Kratos investigates the abduction of the sunshine God Helios, and stops the Machiavellian system of the Goddess Persephone to use the Titan Atlas to wipe out the earth. Both the Leviathan Axe and Blades of Chaos can be upgraded to use specific magical attacks named runic assaults. The writers spent several weeks crafting a character outline, including what material from the novels to use and the overarching themes.