Pandora's Box

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"After thousands of years, Pandoras Box was finally opened. The power of the Gods unleashed." - Gaia

[edit] Greek Mythology

In the original stories, Pandora was given a pithos, or urn from the Gods. She opened this jar, and unleased all the evils of the universe, such as death, pestilence, diseases, viruses, and war. She closed the lid on the urn just before hope could escape out of reach. Later she reopened the urn letting hope out.

[edit] In God of War

Pandora's Box is the most powerful weapon a Mortal can wield. With its power a mortal can have the power to slay a God, and many other things can also happen to the opener. It's possible it was made in case of a rebellion of a god and they needed a mortals help since Zeus wouldn't allow the Gods to battle amongst themselves. Kratos eventually obtains the box from deep within Pandora's Temple, but upon escaping with it, he is killed, and Harpies take the box from him. When Kratos escapes the Underworld, he uses Zeus' Fury to knock the box from Ares's grasp. By doing so, he unleashed its' power, allowing him to fight against Ares. For Kratos, opening the box made him grow immensly in size, and thus making his powers more equal to that of Ares. It is unknown what happened to the box after Kratos' victory against Ares. But when Kratos is supposed to walk through the Olympus gateway you will meet a golden Iron statue and if you look in its hand it holds a light that looks like the light from pandora's box.