of War III.
• According to Hesiod's Theogony, Chaos is the first of the primordials to emerge and the only being in existence at one point.
• Chaos is the grandmother of the Titans, Typhon, the Sisters of Fate, Thanatos, Charon, Hypnos, Aether, and Hemera.
• Chaos is also seen in the creation story for Egyptian Mythology, known as Nun. Their gods gave themselves into the air and Chaos to create the other gods and mankind.
• In the beginning, there was only Chaos, and Chaos created everything. In God of War III, Kratos brought all of Greece back to Chaos before releasing Hope, so that the Greeks are able to rebuild their civilization without the gods.
• It's part of the illusioned setting of the final battle in God of War: Ascension that the universe was in the Heart of Chaos, as the sun was blocked by clouds, there were thunderstorms and twisters while oceans appeared to have swallowed the lands, foreboding the plagues that would be brought upon by Kratos in the future.