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Power(s)

Pyrokinesis Elementokinesis Statistics Amplification and Empowerment Chain Manipulation Divine Energy Absorption Life-Force Absorption Healing Indestructibility

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History [ ]

The Blades of Chaos were forged in the darkest depths of the Underworld by the Smith God Hephaestus in the furnace of Hades himself. They were imbued with primordial fire, which allowed them to ignite with every attack that the user performed. The Blades' chains would stretch out for a set distance with each attack, allowing for fluid movement no matter who wielded them. The chains of the blades were permanently seared onto the forearms of the wielder, which served as a reminder of their oath to the God of War, and could only be removed either by the God of War himself or when the wielder's time of servitude ended. However, when their creator is dead with the servant still owning them, they can be removed or equipped, whenever needed.

The Harpies bringing the Blades of Chaos to Kratos.

After Kratos pledged his life to the God of War, Ares had his Harpies fetch the Blades of Chaos and bestowed them on the Spartan , claiming they were weapons truly worthy of a God's champion. After Ares decimated the Barbarian forces, Kratos used his new weapons to slay the Barbarian King, Alrik , in single combat. Kratos continued to utilize the Blades during his time of servitude to Ares and the Gods - even against his own wife, Lysandra , and daughter Calliope , whom he unknowingly killed while he was in a god-driven rage that was set by Ares.
Kratos, at the peak of his task to kill the God of War, had the Blades of Chaos stripped away from him after he defended his family in one of Ares's Illusions. With the Blades taken away from him, Ares manipulated the Blades to once more kill Kratos' family, while a helpless Kratos watched in horror. After the fall of Ares, the Blades were believed lost, but Kratos was soon granted the similar Blades of Athena .
After killing Ares and taking his place as the God of War , Kratos gained access to all of his predecessor's weapons, including the Blades of Chaos, though he vowed never to use them again.

The Blades of Chaos when recovered by Kratos in God of War (2018)

Several years later, following the destruction of Olympus, the blades made their way back to Kratos, who tried to dispose of them, but he could not be rid of them at all; the blades always found their way back to him under the most contrived circumstances. For example, he tried to dump them in the ocean but the ocean itself rejected them and destroyed his boat. He washed up ashore with the blades next to him. After this incident, he gave up and wrapped them together in a thick red cloth with a simple Grecian pattern on it and hid them beneath the floorboards of his cabin in Scandinavia as a forced reminder of his tragic history and explosive rage.
Eventually, however, Kratos's son Atreus falls ill due to the conflicting natures within him. Learning that the main ingredient needed to treat Atreus was in Helheim —where the ice magic of the Leviathan Axe was useless due to the unyielding cold of the realm as no enemy can be killed with such a weapon—Kratos retrieved the Blades from their hiding place and grimly rebound their chains to his forearms in order to use them once more.
As opposed to the ice-aspected Leviathan Axe, the blades give off the element of fire. Once upgraded progressively with Chaos Flames , the Blades change gradually in appearance, restoring the cracked Greek blades into a more refined, Nordic style, adding Nordic glyphs similar to the Leviathan Axe. These glyphs glow fiery orange when ignited, and small runes written in Old Nordic decorate the edges of each Blade. Additionally, each upgrade was accompanied by an increasingly more intricate motif of a serpent or dragon just beneath the blade. The hilts become gold in color and gain two slots on the skulls' eyes for Runic Attacks ; one for light and one for heavy, while also allowing Kratos to change the pommels for different attributes. Kratos can also infuse the fire of his left Blade to his shield , before slamming it into his foes, dealing massive damage. The Blades, via a Runic Attack called Meteoric Slam, can summon a meteor shower of fire that deals Burn damage to enemies. After meeting Brok in Helheim, the blades are also upgraded to temporarily channel the Winds of Hel .
By the time Ragnarök begins, the magic-weakening effects of Fimbulwinter had reverted the Blades of Chaos back to their cracked, rusted state. However, like before, Brok and Sindri (and later on Lúnda ) were able to upgrade the Blades once again by using Chaos Flames. The skull design of the Blades’ hilts undergoes a drastic transformation, bearing a more Nordic motif than their original form. When fully upgraded, the flats of the Blades are outlined with gold, most intricately along the very edge of the Blade, and the glyphs become golden as well. Along with being weapons, Kratos also uses the Blades as a means of climbing and maneuvering high cliffs, as well as pulling down certain blockades.
Atreus asked his father, noting that he looks at his Blades as though he hates them, why he doesn't just throw them away. Kratos tells his son that even hateful things can be useful, and reveals he had tried to dispose of them before, but the Blades came back to him. This is proven to be true, as during Kratos’ departure from Greece and his journey to the Land of the Pharaohs, he tried numerous times to be rid of the Blades only to have them magically reappear before him. Kratos has noted that although he cannot truly be rid of them, he can at least use them for good and no longer shows that much shame in them as he did in the past.
Surtr, the first Fire Giant, sensed the primordial fire within the Blades of Chaos, and while the fire was from a foreign realm, Surtr believed that their origin should not matter and would be essential in turning him into Ragnarök without the need to sacrifice Sinmara . When reaching the Spark of the World, Surtr imbued his fire into the Blades of Chaos and through them caused some pain to both Surtr and Kratos. Following Surtr's instructions, Kratos used his Blades to stab Sinmara's heart within Surtr's body, empowering the First Fire Giant to become Ragnarök.