___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** God of War : Chains of Olympus Script ||} |:| ||} ----- ----- {|| (c) 2008 Edward Kang |:| {|| GameFAQs: infoman80, AuFox80, AuFox *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + xXXXXXXXx xXXXXXXXXXXXXXx xXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXx xXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXx gGGGg oOo DDDD xXXXXXXx xXXXXXXx WW Ww W A RRRr gG gg oO Oo DD d xXXXXx xXXXXx wW www W AAA RR Rr gG oO Oo DD d xXXXx O FFF xXXXx wW w ww W a aA RR Rr gG gGGG oO Oo DD d xXXXx O O F xXXXx ww w www A AA RR Rr gG G oO Oo DD d xXXXx O O FF xXXXx WwW WWw AAaaaAA RRr GG G oO Oo DD d xXXXx O O F xXXXx Ww wW A AA RRrR Gg gG oO Oo DD d xXXXx O F xXXXx Ww ww Aa aAA RR rR GGGGG oOo DDDD xXXXXx xXXXXx W W AAa aAA RR rR gg xXXXXx xXXXXx rR g xXXXXx xXXXXx rrR xXXXXXx xXXXXXx xXXXX XXXXx x xXXX XXXx x XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX ~ CHAINS OF ~ XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX ~ OLYMPUS ~ ASCII (c) 2008 Edward Kang This Script document may not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site (except GAMEFAQs) or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! MASSIVE SPOILERS AHOY !!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| ||} ----- T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S ----- {|| |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + | | | Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (INTRO) | | | | The Shores of Attica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SHRS-ATCA) | | | | The Gates of Attica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (GATE-ATCA) | | | | Fallen Stronghold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (FLLN-STHD) | | | | The City of Marathon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (CITY-MTHN) | | | | The Temple of Helios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (TMPL-HLOS) | | | | Grand Hallway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (GRND-HLWY) | | | | The Throne Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (THRN-ROOM) | | | | The Caves of Olympus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (CAVE-OLMS) | | | | Temple Courtyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (TMPL-CTYD) | | | | The Falls of Oceanum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (FLLS-OCNM) | | | | Ruins of Asphodel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (RUNS-APDL) | | | | The Depths of Tartarus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (DPTS-TRUS) | | | | Temple of Zeus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (TMPL-ZEUS) | | | | Jails of Tartarus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (JALS-TRUS) | | | | Shackles of Hyperion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (SHKL-HYPN) | | | | The Dock of Charon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (DOCK-CHRN) | | | | The Temple of Persephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (TMPL-PSNE) | | | | The Groves of Persephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (GRVS-PSNE) | | | | Fields of Elysium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (FLDS-ELSM) | | | | Within the Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (WTHN-TOWR) | | | | After the Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (AFTR-CRDT) | | | |========================================================================| | | | Version History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (VERSION) | | | | Contact Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (CONT-INFO) | | | \========================================================================/ ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| Each part of this Script has a code in parentheses. To find a ||} ----- a specific part, press 'Control' and 'F' to call up the search ----- {|| function. Enter the code into the field. |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++// NOTE \\++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + + + I made this Script by watching the cutscenes and gameplay on Youtube. + + I know that the narrator is Gaia; however, since her identity isn't made + + known in this game, I only refer to her as "narrator" throughout the + + document. + + + +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\\ //++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| ||} ----- I N T R O D U C T I O N ----- {|| |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (INTRO) [ A close up of Kratos’s face is shown, zooms in on his eye. In the background, a montage of flashbacks of God of War 1 and 2 are shown with the following narration ] Narrator : Suffering for years, Kratos, the once great general, now known as the Ghost of Sparta, had pledged himself as a champion of the gods of Olympus. In return, he hoped only to rid himself of the nightmares that haunted him for far too long. But for now, his only respite, his only relief from the sins of his past, [ The flashbacks stop and focus on Kratos, standing among a group of soldiers. Kratos has white skin and a red thin swirling tattoo ranging across the left side of his chest and arm, up to his left eye. Both of his forearms are chained, terminating into the Blades of Chaos, wielded on his back ] was found in the heat of battle. [ The camera pans out showing the soldiers and Kratos standing on top of a building. A large armada is shown launching an attack upon the city ] Narrator : And on this day, Kratos had been called upon by the gods to confront an unthinkable evil, unleashed on the city of Attica by the invading Persian Army. [ A large fireball is shown falling toward Kratos and the Attican soldiers. Kratos nimbly rolls out of the way. The screen blacks out and fades in on Kratos kneeling, as he recovers from his roll. Kratos wields his Blades of Chaos ] ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| T H E S H O R E S ||} ----- ----- {|| O F A T T I C A |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (SHRS-ATCA) [ A few Persian soldiers climb ladders and prepare to engage battle with Kratos. After Kratos deals with a couple of waves, the camera zooms in on a Persian ship preparing to fire a ballista upon Kratos’s position ] Persian soldier : On my mark! Fire! [ The Persian ballista bolt falls short of the building. A dying Attican crawls toward a ballista on the rooftop ] Attican : I -- I must return fire. [ He dies ] [ Another wave of Persians attacks. Kratos kills them all, then fires a ballista bolt at the Persian ship. It sinks. The camera pans out to show another sea-to-land attack hitting the building. The impact kills a couple Persians and creates a hole in the roof. Kratos makes his way below to find Atticans and Persians fighting. He joins the fray and dispatches the Persian soldiers easily. An Attican outside the building hollers orders ] Attican : Get him!! We cannot control it! [ Kratos makes his way toward a door, leading outside ] Attican : It will kill us all! [ A gigantic Cyclops breaks through the door, knocking Kratos backwards. The Cyclops tries to slam a large cylindrical mace down upon Kratos. Kratos grabs hold of the mace, resists the attack, pushing the mace above the head of the Cyclops. The Cyclops rears back, attempting to attack Kratos again, only to be eaten by an enormous four-legged saurian Basilisk. After enjoying the Cyclops snack, the Basilisk sees Kratos and occludes the exit. Kratos attacks the large dinosaur-like monster. After numerous slashes from the Blades of Chaos, the Basilisk gets stunned and lays its head on the ground. Kratos sees the mace that the Cyclops left behind and uses it to his advantage. Raising the mace above his head, Kratos does an overhead slam into the Basilisk’s left eye. The saurian monstrosity retreats. Kratos gives chase. The camera pans out showing the Persian armada; across a beach under siege; and the Basilisk climbing a wall leading into Attica. A Persian ballista bolt hits near the Basilisk’s foot, making it lose its foothold. The Basilisk turns its head, roars, and enters the city. The camera pans back across the beach, showing some friendly fire as a ballista bolt hits a crew of Persians manning a battering ram. The siege continues on the beach. Finally, the camera pans back to Kratos. Kratos deftly avoids the incoming fire and makes his way toward the battering ram. He rolls the battering ram, by himself, along the beach and up a ramp, towards the wall ] ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| T H E G A T E S ||} ----- ----- {|| O F A T T I C A |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (GATE-ATCA) Attican : We cannot hold them off! [ Screams and grunts fill the air as Kratos uses the battering ram to break through the wall. He finds more Persians and Atticans in battle. After eliminating the enemies, Kratos makes his way up a set of steps. Arrows whiz from right to left. The camera pans to the right to show a pair of Persian archers. Kratos makes his way across a moat and quickly dispatches the archers. He then turns a large crank to open a door. Just in the nick of time, Kratos rolls under the door and makes his way into a large depression with more Persian soldiers. After taking out the Persians, Kratos breaks down a face of a wooden tower to find a ladder. He climbs the ladder and knocks down a bridge. The camera pans out to show the Basilisk in the background, wreaking havoc. ] ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| F A L L E N ||} ----- ----- {|| S T R O N G H O L D |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (FLLN-STHD) [ Kratos navigates his way into a large building. The camera pans onto a rotund Persian King, wearing a blue tunic and a bronze helmet, laughing at a group of screaming Greek women ] Kratos : What evil have you wrought on this city, Persian? Persian King : Evil? It is not evil that I bring, Spartan. I bring the might of Persia, and the sacrament of purification. As we speak, my Basilisk cleanses this land so that it may embrace the glory of the Persian Empire. Kratos : Olympus has sent a message, and I am here to deliver it. Persian King : [ laughs ] Then, you are just a messenger. [ he grabs some gold coins from a nearby chest ] So take this message back to your little gods: It will take more than a pathetic Spartan to stop the power of the Empire! [ Kratos takes on the large Persian King and a trio of Persian soldiers. Despite a fiery magic (Efreet), the Persian King gets pummeled by the Blades of Chaos. Kratos flings the Persian into the chest of gold and makes his approach towards the fallen King ] Persian King : Please ... Please, spare my life and I will give you all that you ask! Kratos : You have nothing I want, Persian. [ he puts away the Blades of Chaos ] Persian King : Take my kingdom, my women, my gold. Kratos : I won’t take your riches, but I will take your life! [ Kratos mercilessly grabs hold of another chest of gold and repeatedly slams it on the Persian King’s head, killing him. Kratos acquires the magic of the Efreet. Several Persian soldiers appear, only to fall to the fiery fists of Efreet. Kratos goes through a gate to find a pair of Greek women ] Greek woman : Is there anything we can do to repay you? [ moans ] My lord. [ Kratos fulfills every man’s dream ] Greek woman : Thank you, my lord. [ Kratos makes his way through the Fallen Stronghold, killing Persians along the way. Kratos uses another ballista on the battlements to wound the Basilisk in the neck. The Basilisk retreats. Kratos makes his way to a lower level. The camera zooms ahead to show a large Cyclops climbing up a wall and approaching a pair of soldiers ] Attican Soldier : Flank him! Flank him!! [ The Cyclops flattens a soldier by doing a two handed overhead slam ] Attican Soldier : Flee! Flee for your life!! [ Kratos slays the Cyclops, makes his way to higher ground, and kills more Persians. After reaching the end of the battlements, Kratos makes his way to a market district. Kratos opens a gate and the camera zooms to the Basilisk, which is perched on a rooftop. The Basilisk opens its mouth to roar, and a soldier’s body falls to the ground. After killing some Persians, Kratos approaches the soldier’s body and uses it as a weight to keep a gate open into a series of hallways. Kratos emerges onto a long palisade. The Basilisk appears from the battlement behind Kratos and makes his way onto the palisade. An arduous battle occurs between the ghost of Sparta and the large Persian reptile. The Basilisk retreats back to the battlements, turns around and continues battle from the higher position. Kratos drives his Blades of Chaos into the Basilisk’s right paw, jumps up and stabs the Basilisk above the eye. Kratos gets some leverage and pulls the Basilisk back to the palisade. Taking advantage of the weakened state of the Basilisk, Kratos topples a parapet onto the monster’s head. The battle continues, and the Basilisk returns to higher ground. Kratos again drives his Blades of Chaos into the Basilisk’s right forelimb, jumps up and stabs the Basilisk above the eye. Once again, Kratos gets some leverage and pulls the Basilisk back onto the palisade. Another parapet is toppled onto the reptile’s head. After some more punishment from the Blades of Chaos, the Basilisk gets stunned. Kratos makes his way atop the Basilisk and hooks his Blades into the Basilisk’s lower jaw. With all his might, Kratos pulls the Blades and dislocates the Basilisk’s jaw, killing the large saurian. The camera pans out to show the body of the Basilisk as it lays on the palisade ] Narrator : Fulfilling his commitment to the gods, Kratos defeated the Basilisk brought forth by the Persians. [ Kratos makes his way up a cliff and puts away his Blades of Chaos, looking pained and annoyed ] But this small victory would not satisfy the man who had come to be known as the Ghost of Sparta. Kratos : [ yelling at the heavens ] Is this all you would have me do? Is there nothing else? [ The sun bulges and a globe of light drifts toward the ground. A bright flash of white light fills the screen ] Narrator : Seeing the sun plummet through the sky, and the world plunge into darkness, Kratos knew this was not a sign from the gods. Kratos : What treachery is this? [ runs toward where the globe of light landed ] Narrator : Setting his sights on the glowing horizon, Kratos made his way toward the mysterious light, but there was more afoot than Kratos could possibly know. [ Kratos is shown reaching the lip of a gigantic precipice and looks upon a large temple ] Narrator : In the darkness, Morpheus, the god of dreams awakened to a world where he and only he wielded the power. The land was slowly overrun by a black fog that engulfed everything it touched. [ Kratos makes his way down cliff walls and enters ] ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| T H E C I T Y O F ||} ----- ----- {|| M A R A T H O N |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (CITY-MTHN) Man : Run for your lives! Woman : Help us! [ Kratos makes his way into a building only to witness a dark figure impale a woman. After Kratos kills the enemy, he makes his way to the street, only to be accosted by more of these fog fighters and archers. Kratos hears a resident of Marathon yelling ] Marathon resident : The fog is alive! [ The camera pans to show a dark fog permeating the air, except around a large wooden block ] Narrator : The power of Morpheus affected even Kratos, as he was haunted by a strange melody. [ A strange lilting melody is heard. As Kratos pushes the wooden block along a street toward a gate, someone yells ] Marathon resident : Stay out of the fog! [ After going through the gate, Kratos fights more fog archers and a trio of ear-piercing fog banshees. Kratos turns a crank to stop the fog banshees from appearing. Kratos eyes a torch, held by a statue. Using the torch, Kratos ignites some hay on a wagon. Kratos pushes the wagon along the street, blazing a path through the fog. At the end of the road, a large fog feline sabretooth Beast jumps in front of Kratos. Kratos guts the sabretooth and continues past a rocky obstruction. More fog archers appear on the Steed Shrine, only to be dealt with swiftly by Kratos’s Blades of Chaos ] ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| T H E T E M P L E O F ||} ----- ----- {|| H E L I O S |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (TMPL-HLOS) Narrator : And as Kratos approached the temple, it became clear that the task ahead was more than he would have ever imagined. [ Kratos makes his way past a couple of pillars on the outskirts of the temple, when the strange melody from earlier is heard again ] Narrator : Once again, the strange lingering melody could be heard through the black fog of Morpheus, haunting Kratos. [ Kratos makes short work of the fog fighters and banshees that ambush him. He continues on toward the Temple of Helios, scaling walls. The camera pans upward to show a large temple ] Narrator : The Temple on which Kratos stood, was the sun chariot of Helios. The very chariot that the Fire Steeds pulled across the sky every day, allowing the brilliance of Helios to shine down upon all mankind. [ Kratos heads toward the temple when he hears a feminine voice from a luminous statue ] Voice : Kratos. Kratos : [ approaches the statue ] Athena. What madness has befallen us? Athena : Kratos, there is not much time. Olympus needs you. Kratos : I grow tired of the gods’ requests, Athena. I have given enough. Now take these nightmares from my head. Athena : It is not for you to say when your servitude ends. You will earn your freedom, in time. But for now, Olympus needs your unquestioning obedience. The god of the sun has been torn from the sky. [ A bright flash engulfs the screen. The whole temple is shown ] Athena : This temple on which you stand is the chariot of Helios. [ The camera zooms out showing a large fireball dwarfing the temple ] Athena : Without their master to rein them, the Fire Steeds have driven the sun chariot into the earth. [ The fireball comes into focus showing fiery horses pulling a chariot into the temple. Like a meteor, the chariot is shown crashing into the earth, causing debris to fly into the air ] Athena : And without Helios, there is no one to keep Morpheus from seizing permanent power. [ The temple is shown against a dark landscape, with clouds swirling below. Lightning flashes and thunder booms ] Athena : Many of the gods have fallen into a deep slumber. [ The landscape around the temple is shown being surrounded by a dark fog ] Athena : Soon, all will succumb to the black grip of Morpheus. [ Kratos is shown at the base of Athena’s statue ] Kratos : What would you have me do? Athena : You must find Helios and return him to the sky, lest the world of gods and man be lost forever. Only his light can release the grasp of Morpheus. [ Athena’s statue loses its luminescence ] Kratos : Athena. Athena! [ Kratos makes his way onto the temple grounds and rides an elevator up to a higher level. He is accosted by some goat-like satyr soldiers. Some wield blades while others launch fiery projectiles. Kratos takes care of the enemies and pulls a lever to open a gate, leading into the temple itself. After riding the elevator back down to the temple grounds, Kratos makes his way into the temple, killing several satyrs on the way. Within the temple, Kratos dispatches a flock of harpies, and pulls a lever opening a door leading further into the temple. Kratos finds and fights a few helmeted fire guards, pulls a lever and makes his way into the Grand Hallway ] ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| G R A N D ||} ----- ----- {|| H A L L W A Y |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (GRND-HLWY) [ Kratos makes his way along the Grand Hallway into the center of the temple. After breaking a couple gears, Kratos descends on a circular elevator, battling a few more helmeted fire guards. After the elevator reaches the ground floor, an enormous armored Hyperion Guard appears in the middle of the elevator. It wields a large mace and attacks Kratos. Kratos takes care of the Guard and beheads him. Kratos heads deeper into the temple, and upon reaching a large chamber, a door closes behind Kratos. On the wall, the chamber has a statue holding a glowing blue sphere. Kratos knocks over a pillar to access the middle of the large chamber. A female voice issues from the statue ] Voice : I am grateful you have come, Ghost of Sparta. The titan Atlas has been freed from the pits of Tartarus, and has taken my brother, Helios from his rightful place in the sky. Kratos : What does Atlas want with the sun god? Voice : Helios holds within him the power of the sun, a power so great, it can destroy the world. It cannot be trusted in the hands of a titan. Please, take the Sun Shield from his throne, walk through the Gates of Olympus and you will find me. Hurry Kratos, even now my brother suffers at the hand of Atlas. [ Kratos uses his Blades of Chaos to force down a pillar, creating a bridge to the periphery of the chamber. He backtracks and goes through a doorway leading to Helios’s throne. After passing the door, it closes ] ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| T H E T H R O N E ||} ----- ----- {|| R O O M |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (THRN-ROOM) [ Kratos destroys the throne and acquires the Sun Shield. A few helmeted fire guards provide a chance for Kratos to make use of the shield. After dispatching them, Kratos uses the shield to open a large door. Kratos makes his way across the room and up a long spiral staircase. Kratos emerges in front of the temple amidst the fog ] Narrator : As Kratos stepped out into the eternal night, much had changed outside the temple. Morpheus grew ever stronger, as his harbingers of darkness continued their relentless march. [ A pair of fog archers are shown on a circular area, up a flight of stairs. Kratos engages them, and a fog feline sabretooth Beast joins the fray. After defeating the first wave, more archers and another sabretooth appear, only to fall to Kratos’s Blades of Chaos. Kratos puts the Sun Shield into the middle of the circular area, causing the periphery to sink, creating a spiral staircase downward. At the end of the staircase, Kratos uses the Sun Shield to open a door. After entering the large rectangular room, the door closes behind Kratos. There are two large statues holding lances on opposite sides of the room. Kratos moves the pair of statues onto square pressure plates, with their weapons fitting into holes in the wall, like keys in a lock. After each statue is on a square pressure plate, beams of light course upward from the base, and along the lance. This unlocks enormous blocks in the wall. Embossed on the wall is a seal of Helios. Kratos pulls the blocks away from the wall, creating a pair of gigantic steps. Kratos makes his way around the left side of the bottom step and walks along an indentation in the step, into another rectangular room. There are two more statues, this time holding lenses. Kratos repositions the statues, using the lenses to refract beams of light. Each beam of light is focused on its own circle in the wall. Kratos stands between the two light beams and uses the Sun Shield to reflect the light onto another circle, located on the top block/step. On the other side of the steps, in the first large rectangular room, it is shown that the steps lead up to a pentagonal room with three statues. The base of the middle statue glows with an orange light. Kratos makes his way back around the bottom step, and jumps up both to reach the pentagonal room. He places the Sun Shield into the orange light at the base of the statue. The statue becomes bathed in yellow light, and a wide beacon of light shines up into the heavens, over the temple grounds. A smaller beam of light illuminates the first cylinder behind a statue of a horse on the Steed Shrine. The rectangular slats of the rectangular room floor recede and form steps downward. Kratos goes down the steps and along a hallway back to the large circular chamber with the sphere-holding statue ] Voice : You must hurry, Kratos. [ Kratos makes his way along the periphery of the chamber and approaches a large rectangular liquid-like bronze portal. Fearlessly, Kratos steps through the portal and emerges in a torch-lit circular area ] ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| T H E C A V E S O F ||} ----- ----- {|| O L Y M P U S |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (CAVE-OLMS) [ The camera pans away from Kratos to show two gigantic helmed warriors holding up their arms, hewn in stone. The two warriors are across a wide river. On the left hand of one of the warriors is a smaller statue of a figure holding a lance. Kratos crosses the river to the base of the wall, between the two warriors. He climbs up the wall and makes his way behind the warrior on the right, emerging on its left hand. Kratos approaches the statue and acquires Triton’s lance. Kratos daringly dives into the river and goes upstream. While underwater, Kratos breaks through a gate and navigates the route among some ruins, breaking more gates in the process. Pulling a lever underwater causes the warrior on the left to raise his hands higher, creating a passage along the wall. Kratos again climbs up the wall and makes his way behind and above the warrior on the left. A small antechamber is hewn in the rock, with a heavy door in the middle, flanked by two statues. Kratos lifts the heavy door and proceeds into a hexagonal chamber, where a large blade-wielding minotaur spawns. After evading the minotaur’s charges, Kratos pins the minotaur’s hands into the ground with his Blades of Chaos, and decapitates the monster with its own weapon. Kratos continues on, turning a crank to create a bridge across a deep chasm. He lifts another heavy door to find himself at a bend of a shallow stream. Kratos stops midstream] Narrator : As Kratos entered the cave, Eos, goddess of dawn and sister of Helios, sat above him visibly weakened by the absence of the sun. [ A topless brunette, wearing a shawl around her hair and a white skirt, is shown kneeling ] Eos : All glory be to Lord Zeus for granting you safe passage to me. Kratos : The king of the gods does not aid me, Eos. I am but a slave to Zeus and Olympus. Eos : Save my brother Kratos, and he will convince Zeus to release you and rid you of the horrors of your past. I give you my word. Kratos : The gods have broken their word to me many times. Forgive me if I find it hard to believe your promises. Eos : Be that as it may, Kratos. The Primordial Fire is almost out. Without Helios, the life giving light of the world cannot be sustained. If you do not find him, only darkness and death await all of us. Kratos : [ sighs ] Where has Atlas taken him? Eos : I do not know, Kratos. Follow the passage out of the cave, retrieve the fire and it will light your path to the remaining steeds. They will guide you to their master. They will take you to my brother. May you go with the speed of Hermes, Ghost of Sparta. [ Kratos goes downstream, and emerges on a sandy embankment. Making his way along the sandy passageway, Kratos encounters and defeats more light warriors. Eventually, Kratos makes his way into a circular arena. Along the circular wall are three enormous armored guardians of the fire. Each guardian has a circular shield with a hole in the middle. In the middle of the arena, Kratos acquires the Primordial Fire. This triggers a ring of the arena to fall away and the guardians of the fire to animate. Each guardian sends a fireball at Kratos through a hole in its shield. Each fireball is deflected by Kratos and used against the guardian. After all three are taken care of, Kratos acquires the Light of Dawn. Light shines where the middle guardian stood, and Kratos reflects the light into the alcoves the guardians occupied. Upon breaking the wall of the right alcove, a bridge appears and Kratos makes his way through the passageway. Using the Sun Shield, Kratos opens another door ] Eos : You must find him, Kratos. [ Kratos fights a couple of fire guards and jumps into the river below. Kratos crosses the river and goes back through the portal. Kratos uses the Sun Shield to unlock a bridge of light to the center of the circular chamber with Eos’s statue. Kratos crosses another bridge of light to a door. Kratos opens the door with the Sun Shield and makes his way down to a circular elevator. Kratos uses the Sun Shield in the middle of the elevator to activate it. Harpies spawn, but Kratos eliminates them quickly. He makes his way up a flight of stairs to the door of the temple courtyard. Once again, Kratos uses the Sun Shield to unlock the door ] ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| T E M P L E ||} ----- ----- {|| C O U R T Y A R D |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (TMPL-CTYD) Narrator : And again the melody returned, and it almost seemed familiar. [ Kratos looks from right to left, trying to find the source of the piping melody. Four Fire Sentinels appear with a fiery shielded legless specter. Kratos dispatches them all. The camera shows a statue of a horse bucking on the opposite side of the courtyard, as well as a large seal in the middle of the courtyard. Its center glows with an orange light. Two short silos are shown, nestled within a wall. Kratos uses the Sun Shield in the middle of the large seal to bring up a crank. Kratos turns the crank, causing a thin beam of light to be emitted onto a short silo. The silo opens up to expose a sword-wielding statue with a shield. Kratos turns the crank, refracting the light to shine on the silo across the courtyard. This exposes another sword-wielding statue with a shield. Each statue, with light shined on its base, causes light to be refracted up through the base and directed out of the shield. Kratos uses the two statues to open two other silos, exposing two more statues. He then moves the four statues onto circular pressure plate buttons, which causes the area between the large seal and the bucking horse statue to elevate. Kratos shines the beam of light onto the elevated platform, which splits and refracts the light onto the four statues. Standing on the elevated platform, Kratos refracts and directs the beam of light onto the statue of the bucking horse. The bucking horse’s base elevates, revealing a glowing orange light. Kratos places the Sun Shield into the orange light of the statue’s base. The statue is bathed in a yellow light, and a wide beacon of light shines up into the heavens, over the temple grounds. A smaller beam of light illuminates the second cylinder behind a statue of a horse on the Steed Shrine. The crank in the middle of the large seal recedes, and an orange light takes its stead. Kratos puts the Sun Shield into the middle of the seal. This causes the seal platform to descend along a shaft of yellow light, back into the large circular chamber with Eos’s statue. Kratos crosses another bridge of light and opens another door with the Sun Shield. Kratos goes down a hallway and up the stairs of the rectangular room. The enormous steps have been reduced to rubble, and one of the statues/keys have been displaced. Kratos pushes the statue back onto the square pressure plate, breaks the top of the statue, and reflects the light into the keyhole using his shield. This causes the light to turn off, while a statue of a bucking horse becomes elevated. Kratos makes his way up the wall where the enormous steps were, and uses the Sun Shield at the base of the statue. The statue of the bucking horse is bathed in a yellow light, and a wide beacon of light shines up into the heavens, over the temple grounds. A smaller beam of light illuminates the third and final cylinder behind a statue of a horse on the Steed Shrine. A door behind the statue opens and Kratos proceeds down a passageway, down a flight of stairs, and down the face of a wall to the base of the temple ] Narrator : As Kratos left the temple, he was assaulted by the army of Morpheus. And again, he heard the haunting melody. But this time he recognized it as the song of his daughter, Calliope. Kratos : [ looking around ] Calliope? My daughter! Where are you? Calliope!! [ Numerous fog fighters, archers, and banshees spawn, all felled by Kratos’s Blades of Chaos. Kratos makes his way away from the temple, to the Steed Shrine. At the Shrine, Kratos turn the cylinders to light their respective horses. Kratos then uses his Sun Shield in the middle of a seal behind the cylinders. The Fire Steeds emerge from their statue prisons and fly into the sky. The Shrine starts to shake with the turbulence of being pulled by the Fire Steeds, above the fog of Morpheus ] Narrator : With the release of the Fire Steeds, Kratos was now in the hands of the beasts, [ The Fire Steeds trace a majestic arc over the fog, then they descend through the fog ] Narrator : and where they would take him, he did not know. [ Kratos is shown holding onto the chains of his Blades of Chaos, being buffeted by the winds. His head bows as he remembers his past, with Calliope’s melody playing throughout. General Kratos, riding a horse, approaches his daughter, Calliope. Kratos, with his daughter by his side, approaches his wife. Kratos starts to put a blue stone necklace onto his wife’s neck. Calliope smiles up at Kratos, with a bag of riches on his shoulder. Kratos leans against a tree, with a young Calliope stands, looking at her father who is carving a flute for her. An adolescent Calliope plays her flute. The image reverts to a young Calliope, with the burning oracle temple behind her. Rapid flashbacks of Kratos’s brutality and bloodlust are shown, including the fateful murder of his wife and daughter. The Ghost of Sparta is born as the old hag oracle cackles. The Fire Steeds continue their descent and Kratos awakens ] Narrator : As the steeds pulled Kratos away from the grip of Morpheus, they crossed into the Underworld. But in the land of the dead, they could go no further. For these beings of light, were not welcome in Hades. [ The Fire Steeds revert back to their statue forms, and the seal of the Steeds Shrine plummets, as does Kratos. Kratos uses his Blades of Chaos to latch onto a wall of a large rock which he climbs ] Narrator : Kratos found himself on the very edge of Hades. The land where no mortal had set foot. ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| T H E F A L L S O F ||} ----- ----- {|| O C E A N U M |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (FLLS-OCNM) [ The camera pans around Kratos, showing harpies flying about, and mountains and buildings off in the distance ] Narrator : Here where the souls of the dead walk their fated path, Kratos knew that for him, this was merely the beginning. [ Kratos climbs up the wall and traverses along an overhang, breaking stalactites along the way. He drops onto an island with a couple of petrified figures, jumps across a river of blood, and makes his way along a ledge. Kratos then jumps onto a wall, eliminates a few Hades legionnaires and watches harpies fly out of crevices in the wall. Kratos climbs up to level ground, only to be greeted by a few gorgons. Kratos makes his way through a door and up a flight of crumbling stairs. He passes a couple more petrified figures as he makes his way up a ledge, to emerge in a circular arena. A couple Hades legionnaires feebly attempt to attack Kratos, but barely put up a fight. To even things up, some Cyclops brutes make an appearance, only to meet the same fate as the legionnaires: death. Kratos jumps onto a higher platform and finds harpies flocking around some ruins ] ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| R U I N S O F ||} ----- ----- {|| A S P H O D E L |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (RUNS-APDL) [ After killing the harpies, Kratos uses a pedestal to jump onto a higher platform. He makes his way along a wall, behind a couple of blood waterfalls. Kratos drops onto a circular area and does battle with a few Hades legionnaires. Doing some renovation, Kratos knocks over a large pillar, which crashes into a wall of the ruins. Kratos follows the fallen pillar into the ruins, and jumps onto the second floor. From there, he climbs up a wall and follows a path toward a gated entrance. The camera pans up to a robed statue atop the entrance and back down to Kratos, as numerous harpies and two axe-wielding phantom warriors spawn. After ridding the annoying harpies, Kratos chops the phantom warriors, causing green gas to erupt under their armor. After each warrior sustains enough damage, it reduces to a jet of green gas, and become spheres within a door. After both spheres take their place within the door, it opens. Kratos backtracks along the path toward the opened door, and follows the pathway beyond. Kratos passes archways with red balls of fire at their bases. He reaches the heart of the Ruins, and ascends a long flight of stairs. At the top of the stairs, there is a large statue in the middle of a square area. Upon reaching the statue, a doorway closes behind Kratos. Kratos heads through the opposite door into a circular arena where he makes quick work of more harpies and axe-wielding phantom warriors, while avoiding the circular saws crisscrossing the area. Kratos exits the circular arena through an archway and makes his way down a long bridge, which terminates into a circular area. There is a gate that blocks Kratos’s way. Ignoring the gate, Kratos rings a large bell. The camera zooms out, showing the Ruins where Kratos is standing. The circular area is near the edge of an enormous blood waterfall. Kratos is shown walking away from the bell, putting away his Blades of Chaos. The camera zooms out once again, showing the expanse of the blood river. Kratos sees a gigantic row boat with many oars paddling towards Kratos. Kratos looks on, with an expression of boredom. The row boat docks on the opposite side of the gate, and a drawbridge-like gang plank drops from the dock onto the boat while the gate is raised. Kratos nonchalantly walks aboard the boat. At the bow of the boat is a large statue of a winged devil. A growling voice, from a robed figure with disembodied heads for a belt, is heard as Kratos steps on the boat ] Voice : Who calls for the Ferryman? [ it clenches a fist ] [ Kratos is shown walking on the deck of the boat, while the Ferryman quickly moves behind Kratos. The Ferryman is wearing a golden mask, and has long white hair and beard ] Ferryman : Ghost of Sparta? [ he moves from Kratos’s right to left, places his right hand on Kratos’s left shoulder, holding a scythe ] Slave to the Olympians? Kratos : I am a slave to no one, Charon. [ Charon walks forward, using his scythe as a cane ] Charon : We share a common fate, Kratos. The gods will release neither of us from our torture. [ he waves his right hand, as if swatting a fly ] Be gone. [ The camera zooms in on Charon’s golden mask ] Charon : It is not yet your time, mortal. [ Charon swings his massive scythe at Kratos, who is no match for the Ferryman. The camera pans out, showing the large ferry. Charon drags Kratos to the port side of the ferry ] Charon : You chose your path ... [ he drops Kratos’s body over the bloody waterfall into the abyss below ] Ghost of Sparta! [ The screen fades to black and the haunting melody of Calliope’s flute is heard ] Kratos : Calliope! ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| T H E D E P T H S O F ||} ----- ----- {|| T A R T A R U S |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (DPTS-TRUS) [ The screen fades into a large gorge, with prisoners bound by chains into the walls. Kratos grunts and manages to break free from his manacles. As Kratos makes his way along the gorge, he decides to end the suffering of those still bound by chains. Kratos eventually finds himself in a circular area, overlooking a giant chasm with colossal links of chains hanging from the ceiling. Each chain terminates with a spike ] Narrator : Here where the souls of the wicked are tortured in the pits of Tartarus, the wailing and agony of the damned, resonated deep throughout the bowels of the underworld. [ Numerous harpies appear, only to get their wings clipped and be shredded by the Blades of Chaos. Kratos continues on, freeing people of their misery, and making his way to the chasm. After opening the door into the middle of the chasm, Kratos climbs up a wall, handling numerous Hades legionnaires that spawn. Eventually, Kratos lifts himself up to a circular area where he makes short work of more harpies and a gorgon. Within alcoves in the wall rest statues of Hades and Ares. Kratos pulls the statues onto square pressure plates which bring up a crank in the middle of the area. Kratos turns the crank to rotate the entrance to an adjoining circular shaft. Kratos proceeds down a torch-lit hallway and finds himself in a large rectangular room. A couple minotaurs and some archers appear, proving to be no match to Kratos. Kratos makes his way up a spiral staircase to be greeted by a Hades legionnaire. Kratos eliminates his enemy quickly and goes through a blocked passageway above the large rectangular room. Pulling a lever raises the gate within the room. Kratos passes through the gateway and up another spiral staircase. This time, a pair of Hades legionnaires and a pair of archers attempt to engage Kratos, only to get completely destroyed. Pulling another lever in the room raises a pair of gates. Kratos ascends a flight of stairs. The camera shows the profile of a corpse on a throne. Kratos crosses the room and acquires the Cryptkeeper’s Key then pushes the throne over the balcony, onto the large rectangular room below. Kratos drops down, picks up the corpse and places it on a circular button. This causes a rectangular lock to rise from the ground. Kratos places the Cryptkeeper’s Key into the lock and turns it. As a result, a bridge is extended towards the Temple of Zeus ] ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| T E M P L E O F ||} ----- ----- {|| Z E U S |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (TMPL-ZEUS) [ Kratos heads into the Temple of Zeus, and finds a statue of the king of the gods. In Zeus’s right hand is a golden gauntlet. Two axe-wielding phantom warriors spawn. They are dealt with promptly by Kratos. Kratos approaches the center of the temple and slings his Blades of Chaos onto the statue of Zeus. He pulls on the statue, causing it to shatter. Kratos picks up the Gauntlet of Zeus. Several Hades Legionnaires appear, as if on cue to try out the new Gauntlet. They all die swiftly. Kratos crosses the bridge back to the depths of Tartarus. Using the Gauntlet, Kratos breaks down a door and makes his way down the hallway. Suddenly, a spiked gate drops from the ceiling and moves along a track toward Kratos. Kratos hurries along the hallway, obliterating obstacles in his way and makes his way back to the circular shaft. He heads back to the circular area with the statues of Ares and Hades. With the Gauntlet, Kratos pounds the two statues into dust. Upon destroying the statue of Hades, a pathway is revealed. Kratos goes down this pathway and opens a door, leading to a circular area. Kratos climbs up the wall to find gorgons and a few Hades legionnaires. Kratos kills them all. A crank comes up from the floor; turning it causes a colossal chain to drop from the ceiling. Kratos makes his way back down to the circular area and uses a chain as a bridge to a wall. Kratos scales the wall, heading to the jails of Tartarus ] ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| J A I L S O F ||} ----- ----- {|| T A R T A R U S |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (JALS-TRUS) [ Kratos heads down a pathway and drops onto a platform. Harpies and Cyclops brutes appear but are swiftly destroyed by Kratos. Another crank comes up from the floor; turning it causes another colossal chain to drop from the ceiling. The colossal chains each have spikes at the ends. Yet another crank comes up from the floor; turning it causes a colossal chain to bridge the platform to the previous circular area. Kratos jumps from the circular area onto the top of a spike. Kratos jumps from spike to spike, crossing the chasm. He makes his way onto a ledge and follows a pathway, blocked by a door. Kratos lifts the door and continues down the pathway, providing solace to the people chained to the wall. He lifts another door, and looks upon a rock outcropping ] Narrator : Kratos saw before him the remnants of the old rulers of Earth, the mighty Titans. [ Beyond the rock outcropping, a face is shown within the rock wall, with chains situated beneath its chin ] Narrator : Defeated by the gods and enchained in the depths of Tartarus, they suffered their unjust penance. And for their torment, it was well known that these immortal beings hated the Olympians with immeasurable fury. [ Kratos climbs up the outcropping and lays waste to a minotaur. A few Hades archers try sniping at Kratos from a spike, only to have their arrows blocked by the Sun Shield. Kratos sends projectiles of his own and eliminates them. With the turn of another crank, a colossal chain creates a bridge to the titan’s face within the wall. Kratos crosses the chain bridge, passing the bound titan ] ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| S H A C K L E S O F ||} ----- ----- {|| H Y P E R I O N |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (SHKL-HYPN) [ Kratos follows a passageway between towering stone walls. He lifts a heavy door and emerges into a large trapezoidal area. Some Hades legionnaires and archers greet Kratos but they fall to his Blades of Chaos. Kratos pulls a pair of levers; after each is pulled, some colossal chains slacken. Kratos then climbs up a wall, slings his way along the ceiling above the slackened chains, and drops onto a balcony. Kratos follows the pathway to another lever. Pulling this lever causes a rock to fall away from the bound titan, freeing its head. Kratos makes his way back down into the large trapezoidal area and emerges next to the titan’s head ] Narrator : By the hands of Zeus, the titans had been bound and shackled in their torment, for a thousand years, with no hope of escape. [ The camera pans away from Kratos’s position, showing the expanse of the chasm with a lone harpy flying by. The camera zooms in on a vacated area where another titan had been bound ] Narrator : Now the chains that once held the titan Atlas lay broken, and only one question plagued the thoughts of Kratos. [ The camera zooms in on Kratos’s face ] Kratos : Who would release such evil? [ Kratos makes his way along the rock wall, eliminating some Hades legionnaires along the way. Kratos descends upon a wide ledge and jumps upon a large gear, connected to a colossal chain in a pulley system. Kratos spins the gear, while intermittently fighting harpies and Hades legionnaires. Once the gear stops spinning, Kratos jumps down onto another gear connected to a pulley system. Again, Kratos spins the gear, while intermittently fighting harpies and shielded Hades legionnaires. At the end of the pulley system, the gear stops, and Kratos jumps onto a rock ledge. Kratos jumps onto a higher ledge and finds a spike lying horizontally on the platform. Kratos charges up for an enormous punch with Zeus’s Gauntlet. The resulting punch launches the spike into the wall across the abyss. The colossal chain trails the spike and stretches taut. Kratos uses the colossal chain as a bridge and begins his arduous ascent out of Tartarus. The camera changes angles, showing Kratos from the side; a wide shot showing a harpy flying by him; a shot from above Kratos; another wide shot, this time zooming out. Kratos finds himself by the Hades blood waterfall from earlier. He ascends the rock face and follows the ledge leading back to the Ruins of Asphodel. Kratos breaks a stone wall of the ruins and finds himself in the circular arena with the circular saws crisscrossing the area. Once again, Kratos does battle with axe-wielding phantom warriors and harpies. Kratos exits the circular arena through a familiar archway and makes his way down a long bridge, which terminates into a circular area. Instead of ringing the large bell, Kratos uses Zeus’s Gauntlet to break down the gate leading to the dock ] ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| T H E D O C K O F ||} ----- ----- {|| C H A R O N |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (DOCK-CHRN) [ Kratos goes down the gang plank onto Charon’s ferry. Charon turns around as Kratos makes his way on deck ] Charon : You again. Kratos : The walls of Tartarus would not hold Atlas, and they would not hold me either. Charon : [ appears behind Kratos and walks to the bow of the boat ] The gods have obviously taken pity on their slave. Kratos : [ turns around to face Charon ] You underestimate me, Charon. This time I will not be so merciful. [ Kratos engages Charon in battle. While Charon uses his scythe, Kratos uses Zeus’s Gauntlet to assail Charon with powerful punches. After enduring several melee hits, Charon melts into a black ooze and traverses the deck of his ship. He reappears and resumes battle with Kratos. This time, he tries sending green energy spheres at Kratos, but Kratos uses the Sun Shield to deflect them back at Charon. After taking several blows to the gut, Charon transports himself onto the upper deck and tries to recuperate. While on the upper deck, Charon tries to snipe Kratos from afar while drawing green energy from the ship. Showing no fear, Kratos uses the Gauntlet to break a pillar supporting the upper deck. Charon goes back to Kratos’s level and resumes the fight. After taking more punches, Charon flees back to the upper deck to recuperate; only to have Kratos use the Gauntlet again to break a pillar. The cycle continues until all three pillars are broken. Charon’s attempt to draw energy from the ship backfires on him, and the resulting energy blast demolishes the upper deck and stuns Charon. Charon loses his mask. Kratos takes the massive scythe, slashes away at Charon’s midsection, then hurls the scythe at Charon, impaling and pinning him below the winged devil at the bow of the ship. Kratos makes his way along the deck of the ship to retrieve Charon’s mask. As Kratos tries to pick up the mask, a hoarse yet taunting laugh emanates from Charon. Kratos spins around and glares at Charon. Charon grips his scythe, attempting to push it out of his body, but to no avail. Resigned, Charon dissociates and becomes a being of green energy. Only his upper body is reconstituted. Charon sends green energy spheres at Kratos, only to have them deflected back. After getting his attacks delivered to his face, Charon plops to the ground. Kratos picks up Charon and punches him with Zeus’s Gauntlet. Using the same hand, Kratos grips Charon by the face and slams him bodily to the deck of the ship. Without mercy, Kratos repeatedly punches Charon’s face with Zeus’s Gauntlet. The camera pans out showing Charon’s ferry as paddles row the boat along the river of blood, amidst pointy rocks ] Narrator : Having defeated Charon, Kratos journeyed deeper into Hades and closer to his goal. [ Kratos is shown on the ferry, facing the winged devil at the bow of the boat. The camera zooms in on Kratos’s face ] Narrator : For in the distance, the bright light of Helios illuminated all of the underworld. [ Architecture is shown, with tall towers beyond the ferry. It is a castle-like temple ] Narrator : But something on the shore caught his attention. [ Calliope’s flute melody is heard, while a circular dock is shown from above ] Narrator : And to Kratos, it almost seemed an apparition. [ Feet and the lower part of a dress is shown standing on the dock as the ferry approaches a dock. Kratos, from the deck of the ship, looks on, showing recognition ] Kratos : Calliope! [ The camera starts from behind Kratos, looking over his shoulder, zooming in on the figure near a pillar on the dock ] Narrator : Upon seeing his daughter, [ A shot of Calliope playing her flute is shown ] Narrator : Kratos realized that all that he had been working for, all that he had wanted, was within reach. [ A montage of flashbacks of God of War 1, showing his assault on the oracle and the people within, are shown with the following narration ] Narrator : Years of service to the gods had not delivered him from his pain. Never had it eased the burden of his past, [ The view shows an overhead shot of the dock, with Calliope standing in the middle of a top step ] Narrator : and now, Calliope was found. [ Calliope turns around. Kratos reaches out with his right hand ] Kratos : Calliope! [ Calliope starts to walk toward the temple. The screen fades to show the ferry docking. Kratos picks up Charon’s mask and acquires Charon’s Wrath. Hades legionnaires appear on the deck of the boat, only to be punished by Charon’s Wrath. Kratos hastily goes down the gang plank and quickly makes his way down a promenade leading to the steps where Calliope was standing. Kratos enters the temple ] ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| T H E T E M P L E O F ||} ----- ----- {|| P E R S E P H O N E |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (TMPL-PSNE) [ After Kratos crosses the threshold, the door closes behind him. The camera pans across a hexagonal room to the opposite door. Calliope is seen running away, up a flight of steps, humming her melody. A door closes behind her. Kratos gives chase, going up the stairs and kicks open the door. After Kratos makes his way into a large foyer, gargantuan sabretooth Beasts appear along with a group of a new type of satyrs. Kratos defeats all of his foes quickly. Kratos makes his way up a long flight of stairs to a closed door. He kicks it open, enters a small chamber with another door. He kicks that one open, too. The camera pans showing Calliope running around a large shrine. She runs through door on the opposite wall. The shrine has torches above numerous mounted canine heads. Kratos breaks all of the canine heads while dealing with satyrs and harpies. He kicks open the door that Calliope had ran through earlier. Kratos quickly traverses the next room, kicking open yet another door. Kratos begins to ascend another flight of stairs, when midway up, he sees Calliope running away another set of stairs, giggling. A door closes behind her. After Kratos makes his way into another large foyer, Cyclops brutes and harpies try to hinder Kratos’s progress. They fail. Miserably. Kratos kicks open the door that Calliope ran through, up the steps and kicks open another door. Kratos comes across another shrine with torches mounted over canine heads. Kratos breaks the canine heads, again facing satyrs and harpies. Kratos kicks open another door, goes through the next room, and kicks open another door. Calliope giggles as she continues running away from her father. She disappears through a doorway, with the door closing behind her. Kratos engages battle with two minotaurs, then three satyrs, then one last minotaur within the large room. After Kratos deals with them, he kicks open the door and resumes his chase down a long hallway. At the end of the hallway is another door, which opens at the behest of Kratos’s right foot. Kratos turns a crank, which causes the circular elevator to ascend. The elevator comes to a stop in an octagonal room where numerous harpies, a pair of gorgons and a Cyclops brute meet their death at the hands of Kratos. Kratos kicks open another door, goes up some more steps, and kicks open another door. Calliope is seen running away, with a door closing behind her. Kratos gives chase, kicking open the door. He goes up a flight of stairs and follows a walkway leading to a portico nestled within a ring of columns ] ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| T H E G R O V E S O F ||} ----- ----- {|| P E R S E P H O N E |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (GRVS-PSNE) [ Kratos runs up the steps of the portico ] Kratos : Calliope! Calliope, where are you? [ Kratos stands in the middle of the portico ] Narrator : Kratos looked, but his daughter was nowhere to be seen. [ A bird’s eye view of the portico is shown, with an enormous tree root anchored beneath a pillar ] Narrator : In the middle of the room sat a graceful figure, a figure he recognized all too well. Persephone, wife of Hades and queen of the undead. [ Kratos approaches the brunette in a brown dress, sitting on a bench, looking away from Kratos ] Kratos : Where is my daughter, witch? Persephone : Choose your words carefully, Ghost of Sparta. [ The camera shows her face, with her hair caressing her cheeks ] Persephone : You address the goddess of the underworld. [ sighs ] Your daughter is well. [ turns to face Kratos ] She lives among the pure souls in the Elysian Fields. [ The camera pans around the pair ] Kratos : Lead me to her. Persephone : [ stands up ] Have you forgotten, Kratos? [ reaches up at a branch above the tree root ] The Olympians need you. [ picks and inspects a pomegranate ] They slumber at the hand of Morpheus. [ The camera pans in front of Persephone, with Kratos standing a few paces back ] Kratos : I have faithfully served the gods, yet they do not give me what I ask. [ Kratos is shown close up, hands at an angle away from his body, showing his disgust ] Kratos : I grow weary of their demands. Persephone : The gods on Olympus failed me too, Kratos. [ she sends a purple pulse through the pomegranate, making it fall to pieces ] I was betrayed by Zeus and tricked by my husband Hades. Now I am to stay in the underworld as queen of the dead. [ she walks past Kratos ] To serve the fallen, and care for them as my own children. [ she stops walking ] Kratos : Persephone! [ turns to face Persephone ] I demand to see my daughter. Persephone : [ turns to face Kratos, and walks behind him ] As you wish. If Calliope is your true desire, I can help you. [ Close up of her face ] But be warned, Ghost of Sparta. [ The camera shows Kratos’s face, with Persephone’s looking above his left shoulder. She places her left hand on his left shoulder ] Persephone : The world of man will suffer because of your choice. [ Kratos shakes off Persephone’s hand ] Kratos : I care little for the world and its suffering. [ turns ] Where is she? Persephone : [ turns away and begins to walk ] If you are to see your daughter again, you must become worthy of Elysium. [ Kratos turns to face Persephone, but she continues walking toward the tree. The camera pans and zooms in on the tree ] Persephone : Cast your weapons at the Forsaken Tree, and let it release the evils of your past. Only then will you be free of your sins and be granted passage through the divine gates. [ The camera pans away from the tree toward the divine gates. Persephone goes through the gates, and they pulse with a brilliant white light Kratos hooks his Blades of Chaos into the forsaken tree’s trunk and relinquishes his Blades and magics. He kneels after the exertion each time. Finally, he gives up his Blades of Chaos. The chains around his forearms go up in flame. His skin loses its white and red pigmentation. Kratos stands up and makes his way toward the divine gates ] Persephone : You have done well, Kratos. Walk through the gates. ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| F I E L D S O F ||} ----- ----- {|| E L Y S I U M |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (FLDS-ELSM) [ Kratos emerges in the Elysian Fields, his skin no longer white and red ] Kratos : Calliope. [ runs toward his daughter ] Calliope : Father? Kratos : [ picks up Calliope ] My child. [ embraces his daughter ] Calliope : [ frees herself from the hug ] Why did you go? Kratos : [ strokes Calliope’s hair ] I am here now child, and I will not leave you again. Persephone : I have watched over you pathetic mortals for a thousand years, and it is always the same. Serving yourself before the needs of others has always been your flaw. [ approaches Kratos and Calliope] But no matter, for now you serve my purpose. [ Kratos stands up, and holds Calliope close, with his left hand. Calliope hides her face in fear ] Persephone : It is time for all that came before to end. The titan will fulfill his role and finish what I have started. [ turns around and starts to walk away ] I released Atlas. Kratos : You? Persephone : [ turns around ] As you were pathetically disarming yourself, Atlas completed the task I set him out to do. [ The camera focuses on the tower of the temple in front of Persephone, behind Kratos ] Persephone : [ raises her hands ] With the power of the sun in his hands, it is only a matter of time before he destroys the pillar that holds the world, [ points her left hand at the tower ] and Olympus with it. [ The camera pans from Persephone to Kratos ] Kratos : But why? Persephone : Do you think it was my choice to wed a man I did not love? Live a life I did not choose? [ turns away, disgusted ] I was betrayed by the very gods that once saw me as their own. [ tilts her head, slyly ] But no more. Once the pillar is destroyed, the world will revert into chaos! [ lifts her right arm, bends her elbow and clenches her fist ] Kratos : And what is to become of you? [ Calliope squeaks in a panic ] Persephone : I will have my peace and be free from this miserable existence. I will perish, [ turns her head defiantly ] but it is my choice. Calliope : [ looks up at Kratos ] Father! What’s happening? I’m scared. [ hides her face ] [ Debris starts to fall all around ] Persephone : [ walks past Kratos ] In your selfish choice to be with your daughter, you have caused her ruin. [ The camera zooms in on Kratos’s face ] Kratos : No. Persephone : [ stops walking ] Elysium falls too, Kratos. She will perish. Kratos : No! [ assumes a protective stance ] I will not let the gods take her from me again. [ Kratos rushes at Persephone, only to be repelled by a blast of white energy from Persephone’s left hand. Kratos is flung back while Calliope sobs ] Calliope : Father! [ runs toward a kneeling Kratos; grabs his left arm ] Narrator : The choice was clear to him, yet impossible to make. [ Kratos looks upon Calliope’s face ] Narrator : To stay with his daughter meant the end of the world and the end of her. [ Kratos grimaces and looks at his daughter ] Narrator : To stop Persephone and Atlas would mean forsaking his daughter, forever. While his hatred and anger for the gods grew ever stronger, [ Kratos stands up ] Narrator : he knew there was but one thing to do. [ Kratos is shown standing, consoling Calliope who is standing next to his left hip, holding his leg. With much pain in his face, Kratos pushes his beloved daughter away from him. Calliope resists as much as she can, but is pushed to the ground. Kratos rushes around the field sapping innocent spirits of their energy. Each innocent spirit resembles Calliope and gives off a white light ] Narrator : Kratos soon realized that what he gained in humanity, he lost in power. He would need to become the monster he once was, [ Kratos feels his Blades of Chaos take fiery form in his hands ] Narrator : if he was to defeat Persephone. [ Kratos rushes around the field slicing more innocent spirits with his Blades of Chaos. He is pursued by Hades legionnaires. By slicing the spirits, Kratos regains his lost fighting techniques and Sun Shield. Kratos’s red skin coloring returns ] Narrator : He would need to become the Ghost of Sparta once again, if he was to save his child. [ Kratos continues slicing more innocent spirits. Kratos’s white skin coloring returns ] Narrator : He would need to sacrifice his life with her, so that she may live. [ Kratos grunts and pants ] Calliope : [ kneeling in the field behind Kratos ] No! Father, no! [ weeps ] [ Kratos turns around to face Calliope ] Narrator : At that moment Kratos knew his destiny was not with Calliope. [ The camera zooms in on Kratos’s right hand, as he grips his Blade harder. Then, the camera zooms in on Kratos’s face, with Calliope kneeling in the background, over Kratos’s right shoulder ] Narrator : The Fates were never that kind. [ Kratos bows his head and walks away from Calliope. He makes his way across the Elysian field toward the temple. He stops in a circular arena to dispatch some Hades archers and shielded Hades legionnaires. A sabretooth Beast tries to ambush Kratos but is unsuccessful. It dies quickly. More Hades archers appear, along with an axe-wielding phantom warrior. Kratos dispatches all of them. Kratos ascends a long flight of stairs toward the temple. Near the top of the stairs, there is a flash of green energy flash. Persephone appears and walks up stairs, her back to Kratos ] Persephone : [ turns around to face Kratos ] Spartan... Witness the end! [ Debris continues to fall, increasing in frequency. Green energy flashes behind Persephone who sprouts four wings comprised of black feathers. The wings fold over in front of Persephone then flap open. Persephone screams as she reappears with armor. Kratos rushes up the stairs, as Persephone turns around and starts to fly upward. Kratos slings his right Blade of Chaos around Persephone’s right ankle. Persephone continues her flight, as shown from below, then from above. The camera pans up the tower of the temple. From a bird’s eye view, Persephone is shown flying toward the camera, dodging falling debris. Kratos holds on while Persephone flies upward to a gigantic titan. The titan roars while punching the tower. The impact of the punch makes Kratos’s Blade to come loose, and Kratos starts to fall. He yells. Like a bird of prey, Persephone swoops and knocks Kratos into a circular platform in the tower. ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| W I T H I N T H E ||} ----- ----- {|| T O W E R |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (WTHN-TOWR) [ The platform has columns along the circumference. Kratos grunts as he lands. Persephone flies above his body, and is shown floating in midair. Kratos and Persephone begin to fight. She swoops and rushes with her shoulder. Occasionally, she stomps her left foot, causes slabs of rock to rise from the platform, and move laterally toward Kratos. Kratos deftly dodges them and launches an assault on Persephone. Persephone swoops toward Kratos and grabs his neck with her right hand. Both of them are bathed in a green light ] Persephone : Call to her. Be with her. [ embraces Kratos ] Leave this world behind. [ places Kratos on the ground ] Atlas! [ Atlas’s fist slams downward from the ceiling, into the center of the arena. Kratos dodges the attack and stabs Atlas’s knuckle with both of his Blades. Atlas withdraws his fist and opens his hand. Kratos repositions his Blades and makes his way onto Atlas’s palm. Leaving his left Blade of Chaos hooked in Atlas’s finger, Kratos jumps off of the hand as Atlas raises his hand upward. Kratos takes a colossal chain and drives the spike into the earth above. Kratos starts to freefall. Atlas tries to grab him out of the air with another hand. Kratos slings both Blades into Atlas’s palm and pulls himself to the palm. Once his feet touch the base of Atlas’s palm, Kratos pushes off and falls toward another colossal chain. As he’s falling, Kratos drives the spike into the earth above. Kratos starts to freefall again. Screeching, Persephone swoops toward Kratos and hurls him back into the circular arena. A circle in the center of the arena pulses with an orange glow. Persephone flies above his body, and floats in midair ] Persephone : You will not stop me! [ Kratos and Persephone resume their battle. She hurls a large green and black energy sphere at Kratos. He deflects it back at her using his Sun Shield. Kratos inflicts damage to Persephone as hangs onto a broken pillar ] Persephone : Petulant mortal! [ Again, she hurls an energy sphere at him. Again, he deflects it back at her. Again, she falls onto a broken pillar. Again, he clobbers her. ] Persephone : Foolish human! [ She tries to injure Kratos with a black and green energy beam. He avoids the attack. Frustrated, she resumes hurling an energy sphere at him, only to get a taste of her own medicine. Kratos attacks a stunned Persephone who is holding onto a broken pillar. Persephone taunts Kratos again and calls up columns of black and green energy. Kratos maneuvers past these columns. Trying to catch him off guard, she slings an energy sphere at him. Kratos parries and slings it back at her and resumes his assault as she hangs onto a broken pillar. Persephone falls to the ground at Kratos’s feet. Her wings envelop her and a black fog enshrouds her. Green energy surrounds her. Kratos makes his way into the center of the orange circle. Using the Sun Shield, Kratos concentrates an orange energy cluster then shines a large beam of light at Persephone. She wails in pain and surprise. She stands up and begins to walk toward Kratos, wings still folded across her front, while resisting the orange energy beam ] Persephone : You will never stop me! [ Kratos concentrates more of the energy onto the shield and sends a pulse at Persephone. She grunts at the sudden surge of energy while attempting to approach Kratos ] Persephone : You are weak! [ Once more, Kratos concentrates energy onto the shield and sends another pulse at Persephone. Grunting at the sudden surge of energy, she tries walking toward him ] Persephone : You will fail! [ Persephone is overwhelmed by the onslaught of orange energy] Persephone : No! [ Kratos dashes toward Persephone. As he is running, he draws his right hand back, getting ready to punch her with Zeus’s Gauntlet. He punches her midsection as she wails in pain. A white light illuminates Persephone, causing her armor and wings to disappear. The camera zooms in on her, as she doubles over in pain ] Persephone : Your suffering will never end. Ghost of Sparta. [ Persephone falls backward, arms outstretched. She screams as the white energy consumes her. The screen fades to white as the energy flashes outward. The camera zooms out, showing a large white energy ball falling from the tower. Atlas is shown grunting as he supports the earth with his hands. The white light makes him close his eyes and turn his head upwards. The camera shows the tower from a distance. Green energy focuses where Kratos and Persephone battled, then bursts outward in a ring. The screen fades to white. The screen fades in to Atlas, as he raises his head. The camera zooms out, showing Atlas supporting the earth, shackled. Kratos stands on a rocky summit looking up at Atlas ] Atlas : Perhaps you believe the Olympians will help you. [ The camera focuses on Atlas ] Atlas : But I ask... where are your gods now, Kratos? Why do they not come to your aid? [ Kratos is shown from Atlas’s view ] Kratos : I do not need the aid of the gods. [ The camera shows Kratos from the front ] Kratos : But, my path is now clear to me. [ Kratos is in the foreground, looking up at Atlas ] Kratos : I will serve them, and they will keep their promise to free me from my past. Atlas : I ask you Spartan, what good is the promise of an Olympian? [ Kratos is shown from a bird’s eye view ] Kratos : It is all I have, Atlas. [ The camera pans from below the rocky summit where Kratos is, with Atlas in the background ] Atlas : We will meet again, Spartan. The Fates have deemed it. [ The camera zooms in on Atlas ] Atlas : One day, you will regret what you have done here. [ Atlas is shown from a distance, bowing his head. The camera pans around with the following narration ] Narrator : The mighty Atlas was left enchained, cursed to forever hold the world on his shoulders. A greater penance than Zeus himself had placed on the titans. The fate of Atlas had been sealed, and the goddess Persephone, was no more. Kratos had saved mankind, but that mattered little to him. [ The tower is shown, while zooming out ] Narrator : By forsaking his daughter, he had abandoned the only person he ever cared for. [ Kratos is shown looking pained, with the back of the figure of Calliope playing her flute is shown in the background, over his left shoulder ] Narrator : What he had long sought and finally found, was now, forever lost. [ Calliope puts down her flute and turns her head. Kratos closes his eyes. The screen fades to black ] Narrator : As the sun chariot rose higher in the sky, [ Kratos is shown in a yellow hue, driving the Chariot ] Narrator : and the might of Helios shone once again on the world, Morpheus retreated to the shadows. Kratos gained little satisfaction from his victory. [ The camera zooms out, fading to white. The camera shows the sun in the sky ] Narrator : With years of servitude in front of him, he would need to confront his past and fight to reclaim the humanity he lost, on the day his dark legend was born. ___________________________________________________________________ + |\ *** ||} |:| A F T E R T H E ||} ----- ----- {|| C R E D I T S |:| {|| *** |/ ___________________________________________________________________ + (AFTR-CRDT) [ The sun shines brightly ] Narrator : The dire toll of his relentless battles finally caught up with him, [ Kratos is seen freefalling; the camera pans around him ] Narrator : as Kratos fell from the Chariot to the earth. Was this sacrifice too much for one to bear? Even for the man who was known as the Ghost of Sparta? [ As Kratos is about to fall onto a rock slab, his descent is halted, a few feet above the ground. Gently, his body drifts toward the ground. Kratos leans his head back. Two sandaled figures approach Kratos’s body. A male voice is heard ] Male : He has again served us well, Athena. [ Athena bends down to take Zeus’s Gauntlet ] Athena : He is a remarkable mortal. [ The male bends down to take the Sun Shield ] Male : He is weak. Shall we help him? [ The two walk away, while the camera shows him lying on the ground ] Athena : He’ll live... They must. [ The camera pans around and zooms away from the rock ledge. The background reveals a large gate to Olympus closing and zooms out from the suicide bluffs where God of War 1 begins ] This Script document may not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. 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