Settling Old Scores, We Must Grow

Taking Atreus through the realm of the dead was a first for the boy.

But Kratos had long since grown used to it. Back in Greek Mythology, when had he not needed to take a trip through the underworld?

In Helheim, anyone who arrived could see visions of the past. Neither mortals nor gods could avoid them.

Those visions were the past they least wished to face.

Along the way, Atreus saw the moment when he had killed Modi.

It was a past he did not want to confront. After Kratos's harsh scolding, Atreus had clearly come to his senses somewhat.

He was also shocked by the fact that he had killed Modi, because he felt that had not been himself at all.

Besides that, as they traveled onward, Kratos and the others also saw Baldur's past.

Freya, the Forest Witch who had previously saved Atreus, was Baldur's mother.

Unlike Kratos, Freya, as a mother, had a possessive and obsessive love for her child.

In Norse Mythology, there was a prophecy known as Ragnarok.

It was a prophecy destined to come true. Before Ragnarok arrived, the world would fall into a great winter.

To face the prophecy of Ragnarok, Odin formed the Valkyrie army to deal with this looming crisis.

At the same time, the prophecy decreed that Baldur would die in this calamity of the Norse gods.

So Freya granted Baldur immortality. As his mother, she did not want her son to die, but this maternal love brought a cruel side effect.

The curse turned Baldur into a living dead man. The price of immortality was the loss of all sensation. His tongue could not taste food, his skin could not feel warmth or cold, and his heart could not experience the joy of love.

This made Baldur hate