Is Kratos the God of Death? God of War Theory

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  • Is Kratos the God of War, or something more? Can Kratos die or is he truly immortal? In this video I will discuss my theory on Kratos' immortality. What do you think? Leave your best theory in the comments below!
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  • @KaptainKuba
    @KaptainKuba  11 місяців тому +89

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    • @paulmoore4653
      @paulmoore4653 11 місяців тому +1

      Then, why can Kratos die during gameplay?

    • @gianna-rm9if
      @gianna-rm9if 11 місяців тому

      @@paulmoore4653 for the game

    • @CoolSaver
      @CoolSaver 11 місяців тому +1

      @@paulmoore4653 bruh

    • @HitmanHimself
      @HitmanHimself 11 місяців тому +1

      Kuba is dying to see the role of the gods of higher existence in the god of war games isn't he?
      that's why he linked 'higher existence and kratos role as the god of death' out of nowhere.
      But santa monica isn't giving him.
      I really want to see them aswell, but I am getting a gut feeling they might have abandoned it (says who was really interested in them)
      Cory is off working on another IP
      Atreus broke the mask (which might be nothing but a macguffin)
      The devs want to think its some higher existence related shit but it isn't actually.
      I hope I am proved wrong totally tho in whatever next game they release.

    • @TheToobNube
      @TheToobNube 11 місяців тому +1

      Did you notice the floating mask in GOW 2018 right before Kratos & Atreus find the Unity Stone? When Atreus shoots his arrow at it, it emits a green light just like the wooden mask in Ragnarok.
      Do you think there could be a connection? @KaptainKuba

  • @YourRichFriend1829
    @YourRichFriend1829 11 місяців тому +1718

    “Why can’t Kratos die?”
    Me who died 20+ times from both Sigrún and Gná:

    • @JohnnyUtah00008
      @JohnnyUtah00008 11 місяців тому +41

      absolute facts

    • @Bilal_Skywalker
      @Bilal_Skywalker 11 місяців тому +12

      Fax

    • @XxxTohot4youxxX
      @XxxTohot4youxxX 11 місяців тому +42

      Only 20??

    • @YourRichFriend1829
      @YourRichFriend1829 11 місяців тому +13

      @@XxxTohot4youxxX I was always good at these boss fights, when I replayed GoW18 on GMGoW after I hadn’t played since Ragnarök released (serval months) and I beat Sigrún first try, mostly from one pommel, the Mistbourn, quite op imo. Gná was harder, took maybe 10 try’s to beat her, but adding up all the other times I died to these two is 20+.

    • @MasterJoeda_
      @MasterJoeda_ 11 місяців тому +6

      20 times 50

  • @gilbertotabares8196
    @gilbertotabares8196 11 місяців тому +1101

    I think it's more accurate to ask why he can't STAY dead. He's died at least five times. The afterlife just can't seem to hold onto him.

    • @memo5230
      @memo5230 11 місяців тому +43

      Can we not agree your not dead until your dead .

    • @gilbertotabares8196
      @gilbertotabares8196 11 місяців тому +58

      @@memo5230 Thor certainly thinks so. Cause he did, in fact, kill Kratos. He just brought him back with Mjolnir. Which is something he can do. Tho mostly he used that trick on goats.

    • @arhl.w
      @arhl.w 11 місяців тому +36

      @@gilbertotabares8196thor did not kill kratos kratos passed out

    • @FabulosoSpray
      @FabulosoSpray 11 місяців тому +51

      ​@@arhl.wAccording to an earlier script, Kratos was to die against Thor, and similarly to the previous games, come back and find that a long period of time passed. I guess they kept it in the game to troll the players a bit.

    • @gilbertotabares8196
      @gilbertotabares8196 11 місяців тому +29

      @@FabulosoSpray I'll accept that. Still cool seeing Thor jumpstart a guys heart like that.

  • @mrshush7337
    @mrshush7337 11 місяців тому +976

    This gives the “Ghost of Sparta” nickname a more interesting meaning.

    • @gianna-rm9if
      @gianna-rm9if 11 місяців тому +6

      STOP

    • @Meme-vx5nx
      @Meme-vx5nx 11 місяців тому +4

      Why

    • @shadowreezy3137
      @shadowreezy3137 11 місяців тому +40

      No no! It actually makes sense to called “Ghost of Sparta”, Kratos is a ghost, just like the Grim reaper.

    • @Meme-vx5nx
      @Meme-vx5nx 11 місяців тому

      No not you I was talking to @ginna-rm9if

    • @shadowreezy3137
      @shadowreezy3137 11 місяців тому +1

      @@Meme-vx5nx Me too

  • @batrol6687
    @batrol6687 11 місяців тому +659

    As Ares said it in the first game. "You will become Death itself!" When GoW 3 came out, I read somewhere that Cory's idea for the third game would have been Kratos becoming Death in the end. Imagine him with a big Death's Scythe weapon.

    • @lightmohamed5700
      @lightmohamed5700 11 місяців тому +30

      Yes he showed both of those scenes in the video
      It was implied from the beginning that Kratos will become death itself the bringer of demise

    • @CoolSaver
      @CoolSaver 11 місяців тому +22

      Somebody already imagined that, made the game out of that, and called it "Dante's Inferno"

    • @batrol6687
      @batrol6687 11 місяців тому +5

      @@CoolSaver Oh, I love Dante's Inferno. I wish there would be a sequel to that game.

    • @ArmoredG
      @ArmoredG 11 місяців тому +5

      A weapon specific to death. Reminds me about Claws of Hades

    • @redroberts3118
      @redroberts3118 11 місяців тому

      He died in the first 3 games multiple times

  • @13superjedi
    @13superjedi 11 місяців тому +355

    Very first scene in God of War 1 also has a choir literally singing the words "Kratos, Thanatos" literally singing about Kratos being the bringer of death as he stands at the cliff overlooking the agean sea. That's foreshadowing for ya 💀

    • @KaptainKuba
      @KaptainKuba  11 місяців тому +41

      Hey you're absolutely right!

    • @theotheagendashill818
      @theotheagendashill818 11 місяців тому +21

      No, thanatos means death so the choir implies that Kratos is about to die, fitting given that he attempts suicide

    • @quintonmiller8266
      @quintonmiller8266 11 місяців тому +8

      ​@@theotheagendashill818No. Use your deep thinking skills. It's right in front of you.

    • @flaviorodrigues440
      @flaviorodrigues440 10 місяців тому

      Hm.... the translation says otherwhise. Where did you see this?

    • @dyrakenderson3570
      @dyrakenderson3570 10 місяців тому +1

      i always thought it said "kratos, deimos"

  • @Notdjswrld
    @Notdjswrld 11 місяців тому +154

    This makes sense due to when artreus was sick in god of war 2018 freya stated that it was due to who kratos was and kratos took it as his fault saying “I did this to him?” because he almost once again brought death to someone he cared for without any intention to doing so

    • @ericinfante1885
      @ericinfante1885 11 місяців тому +10

      Shit you're right at least if this theory is cannon and kratos is seeing it in that perspective. Very mind blowing and genius af of the developers actually meant this the whole time and stick with it and further unfold the secrets coming forward. Will be something that went over our heads for over a decade!

    • @josephparks7628
      @josephparks7628 11 місяців тому +10

      If this theory is also correct, then that would also make since for why Freya needed the heart of Hel's Guardian. A ingredient from a dead(or undead) creature to help heal a child who's father is the God of Death. I mean obviously this is just spitballing ideas. But that kinda makes sense now too.

    • @ericinfante1885
      @ericinfante1885 11 місяців тому +2

      @josephparks7628 can't wait for the future series going forward with new ps5 capacity and I really do hope that even tho kratos is a changed person, that he gains new abilities, doesn't hold back much only in the end of he decides to spare them then thats OK. I also want to see more rage in general in cutscenes and perhaps better weaponry and a redesign if the one take to allow mire fluid movements overall and mobility. Can't really say I was feeling like the god of war being so grounded and stiff all the time. Ik kratos is old but ain't no way he is moving like a grandpa when his own father and odin were moving around like age is only a number and appearance lol.

    • @Tax_evasion2004
      @Tax_evasion2004 11 місяців тому +2

      Bro that’s looking way into it, Mimir literally states before going mental illness usually has a effect on the physical body and he’s never heard of a god thinking he’s a mortal then Freya says “his true nature is fighting against him, your true nature” she’s referring to Atreus godhood becoming kratos is a god and kratos realizes him not telling Atreus makes him sick

    • @Notdjswrld
      @Notdjswrld 11 місяців тому +1

      @@Tax_evasion2004 exactly

  • @abood-oc1fd
    @abood-oc1fd 11 місяців тому +98

    Fun fact: in the god of war 3 trailer, Kratos says "death runs in my blood".

    • @lightmohamed5700
      @lightmohamed5700 11 місяців тому +4

      Wow makes this theory even better

    • @vincentprins6682
      @vincentprins6682 11 місяців тому +14

      Ares said that Kratos will become Death itself

    • @icebearnicho8256
      @icebearnicho8256 11 місяців тому +4

      ​@@vincentprins6682would you consider God of Death, and "Death itself" the same thing? Because even a God of Death can die

    • @quintonmiller8266
      @quintonmiller8266 11 місяців тому

      ​@@icebearnicho8256Not a true one.

  • @dvillain4136
    @dvillain4136 11 місяців тому +347

    Wouldn’t this logic also mean he is the god of the sea, hell, lightning ect? Because he killed all of the other god’s of Olympus. So wouldn’t he take their position?

    • @bennyd.monkey2138
      @bennyd.monkey2138 11 місяців тому +131

      that's different because after those gods dies Olympus started getting destroyed but when thanotos died nothing changed since kratos took his place

    • @soramatsu1
      @soramatsu1 11 місяців тому +50

      logically yes, but remember that kratos/greece world was supposedly destroyed, therefore hes just a shadow of his former self. from what i can tell most of his powers dissappeared when the greece world was destroyed. i would love to know the exact powers he still retained and how much. we seen his strength but we dont know how much.

    • @altair227
      @altair227 11 місяців тому +42

      No their powers transformed into Chaos like we saw the ocean rise when poseidon died. and the ski split when zeus died and hermes turned into bugs. And the flowers rotted when hera died. He took Hades soul the only god that he took his soul and weapon in the god of war 3 the others transformed into something else.
      He took Thanatos and Hades positions and weapons/soul/power. So he will live forever lol

    • @ArmoredG
      @ArmoredG 11 місяців тому +6

      @@bennyd.monkey2138 Maybe hades took thanatos' place. Hades controls the underworld which heavily related to the deceased

    • @ArmoredG
      @ArmoredG 11 місяців тому +10

      @@altair227 When hades died the souls of the deceased is not in control meaning they cant find an afterlife

  • @khumokwezimashapa2245
    @khumokwezimashapa2245 11 місяців тому +58

    I love that there's still stuff to talk about from the Greek GOW lore more than 10 years on

    • @vincentprins6682
      @vincentprins6682 11 місяців тому +6

      There is just nothing to talk about the Norse anyway. Yeah that its boring and things could have been so much better

    • @lightmohamed5700
      @lightmohamed5700 11 місяців тому +5

      I really love Greek GOW

    • @vlad_47
      @vlad_47 11 місяців тому +2

      The internet lore for Chains of Olympus is also a hidden goldmine full of Greek lore.

    • @GoldenQ9
      @GoldenQ9 11 місяців тому

      Thats what good writing does 🔥😩

  • @rong7496
    @rong7496 11 місяців тому +33

    Also, Zeus could try to take away the title of “GoW,” but the the title of “God of Death” as well as the job were not in his power to appoint. They were the only things beyond his dominion to controls. The gods were afraid of Thanatos’s implied power.

  • @tyeelander7708
    @tyeelander7708 11 місяців тому +55

    "Death, the destroyer of worlds" is the title given to Kratos. And this is in reference to one of the scientists who made the Atomic Bomb in a famous interview these were his words after he learned of the destruction caused by his creation " I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds".

    • @Matt-vh2ci
      @Matt-vh2ci 11 місяців тому +15

      Who in turn was citing what the god Vishnu said in the bhavagad gita

    • @tyeelander7708
      @tyeelander7708 11 місяців тому +2

      @Matt-vh2ci I was unaware of that part, thank you.

    • @deathmark1940
      @deathmark1940 10 місяців тому +3

      Oppenheimer

  • @HouseofRedWine
    @HouseofRedWine 11 місяців тому +112

    Yes this is the curse his mother talked about in god of war 3 all who get near him suffer or die his wife, child, daughter, mother, brother, Orkos, the last spartan and all of sparta, the woman in Athens, Pandora, Faye, Atreus, Freya, Brok, and Thor all died or suffered either by Kratos' hands or by simply being close to him by showing any sign of love or affection towards him or him showing love and affection to others

    • @flippednormals297
      @flippednormals297 11 місяців тому +2

      why Thor is in that list lol, and why Athena is not in the list lol because she came back?

    • @HouseofRedWine
      @HouseofRedWine 11 місяців тому +3

      @@flippednormals297 I put Thor because at the end he and Kratos shared a moment but Thor immediately got killed by Odin and I forgot about Athena lol

    • @flippednormals297
      @flippednormals297 11 місяців тому +8

      ​@@HouseofRedWine oh,
      yeah Athena suffered the same "love this man and die" scenario
      In an old interview Cory said Athena had some affection and love for him which she was conflicted about.
      I think that's why even after he went against Zeus she couldn't turn against Kratos, and died because she couldn't decide between Zeus and Kratos.

    • @lucasdiazjr5679
      @lucasdiazjr5679 11 місяців тому +2

      ​@@HouseofRedWineit's was barley a moment it was more of a I don't want my kid to live in a messed up world and neither do you for yours. I'd say mutual agreement thor didn't respect or care for kratos but cared for thrud

    • @tanagunda1368
      @tanagunda1368 5 місяців тому

      @@flippednormals297love this man in a brother sister way yes?

  • @jaydenwoodward205
    @jaydenwoodward205 11 місяців тому +91

    I have a theory that Kratos could possibly be the incarnation of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse all rolled into one. He's already the God of War and Death, so Famine and Pestilence wouldn't be too crazy to think about

    • @lightmohamed5700
      @lightmohamed5700 11 місяців тому +25

      He already caused famine and pestilence after killing Hermes and Hera also you forgot conquest which he also has

    • @Guardian582
      @Guardian582 11 місяців тому +3

      @@lightmohamed5700 conquest may actually be pestilence or famine, it is unclear in the writings as 'conquest' can mean many things

    • @lightmohamed5700
      @lightmohamed5700 11 місяців тому

      @@Guardian582 makes sense

    • @vlad_47
      @vlad_47 11 місяців тому +4

      Pestilence is a modern pop culture thing. Conquest is the second rider.

    • @Guardian582
      @Guardian582 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@@vlad_47 the only one actually named is Death, the others are up for interpretation
      When the lamb had opened one of the seven seals, I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, ‘Come!’ 2 And, as I watched, there was a white horse. Its rider was holding a bow. He was given a crown, and he went off winning victories, and to win more of them.
      3 When the lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, ‘Come!’ 4 And another horse went out, fiery red this time. Its rider was given permission to take peace away from the earth, so that people would kill one another. He was given a great sword.
      5 When the lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, ‘Come!’ As I watched, there was a black horse. Its rider held a pair of scales in his hand. 6 I heard something like a voice coming from the midst of the four living creatures. ‘A quart of wheat for a denarius!’ said the voice. ‘And three quarts of barley for a denarius! But don’t ruin the oil and the wine!’
      7 When the lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, ‘Come!’ 8 As I looked, there was a pale horse, and its rider’s name was Death. Hades followed along behind him. They were given authority over a quarter of the earth, to kill with the sword, and with famine, and with death, and by means of earth’s wild animals.
      while it doesnt say 'pesticlence' specifically it DOES mention wild beasts(of which i wonder what the true name would be), which is probably the 1st horseman , War is 2, and famine(? which the way its described, could also be pestilence of a sort) is the 3rd

  • @randomYThandle301
    @randomYThandle301 11 місяців тому +57

    I doubt the "Higher Powers" were upset with Kratos for not killing Thor; the deaths that happen around him aren't always direct acts of conscious violence done by him. Though Kratos spares Thor, Odin ends up killing him pretty much immediately after anyway, so Kratos still, in a way, brought death to Thor. Overall, very interesting theory, and something that could potentially serve as a plot point in upcoming games. Nice work 👍

  • @ExtremeGameplays1
    @ExtremeGameplays1 11 місяців тому +17

    This is one of my favorite theories now. Good stuff, man!

  • @yashsoni7614
    @yashsoni7614 11 місяців тому +23

    "Death can have me, when it earns me"🗿😈🔥
    - Kratos

    • @elihernandez9925
      @elihernandez9925 11 місяців тому

      So in order for Kratos to truly die, he needs to kill himself?

    • @yashsoni7614
      @yashsoni7614 11 місяців тому +10

      @@elihernandez9925 He killed himself in GOW 3 still he didn't die😏 Bro will never die🗿

    • @bobbywilliams4438
      @bobbywilliams4438 11 місяців тому +7

      Still one of the hardest lines said in gaming ! Maybe period

    • @peteybakedziti8908
      @peteybakedziti8908 11 місяців тому

      Yet he died twice in GoW 1&2 and needed help both times to come back

    • @yashsoni7614
      @yashsoni7614 11 місяців тому

      @@peteybakedziti8908 Still he didn't die... Cry more kid🤣

  • @odious5317
    @odious5317 11 місяців тому +34

    Kuba, this is my favorite video/theory you’ve come up with. If this is true, it is fuckin’ badass. I had chills running down spine hearing this theory. It’s damn cool.

  • @newhybrid101
    @newhybrid101 11 місяців тому +17

    Kratos became the god of war cause he sat on the throne.The novel describes him having visions the moment he sat on the throne.

    • @lightmohamed5700
      @lightmohamed5700 11 місяців тому

      Yes because the Gods made him so

    • @vlad_47
      @vlad_47 11 місяців тому +3

      Didnt he have his visions on the way to the throne already? When he was walking up the golden stairs into the Hall of Eternity? Throne's dont empower the olympian gods in GoW, thats the case for the riordan olympians only.

    • @newhybrid101
      @newhybrid101 11 місяців тому +4

      @@vlad_47 In the novel there was definetly such a moment when he sat on the throne.
      Even in the game it seems to be the case.
      Its likely he was ascending as he was walking like you said and that sitting on the throne was the climax

    • @vlad_47
      @vlad_47 11 місяців тому +2

      @@newhybrid101 Yeah, just saying that the GoW gods arent like riordan gods. Who get withered and powerless if their throne is destroyed lol..
      As fo Kratos, yeah it looks like the devinity of Olympus alone already elavated him to godhood, as Zeus already decreed it to be.

  • @Cosmin087_
    @Cosmin087_ 11 місяців тому +5

    7:50, another thing that you might have forgoten, when Kratos went to Freya to help Atreus with his fever, he asked her "I did this to him?".

    • @peculiar3529
      @peculiar3529 11 місяців тому

      He meant by not telling him he’s a God; bruh this theory is ass

  • @EuleBlut
    @EuleBlut 11 місяців тому +58

    This perspective implies that he is all the gods, since he killed like 7 of them in god of war 3 and claimed their title.

    • @Chariotrequiemiscoolok
      @Chariotrequiemiscoolok 11 місяців тому +9

      I mean, he DID have their powers before he destroyed Greece. They all faded away with Greece, which makes me believe Kratos isn't even an actual god anymore, just a demigod. Think about it, Kratos was already strong enough to kill the Furies and Persephone and chain Atlas before becoming the God of War. And in the norse world, everyone seems to have stregth on par with Kratos, just look at Thor, Baldur and Odin, and they aren't gods of war (at least in the games).

    • @newhybrid101
      @newhybrid101 11 місяців тому +4

      @@Chariotrequiemiscoolok He used the Gauntlet of Zeus for some of those feats.
      Without that he was no matvh for Persephone and Atlas

    • @newhybrid101
      @newhybrid101 11 місяців тому +9

      @@Chariotrequiemiscoolok Thor and Baldur arent on par with Kratos.
      In the 2018 novel its stated Kratos could have immediately broke all of Baldurs bones if he wanted but he didnt cause he changed.
      Against Thor he only went all out when he broke his tooth

    • @vlad_47
      @vlad_47 11 місяців тому +2

      Death is an primordial domain which has to be occupied, i guess. Thats why its passed on, like what Zeus implied.

    • @callofdutyvulture9116
      @callofdutyvulture9116 11 місяців тому +1

      @@Chariotrequiemiscoolok no it’s confirmed that he’s a god and immortal, greek demigods are mortals, he regained his godhood long ago

  • @adelin3728
    @adelin3728 11 місяців тому +27

    I'm so glad you are back at having fun, man. Indeed this theory is food for thought, but i cannot stop thinking about how well it fits within the GOW universe. Huh. Thank you for this awesome theory! It is actually one of my favorites, ngl.

  • @RAGE-OF-SPARTA-X
    @RAGE-OF-SPARTA-X 11 місяців тому +8

    This is my first time seeing that intro, that was awesome, glad to see you’re back to making more GOW theory vids. As the GOW series progresses fans passion for the series will return and more interest around your vids will be generated. Keep going bro.

  • @Draygo_Official
    @Draygo_Official 11 місяців тому +15

    I don't know if you brought this up in a previous video, but the quote "....Death, "The destroyer of worlds" is the same quote used by J. Robert Oppenheimer, the "father of the atomic bomb". Maybe Kratos was still being used as a tool by those from the Higher Planes of Existence (Athena, Thoth, etc.) to bring death and war to the Greek pantheons.

    • @KaptainKuba
      @KaptainKuba  11 місяців тому +8

      Oh shit I forgot there's an Easter egg about that very same quote in Gow 2

    • @lucifers.morningstar3805
      @lucifers.morningstar3805 11 місяців тому +5

      J. Robert Oppenheimer was making a reference to a god of death in Hindu myths.

    • @shubhangdubey8554
      @shubhangdubey8554 11 місяців тому +5

      It’s a quote from the Hindu scripture, Bhagvad Gita. Lord Vishnu, one of the Gods from the Hindu Trinity (Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma), says this to Arjun (one of the greatest warriors in Indian mythology) as he reveals his multi armed form.

  • @Lupinemancer87
    @Lupinemancer87 5 місяців тому +3

    I think the angle they are trying to go with is that Kratos is the God of Hope. By taking down all the various Pantheons that causes suffering, he brings hope and renevel to the people.

  • @ELMANCODELPUEBLO
    @ELMANCODELPUEBLO 11 місяців тому +3

    I have never paid attention on how devastated Kratos sounded when he said “not again”… almost breaking down to tears. 6:35

  • @554drago
    @554drago 11 місяців тому +43

    I feel like when Hercule’s said “claim my throne” maybe there’s a ritual in order to become the god of that specific sort. But since Kratos never did that, theoretically I guess that makes him just a Death God Killer

    • @noahsibahi-jackson8757
      @noahsibahi-jackson8757 11 місяців тому +9

      He did hence how he became more powerful after killing Ares

    • @newhybrid101
      @newhybrid101 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@noahsibahi-jackson8757 he got stronger cause he sat on the throne

    • @vlad_47
      @vlad_47 11 місяців тому

      @@newhybrid101 Thats not Percy Jackson here

    • @noahsibahi-jackson8757
      @noahsibahi-jackson8757 11 місяців тому +2

      @@newhybrid101 No he became more powerful after whatever powers were subsequently bestowed upon him after becoming the god of war

  • @schmalzilla1985
    @schmalzilla1985 11 місяців тому +8

    I was under the impression from another theory that the curse of his family's ashes on his skin was why he couldn't stay dead. He was marked for eternity so that all will see his sin or something like that.
    Becoming Death is another possibility, but then you gotta wonder, is he death because he took someone else's place? Or because their is belief that he is death? I wonder how much faith influences a God in the GoW universe 🤔.

    • @bugatoli
      @bugatoli 7 місяців тому

      If the idea is that he can't die (or stay dead) while he has the ashes of his wife and daughter then does that mean he can die after they wear off? Cause after all this time the ashes are starting to fade

    • @shawnwarrynn8609
      @shawnwarrynn8609 6 місяців тому +3

      It's likely that with him being cursed by so many gods and mortals alike, Kratos is stuck in a permanent state of immortal Living Hell, forced to tormented by the memories of his sins.
      Of course, Killing the former God of Death and becoming the new God of Death is also amplifying the effects.

  • @Oldschoolgamer643
    @Oldschoolgamer643 11 місяців тому +20

    I’ve had this thought for a while tbh especially with the original plan to possibly have Kratos become the grim reaper and the blades of chaos becoming the scythe

    • @ArmoredG
      @ArmoredG 11 місяців тому

      you know when people said kratos becoming grim reaper and have those death weapon and stuff. Just reminds me of Claws of Hades, i know hades is not god of death but hes the god of the underworld but still specific to the deceased

  • @djgrizzly9353
    @djgrizzly9353 11 місяців тому +4

    I actually think the next game will start off with Kratos's death. Like, they'll teach us how to play, then give us a cool little mini boss, then we'll get the crazy over the top boss that the games always start with, (I think that boss will be Forseti, the god of justice, who is seeking justice for Asgard) and he will kill Kratos, and they will close his book, and open Atreus's in Egypt, or China, or wherever he went in search of the giants

    • @WyvernLP
      @WyvernLP 5 місяців тому +2

      Kratos won't die as the devs are aware that'd upset the GoW fanbase.

  • @HitmanHimself
    @HitmanHimself 11 місяців тому +5

    speaking of that gow2 mystery why he doesn't save his family, I think the thread of his family was not longer there anymore.
    And maybe he could have used his thread but its also possible if you consider the thread as a "video tape" that part of his life might have been cut off and thrown away by the sisters of fate earlier?

    • @newhybrid101
      @newhybrid101 11 місяців тому +1

      I think he just wasn't thinking clearly due to his rage

  • @dajmoneq2840
    @dajmoneq2840 11 місяців тому +2

    This is the best theory video i've seen from you. Absolutely incredible work Kuba.

  • @kiraqueen0
    @kiraqueen0 11 місяців тому +17

    Kuba is back. We missed you brother.

  • @famous2099
    @famous2099 11 місяців тому +3

    That's one of the dopest theories. Ngl. Keep this up Kub, can't wait to hear more theories.
    Take care.

  • @adamsin9260
    @adamsin9260 11 місяців тому +4

    Again a reason why your the best God of war theorist. Good job this vid Kuba

  • @kratos9954
    @kratos9954 11 місяців тому +2

    Your videos keep getting better and better kuba amazing theory

  • @thegeekartistt
    @thegeekartistt 11 місяців тому

    what an amazing take, I really missed theory videos. keep up the great work!

  • @jdp3578
    @jdp3578 11 місяців тому +8

    No, they just claim the throne, it's not some unique passing of the title. If that were so, then the sisters of fates powers would pass to Kratos, but he was only able to use the mirrors twice, and the temple collapsed after the death of the sister. I theorize that Kratos can come to the edge of death and come back, because of the ashes of prometheus he absorbed in gow2. I think he took on his curse to always revive. And curses don't seem to die with their castor, since Kratos is still ashen.....

  • @josepreciado2479
    @josepreciado2479 11 місяців тому +4

    The Devs at the end of GOW 3 that wanted to make Kratos the grim reaper are rubbing their Hands like Birdman watching this video 🔥😂

  • @ryanr3071
    @ryanr3071 11 місяців тому +2

    God of war never gets old. Love the story complexity. When i played the older games with Kratos defying death over and over i had this theory too. Also, the gow 3 music is intoxicating

  • @zilooh
    @zilooh 4 місяці тому

    This is a very good essay that actually brings something fresh to the table, really good job you've made. Congrats.

  • @nolanevery3798
    @nolanevery3798 11 місяців тому +5

    Wouldn’t that mean he is also the god of souls, sea 🌊, Olympus, strength, speed, the sun 🌞, wisdom, war, time, foresight, invulnerability, wind 🌬️, death, hope, lightning, and hands 🙌.
    ……he’s really the god killer.

    • @quintonmiller8266
      @quintonmiller8266 11 місяців тому

      No, because chias happened when they died. Nothing happened when Kratos killed death. Cause he is the real God of Death.

  • @jasonhendrawan5625
    @jasonhendrawan5625 11 місяців тому +5

    What happened to Aphrodite in the end of gow 3 ? We all know that Aphrodite is still alive after kratos destroy Greek pantheon

  • @wqqdcraft
    @wqqdcraft 11 місяців тому

    really great and fun video!!! it earned my sub! TY!

  • @shubhangdubey8554
    @shubhangdubey8554 11 місяців тому +1

    It’s a quote from the Bhagvad Gita. Oppenheimer said it too. “Now I have become death, the destroyer of worlds.”

  • @lashonnakennybrew4847
    @lashonnakennybrew4847 11 місяців тому +16

    I truly believe the only reason why Kratos refuses to die is because he has his son and he had his wife I believe Kratos has true Infinity and true infinite lifespan and powers he can never die but he continues to grow older

  • @My6119
    @My6119 11 місяців тому +2

    After fighting Hades for the first time back in 2011, I speculated for every god Kratos slays, he doesn't just get their weapons, but gets their godhood. Ex: He becomes the new god of the underworld when Hades died, then the god of speed as Hermes died, then all leading up to becoming essentially the god of gods when defeating Zeus.

    • @lightmohamed5700
      @lightmohamed5700 11 місяців тому

      Also because he devoured hades’s soul literally

    • @RossoNero1987
      @RossoNero1987 11 місяців тому

      ​@@lightmohamed5700he still has it in himself

    • @lightmohamed5700
      @lightmohamed5700 11 місяців тому

      @@RossoNero1987 yup

  • @MsKeroseneLamp
    @MsKeroseneLamp 11 місяців тому

    Tbh it's refreshing to see a content creator enjoy the snacks they were sent to review instead of always seeing the typical review video we often see online.

  • @ABG_SPARTAN
    @ABG_SPARTAN 11 місяців тому

    This is a good one Kuba, nice work🔥

  • @justice4all190
    @justice4all190 11 місяців тому +2

    Good, i already spoked about this. Kratos is Death ( possible Reaper ), we must wait for SM to tell us more about higher existence, it would be all connected.

    • @peculiar3529
      @peculiar3529 11 місяців тому

      This doesn’t make sense there’s no proof of this except a line from Zeus that was not literal because they never mention it again, and the fact that kratos kills people and people die sometimes when they know kratos. Kratos doesn’t become the gods that he kills; god of war one showed there was a ritual that made you god of war.

  • @pacenal_18
    @pacenal_18 9 місяців тому +2

    I got chills down my spine when I realized the tragedy of Kratos accepting he was death itself for the entire god of war universe. The story just got another layer or perspective

  • @cadenhuravitch6283
    @cadenhuravitch6283 11 місяців тому

    Another banger video and great theory as always

  • @simply_soul4355
    @simply_soul4355 11 місяців тому

    I’m happy to see an upload from you hermano! Hope all is well :)

  • @colincirne9438
    @colincirne9438 11 місяців тому +2

    If Kratos was the God of Death, then could this be possible:
    - Thor killed Kratos at the beginning of Ragnarok (then revived him), becoming God of Death (I think Barlog confirmed Kratos died),
    - Odin killed Thor, becoming God of Death,
    - Sindri killed Odin when Atreus placed his soul in the marble, becoming God of Death,
    - Sindri could be God of Death???

    • @kielmusni2741
      @kielmusni2741 11 місяців тому

      Yap this comment is what im lookin👍

  • @AbrahamMusalem
    @AbrahamMusalem 11 місяців тому

    Dude you’re wild. Very good video.

  • @savagekillz0732
    @savagekillz0732 11 місяців тому +1

    I payed off my student loans, got married had 12 kids and kuba finally posted

  • @mohammadalijamali5892
    @mohammadalijamali5892 11 місяців тому

    Nice theory, Also there's a quote of Ares in GoW1 who says: " YOU will become "Death" itself! "

  • @Goat42049
    @Goat42049 11 місяців тому

    Great video Captain! Funny enough you talk about pirates a few days I finish watching the pirates of the Caribbean series 😂 the theory is awesome and I was so mind blown how sometimes the answer is hidden in plain sight sometimes and I’m glad your enjoying doing the videos again and seeing it more as a hobbie again rather thn a job

  • @mersunarytigre
    @mersunarytigre 11 місяців тому +2

    "Why can't Kratos die?"
    The man has killed more than 2 death related gods and deities in the Greek saga.

  • @youngguapo4006
    @youngguapo4006 11 місяців тому

    Always find your GOW theories interesting& cool 🍻

  • @kratossmith3142
    @kratossmith3142 11 місяців тому

    Kuba, you've done it again. My favorite video you've done on god of war.

  • @jkuzma123
    @jkuzma123 11 місяців тому +2

    That was a cool theory, my headcanon was that he was always the god of strength(I think greek myth has a Kratos like that) which explained his feats of strength especially in GOW 2 where he lost his powers as god of war. I also wonder if Kratos usurped Deimos' fate as the marked warrior by mantling(like in the elder scrolls) because im sure the sisters of fate would want to make sure the prophecy never happens if their lives are on the line and would make sure they got the right kid.

  • @wavegotvibes
    @wavegotvibes 11 місяців тому +2

    Kuba is back🔥🙏🏾

  • @radiorebel8223
    @radiorebel8223 5 місяців тому +1

    I think ragnorak Valhalla gives us the actual answer at the end: Kratos is a god of hope. He embodies it in all of what he has done, the good and the bad points of hope. Hope can pull you out of the deepest pit, and pull you right into one, depending on what you are hoping on and how you use it. Hope can destroy worlds and save them. It starts wars and finishes them. Lastly, I also think kratos being unable to die is due to this little classic line: “hope never truly dies.”

  • @tby3502
    @tby3502 11 місяців тому

    I love this theory, I think it's one of your best ones yet in my opinion.

  • @josepreciado2479
    @josepreciado2479 11 місяців тому

    Member when Kuba said he ain’t gonna do these vids no more but then he comes back with some heat Theory like this 😭🔥 glad he back

  • @morenicnechtej
    @morenicnechtej 11 місяців тому

    Great video brother i absolutly love the GOW universe and you are surely the best creator of GOW videos ✊

  • @TadaMagician
    @TadaMagician 11 місяців тому

    Great video!!!

  • @shikatsuwu
    @shikatsuwu 11 місяців тому

    Been waiting for a captain kuba GOW video 🔥🔥🔥

  • @tamirlevi4574
    @tamirlevi4574 10 місяців тому

    Amazing video
    Thank you brother

  • @Vinzie777
    @Vinzie777 11 місяців тому +2

    The reason why he’s able to kill Thantos it’s because he’s using the Blades of Chaos, it was explained in ragnarok that it is a primordial weapon and possibly contains a primordial fire, which is far older than the greek gods. Old as Chaos. Its source is not bound in its birthplace, the reason why Kratos is able to use it in whatever place he goes.

  • @christopherherr7561
    @christopherherr7561 11 місяців тому

    Trust me, I feel you. Sometimes I look at snacks, black out, and they're gone.

  • @dekendricknunsant4662
    @dekendricknunsant4662 11 місяців тому

    Mane @Kaptainkuba you did it again ✊🏿✊🏿😎 I swear I don’t.think nobody ever looked at Kratos like that but it makes sense

  • @gavinminton210
    @gavinminton210 11 місяців тому

    Man what a good theory. Great video!

  • @empousa8680
    @empousa8680 11 місяців тому

    Great video man

  • @jake5590
    @jake5590 11 місяців тому

    Mind blown🤯 would not be surprised if this is all very true!! Another note, one of your theories that was spot on was your prediction (back before Ragnarök was released) that Tyr would be an imposter/he wouldn't actually be alive... you may be on to something with Kratos being death itself!!! Excited to see what comes next!

  • @Gabriel-no6wv
    @Gabriel-no6wv 11 місяців тому +1

    This hit different when you know that in greek "philosophy", death comes to all, even gods.

  • @barr10ington
    @barr10ington 11 місяців тому

    I truly enjoyed this Theory being a big fan of God of War I feel like it makes so much sense and I will definitely keep this as my headcanon ❤

  • @weston.hennings
    @weston.hennings 11 місяців тому

    @kaptainkuba awesome theory! do you remember the "secret message" in god of war II, where the sky fills with the text "now i am become death, the destroyer of worlds"? this changes everything 😵

  • @eclipspk
    @eclipspk 11 місяців тому

    That went so off the rails, so fast

  • @baronvonpiano7625
    @baronvonpiano7625 6 місяців тому

    I remember reading somewhere that the original plan after God of War III was for Kratos to become the God of Death. Apparently they were going to do a game about him as the God of Death set in modern times.

  • @juanisol8275
    @juanisol8275 11 місяців тому +1

    The inheritance theory of the divine role is intriguing, it reminds me of the mythology of the hyperborian era and other shamanic ideologies where the archetype transcends through a messianic avatar. Personally, I think that Kratos' role as a deity of War, Destruction and Death is included with his demidio legality, but the interesting thing is that how you highlighted hope got him out of that vicious cycle and now he is using his talent responsibly. And who knows if it is something else, like a counterpart of the plane of existence or part of it but in another archetypal focus!

    • @Nostradevus1
      @Nostradevus1 11 місяців тому +1

      Wouldn't that make Kratos the entire Greek pantheon though? He killed them all, so why would he not mantle them all?

    • @juanisol8275
      @juanisol8275 11 місяців тому

      @@Nostradevus1 Curious question and whose answers are the following:
      1) The entire Greek pantheon was corrupted and by destroying them its essence transmuted into chaotic cataclysms
      2) Kratos possessed the power of hope and acquired more power thanks to Pandora's sacrifice
      3) Kratos lost much of his divinity by sacrificing himself for humanity
      PS I think that what Kratos did was directly an absolute reset, since somehow everything was stagnating similar to Kronos when he tried to cheat the prophecy...
      That power cannot be removed, only by earning it does one achieve it...

    • @Nostradevus1
      @Nostradevus1 11 місяців тому

      @@juanisol8275 None of those explain how the mantling theory can be true while he was not mantling each god he killed.1. I took those cataclysms as being signs that the Gods were required to keep the different aspects of the world in check. Once he killed a god of say the seas you start seeing floods, because noone is around to keep the seas in check. This means noone was mantling those divine aspects, which begs the question again. If he can mantle the god of death just by killing him, why not the others? 2. Has nothing to do with the mantling. I understand he had the power of hope, but it is separate entirely from the power of the gods. 3. He is still clearly a god in God of war 4/5, the game director said he is stronger than he has ever been, and lastly in God of War 5 it is explained that the Greek magic/magical items he acquired no longer work because magic is bound to the realm. Kratos as a God has become stronger, but has to learn to tap into the magics of the Norse realms.

  • @NeumanProductions
    @NeumanProductions 11 місяців тому +1

    To be fair, considering Thor still dies even with Kratos choosing himself to stop, I think that still shows him as being the God of death.
    Which will then play with Sindri as he already once kept Brok from death, now seeing Kratos as exactly that, the Shadow of Death to overcome once more.

  • @doodoowater8000
    @doodoowater8000 11 місяців тому

    Love you kuba please continue the hunting berserkers videos really miss them

  • @the_hardcore_experienced
    @the_hardcore_experienced 11 місяців тому

    Awesome theory, Kaptain.

  • @tristianplays.
    @tristianplays. 11 місяців тому +1

    This makes the atreus of sparta is loki theory cannon because he killed him in gow when he was the last spartan soldier

  • @wavegotvibes
    @wavegotvibes 11 місяців тому

    Damn this opened my eyes, this is such a solid theory.

  • @christinepearson4972
    @christinepearson4972 11 місяців тому +2

    Well death does fallow him wherever he goes

  • @sparta-zh7yk
    @sparta-zh7yk 11 місяців тому +1

    That also will explain why he is so powerful, since Thanatos is consider to be the most powerful god in all GOW series

  • @AverageDovahGaming
    @AverageDovahGaming 11 місяців тому

    This is a fantastic theory and does make alot of sense

  • @anthonybruno3183
    @anthonybruno3183 11 місяців тому +1

    And do believe this is a very interesting theory, but I believe he is a destroyer, but he’s also a creator, depending on how he uses his powers, but the Kratos we know has killed everything that has stood against him yet in the moral at the end of god of war rag it showed him being worshiped, and being more of a creator, it’s all about him being better, and breaking the chain --of death for the most part

  • @idk_112
    @idk_112 11 місяців тому

    Bro made the greatest comeback on gow theory video and made it the best

  • @MrSmokeyP
    @MrSmokeyP 11 місяців тому

    One of the more interesting theories !! I like this one

  • @shaunglindon6547
    @shaunglindon6547 11 місяців тому

    A damn good theory bro!

  • @Shadow-bc5nr
    @Shadow-bc5nr 10 місяців тому

    That's a very nice theory. It makes a lot of sense.

  • @declancalhoun5831
    @declancalhoun5831 11 місяців тому

    Such an interesting theory I love this

  • @lukelinton7104
    @lukelinton7104 11 місяців тому

    Damn this is actually a W theory, could definitely see this being canon, also ares also says that kratos will become death itself so that could’ve also been foreshadowing

  • @TheCrusader24
    @TheCrusader24 11 місяців тому +1

    Kratos: By the Gods, What have I Become.
    Zeus: Death ☠️
    The Destroyer of World's

  • @mr.g6168
    @mr.g6168 11 місяців тому

    Amazing video

  • @christosp.200
    @christosp.200 11 місяців тому +1

    This would mean that the fight with boldur was immovable object meets unstoppable force