If you’re a fan, then you most likely can never have too much of God of War. Since news about the sequel is scarce and there’s no official release date yet, nor are there any trailers or footage, fans must scramble for more God of War content. The Lost Pages of Norse Myth is the perfect content for those fans.
The Lost Pages of Norse Myth is an audio podcast that serves as a promotional campaign for the game. It tells a series of short stories that expand upon the Norse world of God of War and highlight the backstories of some of the characters in the game. This material holds a ton of amazing information about God of War and its world and fans will surely love taking it all in.
10 Groa’s Acquisition Of Knowledge
There was once a Jotunn who was also a powerful seeress. Although this ability is innate in most giants, Groa’s proclivity to the power was more immense than those around her. One day, her husband goes on a quest with Thor, upon the god of thunder’s request. The quest apparently results in the disappearance of Groa’s husband.
Groa searched the realms for her husband. In one of her searches, she happened upon ancient tomes which made her powers more potent. As a result, Groa became one of the most powerful seers in the land. She got so powerful that she caught the attention of Odin.
9 Groa’s Vision Of Ragnarok
After Groa’s knowledge grew more and more, she started seeing a vision of the future. In her vision, the world is engulfed in a three-year winter, the realms are in shambles, a flaming sword-wielding giant emerges and terrorizes the land, gods are fighting other gods, and she sees a giant wolf. Finally, at the center of it all, a white ghost from another land accompanied by his son.
Groa’s vision is that of Ragnarok, the end of the Norse world and the event Kratos and Atreus kickstarted when they killed Baldur.
8 Interesting Details From The Vision
Groa’s vision of Ragnarok is very descriptive, but if you’re unfamiliar with the story, the details may be vague to you aside from the one regarding the white ghost from another land and his son: Kratos and Atreus. The other details Groa mentions are a taste for what you are going to see in the next game.
Groa mentions a terror with a flaming sword. This creature is Surtr, the fire giant destined to destroy Asgard. She also mentions a giant wolf. This giant wolf is Fenrir, the wolf destined to kill Odin. Interestingly, Fenrir is also the son of Loki. The vision also mentions gods fighting other gods. It’s easy to believe this refers to Kratos and Atreus going against the Norse pantheon, but perhaps a couple of “good” Norse gods will side with Kratos and Atreus in the upcoming battle.
7 Odin Murders Groa
A piece of information that should come as a no-surprise to anyone, Odin ends up killing Groa. When Odin sensed how powerful the seeress had gotten, he paid her a visit to ask her how she managed to amass such power.
Groa refused to divulge any information to Odin, so he threatened to kill her. He also reveals that Groa’s husband has been killed by Thor. After continuing to refuse Odin, he strangled her to death and he took her knowledge with him anyway. This is how Odin learned of Ragnarok.
6 Brok And Sindri’s Guilt
In a desperate effort to make a name for themselves as expert craftsmen, Brok and Sindri created the mighty Mjolnir for Thor. Years later, Thor continues to use the hammer to commit mass genocide. Ever since, Sindri has been distraught with the horror he felt they caused, while Brok urged Sindri to simply move on.
Sindri argues that everyone will suffer because of the weapon they created, while Brok reminds him of how “prideful” he felt at Odin’s appeasement when they gave them the hammer. After a long argument, the brothers finally reached an impasse and decided they would balance the scales by crafting a weapon powerful enough to go against Mjolnir. They would later name this weapon the “Leviathan”, named after the giant serpent in Midgard.
5 Brok’s Blue Skin And Sindri’s Fear Of Germs
While creating the Leviathan Axe, Brok got bitten by a black spider. This spread a chill throughout his body, and then it killed him when it reached his heart. Upon dying, Brok’s body became blue.
When Sindri realized what had happened, he carried his brother to Alfheim. He jumped in the Lake of Souls to retrieve his brother’s soul before it reaches Helheim. He successfully managed to retrieve Brok’s soul, but the black liquid from the lake caused him to have intense phantom itches, leading him to pass out. When he awoke, he found that his brother had awakened, but his itch still persisted. It is likely that this is the reason why Sindri has feared anything unsanitary moving forward.
4 Brok And The Gadfly
Before Brok was bitten by a black spider while working on Leviathan, he remembers a similar event that happened to him while working on Mjolnir. Brok recalls how a pesky gadfly bit him three times when Mjolnir was being crafted. As a result, it made Mjolnir’s handle too short. That, however, did nothing to dampen its sheer power.
In Norse mythology, this fly is none other than Loki who had transformed to intentionally sabotage Brok and Sindri. If in this universe, that fly is also Loki, that means the story of Atreus is going to become more deep and complex.
3 Atreus’ Kindness And Rage
Ever since Atreus was young, he has always had the ability to sense the thoughts of others, including, and most especially animals. One day, while sitting on a tree, Atreus hears a cry for help from a pained animal. Without hesitation, Atreus set forth to find and help the wounded animal.
Atreus managed to find the animal in question: a deer with an arrow in its neck. Unable to save and heal it, Atreus kneeled down, placed his hand on the animal to calm it, and recited Norse death rites. A few moments after, Atreus happens upon two draugrs who then engaged him. He managed to kill one, but the other left him wounded, which filled him with so much rage that he passed out. Kratos managed to arrive just in time to kill the other draugr and save his son.
2 Odin’s Viscious Treachery
While Thor has continued his rampage of murdering giants for 30 years, his brother, Tyr, has been doing the right thing by brokering peace between the nine realms. At one point, the giants asked Tyr if they could meet with Odin for a treaty of some kind.
Odin accepted the invitation of peace, but his purpose was much more sinister, knowing the giant’s powers of prophecy which he so desperately craves. He attests to the giants that Thor’s actions are his own.
However, in exchange for knowledge of the future, Odin offers to give them Thor’s Mjolnir. While the giants are in discussion, Odin sneakily uses his powers to gaze upon the giant’s hidden knowledge. This is when he saw a glimpse of the future involving a god and his son. Odin then flees before he could be captured for his treachery.
1 Thor’s Genocidal Run
Despite Odin’s previous comments, it was indeed him who tasked Thor to kill as many giants as he could right after he gave him Mjolnir. As a result, Thor continued to kill as many giants as he could for 30 long years.
Around this time, Freya was wedded to Odin. When she learned of Thor’s activities and that it was her husband who tasked him, she decided to end the marriage and leave. Before she could escape, Odin placed a curse on her. He took her warrior spirit, making her unable to commit any harm to others, even in self-defense. He also banished and trapped her in Midgard.
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