Hydra (God of War)

The Hydra is a terrible sea monster that terrorized the seas of Greece and a boss from the video game, God Of War.

History
As Kratos was sailing to Athens, the fleet he was with was attacked by the Hydra. The Ghost of Sparta was assigned to destroy the monster by Poseidon, since it has been challenging his sovereignty by destroying ships and slaughtering ships. Kratos engaged the monster, fighting a few of its lesser heads before finding the main head, which kept all the others alive. This main head devoured the ship captain before attacking Kratos along with two more lesser heads. After the Ghost of Sparta defeated the lesser heads, he engaged the main head, impaling it on the ship's mast, finally defeating the monster.

Abilities
Due to being quite large (about the size of a small island), the Hydra possesses great strength. The main head keeps the smaller ones alive and regenerates them and, being a sea monster, it is perfectly at home in the ocean.

Trivia

 * Though the Hydra does not appear in God Of War II, there is a costume for Kratos called the Hydra Armor, which appears to be made from its skin.


 * Strangely, even after defeating the main Hydra head, the player can backtrack and still see a head attacking a group of sailors.


 * In Greek mythology, only one Hydra existed, which lived in the Lerna Swamp. However the mythological version of Hercules slew the Hydra as one of his twelve labors and since the God of War version of Hercules performed these labors, it is unclear how he could have killed the Hydra if Kratos did it himself. It may be possible that the Hydra is not a single monster, instead there may be several Hydras existing as a species in the God Of War series.