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5 Norse Gods Kratos is likely to face next

Nidogg is described as the dragon that feeds on the roots of the world tree, which is like a huge tree that holds the nine realms together. Basically the tree is the Norse hippie way of saying the universe only it’s seen as a literal tree instead of the cosmos of space. And Nidogg eats its roots. Needless to say you have to have a pretty big set of teeth to be gnawing at the base of the entire universe.

And it’s a dragon, that should be enough and if a giant fire breathing lizard monster with enormous bat wings does not get you exited I don’t know what will.

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Nidogg’s size alone should provide an epic battle reminiscent of the one with Cronus in god of War 3. Better even because instead of giant half-naked truck driver you get to fight a dragon. And yes Dragons do make everything better.

Just ask Daenerys

Frost Giants

Frost giants or Jotunn if you want to be all PC about it are the main baddies in most of the old Viking stories. And if their name wasn’t a huge give away they are basically like Olaf from frozen, if he was say a 30 foot tall ice monster instead of a Disney sidekick.

the bane of the Norse gods

Seeing the first trailer of the new God of war it seems Kratos will begin his journey in Jotunheim, which is the ice covered realm in Norse mythology. You know what else Jotunhiem is famous for, that’s right penguins oh and yes the above mentioned Frost giants.

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It’s a given that Kratos is going to be ripping apart frost giants with his new found fondness for Axes. One can only hope that he also faces off against Ymir the king of the frost giants in bloody battle of Ice and furry, or sit around with him and make ice puns. I’ll be fine with either.

‘Cool’ beard bro

Fenrir

Now most of us know that before Loki started his career as Marvel’s most adored villain he was a regular pain in the ass for his fellow Nordic gods. But he did take time off from his general dickishness to sire a few off springs like Hel. But his most famous kid is definitely the monstrous demon wolf Fenrir.

Now how a Tom Hiddleston looking god of mischief managed to make a wolf baby is anyone’s guess but Fenrir definitely did not inherit his father’s good looks, or even manage to be of the same species. Instead he was a ferocious black wolf with dark eyes and a serious growth hormone imbalance.

Must take after his mother

As a pup Fenrir wasn’t really anything special and the Gods treated him as any of us would treat a puppy, probably by speaking in baby talk and cuddling it. But things got worrying as Fenrir hit puberty and started going through his growth spurts, before long the big black wolf was the size of a Viking long ship and as hungry as those skinny super-models on a juice cleanse.

Things got worse for Fenrir as a prophecy foretold that the wolf would end up swallowing Odin whole during Ragnarok, the Norse equivalent of the apocalyptic superbowl. Fearing this, the Gods decided to keep him in chain as to prevent him from growing any further. Though their first two attempts failed with Fenrir breaking the chains that bound him like it was made of paper mache. They finally managed to restrain him up using a chain forged by magical dwarfs, but not before good ol Fenrir managed to bit of the right hand of the God Tyr. Remember Tyr, The freaking Norse god of war. And with that we have reached full circle.

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I for one don’t want Kratos to kill the doggy, but the big bad wolf definitely has the resume to make an epic boss battle. After which their mutual dislike for the Norse pantheon should maybe help form a partnership like those seen in so many buddy cop movies.

And you thought this made no sense