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Recently, we had the Norse Mythos of God of War and Kratos upgraded and portrayed to a more accurate tiering, that being 4-A to 2-C, which gives me the necessary leverage for this thread. All of the feats we used in there scale back to Greek Kratos and the Greek Myths, due to numerous statements suggesting that Kratos became weaker:
In God of War 3 it's revealed that Hercules also did his Labour where he was sent to find the apple in the Garden of Hesperides, and as we all know, in order to do that he needed to hold up the heavens in Atlas' place for a while.
I formerly rejected this feat due to the possible contradictions in God of War's lore and Atlas' positioning, but after reconsidering the contradictions can be easily explained away - so I tag it as a "possible" feat, which is further strengthened by Cory Barlog's statement that all myths that aren't directly contradicted can be taken into account. Not a definite feat, but a very strong possibility.
In the God of War 1 novel it's revealed that Uranus brought order to the primordial void of Chaos, and since said void preceded both the universe and time itself, as well as birthed the Primordials, that could be yet another feat on the tier 3-tier 2 level. I tag it as a "possible" feat as well. The only 100% definite feats are the ones listed in the dots above.
Discussio
Many of the people who disagreed with my initial thread seemed to have been more than convinced and sold on Kepekley's arguments in the Norse thread so I assume they'd be willing to listen to see if my arguments are solid as well. If anyone wants to talk to me about these feats, my Discord is WindAcheron#4395.
Also, many of the counters against my arguments were indirectly rejected and debunked by Kepekley in the Norse thread. For example, the argument that God of War's Greek universe was small, which was used as an argument on my thread, was heavily debunked and rejected by him there. Another one of the counters that he rejected were the arguments that Uranus died in the Primordial War.
- 1: Kratos states that he was more muscular when he fought Zeus.
- 2: The Comic Con 2018 panel describing Kratos states that he is highly restraining himself and that, despite still being monstrously skilled and powerful, he is not as powerful as he was back when he soloed the Greek Pantheon.
- 3: Cory Barlog passingly stated on an interview that Kratos's physical capabilities have dulled in his old age, which is why he can't jump in the gameplay. While he said this in a relatively tongue-in-cheek manner, it does fit in with other, more serious statements
- 4: The Blades of Chaos are stated to be much more powerful than the Leviathan Axe and Mjolnir.
- Uranus creating the universe and Cronos killing him (3-A/High 3-A due to GoW's universe size)
- Hyperion having a spear that can bear the weight of the universe (3-A to High 3-A due to universe size in GoW)
- Atlas holding up the cosmos (3-A to High 3-A)
- The World Pillar holding up the cosmos before Atlas (3-A to High 3-A)
- The World Pillar's destruction threatening all of creation, including the infinite Underworld, and being stated by Persephone to be able to revert the whole world to the primordial void of Chaos, which preceded the universe (High 3-A, possibly even Low 2-C considering the void preceded time itself, suggesting space-time would be destroyed)
- Cronos creating time (self-explanatory Low 2-C)
- Nyx creating and warping a dimension that contains stars and celestial bodies passively, with said dimension being a mirror of our own (Anywhere from 4-A to 3-A or higher)
- Helios's light illuminating all of the Underworld, an infinite plane (Self-explanatory High 3-A)
- Helios's power damaging the World Pillar, which held up the cosmos for milenni
In God of War 3 it's revealed that Hercules also did his Labour where he was sent to find the apple in the Garden of Hesperides, and as we all know, in order to do that he needed to hold up the heavens in Atlas' place for a while.
I formerly rejected this feat due to the possible contradictions in God of War's lore and Atlas' positioning, but after reconsidering the contradictions can be easily explained away - so I tag it as a "possible" feat, which is further strengthened by Cory Barlog's statement that all myths that aren't directly contradicted can be taken into account. Not a definite feat, but a very strong possibility.
In the God of War 1 novel it's revealed that Uranus brought order to the primordial void of Chaos, and since said void preceded both the universe and time itself, as well as birthed the Primordials, that could be yet another feat on the tier 3-tier 2 level. I tag it as a "possible" feat as well. The only 100% definite feats are the ones listed in the dots above.
Discussio
Many of the people who disagreed with my initial thread seemed to have been more than convinced and sold on Kepekley's arguments in the Norse thread so I assume they'd be willing to listen to see if my arguments are solid as well. If anyone wants to talk to me about these feats, my Discord is WindAcheron#4395.
Also, many of the counters against my arguments were indirectly rejected and debunked by Kepekley in the Norse thread. For example, the argument that God of War's Greek universe was small, which was used as an argument on my thread, was heavily debunked and rejected by him there. Another one of the counters that he rejected were the arguments that Uranus died in the Primordial War.
- Agrees: Kepekley23, Rebuble Uselet, ParadoxIndifferent, CrimsonStar, DustCollector, TheHadouCyberspaceWitch, Zeckers, KratosSolosDBUniverse, Hellbeast1, Glassman, Darkanine
- Disagrees: Matthew Schroeder, Dante, Ognunabuli
- Neutral: Antvasima, Dragonmasterxyz, UltimaReality and The real cal howard