At the climax of the Alfheim section, once they reach the light, Kratos gets pulled into the Light of Alfheim.Mimir's description of Odin's cruelty can tug a few heart strings, the description of how he had to endure torture for 109 years or even more makes losing his life to beheading better than enduring more of Odin's torture.It really brings home that, son of The God of War or not, hes still a child. Atreus having to take his first human life in self defense (and with his dead body falling on top of the poor kid no less) he understandably begins to break down as Kratos tries to comfort him.

You see the the sheer defeated and sad look on Kratos' face as he just looks at the remains of Faye and you realize that after everything he went through in the other games, he managed to find some semblance of love and companionship afterwards, only to be lost again. The entire extended scene of Faye's Funeral, starting with the reveal of her wrapped body in the house up until Kratos gathers her ashes in a bag.Even more painful is the fact that he has to hide them from his son, meaning he hasn't entirely forgiven himself.It takes him a while to silently compose himself before fixing them up. At the very beginning, Kratos stares at his unraveling bandages covering his arms' scars from the various chained blades he's wielded in all of the past games.His nightmares may be gone, and he has now forgiven himself for his past deeds, but his original sin can never truly be erased. Even with the death of the Olympians, Kratos still has his wife and daughter's ashes bound to his skin.

A far cry from the battle hungry Spartan he started out as. He just looks like he wants to lie down and sleep. You'd think there'd be plentiful amounts of him yelling and ripping heads off deer right? You'd be surprised that by now Kratos is not just battle scarred.

The demo shows an elderly and battle worn Kratos teaching Atreus, his son, how to hunt.

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