| “ | Ha! You fight like an old woman! | ” |
–Kratos' Ghost | ||
Kratos fighting his ghost in God of War: Ghost of Sparta.
Kratos' Ghost was a character who briefly appeared in God of War: Ghost of Sparta.
God of War: Ghost of Sparta[]
When Kratos looked into a mirror in the Temple of Ares, he noticed that his reflection was different. In the mirror, the chains of the Blades of Chaos fell off Kratos' arms. Kratos, confused, looked at his hands to realize that the chains were still there. Kratos, even more confused, reached out towards the mirror, but his reflection immediately tried to grab Kratos tightly and pull him towards the mirror, causing Kratos to pull hard to free himself. Once free, the reflection in the mirror took the form of Kratos as a child, and then, with evident fury on his face, he jump out of the mirror and angrily charged at Kratos, attacking him in an uncontrolled manner.
A battle breaks out between Kratos and the ghost of the mirror, who repeatedly hits and tries to strangle Kratos, insulting him and claiming that he let his brother Deimos be taken away. But the Spartan manages to defend himself from the ghost, taking him forcefully and throwing him several times towards the mirror, to try to break it, finally once the mirror is badly cracked, while the ghost runs towards Kratos, the Spartan acts faster and also runs towards the ghost, cornering him against the cracked mirror, tries to push him back into the mirror, but seeing that he can't return him to the mirror, ends up grabbing him by the head and repeatedly smashing it against the mirror to break his skull and the mirror at the same time, making the ghost finally disappear.
Finally, when the mirror breaks Kratos retrieved The Skull of Keres from the hole where the mirror was and made his way back to Atlantis in order to open the portal to the Domain of Death, in search of his brother.
Trivia[]
- This battle is actually very symbolic, as Kratos' ghost represents the guilt Kratos holds back for not being able to save his brother, and fighting it represents an internal struggle in Kratos' mind, battling guilt and regret, and once the ghost is defeated, it helps Kratos open his path to saving Deimos both literally and symbolically.