| “ | The tale of Pandora's box remains to this day; After the weapon was taken from the temple, the structure endured. Cronos the Titan spent another thousand years wandering the desert. That was long ago. The temple has gone silent, and the beast who bore it for so long has died... Relics of a world long passed, but all myths need not be from the ancient times. Today, a band of explorers would make their way inside the just-discovered structure and find for themselves. The temple still holds many dangers and many secrets. Soon, as with all greatness, a new hero will emerge. | ” |
–Gaia | ||
The Fate of the Titan is an unlockable video, or cutscene, in God of War. Players can unlock it by beating the game on God Mode.
Overview[]
Gaia narrates that ever since the successful retrieval of Pandora's Box from Pandora's Temple, the Titan Cronos continued to wander the Desert of Lost Souls while carrying the temple (which has endured) on his back for another thousand years until he eventually died while the structure fell silent. Thousands of years into the present, explorers of the 21st Century discovered Cronos' colossal remains along with Pandora's Temple, which still contains many dangers and secrets yet to be uncovered.
Video[]
God of War - Fate of the Titan
Trivia[]
- Like all the bonus videos in God of War, The Fate of the Titan is not considered canon, but like the other videos, certain aspects of the scene were adapted for future games, specifically, Cronos' death, as seen in God of War III. In God of War II, Gaia told Kratos, before entering the Island of Creation, "Changing your fate, thus the fate of others."
- It could be that Cronos was fated to die in the Desert of Lost Souls, but after Kratos had altered time with the Threads of Fate, he was then fated to die in Tartarus.
- Like the other videos of God of War, it is retconned in later games. In addition, it was the first of the three videos that got this treatment, being retconned in God of War III, the two others were later retconned in God of War: Ghost of Sparta.
- The questions about the "new hero emerging," and the setting being modern times are still unanswered. It is highly possible that during the development of the first game, the creative team had no idea how successful the first game would be. So, the team presumably stuck with the current story arc for various reasons. Thus, rendering this video non-canon.