Icelandic stories tell how the gods amused themselves by throwing objects at him (knowing that he was immune from harm). After he and Frigg had a dream in which they saw his death (with dreams being prophetic in Norse mythology), Frigg asked everything in creation to promise to not harm Baldr, only forgetting to ask mistletoe, as she thought it was "too young" to swear an oath. Most legends about him concern his death. He was known to be beautiful, kind and emanate pure light. She will likely pursue us until one of us is dead.īaldr was the son of Odin (the King of the Gods) and his wife Frigg. I do not expect Freya to accept what happened as necessary. Had I allowed him to kill Freya, he would not have abandoned his pursuit. Supposedly he can't feel pain, and now he's hunting us with his nephews, but we don't why. He came to our house and fought father and father killed him.or so we thought. His demise marks the start of the devastating Fimbulwinter, the prelude to Ragnarök.īaldur. Having learned nothing from his mistakes and attempting to murder his mother nevertheless, Baldur meets a quick but brutal end by having his neck promptly snapped by an infuriated Kratos, killing him for good. The God of Light is ultimately overwhelmed by the Ghost of Sparta and his son, but is spared by a reluctant Kratos. Far from bringing him back to reason, this drives him completely mad instead as he unleashes the full might of his powers, while begging Kratos to inflict him even more pain out of sheer pleasure. As Baldur later crosses the path of his mother and enemies, he engages them in another brutal confrontation before being finally freed from his curse. This proves to be yet another failure as Kratos and Atreus narrowly escape his clutches once more. Having survived the ordeal thanks to his invulnerability, he summons his nephews Magni and Modi with the mission to capture the Spartan and his son and bring them to Asgard. Having been tricked by Odin into believing that the Guardian would have the remedy to his curse, his relentless hunt eventually brought him into direct confrontation with Kratos instead, only to get his neck brutally snapped by an opponent stronger than expected. He is the son of Odin and Freya, younger half-brother of Thor, Týr and Heimdall, father of Forseti, and uncle of Magni, Modi and Thrúd.īaldur is introduced in God of War (2018) as the main antagonist of the game. –Baldur to his mother upon their reunion.īaldur (Old Norse: Baldr, Nordic: ᛒᛅᛚᛏᚱ), also known as the Stranger, was the Norse Aesir God of Light and Peace. But now I realize… I don’t need you to understand anything. I’ve rehearsed everything I ever wanted to say to you, every word, to make you understand exactly what you stole from me. I spent the last 100 years dreaming of this moment.
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