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With the magical force field gone, Kratos can proceed deeper into the Island of Creation. It is a forested valley that looks like what would happen if Thomas Kinkade painted The Forests of Hell.

CUT SCENE:
Gaia gives a little update. The sisters are hidden deep within the spire and if Kratos can get to his thread he can go back to the time before Zeus killed him. At that moment, a horseman comes ridding up behind him and tries to take Kratos’s head right off. Kratos throws his blades at the mounted attacker and hitches a ride. Follow the on-screen prompts to proceed.

Kratos drops off the horse and comes to rest on a stone platform. The rider circles around to finish him off. But, just before he does, the bearded rider recognizes Kratos and introduces himself. He is the Barbarian King. The catalyst for Kratos selling his soul to Ares in GOW 1. It turns out that since his death, the Barbarian King has pulled himself out of the depths of hell and is now ALSO seeking the Fates to turn back the clock to the battle where Kratos killing him.

The Barbarian King (or BK) asks Kratos if he remembers him. Kratos says “I will never forget that day.” Cue flashback and it looks like Kratos has already forgotten one key thing... that it wasn’t day at all but actually late dusk. But Kratos does recall BK shooting an arrow and making a guy’s head explode. And then he remembers swinging his blades and making the BK’s head explode.

When the flashback is over, BK says “this time, ghost of Sparta, I will have your head.”

BOSS: King of Barbarians
This next fight is like fighting a mounted Charles Manson. Except, instead of his “family” of hippies he has a horde of zombie superintendents.

Part I

• Attack him at will until the orbs that encircle him disappear
• Use the bow and arrow too
• When the orbs are gone, circle around to climb up and kill the horse

Part II

• After dismounting, he surrounds himself with a series of gold lights. Attack him to get rid of them
  - Stripped bare, he summons his horde of Zombie Supers
• You can use magic liberally here because each zombie will give you blue orbs to refill your magic
• Strike the boss with two-hit combos then flip out of the way to avoid his counter attack

Part III

• Again, attack twice then roll away
• When beaten enough he will get a circle over his head, follow the on screen prompts

When he is dead, use the nearby grapple hook to swing across the lava and then run down the path.