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Megaera (Greek: Μέγαιρα) is one of the three Furies who pursue Kratos for breaking his bond with Ares, is the sister of Alecto and Tisiphone. She is the tertiary antagonist in God of War: Ascension.

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What role does Megaera play in the God of War Greek era?

Megaera, one of the three Furies in the God of War Greek era, is a key antagonist in God of War: Ascension. She pursues Kratos for severing his bond with Ares, using her parasitic brood to resurrect Aegaeon and attack Kratos. Despite her efforts, Kratos evades her attacks and ultimately slays her.

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Who are Megaera's sisters in Greek mythology?

Megaera, a figure in Greek mythology, is one of the three Furies, also known as Erinyes. Her sisters are Alecto and Tisiphone. They originated from the blood of Ouranos, shed during his castration by Cronos. In a version of the myth, the Furies are daughters of Nyx, making them siblings to the Sisters of Fate.

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What crimes does Megaera punish in Greek mythology?

Megaera, a Fury in Greek mythology, punishes those guilty of crimes, especially those who commit marital infidelity. She is associated with causing jealousy and was born from Ouranos's blood during Cronos's castration.

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How is Megaera related to Kratos in God of War: Ascension?

In God of War: Ascension, Megaera is one of the three Furies, including Alecto and Tisiphone, who chase Kratos for severing his bond with Ares. She serves as the tertiary antagonist. The Furies, initially just in their judgement, turned merciless under Ares' sway. Ares and Fury Queen Alecto birthed a child, Orkos, intending to topple Olympus.

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What is Megaera's main role in Greek mythology?

Megaera, in Greek mythology, is recognized as one of the three Furies or Erinyes. She is primarily associated with jealousy and is tasked with punishing those who commit crimes, with a special focus on marital infidelity. Megaera and her sisters originated from the blood of Ouranos, following his castration by Cronos.

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Greek Mythology

Megaera is one of the three Furies or Erinyes, in Greek mythology. Megaera was the cause of jealousy and punished people who committed crimes, especially marital infidelity. Like her sisters, she was born from the blood of Ouranos when Cronos castrated him.

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God of War: Ascension

Megaera and the rest of the Furies pursue Kratos for breaking his bond with Ares. Upon encountering Orkos in Delphi, Kratos is informed that the Furies were once fair in their judgement and punishment, but became ruthless because of Ares, the God of War whom convinced the Furies to help him conspire against Olympus. Alecto, the Fury Queen, and Ares conceived a child who they hoped would aid them in their mission to bring down Olympus. However, the child, Orkos, was considered weak by Ares and was thus disowned. To please his mothers, Orkos became the oath-keeper. He turned against his mothers once they blinded his friend, Oracle Aletheia, and unjustly punished Kratos.

During Kratos's journey to Delos (shown in the second flashback of the game), he traverses the Statue of Apollo and eventually comes across an illusion of Sparta put together by Megaera and Tisiphone. As Kratos fights illusion Spartans, Megaera also attacks and is able to stand against Kratos quite well, causing powerful shockwaves with her attacks. After a long brutal fight between the two, Megaera is slammed through the wall and her mask gets damaged; she immediately counters by choking Kratos, who saves himself by tearing off Megaera's arm. The illusion then ceases as the injured Megaera and infuriated Tisiphone (and her pet Daimon) attack Kratos head on. During the battle, Megaera is harpooned with the Blades of Chaos and tossed off the Statue of Apollo. Kratos then 'kills' Tisiphone, but it turns out the one he killed was just another illusion. Kratos is then subdued by the third Fury, Alecto, but before she or her sisters can apprehend him, they are stopped by the appearance of Orkos, who saves Kratos by teleporting them to a separate part of the statue away from the Furies.

Later on in the game, after Kratos has reassembled the Statue of Apollo and entered the Lantern, which contains the Eyes of Truth, he encounters the three Furies once more. The sisters also have a subdued Orkos with them. Megaera and Tisiphone hold Orkos in place as Alecto captures Kratos and takes him to be tortured within the prison of Aegeon the Hecatonchires.

In present time (the beginning of the game, the camera is shown from Kratos perspective giving a dramatic effect), a one-armed and angered Megaera wakes a bound and wounded Kratos from his sleep by landing fiercely in front of him. The Fury then slashes at him with her claws, whilst a huge metal collar holds him in place. After giving Kratos a thorough and brutal beating, Megaera reveals her face by sliding her cracked mask up and hits Kratos one last time, breaking the bond around his neck in the process. As the dazed Kratos stands up, Megaera brings out her spider-like appendages and attacks, saying "I'm quite skilled in teaching Respect!!" However, Kratos dodges the Fury's first strike, causing her to break one of the chains holding his arms and enabling him to fight back. After a few blows are exchanged, Megaera accidentally destroys the chain holding Kratos's other arm; he promptly slashes at Megaera's abdomen and then charges into her, knocking them both off the ledge that the former was once bound on.

An injured Megaera flees from Kratos, taunting him as she runs on her huge legs. She summons parasites from her chest and they latch on to caged humans in order to transform them into insect-like monsters. The chase continues until they both come to a huge arm of the Hecatonchires. Desperate, Megaera releases another swarm of parasites that burrow into the giant's skin. The arm splits in half to reveal a beastly monster inside. The Fury then leaves the scene as the mutated hand attacks Kratos.

Megaera continues to taunt Kratos as he continues to pursue her throughout the Prison of the Damned. Eventually, she tackles him when he is confronting her sister Tisiphone, proclaiming "He is mine!" The two of them crash through a wall, ending up in front of the head of Aegaeon. When another wave of her minions fails to kill Kratos, Megaera uses her parasites to infect the Hecatonchires's head, forcing Kratos into an epic battle against the mutated giant. After commandeering another infected hand, the Spartan manages to reach Megaera's perch on Aegaeon's eye, impaling her stomach with one of his blades. After a brief struggle, Kratos stabs Megaera in the chest and tosses her off the Hecatonchires. Kratos then dives down after Megaera and drives both blades into her chest just as the pair smash against a lower platform, with the force killing the Fury instantly.

Kratos then recovers The Amulet of Uroborus from Megaera's corpse, allowing him to resume his journey.

Personality

Like most immortal beings, Megaera looks upon mortals with contempt, as shown during the chase with Kratos during which she makes belittling comments against him and calls him a "worthless mortal". She is shown to be very arrogant and authoritarian, Megaera really exudes this as she tortures Kratos. Within the Prison of the Damned, Megaera says "Hello Kratos", Megaera's greeting demonstrates her self-assurance in her ability to confront Kratos, even in his restrained state. Megaera's entrance by crawling across the ceiling adds to the intimidation factor. She positions herself above Kratos, symbolizing her dominance in the situation, before dropping down in front of him confidently. Megaera's decision to slide her mask up and reveal her face signifies a shift in the dynamics of the confrontation. By exposing her face, she makes herself more vulnerable, yet it also shows a sense of superiority to the chained up Kratos. Megaera mocks Alecto; their previous encounter was disrupted by her sister's interference.

Alecto's absence reflects Megaera's overconfidence in her own abilities and her belief that she can handle Kratos without any external assistance. She sees Alecto's absence as an opportunity to exert complete control over the situation and to finally have her revenge on Kratos without any obstruction. Megaera becomes visibly enraged when recounting how their previous encounter was impeded by her sister Alecto, expressing her frustration with an uppercut, breaking Kratos collar. Megaera's outburst of rage before the uppercut can be seen as a manifestation of her own hubris and untamed anger. By allowing her emotions to cloud her judgment, Megaera inadvertently exposes her weaknesses and creates an opening for Kratos to exploit. Megaera then gloats yet again with "Not to worry. I'm quite skilled in teaching Respect!" Megaera is essentially boasting about her prowess and dominance in combat. This boastful attitude further emphasizes her ego and superiority complex, as she takes pride in her ability to assert control over others and impose her will upon them. This arrogance, blinds her to the threat that Kratos poses and ultimately leads to her downfall. The turning point occurs when Kratos manages to disarm Megaera and inflict a significant injury upon her. At this moment, Megaera's confidence shatters, and she is forced to retreat. Sheltered by cowardice, as she runs from Kratos and does not directly fight him throughout the Prison of the Damned - alternatively, her grievous wounds from her previous fight with Kratos have made her wary of further confrontation, prompting her to rely on the prison's defenses and her parasites to try and kill him.

She is by far the most brutal of the Furies, as she's described in-game as someone that only knows "physical pain" which is proven true as she would torture most if not all of the prisoners, including Kratos, for a long time, although the latter case is special due to having a thirst for revenge for having her arm ripped off during a fight. This desire would grow so strong that she has to be restrained by Alecto from attacking Kratos, and would ultimately prove her undoing; her violent torture of the Spartan ended up breaking his restraints, allowing him to escape the prison and kill Megaera herself.

Powers & Abilities

• Immortality - Megaera is older than the Earth itself.
• Healing Factor - Megaera can regenerate from most injuries without permanent damage, although especially severe injuries (such as losing an arm) either take longer to heal or cannot be fully restored. Her regeneration can also be overwhelmed if she takes too much damage at once, allowing Kratos to kill her after the battle with the infected Aegaeon.
• Superhuman Stamina - Despite sustaining several injuries during her major battles with Kratos, Megaera was able to keep ahead of him each time without showing any signs of weariness.
• Superhuman Strength - Megaera can easily lift a full grown man with her arms or spider legs without any effort and can easily break metal chains. She is also the strongest of the Furies since she can hold for a longer period of time in hand-to-hand combat with Kratos. Even after losing an arm, she's able to not only beat Kratos easily but break the chain holding him with little effort.
• Superhuman Durability - Megaera seems to be the most durable of the Furies, surviving several beatings from Kratos's fists and the Blades of Chaos, having her arm cut off, her stomach sliced open and two stabs to the chest over the course of Ascension.
• Illusions - Much like the other Furies, Megaera is capable of creating illusions; however, she doesn't do this as much as Tisiphone or Alecto, preferring to torment her victims with brute force. An example of her illusion abilities is when she created illusions of Spartan soldiers in her battle with Kratos.
• Spider Limbs - Megaera has four spider-like limbs growing from her back. These limbs give her great speed and agility, as well as the ability to crawl on walls and ceilings; they can also be used to attack her enemies.
• Summoning Parasites - Megaera's body is filled with monstrous parasitic arthropods that she can command. The parasites crawl out of holes in her chest, rapidly growing to roughly half the size of a normal human adult once freed.
  • Infestation - In addition to attacking enemies directly, Megaera's parasites can infest both living and dead bodies, forcing them to fight for the Furies. The parasites appear to directly fuse with their hosts, causing them to become stronger and more insectoid.

Appearance

Before her severed arm, Megaera has two arms with muscular dark claw hands and has a golden Fury helmet with a large crest, and a face plate that she can slide up at will to conceal or reveal her face. She has 4 spider-like appendages that can retract from her back at will. She has a golden fury chest plate that perfectly fits the midsection of her body and outlines her stomach area, protecting her chest and stomach as well as armor on her left shoulder. She has golden knee guards above her sharp feet that come up to her knee-bone. Before fighting Kratos her face was normal with pure skin and completion having no scars or bruises; after the fight with Kratos she sustains notable injuries with her face now having scars and an eye injury, and her right arm is gone. Her helmet is also dented after this, and the left face covering is gone when she is torturing Kratos. Later after torturing Kratos, Kratos cuts her chest, breaking through her armor and cutting her abdomen.

Gallery

Megaera skewering a soldier.

Megaera punishing a Greek soldier.

Tisiphone, Megaera and Alecto.

Megaera meets her demise

Megaera with both her arms.

Megaera vs Kratos.

Megaera punches Kratos before he could.

Megaera smacks Kratos.

Megaera pummels Kratos with punches.

Kratos turns the tides on Megaera.

Megaera chokes Kratos causing him to spit blood.

Kratos rips Megaera's arm off.

Megaera ready to torture Kratos.

Megaera appears with one arm.

Kratos bleeds.

Megaera smacks him again.

Megaera slides her mask up.

Megaera readies her final strike.

Megaera's strength breaks the chain.

Kratos brutally punched.

Kratos dazed, Megaera draws her spider like-appendages.

Concept Art

An early concept of Megaera.

One of the first designs for the Fury.

Screenshots

Trivia

• Megaera was the first Fury to be revealed and the first to be killed. Chronologically, she is also the first deity to be killed by Kratos in the God of War timeline.
• Megaera was known as "the Jealous One", as shown by the fact that she seems to be angered by Alecto's interruption while she was torturing Kratos. Interestingly, her spider legs and parasite minions have green carapaces, a color commonly associated with envy.
  • She was titled the Physical Fury, as she was the one who physically tortured her victims, in contradiction to her sisters who tortured the mind and soul of their victims. 
• When Kratos fought Ares at the end of God of War, Ares had big spider legs grow from his back, which looked very similar to those attached to Megaera's back as seen in the Furies trailer and single player teaser. The difference between them is that Ares' ones were fiery and blade-like, befitting of a war god, while those of Megaera are much larger and more insectoid. This may imply that Ares had some kind of connection with the Furies but more likely the design is inspired by Ares' appearance.
• It should be noted that Megaera wears a gold helmet with a red plume in the Furies trailer but, in the single player teaser, the helmet has a blue plume. In the single player demo, it remains a blue plume, being more likely a design change.
  • There's also a possibility that the helmet was different in the Furies trailer, as the trailer is based before Kratos was captured (it is most likely that the trailer shows past events, as Megaera still has two arms).
  • After Kratos exited the Harbor of Kirra, the game takes the player back to the Prison of the Damned, and before Megaera vanishes, her plume is red.
• One of Megaera's comments to Kratos implies that she disdains Ares for his desire to have Kratos returned to his service, despite the Spartan being the keystone of Ares and the Furies' plan to destroy Olympus. This is likely a reflection of her personal grudge against Kratos.
• It should be noted that Megaera is missing an arm at the beginning of the game when she tortures Kratos. It has been revealed that Kratos was the one who ripped off her arm and therefore created a personal rivalry with him, hating him more than Alecto or Tisiphone. This would be why she told Kratos her sisters were kinder to him than she is, and also the reason why she was the only Fury to torture him at the beginning of the game: revenge. It is also possible that she wanted to kill Kratos after he cut off her arm, instead of simply taking him to the prison, and that it was this "special time" that Alecto interrupted to take him to Aegaeon.
  • Just as Kratos awakes chained up in the Prison of the Damned, he noticeably has claw marks and slash wounds across his torso and arms. It's likely that Megaera would torture him abruptly and frequently whenever he was asleep during the two-week torture.
  • It's ironic to notice that it was her thirst for personal revenge that set Kratos free from his bounds and from Aegaeon and later resulted in her demise.
• It is currently unclear as to what Megaera's "special time" with Kratos is. It could most likely be some kind of sado-sexual torture or their first encounter (battle) in the game, which was probably the one Alecto interrupted.
• Megaera's power to secrete parasites is similar to how the Surinam Toad carries its young in its back.
• Megaera is also seen as the "Troublemaker Fury" since she had destroyed most of the Prison of the Damned and killed Aegeon, in her attempts to kill Kratos in the process.
• Megaera insults Kratos' fighting ability by telling him, "You fight like an Athenian!"
• Out of all of the Furies, Megaera's the most frequently seen and fought.
  • Out of all of the Furies, Megaera and Kratos' battles were the longest being at least 6 minutes longer than the other Furies'. Their battles are also the most brutal, with each of them slamming into another or fighting barehanded, Megaera torturing Kratos, Kratos cutting her arm and ripping it, to even falling from great lengths that could've killed the average person.
• Out of all three Furies, Megaera went through the most designs in her conceptualizing, with a wide variety of designs ranging from more human-like to hulking monstrosities with feminine elements. Her finalized design was in fact toned down over time, with her original face featuring gaping holes and more severe battle damage on its right side.

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