“ | There's nowhere you can hide, Spartan. Put as much distance between you and the truth as you want, it changes nothing. Pretend to be everything you are not: teacher, husband, father. But there is one unavoidable truth you will never escape: You cannot change. You will always be... a monster. | „ |
~ Athena to Kratos |
Summary
Athena is the goddess of war and Wisdom, and the deuteragonist of the God of War series, mostly appearing as an ally of Kratos.
Of all the Gods on Mount Olympus in the God of War series, Athena is arguably the least selfish and is in fact, very noble. As displayed not only by her deep love for her people and her horror of Ares' siege on Athens but her deep concern and love for the rest of humanity - as in God of War III she states that she intends to "liberate" mankind with the power of Hope.
Upon her death, however, Athena ceased to have these traits as she ascended to a higher realm and ended up being corrupted by the powers contained within said realm, and began to plot to take over the lower realm.
Powers and Stats
Tier: Low 1-C | Low 1-C
Key: Olympian | Higher Existence
Name: Athena
Origin: God of War
Gender: Female
Age: Thousands of years old.
Classification: Deity, Greek God, Olympian God, Goddess of War & Wisdom
Powers and Abilities:
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- Divine Magic
- Immortality (Types 1, 2, 3 and 4)
- Acausality (Types 1 and 4, scaling from Kratos and other Gods, who are unaffected by changes in the past and have different laws of time and space working for them[1])
- Cosmic Awareness and Clairvoyance (Gods are aware of all that would ever occur within their domains across time and space[1] and are ever present throughout them[2])
- Abstract Existence (Type 2. Has been described to be the Embodiment of Wisdom, Reason and Purity.[3][4] The Olympians have weapons that surpass mortal creations, but they rely on other things to maintain their dominance, like their powers that influence nature[5])
- Self-Sustenance (All Types. Gods have no need[6] to eat, drink or sleep,[7] nor do they need to breathe)
- Enhanced Senses, Extrasensory Perception and Illusion Negation (Was able to hear the cries of her followers,[8] as do most other Gods. Was able to sense Hades' dark, corrupting presence.[9] All Olympian Gods are able to see through illusions, secret pathways, hidden treasures and translate garbled-up murals in Pandora's Chamber[2])
- Astral Projection
- Telekinesis (Lifted Kratos from the Aegean Sea to save him from committing suicide. In her Ascended form, she lifted up Athena above the platforms of the Labyrinth safely)
- Teleportation
- Size Manipulation and Invisibility (Should be able to change size and become invisible like her fellow Olympians[8])
- Regeneration
- Resurrection (Resurrected the Hydra in the novel to make Poseidon empower Kratos.[10] Her selfless sacrifice to save Zeus from Kratos brought her back to a higher existence[2])
- Energy Manipulation and Energy Projection (Turned into pure energy to meet Kratos once he found Pandora's Box[11])
- Power Bestowal
- Empowerment (All Greek Gods, Primordials, Titans and Olympians alike, grow stronger over the course of millenia through prayers from their followers,[12] often suffering from encumberments if too many of their followers die, some gods even risking complete cessation of their existence.[13][14] In her higher form, she forewent these weaknesses, and she revitalized her Blades she gave to Kratos, and upgraded them to the Blades of Exile[2])
- Transmutation and Curse Manipulation (Cursed Medusa[13] and her fellow companions into becoming Gorgon monsters[15])
- Mind Manipulation
- Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1), Non-Physical Interaction, Sealing and Summoning (Summoned Hope and then placed it in Pandora’s Box alongside the Great Evils as a failsafe if the Great Evils were to ever escape again)
- Limited Precognition (Saw the future of Olympus on her dreams, where she first saw Ares slaughter even the combined might of her, Artemis and Poseidon,[13] and then another vision of how this would come to pass: Kratos's own death would leave Olympus with no other way to stop Ares from tearing down Olympus itself[16])
Resistance to the following:
- Disease Manipulation (All the gods are unfazed by the disease that plagued the entire world when Hermes died in God of War 3)
- Illusion Creation and Perception Manipulation (Olympians can easily see through illusions and hidden pathways, as well as translate the murals within the chamber containing Pandora's Box)
All previous powers at a higher level, including:
- Incorporeality (Attained this state after her resurrection)
- Intangibility and Abstract Existence (Type 1) (Upon dying and shedding her corporeal flesh, Athena ascended to a higher state of existence as per above, beyond even the abstractions that are the Primordials and the denizens of the Underworld, whose Form makes up a part of their existence, effectively ascending far above everyone else in the Greek World. She cannot be interacted with by any mortal or god, including Kratos,[2] despite the latter being able to absorb and destroy souls and even concepts like the Primordials. Kratos was only able to kill her with the Power of Hope, which he ultimately refused to do out of pettiness and anger towards her, and to give humanity a second fighting chance to thrive without the Gods[2])
- Restoration and Statistics Amplification (Restored her corroded Blades of Athena into the brand-new Blades of Exile[2])
All previous resistances at an inconcievably higher level
Attack Potency: Low Complex Multiverse level (Portrayed as comparable to her brother Ares) | Low Complex Multiverse level (Because of her sacrifice to save Zeus, she had ascended to a higher level of existence[2] and gained higher power[2], having ascended to a higher plane than everyone else across all pantheons and worlds,[17] each of these pantheons being their own reality or group of realities)
Speed: Infinite (Should be comparable to her brother Ares. Also shown to be somewhat on par with Hermes) | Infinite (Should be far faster than she was as an Olympian)
Lifting Strength: Immeasurable (Her telekinetic abilities were able to pull Kratos back while he had the powers of Pandora's Box. Portrayed as comparable to her brother Ares) | Immeasurable (Unfathomably more powerful than she ever was before)
Striking Strength: Low Complex Multiverse level (Comparable to Ares) | Low Complex Multiverse level (Because of her sacrifice to save Zeus, she had ascended to a higher level of existence[2] and gained higher power, having ascended to a higher plane than everyone else across all pantheons and worlds, each of which being their own reality or group of realities)[18]
Durability: Low Complex Multiverse level (Comparable to Ares) | Low Complex Multiverse level (Because of her sacrifice to save Zeus, she had ascended to a higher level of existence[2] and gained higher power, having ascended to a higher plane than everyone else across all pantheons and worlds, each of which being their own reality or group of realities)[19]
Stamina: Superhuman
Range: Universal+ (Gods are present across their domains, which at the minimum span all of space and time[20]), Low Complex Multiversal via Summoning (Summoned Hope and then placed it in Pandora’s Box alongside the Great Evils as a failsafe if the Great Evils were to ever escape again. Hope itself supersedes the Primordials, who permeate the entire reality of the Greek World) | Unknown (Should at least be as high as before, if not higher), at least Interdimensional (Is able to freely travel between other Pantheons and their Realms, as shown in God of War: Fallen God)
Standard Equipment: Two swords
Intelligence: Genius (She has been described as the embodiment of wisdom.[3][4] Has manipulated Kratos and several other Gods through the events of God of War I, and Kratos once again in God of War III. After ascending to a higher existence, Athena states that she can now see truths that she previously couldn't[2])
Weaknesses: None notable
Gallery
Others
Notable Victories:
Notable Losses:
Inconclusive Matches:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 God of War (Novel)- Epilogue
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 God of War III
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 God of War PS2 User Manual- Pages 34-35
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 God of War II PS2 User Manual- Pages 10-11
- ↑ God of War Collection Official Strategy Guide by Brady
- ↑ God of War II (Novel)- Chapter 18
- ↑ God of War: Ragnarök (2022)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 God of War (Novel)- Chapter 4
- ↑ God of War II (Novel)- Chapter 1
- ↑ God of War (Novel)- Chapter 4
- ↑ God of War (Novel)- Chapter 26
- ↑ God of War II (Novel)- Chapter 30
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 God of War (Novel)- Chapter 7
- ↑ God of War (Novel)- Chapter 8
- ↑ God of War (2005)- PS2 Manual
- ↑ God of War (Novel)- Chapter 18
- ↑ BGS 2018: Cory Barlog fala de God of War e seus planos para o futuro da franquia - Full video here
- ↑ BGS 2018: Cory Barlog fala de God of War e seus planos para o futuro da franquia - Full video here
- ↑ BGS 2018: Cory Barlog fala de God of War e seus planos para o futuro da franquia - Full video here
- ↑ God of War I Novelization - Epilogue
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