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	Sometime during the [[Isu Era]] Balor had an encounter with the hero [[Cú Chulainn]], who sought to kill him. Cú Chulainn was slain in the resulting battle, but not before lodging his [[spear]] [[Gae Bolg]] deep into Balor's back.<ref name="AmberSun"/> Over time, the wound festered,<ref name="IrishCycle"/> and Balor took care to invisibly cloak the spear so as to conceal his weak spot from countless heroes who challenged him and failed in vain attempts to avenge Cú Chulainn.<ref name="AmberSun"/>		Sometime during the [[Isu Era]] Balor had an encounter with the hero [[Cú Chulainn]], who sought to kill him. Cú Chulainn was slain in the resulting battle, but not before lodging his [[spear]] [[Gae Bolg]] deep into Balor's back.<ref name="AmberSun"/> Over time, the wound festered,<ref name="IrishCycle"/> and Balor took care to invisibly cloak the spear so as to conceal his weak spot from countless heroes who challenged him and failed in vain attempts to avenge Cú Chulainn.<ref name="AmberSun"/>

	Sometime later Balor met the [[Æsir]] [[Odin]], ~~who~~ at the time ~~was~~ using the alias of "{{Wiki\|Fjölnir}}" ~~who seeked~~ the power Balor held, and the two fought. ~~The Two men fought but~~ Odin was ~~victorius~~, defeating Balor and retriving the Gae Bolg for himself.<ref name="AmberSun">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Amber Sun]]</ref>		Sometime later Balor met the [[Æsir]] [[Odin]], at the time using the alias of "{{Wiki\|Fjölnir}}", whom sought the power Balor held and the two fought. Odin was victorious, defeating Balor and retriving the Gae Bolg for himself.<ref name="AmberSun">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Amber Sun]]</ref>

	==Legacy==		==Legacy==
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	Shortly after collecting the page, Deirdre met the [[Vikings\|Viking]] ''[[Jarl\|jarlskona]]'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]], who was visiting Ireland to see her cousin [[Bárid mac Ímair]], but had been unknowingly embroiled in a greater plot in the country when Bárid was framed for [[poison]]ing {{Wiki\|High King of Ireland\|High King}} [[Flann Sinna]]'s [[Southern Army\|army]]. After producing a cure with an [[amber]] shard taken from [[Niamh\|The Wren]], a member of the extremist druidic cult called the [[Children of Danu]], Deirdre informed Eivor that collecting all the amber from the Children of Danu would ''"give'' [''her''] ''the force of the blazing sun"''.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Potion of Blood]]</ref>		Shortly after collecting the page, Deirdre met the [[Vikings\|Viking]] ''[[Jarl\|jarlskona]]'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]], who was visiting Ireland to see her cousin [[Bárid mac Ímair]], but had been unknowingly embroiled in a greater plot in the country when Bárid was framed for [[poison]]ing {{Wiki\|High King of Ireland\|High King}} [[Flann Sinna]]'s [[Southern Army\|army]]. After producing a cure with an [[amber]] shard taken from [[Niamh\|The Wren]], a member of the extremist druidic cult called the [[Children of Danu]], Deirdre informed Eivor that collecting all the amber from the Children of Danu would ''"give'' [''her''] ''the force of the blazing sun"''.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Potion of Blood]]</ref>

	Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and ~~systematically~~ eliminated the rest of the cult ~~and gathered~~ their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)]]</ref> ~~Returning~~ to ~~Deidre, she~~ delivered the amber, which was used to make a psychoactive mixture that ~~sent~~ Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision ~~reliving~~ the fight Odin and Balor had once had~~, defating~~ the Giant in the vision by pulling the spear from his back Eivor woke up having pulled the same spear from the Monolith infront of her.<ref name="AmberSun"/>		Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and eliminated the rest of the cult, gathering their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)]]</ref> She returned to Deirdre and delivered the amber, which was used to make a psychoactive mixture that induced in Eivor a hallucinogenic vision, causing her to relive the fight Odin and Balor had once had. Defeating the Giant in the vision by pulling the spear from his back, Eivor woke up; having pulled the same spear from the Monolith infront of her.<ref name="AmberSun"/>

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	'''Balor''' is a [[giant]] in ~~[[Ireland\|Irish]]~~ [[Irish ~~mythology\|~~mythology]], usually depicted as the leader of the {{Wiki\|Fomorians}}, a race of malevolent supernatural beings that represented the harmful power of nature and were sworn enemies to the [[Tuatha Dé Danann]], deities from the {{Wiki\|Otherworld}} who had settled in Ireland. Balor himself is often interpreted as a personification of the [[sun]] due to his large eye that wreaked destruction when opened.<ref>{{WP\|Balor}}</ref>		'''Balor''' is a [[giant]] in [[Irish mythology]], usually depicted as the leader of the {{Wiki\|Fomorians}}, a race of malevolent supernatural beings that represented the harmful power of nature and were sworn enemies to the [[Tuatha Dé Danann]], deities from the {{Wiki\|Otherworld}} who had settled in [[Ireland]]. Balor himself is often interpreted as a personification of the [[sun]] due to his large eye that wreaked destruction when opened.<ref>{{WP\|Balor}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
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	Eventually, Balor and his deeds passed into myth. By the late 9th century, fragments of various legends about him were gathered together and written down on a page that would later go on to form the {{Wiki\|Mythological Cycle}}.<ref name="IrishCycle"/> This page was later recovered by the [[druid]]ic priestess [[Deirdre Na Linni]] and kept on a table outside the window of her hut at [[Asfinn]] within the [[Connacht\|Kingdom of Connacht]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids''</ref>		Eventually, Balor and his deeds passed into myth. By the late 9th century, fragments of various legends about him were gathered together and written down on a page that would later go on to form the {{Wiki\|Mythological Cycle}}.<ref name="IrishCycle"/> This page was later recovered by the [[druid]]ic priestess [[Deirdre Na Linni]] and kept on a table outside the window of her hut at [[Asfinn]] within the [[Connacht\|Kingdom of Connacht]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids''</ref>

	Shortly after collecting the page, Deirdre met the [[Vikings\|Viking]] ''[[Jarl\|jarlskona]]'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]], who was visiting Ireland to see her cousin [[Bárid mac Ímair]], but had been unknowingly embroiled in a greater plot in the country when Bárid was framed for [[poison]]ing {{Wiki\|High King of Ireland\|High King}} [[Flann Sinna]]'s [[Southern Army\|army]]. After producing a cure with an [[amber]] shard taken from [[Niamh\|The Wren]], a member of the extremist druidic cult called the [[Children of Danu]], Deirdre informed Eivor that collecting all the amber from the Children of Danu would ''"give [her] the force of the blazing sun"''.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Potion of Blood]]</ref>		Shortly after collecting the page, Deirdre met the [[Vikings\|Viking]] ''[[Jarl\|jarlskona]]'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]], who was visiting Ireland to see her cousin [[Bárid mac Ímair]], but had been unknowingly embroiled in a greater plot in the country when Bárid was framed for [[poison]]ing {{Wiki\|High King of Ireland\|High King}} [[Flann Sinna]]'s [[Southern Army\|army]]. After producing a cure with an [[amber]] shard taken from [[Niamh\|The Wren]], a member of the extremist druidic cult called the [[Children of Danu]], Deirdre informed Eivor that collecting all the amber from the Children of Danu would ''"give'' [''her''] ''the force of the blazing sun"''.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Potion of Blood]]</ref>

	Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and systematically eliminated the rest of the cult and gathered their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)]]</ref> Returning to Deidre, she delivered the amber, which was used to make a psychoactive mixture that sent Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision reliving the fight Odin and Balor had once had, defating the Giant in the vision by pulling the spear from his back Eivor woke up having pulled the same spear from the Monolith infront of her.<ref name="AmberSun"/>		Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and systematically eliminated the rest of the cult and gathered their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)]]</ref> Returning to Deidre, she delivered the amber, which was used to make a psychoactive mixture that sent Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision reliving the fight Odin and Balor had once had, defating the Giant in the vision by pulling the spear from his back Eivor woke up having pulled the same spear from the Monolith infront of her.<ref name="AmberSun"/>

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	'''Balor''' is a [[giant]] in [[Ireland]] [[Irish mythology\|mythology]], usually depicted as the leader of the {{Wiki\|Fomorians}}, a race of malevolent supernatural beings that represented the harmful power of nature and were sworn enemies to the [[Tuatha Dé Danann]], deities from the {{Wiki\|Otherworld}} who had settled in Ireland. Balor himself is often interpreted as a personification of the [[sun]] due to his large eye that wreaked destruction when opened.<ref>{{WP\|Balor}}</ref>		'''Balor''' is a [[giant]] in [[Ireland\|Irish]] [[Irish mythology\|mythology]], usually depicted as the leader of the {{Wiki\|Fomorians}}, a race of malevolent supernatural beings that represented the harmful power of nature and were sworn enemies to the [[Tuatha Dé Danann]], deities from the {{Wiki\|Otherworld}} who had settled in Ireland. Balor himself is often interpreted as a personification of the [[sun]] due to his large eye that wreaked destruction when opened.<ref>{{WP\|Balor}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Balor was born to the being named Buarainech, and gradually rose in power until he had attained leadership over the Fomorians. Together with his brethren, they ruled over ancient Ireland and regularly came into conflict with the Tuatha Dé Danann.<ref name="IrishCycle"~~>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Wrath of the Druids]]'' – [[Irish Cycle pages]]: "Balor of the Fomorians"<~~/~~ref~~>		Balor was born to the being named Buarainech, and gradually rose in power until he had attained leadership over the Fomorians. Together with his brethren, they ruled over ancient Ireland and regularly came into conflict with the Tuatha Dé Danann.<ref name="IrishCycle" />

	Sometime during the [[Isu Era]] Balor had an encounter with the hero [[Cú Chulainn]], who sought to kill him. Cú Chulainn was slain in the resulting battle, but not before lodging his [[spear]] [[Gae Bolg]] deep into Balor's back.<ref name="AmberSun"/> Over time, the wound festered,<ref name="IrishCycle"/> and Balor took care to invisibly cloak the spear so as to conceal his weak spot from countless heroes who challenged him and failed in vain attempts to avenge Cú Chulainn.<ref name="AmberSun"/>		Sometime during the [[Isu Era]] Balor had an encounter with the hero [[Cú Chulainn]], who sought to kill him. Cú Chulainn was slain in the resulting battle, but not before lodging his [[spear]] [[Gae Bolg]] deep into Balor's back.<ref name="AmberSun"/> Over time, the wound festered,<ref name="IrishCycle"/> and Balor took care to invisibly cloak the spear so as to conceal his weak spot from countless heroes who challenged him and failed in vain attempts to avenge Cú Chulainn.<ref name="AmberSun"/>

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	Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and systematically eliminated the rest of the cult and gathered their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)]]</ref> Returning to Deidre, she delivered the amber, which was used to make a psychoactive mixture that sent Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision reliving the fight Odin and Balor had once had, defating the Giant in the vision by pulling the spear from his back Eivor woke up having pulled the same spear from the Monolith infront of her.<ref name="AmberSun"/>		Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and systematically eliminated the rest of the cult and gathered their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)]]</ref> Returning to Deidre, she delivered the amber, which was used to make a psychoactive mixture that sent Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision reliving the fight Odin and Balor had once had, defating the Giant in the vision by pulling the spear from his back Eivor woke up having pulled the same spear from the Monolith infront of her.<ref name="AmberSun"/>

	~~==Behind the scenes==~~
	~~The Location where Odin faces off against Balor shares a molten lava asthetic with [[Múspellsheimr\|Muspellsheimr]], though it is unknown if the locations have any connection.~~

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	Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and systematically eliminated the rest of the cult and gathered their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)]]</ref> Returning to Deidre, she delivered the amber, which was used to make a psychoactive mixture that sent Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision reliving the fight Odin and Balor had once had, defating the Giant in the vision by pulling the spear from his back Eivor woke up having pulled the same spear from the Monolith infront of her.<ref name="AmberSun"/>		Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and systematically eliminated the rest of the cult and gathered their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)]]</ref> Returning to Deidre, she delivered the amber, which was used to make a psychoactive mixture that sent Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision reliving the fight Odin and Balor had once had, defating the Giant in the vision by pulling the spear from his back Eivor woke up having pulled the same spear from the Monolith infront of her.<ref name="AmberSun"/>

	== ~~Other~~ ==		==Behind the scenes==
	The ~~details on the~~ Balor~~'s body are very similar to the Isu armor, such as the head following the outline of the [[Knight ISU Pack\|Isu Knight's]] helmet, the mask~~ with ~~patterns - the helmet of the [[Isu Commander]], the details on the back - the futuristic armor.~~		The Location where Odin faces off against Balor shares a molten lava asthetic with [[Múspellsheimr\|Muspellsheimr]], though it is unknown if the locations have any connection.

	~~The place where [[Eivor Varinsdottir\|Eivor]] fights Balor is very similar to~~ [[Múspellsheimr\|Muspellsheimr]].

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