Kratos and Atreus’s Norse story ends with God of War Ragnarok. This was decided early on by Santa Monica Studios’ Cory Barlog and Eric Williams, directors of God of War (2018) and Ragnarok respectively. In passing the director’s chair over to Williams, Barlog had a list of story beats that had to happen to make the epic conclusion work. The most surprising item on Barlog’s list was that “the family dog” had to die in Ragnarok — but this didn’t refer to Atreus’s beloved wolf Fenrir.
