Part of the speculation surrounding Atreus' possible stand-alone game is the notion of a time skip, which would come with at least one advantage.

Dungeons & Dragons has a wide variety of benevolent, petty, and cruel gods and goddesses. These are the strongest of them all ...

God of War Ragnarok, and especially the Valhalla DLC, strongly suggest that Kratos will assume a leadership role within the Norse pantheon, rather than being on the front lines, so to speak.