Now aware of the threat posed by his son, the King of the Gods tricked Kratos into giving up most of his godly powers into the Blade of Olympus to allow him defeat the mighty Colossus of Rhodes. This is why Zeus then returns in God of War II as the main antagonist of the series. A fear of the marked warrior foretold the destruction of Olympus. But the opening of the Pandora's Box had dire consequences upon the Pantheon as a whole and Zeus himself fell prey to one of the evils contained within Fear itself. He also grants the Spartan a fraction of his godly powers in the form of Zeus' Fury, and witnesses the Ghost of Sparta becoming the new God of War when the latter is offered the seat of Ares. Zeus is introduced in God of War (2005) as a minor supportive character under the guise of the Grave Digger, notably giving Kratos the means to escape the Underworld. He notably oversaw the creation of the Chain of Balance who further linked the fate of the Underworld to Olympus itself, and commanded the creation of Pandora's Temple on the very back of Cronos in order to protect the Pandora's Box, on the advice of Hephaestus. However, the Great War against the Titans also unleashed the most dangerous evils upon the world, and Zeus commanded his son Hephaestus the creation of the legendary Pandora's Box, powerful enough to contain them.īorn from the depths of the Underworld and rooted in the River Styx, the mighty Mount Olympus emerged out of the Chaos and was to become the golden heaven from where Zeus now ruled over both his fellow gods and mortals alike, a testament of his new power as the Ruler of Olympus and God of the Sky. Zeus would ultimately get the lion share by becoming the King of the Gods. Victorious thanks to the superior powers of the Gods and the Blade of Olympus, Zeus banished the Titans into the Tartarus for eternity, while he would decide the fate of the world with his brothers Hades and Poseidon. He fathered a line of all powerful deities such as Ares, Athena, Hermes and Hephaestus as well as many illegitimate children such as Hercules, Kratos, Deimos and Perseus.ĭestined to overthrow his mighty father and bring forth the reign of the Olympians, Zeus rescued his siblings from Cronos and engaged the Titans into a cataclysmic conflict that would shape the Greek World itself. Youngest son of the Titans Cronos and Rhea, he was the brother of Hades, Poseidon as well as Demeter, Hestia and Hera - whom he would also wed. Zeus (Greek: Ζεύς/Δίας) was the King of Olympus and the ruler of the Greek Pantheon, as well as the God of the Sky, Thunder, Lightning, Storms, Hospitality and Heavens. –Zeus to his fellow gods, Poseidon, Hades, Helios and Hermes. And I will wipe out this plague! Olympus. We who will not be swept aside by this petulant fool! Brothers, put aside the petty grievances that have splintered us for so long. But we are the gods! We who the mortals worship. We have faced far worse than this one fallen mortal. God of War (2005) God of War: Ghost of Sparta God of War II God of War III God of War (2018) “ Maia (First Cousin Once Removed/Former Lover).
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