Orkos

Orkos is the deuteragonist of the 2013 video game, God of War: Ascension, a prequel to the series. 
The demigod son of Ares and Alecto, Orkos was given the task of being the oath-keeper for the Furies. Seeing that his mother and the Furies were corrupted and were helping Ares' plans to overthrow Olympus, Orkos helped Kratos break his oath to Ares to get his revenge on the God of War.
He was voiced by Troy Baker, who also voiced Joel Miller in The Last of Us series, Erron Black in the Mortal Kombat series, Sam Drake in the Uncharted series, Snow Villers in the Final Fantasy series, Booker DeWitt in Bioshock: Infinite and Bioshock: Burial at Sea, Talion in the Shadow of Mordor series, Red Hood in Batman: Arkham Knight, Delsin Rowe in inFamous: Second Son, Batman in Telltale's Batman series, Jack Mitchell in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Jake Muller in Resident Evil 6, Robin in Batman: Arkham City, Vincent Brooks in Catherine, Joseph Allen in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Alec Mason in Red Faction: Guerilla.
==Biography==
===Background===
Ares wanted to create the perfect warrior so he could use this warrior to overthrow Zeus and bring down the walls of Olympus. To accomplish this, he and the queen of the Furies, Alecto, mated and conceived a child, Orkos. However, much to Ares' disappointment, Orkos was not what he hoped he would be, and disowned him.
The Furies, however, spared him and made him the oath-keeper. Orkos, despite his heavy burden, was eager to please those who he thought loved him. However, Orkos saw the injustice in the Spartan Kratos' oath and turned against his mothers. With the help of the Oracle of Delphi, he tried to warn Zeus of Ares' plot, but the Furies were sent after him. The Oracle was punished for the attempt, while Orkos managed to reach Kratos, who was being hunted down by the Furies for breaking his blood oath to Ares.
===God of War: Ascension===
Orkos' first meeting with Kratos ended up alarming him and causing the Spartan to attack, but Kratos ceased his onslaught when Orkos explained his motives. However, in Delos, the duo was captured by the Furies, who then had Kratos imprisoned within Aegaeon.
===Death===
After escaping the Hecatonchires and defeating the Furies, Kratos returned to his home in Sparta, with Orkos meeting him there. Although the shade praised the warrior on his victory, he soon revealed that, before they were defeated, the Furies had made him Kratos' oath-keeper once again, indicating that despite their efforts, Ares would retain control over both of them, lest the Spartan kill Orkos.
Orkos, begging Kratos to give him an honorable death, handed his blade over to the warrior, who then proceeded to stab him in the stomach, killing him and freeing them both of their respective bonds to Ares. After which, Kratos burned down his home, with the corpse of Orkos inside of it, before departing. Ultimately, Orkos’ sacrifice would not be in vain as Kratos would finally kill Ares ten years later avenging Orkos’ death.
==Gallery==
Kratos-and-Orkos.jpg|Orkos telling Kratos to kill him to fully break his bond to Ares.
==Trivia==
*In chapter 19 of "Rise of the Warrior", it is revealed that the cloaked figure who follows the Warrior is Orkos.
*Orkos' voice actor, Troy Baker, would voice Magni and Ratatoskr ("Bitter Squirrel"), two characters in the series, in 2018's God of War and its sequel God of War: Ragnarok.
*Orkos alongside Pandora is one of only two real allies Kratos had during the Greek Era who didn’t betray him, as well the only one Kratos truly considered a friend.
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