Baldur (God of War)

"And here I thought your kind was supposed to be enlightened. So much better than us. So much smarter. And yet you hide out here in the woods; like a coward."

- Baldur to Kratos

Baldur was the youngest son of Odin, the result of Odin and Freya's marriage. He's the half-brother of Thor and Tyr and the uncle of Magni and Modi.

His life was forever changed when his mother "cursed" him with a spell that made him invincible to all but the mistletoe. This was done to protect him from a needless death, but all it did was to drive him to insanity.

After a century of torment, Baldur was ordered by Odin to capture the Jötunn Guardian, one of the two remaining Jötnar in Midgard who had been foiling the Aesir's plans for some time. Instead, the God of Light found the ageing Kratos, whom he first mistook for the Jötunn Guardian, not knowing that the Guardian had been killed by Kratos days earlier. Kratos seemingly killed Baldur by snapping his neck and throwing him off a cliff, but thanks to his curse, this merely incapacitated him.

Baldur returned multiple times trying to take revenge for his earlier defeat but always ended up getting defeated by Kratos and his son Atreus. His last confrontation with the God of War was when he tracked him down to Jörmungandr's stomach. Forcing the World Serpent to spit out Kratos he confronted him and Freya, whom he hadn't seen in years. After Atreus hit him with an arrow made out of mistletoe Baldur's curse was finally lifted, making him mortal once more. In a last attempt to kill his mother he charged at Freya but was caught by Kratos who was forced to snap his neck.

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