Kratos finds the Ambrosia
The Ambrosia is a powerful sustenance that can grant great power and even cure any ailments. The Ambrosia was apparently created by Asclepius, the Olympian God of Medicine and is only found hanging from the Tree of Life on an island (which is actually the body of Gyges, a Hecatonchires, as since The Tree of Life was planted on his body, its Ambrosia serves as his source of immortality).
During the events of the God of War comic series, the Ambrosia serves as the main focus of the Wager of the Gods, where the Greek Gods pitted their chosen champions to reach the Ambrosia. Sometime later, following the wager, the Ambrosia would too be sought out by several other people, most notably Gyges himself and disciples of Ares. However, it was destroyed by Kratos, who long ago successfully obtaining it in order to save his daughter, Calliope, from being hurled into Mount Taygetos due to being ill, to ensure no one else would use it for their own benefit ever again.
Greek Mythology[]
Ambrosia is the sustenance of the Olympian Gods, often depicted to bestowing immortality upon whoever consumed it. The consumption of Ambrosia was typically reserved for divine beings, as it is attributed to have vast healing and regenerative abilities.
In the God of War series[]
God of War Comics[]
In issue one of the comic series, based on events after God of War, Kratos is on an unknown quest for The Ambrosia, making his way through waves of Hades' Minotaurs to the place of Asclepius. It becomes apparent that the new God of War's search is not his first. He began the hunt for The Ambrosia once before to save his newborn daughter, Calliope, from plagues sent by Ares that affected the newborn children of Sparta. Kratos swore to find The Ambrosia no matter what cost to save Calliope before she was to be sacrificed under Spartan law as unfit. His Spartan comrades also wanted the Ambrosia to make themselves undefeatable. In the past, the gods had a wager over a mortal they selected to seize the ambrosia by placing various plagues on the warriors homes and villages as motivation.
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