List of Deaths

This is a list of deaths in the God of War series organized by game. Each death is listed under the game in which it is first mentioned.

Greek Era

Prior to God of War: Ascension

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Notes
Archimedes	The Furies	Madness.	Driven insane by the Furies for breaking his blood oath to Apollo.
Architect's Sons	N/A	Unknown.	Died during the construction of Pandora's Temple.
Pathos Verdes III	Himself	Suicide.	Crazed by the death of his family while constructing Pandora's Temple.
Danaus	Alrik	Decapitation.	Killed by Hades' champion in the Wager of the Gods.
Danaus' Tribe	Barbarians	Various.	Part of the Wager of the Gods.
Therans	Spartans	Various.	Part of the Wager of the Gods.
Herodius	Kratos	Head pierced with the Sword of Valor.	Killed by Ares' champion in the Wager of the Gods.
Pothia	Kratos	Cut in two with the Sword of Valor.	Killed by Ares' champion in the Wager of the Gods.
Kerosians	Spartans	Various.	Part of the Wager of the Gods.
Captain Nikos	Hades	Burned by Hades's firestorm.	Part of the Wager of the Gods.
Cereyon	Kratos	Strangled underwater.	Killed by Ares' champion in the Wager of the Gods.
Ajax	Hades or Rocs	Torn apart by the Rocs or the Arms of Hades.	Part of the Wager of the Gods.
Alrik's Father	Hades	Illness.	Disease sent forth by Hades to win the Wager of the Gods.
Alrik	Kratos and Rocs	Torn apart by the Rocs.	Resurrected by Hades to get revenge on Kratos.
Atreus of Sparta	Unknown	Died in battle saving his fellow Spartans.	Kratos names his son after him in his honor.
Alrik	Kratos	Decapitated by the Blades of Chaos.	Kratos empowered by his blood oath to Ares.
Barbarians	Ares	Various.	Killed by Ares' power due to Kratos' blood oath.
Lysandra	Kratos	Brutally slaughtered with the Blades of Chaos.	Went to Elysium Fields after death.
Calliope

God of War: Ascension

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Notes
Castor and Pollux	Kratos	Kratos causes Castor to fall to his death. Kratos crushes Pollux's skull underneath his boot after being severed from his older brother.	They were gifted with shared immortality by Zeus after Pollux requested that the god save his brother Castor from dying.
Aletheia	Kratos, Castor, and Pollux	Succumbed to injuries from the fight between Kratos and Castor and Pollux.	Previously the Oracle of Delphi; reunited with her lover Orkos in death.
Aegaeon	Kratos and Megaera	Died from Megaera's death	Punished for breaking his oath, freed from torment upon death.
Megaera	Kratos	After a brief struggle, Kratos stabs Megaera in the chest and tosses her off the Hecatonchires. Kratos then dives down after Megaera and, just as the pair smash against a lower platform, he drives his blades into Megaera's chest, killing her instantly.	One of the three Furies.
Tisiphone	Kratos	Kratos breaks her neck.	One of the three Furies.
Alecto	Kratos	Kratos impales Alecto in the chest with his Blades of Chaos. He then bisects her and her remains quickly disintegrate.	One of the three Furies.
Orkos	Kratos	Allowed Kratos to kill him by stabbing him in the stomach.	Son of Ares and Alecto; reunited with his lover Aletheia in death.

God of War: Chains of Olympus

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Notes
Eurybiades	Persian Army	Succumbed to his wounds.	Presumed.
Persian King	Kratos	Head bashed with treasure chest.	Kratos gained the King's power, the Efreet.
Basilisk	Kratos	Jaw pulled together, causing it to explode.	The Persian's beast during the Attica invasion.
Kratos	Charon	Murdered Kratos by the massive energy wave.	Fought his way out of the Tartarus.
Charon	Kratos	Head smashed with the Gauntlet of Zeus.	Ferryman of the Underworld.
Persephone	Kratos	Smashed to death with the Gauntlet of Zeus.	Wanted to destroy the world. Corpse appears in God of War III.

God of War

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Notes
Hydra King	Kratos	Kratos killed the beast by driving a ship's mast through its main head.	Had been resurrected by Athena.
Hydras	Kratos	Head exploded.	Cause by the King's death.
Captain	Kratos	Left to die by Kratos.	Had a key.
Medusa	Kratos	Decapitated	Head used by Kratos on his journey.
Pandora's Guardian	Kratos	Impaled with a ballista.	A 20 foot tall undead minotaur.
Kratos	Ares	Impaled Kratos with a large broken pillar and stole Pandora's Box.	Fought his way out of the Underworld.
Captain	Kratos	Is kicked into the River Styx.	In the underworld.
Oracle of Athens	Ares' Army	Presumably succumbs to her injuries.	Unconfirmed.
Ares	Kratos	Stabbed through the chest with the Blade of the Gods.	Kratos empowered by Pandora's Box.

Between God of War and Ghost of Sparta

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Notes
Giant Arachnid	Kratos	Head pierced with the Blades of Athena.	Trap of the path to the Ambrosia.
Gyges	Kratos	Burnt with Apollo's Flame.	Kratos destroys the Ambrosia.

God of War: Ghost of Sparta

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Notes
Callisto	Kratos	Stabbing.	Transformed into a monster by Zeus. Put down by Kratos.
Scylla	Kratos	Head drilled with an Archimedean Screw.	Sent by Poseidon to stop Kratos.
Erinys	Kratos	Backstabbed with the Blades of Athena.
Dissenter	Kratos	Impaled with the Blades of Athena.
Deimos	Thanatos	Crushed against the side of a cliff.
Thanatos	Kratos	Impaled in the chest with the Blades of Athena.

God of War: Betrayal

Character	Killed by	Cause of Death	Notes
Argos	Assassin	Killed by the assassin after falling into the sewer.	Was killed to make it look like his death was at the hands of Kratos.
Ceryx	Kratos	Stabbed in the chest with the Blades of Athena.	Was sent by the Olympians to investigate Argos' assassination. Killed by Kratos after trying to stop him.

God of War II

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Notes
Colossus of Rhodes	Kratos	Power drained from the Blade of Olympus.	Brought to life by Zeus.
Kratos	Zeus	Stabbed in the stomach by the Blade of Olympus	Fought out of the Underworld via the help of Gaia.
Prometheus	Kratos	Freed these chains and burned into the Fires of Olympus.	Gained the Rage of the Titans.
Dark Rider	Kratos	Stabbed with the Spear of Destiny.	Leader of the Griffin Riders.
Theseus	Kratos	Head smashed in Horse Keeper Key door.
Captain	Kratos	Stabbed three times or slammed into the ground.	Summoned by The Barbarian King.
Alrik	Kratos	Head crushed in with his Barbarian Hammer.
Argonauts	Mole Cerberus	Mangling.
Mole Cerberus	Kratos	Neck snapped.	Obtained the Golden Fleece.
Euryale	Kratos	Decapitation.	One of the Immortal Gorgon Sisters who wanted revenge on Kratos for killing Medusa.
Perseus	Kratos	Stabbed with his own sword, then impaled by a hook.
Icarus	Kratos	Fell into the Underworld.
Last Spartan	Kratos	Stab wound, died of blood loss.	Last of the Spartan Army.
Kraken	Kratos	Impaled in the mouth with the extendable bridge.
Clotho	Kratos	Head impaled by the Thread Cutter.	The only one of the sisters to have been killed.
Athena	Kratos	Impaled with the Blade of Olympus.	Accidentally killed by Kratos when trying to save Zeus.

God of War III

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Notes
Poseidon	Kratos	Eyes gouged out and neck snapped.	Death caused a cataclysmic flood that engulfed the entire world and almost killed all of humankind.
Kratos	Gaia	Fell from Gaia's back into the River Styx.	Fought out of the Underworld via the help of Athena's spirit.
Peirithous	Kratos	Burned alive by Cerberus.	Kratos collected the Bow of Apollo.
Hades	Kratos	Soul ripped with the Claws of Hades.	Death caused the souls of the Underworld to run rampart.
Helios	Kratos	Head ripped off.	Death caused the sun to be veiled by dark clouds and rain. Head used by Kratos for light and to stun enemies.
Perses	Kratos	Stabbed with the Blade of Olympus.	Killed due to being in Kratos' way.
Hermes	Kratos	Legs cut off with the Blades of Exile.	Death caused a plague that killed human, animal, and plant life. Boots taken and used by Kratos.
Hercules	Kratos	Face bashed until mutilated with his Nemean Cestus.
Poseidon's Princess	Kratos	Crushed by a giant crank.	Poseidon's sex slave. Uncertain if she's truly royalty or not.
Cronos	Kratos	Stabbed in the forehead with the Blade of Olympus.
Hephaestus	Kratos	Impaled with anvil.	Kratos had no ill towards Hephaestus' betrayal, stating that he would have done the same thing to protect his child. Gained the Nemesis Whip.
Hera	Kratos	Neck snapped.	Death caused all plant life to wither and die.
Daedalus	Kratos	Blood loss.	Killed by the Labyrinth's activation.
King Minos	Kratos	Onyx shard destroyed.	Death freed the Chain of Balance.
King Aeacus	Kratos	Onyx shard destroyed.	Death freed the Chain of Balance
King Rhadamanthus	Kratos	Onyx shard destroyed.	Death freed the Chain of Balance.
Pandora	Herself	Sacrificed herself into the Flame of Olympus.	Spirit aided and guided Kratos in his psyche.
Gaia	Kratos	Heart pierced with the Blade of Olympus.	Dissolved into dust.
Zeus	Kratos	Beaten to death.	Death caused the world to be plunged into chaos.
Kratos	Himself	Impaled the Blade of Olympus through his stomach.	Attempted suicide in defiance of Athena. Death spread the power of Hope throughout the remains of Greece for use by any of the survivors.

Norse Era

Prior to God of War (2018)

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Notes
Ymir	Odin, Vé, and Vili	Stabbed.	Murdered by his great-grandsons. Midgard formed from his flesh.
Bergelmir	N/A	Natural causes.	Died peacefully surrounded by his people.
Aurvandil	Thor	Unknown.	Tricked by Thor into going in a quest to Vanaheim. Death concealed by Odin.
Gróa	Odin	Strangulation.	Killed by Odin for refusing to tell the Allfather about her visions.
Thamur	Thor	Fell on his own chisel after a fierce blow from Thor's hammer.	Body briefly controlled by Freya to interfare with Kratos and Baldur's fight.
Fjörgyn	N/A	Unknown.	Implied to have been killed either directly or indirectly by her son Thor.
Hrimthur	Thor	Unknown.	Rumored to give the Vanir Goddess Freya information on how to destroy Asgard before his death.
Starkaðr	Thor	Dismembered.	Had arms removed by Thor and bled to death.
Thrym	Thor	Bludgeoned.	Stole Thor's hammer prior to death.
Skaði	N/A	Natural causes.	Froze to death cradling her father's slain corpse.
Laufey	N/A	Unknown.	Died shortly before the events of God of War.

God of War (2018)

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Notes
Sigmund	Kratos	Hacked to death by the Leviathan Axe.	Came back to life as a Hel-Walker along with the rest of the Reavers only to immediately get killed again by Kratos.
Gunter	Kratos	Hacked to death by the Leviathan Axe.	Came back to life as a Hel-Walker along with the rest of the Reavers only to immediately get killed again by Kratos.
Mimir	Kratos	Beheaded.	Brought back to life as a head by the Vanir goddess Freya just hours after his death.
Magni	Kratos	Leviathan Axe buried deep into skull.	A son of Thor. Thor always favored him over his brother Modi.
Máttugr Helson	Kratos	Stabbed in the eyes with the Blades of Chaos.	Bridge Keeper of Helheim. Heart removed to save Atreus' life.
Modi	Atreus	Stabbed and pushed down into a chasm.	A son of Thor. Considered a coward by his father, he was beaten to a bloody pulp after it was discovered that he had fled from battle and allowed Magni to be killed.
Baldur	Kratos	Neck snapped.	The son of Odin and Freya. Invulverability curse removed by mistletoe wound.
Eir	Kratos	Wings torn off.	One of the cursed Valkyries and a member of the council. Soul freed after death.
Geirdriful	Kratos	Wings torn off.	One of the cursed Valkyries and a member of the council. Soul freed after death.
Gondul	Kratos	Wings torn off.	One of the cursed Valkyries and a member of the council. Soul freed after death.
Gunnr	Kratos	Wings torn off.	One of the cursed Valkyries and a member of the council. Soul freed after death.
Hildr	Kratos	Wings torn off.	One of the cursed Valkyries and a member of the council. Soul freed after death.
Kara	Kratos	Wings torn off.	One of the cursed Valkyries and a member of the council. Soul freed after death.
Olrun	Kratos	Wings torn off.	One of the cursed Valkyries and a member of the council. Soul freed after death.
Rota	Kratos	Wings torn off.	One of the cursed Valkyries and a member of the council. Soul freed after death.
Sigrun	Kratos	Wings torn off.	One of the cursed Valkyries, she is the stand-in Queen of the Valkyries and a member of the council. Soul freed after death.

God of War Ragnarök

Character	Killed by	Cause of death	Notes
Fenrir	None	Illness	The pet wolf of Atreus, whose soul is accidentally transferred to his knife. Brought back to life after soul is transferred to the body of Garm.
The Huntress	Kratos	Impaled by her own bow,	Known as a "Stalker" that hunts the woods in Midgard.
Alva	Kratos	Impaled by her own sword.	The new guardian of the Temple of Light and a Light Elf.
Fiske	Kratos	Impaled through the head by his own scythe.	An Einherjar and a captain of Odin.
Nidhogg	Kratos and Freya	Beheaded by slicing his head off with the closing of a rift.	The mythical dragon that protects the roots of Yggdrasil.
Oluf Nautson	Kratos	Neck broken with his own scythe.	The chieftain of a group of raiders that Kratos rescued his wolves from.
Garm	Atreus	Impaled with the soul of Fenrir which took over Garm's body.	Originally an immortal being due to having no soul, Atreus instead impaled his knife in the large wolf to transfer Fenrir's soul into Garm's body, which proved successful.
Gulltoppr	Kratos	Impaled several times in the body and in the head.	Heimdall's Gradungr mount.
Heimdall	Kratos	Beaten then strangled.	A son of Odin who had the power of foresight but led him to be arrogant and pompous due to knowing everyone's truth. After taunting Kratos with Atreus' death, his arm was removed during his fight with him, before he was brutally beaten up then strangled to death. His death ultimately sets Ragnarök in motion after Kratos retrieves Gjallarhorn.
Brok	Odin	Impaled in the chest by an impostor Tyr after revealing himself as Odin.	One of the two Huldra Brothers, who are blacksmiths that created the Leviathan Axe and Mjölnir. He had already died by a spider but was revived by his brother Sindri and became a soulless being, and he only found out the truth later. He serves as one of the primary blacksmiths that provide upgrades and equipment for Kratos and Atreus. After Ragnarök, he is given a funeral in Svartelfheim.
Surtr	Kratos	Underwent transformation into Ragnarök by absorbing fire from the Blades of Chaos before being impaled at Sinmara's freezing heart in his chest	A fire giant, husband of Sinmara, and ruler of Muspelheim long prophesied to be the being who destroys Asgard during Ragnarök.
Hrist & Mist	Kratos and Atreus	Neck snapped by Kratos (Mist) and torn in half by Atreus' Bjorn form (Hrist).	Two Valkyries loyal to Odin and in charge of training the Einherjar. Sent to fight Kratos and Atreus at the Spark of the World while the two waited for Surtr's transformation into Ragnarök.
Thor	Odin	Impaled through the chest.	The son and right-hand-man of Odin, husband of Sif, and father of Magni, Modi, and Thrúd. He is the brawn that carries out Odin's plans, however he attempts to reform from his violent and alcoholic past to raise Thrúd well. He is killed after he finally refuses to do his father's bidding.
Odin	Sindri	Soul transferred by Atreus to a spiritual stone, which is destroyed by Sindri.	The manipulative, cunning, and narcissistic Allfather of the Nine Realms who is obsessed with power and prophecy. Despite attempting to recruit Atreus to his side to join him in seeking the future, his deceitfulness becomes his undoing as his actions ultimately cause Kratos' group to initiate Ragnarök.
Ragnarök	Himself	Destroyed himself as he destroyed Asgard.	The final form of Surtr after going through the necessary rituals at the Spark of the World. Ragnarök is the being destined to destroy Asgard, which he does by plunging his sword into the land.
Freyr	Surtr	Killed during Asgard's destruction by Surtr's Ragnarök form after staying behind to ensure the escape of his allies.	The brother of Freya and the Vanir god of Rain and Fertility.
Stinnr & Sterkr	Kratos	Defeated either through crushing of head (Sterkr), being impaled through the head (Stinnr), or exploding from overloaded magic.	Asgardian chieftain brothers who remain loyal to Odin.
The Raven Keeper	Kratos	Defeated in battle.	Odin's loyal acolyte who created the Mystical Ravens from children's sacrificed souls that serve as Odin's spies throughout the realms.
Gná	Freya	Defeated in battle by Kratos and Freya in Muspelheim. After denying Freya's offer for forgiveness, Gná allows herself to be beheaded.	The Queen of Valkyries after Freya and Sigrun. She is a fellow Vanir and formerly a good friend to Freya, but their friendship ended after Freya is exiled and Gná remained loyal to Odin. After Asgard's destruction, she leads the remaining Einherjar, but her efforts are wasted and she is killed.