| “ | My lord, Kratos! Another city is ready to fall! Soon all shall know the glory of Sparta! | ” |
–The Last Spartan. | ||
The Siege of Rhodes
The Siege of Rhodes was a battle in which the soldiers of Sparta laid siege to the Greek city of Rhodes under the watchful eye of Kratos, their new God of War. This invasion earned Kratos the ire of the Olympian Gods, as the Spartan had openly defied their orders of ceasing his conquest of Greece. Moreover, this event caused Zeus to become more fearful and paranoid of Kratos, which led him to devise a scheme to kill his son.
Eventually, as the Spartans began taking Rhodes, Kratos himself descended from Olympus to aid in the siege himself. Even after Zeus stole some of Kratos' godly powers, which reduced the Spartan to the size of a mortal, the latter continued to fight against the city's forces, and the Colossus of Rhodes itself, which was infused with Kratos' stolen powers. The siege ended after Kratos destroyed the Colossus, and Zeus destroyed both the armies of Sparta and Rhodes with the Blade of Olympus.
Trivia[]
- It seems interesting that Kratos would now be doing exactly what he stopped Ares from doing in the first game, destroying a major Greek city.
- The difference with the Siege of Athens, Kratos' attack wasn't in order to humiliate Helios (like Ares did to Athena), but only as part of his conquest through Greece.
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