Two Gods of Olympus, Ares, and Athena, raided the city of Sparta in order to capture a child named Deimos, who had been suspected of being the mortal who would destroy Olympus in The Marked Warrior Prophecy. The Furies, however, saw potential in Orkos and made him their oath-keeper.
Unfortunately, Orkos, Ares' child, was not up to his standards and was disowned. After learning of the prophecy of the Marked Warrior, who is destined to destroy Olympus and kill Zeus, Ares conceived a child with Alecto in the hope that their child would be the marked one so that he could aid him in overthrowing Zeus and claiming his throne. In God of War Series Alliance with the FuriesĪres came to covet all of Olympus, especially Zeus's throne, so he struck an alliance with the Furies, and persuaded them to take a more ruthless approach. Mars was held in much higher esteem, second only to Kronos Ionic form of the Doric ἀρά ( ara), 'bane, ruin'. He was also a rival of Athena, his younger sister, because they were both gods, one of War, the other of Wisdom, and wished that the other would stand down.
He was born after the Great War of the Gods and Titans and served his father faithfully for many years. Ares was the God of War, son of Zeus and Hera, and one of the most prominent and powerful Gods of Olympus.
