God of War
Finally, we get to the game that started it all. Kratos, near Athens, hears word it is under siege by Ares’ forces — led by Ares himself. Athena asks Kratos to save her city, and he agrees, but only if she does that one little thing she promised 10 years ago: get rid of his nightmares. Kratos then seeks out the Oracle of Athens and learns of a weapon that can defeat Ares: Pandora’s Box.
Kratos finds the box in a temple built on the back of the titan Cronos. Just as Kratos is about to claim Pandora’s Box, Ares, as the badass that he is, hurls a pillar all the way from Athens into the temple (which is currently located in a desert), skewering Kratos and sending him to the Underworld. Again. But Kratos, the badass he is, escapes the Underworld and uses the power of Pandora’s Box to kill Ares. However, Athena, as is common with Greek gods, reneges and leaves Kratos with his nightmares. Fed up, Kratos throws himself off a cliff, but Athena saves him at the last second and crowns him the new God of War.
