The Mystery Behind The Blades Finally Revealed | God of War Theory

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[@abdbay]

This might actually be THE BEST theory I've ever come up with. Check out how I explain the two different timelines in God of War:

[@aveem3164]

In the books, it is stated that Chaos Blades consume the enemy's life force and blood, explaining the red orbs. When Athena's Blades - which i believe to be a transformed version of Chaos Blades - become mortalized, they start consuming the enemies' blood again, thus becoming full of red blood at the end of the game.

[@JayTheGuy01]

Would Thera’s Bane also be Primordial Fire imbued within the blades of Chaos? Because “Chaos Flames” are never explained.

[@hirodaniels9645]

I believe the reason why the blades became red, was because they were fueled by his rage instead of his godly powers. This is confirmed Ghost of Sparta, as when Thanatos kills Deimos, Kratos becomes so enraged his blades became red from his burning hatred and anger. Same with with GOW 2. When Zeus betrays/kills him, he is royally pissed off, which would become the starting point that would fuel his blades. Then, he has to fight multiple people, all who want to kill him, which further pisses him off, as now everyone is against him. Lastly, the destruction of Sparta acted as another catalyst which further fuels his anger. All of his godly anger was fueled into his blades, which is what gave them their red glow, as his anger is fueled his desire for revenge, and it’s one of the things gave him the power to topple most, if not all of his enemies.

[@superkoksu487]

I think that blades of athena are just transformed blades of chaos and that after kratos left the greek world in ruin they just reverted to their original state. I doubt that athena would just forge them from ground up and we seen her transforming blades of athena into blades of exile so she has the ability to upgrade existing weapons.

[@robertlafrance9974]

Plz don't ever change the intro it's too good

[@kazuha74]

Great video as always! also yeah I kinda feel the red makes sense if Kratos himself had to embue the blades with his own power and the primordial flames from Thera who's a titan closely related to the primordial beings who created the gow universe and this plot point is brought up again in gow Ragnarok when speaking to Surtur.

[@Govanna348]

God of war 2 kratos was by far his most powerful form even zeus didnt wanted the smoke he had to trick kratos into draining it in the blade of Olympus

[@zombiedemon1762]

It would be really cool to get a new black and glowing green version of the Chaos-Blades from the Cthulhu Mythos in a future game.

[@jh9794]

The two sets of blades are definitely different weapons. I think given they were stronger Kratos took Athena blades. but the blades of chaos are kinda like a tick on a dog. Kratos can't truly be rid of them so I imagine after he lost the blades of exile he recovered the blades of chaos at some point before 2016.

[@madyariel9014]

Best intro ever!!!!!

[@darthnihilus3447]

Or, maybe, they're different blades all together. The Blades of Exile were destroyed along with all of Kratos' weapons, but the Blades of Chaos might be a weapon that were used to mark a person as the servant of the god of war and not a servant of Ares specifically. Kratos still technically being a god and no others taking the mantle of the God of War might allow him access to them whenever he wants.

[@thetominator917]

Athena’s blades infused with the blood of Kratos’ enemies, acid-washed & soul-soaked in the River Styx, reforged into the blades of exile. Certainly, a cursed weapon. Not the blades that killed his wife and child personally. But blades that will not let him forget what he has done. Blades of torment.

[@anhhuytran8002]

I think its just the changing of the power enchantment sources inside the blade. It was made from chaos flame of tartarus and absord the life force from slained enemy to power up. The golden athena blade and blade of exile is just a changing enchantment and additional power up for it

[@13superjedi]

I always believed this to be the reason too! I always thought that the Thera's Bane power was meant to look like the red varient of the blades from God of War 2 and 3 for a reason. Kratos must just be channeling his endless Rage and Anger and Hatred for the gods and Zeus and fuels the otherwise empty Blades of Athena (after draining their golden Godly power into the Blade of Olympus like you said) almost like a permanent form of the Thera's Bane ability from the Thanatos fight in God of War: Ghost of Sparta after Kratos channeled his overflowing Rage at Thanatos for killing Deimos. Huh, I guess the Blades of Athena have a lot deeper lore and story significance than I thought.

[@YoungCalis]

So the red glow after leveling them up again was Theras Bane in God of war 2 , interesting 🤔

[@chrismorrison5301]

The blades turn grey in God of War 2 because they are powered by the Godly power within the user. Because he put his given Godhood in the Sword of Olympus he was a Demi-God again and couldn't use the blades to there full potential.

[@mrpitman5496]

I think the blades of Athena were the blades of chaos that she put her godly power into after Aries have died. I think they turn red in god of war 2 becuase the blades are choosing Kratos, you notice they went with him when he died. Then after she died at the beginning of 3 she put power in them from the other realm but they were still the blades of chaos at their core and why they always return to him if he tries to throw them away.

[@dr.pudu2173]

I also thought that the sword turns red for the orbs, I suppose that the red orbs are the magic in the things in Greece.

[@abdbay]

I have been wanting to make this video for a while but wanted to wait until more people have finished the game: