The God Of War series has always represented, since the release of its first chapter on Playstation 3, one of the most important and most successful exclusives of Sony’s home consoles, a status that has been reconfirmed thanks to the publication of the fourth chapter and the great hype that is accompanying the arrival of God Of War Ragnarok.
The undisputed protagonist of the series is obviously the character of Kratos, the powerful Greek demigod who, within the various titles of the saga, pursues his personal revenge by venting his anger against the gods and other mythological figures of the Greek and Norse pantheon – for further information on in this sense, we advise you to retrieve the list of all the gods killed by Kratos in God Of War .
The figure of Kratos is iconic and recognizable everywhere also thanks to his characteristic physical features of him, in particular, the completely shaved head and the large red tattoo present on his face and left arm. Many players have wondered what this drawing represents, but none of the chapters of the series provide a real explanation for it.
In the mythology of the series, it all begins with the adolescence of Kratos, who together with his mother Callisto and his younger brother Deimos lived in Sparta. One day the city was attacked by an unknown army and Deimos was captured by the two characters who commanded it: the goddess Athena and the god Ares.
In honor of his lost brother, and as a promise of vengeance, Kratos decided to imprint on his skin a large red tattoo identical to the sign that Deimos wore on his body since birth, a tattoo that accompanied him during his ascent to general of the Spartan forces. and during all the events narrated within the video games of the God Of War saga.
There are still many curiosities and details to discover about Kratos’ life, but the public’s attention now seems to have turned to the figure of his son: in fact, Atreus is also the personification of a god, and according to some reconstructions he could be the protagonist. God Of War Ragnarok, is the second and apparently final installment of the Norse saga of the series.