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True to his word, Kratos did Ares's bidding from that day forth. His former savagery paled in comparison to his acts under the watchful eye of the God of War. But one day he attacked a village loyal to Athena. He won, as always, but at the end of the day he attacked the temple to the rear, where the aging village [[Oracle]] warned him not to proceed. She claimed that the temple was forbidden to him, that he must not enter. Kratos ignored her pleas and carved a path through the temple attendants who dared to stand in his way, blinded by his bloodlust. As he struck his final two victims, however, everything changed.

Kratos fell to his knees, the bodies of his wife and daughter lying before him, slain by his own hand. But what were they doing here in this obscure village? He had left them in [[Sparta]]. It wasn't long before he realized the truth. Ares, who had once saved his life, had elaborate designs for him. The God of War appeared before him, and explained that the death of his wife and child were meant to sever the last vestiges of his humanity, to forge him into the greatest warrior the world would ever know. Kratos renounced his allegiance to Ares, but the damage was done. He would wander the known world for the next ten years, sailing from port to port, but never able to quite outrun the nightmares that haunted him.

Ares himself attacked Athens, his sister Athena's patron city, as a testament to his superiority. By [[Zeus]]'s law, the gods could not fight amongst themselves, and so the task of stopping Ares would have to fall to a mortal. So, the [[Olympians]] sought the aid of Kratos - the one person they felt could possibly succeed in killing the God of War. Promised absolution for his crimes, he agreed.