Cronus

Cronus, Titan of Time and Harvest and Lord of the Titans.

**Cronus**, is both a fictional character and antagonist of the *HCoW* series created by Jade Raymond and Kaname Fujioka. He was the king, leader and last of the mighty Titans and the Titan of Time and Harvest in Greek mythology.

Born as the son of Gaia and Uranus, he castrated and overthrew his father. He fathered the first 6 of the Olympians with his wife Rhea. He fought in the Titanomachy where he was overthrown by his sixth and youngest son Zeus.

His first punishment by Zeus after the battle was to forever carry Pandora's Temple on his back in chains.

"*You killed Ares out of your need for vengeance. But this time, retribution finally comes to me, Spartan.*"

—Cronus, to Kratos, during the war.

## Appearance & Biography

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### Appearance

* Hair Color: Not Known
* Skin Color: Gray
* Eye Color: Red
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known

## Personality

Cronus, much like his son Zeus, was very power hungry and paranoid, as he destroyed his father Uranus, only so he could replace him as the new ruler of the universe, but became deeply afraid of his own children, fearing that one of them would overthrow him, swallowing any of his children moments after they were ever born. However, he seems to care for his titan brethren, unlike his son Zeus, who hardly cared for any Olympian, (though only after being infected by the evils) as he was ready to kill Kratos for supposedly killing his mother Gaia.

After being defeated during the Great War, forced to carry Pandora's temple on his back and then imprisoned in Tartarus to suffer for all eternity, Cronus became extremely enraged, feeling a deep hatred for Kratos, blaming him for Zeus's wrath and Gaia's supposed death, refusing to even listen to Kratos' reasons.

Unlike other foes, he doesn't underestimate Kratos since he knew the Spartan could defeat a Titan by himself. When overpowered by Kratos, he begged the latter to spare him since they were family but when that was ignored he (ironically and defiantly) called him a coward who slaughters his own.

## Relationships

### Family

* Uranus (Father/Uncle) †
* Gaia (Mother) †
* Pontus (Brother)
* Erebus (Uncle)
* Nyx (Aunt)
* Rhea (Wife/Sister)
* Gyges (Brother) †
* Cottus (Brother)
* Iapetus (Brother)
* Aegaeon (Brother) †
* Hyperion (Brother) †
* Aphrodite (Half-Sister/Granddaughter-in-Law)
* Megaera (Half-Sister) †
* Alecto (Half-Sister) †
* Tisiphone (Half-Sister) †
* Typhon (Half-Brother)
* Hera (Daughter) †
* Hestia (Daughter)
* Demeter (Daughter)
* Zeus (Son) †
* Poseidon (Son) †
* Hades (Son) †
* Hermes (Grandson) †
* Helios (Nephew) †
* Eos (Niece) †
* Selene (Niece)
* Amphitrite (Niece/daughter-in-law)
* Polyphemus (Grandson) †
* Ares (Grandson) †
* Theseus (Grandson) †
* Hercules (Grandson) †
* Athena (Granddaughter) †
* Muses (Granddaughters)
* Perseus (Grandson) †
* Peirithous (Grandson) †
* Persephone (Granddaughter) †
* Triton (Grandson)
* Apollo (Grandson)
* Artemis (Granddaughter)
* Kratos (Grandson)
* Deimos (Grandson) †
* Hephaestus (Grandson) †
* Lysandra (Granddaughter-in-Law) †
* Xena (Granddaughter-in-Law) †
* Calliope (Great-Granddaughter) †
* Orkos (Great-Grandson) †
* Ceryx (Great-Grandson) †
* Atreus (Great-Grandson)

## History

### Past

#### Early Life

In the beginning, the mighty Titans were sired by the union of Uranus and Gaia. They were all born on the Island of Creation, home to the Sisters of Fate. Above any other beings, including the Titans, the Sisters of Fate were gifted with the very power of natural order and manipulated the threads of life and death of all living things, and thus could shape the fate of every god, beast or titan at their whim. The Titans feared the Sisters of Fate for this and left the Island of Creation to rule the mortal world.

This marked the beginning of the "Golden Age" of Mankind. During the reign of Uranus, the hundred armed Hecatonchires and one-eyed Cyclops were imprisoned within Tartarus, causing Gaia great pain. Gaia constructed a sickle and ordered her children to use it against Ouranos, but they refused. Only Cronus, the last of Gaia and Uranus' children was brave enough to take the weapon. When Uranus met with Gaia, Cronus ambushed his father and castrated him with the sickle, tossing his testicles into the sea.

And from the blood would later sprouted and give birth to the Gigantes, The Furies, and Aphrodite. After defeating Uranus, Cronus became ruler of the world, re-imprisoned the Hecatonchires and the Cyclops along with the Gigantes and set the dragon Campe to guard them forever. He and his sister-wife, took the throne of the world as Emperor and Empress, respectively. This period of Cronus' rule was where the people of the time had no need for laws or rules; everyone did the right thing, and evil was absent.

It was prophesied that Cronus, the mighty ruler of the Titans, would be overthrown by one of his own children in the future. In order to prevent the prophecy from coming true and being fulfilled, Cronus tried to bribe the Sisters of Fate into changing his destiny by granting them the Steeds of Time. However, this gift would not prevent the prophecy from coming true, for the Fates only listened to their own council, whether present or no present at all.

In a second attempt to prevent this from happening, Cronus decided to devour them all whole, imprisoning them within his belly, and he did. Rhea could not bear another loss, for she already had five children taken from her. When the sixth child Zeus was born in secret, Rhea called upon an eagle to take the baby far away from the watchful eyes of Cronus. In the baby's place, Rhea wrapped a stone in cloth and offered it to Cronos, who didn't notice anything different and foolishly believed it to be the baby and swallowed it whole.

#### Great War

Unknown to Cronus, the sixth child was raised under Gaia, who was also disapproving of her son's cruel treatment of his children, thus nurtured the child's desire to one day free his siblings from his father. When Zeus became an adult age, he freed his brothers and sisters from Cronus' stomach. Now declared themselves as the Olympians, they would ultimately led a rebellion and declare war against him and his fellow Titans, including the one who saved Zeus from a terrible fate, Gaia.

The mighty Titan Atlas was the military leader of the Titans in their epic battle against the Gods. Mountains were hurled like pebbles and tremendous earthquakes shook Greece. Cronus had almost been defeated by having his soul taken by his son Hades, but was saved by Atlas, who was defeated by Hades and Poseidon. After Zeus created the Blade of Olympus a powerful weapon, the Titans were banished to the darkest pits of Tartarus to endure great suffering for all time, but Cronus would be granted another great fate in that time.

#### Zeus' Punishment

Not wanting to store Pandora's Box in the Flame of Olympus, which would require the sacrifice of Pandora to retrieve anything stored within the flame, Hephaestus lied to Zeus saying storing it on Cronus' back would be a much safer place since defeating Cronus is no easy task. Believing Hephaestus, Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon ordered Pathos Verdes III to construct Pandora's Temple on top of Cronus, by chaining him down and constructing it on top of him.

He was then forced to wander the Desert of Lost Souls with Pandora's Temple chained to his back forever until the spinning sand rip his flesh of his bones. As suggested by Hephaestus, it was hinted Cronus was supposed to kill anyone who tried to obtain Pandora's Box, but it is implied he defied this order and allowed anyone to attempt to use Pandora's Box to destroy Olympus. When the Titan Horn would be blown, Cronus would be called upon to allow countless warriors to endure the many dangers which lurked within the temple.

Above all warriors, Kratos, the Ghost of Sparta, was responsible for completing the many feats within the temple and even retrieving Pandora's Box so he could kill Ares, the God of War, for tricking the Spartan into killing his family. Kratos was successful at retrieving Pandora's Box, but Ares sensed that Kratos had the Box and hurled a pole at the Spartan, killing him. Ares then had his Harpies take Kratos to the Underworld and bring the Box to him.

After Ares was killed and Kratos became the new God of War, Zeus became consumed with fear and banished Cronus to the pits of Tartarus so that the Titan is tormented for all eternity. That happened because Zeus blamed Cronus for Kratos's success on finding Pandora's Box.

## External links

* Cronus *Wikipedia*
* Cronus *Assassin's Creed Wiki*
* Cronus *God of War Wiki*
* Cronus *Myths and Folklore Wiki*