Changes: The Marked Warrior

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“	After the Great War with the Titans, the oracle foretold the demise of the Olympian Gods, and the destruction of Olympus. She saw that it would be brought about not by the hands of the Titans, who thirsted for revenge, but by the hands of a mortal. A Marked Warrior.	”
–Gaia.

The Marked Warrior is a prophecy foretelling the end of Olympus, not at the hands of the Titans, but at those of a mortal with a distinctive mark on his body.

God of War Series

God of War: Ghost of Sparta

When Zeus heard the oracle's prophecy that a "marked warrior" mortal would be the one to destroy Olympus, he sent Ares and Athena to Sparta in the hopes of capturing Deimos, a boy suspected of being the Marked Warrior because of his strange birthmarks. After Deimos was captured, his brother Kratos, who failed to rescue him, vowed never to falter again. In honor of Deimos, Kratos adorned a tattoo on his body, made in the exact image of Deimos' birthmark.

As time passed by, Thanatos, God of Death, had deduced the Marked Warrior was not Deimos, but was in fact, Kratos, the ashes of his wife and child being the prophetic mark. Thanatos remarked that Ares should have taken Kratos instead but Thanatos' death saw the secret die with him, until the enigmatic Grave Digger - Zeus in disguise - discovered the truth.

This set in motion of his future plans.

God of War II

Zeus killed Kratos, his own son, in order for the prophecy and the son-killing-father cycle to end. After being slain, Kratos escaped from the Underworld to exact his revenge, continuing the prophecy. During his fight with Zeus, Kratos accidentally struck Athena and discovered his true relation to Zeus moments before her death. Kratos vowed to kill anyone that stood in his way on his quest for vengeance, and he waged war on Olympus in an alliance with the Titans.

God of War III

The prophecy then began to come full circle, with Kratos claiming Poseidon, brother to Zeus, as his first victim. As war raged on, Kratos' murderous rampage took the lives of Hera, Hermes, Helios, Hades, and Hephaestus. After being betrayed by the Titan Gaia, who revealed Kratos as nothing more than a pawn in her plans, the Spartan began to target the Titans as well. Killing god after god, the world grew severely weak by the plagues originating from their deaths. After countless years, and many battles, Kratos' quest finally came to an end with the deaths of both Gaia and Zeus. With the end of Olympus, the prophecy had been fulfilled.

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+{{Quote|After the [[Titanomachy|Great War]] with the Titans, the oracle foretold the demise of the Olympian Gods, and the destruction of Olympus. She saw that it would be brought about not by the hands of the Titans, who thirsted for revenge, but by the hands of a mortal. A Marked Warrior.|[[Gaia]].}}
+[[File:Kratostop5.jpg|thumb|250px|Kratos, the Marked Warrior]]
+'''The Marked Warrior '''is a prophecy foretelling the end of [[Olympus]], not at the hands of the [[Titans]], but at those of a [[Kratos|mortal]] with a distinctive mark on his body.
-''"After the [[Titanomachy|Great War]] with the Titans, the oracle foretold the demise of the Olympian Gods, and the destruction of Olympus. She saw that it would be brought about not by the hands of the Titans, who thirsted for revenge, but by the hands of a mortal. A Marked Warrior." - [[Gaia|Gaia[[File:Kratos3b.JPG|thumb|250px|Kratos, the marked warrior]]]]''
-'''The Marked Warrior '''is a prophecy within the [[God of War Series]]. It tells of the end of [[Olympus]] not being by the hands of the [[Titans]], but by the hands of a [[Kratos|mortal]] with a distinctive mark on his body.
 ==God of War Series==
 ===[[God of War: Ghost of Sparta]]===
-In the city of [[Sparta]], two of the [[Gods]], [[Ares]] and [[Athena]], had raided the city in the hopes of capturing the brother of Kratos, [[Deimos]], who had been susceptible to being the Marked Warrior due to his strange birthmarks. After Deimos was captured, his brother, Kratos, had vowed never to falter again. In honor of Deimos, Kratos had adorned a [[Kratos' Tattoo|tattoo]] on his skin, made in the exact image of Deimos' birthmark. Later on in the game, the God of Death, [[Thanatos]], had deduced that the Marked Warrior was not Deimos, but was, in fact, Kratos. After the death of both Deimos and Thanatos, the enigmatic [[Grave Digger]] ([[Zeus]]) had discovered that Kratos was the true Marked Warrior.
+When Zeus heard the oracle's prophecy that a "marked warrior" mortal would be the one to destroy Olympus, he sent [[Ares]] and [[Athena]] to [[Sparta]] in the hopes of capturing [[Deimos]], a boy suspected of being the Marked Warrior because of [[Deimos' Birthmarks|his strange birthmarks]]. After Deimos was captured, his brother [[Kratos]], who failed to rescue him, vowed never to falter again. In honor of Deimos, Kratos adorned a tattoo on his body, made in the exact image of Deimos' birthmark.
+As time passed by, [[Thanatos]], God of Death, had deduced the Marked Warrior was not Deimos, but was in fact, Kratos, the ashes of his [[Lysandra|wife]] and [[Calliope|child]] being the prophetic mark. Thanatos remarked that Ares should have taken Kratos instead but Thanatos' death saw the secret die with him, until the enigmatic [[Grave Digger]] - [[Zeus]] in disguise - discovered the truth.
+This set in motion of his [[God of War II|future plans]].
 ===[[God of War II]]===
+Zeus killed Kratos, his own son, in order for the prophecy and [[The Son-Killing-Father Cycle|the son-killing-father cycle]] to end. After being slain, Kratos escaped from the [[Underworld]] to exact his revenge, continuing the prophecy. During his fight with Zeus, Kratos accidentally struck [[Athena]] and discovered his true relation to Zeus moments before her death. Kratos vowed to kill anyone that stood in his way on his quest for vengeance, and he waged war on Olympus in an alliance with the Titans.
-With this in mind, Zeus, the king of the Gods, had decided to kill Kratos, his own son, in order for both the prophecy and the cycle of son killing father to end. After killing Kratos, Kratos had returned from the dead in order to kill Zeus, thus initiating the prophecy's fulfillment. After accidentally killing [[Athena]], and discovering that he is Zeus' son, and the fact that many Gods will protect Zeus, Kratos had decided to destroy any God attempting to end his quest for vengeance. In an alliance with the Titans, Kratos had waged war on Olympus.
 ===[[God of War III]]===
-The prophecy came full circle in the third game, with Kratos claiming the brother of Zeus, [[Poseidon]], as his first victim. As the game progresses, Kratos kills more and more Gods such as [[Hera]], [[Hermes]], [[Helios]], and [[Hades]], just to name a few. Kratos also targeted the death of the Titans after being betrayed by Gaia. As Kratos killed God after God, the world became severely weakened by [[Plagues]] originated from the death of the Gods. After killing many Gods and Titans, Kratos was finally able to kill both Gaia and Zeus. With the end of Olympus, the prophecy had been fulfilled.
+The prophecy then began to come full circle, with Kratos claiming [[Poseidon]], brother to Zeus, as his first victim. As war raged on, Kratos' murderous rampage took the lives of [[Hera]], [[Hermes]], [[Helios]], [[Hades]], and [[Hephaestus]]. After being betrayed by the Titan [[Gaia]], who revealed Kratos as nothing more than a pawn in her plans, the Spartan began to target the Titans as well. Killing god after god, the world grew severely weak by the [[plagues]] originating from their deaths. After countless years, and many battles, Kratos' quest finally came to an end with the deaths of both Gaia and Zeus. With the end of [[Olympus]], the prophecy had been fulfilled.
 [[Category:God of War Series]]
 [[Category:God of War II]]
 [[Category:God of War III]]
-[[Category:God of War:Ghost of Sparta]]
+[[Category:God of War: Ghost of Sparta]]
+[[Category:God of War: Saga Collection]]
+[[Category:God of War Collection]]
+[[Category:God of War Origins Collection]]
+[[Category:Events]]