Should've mention that Baldur is consider the norse god of light, joy, and pleasure. This makes the idea that his mother removed his feeling of... well anything really impactful towards the character.
U R Sooo 💯👍! However, in The God of War franchise the gods are view as villains!! From Legendary Heroes like Hercules, Helios, Hermes ,Athena & especially Zeus are bad guys. The Aseir Gods Odin Thor & Baldur are bad 👎 & Loki is good / innocent. In The God of War franchise.
And when his mother removed all that feeling from his body and made him completely numb to any feeling at all(pain, pleasure and taste), that drove him completely insane and he’d come from being a benevolent and joyous character to being a malevolent insane narcissist. Anyone would go insane from that.
Faye is a selfish, possessive woman who has little faith in her son's ability as a god, therefore saving HERSELF from a 💔 Baldur is hurt by ANYTHING!! The sad part is Faye DID Break 💔 !! Baldur's abilities to feel & taste ,thus,his Wrath
Have you realised that Baldur's journey in the game the game is the opposite of Kratos? Kratos is cursed by the gods and must serve them to end his curse. Baldur must serve Odin to end his blessing. Kratos is the son of the king of the gods, and so is Baldur. Kratos was killed by his father and swears vengence. Baldur was given immortality by his mother and swears vengence. Kratos caused the twighlight of the greek gods after his death. The death of baldur causes the twighlight of the norse gods
Baldur was tough as nails when he started to cause mishap for kratos and atreus, to be honest, I'm glad that he's dead but on the other hand, it also kinda sucks because his death left a painful impact on his mother freya, it definitely sparked a thirst for vengeance in her and now I have a feeling that she'll become an even tougher enemy for the duo...mimir was right, the death of a child is not something a parent gets over easily...
im just curious how she will remove her curse of not using her warrior skill or weapons, since Odin denied her that now. Will she break that curse of her own volition or will she go to Odin to make a deal? Her wrath on Kratos may cause her to make some hasty choices
@@darkwolf5869 The way I understood it was that Odin took her Valkyrie wings and her “Warrior Spirit” now I’m not quite sure what that means but if it is just a curse I think that she will somehow communicate with Odin(perhaps by speaking to one of his ravens since she can’t leave Midgard) and tell him she’s willing to put aside their differences to avenge their son, Baldur. Odin will see how she can be of use in the fight against Kratos and Atreus and give her the Warrior Spirit back
@@Xxbwachamp445xX I love that explanation but freya was able to grapple you and take control of a dead giant and idk that doesn't seem like she's "lost her warrior spirit" but she wasnt able to actually do any physical damage I think it's more so that she's done so much for Odin killing and probably hundreds of horrible things and doesn't want to do harm that is until kratos killed her son. I do agree with the wings and being banished to midgard I just think it was her decision
Wow there are a lot of differences in this Baldur and the one in Norse myth. But I like how they still use things that are in the myth like mistletoe. Very well done.
True, they took artistic liberties but they worked out well. Like Jormungandr, the son of Loki, existed before Loki in this game. Going to be interesting to see how they work with that.
I love how Baldur is basically a parallel to Kratos past self; a young and violent man, bent on revenge and won’t stop till he killed his godly parent. So when Kratos saying “the cycle ends here, we must be better than this,” before killing someone similar to him, he also killed his past self symbolically.
Brah, I just realised that this isn’t MK content, and I’m ok with this. History behind the warrior can apply to many other warriors, not jus MK. So many possibilities! Keep it up HBW!
I'm a day one God of War fan. I played the first one the year it came out when I was way too young to have any business playing it. And I love hearing about it from the perspective of people who started with the 2018 game.
Kratos wasn't the guardian that the giants were referring to in their message on the wall before the mural of Kratos and Atreus. The guardian was Faye, or Laufey the just as she was referred to by Mimir.
Baldur in a way is what Kratos could have been,a cold and heartless living machine that would stop at nothing to complete his goal,even if it cost the life of his family and the only one that ever loved him,hell his tragic history could ever make you sad and sorry for him even at his death,I must play God of War PS4 when I have the time and I will be ready when the history of Ares appears next week.
I feel like SSM is making the new gods very similar to what Kratos was in the past. Thor as well for example is literally Kratos in the older trilogy, an angry, all-powerful, murdering maniac.
I think it's very possible Odin knew how to remove Baldurs 'curse' but just didn't want to to as him being virtually indestructible would better serve the all father's plans. Why I believe Odin likely knew is because Mimir his chief advisor at the time knew but as we recall when Freya revived his head she put a spell on him so he couldn't reveal it.
I love how every video is well scripted, nobody does it better than you HBTW. This is only place I trust to get all the details and information of characters from my favorite franchises. 😎👍🏽
Huh, I hadn’t realized that Baldur’s comments to Kratos at the start of the game came from the perspective that Kratos was a Jötunn. I thought his comments about Kratos being more “enlightened” was a reference to the Greeks’ love of learning, philosophy, and governance contrasting with the Norse ideals of glory in battle and hedonistic celebration
I liked how the 2018 game showed 2 different types of parents. Kratos, a father willing to do anything within reason to protect Atreus and Freya, a mother whose oveprotective nature towards Baldur led to his death.
Your verbiage between videos is amazing. In Krato's story, you refer Bladurs condition as a gift. Here you refered to it (in his perception) as a curse. Well played.
I wish Baldur walked away once he was freed from his curse. I love Freya but it really is a curse. She did it out of love but it was such an overreach and created the monster he became. His likeness to his father Odin I dont think is what made him into the deranged lunatic he became, it was living for so long with no feeling in any aspect while never fearing death. He craved any sort of feeling even if it meant dying. He didnt have to make amends with his mother or even forgive her but just walk away and life the rest of his life being able to feel again. I knew he wasnt going to let it go though, I wish he did but he hated what his mother did to him. I didnt want her to die either though and I think Kratos made the right decision to kill Baldur in order to protect Freya. I never played the ones before this but watching a channel play it got me really into learning more. I found your video on Kratos and after watching that and playing the game its ashame that I hadnt gotten any of the previous games. The storytelling is amazing and the characters are so complex, the fighting in this game was also so fun and the world was beautiful! Seeing the absolute size of the world serpent amazed me and one of my favorite moments was when Atreus called to him for help. Thank you for helping introduce me to this series because it absolutely deserves all the praise it gets!
Baldur is really missed in the Ragnarok sequel, like I loved that he is gone as our final obstacle in the first game but I just didn't enjoy any of the fights of villains in Ragnarok as much as Baldur, he was so slimy but also tough as nails and felt like such a threat, anytime he was in a scene or battle you just got that do or die feeling. Great job to the devs with him, and again I just wish another character would have been able to give me something close to that in Ragnarok. I always had this idea in my mind that if Baldur is this crazy and over the top what will Thor and Odin be like...well that's all I'll say don't want to spoil the new game for anyone not caught up. Love the content. Cheers
Gow 2018 Definitely focused more on character development due to its small cast of characters which is also why I like gow 2018 more than Ragnarok, they should've just sticked to its more lonely setting in it's series rather than rushing their next game
Funny to think if Baldur mentioned Anything about Giant's being there, Kratos would say he does not know what he means as there are no giants around and mentions his wife dying. Baldur might look around and see he would be telling the truth and likely leave. But then again there would be no story and game
You should do videos on the characters from Red Dead Redemption. History of Arthur Morgan Red Dead Redemption 2 History of John Marston Red Dead Redemption.
@History Behind The Warrior, my son and i LOVE listening to your videos while we sit and play fighting games together. However, there's several characters in the SF series we'd like to see. Like Sodom, Birdie, and Adon. Would you consider those for us? Either way, keep up the boss work bro!!!
If everyone knows Kratos is a god.. And Baldur says More importantly I know what you are... And says your kind is suppose to be better than us more enlightened. I know Mimir didn't think Greek until Athena but they knew he was a god out this realm.
In the game it is revealed that Balfour was referring to a frost giant, and that he mistaken Kratos for one. He has no idea he was anything but that lol
@@patrickpeyton7433 baldur was not referring to kratos as a god. he didn'tknow kratos was a greek god. he thought he was a giant, that's why he called him "enlightened" since giants can see the future
@@AntiDegenerate1971 ok that makes sense because of the boys mother being a Giant and Baldur also saying it was the boy he was looking for the whole time. Even if my example is wrong, I get it now thanks.
Also, in mythology Baldur's actual name is Balder, and is killed by a blind God. So in mythology, it is true that Baldur is unkillable and can't fell pain, and it's also true that the mistletoe breaks the spell. You might ask, "why mistletoe?". Well, in mythology, Gods learn that he will die soon. So, Freya tells every single animal, human and plant to not hurt Baldur. Except for mistletoe, she forgets to tell the mistletoe. One day, the Gods know Baldur is unkillable, so they use him for target practice. When Loki hears that Baldur is immortal, he tries to find his weakness because Loki is a bad God in mythology. Then, he hears from Freya that Baldur's weakness in mistletoe. So then, after Loki finds a mistletoe, he gives it to a blind God, then makes him shoot the arrow attached to mistletoe Baldur (the blind God doesn't know the mistletoe was attached to the arrow). Then, Baldur dies, then Loki is punished for eternity.
'I thought your kind were supposed to be so enlightened. So much more civilised.' I always thought Baldur was talking about the Greek pantheon. I never realised he was talking to Kratos under the assumption he was a frost giant.
I think in the irl lore freya made everything in existence swear an oath to not harm baldur except mistletoe, because she thought mistletoe was too young to swear an oath.
Could you imagine a Frey’s boss battle in Jotunheim in the dead giants grave? Where Kratos battles a full armored full powered Freya her vanir magic and a gang of revived giants
The history a hind of Zeus from God of war The history behind of gargos from killer instinct The history behind of cecilion from mortal Kombat The history behind Kronos from God of war
Ehh, not sure if you'll ever read this comment but, since i like your videos alot i think you deserve to be reminded that ur claim at the end of the video is inaccurate, as Baldur talks about how ¨Kratos' kind is supposed to be so much better, smarter, enlightened¨, this is referring to the Gods of Olympus, so yes Baldur does know what Kratos is and Odin most likely told him.
In the myth baldur curse was different he was just industrial to the the point that Thor hammer just pounce off of him whether or not he could feel anything in the myth is unknown and his curse was a oath made by everyone and everything all for except of course mistletoe
If it's anything like Greek gods, their visual age of these gods don't matter, they could probably change their looks via magic. Zeus is younger than Poseidon & Hades...
Man that sucks I hate having a requirement to watch a vid I don’t have time for this but I have a question I was wondering if someone could clear it up for me ? So he said share this video with everybody I know so like do I send it to the whole contacts? Cuz I have to be honest here my gram doesn’t even know what a kratos is and has never heard of the game ever so do I send it to her because I know her? Or is it only prevalent to the people that know God of war that I know??? Shit I could send it but if she also has to send it to everybody she knows too then she just might kill me!?
Adding to all the amazing ideas and thoughts of everyone in the comments am I the only one who sees Jesus on a cross in the tattoo on baulder in the center of his chest?
@@lordmuhehe4605 So there are beliefs that they are connected in some way, but in some instances in Old Norse poems they are mentioned separately. Such as this description of a verse. In the poem Lokasenna, where Loki accuses nearly every female in attendance of promiscuity or unfaithfulness, an aggressive exchange occurs between Loki and Freyja. The introduction to the poem notes that among other gods and goddesses, Freyja attends a celebration held by Ægir. In verse, after Loki has flyted with the goddess Frigg, Freyja interjects, telling Loki that he is insane for dredging up his terrible deeds, and that Frigg knows the fate of everyone, though she does not tell it. Loki tells her to be silent, and says that he knows all about her-that Freyja is not lacking in blame, for each of the gods and elves in the hall have been her lover. Freyja objects. She says that Loki is lying, that he is just looking to blather about misdeeds, and since the gods and goddesses are furious at him, he can expect to go home defeated. Loki tells Freyja to be silent, calls her a malicious witch, and conjures a scenario where Freyja was once astride her brother when all of the gods, laughing, surprised the two. Njörðr interjects-he says that a woman having a lover other than her husband is harmless, and he points out that Loki has borne children, and calls Loki a pervert. There exists information about both, Freyja has a brother named Freyr, Frigg doesn't. Frigg and Freyja's father have different names, and they both have different cities/realms they reside in. There have been scholars that believe they are the same person due to them having a lot in common, and in the Old Germanic myths they may have been the same person, but it seems in Norse myth they are separate Goddesses.
I think what baffles me in the game is ***SPOILER WARNING*** -------- you've been warned! ---------- If the kid is Loki, how is the world serpent in the game already?!
I believe what we played in 2018, was in the past. Remember when Mimir said that the serpent had said that Atreus looks familiar? He’s met Atreus of the future already. This new one I think will have a lot too do with time travel. Can’t wait
Should've mention that Baldur is consider the norse god of light, joy, and pleasure. This makes the idea that his mother removed his feeling of... well anything really impactful towards the character.
U R Sooo 💯👍! However, in The God of War franchise the gods are view as villains!! From Legendary Heroes like Hercules, Helios, Hermes ,Athena & especially Zeus are bad guys. The Aseir Gods Odin Thor & Baldur are bad 👎 & Loki is good / innocent. In The God of War franchise.
And when his mother removed all that feeling from his body and made him completely numb to any feeling at all(pain, pleasure and taste), that drove him completely insane and he’d come from being a benevolent and joyous character to being a malevolent insane narcissist. Anyone would go insane from that.
Faye is a selfish, possessive woman who has little faith in her son's ability as a god, therefore saving HERSELF from a 💔 Baldur is hurt by ANYTHING!! The sad part is Faye DID Break 💔 !! Baldur's abilities to feel & taste ,thus,his Wrath
Basically, his mom robbed him of his very own identity.
Why isnt this said anywhere this makes me feel even worse for the poor bastard
[Baldur gets his neck snapped]
Kung Lao: First time?
Baldur: Nah, this is the second time, actually.
Kung Lao: Huh, me too.
😭👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
sad 😭 but fax
Except baldur gets respected as a strong opponent and character lol
@@nabilahmed579 and gets a more dignified death(s)
@@nabilahmed579 Whereas Kung Lao gets constantly shat on. lol
Have you realised that Baldur's journey in the game the game is the opposite of Kratos? Kratos is cursed by the gods and must serve them to end his curse. Baldur must serve Odin to end his blessing. Kratos is the son of the king of the gods, and so is Baldur. Kratos was killed by his father and swears vengence. Baldur was given immortality by his mother and swears vengence. Kratos caused the twighlight of the greek gods after his death. The death of baldur causes the twighlight of the norse gods
Whyis the underated
Yes that's true but who holds the better beard ?
@@ChanoCYBER9Avila their beards are beyond our judgement
@@m1co294 indeed
@@ChanoCYBER9Avila they are god like breards
I think Odin knew exactly how to remove the spell on Baldur. He just chose not to in the hope that is would break the prophecy and prevent Ragnarok
That would be in character
i could see him knowing and not doing it just to keep him as a sniffing dog
he wants to prevent ragnarok
@@BRouge you spelled character wrong lol
That’s such an Odin thing to do aswell 😂😂😂😂
He clearly had emotion. He was crying his ass off in the Helheim clip while talking to Freya.
He can have emotions but as it said that was helmheim which can even torture someone like baldur
Baldur is blessed with invulnerability from all threats, physical or magical.
Yeah..about that....
Was lol
@@moodyowlproductions4287 break his Skinny neck
Ok Mimir 😂
Baldur was tough as nails when he started to cause mishap for kratos and atreus, to be honest, I'm glad that he's dead but on the other hand, it also kinda sucks because his death left a painful impact on his mother freya, it definitely sparked a thirst for vengeance in her and now I have a feeling that she'll become an even tougher enemy for the duo...mimir was right, the death of a child is not something a parent gets over easily...
Kratos being cursed to have his family's ashes adhered to his skin and technically killed them twice while in greece: same, head. Same.
im just curious how she will remove her curse of not using her warrior skill or weapons, since Odin denied her that now. Will she break that curse of her own volition or will she go to Odin to make a deal? Her wrath on Kratos may cause her to make some hasty choices
@@darkwolf5869 i thought only her wings were taken and she was banished to Midgaard?
@@darkwolf5869 The way I understood it was that Odin took her Valkyrie wings and her “Warrior Spirit” now I’m not quite sure what that means but if it is just a curse I think that she will somehow communicate with Odin(perhaps by speaking to one of his ravens since she can’t leave Midgard) and tell him she’s willing to put aside their differences to avenge their son, Baldur. Odin will see how she can be of use in the fight against Kratos and Atreus and give her the Warrior Spirit back
@@Xxbwachamp445xX I love that explanation but freya was able to grapple you and take control of a dead giant and idk that doesn't seem like she's "lost her warrior spirit" but she wasnt able to actually do any physical damage I think it's more so that she's done so much for Odin killing and probably hundreds of horrible things and doesn't want to do harm that is until kratos killed her son. I do agree with the wings and being banished to midgard I just think it was her decision
Wow there are a lot of differences in this Baldur and the one in Norse myth. But I like how they still use things that are in the myth like mistletoe. Very well done.
True, they took artistic liberties but they worked out well. Like Jormungandr, the son of Loki, existed before Loki in this game. Going to be interesting to see how they work with that.
I love how Baldur is basically a parallel to Kratos past self; a young and violent man, bent on revenge and won’t stop till he killed his godly parent. So when Kratos saying “the cycle ends here, we must be better than this,” before killing someone similar to him, he also killed his past self symbolically.
And just like Kratos served the Olympians in hopes of getting rid of his nightmares, Baldur served Odin in hopes of getting rid of his curse.
Brah, I just realised that this isn’t MK content, and I’m ok with this. History behind the warrior can apply to many other warriors, not jus MK. So many possibilities! Keep it up HBW!
You didn't read the title?
@@illford I did, I just didn't realise it was HBW until I clicked on it.
He's done Street Fighter, Tekken, and Killer Instinct videos, too
I'm a day one God of War fan. I played the first one the year it came out when I was way too young to have any business playing it. And I love hearing about it from the perspective of people who started with the 2018 game.
Kratos wasn't the guardian that the giants were referring to in their message on the wall before the mural of Kratos and Atreus. The guardian was Faye, or Laufey the just as she was referred to by Mimir.
Baldur though Kratos was the Guardian, that's why Kratos is reffered to as Guardian in this video.
@@lordmuhehe4605 which also explains what he's saying when he first met kratos
I really liked Baldur's power in GOW5, summoning ice and fire just the same as Kratos does with his weapons. 😁
it’s crazy to think about he got the same power as Kratos but with no actual weapon
@Prabh Sandhu GOW*
@@Tribrid-zv3nqbro ur literally avoiding him
Interestingly, in actual Norse mythology, Baldur returns to the living world following Ragnarok. Magni and Modi were also said to survive.
Kratos changed something according to MEMER
ik his name is Mimir
this didn’t age well
@@cesarr5363 what do you mean
@@cesarr5363 guys taking about actual norse myth not god of war ragnarok lol
They already confirmed that Ragnarok is the final in the Norse trilogy lol
Baldur is blessed with invulnerability to all threats physical and magical.
The boasting of a god, everyone has a weakness
@@devilpupbear09 not this one I'm afraid. Baldur is blessed with invulnerability to all threats physical or magical
Baldur in a way is what Kratos could have been,a cold and heartless living machine that would stop at nothing to complete his goal,even if it cost the life of his family and the only one that ever loved him,hell his tragic history could ever make you sad and sorry for him even at his death,I must play God of War PS4 when I have the time and I will be ready when the history of Ares appears next week.
Kratos was like that till he mellowed out.
@@mickeyjohno6231 Until he realizes what he has done and it was too late.
@@featherguardian6023 yep
I feel like SSM is making the new gods very similar to what Kratos was in the past. Thor as well for example is literally Kratos in the older trilogy, an angry, all-powerful, murdering maniac.
@@tommasorucci8441 Yeah I can see that and is basically fighting people that represent the sins of your past that you have to face and learn from it.
Baldur gets his neck snapped.
Snap back to reality. Wup there goes gravity.
Ope, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He's so mad, but he won't give up that easy? No
I love how you called Kratos "The Guardian" to make it more about Baldur's perspective.
The way you narrate this story one would think you actually wrote it for the game.....well done!!!...great naration!!!
I think it's very possible Odin knew how to remove Baldurs 'curse' but just didn't want to to as him being virtually indestructible would better serve the all father's plans. Why I believe Odin likely knew is because Mimir his chief advisor at the time knew but as we recall when Freya revived his head she put a spell on him so he couldn't reveal it.
Did he? Or was he caught also up in the spell just as Mimir was and was unable recall what could break the spell?
@@G3rain1 Freya put the spell on Mimir when she revived his head so no Odin wasn't under her spell
@@crumble7598 Where are you getting that? I don't recall that mentioned or implied anywhere.
Everyone's actions and motives make complete sense in this game. There really was no stone left unturned.
Damn, I never realized that Baldur never calls him by name. Thanks for pointing that out. Love the content.
I love how every video is well scripted, nobody does it better than you HBTW. This is only place I trust to get all the details and information of characters from my favorite franchises. 😎👍🏽
Huh, I hadn’t realized that Baldur’s comments to Kratos at the start of the game came from the perspective that Kratos was a Jötunn. I thought his comments about Kratos being more “enlightened” was a reference to the Greeks’ love of learning, philosophy, and governance contrasting with the Norse ideals of glory in battle and hedonistic celebration
Love how u spoke from baldur's perspective
Theory: when Baldur died and said “snow” I think he started Ragnarok
I liked how the 2018 game showed 2 different types of parents. Kratos, a father willing to do anything within reason to protect Atreus and Freya, a mother whose oveprotective nature towards Baldur led to his death.
Your verbiage between videos is amazing. In Krato's story, you refer Bladurs condition as a gift. Here you refered to it (in his perception) as a curse. Well played.
Vergil: “You are powerful, Baldur, but are no Dante.”
The only reason that idiot survives is because he uses his heritage as an everything proof shield
This was a really good overview and a great choice of series to branch into
I wish Baldur walked away once he was freed from his curse. I love Freya but it really is a curse. She did it out of love but it was such an overreach and created the monster he became. His likeness to his father Odin I dont think is what made him into the deranged lunatic he became, it was living for so long with no feeling in any aspect while never fearing death. He craved any sort of feeling even if it meant dying. He didnt have to make amends with his mother or even forgive her but just walk away and life the rest of his life being able to feel again. I knew he wasnt going to let it go though, I wish he did but he hated what his mother did to him. I didnt want her to die either though and I think Kratos made the right decision to kill Baldur in order to protect Freya. I never played the ones before this but watching a channel play it got me really into learning more. I found your video on Kratos and after watching that and playing the game its ashame that I hadnt gotten any of the previous games. The storytelling is amazing and the characters are so complex, the fighting in this game was also so fun and the world was beautiful! Seeing the absolute size of the world serpent amazed me and one of my favorite moments was when Atreus called to him for help. Thank you for helping introduce me to this series because it absolutely deserves all the praise it gets!
Baldur is really missed in the Ragnarok sequel, like I loved that he is gone as our final obstacle in the first game but I just didn't enjoy any of the fights of villains in Ragnarok as much as Baldur, he was so slimy but also tough as nails and felt like such a threat, anytime he was in a scene or battle you just got that do or die feeling. Great job to the devs with him, and again I just wish another character would have been able to give me something close to that in Ragnarok. I always had this idea in my mind that if Baldur is this crazy and over the top what will Thor and Odin be like...well that's all I'll say don't want to spoil the new game for anyone not caught up. Love the content. Cheers
Gow 2018 Definitely focused more on character development due to its small cast of characters which is also why I like gow 2018 more than Ragnarok, they should've just sticked to its more lonely setting in it's series rather than rushing their next game
This has been my favorite episode you've made! Balder is such an interesting character!
Does anyone else feel like he’s partially the inspiration for Santa Claus?
Funny to think if Baldur mentioned Anything about Giant's being there, Kratos would say he does not know what he means as there are no giants around and mentions his wife dying. Baldur might look around and see he would be telling the truth and likely leave. But then again there would be no story and game
Baldur is my favorite God of War antagonist
You should do videos on the characters from Red Dead Redemption.
History of Arthur Morgan Red Dead Redemption 2
History of John Marston Red Dead Redemption.
These 2 was one of my favorites History of.😭💔😭💔😭💔
Loving the god of war content my man..!!!!
An excellent video, thank you HBTW.
This was so entertaining
History behind the warrior: for Freya baldur was her pride and joy.
The youngest sibling: Don't we all?
this was a wonderful breakdown good job
@History Behind The Warrior, my son and i LOVE listening to your videos while we sit and play fighting games together. However, there's several characters in the SF series we'd like to see. Like Sodom, Birdie, and Adon. Would you consider those for us? Either way, keep up the boss work bro!!!
I always thought Baldur saying snow upon his death was him referencing thimblwinter
Baldor knew kratos wasn't a frost giant
He referred to him as "your kind was supposed to be more enlightened "
Giants in the game are literally said to be the smarter species
If everyone knows Kratos is a god.. And Baldur says More importantly I know what you are... And says your kind is suppose to be better than us more enlightened. I know Mimir didn't think Greek until Athena but they knew he was a god out this realm.
In the game it is revealed that Balfour was referring to a frost giant, and that he mistaken Kratos for one. He has no idea he was anything but that lol
@@sinbadsays well I don't remember that part... Even though he says More importantly I know what you are... Clearly I missed something.
@@patrickpeyton7433 baldur was not referring to kratos as a god. he didn'tknow kratos was a greek god. he thought he was a giant, that's why he called him "enlightened" since giants can see the future
@@AntiDegenerate1971 ok that makes sense because of the boys mother being a Giant and Baldur also saying it was the boy he was looking for the whole time. Even if my example is wrong, I get it now thanks.
Also, in mythology Baldur's actual name is Balder, and is killed by a blind God. So in mythology, it is true that Baldur is unkillable and can't fell pain, and it's also true that the mistletoe breaks the spell. You might ask, "why mistletoe?". Well, in mythology, Gods learn that he will die soon. So, Freya tells every single animal, human and plant to not hurt Baldur. Except for mistletoe, she forgets to tell the mistletoe. One day, the Gods know Baldur is unkillable, so they use him for target practice. When Loki hears that Baldur is immortal, he tries to find his weakness because Loki is a bad God in mythology. Then, he hears from Freya that Baldur's weakness in mistletoe. So then, after Loki finds a mistletoe, he gives it to a blind God, then makes him shoot the arrow attached to mistletoe Baldur (the blind God doesn't know the mistletoe was attached to the arrow). Then, Baldur dies, then Loki is punished for eternity.
It’s actually; ‘Baldr’ not ‘Balder’.
How the fok a blind guy shoot baldur without knowing the arrow got miseltoe on it
@@acy2668 good aim I guess
'I thought your kind were supposed to be so enlightened. So much more civilised.'
I always thought Baldur was talking about the Greek pantheon. I never realised he was talking to Kratos under the assumption he was a frost giant.
You tell stories so good it’s crazy
It IS a curse, it's worse than death... Freya is a cruel and hopeless fool, she should've died at the end.
baldur is one of the best
Did you know baldur is invulnerable to all kind's of threats physical and magical' ???
The boasting of a god
I think in the irl lore freya made everything in existence swear an oath to not harm baldur except mistletoe, because she thought mistletoe was too young to swear an oath.
Who else feels bad for Baldur
Could you imagine a Frey’s boss battle in Jotunheim in the dead giants grave? Where Kratos battles a full armored full powered Freya her vanir magic and a gang of revived giants
Bigger punching bag
The history a hind of Zeus from God of war
The history behind of gargos from killer instinct
The history behind of cecilion from mortal Kombat
The history behind Kronos from God of war
I wish we had more information about the greek gods from the god of war universe
look up the lore of the previous god of wars
I liked it channel before but man after MK u doing GoW nice bro. Subscribed
I never realized Baldur thought kratos was a frost giant...that makes more sense 😅
The storytelling here is really good!
Kratos can't die, his will is too strong for death, he has died and fought his way back to life several times
Nah he’s just really lucky 😉
Kratos has plot armour so no chance
Kratos has been confirmed to be immortal by Cory Barlog himself.
@@ayeitzdj Cory is mistaken.I like him and he is smart but he is mistaken about many things like everyone is
Kratos is not the god of war, he's the god of death.
Will watch this first : )
Never played this game xbox i was here because of Assassin Creed Valhalla Dawn of Ragnork release. I am about rescure Baldr!!!
The Amon Amarth album cover. Hawt. Twilight of the Thunder God
Another awesome character from the gif of war universe.
It's crazy that if they had just talked Baldur would have learned Faye was dead. But two warriors speak with blows. So yeah
Baldur is Just Conor mcgregor
some may think thor is bald but his brother is Probably Baldur
Good use of an Amon Amarth album cover
GOOD VID BRO
Ah, yes. I too played the game
I enjoyed this.
Ehh, not sure if you'll ever read this comment but, since i like your videos alot i think you deserve to be reminded that ur claim at the end of the video is inaccurate, as Baldur talks about how ¨Kratos' kind is supposed to be so much better, smarter, enlightened¨, this is referring to the Gods of Olympus, so yes Baldur does know what Kratos is and Odin most likely told him.
In the myth baldur curse was different he was just industrial to the the point that Thor hammer just pounce off of him whether or not he could feel anything in the myth is unknown and his curse was a oath made by everyone and everything all for except of course mistletoe
Hell yeah!!!
Do you have another youtube channel? I feel like your voice sounds do damn familiar
Very cool
My favorite character, right next to kratos.
I know his mother is Freya but is his father was Odin?and his brother is thor?
Moral of the story
Don’t mess with tattoo man
Is it just me or does he looks like Dan Reynolds
If baldur doesn't know who Kratos is then the game made a confusing choice of dialog when they first meet
But...... Baldur is invulnerable to all threats, physical or magical
Baldur just looks like a soccer hooligan
I really like him I don't know why tbh
Is he supposed to be older than Thor or younger 🤔
Younger
If it's anything like Greek gods, their visual age of these gods don't matter, they could probably change their looks via magic. Zeus is younger than Poseidon & Hades...
Much younger.
Baldur was 144 when he died btw
2:40, when does this happen??
nice
You gotta say, Buldur is clearly superior to Kratos, he just plays games with him most of the time.
Man that sucks I hate having a requirement to watch a vid I don’t have time for this but I have a question I was wondering if someone could clear it up for me ? So he said share this video with everybody I know so like do I send it to the whole contacts? Cuz I have to be honest here my gram doesn’t even know what a kratos is and has never heard of the game ever so do I send it to her because I know her? Or is it only prevalent to the people that know God of war that I know??? Shit I could send it but if she also has to send it to everybody she knows too then she just might kill me!?
Much of his horror"...Kratos with his balls of steel feels feels not such thing
So is this the second episode canonical
Baldur is the Best God Of War Villain
But why does Baldur's death cause ragnarök?
Adding to all the amazing ideas and thoughts of everyone in the comments am I the only one who sees Jesus on a cross in the tattoo on baulder in the center of his chest?
Interesting that in this universe Baldur is the son of Odin and Freya, where as in Norse myth he is the son of Odin and Frigg.
Frigg and Freya are probably just two names for the same god.
@@lordmuhehe4605 So there are beliefs that they are connected in some way, but in some instances in Old Norse poems they are mentioned separately. Such as this description of a verse.
In the poem Lokasenna, where Loki accuses nearly every female in attendance of promiscuity or unfaithfulness, an aggressive exchange occurs between Loki and Freyja. The introduction to the poem notes that among other gods and goddesses, Freyja attends a celebration held by Ægir.
In verse, after Loki has flyted with the goddess Frigg, Freyja interjects, telling Loki that he is insane for dredging up his terrible deeds, and that Frigg knows the fate of everyone, though she does not tell it.
Loki tells her to be silent, and says that he knows all about her-that Freyja is not lacking in blame, for each of the gods and elves in the hall have been her lover. Freyja objects. She says that Loki is lying, that he is just looking to blather about misdeeds, and since the gods and goddesses are furious at him, he can expect to go home defeated.
Loki tells Freyja to be silent, calls her a malicious witch, and conjures a scenario where Freyja was once astride her brother when all of the gods, laughing, surprised the two.
Njörðr interjects-he says that a woman having a lover other than her husband is harmless, and he points out that Loki has borne children, and calls Loki a pervert.
There exists information about both, Freyja has a brother named Freyr, Frigg doesn't. Frigg and Freyja's father have different names, and they both have different cities/realms they reside in. There have been scholars that believe they are the same person due to them having a lot in common, and in the Old Germanic myths they may have been the same person, but it seems in Norse myth they are separate Goddesses.
Freya is so evil in this story.
What if baldur was real ?
I think what baffles me in the game is ***SPOILER WARNING***
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If the kid is Loki, how is the world serpent in the game already?!
Time is wonky in a lot of cases. Maybe we will see an elder Loki and see what he has been doing for all this time.
I believe what we played in 2018, was in the past. Remember when Mimir said that the serpent had said that Atreus looks familiar? He’s met Atreus of the future already. This new one I think will have a lot too do with time travel. Can’t wait
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The serpent is from the future after his fight with thor it literally split reality and threw the serpent back in time.
@@whoisplatinum not really a spoiler unless the dude literally knows nothing of Norse mythology
@@jeambeam3173 I didn't know anything about norse mythology until after I played the game and was interested to learn about it.