Journey to Helheim
God of War Story and Ending Summary
Kratos takes Freya’s boat back home, and on the way there, he is haunted by visions of Athena from his past. She reminds Kratos of who he really is, and how he can never escape his origins and role as the God of War. Kratos seems to understand this, but he ignores her as he digs up his Blades of Chaos from the floorboards at home. Now, he’s finally ready to go to Helheim.
Kratos manages to obtain the gatekeeper’s heart easily enough, but he also finds himself haunted by visions of Zeus, his father. He’s reminded of the fact that he had killed his own father, and Mimir (still attached to Kratos’ belt) also learns of Kratos’ origins.
Finally, Kratos returns to Freya’s house and they’re able to save Atreus. Before setting out once more, Kratos finally reveals to Atreus that he’s actually a god, and that makes his son one as well. Atreus also realizes that not knowing that he was a god was making him sick this whole time. After they get all that out of the way, they head back to Tyr’s vault to try to find the travel rune. However, there’s now a slight change in Atreus’ behavior. He’s a lot more cocky about his abilities, and he begins to act even more obnoxious and interacting with other people.
They eventually find the travel rune, and they head back up to the summit to try to open a path to Jotunheim. Not everything goes according to plan, though, as they encounter Modi once again. Modi starts trash talking Faye, and this makes Atreus angry. But even as Kratos tells Atreus not to kill a god who’s already been beaten, he refuses to listen and kicks Modi off a cliff anyway. This makes Kratos mad, and he tells Atreus that there are consequences to killing a god, and he has to be better than that. Atreus refuses to listen, and they continue heading up to the summit.
At the summit, they’re attacked by Baldur once again. In the process, Kratos accidentally destroys the pathway to Jotunheim, and Atreus blames him for it. All three of them are then sucked back into Helheim.
