Balder

Balder is one of the Gods in TERA.

Even as a child, Balder was held in high regard by all the other gods, who saw many qualities of his mother, Elinu, when they looked at him. After Tithus’s death, Balder became the peacekeeper among the gods. Despite deep divisions and bitter rivalries among the gods, almost everyone respected Balder, who was entrusted with the keys to the heavenly abode where the gods were at their strongest. Balder collected all the gods' most terrible weapons and locked them in the heavenly realm.

Karas’s curse of darkness came to an end when Balder sacrificed his sight so that others in the world could see. Balder tore out his own eyes and hurled them into the sky, where they became the twin suns that give the world light to this day.

Yet even the wisdom of Balder could not keep the gods at peace forever. Balder’s twin sister, Ishara, sought Balder’s power and convinced their older brother Lok that Balder was descending into madness. Lok created with the best Devan artisans (of clan Castanic) an artifact known as the Crown of Phanes. The crown was meant channel the collected power of the gods away from Balder and store it somewhere – but its actual effect was far more terrible. When an unsuspecting Balder put on the crown, it robbed him not only of his power, but also of his life.

So Lok killed Balder and stole not only his power, but the keys to the gods’ heavenly abode. After Balder was dead, his friend and bodyguard, Shakan, killed Lok before Lok revealed where he had hid the gods' power.