Head-Scratcher
With all of those items gathered, return to the middle ledge and kick open the door. You're inside a large chapel here, with a pressure plate that lowers the hands of a statue across the way. Not much you can do with it now, so drop down to the ground below and move all the way to the bottom of the screen to nab a Phoenix Feather and a Gorgon Eye, in chests that are just barely out of sight unless you move towards them (i.e. move Kratos backwards towards you).
With that done, use R1 to grab the large island in the middle of the water here, and drag it towards the bottom of the screen. Doing so will reveal a hole in the water. Swim through it and examine the statue on the other side of the grate to obtain the Amulet of the Fates, which will allow you to slow down time when needed by pressing the R1 and L1 buttons simultaneously.
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Swim back through the passage here and stand on the pressure plate at the bottom of the room, near the treasure chests. That will cause the pedestals nearby to raise up, but they'll quickly drop when you step off the plate. Thus, you need to stand on the plate, activate the amulet, then quickly jump up to the upper walkway before your time-stopping power winds down. When you're up above on the upper walkway, repeat the process with the pressure plate at the bottom of the screen, which lets the hands of the statue fall down and raise up. When you're done talking to the statue, smash it with your weapons to cause it to break the window behind you, then grab the Phoenix Feather from the chest below before moving on.
A lengthy fight will ensue in the courtyard here, which is your last challenge before reaching the Island of Fate. Two of the annoying burrowing enemies from the last game, wraiths, will attack you here, but if you continually activate your time powers, you shouldn't have a problem with them; just remember to block when they're underground and burrowing towards you. The easiest way to defeat them is to grab them and throw them around before ripping their arms off. They drop mana orbs when they die, so feel free to use your Cronos' Rage magic, as well. When everything's dead, smash the head that lies on the ground and move out to the last challenge before reaching the Island of Fate.
The Green Shield
The Sisters of Fate are apparently intent to not let you onto their island. They erect a large shield of fate energy here which bars your passage. There are two ladders leading down, but before taking them, explore the upper platforms for a red orb chest and another Gorgon Eye.
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When you drop down, you'll be in another large arena, where cyclopes will attack you, alongside boars. Save your Rage of the Titans while dealing with the first cyclops. These guys are big and powerful, so try to keep your distance and tag them from long range when possible. When they roar and sparks fly out of their eyes, you can unload on them, since they won't be attacking you for a few seconds. They won't seem to take much damage, but they will eventually have a circle icon above their head, allowing you to bust their heads on your knee for a burst of red and green orbs. It'll take a couple of these to finish the beast off.
When the first cyclops is down, two more will pop up to replace them. Pop your Rage now and use the triangle-mashing attack to swiftly deal damage to the cyclopes here, being sure to de-activate the rage when you're stunned or caught up in a fist to preserve it. The boars around here will drop rage when you gut them, so grab them whenever possible with the O button to disembowel them.
Dropping the Shield
After both of the cyclopes are defeated, all of the barricades in the area will fall, giving you access to two new ladders. These ladders will lead to a walkway underneath the eye-beams that are raising the shield blocking you from the Island of Fate. You have to find some way to block the beams if you want to move on.
Luckily, there are two statues in the area. One can be simply dragged out and kicked towards the slot in the ground in front of the eyebeams, but the other one will be a bit more complicated. Flip the switch near it to drop the platform, drag the statue onto the platform, then flip the switch again to raise the platform. After you flip it, quickly double-jump onto the platform before it raises, then turn around and deliver a full-strength kick to the statue. If you kick hard enough while it's on the edge of the platform, it'll be kicked almost all the way to the slot on the bridge. Push it in to reflect the eyebeams back onto the eyes, destroying them and dropping the shield.
