God Of War 2017 Wishlist: 10 Things We Want To See
7. Ratatoskr (Yes, He's A Squirrel)
The mouthy dwarf from the recent trailer shows that God of War, even with its grim and humourless protagonist, isn't averse to a bit of comic relief.
Fortunately, Norse mythology had a lot of that. For every angry bout of giant-smiting, the gods indulged in hilarious slanging matches, cross-dressing shenanigans or farcical misunderstandings where everyone involved was capable of legendary acts of destruction.
Take, for instance, Ratatoskr. This little dude was a squirrel who carried insults between the various creatures inhabiting Yggdrasil. He was a living rap battle, a rodentine archive of creative disses, and was so good at his job he ended up in the various prose cycles about the gods and their doings.
Kratos needs a counterpoint to his glum perma-scowl, somebody to point out how emo-ragey he gets in response to everything that goes wrong. He needs a jester figure cute enough to get away with anything. God of War needs Ratatoskr.