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'God of War' Lore: Sisters of Fate

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There is no power greater than the Sisters of Fate. If you challenge us, you...
will... die!LAHKESIS

The Sisters of Fate are three Primordial sisters born from Erebus and Nyx. They have the power
to control time itself and control the fate of all Titans, Gods, and especially mortals. They serve
as the secondary antagonists of God of War II, until their defeat at the hands of Kratos in his
quest for revenge against Zeus.

The Sisters of Fate, from left to

right : Lahkesis, Atropos and Clotho.

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Greek Mythology

Referred to in Mythology as the Moirai, or the Fates; Clotho, Lahkesis, and Atropos were the
daughters of Erebus and Nyx.

As the three Sisters of Fate, Lahkesis, Atropos, and Clotho determined the fates of
every mortal, God, and Titan. Clotho weaved the Threads of Fate, beginning all life. Lahkesis
would measure the threads, determining how long a mortal, God and Titan's life span would be.
Atropos cut the threads, ending the life.
God of War II
The Loom of Fate

In God of War II, after having been betrayed by Zeus, Kratos was stripped of his godly power
and killed. Although he managed to fight his way out of Hades and back to the living realm, he
was still mortal, and thus it was literally impossible for him to climb Mount Olympus to face
Zeus. The only way he could get his revenge would be to change the way events had played out
to change his fate. To do so, he traveled to the Island of Creation to find the Loom of Fate, which
has the power to control time and thus the power to let Kratos change his past.

The Sisters of Fate

To control the Loom, Kratos must battle the three Sisters of Fate, who were loyal to Zeus and
utterly hellbent against granting Kratos this power, frightened that the Ghost of Sparta would
bring doom to Greece should he use it.

Battle With Kratos

At first, Lahkesis confronted Kratos alone. When bested by Kratos, Lahkesis summoned her
sister Atropos from within a mirror. Atropos carried Kratos through the mirror, back in time, to
the final fight between Kratos and Ares. She threatened to kill Kratos' past self by destroying
the Blade of the Gods - without it, Ares would triumph over the Spartan, and the Kratos fighting
the Sisters would retroactively be erased from existence. Kratos protected the sword and defeated
Atropos, thereby hurling him back to Lahkesis' throne room. Desperate, Lahkesis and Atropos
fought Kratos together. After a violent battle Kratos managed to throw them into one of their
inter-dimensional mirrors and shattered it, trapping the two Sisters for good.

The Loom Chamber

The final sister, the hideously deformed Clotho, awaited Kratos in the Loom Chamber beyond.
While Kratos made his way to her head, he disabled five of her smaller arms blocking his way
up. Once at the top level, he disabled her two main arms, giving him time to bring up a giant
swinging blade. With this blade, he impaled Clotho through her head, killing her. With all the
Sisters of Fate destroyed, Kratos finally granted himself the power to change the past and control
time.

God of War III

During his final confrontation with Zeus, Kratos was forced to confront all the fears and evils of
his past. In doing so, he found himself in a pool of blood, where he could hear the voices of his
victims. Amongst the voices, the Sisters of Fate could be heard. Their views, of which they
informed Kratos during their previous battles, echoed across the pool. "You cannot change your
Destiny, Mortal...". Provided Kratos dwelt across the pool longer, The Sisters were heard again;
"Your soul will never find peace for what you have become.
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Inconsistencies

The Sisters of Fate are the source of multiple plotholes on the series timeline as they create many
seemingly illogical plot points to occur all at once, sometimes even in direct contradiction with
one another. While the Sisters of Fate's demise allows Kratos to travel back in time and nullify
nearly all of what transpired in God of War II, this meant that by default their own defeat at the
hands of Kratos should have been nullified, thereby allowing them to interfere and have Kratos
destroyed. The reason they did not do so is unclear, although Kratos tells Zeus that "the Sisters of
Fate are dead". The exact meaning of this phrase is rather unkwnown as if it is indeed true that
the Sisters lay defeated despite the change of events, this might mean that the Sister of Fate are
omnipresent and exist simultaneously in all timelines, therefore their defeat means they cease to
exist in any other era.

This, however, creates large inconsistencies with the rest of the plot. If the Sisters of Fate did
indeed disappear from every other age, then they had not the ability to affect the outcome of the
Titanomachy as Lahkesis claimed they did, by allowing the Olympians to win, attributing her
interference to the reason of the Gods' victory. However, when Kratos returned to the time of the
Great War, the battle was still in the favor of the Gods. In this very time, Kratos successfully
dragged the titans back with him to the present timeline allowing the second Titanomachy to
begin.

The time travel of the titans, however, alters several future events. Cronos was the Titan chosen
to carry Pandora's Temple and made to wander the Desert of Lost Souls, yet, he still had the
temple on his back and was sent to Tartarus by a fearful and angered Zeus. The defeat of the
Titans and their subsequent imprisonment in Tartarus, is what allowed Atlas to be chained,
and Persephone to find and free him, in order to enact her plan that involved
kidnapping Helios in order to use his power to destroy the Pillar of the World thereby causing
the world to be destroyed and revert to Chaos. If said events did not occur, then Atlas could not
be chained and made to hold the world on his shoulders, nor could he have aided Kratos in
reaching the Fates. Yet by Helios' own account the events still happened as normal. The defeat of
the Titans also allowed Thera to be imprisoned, thereby allowing her to be found by Kratos who
released her, earning him Thera's Bane, which was the power he utilized to
defeat Thanatos himself prior to his fallout against Zeus.

It is, however, possible that Kratos may have saved some, but not all of the Titans, in which case,
some of the Titans may have still been defeated and imprisoned and tormented, allowing the
events of the entire series to play out as normal. Nonetheless, this doesn't explain the Gods'
overwhelming triumph during the Great War if the Sisters were indeed simultaneously
terminated from all eras, although it could be the simple fact that the Gods were simply stronger
than the Titans, or that there are limitations to how much Fate can be altered. One of the tenets of
Greek Mythology is that fate cannot be defied whatsoever. Any attempt to defy fate will result in
a chain of events that ultimately result in the outcome that is being avoided. This means that the
defeat of certain Titans is destined to happen and no matter how much one tampers with the
timeline, this will not change. This might mean that some Titans are predeterminated to fall, for
their destiny is to play out their role in helping Kratos fulfill his own destiny and continue
the Cycle. This might also mean that even the Fates themselves are ironically unable to avoid
their own fate, and that even in the chance that their defeat was undone, that they are
fundamentally unable to alter their own doom at the hands of Kratos, and the Spartan's
subsequent takeover over their artifacts.
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Power and abilities

The Sisters of Fate, are stated to be more powerful than the Gods, than the Titans, than anyone in
the mythological world and possess absolute power in God of War series, including:

Superhuman strength - The Sisters of Fate were far stronger then any regular mortal could be,
partly due to the fact that even Lahkesis (the smallest of the trio) was a bit taller than a regular
human being. Feats of this strength is Atropos throwing Kratos around like a rag doll and
holding him in place for Lahkesis to stab him. If Clotho, due to her enormous size, slammed her
fists in the ground, it shook the ground.

Superhuman durability - The Sisters were able to withstand immense powerful attacks, as well
as their own attacks reflected.

Superhuman agility - Both Lahkesis and Atropos had been proven to be agile beyond human
peak. They were able to evade Kratos with great ease. Only Clotho seemed to lack this ability as
she was immobile.

Flight - Only Clotho lacked the ability to fly. Lahkesis has wings growing on her back, using it
to hover above the ground or fly. Atropos lacked wings but was nevertheless able to fly around.

Magic - Lahkesis was able to fire green bolt from the tip of her staff. She was also able to
summon pillars of the same energy to strike her enemies. She was able to hold Atropos in her
body. Atropos herself was able to fire magic bolts from her claws. She was also able to create
magical green energy ray that is able to damage and damage godly weapons like the Blade of the
Gods. Clotho hasn't displayed any magical abilities. Lahkesis was able to magically summon her
sister after Kratos proved to be a difficult opponent for herself.

Time Manipulation - The Sisters could travel through time using the Loom of the Fates which
could take them to the time and place of their choosing, as well as manipulate time for others.

Omniscience - Being the Fates, they had the ability to see the past, present and future of every
creature: mortal, beast, God, Titan, and even fellow Primordial. They knew which action one
would have taken and will take to achieve certain goals as well what the outcomes of their
actions would be.

Omnipresence - The Fates are seemingly omnipresent, as they are still considered defeated
despite that Kratos travelled back in time. This implies that the Fates exist simultaneously across
the ages, and their defeat in one point of time, means their defeat in all eras.
Birth Manipulation - The Fates can manipulate fertility, giving them the decision on who will
be born.

Causality manipulation - As the Fates, they have the ability to manipulate one's lifespan. If they
decided it was time to die, they had the ability to cut the thread of fate and end it. The cutting
these threads was the task of Atropos. It is possible they can resurrect the dead according
to Perseus.

Probability manipulation - As the Fates, they hold the ability to manipulate the outcomes of
individuals, and battles. According to Lahkesis, it was she who decided that Olympians would
best the Titans in the First Titanomachy, it was she who allowed Kratos to kill Ares and it was
she who allowed him to survive the many dangers of the Island of Creation. To those they favor,
they can change the odds in their favor, and made their destiny brighter.
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Trivia
• Lahkesis has a resonant voice when she speaks, as she holds Atropos in her body.
• Clotho is the biggest of the sisters, despite being the youngest.
• According to Hesiod's Theogony, The Sisters of Fate would be considered the daughters of
Erebus (Primordial God of Darkness) and Nyx (Primordial Goddess of Night) and
that Charon, Thanatos, and Hypnos are their brothers. Morpheus is considered their
nephew.
• The Sisters' designs reflect their duties in mythology: Clotho resembles a bloated silkworm
and weaves the threads of life; Lahkesis "embellishes" the threads and resembles a
priestess (also being the Fate most involved in communicating with the outside world); and
Atropos, who cuts the threads, has massive talons on her fingers.
• In God of War II, Lahkesis claims several times through the game, that it is the sisters who
decide the fate of all and no other. But according to Thanatos in Ghost of Sparta, it is the
Olympians who decide the fate and the future, and the Fates who make it so. Thanatos'
claims seem to be more accurate as Zeus stated that the Fates have deemed him
victorious.
o Thanatos also claimed that the sisters deemed Kratos victorious on his quest
for his brother, something he wants to change.
• The color that appears to represent the Sisters of Fate is green.
• In One Version, Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone emerged from Nyx, making them their
sisters.
• The Sisters of Fate are similar to the Furies, as they both seen to be loyal to the Gods that
Kratos betrays (Ares and Zeus), and they could be fought in different places and different
times.
o Also, every Fury resembles a Sister of Fate. Alecto resembles Lahkesis (Both
are the leaders of each trio of sisters and both wanted to help Kratos at some
point), Tisiphone resembles Atropos (the cruelest) and Megaera resembles
Clotho (the ugliest and having arthropod limbs).
• In the God of War 2 novel, the author describes Atropos as the one who determines the
length of the threads, and Lahkesis as the one who cuts the threads. Clotho, however, still
has her same duty.
• It is curious how Kratos, who came to possess the power of time, did not use it for other
purposes. Most notably, he could have used it to save his family, but instead, he simply
uses it to get revenge on Zeus.
o It is possible that if Kratos did travel back to save his family from himself, it
would negate all the events of God of War, including the death of Ares. He
would thusly be captured in a loop of time wherein he prevented the death of
Ares and thusly was still swearing fealty to him, and all the events that
followed would also occur, including him going back.
o However, additionally, Kratos's defining characteristic is his anger and rage.
His desire for revenge overrides all logic and reason, and this could explain
why his plan was short-sighted.
• During Emanuel Mohica's visit at Santa Monica's Studios, Cory Barlog the director of God of
War 2, said the following : Only Clotho is dead, Atropos and Lakhesis are alive, but trapped
somewhere and waiting for revenge.
• In God of War (2018), when Kratos ask Atreus about what the runes in a Nornir Chest
meant, he replies that the runes symbolize the three Nornir fates, the Norse equivalent of
the Sisters. Kratos, remembering his unpleasant history with their Grecian counterparts,
contemptuously remarks: "The Fates. No good comes from them".
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Gallery

Lahkesis concept art.

Clotho concept art.

Original artistic concept
Atropos concept art.
 Amulet of the Fates

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