Young Kratos of Sparta

"You are a Spartan! Are you not!?"

## Young Kratos

Kratos is a young boy who was raised in Sparta. This is an AU version of him where the events of the entire God of War series did not occur.

## Backstory

In Ancient Greece, the oracle fortold a prophecy that the olympian gods, as well as olympus itself, would be destroyed. She saw that this destruction would not be brought about by the titans, the gods' revenge filled enemies, but by a marked spartan warrior. Completely drowned in fear, the god of war invaded Sparta in desperate search of this marked warrior, as whoever controls the warrior, controls the fate of olympus. The god soon came across Kratos and his brother Deimos, who the god had been searching for on his rampage. Kratos and his brother faught for their lives, and they faught bravely. Unfortunately, it was not enough to defeat the god of war. The god of war left Kratos in a heavily injured state, and soon after, he grabs Deimos and takes him away from his brother; never to be seen again. Following the invasion, Kratos is filled with guilt, sadness, and anger. Every day he trained harder than he ever has before, with the only thing motivating him is the hope of finding his brother and slaying the cruel god that mercilessly took him away. Kratos was so determined in fact, that he leaves Sparta in search of his brother and begins searching everywhere he could hope to look. Months after, Kratos slowly started losing hope and eventually gave up on searching for his brother. Feeling even more anger than he ever has before, he abandons greece and tries to run away from his horrific past.

On his travels, he comes across *Turbo K.O.,* one of the more brutal and similarly angry bad end friends. Kratos, already numbed to anything besides his rage, engages in battle without even considering how powerful this foe may be. He already lost his will to live; Kratos was perfectly contempt with dying as is. T.K.O. and Kratos fight, dealing massively damaging blows to one another, the ground beneath them crumbling as the battle grows. T.K.O. becomes impressed with this mysterious stranger, wondering how strikes that would have easily killed the average mortal barely leave a scratch. Before T.K.O. can attempt to calm things down however, a group of raiders intervene and attack. Kratos and T.K.O. cease fighting each other to focus on the raiders, where T.K.O. is able to analyze the sheer amount of brutality, strength, and rage is incorporated in Kratos' form. They both effectively defeat the raiders and Kratos looks back at T.K.O. readying himself for continuing his battle when T.K.O. demands that Kratos listen to his words. Kratos pauses and T.K.O. asks that he introduce Kratos to a powerful ally of his in the hopes of recruiting him. Kratos brusquely replies that he is no one's servant nor especially no one's tool. T.K.O. assures him that he will not be deemed a servant and that his ally may be able to help him regarding whatever he may be running from. Kratos accepts, seeing as he has no more to lose and travels to T.K.O. to meet this "powerful ally". T.K.O and Kratos travel to the Bad End Friends HQ where Beast Wirt sit upon his throne. Kratos stands tall in front of Beast Wirt, impressed with his ability to build the community he now leads. Kratos is reminded of his training in Sparta and believes that Beast Wirt would be acceptable to stand with should he accept Kratos into the group. Beast Wirt himself is impressed seeing how one of his strongest members is willing to vouch for Kratos. Thus, a new bad end friend was inducted.

## Appearance

Similar to his canon appearance, Kratos had his brother's birthmark tattooed upon his body while he was in Sparta. However, in this AU, Kratos does not possess the armor he would have received during his rampage. Kratos wears the traditional spartan armor during the Archaic period without a helmet, as he only saw it as a hinderance to his vision. During the time Kratos has spent searching for his brother, he made significant improvements to his armor. Most notably being thorns on the exterior of the armor as well as gauntlets that had spikes on the sides with the purpose of disarming or even rendering useless his opponents weapons. Kratos bears an extremely strong physique for a boy of his age, capable of intimidating even the most vigorous of men. Given that Kratos is still a boy who isn't fully experienced in combat and is hot tempered at heart, he has received many battle scars around his body; one that almost blinded him, a slash across his right eye.

## Personality

Kratos is **extensively** quick to temper with those lucky enough to witness him in battle claiming that's an understatement. Conditioned to think tactically since he was very young, Kratos is able to assess situations very skillfully and thus, is able to take the best approach on a whim. Due to the only person that he cared for being taken away, Kratos is left in a seemingly eternal disrepaired state of wellbeing. The only way that Kratos is able to temper or at the very least temporarily recede his negative emotions is by engaging in combat wherever he could find it. It is his form of therapy and mental clarity as the thrill of the fight was his core passion when he was training in Sparta. With the amount of training he has had in Sparta on top of other combat techniques developed in his travels, Kratos would be a great help to the bad ends by providing training of his own. Kratos is not cruel; he will not slay innocents, but should something or someone get in the way of his goals, he will get rid of it by the needs necessary. Around those Kratos is able to determine are not a threat to him, he will remain silent and only speak when he is spoken to. When he *is* spoken to, he responds laconically, and holds no interest in maintaining the conversation if it is frivolous.

## Abilities

* **Strength:** Kratos is the son of Zeus and Callisto, deeming him a demigod. This gives him strength that is equal to his half brother, Hercules.
* **Durability:** As described in his encounter with T.K.O., Kratos is able to withstand massive amounts of damage before beginning to tire.
* **Agility:** Kratos is able to maneuver quickly in battle and is able to effectively dodge his opponent's attacks despite his bulky appearance.
* **Regeneration:** Whenever Kratos suffers imense injuries post-battle, he can channel his resolve and heal his wounds. This ability cannot be used in battle as it requires complete focus and concentration. The regeneration heals wounds and removes pain. The scar of the cut, however, will remain depending on severity.
* **Rage:** Able to be channeled during combat, if Kratos tempers his anger strong enough, he gains temporary increased vulnerability, strength, and speed. The channeled rage comes at the cost of his resolve; if his resolve is low and/or he is damaged enough during his rage, he will exit that state and return back to his normal status.
* **Adaptability:** Kratos' training in Sparta granted him being able to use all of his tools (or lack thereof) in any situation on a whim.

## Trivia

* Canonically, Kratos was the "marked warrior" the gods were to meet their end by, not his brother
* A shield and spear is Kratos' preferred weapon of choice
* Kratos' tattoo's were meant to be blue but were changed to the iconic red because blue would have been too symbolic to a norse viking
* Kratos died and came back to life numerous times in the game series because he was just **that** angry
* This was the last Bad End friend page added in 2023