“ | Salvation. Such a curious word. I marked the path to salvation with light. However, no matter how brilliant that light grows, the darkness within the human heart grows even darker. | „ |
~ Father Balder to Bayonetta |
“ | Humans need not be told what their will shall be. We can create our world with our own eyes! We may not see our next step, we may stumble, we may fall off the path. But we always move forward! That is the power of man! | „ |
~ Balder to Aesir |
Balder (also known as Father Balder) is both a main antagonist and major character in the hack-and-slash video game series Bayonetta.
Fanon Wiki Ideas So Far[]
- Baldur VS Father Balder
- Balder vs. Lancer of Black (Completed)
Battle Record[]
WARNING: The following tab will reveal the numbers of wins and losses for the following character. Read at your own risk.
Battle Record
- Wins: 1
- Losses: 0
- Draws: 0
Possible Opponents[]
- Adam (Hazbin Hotel)
- Bardock (Dragon Ball)
- Bowser (Supef Mario)
- Darth Vader (Star Wars)
- Diavolo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
- Dio Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
- Doctor Doom (Marvel Comics)
- Dracula (Castlevania)
- Emporio Ivankov (One Piece)
- Endeavor (My Hero Academia)
- Enrico Pucci (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
- Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda)
- Giovanni (Pokémon)
- Heihachi Mishima (Tekken)
- King Dedede (Kirby)
- Lex Luthor (DC Comics)
- Loki (Marvel Comics)
- Lusamine (Pokémon)
- M. Bison (Street Fighter)
- Omni-Man (Invincible)
- Ragyo Kiryuin (Kill la Kill)
- Rose Quartz (Steven Universe)
- Solgaleo (Pokémon)
- Thanos (Marvel Comics)
- Vergil (Devil May Cry)
- Zamasu (Dragon Ball)
- Zeus (God of War)
History[]
Death Battle Info[]
Background[]
- Species: Human
- Height: 7'7" (232 cm)
- Weight: Approx. 200+ lbs (90+ kg)
- Age: 630
- Birthday: 25 October 1379
- Clan: Lumen Sage
- Occupation: CEO of the Ithavoll Group
- Likes being called daddy
Powers and Abilities[]
- Superhuman Strength: Balder is incredibly strong as he is capable of feats such as punting jets into the air, swatting aside skyscrapers, fragmenting large concrete blocks, and throwing building-sized monsters around with ease. He was also able to lift and restrain Bayonetta with one hand, the latter whom was capable of supporting the weight of a universe-sized demon with nothing but her hair.
- Superhuman Speed: As a Lumen Sage, Balder is blazingly fast, as he is far superior to lesser angels like Irenic whom can travel beyond universal distances in less than a day, and can keep up with Bayonetta in combat, who can effortlessly dodge both lightning and beams of light. Using Light Speed also increases his speed and reactions by a large margin.
- Superhuman Durability: Balder boasts a persistent amount of durability, as he is capable of surviving the impacts of flying skyscrapers and satellites. Though it briefly incapacitated him, he was able to survive an impromptu gunshot to the head. He can also take hits from opponents stronger than him, such as Aesir.
- Superhuman Stamina: Balder has high levels of endurance, as he can fight an army's worth of enemies without showing fatigue, in the second game he partook in three intense battles against Bayonetta over the course of a single day, and wasn't at all tired.
- Skilled Hand-to-hand Combatant: As a Lumen Sage, Balder is gifted in the art of combat, as he has more than 600 years of experience under his belt, and was implied to have defeated Jeanne before the events of the first game, who is of similiar calibre.
- Weapon Mastery: Balder is just as skilled with weaponry as he is in hand-to-hand combat, he is a gifted swordsman and glaive wielder. Like his daughter, he is also capable of mastering weapons on the spot and can use them as if they're an extension of his body.
- Weapon Creation: As a Lumen Sage, Balder is capable of conjuring weapons out of thin air. By manipulating light, he can also craft makeshift blades of light and energy.
- Natural Weaponry: Lumen Sages have the ability to grow peacock feathers they can use different purposes, such as throwing darts, outlets for summoning angels or even simple tools like a comb.
- Flight: As stated above, Balder can also use these feathers to assemble wings and achieve flight
- Immortality: From a young age, Lumen Sages and Umbra Witches are given special watches that prevents them aging past their prime. According to Rodin, these watches allow Lumen Sages and Umbra Witches to live for eternities.
- Self-Sustenance: Balder is able to survive underwater and in outer space without the need of oxygen
- Regeneration: Balder has a keen healing factor, where he was able to regenerate from a gunshot to the head in a matter of minutes. He should also scale to his daughter, who can regenerate from being flattened
- Holy Magic: The main source of Balder's power. As a Lumen Sage, Balder is a natural practitioner in the light arts, holy-based magic that originates from the heavenly world of Paradiso. Balder is also able to use this kind of magic in many different ways, such as amplifying the strength of his weapons or by affecting the flow of time around him.
- Time Manipulation: Balder is capable of learning an advanced technique known as ''Light Speed'' which allows him to slow time around him to a near-stop, he is so skilled with this technique that he can even cancel out the duration of other time-stop techniques.
- Light Manipulation: Being a practitioner of light arts, Balder is able to manipulate light to create blasts of energy or makeshift weaponry.
- Summoning One of the Lumen Sages most prominent abilities, Balder is capable of summoning angelic forces from the heavenly realm of Paradiso to aid him in battle.
- Forcefield Creation:
- Life Absorption: Balder is capable of draining the life force of others to replenish his own
- Extrasensory Perception:/Non-Physical Interaction:
- Invisibility/Intangibility:
- Shapeshifting:
- Wall Walking: Like Umbra Witches, Baldur should be capable of walking up walls and ceilings, while the exact mechanics of this technique is unknown, it likely mirrors the Witch Walk technique where he'd need to be under sunlight in contrast to moonlight.
- Telekinesis: Balder is an incredibly powerful telepath as he's capable of throwing building-sized objects and redirecting barrages of bullets with just a gesture.
- Telepathy: Balder is capable of communicating with others through telepathy, he regularly used this technique to speak vague messages to Bayonetta in the first game.
- Resistance to Extreme Cold:
- Resistance to High Heat:
- Resistance to Cosmic Radiations
With the Right Eye[]
When using the Right Eye of Light, he gains...
- Nigh-Omniscience: Stated to have gained a level of omniscience almost equal to that of Aesir's
- Conceptual Manipulation: The Eyes of the World are stated to be capable of creating concepts, scaling to Aesir, who used the eyes to create and bestow concepts such as fear and free will unto humans
- Creation: The Eyes are stated to be capable of creation
- Information Analysis: The Eyes are capable of seeing into the past, present, and future of anyone with a just glance
- Pocket Dimension Creation: Should scale to Aesir, who used the Eyes to create a pocket dimension to store away his remembrances of time
- Clairvoyance: Should scale to Aesir, who was capable of seeing all existences and happenings on Earth. Balder used this ability to keep track of Bayonetta's progress and whereabouts in the first game
- Reality Warping: Should scale to Aesir, who could see through reality and make any vision real
- Precognition: As stated earlier, Balder is capable of predicting the future of anyone he glances at
Weapons[]
- Holy Glaive:
- Feather Darts:
Notable Attacks/Techniques[]
- Light Speed: An advanced technique known only by the most skilled Lumen. This ability amplifies Balder's speed and slows down time around him to a near-stop. Balder can use this technique to dodge attacks and take advantage of an opponent's opening, he is shown to be so skilled with the technique that he can outmatch Bayonetta's witch time, which mirrors the light speed technique.
- Beast Within:
- Wolf Within:
- Eagle Within:
- Lumen Climax:
- Climax Summons:
- Fortitudo:
- Temperantia:
- Sapientia:
- Jubileus, the Creator:
- Omne:
- Satellite: In the first game, Balder can call upon a large satellite to fire concentrated beams of energy at his targets. He can also use his telekinesis to pull it out of orbit and have the speeding satellite crash into his foes
Feats[]
- Fought toe-to-toe with Bayonetta on numerous occasions
- Casually redirected a barrage of Bayonetta's bullets
- Brainwashed Jeanne
- Telekinetically lifted a skyscraper just by raising two fingers
- Pulled a satellite out of orbit with Telekinesis
- Can overpower Bayonetta with one hand, who's hair can support Queen Sheba, an infernal demon who embodies Inferno which is a universe stated to be infinite in size
- Far superior to Gracious and Glorious, angels who can destroy the Earth's surface with only a fraction of their power
- Succeeded in reawakening Jubileus
- Regenerated from a headshot
- Survived orbital reentry
- Held his own against Aesir
- Destroyed Aesir's soul
Flaws and Weaknesses[]
- Arrogant and deluded to a degree
- Naive and vengeful during younger years
- Succumbed to Aesir's evil shortly after absorbing his soul