Scylla is a new beast that Kratos meets on his journey to Atlantis. Summoned by Poseidon, she destroys everything in her path using her tentacles and arms, whilst also releasing small offspring to do the same.Template:Infobox gods
Greek Mythology
In Greek mythology, Scylla (pronounced /ˈsɪlə/, sil-uh; Greek: Σκύλλα, Skulla) was a monster that lived on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite its counterpart Charybdis. The two sides of the strait were within an arrow's range of each other—so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis would pass too close to Scylla and vice versa. Scylla was a horrible sea monster with six long necks equipped with grisly heads, each of which contained three rows of sharp teeth. Her body consisted of twelve tentacle-like legs and a cat's tail and with four to six dog-heads ringing her waist.
Odysseus and his crew met with the beast in the Odyssey.
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
In God of War: Ghost of Sparta, Scylla is a sea beast that Kratos meets on his journey to Atlantis. She is Atlantis' protector and, alongside Tritons, is summoned by Poseidon to stop Kratos from making it to the city. The encounter with the creature is very similar to that of the Hydra in God of War. Scylla destroys ships with her tentacles and arms, while also releasing small spider-like offspring, Scylla Brood, to attack their prey.
Kratos tried to protect his ship by fighting off her tentacles, but eventually the beast succeed in crushing it, and the battle continued on the Atlantis shore. There, Scylla finally shows her full appearance, and attacked Kratos, who was able to defeat her temporary by destroying her eye and severely harming her head.
She later is seen stalking Kratos in Atlantis, only to loose one of her tentacles to him. After the encounter with Callisto, she tried to drag Kratos underwater, only to be used as a way to get to Volcano mountain. There, she retreated again after a strain of lava was dropped on her. Scylla is killed off when she, again, tried to kill Kratos when the Volcano started to erupt. After a brief confrontation Kratos, he used a giant Atlantian drill to stab her in the head, killing the beast.
Trivia
- Scylla seems to show some features similar to the monster from the 2008 film Cloverfield, although this might be a coincidence.
- Scylla is the only opening boss in God of War series which is actually fought only once. All further encounters with Scylla, including her killing, are either cutscences or quick time events.