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DEFEATED ARES TO BECOME
THE GOD OF WAR, KRATOS
BELIEVED HIS TORTURED
NIGHTMARES WOULD SOON
COME TO AN END.

BUT, AS HE WAS TO
LEARN, THEY WERE
ONLY BEGINNING.

KRATOS!
i\oam aa \ell s-22
PERMITTED Entry Ta
The TEMPLE OF
ASCLEPIUS.

TURN
AWAY NOW ANP
Avaip A SLOW
ANP PAINFUL
DEA
NO TARTARUS
BORN DEMON CAN
STOP THE GOD
OF WAR.
THE
AMEROS/A WILL
BE MINE FOR THE
AKING.
 HAH!
YQU BLEED
AS DOES ANY
MAN.
ANP YQU
WILL Dig
JUST AS I AM NO I AM
FASILY, LONGER A MERE NOW A
MORTAL, GOD!
 $0 ATTACK
AS you WILL.
ONE OR ONE

»/ YOU WILL
ALL D/E JUST AS
QUICKLY AND JUST AS
PAINFULLY,

ANP I WILL
TAKE WHAT M“/S7
BE MINE.
 WHICH KRATOS SOUGHT WAS
NOT SO EASILY POSSESSED.

IT WAS
MINE ONCE
HEAR ME, Soae Oe BEFORE...
ASCLEPIUS, : : 4
YOUR AMEROS/A ‘
CURES ALL.

LAND IT oe THE SIGHT OF THE INFANT

LL BE MINE g iz; ! BEAST AWOKE DISTANT
AGAIN... : <= | MEMORIES OF ANOTHER
INNOCENT WHO ONCE NEEDED
KRATOS’ COMPASSION...
 DID you you
HEAR ME, AWOW WHAT
BOY 4 10.20:

SPARTANS mR
COMMANP THE BATTLEFIELD
WITH STRENGTH. WE DO NOT
PERMIT WEAKNESS,

THOSE BORN FRAIL

OR VISEASED MUST BE THROWN
INTO THE DEEPEST CHASM OF
MOUNT TAYGETOS!

DO IT,
YOUNG WARRIORS.
PURGE THE WEAK.
AGAIN!

» UNTIL
THE PAIN |S
NOTHING AND
THE BATTLE
IS EVERY-
THING.

YOU ARE SPARTAN,

ARE YOU NOT? SPARTANS
ALWAYS STAND TALL
IN BATTLE!
yOu MUST LEARN
TO SUFFER \N WAYS YOU
CANNOT IMAGINE...
 RSE TRS aae a
HARDENED YOUNG
KRATOS AS HE STROVE TO BECOME THE FIERCEST
AND MOST POWERFUL OF HIS FELLOW WARRIORS.

BECAME A MAN, HE WAS EASILY

ABLE TO DEFEAT WARRIORS
MANY TIMES HIS YEARS.

yOu ARE YOUR

THE BEST OF US, FINAL TEST WILL YOU WILL GO INTO
KRATOS, BUT EVEN
AS WHEN I STRIP YOU OF ALL THE WILD, ALONE AND
THE GREATEST PROTECTION.
WAS YOUR AGE, WEAPONLESS,
CAN FAIL.
IT 1S NOW YOL/A
TIME TO BECOME
A MAN.
 wi

“YOU WILL SUFFER

THE ELEMENTS...

ARN 1O STAVE
OFF STARVATION...

|v. AND FACE THE

BEASTS OF NIGHT.
“ANP SHOULD YOU SURVIVE THE
YEAR... YOU WILL BE DEEMED A
MAN... ANP A WORTHY WARRIOR.”

” FOR THE
GLORY OF
SPARTA!

EMONSTRATING UNMATCHED
STRENGTH AND BRAVERY IN
COUNTLESS BATTLES, KRATOS
CAUGHT THE EYE OF HIS SUPERIORS.
 THE
GENERALS SEE
IN YOU A FUTURE
LEADER OF
SPARTA.

BUT EVEN AS HE RECEIVED THE

ACCOLADES OF A GRATEFUL NATION...

MAY IT INSURE
A LIFETIME ; GREAT
.-KRATOS . | OF WCTORIES KRATOS,
SXW HIS NEXT IN THE NAME 4 I--
CONQUEST (2 OF ETERNAL
XT HAND. > SPARTA. NO,
DON’T KNEEL.
KRATOSZ | 2 ne:
ANP SO : : =
I PROUDLY AWARD
YOU THE SWORD
OF VALOR.

qehte
ME YOUR
NAME.

PLEASE.

LYSANPRA,
I AM
LYSANPRA.
KNOWN THE THRILL OF
WAR AND HAD TASTED THE
BLOOD OF HIS ENEMIES.

THE ENDLESS BATTLES

COULD NEVER SATISFY HIM.
NOR DID THE COUNTLESS
WOMEN HE TOOK TO HIS BED.

HE HUNGERED FOR,
SOMETHING MORE.

BUT NOW THE VISIONS OF BLOOD

AND BATTLE DIMMED LIKE THE
SETTING SUN, FILLING THE VOID
OF EMPTINESS INSIDE OF HIM.

AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME

IN HIS LIFE, KRATOS FELT...
 YOUR PAIN IS YOUR
GREAT, LYSANDRA. BABY CROWNS,
SREATHE ASTI |
TAUGHT YOU. 7 WORRY NOT IT WILL SOON
FOR ME. YOUR | BE OVER.
_ CONCERN |S MY
CHILD.

IT IS THE PLAGL/E, MY LORD.

= : MANY OF SPARTA’S CHILDREN HAVE
I-ITISA eo BEEN CURSED OF LATE,
MONSTER.
THE ON
GODS MUST
WEEP FOR
\ THEM

MY PAUGHTER.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

WHAT |S IT; KRATOS?

WHAT |S WRONG?

SHE CANNOT STAY WITH YOU. oo 3 NO, THEY WILL NOT, MY LADY.
HE MUST BE TAKEN AT ONCE : oar THE LAWS WILL NOT BE CHANGED.
TO THE COUNCIL. CMe Te NOT FOR A SOLDIER,..NOT
ay EVEN FOR THE K/NG.

KRATOS, DO
NOT LET THEM TAKE
HER, YOU KNOW IT WILL
MEAN THE DEATH OF
: OUR CHILD!

LYSANPRA..,
SPARTA PERMITS
ONLY THE STRONG
TO LIVE, ALL
OTHERS...

YOU CAN NOT

LET THEM KILL YOUR
DAUGHTER. SPEAK
TO THEM,

ey
rareence \ Oe LONG NGO)‘ THEAR 5
ee : A HEALER SPEAK OF
' ae A CURE.
 WHAT \S
IT? WHERE VO
I FIND IT

I-IT 1S
THE AMGROS/A OF
ASCLEFILIS.

ASCL
THE GOD OF
HEALING F YES. THEY SAY
HIS AMBROSIA WILL CURE ANY
ILLNESS OR DISEASE. PERHAPS
EVEN DEATH \TSELF.
I CAN TELL YOU WHERE
TO FIND THE HEALER. ONLY AE
KNOWS WHERE ASCLEPIUS’
MPLE LIES.

KRATOS, I MUST
SEE CALLIOPE. SHOW
HER TO ME

LYSANDRA,
IT |S BEST THAT
YOU DO NOT.
SHE IS
MINE. BRING
HER HERE
@

11180
BEAUTIFUL.

es

WITH THE
MERCY OF THE GODS,
I WILL SAVE OUR
DAUGHTER.
GUARD? WHY HAVE YOU
COME HERE?
| = é a HE te
ANP DEFORMED
TO SEs ; CANNOT BE
IF THE RUMOR : PERMITTED TO
IS TRUE. MY OWN FIRST oe = : LIVE,
SON WAS ALSO AFFLICTED, , sea
I AM SO SORRY, KRATOS,
BUT YOU KNOW OUR L4ws
ARE SACRED.

NO;
I WILL WO7
PERMIT--

DO YOU INTEND
10 REFUSE THE VERY
LAWS YOU HAVE SWORN
TO UPHOLD2

BUT... THIS CURE THE MIDWIFE

SPEAKS OF. IF IT IS TRUE,
IF IT EXI6TS

IT WOULD MAKE
WO DIFFERENCE, THE KING'S
COMMANP MUST BE OBEYED,

IT IS NOT ONLY : Soe LYSANPRA

OUR CHILD WHO : q IS RIGHT. WITH
WOULD BE SAVED, THIS CURE NO
THINK OF THE CHILD WOULD
BENEFIT TO ALL Z NEED TO BE
SPARTA. y SACRIFICED
AGAIN.
OUR
ARMIES WILL
GROW |N
NUMBER

IF IT IS TRUE...WE WOULD BE
UNPEFEATAGLE,

FOR
SPARTA’S
ETERNAL GLORY,
YOU MU/S7 GIVE
ME THE TIME TO
FIND IT.
 VERY WELL.
GO FIND THE CURE. AND
IF WHAT THE MIDWIFE SAYS IS
TRUE, YOUR PAUGHTER MAY
YET BE SAVED. AND SPARTA
WILL OWE YOU A DEBT
OF GRATITUDE.
BUT, AS ALWAYS,
THE CEREMONY OF SACRIFICE
WILL BEGIN WITH THE RISING
OF THE FIRST FULL MOON. IF
YOU HAVE NOT RETURNED
BY THEN...

YOUR
CHILD WILL
JOIN MY OWN IN
THE FIELDS OF
ELYSIUM.

THE RISING OF THE FULL

MOON. THERE WILL BE
NO DELAY.

THAT ONE.
| KRATOS IS MY _

"NOTHING
pON EARTH WILL|
 THE SPOILS WILL
BE M/NE, ARES. I CAN
ALREADY SEE MY STATUE
BEING RAISED IN THE NEW 7
TEMPLE THAT WILL BE
BUILT IN MY HONOR.

IT WILL
OVERPOWER =
EVEN THE M/GHT¥ |
TEMPLE OF ae
PANDORA.

NO. YOUR HUMAN THINKS WITH age MY Dard

HIS BRAWN, NOT HIS MIND. FY CHAMPION
HE IS RASH. IMPULSIVE. AND J ma TE
DESPITE HISPHYSICAL OF SUCH

7 HIS LOVE : i GREAT REAT

BARBARIAN
FOR HIS FEMALE = PRINCE, WILL
> WILL BE HIS ce ee MAN, wonee
BNDOING, | WITHOUT THOUGHT~
OR CARE. :

AS YOU GAVE YOUR ALRIK WILL MAKE THE”

HHUMAN A CHILD BORN TRIP TO ASCLEPIUS’ WELL TO
OF THE POX TO FORCE SAVE HIM. AND NOTHING ~
HIM TO PARTICIPATE WILL STOP. alas
, IN OUR LITTLE
WAGER...
.NOT EVEN
YOUR JOKE OF A )
WARRIOR.

wb AM
W” STEALING
d THE LIFE
FROM ALRIK’S
» FATHER, THE
BARBARIAN
KING.
 OF YOU? POSEIDON? |
HELIOS? HERMES? ARTEMIS?
AVE YOU PICKED YOUR |
CHAMPIONS?

ANXIOUS
FOR OUR SECRETS, —
ARES? I WON'T GIVE YOU
OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN
ANY SUBTERFUGE. »

Y your -
CHAMPION
WILL FACE
_ MINE WHEN f
THE TIME IS ARTEMIS IS
RIGHT. RIGHT. I WILL ALSO GIVE |
YOU NO ADVANCED |
INFORMATION.

BUT I
WILL /WVW/TE YOU ALL
TO THE RAISING OF MY
HILLTOP TEMPLE IN THE
GLORIOUS CITY OF
ATLANTIS...

» ONCE
MY WARRIOR
DEFEATS
YOURS.

YOU FOOLS CAN

E7 HAVE YOUR SOLITARY
» TEMPLES. IT’S NOT TH
SIZE THAT MATTERS.
STRENGTH IS IN
NUMBERS.
=
_ WHEN M™.
CHAMPION WINS,
I WILL HAVE STATHES
HONORING ME RAISED
— THROUGHOUT ALL
_ OF GREECE.

AND MY
BEAUTIFUL
FACE WILL BE
EVERYWHERE ,
YOU LOOK.

r WE'LL SEE
mem 4 ASOUT THAT, fn,
Sau, HERMES. LET
\ y ul Ce

. THE GAMES &

BEGIN. ul |
 GO DRINK, MY
FOOLISH BROTHERS.
BUT EVEN YOU KNOW
ALL HUMANS MUST ONE
DAY WALK THE FIERY
YNDERWORLD OF
HADES.

“AND I WILL SEE TO IT THAT ‘Gieperiae

YOUR CHAMPIONS WILL BE
MADE WELCOME HERE MUCH
SOONER THAN LATER.”

I HAVE i } Y Lis
COME HERE , Bis as IT IS MY
To-- eA ee a ; : & DAUGHTER'S
7 LIFE I FIGHT FOR. }
SAY THAT AGAIN ANP
I WILL SLAY YOU
WHERE YOU
STAND

I KNOW
WHY you
ARE HERE, }
KRATOS. 2

ie KNOW j Z| ye yy ; eoSe CREATESLE

YOUR FUTURE,
YOU WiLL WO7 a J Z KRATOS. I CAL/TION
2 poy ue ; YOU OF IT.

TAKE THIS. APOLLO'S FLAME g f NO, MY POOR,

WILL LEAD YOU TO ASCLEPIUS’ fame i z ; FOOLISH SON. IT
WELL. BUT BE WARNED, IT WILL £ - Se 1S THE GODS WHOM
NOT PROTECT YOU, Bos opined

I AM
NOT AFRAID,
THE GOPS WILL
GRANT ME THE
POWER TO SAVE
CALLIOPE’S
LIFE.
 THAT HEALER
SPEAKS L/ES. I WILL
DEFEAT ANY WHO TRY
TO STOP ME.

CALLIOPE
WILL LIVE...

AND LYSANDRA
WILL LAY AT MY SIDE
AGAIN, LONG BEFORE MY
BED HAS COOLED.

WHATEVER
YOU ARE--

--YOUW
WILL NOT
STOP ME.
 MORTAL?
WE WILL BURN
8
/el0)--Yo)\4- Wola
{TS FLESH THEN
FEED ow YOUR
fol tai-4412)
CARCASS.

THIS IS NOT
SOME WAR THAT LI FIGHT
I FIGHT FOR LAND FOR THE LIFE OF
OR POWER. 4 MY CHILD.

ANP I
WILL NEVER
SURRENPER/

YOUR CHILD {5
OF NO CONCERN
To US. WE SEEK
ONLY YOUR DARK, DRAWING KRATOS OUT OF
HIS LONG-FOR GOTTEN REVERIE...
. AND BACK TO HIS
PRESENT DANGERS.

BEFORE,
I CAME TO
THE TEMPLE
OF ASCLEPIUS
TO SAVE A
LIFE...

NOW
I COME TO
ENP ONE. BY THE
GODS, WHAT
|S--
 WHAT
IT HOVERS?
BUT HOW?

gl

ra
 22
/ 2
3
ce
&
 R THE SECOND TIME IN
HIS LIFE, A DETERMINED
KRATOS SEARCHES FOR THE
HEALING AMBROSIA OF
| AND THOUGH HE HAD COME
THIS WAY BEFORE, THIS YOUNG
GOD WAS UNSURE OF WHAT
THE FATES HAD NOW PLANNED
FOR HIM.

WILL BE
OVER...

Oe
iis I
DO AST
PLEASE!

PRECIOUS
CHILDREN!
Haw DARE
yauP!
 WHO :
SENT You
TO KILL
ME?

SPEAK, %&
WRETCHED
BEAST!
TELL
MES

NQ, KRATas!
YQU ARE A MERE
PRETENDER!
PN)
YOU HAVE BEEN
MARKED Fag
DESTRUCTION.

KRATOS HAD NOT

ALWAYS FOUGHT
TO END LIFE...

«-- THERE WAS A

TIME HE FOUCHT
TO PROTECT IT.

ANP YQU
WILL BURN
FOREVER IN
THE FIRES OF
HADES.
 NO MAN,
BEAST OR
GOP WILL
KEEP ME FROM
SAVING MY
CHILD.

YOU WILL
DIE... AND
CALLIOPE
WILL LIVE!
 LYSANDRA,
I PROMISED
OUR DAUGHTER
ILL LIVE. AND AS
LONG AS I
BREATHE...
HONOR MY
WORD,

CA ESPITE THE CERTAI

PROMISE, KRATOS SILENTL
ASCLEPIUS’ HEALING AMBROSIA
WOULD CURE CALLIOPE BEFORE HER
POOR, FRAGILE BODY WAS TO BE
THROWN WITH THE REST OF THE
SICK AND CRIPPLED... i
... INTO THE ©
BLOODY DEPTHS OF
MOUNT TAYGETOS.
 CAPTAIN © SILENCE. “GES co
MKOSZ2 THE KING WANTS TO YOU WILL
WHY ARE MAKE CERTAIN THAT ONTINUE ON
You--2 8 ASCLEPIUS’ AMBROSIA |S rae NBER,
mS, USED FOR THE GOOD BUT YOU WILL
OF ALL SPARTA... NOW SERVE
: UNDER MY
NOT JUST ‘eas COMMAND,
TO SAVE SOME
DISEASED , : IS THAT
/NFAN7. : UNPERS TOOL?

UNLESS
YOU MEAN TO
CHALLENGE
YOUR
CAP

THE ”
KING'S WE NEED
WORD |S TO GO NOW.
LAW. AS THERE ARE STILL
ALWAYS. . DAYS OF TRAVEL
AHEAD OF 4
us,

SPARTANS ACROSS THE

SAND-SWEPT PLAINS HE
WAS UNAWARE THAT FAR
TO THE €AST ANOTHER
THREAT STIRRED.

PRINCE
ALK,

YOUR FATHER
IS INSIDE WITH
A HEALER. \T HAS
BEEN DAYS SINCE
HE AWOKE.
 WHAT
HAPPENED
TO HIM?

IT IS THE

MY PRINCE.

I-I HEARD A VOICE...

TELL ME 3 I DO NOT KNOW WHOSE.
THERE |S A BUT IT SAID YOU MUST
CURE. FIND THE WELL OF
ASCLEPIUS..,
LAND
DRAW FROM
IT ITS HEALING
AMBROSIA,
ONE $/P
WILL STEAL
YOUR FATHER
FROM THE
LANP OF
MORPHEUS.

“BUT BEWARE, THE VOICE “ANP SHOULD THEY

WARNED THAT OTHERS ALSO POSSESS IT BEFORE YOU,
SEARCH FOR THE WELL. THE KING WILL DIE.”

HEAR ME
NOW, MY
WARRIORS. THE
AMBROSIA MYST
BE MINE... ANB
ANY WHO
NP IN OUR
WAY...
11 SUFFER
MY BLOODY
WRATH.
 a

yp YOU
Mm CALL TH
' PATHETIC
MORTAL &
CHAMPION? IS THAT
FEAR IN
YOUR VOICE,
ARES?
NOW THAT
YOU HAVE SEEN MY
WARRIOR, ALRIK,
IN ACTION, THERE
WILL BE NO SHAME
IN FORFEIT.

ENJOY
YOUR DREAMS”
OF VICTORY

STOP HIM. HE FIGHTS

FOR THE LIFE OF
HIS CHILD.

oe YOUR MOTIVATIONS WILL = MY VICTORY IS ©

I FEEL : MEAN LITTLE WHEN MET . GUARANTEED.
SORRY . WITH THE AXE OF
FOR THEM, | a
ARTEMIS. iia -
NONE OF
THEM
STAND A
CHANCE.

My
WARRIOR
FIGHTS FOR
SOMETHING
FAR GREATER,
THE GLORY OF
HERMES!

I THINK
WE'VE ALL
HAD ENOUGH
OF YOUR
GLORY,
HERMES.
 HA!
ONE CHILD/
MY CHAMPION
FIGHTS FOR
HIS ENTIRE
VILLAGE,
 POSEIDON,
IS THAT YOUR | y x
CHAMPION YES, THAT IS
HERODIUS OF
THERA. I SENT
A PLAGUE THAT
WILL INFECT HIS
TIRE ISLAND.

YET
EVEN THAT
MIGHT NOT
BE ENOUGH.
LOOK.

ARES’ : : HE HAS
HUMAN IS ' ALMOST MADE
SHAPING UP TO - IT TO THE SEA.
BE QUITE THE HE MUST BE
THREAT, STOPPED.
ISN’T HE? ae : ,

CANNOT
LET ARES
WIN... NOT
AGAIN.

HMMM, %&
T HAVE AN
(DEA. AND
EVEN IF IT
DOESN’T
WORK...
 “WE'LL
STILL HAVE
SOME FUN.”

YAHHHH!

GODS SENT
MONSTERS
TO KILL US,

THE NEXT
SOLDIER
WHO FLEES
PIES.

IT
MATTERS
NOT IF WE
BATTLE MAN
OR BEAST.

SPARTANS.
ARE WE
NOT#4/F
 WE NEVER
SURRENDER.

WE
MEET THE
ENEMY...

or WE
FIGHT THE

KILL THE
ENEMYS

Nay)
We
IMPOSSIBLE. * ye | > a : Lo 5
HOW COULD A i) at ee : I MUST
MORTAL KILL a, \ ‘i : SPEAK TO
HERODIUS.
2 MY CHAMPION
\ MUST SLAY
o HIM.
 MY MEN,
YOU HEARD
THE WORDS
OF OUR GOD,
POSEIDON.

} THE :
SPARTANS SEEK
TO PREVENT THERA
FROM CLAIMING
ASCLEPIUS’ HEALING
AMBROSIA,

BUT THE LVVES

OF OUR MOTHERS
ANP FATHERS,
ANP OUR WIVES
ANP OUR CHILDREN,
HANG IN THE IF
BALANCE, YOU WANT
BATTLE-- ,

SPARTANS!
DESTROY
THEM ALL/
 THE
SAVAGE
THINKS
US THERANS

SHOW THESE
SPARTANS HOW
HELPLESS
WE ARE.

IF ONLY
ONE PEOPLE
CAN POSSESS
ASCLEPIUS’
AMBROSIA-- o-/7
WILL BE SNae
 NO! THE
AMEROSIA
WILL BE
MINE!

NEVER!
YOU WILL
ONLY FINP
DEATH! '
" MY MEN. you
SLAYGHTEREDP
ie

3=
you
es
HAVE
X :< =>
PEOPL

BECAUSE
OF YOU,
THEY WILL
ALL DIE.
 SPARTAN,
YOU ARE A
VALIANT WARRIOR.
I,,,I AM SORRY
ZS WE HAVE TO FACE
> BUT YOUR EACH OTHER
T AS
BATTLE |S bdaspang!
SELFISH. YOU |
FIGHT FOR
ONLY OWE
» WHILE I LIFE...
FIGHT FOR
THE LIVES

PEOPLE
GIVE ME THE
STRENGTH

THEN YOU
FAILED
THEM,
 IS CAPTAIN }
NIKOS? - HE WAS
“wT HURT IN BATT
WE NEED TO
TAKE HIM TO A
HEALER.

WILL BE
FINE.

CARRY HIM IF HE NEEDS IT.

SUPPORT HIM HOWEVER
NECESSARY.
BUT TIME IS “SG
QUICKLY PASSING
AND WE MUST
STILL FIND THE
AMBROSIA.

EVERYONE
TO THEIR
POSITIONS.

THAT... THAT
SAVAGE
COST ME THE
WAGER!
 WE SAIL
TO THE ISLAND
OF LEYCAS.
THAT IS WHERE
OUR PRIZE
AWAITS.

$0, IT IS
NOT ONLY MAN
WHO SEEKS TO
PREVENT OUR
VICTORY.
 THEY
WILL NOT SPARTA
PESTROY WILL BE :
Ys! VICTORIOUS!

RATOS AND HIS VALIANT MEN

HELD ON TO THE SHIP WITH NEARLY
INHUMAN DETERMINATION.
BUT THEY WERE NO MATCH FOR
THE ANGRY GOD POSEIDON.

AND THE GREAT SHIP, WHICH

TOOK ITS BUILDERS MONTHS TO
PAINSTAKINGLY FIT TOGETHER,
WAS DESTROYED IN A MATTER
OF MINUTES...
 THE SEA
GROWS
CALM. WE
_ SURVIVED!

: ee Sane: POSEIDON
——— ee : fe if IS NOT
Oe é ra : THROUGH WITH

= HOLD WE
Ween FAST, MUST NEVER
SURREN--
By

pres
 EFORE KRATOS HAD ASCENDED
TO THE HALLS OF OLYMPUS AS THE
NEW GOD OF WAR...
..sHE WAS BUT
A MORTAL...

-.. AS SUBJECT AS ANY TO THE

GODS’ FEARSOME WRATH...

IT 1S AS IF
THIS WAIRLPOOL
SEEKS TO DESTROY US,
HAVE WE ANGERED
POSEIDON?

WE WILL
LWETO |
FIGHT! 4
YOu TWO--
HELP CAPTAIN |
MkKOS AND
FOLLOW ME.
 AWak | pe Ese

KRATOS STRUGGLED NOT ...BUT FOR HIS NEWBORN

ONLY FOR HIS LIFE, AND THAT DAUGHTER, CALLIOPE,
OF HIS FELLOW SPARTANS... STRICKEN WITH PLAQUE,
AND DOOMED TO DIE.

WE
MUST STAY
TOGETHER.

ENE aH

ee

HE WILL *
WELL, SUCCUMB
POSEIDON, IN THE
HE DOES END.
SEEM TO BE
A RESILIENT
ONE.

SUSPICION GREW IN YOUNG

KRATOS, THAT THE GODS
MAY BE SEEKING TO PREVENT
HIM FROM FINDING CALLIOPE’S
ONLY POSSIBLE CURE...
... THE FABLED
AMBROSIA OF ASCLEPIUS.
 VILE
CREATURE!
you
ARE IN MY
 KRATOS.., . " It DOESNT
DO IT YOU SEE?
GASPS ie
es 8 LIVE IN THE SEA?
FOR A/R, BUT erect

WARRIORS!
TAKE IN ALL THE
A/R YOU CAN,
THEN--
--FOLLOW
ME/

KRATOS LED THE SURVIVING

SPARTANS INTO THE COLD,
BLACK WATERS, BELIEVING
SALVATION LAY CLOSE.
..-KRATOS’ HOPE
BEGAN TO FADE.
YET, AS THEY §
DEEPER AND DEEPE
INTO THE DARK... ae

*
\5 Biss
Be
A
- } x

BUT, AS TYCHE’S LUCK WOULD

el i HAVE IT, IN THE DARKNESS,
Ps g THERE IS SOMETIMES LICHT.
 CAPTAIN NIKOS,
ARE YOU STRONG %
ENOUGH TO PROCEED?
I CAN CONTINUE
WITHOUT YOU IF YOU
NEED TO REST.

NO. I VO
NO7 GIVE INTO
WEAKNESS.

AND LET ME
COMMENP YOU, BUT TO
KRATOS. YOU BECOME A GREAT
FIGHT LEADER YOU MUST
BRAVELY, GUIDE YOUR MEN
WITH WiS2OM
AS WELL AS
STEEL.

STILL, WH EN
WE RETURN TO
SPARTA, I WILL
RECOMMEND YOU FOR
PROMOTION TO
CAPTAIN...

* D DEA etIN
| THE DEEP, COLD |
FATE STILL HAD MANY AEGEAN WAS NOT
PLANS FOR KRATOS... f AMONGST THEM.
 THOSE YEARS AGO BROUGHT
KRATOS OUT OF HIS REVERIE...

OF THOSE DAYS STILL

LEAVES A BITTER TASTE.

MANY
| Lives HAVE
| BEEN LOST
SINCE THEN.

CLUDING |
THOSE MOST
PRECIOUS
TO HIM.

YOUR
MISSION HAS
JUST BEGUN,
KRATOS. BUT
MORE DANGERS
AWAIT.

ARE
YOU TRYING
TO STOP MEF ©
DO YOU FORGET
I CAME THIS WAY 1%
BEFORE? «4
THERE
I$ NOTHING
AHEAD THAT
CAN SURPRISE
ME...

4 you
ARE WRONG,
KRATOS.

THE PATH
YOU TOOK LONG
AGO IS NOW
FRAUGHT WITH TRAPS
AT COULD DESTROY
THE GREATEST
"OF GODS.
 I po
NOT SCARE
EASILY,
ATHENA!

’ You STILL
IONLY ™ oo c THINK OF ME AS
SEEK TO WARN a. ' MORTAL, BUT
YOU OF THE oF ae . I AM A GOD
DANGERS AHEAD, — - ee NOW,
GOD OF WAR. I # , ‘ AND I
é
GAPS uF oe * & | WILL DESTROY
. ; Q ANY WHO TRIES
fl ae » TO DESTROY
, ~ MANY ee Oe
oe . ME.
| OF US ON
OLYMPUS
DO.

BUT WHEN
LAST YOU WERE
HERE, YOU BARELY
SURVIVED THE
JOURNEY.

THIS TIME
YOU HAVE NO
IDEA THE
POWERS THAT
SEEK YOUR &
DEATH.

I AM
REALY FOR
KRATOS..,
WHATEVER
HIDES IN THE
WE NEED TO
SHADOWS.
STOP... FOR
: ONLY A FEW . oe
MOMENTS. e WHAT 1S
WRONG NOW,
PALLAS?
 THE POOL OF NO, WE WILL
WATER. WE SHOULD TAKE A SHORT BREAK,
DRINK WHILE WE FILL YOURSELVES
ARE ABLE s AS YOU NEED,

I VID NOT
NEED WATER FOR
MYSELF, BUT I
SAW SOME OF THE
MEN BEGIN TO
WEAKEN.
THEY
COULD USE A
MOMENT TO
RECOVER.

THEY ARE WEAK.

WE SHOULD KEEP WE ARE NOT
MOVING. GODS, KRATOS.
YOU SHOULD TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF
THIS MOMENT
YOURSELF.

BUT WE
ARE LOSING
TIME.

A GOOP
LEADER PUTS
THE NEEDS OF
HIS MEN BEFORE
HIS OWN.

MY
DAUGHTER’S I
LIFE DEPENDS UNDERSTAND
ON ME. THAT, BUT TRUST
Li, YOUR MEN. THEY
WILL NOT FAIL
you,
 POTHIA. HE
IS HERE. THE
ONE ARTEM/S
WARNEP YOU
ABOUT.

Y ARES’
CHAMPION? aes
IS HE i NO. HE IS
2 | ACCOMPANIED
eee! BY WARRIORS.
BUT THEY LOOK
WORN AND
TIRED. 4

aris

MORE DEATH? NOT EVEN OUR AEALERS

THEIR POTHIA, ITWARNED UNDERSTAND WHY ALL THE
TRIP FROM THEY YOU OF THE PREGNANT WOMEN OF KEROS
SPARTA WILL BE TOO
HAs BEEN WEAK TO DANGERS. MUST NOW MOURN FOR THEIR
see FIGHT, YNEBORN CHILDREN.
INDEED, THEY FEAR
WE MIGHT NO LONGER BE
ABLE TO CONCEIVE. ANP
WITHOUT DAUGHTERS TO
REPLACE US, OUR RACE
m. WILL CEASE TO EXIST

S50 YOU'VE
SAID MANY
TIMES, LEDA.
T HAVE WE AN
ALTERNATIVE?

ONLY THE
AMBROSIA OF I KNOW,
ASCLEPIUS CAN POTHIA,
MAKE US WHOLE BUT TO
> AGAIN 2 KILL...

LEDA, EITHER
WE SLAY A DOZEN
MEN OR WE WILL DIE
OUT. IT IS A CHOICE
I MAKE OUT OF ANP THOUGH
NECESSITY. I MAY WEEP FOR
OUR SLAIN ENEMY,
I WILL NOT REGRET
MY DECISION
FOR EVEN A
MOMENT.
 WARRIORS OF
KEROS! ARTEMIS, OUR
GODDESS OF THE HUNT,
HAS GRANTED US THE
POWER OF THE
KILL.
THROUGH
HER WE ARE
MASTERS OF THE
, BOW ANP ARROW,
OF THE KNIFE AND
si THE SPEAR.

NOW READY
YOURSELVES.
WE BATTLE
FOR OUR VERY
EXISTENCE,

YOUR
FO, ee POSITIONS;
SPARTANS!
VICTORY!
 WELL MET,
PARTAN. YOU
MUST BE THE
WARRIOR
KRATOS.
 I HAVE
HEARD TALES
OF YOUR
PROWESS WITH
A BLADE.

00 YOU
BUT FOR MUST DIE!
AT ANOTHER US TO LIVE
7 LAMTRULY * TIME WE COULD ON.»
SORRY FOR THIS, HAVE BATTLED
KRATOS. IT FEEL ON THE SAME
NO ANIMOSITY SIDE,
FOR YOU,

BATTLES AGAINST
THE SEEMING
INVINCIBLE
WARRIORS OF
THE HUNT
 ENEMIES Loom EVER
CLOSER TO CLAIMING THE
AMBROSIA OF ASCLEPIUS.

DES, GoD
UNDERWORLD, SEEKS THE
HEALING AMBROSIA TO SAVE THE
LIF€ OF HIS FATHER, THE KING.

OF HERMES, GOD OF
SPEED, THIEVERY AND
THE WILD ANIMALS.

VILLAGE THAT ARE DYING. AND

WITHOUT THEM HIS PEOPLE
SUFFER STARVATION.

ARE WRONG,
BARBARIA

YOu SEEK
THE AMBROSIA
EVEN ASI DO,
BUT IT WILL NOT
BE YOURS.
 MY PEOPLE
WILL NOT
DIE BECAUSE
ENOUGH!
YOU WASTE
MY TIME.

ONWARL,
MEN. NO ONE
CAN STOP
uS.,,

you
ARE THEIR
LEAPER., WHY DO
YOU LEAD THEM
INTO NEEDLESS
SLAUGHTER?

SURRENCER
AND RETURN TO
YOUR HOMES
AND PERHAPS I
WILL LET YOu
LIVE. YOU WISH
ME TO MY
KNEES F

ANP I
WAS ABOUT TO
PEMANP THE
SAME FROM
you,
 PERHAPS —
WE SHOULD
JOIN OUR
FORCES?

THERE
ARE MORE
| ENTOYABLE WAYS
TO ACHIEVE OUR
GOALS THAN
FIGHTING EACH
OTHER.

YOU KNOW
THERE IS ONLY
AMBROSIA
ENOUGH FOR
$0 YOU ONE.
CAN S7AB ME
IN THE BACK AS A SHAME.
SOON AS YOU you
ARE ABLE? LEAVE ME
NO CHOICE, §
THEN.
 OUR
MEN HAVE
WON.

D Wi i 0 }

OF THE PAST BEGINS TO FADE...

’ YOUR PAST,
AS ALWAYS,
WILL COME TO
 ATHENA,
YOU SPEAK IN
RIPPLES. I FEAR
NOT THE PAST,
THE PRESENT OR
THE FUTURE.

NO ONE
ALIVE CAN
PEFEAT ME IN
BATTLE...

ATHENA!
ANSWER
ME:

BUT IT
IS THE DEAD
YOU MUST | MEAN THE
NOW FEAR. DEAD?

RIDDLES
ANP STORIES.
FEAR THE
DEAD?
I..,I FEAR
NOTHING.
 yau 7
RETURN Ta US,
KRATOS... [

Z. AND YOU
WILL NEVER

you
ARE NOT THE
MEN I ONCE
KNEW!
 your FATE
WAS WRITTEN
THE MOMENT
yau CHOSE Ta £
BETRAY US.
AS DARKNESS CLOSED IN ON KRATOS, HIS MIND DRIFTED
TO YEARS BEFORE, ON THIS VERY SAME-LEVELED PLANE.
HIS FATE THEN WAS VASTLY DIFFERENT...
 KEEP
MOVING;
CAPTAIN
NIKOS,

WE ARE
SPARTANS,
ARE WE
NOT?

A SPARTAN STANDS
TALL, EVEN WHEN FACING
DEATH. WE WILL FIND THE
AMBROSIA OF ASCLEPIL/S,
HEAL YOUR WOUNDS..,

“AND THEN I WILL

SAVE MY DAUGHTER." Vy
ARES’
CHAMPION
LIVES. IF I
WANT TO WIV
MY BET...

wo L HAVE
TO TAKE
MATTERS
INTO MY OWN
HANOS.
~ SURVIVE
THIS,
MORTAL,
Ta,

BECAUSE
A CAPTAIN IS
RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE
LIVES OF HIS
MEN.
THEY
ARE IN YOUR
HANDS NOW,
KRATOS, |

COMMAND
THEM
AS I HAVE
& COMMANDED
 WE’RE
DONE...
CAPTAIN.
WHEN DO
WE MOVE
OUT?

DESPERATELY NEEDED SLEEP, BUT KRATOS WANTED TO

GET AS FAR AWAY FROM THIS HORROR AS HE COULD.

BUT THEN HE
REMEMBERED NIKOS’
WORDS: “A GOOD
LEADER PUTS THE
NEEDS OF HIS MEN + WITH
BEFORE HIS OWN.” THE COMING
LAWN.

FOR NOW
WE ALL NEED
REST TO
GATHER OUR
STRENGTH.
 HA HA, A STRONG

, RIPE AN
D ANTHEA,
BUT SOFT MISS MY ER
ALM LIPS..,H
ALWAYS RE HER

BREASTS...

NOT THAT
KNOW SU
CH
OF COURSE
WE BO,
AJAX.
JUST
BLISS, A WEEK
WE'ALVLEHAD AGOTHFORERE ME.
ANTHEA, HAVEN'T
TIMES. FO UR FOR
THAT
ME. ANDLY ON
WAS ON
DAY.
WEDNES

'S
WEPNESDAY? THAT WAS
SHE
THE SAME DAY HAVE A A BUSY
YOU
WITH ME.
AN
BUSEY
WOMAN,
BETTER TH
AJAX, NONE, EH
ORTHO?!2

FIR )
T THEM
THOUGH

FOOLS...
 ENOUGH
REST,
WE GO
NOW!

“IT SEEMS THAT

SPARTANS
SEEK THE
AMBROSIA, TOO.

THE GODS
HAVE GRANTED
ME THE CHANCE
TO SAVE MY
FATHER,
BY
=] PUTTING US
[2 AGAINST
SUCH WEAK {
FOES.
 PRINCE tT
ALR/k; LOOK HEY WILL
AT HIS MEN. “BE EASY
THEY ARE TIRED. BUT THERE
PREY FOR US
TO KILL.
LET US DESTROY ARE MANY TRIALS
THEM NOW! BETWEEN HERE AND PATIENCE ©
CLAIMING THE PRIZE WILL HAND
AMEROSI/A.
LET THEM
DEAL WITH IT
FOR US. THEN
ONCE THEY
HAVE IT...

HMMM... VERY WELL,

YET MORE WE SHALL LET
WARRIORS HEED : THE ENEMY OF
THE CALL OF THE OUR ENEMIES BE
AMBROSIA, ™ OUR ALLIES.

THEN, WHO EVER

Wal=
SURVIVES WILL FALL
AMBROSIA WILL
ALL THE MORE EASILY B
E OURS, ANP OUR
BEFORE US,
KING; MY FATHER,
WILL BE SAVED,

PET
THEM FIGHT
EACH OTHER
WHILE WE LEARN
THE WAY THEY
THINK.
 KRATOS! ABOVE
THE MOUNTAINS...
ROCS/ THEY ARE SAID *
TO GUARP THE
AMBROSIA.

IF THE ' ARE TRUE. |

LEGENDS ARE THEY MUST
TRUE, WE ARE BE.

GUARD
THE
RRR
THROUGH THE IMPENETRABLE
ENTRANCE DARKNESS, GUIDING HIM TO
WITH YOUR ASCLEPIUS’ AMBROSIA.
LIVES.
 CALLIOPE,
I HAVE
HONORED MY
PROMISE.
 a

IF THAT IS
YOUR DOING,
WARRIOR--

--I WILL
NOT ONLY
SLAY YOU, BUT
ALSO CU/7 OUT Fae
YOUR DAMNED fg
TONGUE.
 =. Ba
YOU THINK \
THE GOD
; OF THE SUN
¥ a3 4 . : — \ WOULD EVER LET |
Wea. : ‘ fi —) => HIS CHAMPION
P j : a RN? ¢
 WeTrus
RETURN TO
SPARTA, &
ee

THE ‘NOT $0
AMBROSIA--2 QUICKLY.

AFTER AZZ YOU HAVE

ACCOMPLISHED,
YOU AND YOUR MEN we |
MUST BE VERY OFFER YOU..,
TIREP, 4 ETERNAL
\ REST!
 MEMORIES FROM |
THE PAST FADE AS
PRESENT DANGERS
RISE ONCE AGAIN.

y THOSE
THAT ARE
DEAD...

ANP
NOTHING
you
DO.,, WILL Yate
STOP
 a
BUT TODAY “ee
§ I HAVE THE
\ POWER OF THE
‘ you
KNEW ME AS
A MORTAL

- THE
amBrosia
1S CLOSE.
 IT
I6 AST
FEAREP,
THE FIRE %&
PESTROYED
EVERYTHING..,
EXCEPT FOR THE
AMBROSIA
TREE.

THAT \S
WHY I HAVE
RETURNED,
SIX CHAMPIONS IN x GRAND COMPETITION
BETWEEN THE GODS, A RACE TO RETRIEVE
THE HEALING AMBROSIA OF ASCLEPIUS.

SOUGHT THE AMBROSIA TO REVIVE MIS DYING FATHER,

THE KING.. =

H NEEDED THAT SAME AMBROSIA TO

] SAVE THE LIFE OF HIS BELOVED
DAUGHTER, CALLIOPE.

REVERBERATE THROUGH THE

HALLS OF FABLED OLYMPUS...

ORT.
WAYS NOT EVEN THEY ENA
COULD IMAGINE. aneo Aan on
DISPATCHED ALL IN \i
YOUR WAY. I WATCHED |
AS YOU TOOK THE
HEALING AMBROSIA
FROM THE TREE
OF LIFE.
ANP NOW
I APFLAUP
YOUR FORTITUDE,
KRATOS. YOU'VE
DONE YOUR JOB
WELL.
3
BUT THOSE
TASKS HAVE
BROUGHT YOU TO
EXHAUSTION. YOU
STAND BEFORE
ME WEAK AND
WORN...
AND
% READY
TO DIE.
é THE
AMBROSIA
WILL BE
 EVEN ON THE
pe «BRINK OF DEATH,
[2 MY SPARTANS
eos & ARE MORE THAN A
(ees MATCH FOR YOUR
WARRIORS.

OUR MEN
SLAY EAC
OTHER. OUF

. &

SOLDIERS
DIE. THAT 1S Wa
WHAT THEY ARE jf
BORN
> TO DO.
 I HAVE
NO TIME FOR §

KRATOS, I
‘ie » WOULD NORMALLY WR
£ | WELCOME YOUR Vi
| STEEL ON MINE, BUT
MY FATHER’S LIFE
FADES WITH
EVERY PASSING
MOMENT.

BEHOLD
THE HEAP OF
DANAUS. EVEN IN
DEATH HE HAS
, SOME PURPOSE
YET.

COME
CLOSER AND
WE WILL SEE |F
THE SAME |S
TRUE ABOUT
you,

. —

YOU ARE
A FOOL, KRATOS.
DANAUS COMMANPEP
» THE CREATURES
OF THE WILD.

Ke
\ ~ te : ‘ SES . es)

Oe Bakey Se . me ee - ee! Ses!

 RIP HIS
FLESH AND
FEEL ON HIS
ENTRAILS.
LET
NOTHING
REMAIN SAVE
THE STINK OF
HIS BLOOD,

: THERE ARE THOSE WHO |

WIN B477ZES WITH ANP SOT
BRAWN, WHILE OTHERS CONGRATULATE
DO SO WITH YOU ON
PLANNING. RETRIEVING THE
AMBROSIA,

AND YET,
DESPITE
YOUR SUCCESS,
I AM THE ONE
WHO NOW CLAIMS
WCTORY.
 I HOPE YOU PROVE
A BETTER MEAL FOR THE
ROCS THAN YOU WERE AN
ADVERSARY TO ME.

“HIS NEW-BORN DAUGHTER,

STRICKEN BY DEADLY PLAGUE...
ee
ice i

SAVE ME,
FATHER...
SAVE ME...
 EVEN IF
I MUST SPEND
MY FINAL
BREATH--

--T WILL
NOT LET
YOU CIE!
 HE MAY
HAVE MORE
LIVES THAN

ALLOW HIM ~~
TO STOP MY | ve
rH PERHAPS
CHAMPION. gpa
| 1S A MORE
_ AMUSING WA\
TO WIN THE

-ARES’ CHAMPIO
- WILL DIE AND |
WHAT HE HOLDS ~
DEAR WITH HIM.”

THE
GODS HAVE
SIDED WITH THE
BARBARIAN.
* 7 NOL
NOTHING
CAN STOP ME.
NOT EVEN
THE GOS
THEMSELVES.
 LRNvy
rar: ee +o ae

' HOLD FAST.

THESE DEMONS
ARE NO MATCH
FOR SPARTAN
STEEL!

THESE
ARMS SEEK &
TO PULL US CAPTAIN!
ALL TO r WE MUST
HELL! . REGROUP!

YOU WILL
NOT PERISH,
FATHER!
 QD) iF you Yam
SWZ LEAVE Now,
& YOU LEAVE
™ — USTO
DIE. et

ES f Ni Py cwe ill
CALLIOPE... ’ roe

ee YY Me SPARTAN TO Nec
SOLDIERS = —&
FIGHT. \F YOU jie.
DIE, TWILL & =
BE A GOOD £
DEATH.

y te §
AMBROSIA
SLIPS AWAY.
I MUST GO
NOW,
 I,,,NEVER
ASKED YOU
TO COME
WITH ME.

Sl) ae a
 miguenty DANCED FROM IMAGES OF
> BELOVED DAUGHTER NEEDING AID.

BLOOD SEEPING DEE

INTO THE GROUND.

FASTER,
BEAST

§ MEN. THEY ARE IN YOUR,

HANDS NOW. AS YOU TREAT THEM
THEY SHALL TREAT YOU.”

FEEL THE TIGHTENING KNOT IN

HIS STOMACH...

TORMENTS AND RETURNED TO

THE MISSION AT HAND...
 MAKE THE
SAME PROMISE ,
TO YOu. :

YOU WILL
SQUIRM ON THE
GROUND WHILE I
LAUGH AS LIFE
FLEES YOUR
FRAGILE
BODY, ge
ANP AS YOU
; DIE, KNOW THIS,
YOUR PLAGUE-RIDDEN
DAUGHTER WILL SUFFER
ANP DIE WHILE MY KING...
MY FATHER,,.,LEADS
OUR ARMIES TO CONQUER
ANP PESTROY
YOUR PRECIOUS
SPARTA.

WE WILL BE
VICTORIOUS /
 GIVE ME MY
AMBROSIA AN?
I PROMISE YOUR
EATH WILL BE
SWIFT AND
PAINLESS.
 THE
AMBROSIA--
YOu
PAMNEP
FOOL!
YOU'VE
WASTED
IT.

veT you wieas

WILL STILL snow
DIE!
 I MUST
HAVE THE
REST OF
IT.

FeEt
= ot = MwWw
TO KILL
YOu?
HIS THOUGHTS OF THE PAST, IT
WAS PAINFULLY CLEAR TO HIM,
THAT AS A GOD OR AS A MORTAL,
SEEKING THE AMBROSIA WOULD
ALWAYS BE A DANGEROUS
UNDERTAKING.
SLAND WHEREHEUSED ASCLEPIUS’ HEALING LILO ‘To SAVE Je
THE LIF€ OF CALLIOPE, HIS PLAGUE-STRICKEN DAUGHTER.

GoD OF AR WOULD LATER DECEIVE HIM INTO TMVING

HIS DAUGHTER AS WELL AS HIS BELOVED WIFE LYSANDRA.

TOS, AFTER SLAYING ARES AND

BECOMING THE NEW GOD OF WAR, RETURNED..

vine |
wut Wire.
.
WAS SING CALLIOPE’S LIFE.

My
™»» DAUGHTER
WILL LIVE.
Caen
 THE
AMEROS/A
|S MINE!

NO
LONGER!
 UNH...

STAND?
BUT--

AMBROSIA WONT
LET ME DIE.

BUT LIKE
PROMETHEUS
HIMSELF, YOU
CAN SUFFER
IN ETERNAL
TORMENT.
 BEASTS!
I COMMANP YOu!
SLAY HIM! THE AMBROSIA
RETURNS HIM TO
LIFE, SLAY HIM
AGAIN ANP
AGAIN.

BARBARIAN,
you WILL
SUFFER UNTIL
THE AMBROSIA’S
EFFECTS ARE NO &
MORE. YOU WILL SN
. CIE \N PAIN AND
TORMENT. ot
SPARTA!
ee es CALLIOPE
MUST
LIVE.

SPARTANS
COMMANP THE
BATTLEFIELD WITH
STRENGTH. WE
DO NOT PERMIT
WEAKNESS,
THOSE BORN
FRAIL OR DISEASED
MUST BE THROWN:
INTO THE DEEPEST
CHASM OF MOLINT
TAYGETOS/
 WITH THE
SETTING OF
THE SUN, YOU
WILL PURGE
THE WEAK,

YOU ARE
SPARTANS,
ARE YOU
NOT?
%

PLEASE, MY
KING, DO NOT DO
THIS. GIVE US ONE
MORE DAY.

MY KING,
KRATOS HAS ALWAYS
DONE AS YOU ASKED. HE
HAS FOUGHT BRAVELY
IN YOUR NAME. pie
HE ~ LYSANDRA,
WILL RETURN DO NOT BEG.
AND SAVE OUR 1 KRATOS |S MY
DAUGHTER. GREATEST WARRIOR,
w BUT NO MAN |S
ABOVE THE LAW
 I AM
SORRY, BUT
I HAVE NO
CHOICE.

MAY THE
GODS BRING
\ ETERNAL GLORY
TO SPARTA.

KRATOS, |=
ngs
e
_ =

eR
Ga
TP,
Se
 KRATOS!
YOU ARE
LATE.
BY OUR
LAWS, YOUR
DAUGHTER
MUST DIE.

BUT
I HAVE THE
AMBROSIA,
wi MUST USE
IT TO SAVE MY
DAUGHT

BECAUSE OF
YOUR SUCCESS
I WAS PREPARED
TO IGNORE YOUR
PEFIANCE, BUT BE
WISE. DO NOT
PUSH ME.
SURRENCER
THE AMBROSIA.

I FOUGHT
THE GODS FOR
THE SAKE OF MY
DAUGHTER.
y WILL YOU
PENY ME MY
VICTORY2

I HONOR
YOUR GREAT
DEEDS,
BUT
OUR LAWS
CANNOT BE
DISMISSED
 MY
LIEGE, IF I MAY
SPEAK.., ¢
oi THE LAWS
OF SPARTA ARE
INVIOLATE. AND WE,
ITS SUBJECTS, OBEY
THEM WITHOUT
QUESTION.
"0
RON

fii
I AM NOT
ASKING YOU TO
IGNORE THEM,
BUT TO HONOR
THEM.
KRATOS
PROM/SEP TO
BRING YOU THE
AMBROSIA OF
ASCLEPIUS.

AND
HERE \T |S.
BUT TO PROVE
IT POES WHAT
HE SAYS.,,
TO
PROVE |T
CAN SAVE

* THEN THE
Y FINAL SIP WILL
STILL BELONG
TO YOU.

11 ALLOW HIM
TO TEST IT..,ONE
SIP ONLY..,ON OUR
DAUGHTER. IF IT
FAILS, THEN CALLIOPE
. WILL LIE AS YOU
INTENDED,
BUT IF IT &
SYCCEELS,
IF SHE |S
CUREC..,
 Pye WILL YOU *
HONORED HONOR YOURS
HS PLEDGE AND LET HiM
TO BRING THE — PROVE ITS
AMBROSIA VALUE ON OUR
TO you. DAUGHTER?
mr

KRATOS, YOU MARRIED A KING MUST FOLLOW

A WOMAN AS WISE IN THE LAW, EVEN THE LAW ANP
THE WAY OF WORDS AS HE HAS MADE, I MADE LYSANDRA |S
SHE |S BEAUTIFUL. # A PROMISE... RIGHT; I CANNOT ,
BREAK IT.

5eQ
 ONE SIP,
KRATOS. PROVE
TO ME THIS
_. AMBROSIA SAVES
2 LIVES,

ONE FINAL
SIP REMAINS,
MY KING, AND
THAT BELONGS
TO YOU
I OFFER IT
TO YOU, EVEN SRE
AS I PLEDGE YOU HAVE
. MY LOYALTY TO | DONE SPARTA
SPARTA. PROUD..,
11 CAPTAIN
KRATOS
 7
NO IDEA HOW SHORT-LIVED
THEIR JOY WOULD BE.

FAMILY HE FOUGHT
§O HARD TO PROTECT

I SHALL...
BUT NOT
BEFORE I SEE
MY FATHE!

THE POWER
OF ASCLEPIUS’
AMBROSIA HAS
FADED, BUT YOU,
ALRIK, HAVE YET
TO FULFILL YOUR
PURPOSE IN
LIFE,

RISE ONCE
AGAIN AND
SLAY THE
SPARTAN WHO
HAS DEFIED
ME.
HAD BEEN UNABLETTO SAVE HIS BELOVED FATHER.
ANGER SWELLED WITHIN HIS BREAST
 “HISLATEST — vik
_ JOURNEY
TO THE TREE OF LIFE AND ayy,LA mF
THE HEALING AMBROSIA OF ASCLEPIUS.
A ne
/

DISCIPLES
OF ARES PLAN TO |
USE IT TO REVIVE
THEIR PEMENTED (ime,
GOD. Coe:

I AM
NOT HERE TO
=
STEAL THE
AMBROSIA, FOR HIM, MY *
FAMILY WOULD 3%"
BE ALIVE
May\ AeTODAY. ‘
i 4
Pi > ie x
- ‘. I WILL
i NEVER LET HIM you
TAKE ANOTHER THINK I CAME
BREATH. TO TAKE THE
AMBROSIA? WNWEVER/
 [E/T v
MEANS KILLING
YOU TO PREVENT
ARES FROM
RETLURN/ING--
af
 WHEN LAST “i
WE FOUGHT,
THE F/RES
OF CEREYON
BURNEP YOUR
ARMS TO
CINDER.

BUT THIS
IS THE POWER
OF THE GOP
», APOLLO.
 NEITHER
YOU NOR
THE 7REE
WOF LIFE CAN
6 SURVIVE HIS
| OLYMP/AN
ee

AND ai ee ARPA
ITS HEALING lesa rola ead al 1 ARES:
AMBROSIA... Be (fae WILL STAY
B DEAD UNTIL
ie, THE ENP OF
 WEARY KRATOS WAS
UNABLE TO FEEL RELIEF.

<N
HE HAD ANGERED THE DEAD
GOD'S LOYAL FOLLOWERS.

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THEY HAD PLANNED.
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