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| |game1=Kingdom Hearts Dark Road | | |game1=Kingdom Hearts Dark Road |
| |charworld1=Scala ad Caelum | | |charworld1=Scala ad Caelum |
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| {{Q|But the more darkness I felt, the deeper my heart sank into the abyss. It started to consume me, until one day, I realized that the darkness I thought was theirs was in truth mine.|Baldr}} | | {{Spoiler}} |
| '''Baldr''' is the main antagonist of ''[[Kingdom Hearts Dark Road]]''. He is the younger brother of [[Hoder]] and a student of [[Master Odin]]. | | '''Baldr''' is a character in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Dark Road]]''. He is a student of Master [[Odin]] and is the main antagonist of [[Kingdom Hearts Dark Road]] |
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| ==Story== | | ==Story== |
| ===''Kingdom Hearts Dark Road''=== | | ===''Kingdom Hearts Dark Road''=== |
| As a child on Scala ad Caelum, Baldr discovers that he has the ability to sense the contents of people's hearts. When he grows into his youth, he becomes a [[Keyblade]] wielder alongside his older sister, Hoder, and the two begin training under Master Odin. At first, Baldr only feels safe with Hoder, due to the light he senses in her heart, but opens up to [[Eraqus]] and his other classmates when he senses the same thing in their hearts. This creates an insecurity about darkness in Baldr’s heart that makes way for the darkness to take root in it.
| | After the disappearance of his sister and the other upper classmen during the [[Mark of Mastery exam]], Baldr receives a different task from Master Odin and is not sent together with his classmates to find them.{{storylink|Episode 1: Unexpected Departure}} |
| | Baldr later reveals his sister, Hoder, was killed trying to protect him from [[Maleficent]]. |
| | The negative emotion and rage from his sister's death allowed him to be possessed by a Willful Darkness named Hringhorn. Baldr goes on a rampage, killing many throughout Scala Ad Caelum. |
| | In his quest to kill 13 lights to feed 13 darknesses, he successfully assassinated all 6 of his sister's classmates, as well as [[Hermod]], [[Urd]] and [[Vor]]. |
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| Around the time of [[Xehanort]]’s arrival to the world, the upper classmen are sent on their [[Mark of Mastery]] to the [[Enchanted Dominion]]. Baldr grows anxious of Hoder’s safety and ventures out after her. Meanwhile, the darkness in Baldr’s heart sees this as an opportunity to gain power over Baldr by harming someone dear to him, Hoder. As Hoder engages in a battle with the evil fairy, Baldr rushes in to save her. He is there to witness his sister’s death, and then he is unable to recall what transpired when [[Heimdall]], [[Helgi]], and [[Sigrun]] died after he later wakes up in the infirmary.
| | In a final battle atop a tower in Scala Ad Caelum, Eraqus and Xehanort fight Baldr long enough for [[Master Odin]] to appear and restrain him with chains from the [[No Name]] keyblade. |
| | | Though he makes a last ditch appeal to Xehanort to join him, Baldr is struck with a fatal blow from Xehanort and fades away - the Willful Darkness Hringhorn seemingly being destroyed along with him. |
| [[File:Fallen to Darkness 01 KHDR.png|thumb|left|Baldr falls into a depression following Hoder's death.]]
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| Initially, Baldr believes that his sister died protecting him from the evil fairy, and then the other three upper classmen succumbed to the same fate. However, according to the darkness, it is possible that instead, the darkness in Baldr’s heart lept out and ended Hoder’s life before her brother's very eyes. This caused Baldr to succumb to the grief and rage inside his heart, the darkness using his negative emotions to take over completely. While possessing Baldr’s body, the darkness kills Heimdall, Helgi, and Sigrun.
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| Following this tragedy, Baldr is confined to the infirmary, requiring time to heal from his grief. Master Odin disguises this from the others, claiming his absence is caused by a special assignment. Instead of healing, this isolation causes his negative emotions to grow and fester, the darkness in his heart becoming more powerful.
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| The darkness within Baldr allows its presence to be known to [[Vidar]], hoping this knowledge will serve as motivation for summoning [[Kingdom Hearts]]; if Kingdom Hearts is summoned, the worlds will be reborn in darkness. Vidar, unable to bring himself to end Baldr, seeks out Kingdom Hearts to purge the darkness, just as planned. However, Vidar eventually realizes the potential consequences of this plan, and stops pursuing Kingdom Hearts.
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| Xehanort and his peers continue to investigate the missing upperclassmen, learning about true darkness and the threat it poses. Odin deems them too young to handle the situation. Suddenly, Baldr returns to his classmates, offering them the opportunity to find answers by exploring the [[Underworld]]. There, while Xehanort and Eraqus speak to the spirits of the felled upperclassmen, Baldr confronts Bragi. However, Bragi is mysteriously strong; instead of fighting, Bragi chooses to disappear, leaving everyone to believe that he was killed by Baldr. All the while, Xehanort grows suspicious of Baldr, catching on to the darkness lingering inside him.
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| [[File:Two Kinds of People 01 KHDR.png|thumb|Baldr is restrained in the final showdown.]]
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| Xehanort, Eraqus, [[Hermod]], and [[Urd]] are about to confront [[Hades]], but they are sucked into a portal leading to a [[Corridor of Darkness]]. Surrounded by overwhelming dark emotions, Hermod and Urd are weakened, and Baldr arrives to finish them off. Xehanort and Eraqus return to [[Scala ad Caelum]] alone. Baldr goes on a rampage, killing many throughout the city. In his quest to kill 13 lights to feed 13 darknesses, he eliminates Vidar, [[Vali]], [[Vala]], and [[Vor]].
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| Baldr invites Xehanort and Eraqus to a final battle atop Scala ad Caelum's central tower. After defeating [[Hringhorn]], Xehanort prepares to finish off Baldr, but his former friend makes one final plea. Xehanort and Baldr are one and the same, Baldr claims; they are always in the shadow of a greater light. To quell Baldr, Hoder's spirit arrives, having been stowing away in Xehanort's heart since their meeting in the Underworld. In the end, Xehanort engages Baldr long enough for Master Odin to appear and restrain him with chains from the [[No Name]]. Baldr is struck with a fatal blow from Xehanort and fades away, though not without leaving Xehanort with a deeper desire for answers.
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| ==Design== | | ==Design== |
| Baldr is a youth with fair skin, silver eyes, and long, white hair. He wears a white, hooded jacket that is golden on the inside with [[Terra's Mark]], a black vest, and black pants with blue criss-crossing straps. Under the vest is a white undershirt. | | Baldr is a youth with fair skin, grey eyes, and long, platinum hair. He wears a white, hooded jacket that is golden on the inside with [[Terra's Mark]], a black vest, and black pants with blue criss-crossing straps. Under the vest is a white undershirt. |
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| In Norse mythology, {{w|Baldr}} was the god of light, joy, purity, and the summer sun. Baldr's death at the hands of his brother signals the beginning of {{w|Ragnarok}}, a series of events filled with death and tragedy leading to the end of the world. | | In Norse mythology, {{w|Baldr}} was the god of light, joy, purity, and the summer sun. When possessed by the Willful Darkness, he becomes a heartless named Hringhorn, whose name is possibly based on {{w|Hringhorni}}, Baldr's ship in Norse Mythology described as the greatest of all ships. |
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| ==Abilities== | | ==Abilities== |
| Like his classmates, Baldr wields the {{c|Keyblade|KHDR}}. During his time as a vessel of Darkness, he can manipulate a dark aura surrounding him to great effect. He can also manifest his darkness as the powerful [[Hringhorn]]. | | Like his classmates, Baldr wields the {{c|Keyblade|KHDR}}. During his time as a vessel of {{c|Darkness|character|Darkness}} he can manipulate a dark aura surrounding him to great effect |
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| File:Keyblade KHDR.png|{{c|Keyblade|KHDR}} | | File:Keyblade KHDR.png|{{c|Keyblade|KHDR}} |
| </gallery></center> | | </gallery></center> |
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| {{KHDR}} | | {{KHDR}} |
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