Atreus is the son of Kratos and Faye. He is the deuteragonist of God of War.
He is a young boy with red hair and a scarred face. He has light freckling and his eyes are an icy blue. He is dressed in leathers and hides of fur. He comes up to his father's hip and looks to be around ten years of age.
Atreus was conceived between Greek Godslayer Kratos and a Giant native of Jötunheimr named Faye. He was a sickly child and only recently grew healthy enough to travel. His past has not been extensively revealed, however, it is implied that he and his mother lived without Kratos for a time, as Kratos himself is unsure of the boy's hunting ability and, in accordance to Faye's wishes, did not teach his son himself. Sometime later, Kratos returns. It is shown that the mother had seemingly passed away, for reasons unclarified.
Sometime after his mother's death, Atreus begins learning to hunt and kill with his father Kratos. Kratos also teaches him to fight, the boy taking up an assistant role with his electrified arrows. Unlike Kratos, Atreus is not a born killer and seems to hesitate at the prospect of ending a life, even one of a monster attacking his father. He is, however, willing to fight.
The two then began a quest to take his mother's ashes to the highest peak of the Nordic Realm. After spreading his mother's ashes with his father, he asks him why he was referred to as "Loki" on the wall drawings they found earlier which depicted their journey. Kratos tells him that his mother wanted to call him Loki and speculated that is the name she told the Frost Giants. However, Kratos goes on and says he convinced her to let him be named Atreus instead.
Kratos tells his son that his namesake was a great Spartan warrior who, unlike most Spartans, was happy and filled with life. During, and after, battles he would fill his fellow Spartans with hope thanks to his jolly demeanour. When he was killed in battle, Kratos himself carried him back to Sparta on his shield and personally buried him. Kratos wanted his son to be named Atreus as he fills him with joy. Atreus was amazed by the story, commenting that his father actually told him a good story.
