Balder Odinson
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| Full Name: | Balder Odinson | ||
| Gender: | Male | ||
| Species: | Asgardian | ||
| Theme: | Marvel (FC) | ||
| Occupation: | Prince / Adventurer | ||
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| Status: | Active | ||
| Groups: | Asgard | ||
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| Date of Birth | March 15 | Actor: | |
| Height: | 193 cm | Weight: | 250 kg |
| Hair Color: | Black | Eye Color: | Blue |
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Profile
Balder is the youngest son of Odin. He is the only trueborn son of Odin's queen, Frigg, making Balder both Vanir and Aesir. He grew up as Thor and Loki's friend, and it was not until adulthood that Balder the Brave was told of his parentage. Balder is the doomed son. His death signals Ragnarok is nigh. Balder though, is a brave warrior. He must prove his mettle and must prove to himself and all that Balder is a worthy son of Odin. He misses his brothers, and has come to Midgard. He heard of an invasion, and has come to seek glory, and to try and mend his family. To Midgaard and adventure!
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Description
History
Personality
Abilities
ALLSPEAK
Balder can speak and understand any alien, human, demon, angelic, or other sentient language that is spoken. There is understanding and high fidelity information exchange. Allspeak still allows for lies and subterfuge, but at the very least it allows for communication with anyone at any time, no matter than language.
AMBIDEXTROUS
Balder most often wields two swords at once. He is masterful with his blades. He is equally, and tremendously adroit with either hand, or both hands at once.
ASGARDIAN PHYSIOLOGY
The Asgardians are an extra-dimensional race of beings. Balder is one of the most physically powerful of his kind, though when compared to some of the others, he pales in significance. Balder is, however; one of the most all around athletic of the gods.
Strength: Balder is a prince and a God, and as such, he gained amazing levels of strength. Balder can comfortably lift and heft great weights, making him very strong. He is nearly twice as strong as the average Asgardian god. This means that he is somewhere in the middle of the strength scale. With Kryptonians and others a the top, and others like Spider-Man and Luke Cage below. Balder falls somewhere below Colossus and She-Hulk, and above Spider-man. he can throw small ships, but aircraft carriers are right out.
Stamina: Due to their alien nature and other factors, Asgardians produce fatigue toxins at a dramatically reduced rate compared to humans. Balder can go all day, and all night without fatigue taking a toll. After 24 hours of nonstop activity, even Balder the Brave begins to be taxed.
Dense Tissue: Skin, muscle, and bone density of Asgardians is about three times that of human beings, giving their frames the ability to handle the formidable forces of their bodies. That being said, the typical asgardian male finds water quite difficult to float in. Their strength enables swimming, but floating can be difficult.
Durability: Asgardians can survive falls from great heights, pressure and temperature extremes that would kill a human, and great amounts of force to their frames without damage. Balder can dish out more than he can take, generally. His own physiology is proof against antipersonnel weaponry, flame throwers, light anti-vehicle attacks (Machine guns, light missiles, grenades, mines) and even a tank shell. Beyond that, and Balder is getting hurt.
Regeneration: Unless caused by mistletoe, Balder can survive having his heart removed and remain conscious and fighting for five minutes. If during that five minutes, he can get his heart sort of in the right spot, well his body will do the rest.
Longevity: Without periodically eating one of Idunns golden apples (An apple a decade keeps the grim reaper away) Asgardians will age and die. They live for several millennia without Idunns apples. Baldurs current body is that of a young, but physically mature adult, roughly equivalent to a 22 year old male. He ate two apples before he left. Frigga made him.
Immunity: All Asgardians are immune to all known diseases and infections; but not to poisons or toxins. They can get drunk, but in Balder's case it takes prodigious amounts of alcohol, or alcohol of a more godly variety. Pressure extremes from vacuum t the crushing pressures of the oceans do not impact them. They need air to breath, as well as food and water to live. Though Balder has a tremendously efficient metabolism, he requires far more calories on the average day than a human would. If he is fighting, and recovering from injuries, even more calories are needed- that is why Asgardians feast. Balder can hold his breath for fifteen minutes. He can be comfortable in heavy furs in Death Valley, and he can frolic naked on the Russian Taiga without suffering from exposure. He would prefer not, but he can.
Superior Speed: A heavily armored Asgardian warrior runs about as fast as Usain bolt without fatiguing for a day. Balder is far faster than the average Asgardian. Thor once remarked he moved at the speed of light. This is a gross exaggeration. Balder can only run at about 80 miles per hour; he is one of the faster Asgardians. In Balders case, though, he is not just fast, but also quick. He moves and reacts to stimuli at a greater speed than almost all Asgardians. He is quick, essentially. Thought and motion are nigh instantaneous with Balder. His attacks are fast, his feints and dodges are faster. Balder is not only far stronger than the average Asgardian, he is far faster. This
FRIEND TO BEASTS
Balder is basically a Disney princess. He has animal friends when he is at peace. Birds will perch on him to sing to him. When he means no harm, deer will frolic before him. Skunks will not spray, dogs and cats adore him. He cannot command them, but he never would. The Allspeak with Baldur allows him to understand in a very general sort of way what animals mean, but offers him no ability to control, command, or cajole creatures to do his bidding. They just like him and want to be around him, unless he is hunting, then they bugger off.
GOD OF LIGHT
Balder likes to think of himself as a hero. Shooting God rays of energy is not his normal form of attack. However, Balder is the Asgardian god of Light. He can generate enough light and heat to reduce a vast Frost Giant fortification and its vast garrison. The Castle of Utgard-Loki was demolished, and he melted the giants of the garrison to the size of housecats over the course of just a few moments. That is the absolute high end of his powers; he was rescuing his lady lave from a hive of villainy and he was being overrun. On a routine basis, Balder can generate a beam or bolt of light equal to the force he would get from punching it. He can hit anything inside his line of sight. As he is a god, this is a holy type of light and would almost certainly be lethal to all but the most powerful of vampires, and even then, it might be enough to kill even them, particularly over an extended period. In theory, this ability should allow Balder to do numerous tricks. In practice, he has only recently taken to using it on a regular basis, and it is more or less used as a potent ranged attack. Over time with effort, training, and practice he could certainly develop flashes and maybe other more esoteric things. This is highly unlikely, as give Balder a hammer, and hell make a sword out of it.
INVULNERABILITY
While on Asgard, Balder cannot be killed. He is completely invulnerable to harm. He may be poisoned, and he may get drunk, or die of exposure, thirst, starvation, poison, or any number of horrible things, but he cannot be killed. Strike him from Orbit with an asteroid and he will crawl out from under it, hair barely mussed. Mjolnir cannot kill him. Lightning makes his hair stick out. Flames do not char him. However a weapon made of mistletoe, a normally weak, soft, supple wood will by pass all of his invulnerability, even his normal asgardian physiology. If It pierces a vital organ, Balder will die.Skills
ASGARDIAN LORE
Balder knows his Asgardian history, or at least as much as Odin will allow most anyone to know. He knows more of the Vanir half of his heritage now as well, due to his mothers teachings. Balder knows the history, politics, and the movers and shakers of the nine realms.
ATHLETICS
Running, jumping, climbing trees, and breaking things are all things that Balder does with great aplomb. For a man of his size, he is very agile with a knowledge of acrobatics and gymnastics. He is athletic even by Asgardian standards which means he is very coordinated and capable. Despite the fact that he is all but immune to harm in his native dimension, Balder developed an athletic, agile style of combat.
BRAWLING
Body blocks, tackles, and flying kicks have been joined with off-hand blows, shield bashes and elbow strikes. Balder has even added the dreaded headbutt to his repertoire. Balder fights well, and honestly, most superhumans lack his skill. He is a superlative fighter, but his brawling style is built to supplement a melee weapon wielding fighting style. He is a little less adept at grappling than he should be, though he has a dreadful grip, and the agility and strength to avoid most grapples. Balder is an adept fighter, but it is not a martial art; it is improvisational and lacking in form.
COOKING
Balder, growing up, was the foundling boy, or so everyone was told.Thor and Loki would take care of the horses, get the fire going, and get camp running. Balders job was to get the food made and the dishes done. When Sif was a long, Thor still made him do it, largely because she could not cook. One can only hope it has gotten better since then, blech. Regardless, Balder can cook.
PRINCE
By most accounts, Balder is an able, capable regent. In the past, he has stood in his fathers stead in Asgard and to treat with foes. Always, he has been diplomatic and well-regarded. He is a capable diplomat, an acceptable governor, and an attentive counselor. He prefers to adventure, however. He will treat with honorable foes, and simply vanquish others.
Balder was taught to have superior manners. He can handle social occasions and dance quite well, at least in Asgardian styles.
RIDING
Balder does not usually get unhorsed. He can handle almost any riding beast with great aplomb. Usually, if he loses a horse, it was hurt and brought out from under him by outside forces. He can ride other creatures as well, from the winged horses of the Valkyries, to large wolves, to a few more exotic alien mounts.
SWORDS
Though not the equal of Thor Odinson, Balder is a deadly opponent with sword. He is better than Sif, who cuts swathes of death through battlefields. Balder is a swordsman par excellence, and can best all but the most talented of foes with great ease. Only the most talented of Earths heroes is his superior, even then, it is a near thing. Balder has bested his brother with or without Mjolnir on occasion. One should not pick a fight with Balder, as even if one is a hard man, Balder is as well. He has a varied skill set, being able to slog out a brutal battle like a tank or warship, trading heavy, hard blows, or a more agile, fast combat style. He prefers to take advantage of his superior speed in most fights, but his enhanced strength only enhances the elegant brutality of his fighting style.
WARFARE
Balder had to learn to be a captain of soldiers the hard way. Always before, he has been able to fight as a champion, on his own with men and against foes. Balder has learned to spend lives, not waste them. He is a competent strategist, and a better tactician. He is also a far more able second and field command, executing another strategy than grand leader.
WEAPONRY
Other than with swords, Balder is still a champion of Asgard and was trained to be competent not only with swords and his body, but almost everything in between. He is a decent archer, and with almost all hand to hand weapons, he is an impossibly skilled opponent. Balder is a skilled combatant, and can wield almost any weapon, even improvised ones to dramatic and potentially lethal effect.
WILDERNESS SURVIVAL
The flipside to Thor and Loki doing that work, is Balder watched and learned from them. Loki might prefer civilization and its comforts, when they were boys though, Loki was actually a very clever camp mate to have. Balder learned from talented outdoorsmen, and applied those lessons. He lacks Thors raw power, and Lokis cleverness, but he gets by just fine and can help a small party get along relatively well in the wilderness.Resources
AURVANDIL
Long ago, Odin had a golden hilted sword forged with a blade fired from meteoric iron that fell to the ground in Asgard. This sword was specially made. Long, perfect, and deadly it never dulls and it is impervious to breakage by almost any means. This sword he gave to Balder. It is no match for Mjolnir, but Balders sword had other gifts. This sword has a variety of properties. If it has a name, Aurvandil, that is not usually used. While it is a potent wapon,This sword is not the magical equal to Mjolnir. Aurvandil is able to survive combat with Mjolnir unharmed, but in terms of might and magnitude, this weapon pales in significance to Mjolnir.
Dimensional travel With a flourish, Balder can transport himself and no more than 3 other individuals to and from Asgard. He can make the trip there and back again only once a day.
Travel to Thor
Balder can send his sword, and anything he can attach to the sword, to Thors vicinity. He can only do that once per day. He can send himself with it, so long as it is in his hand when he does it. The ritual to send himself or the sword last a few moments. He cannot send anyone else with the sword, but he can send the sword unattended, and with objects attached to it.
Summoning% Balder can summon his blade across dimensions and through space time to him. Is his sword, and when he calls for it, it will come to him. It may take a moment or two for the sword to appear, it always does, and never a moment too soon.
Light Channeling% This blade is named as it is because with it Balder can safely channel his Holy Light. The blade can withstand the tremendous amount of energy that Balder can theoretically generate
PANOPLY
Balder is an Asgardian God. He has many objects and tools to accompany and aid him. He was the king of Asgard, at one point, and is happily simply just a prince of the blood, and not even the favored one at the moment. Despite that, Odin did not banish Balder, and thus Balder has access to many of the tools of his trade; and Balder the Brave is a warrior born.
Swords Balder has more swords than he can wield. He has numerous one and two handed swords capable of surviving the incredible clash of combat between gods. While they are not unbreakable, they are capable of handling impacts with Mjolnir a couple of times before breaking. He owns a multitude of swords. He has lost count of the number of swords he owns. He gets mocked for the number of pairs of blades he owns. He has been known to use different swords for different adventures. Balder likes swords.
Asgardian Armor: Forged of mystical steel, bronze, copper, gold, and auroch leather and crafted by the finest Asgardian armorsmiths, Balder has several suits of armor of beautiful, yet functional asgardian battle armor. He brought three of them to Earth with him. Balders armor is built to provide protection in the dimension of Asgard. Asgard battles are brutal even by human standards do to the amazing levels of strength Asgardian warriors have. As a general rule, each suit is enough to protect Balder from artillery grade weaponry. It offers no protection from radiation, biological, or poison attacks. It can only protect what it covers, and even then, a capable warrior can work around armor. Balder brought two of his plainer suits, and one of his fancier suits. He has helms, gloves, boots, and surcoats as well as winter wear for his armor. Unlike Thor, he has to actually put his armor on, though as he does not have a secret ID like Thor, this is also less of an issue than one might think.Weaknesses
BALDER'S DOOM
Not the man, rather, Balders Doom. Balder is doomed to die and restart Ragnarok. This time around, he has died twice, and no one has worried, but he knows in his heart that it is possible that should the cycle of Ragnarok(s) once again begins, Balder is fated to die, and when he dies the world will burn. He could go hide in a hole, but it would happen no matter what, at the appointed time. It does not get better. Once Ragnarok ends, he is fated to have to pick up the pieces and begin to work on fixing the Earth up, for it only to one days collapse in on itself again.
HONORABLE
Balder believes in justice, integrity and duty. He balks at his past failures, and he loathes his own weakness. Foes take advantage of his mercy, integrity, and commitment to the underdog. He would rather save lives and inspire others to action than be the hero of song. He enjoy accolades, but only when they are deserved. Balders ego is wrapped up in the right thing being done, and not in his own glory. he enjoys his glories, and he revels in his successes, but they are secondary to what is just being done.
INTENSITY
Balder is free from the compromises and burdens of leadership. He has always relished the role and title of adventurer and hero. This view of himself sometimes limits his creativity. He does stuff the way he does because that is how he does it. It does not occur to him to use his powers over light to manipulate others sense, or make himself or others invisible. To him it is a blast or beam. It is a weapon, and even then it took him being king for awhile to truly develop it into more than a weapon of last resort. It is not that he is dumb; rather it is that Balder is happy in his role, and seeks only to be better at what he does. He thinks like an adventurer or hero. Diplomacy and violence are his weapons of choice, not subterfuge or guile.
LIMITED INVULNERABILITY
Balders immunity to damage other than from Mistletoe does not apply in any of the nine realms other than Asgard. Outside of Asgard, he is merely as invulnerable as an Asgardian of his physique.
MELANCHOLY
Balder, as much as he brings light and joy into the lives of others is subject to a brooding melancholy that he deflects with droll words and soft japes at those he loves and himself. He is not bitter, but he wears his figurative heart upon his sleeve. The world wounds him. Injustice, cruelty, the heavy handed greed of the ruler upon the ruled, it all bears on his mind. He does get over it, he does not sit alone in the dark writing poetry about he has wounds no elixir will heal, but he does feel things. Balder is a compassionate, fundamentally decent being.
MISTLETOE
Balder is vulnerable to the plant mistletoe. A weapon or object constructed of the soft, pliable wood of the plant is destined to one day kill him, and might restart the cycle of Ragnarok. If a weapon made of mistletoe breaches his armor, it will regard his flesh as a humans rather than Asgardian flesh. He will be injured, and quite likely die if it is placed in a vital area. It is important to note that the mere touch of mistletoe, standing under it for a kiss, or just a splinter will not kill him. One has to take this soft, pliant wood and kill him with it. It is possible, but no easy feat. On Earth it means nothing, other than Mistletoe penetrates his Asgardian flesh when it probably should shatter.
OUTSIDER
Balder has no identity papers. He would need someone to develop a human identity for him. He is a Prince of Asgard, a mythological being, and maybe a delusional fellow. His legal identity is hard to parse.
TECHNOLOGY
Sure, Asgard has sleek flying boats, and rainbow bridges, and an understanding of the multiverse and interdimensional travel. It is an advanced civilization, but not really. Balder finds operating his smart phone to be about enough thank you very much. He is bright, certainly smarter than most, but he is no genius. He likes these touchpad devices. They makes sense to him. Computers? If he cannot talk to it to tell it what to do, he is really not interested, and tends to tear keyboards in half out of frustration.Logs
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| Bright Sunny Days | March 23rd, 2019 | Summary needed |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou | March 21st, 2019 | Summary needed |
| Council of War | February 26th, 2019 | Thor explains the situation to Hela and Balder and everyone has their jobs ahead of them. |
| Mysterious Codex | February 12th, 2019 | Balder Odinson meets Lara Croft at an exhibit in the Natural History Museum. |
| A centaur in Manhattan | February 7th, 2019 | Summary needed |
| Balder arrives. | February 6th, 2019 | Balder shows up and is all, 'Thor, WTF?!' |
| The Arts of Paradise | January 30th, 2019 | Summary needed |
| A quiet evening | August 15th, 2018 | Summary needed |
| A Day for Brothers | August 14th, 2018 | Balder and Thor catch up too. |
| Greetings and Hallucinations | August 13th, 2018 | Summary needed |
| Keep Smilin' Until Then.... | August 11th, 2018 | A deadly street performer hands out deadly party favours, with deadly results. Lots of street fighting, a hot dog, and a guy named Steve. |
| New Asgard: The Prodigal Son Returns. | August 6th, 2018 | Summary needed |
| The Rainbow Inebriation | March 18th, 2018 | A blond, an Olympian, a redhead, and an Asgardian share a drink in the park. Prince Balder returns to New York to handle matters, meeting Power Girl, Caitlyn Fairchild, and Ares along the way. |
| Washington Park After Dark | November 2nd, 2017 | Summary needed |
| Sayeth Anything | October 19th, 2017 | Summary needed |
| It is customary | October 18th, 2017 | Summary needed |
| My stars and Garters | October 6th, 2017 | Summary needed |
| Dude Where's my Space Boat | October 1st, 2017 | Summary needed |
| Parkly | September 29th, 2017 | Summary needed |
| Welcome to Midgard | September 24th, 2017 | Summary needed |
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