God of War Ragnarok | PlayStation 5 | No Commentary | Episode 12 Playthrough | #gowragnarok #ps5

The game begins as Fimbulwinter nears its end. Kratos and Atreus return home from a hunting trip—fending off an ambush from a vengeful Freya—only to find their wolf Fenrir in his final moments. After Fenrir dies, Atreus' grief transforms him into a bear through his still-uncontrolled Giant magic, briefly battling his father before coming back to his senses. Shortly after, Thor arrives at their home—fulfilling a vision Atreus had at the end of the previous game—and is joined by Odin, who proposes to leave Kratos' family alone if Atreus abandons his secret search for Týr. Kratos refuses and duels Thor to a stalemate, but Odin tells Atreus he will leave Kratos alone if the former comes to Asgard. With the aid of the Huldra Brothers, Kratos, Atreus, and Mímir take refuge in Sindri's home on the branches of the World Tree, Yggdrasil, in the realm between realms. Atreus admits that he and Sindri have been secretly reexamining the Giant shrines scattered throughout Midgard, searching for clues about Týr's whereabouts. Determining Týr is alive and imprisoned in Svartalfheim, Kratos reluctantly agrees to help Atreus, if only to prevent Ragnarök, and they travel to the Dwarven realm where they rescue the traumatized Týr. The group then head to Alfheim, visiting Gróa's shrine to better understand the prophecy concerning Ragnarök. Fighting against both the Elves and Týr's newfound pacifism, they learn of an alternative prophecy to Ragnarök—one in which only Asgard is destroyed but all other realms survive under a new champion, implied to be Atreus using his alternative Giant name of Loki.