Hel-Walkers are undead warriors that appear in God of War and God of War Ragnarök.
They are excess souls from Helheim, which has become overcrowded after the Valkyries were corrupted by Odin and rendered unable to do their duties. As a result, without the Valkyries to keep the realms in balance, the number of Hel-Walkers began to grow rapidly, causing many to begin appearing in Midgard, which resulted in the Great Desolation.
Description[]
They are humanoid foes with a blue and white coloration and resistance to ice. They are mostly all resistant to the Leviathan Axe's attacks, requiring either fists or the Blades of Chaos to put them down. If they are stunned, Kratos can pull them closer to deliver a punch to the stomach, then grab one of their legs to make them fall and crush their skull with his feet, creating an explosion of ice that applies Freeze status to the enemies.
Types of Hel-Walker[]
Hel-Walkers come in a variety of different classes
- Hel-Viken
- Hel-Traveller
- Hel-Shadow
- Hel-Shadow Scout
- Hel-Revenant
- Hel-Reaver
- Hel-Reaver Lord
- Hel-Reaver Guard
- Hel-Brood
- Hel-Raider
- Hel-Raider Scout
Trivia[]
- Originally, there were supposed to be regular Norse warriors, in which they appear as regular enemies, but were eventually replaced by the Hel-Walkers as seen in footage from the Greenlight Demo 2015.[1]
- Regular human warriors can only be fought once in the 2018 game.
- In God of War Ragnarök, players can fight human raiders almost regularly in Midgard; a unique gameplay mechanic is applied on them in which dead raiders who were not mutilated in execution might quickly return as Hel-Walkers.
- Hel-Walkers who recently spawned from dead humans during Fimbulwinter are rather distinct than those who are in - or came out of a rift from Hel. They attack in a rabid-like fashion, unarmed, dismissing any weapon they only recently wield as a living, and have very rudimentary yet effective form of frost magic.
- The Hel-Walkers are similar in nature to the White Walkers/The Others from the book series A Song of Ice and Fire, commonly known by its television adaptation, Game of Thrones.
- The Hel-Walkers, are feared by others for their extreme savagery and appearing in numbers. Their growing numbers is what led to Midgard being desolated.
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