God of War: Chains of Olympus

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Set halfway through Kratos' 10 years of service to the Gods, Chains of Olympus begins with the gods sending Kratos to the city of Attica to help defend the city from the invading Persian army. Spotting a Basilisk climbing over the city walls, Kratos gives chase through the city. While chasing the basilisk, Kratos confronts the Persian King inside the city and kills him. After defeating the basilisk, he witnesses the sun fall from the sky, plunging the world in darkness. Following the dim remaining light on the horizon, Kratos fights his way through the city of Marathon, along the way encountering the black fog of Morpheus, which now covers the land in darkness.

Eventually Kratos makes his way to the Temple of Helios (source of the remaining light) and the Sun chariot. He encounters a statue of Athena, who tells him that Helios has disappeared and Morpheus has used this to his advantage to cause the gods to fall "into a deep slumber." Athena wants Kratos to retrieve Helios so he can release Morpheus' grasp on the other gods and his power over the Earth. Along the way, Kratos is haunted by a strange melody, which he later recognizes as the song of his daughter Calliope. Kratos fights his way through the Temple of Helios and is sent to the caves within the temple of Olympus by Eos. Meeting her in the caves, she tells Kratos that she will guarantee the gods' promise of relieving him from his nightmares if he will help her save Helios from the Titan Atlas, who has abducted him. Kratos does not believe her (having been lied to by the gods before); however, he reluctantly agrees to help save Helios. Kratos then retrieves the primordial fire needed to awaken the fire steeds from the cave and returns to the temple.

After restoring the fire steeds back to life, the horses lead Kratos into the underworld before retreating. There, he meets Charon on his ferry upon the River Styx. Charon compares the similarities between himself and Kratos, saying they 'are both slaves to the Olympians', and tells Kratos to go, saying it is not yet his time. Denying Kratos' passage, and with Kratos refusing to leave, they fight before Charon knocks Kratos unconscious and drops him into Tartarus. Kratos witnesses the breaking of the chains binding Atlas in the pits of Tartarus; Kratos eventually fights and climbs his way out of Tartarus, this time defeating Charon. He takes the ferry and follows the light of Helios (currently illuminating the underworld) down the river Styx, eventually coming upon the Temple of Persephone. He sees his daughter Calliope on the shorelines of the temple and follows her inside. Unable to find her, instead he meets Persephone, Queen of the [Underworld]]

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Persephone tells Kratos that Calliope is in the Elysium Fields and that the only way to see her again is for Kratos to "release" all of his past evils and become worthy of Elysium, giving up his powers given to him by the gods; however, Persephone warns him that the world will suffer for his choice. After transferring his power into the Forsaken Tree, which included all of his weapons, his magic and relics, Kratos regains his humanity, becoming a normal man and being reunited with his daughter. However, Persephone appears: she taunts and mocks Kratos' choice and reveals to him her true plans.

Bitter at being betrayed by Zeus, tricked by Hades and abandoned by the gods, Persephone was the one who freed Atlas. While Kratos was disarming himself, Atlas was slowly carrying out Persephone's plan to destroy the pillar that holds the world, and with it Olympus. Persephone plans to kill everyone, including herself, to free her from her situation. Kratos realizes now if he stays with his daughter, it would mean the end of the world for everyone, including Calliope and himself. Kratos had to abandon his daughter in order to regain his powers and weapons, and the enraged Kratos murdered Phersephone, as well as chaining Atlas with the broken chains still wrapped around him, forever forcing Atlas to hold up the sky, a fate worse than that even the gods could devise. However after his victory fell from the skys, fortunatley he was saved by Athena outside the gate to Olympus. Helios suggests on helping further, but Athena replies by saying "He'll live. They must." The pair then retreat through the gateway to Olympus, leaving Kratos unconscious at the bluffs overlooking the Aegean Sea...