As soon as I heard Kratos saying he knew how to play the lyre, I immediately thought he’d play with Calliope, so this came into being. It’s probably one of the reasons he won’t play anymore.

Honestly, I’m just obsessed with creating art of Kratos with Calliope, before his deal with Ares. In the GoW games before the Norse saga, he showed his absolute love for his daughter. Making a flute for her, kissing her as she was sleeping (even though it was an illusion), giving up Elysium just so she could still live on. Like, I can’t stop obsessing over the love he has for her. It’s taking over my life. 😅

Side note: I took artistic liberty with Calliope and Lysandra’s looks, just cause I wanted to.

Wow, I wasn’t expecting my previous Atreus+Calliope post to get so many views! Thank y’all so much for the support!! <333

Here are some more pose studies drawn from reference, this time featuring Laufey and Lysandra, Kratos’ sun and moon! Their designs and colour palettes really give me those celestial vibes loll And speaking of designs, I redid Lysandra’s so that she’s wearing a peplos instead of ... Whatever her dress is called in the games ^^;;

So while the kids are running around (and Kratos is stressing out), these ladies are just chilling in some kind of combined afterlife having plenty of girls’ nights out hahaa

Also, the second sketch is directly based off of “Systrar,” Hedvig Palm photographed by Elisabeth Toll for SSAW Spring/Summer 2013!

Wives chilling out (in after life)

Parody from Women of Phoenicia by Robert Fowler

I’m really glad Lysandra got a mention in the Valhalla DLC

Imo I think kratos loves her just as much as he loves Faye, so it was nice to hear him talk of her :’)

Little baby, trying to practice how to actully draw little kids!

WARNING: slight nudity

Helloooo I come to bring you scraps such as Lysandra (I adore her sm) and an unfinished kratos and don't count on me finishing that if you've followed me for a while yk damn well I ain't doing allat (LIKELY) 😭🙏💕

So apparently in GoW Ragnarok - Valhalla Kratos FINALLY TALKS ABOUT LYSANDRA and-

"She was a good woman, and I loved her more than she knew."

SANTA MONICA GIMME THE PC PORTING GODDAMN 😭😭😭😭😭

Wanted to draw Lysandra, after a couple of months since her and Kratos's wedding. You know, it is wedding tradition for spartan brides to cut their hair very shortly (somewhere written they should be shaved very closely to the scalp). She did that too. Her hair is slightly grew up since then, and Kratos gifted her blue hair band which she wears in the first games. Actually, all this time he cheered her up about her man-like look, because she is the most beautiful woman and love of his life anyway, and if she were a man, he'd find her a place in his army and never left her alone.

Hi! A big fan of your art, especially your GOW content. If you're still doing the art prompt thing, do you mind drawing Kratos having breakfast with his family, preferably the Greek one? If you're not doing it anymore, have a nice week anyway! Sleep regularly.

​*cries* *SOBS* thaAAanK yOuUuU🥹i don’t think Ive ever had anyone say that before🥹🥹🥹 a and like ty sm for the comments you leave on my posts also skjdkdjdjdj and yes I will make sure sleep somewhat regularly, thank you for that reminder( ˘ ³˘)♥︎

Anyway ur request:

I’m so normal over them ( ˘ ³˘)♥︎

T they are abt to eat tiganites with honey❤️

T Theres Just smthn so peaceful abt seeing kratos without his pale skin it makes me so sad and happy at the same time 🥹💕💕💕

ALSO i put them in some Ancient Greek clothing a little bit more historically accurate bc yea, and also bc Ancient Greek clothing was the peak of fashion and it should make a comeback fight me/j

If we revisit Calliope, I think one of the most heartbreaking revelations will be that Lysandra most likely was armed with some kind of weapon by the time Kratos got to her and Calliope. She was 100% ready to die defending her daughter. She just never expected her husband to be the one slaughtering them.

I just needed to remind myself that I still know how to draw semi-realistically lmaoo That aside, here’s a painting for my post-Ragnarok AU! The idea came to me while I was thinking about my fic, and I liked it so much that I decided to draw it (and rework the fic’s outline a teensy bit to include it) XDD

I’m willing to bet y’all will be able to recognize the characters around Atreus and Calliope, but if not, no worries! They’re from the original GoW games: Callisto, Kratos’ mother; Deimos, his younger brother; and Lysandra, his first wife. I don’t want to give too much away about where this scene will take place in my fic, and what the exact setting and context is, but I think there’s enough tidbits in the painting to guess at what’s happening! :DDD

It was also lots of fun to add little family resemblances between the characters XDD I heard somewhere (though I can’t remember where) that Atreus’ scar is a magic/hereditary thing, since it matches the shape of Deimos’. Other than that, I like to imagine he has a bit of his uncle’s features, while Calliope has some of her grandmother’s!

I'm back from vacation. Have more Kratos’ wives!

TO MY FELLOW KRATOS X LYSANDRA SHIPPERS OUT THERE: from what I seen, we haven't given this ship a official name- so how about we call this one Lysos? Not only it's the name from a Greek village, the name itself originates from the Greek word "liono" and I qoute, "was an industrial area for the melting of metals." I like to think the "melting of metals" could reference to Hephaestus (who is also the Greek God of Fire, Metallurgy, Metalworking, and Volcanoes) forging the Blade of Chaos with primordial fire!

You know, I feel like Kratos forgetting Calliope’s song was a wee bit harsh on the part of the writers.

I think his explanation of how he would’ve given up everything for a few moments more with his daughter, but when he met Faye, found the world worth living in again, would’ve been enough. Imo that illustrates his journey well in of itself.

To add onto that that when he found his new family, he could no longer recall Calliope’s song (played on the flute he made for her)…I dunno, it doesn’t make me think, ‘oh look at Kratos’s growth and development’ as I’m sure the writers intended. I understand the symbolism they were aiming for, but honestly it just made me sad

It’d be different if he was struggling to remember just due to the passing of time, but the fact he says he forgets it specifically after meeting Faye changes the meaning imo.

Kratos could remember his daughter’s song - presumably her favourite, that she played often, if it stuck in his memory - just because he loves her. To remember doesn’t intrinsically mean he’s haunted by it. memories of, and a love for, his Grecian family isn’t inherently negative, or something that has to be ‘let go of’ for him to progress as a character.

Bald rizz

I like to believe they'd get along