<P> The overall story arc focuses on the series ' only playable single - player character , the protagonist Kratos , a Spartan warrior haunted by visions of himself accidentally killing his wife and child . The character finally avenges his family by killing his former master and manipulator , Ares , the God of War . Although Kratos becomes the new God of War , he is still plagued by nightmares and is eventually betrayed by Zeus , the King of the Olympian Gods -- revealed by the goddess Athena to be Kratos ' father . The constant machinations of the gods and Titans and their misuse of Kratos eventually drive him to destroy Mount Olympus . Many years following the destruction of Olympus , Kratos ends up in Midgard with a son named Atreus . He trains and teaches the boy while hiding his past from him . Their journey to keep a promise to the boy 's late mother ends with Kratos and Atreus becoming enemies to the Norse gods . </P>
<P> The overall story arc focuses on the series ' only playable single - player character , the protagonist Kratos , a Spartan warrior haunted by visions of himself accidentally killing his wife and child . The character finally avenges his family by killing his former master and manipulator , Ares , the God of War . Although Kratos becomes the new God of War , he is still plagued by nightmares and is eventually betrayed by Zeus , the King of the Olympian Gods -- revealed by the goddess Athena to be Kratos ' father . The constant machinations of the gods and Titans and their misuse of Kratos eventually drive him to destroy Mount Olympus . Many years following the destruction of Olympus , Kratos ends up in Midgard with a son named Atreus . He trains and teaches the boy while hiding his past from him . Their journey to keep a promise to the boy 's late mother ends with Kratos and Atreus becoming enemies to the Norse gods . </P>
who is the little boy in god of war
who is the little boy in god of war
a son named Atreus
a son named Atreus