balder the brave marvel cinematic universe

RELATED: AFTER VISION’S TRAUMATIC RETURN IN WANDAVISION WHICH NEW MCU PROJECT COULD HE APPEAR IN NEXT?īalder has had a long and storied history in Marvel Comics and he is an interesting Asgardian to add into the MCU. Balder was eventually killed once again and led a group of warriors in Hel before becoming the Regent of the Asgardian underworld in his long lost sister, Angela’s, place.

Balder also served as King of Asgard and although he was manipulated by Loki more than once Thor convinced Balder to stay on the throne, even after being exiled at one point by Balder himself. Although over time Balder is forced to accept Karnilla as an ally he never truly forgives her for the death of Nanna.īalder eventually accepts his warrior ways once more to protect his allies and those he loves.

Nanna was freed after Balder agreed to marry Karnilla, but Nanna refused to be used to condemn the man she loved and sacrificed herself to free him. The two fell in love and Karnilla used this in an attempt to manipulate Balder into marrying her when she had them both kidnapped. In revenge Karnilla set up a meeting between Balder and Nanna. Karnilla, Queen of the Norns, fell in love with Balder who spurned her advances. Balder is often shown begging his enemies to lay down their weapons, but is forced to fight his way through them to survive and help his allies. As a result, his hair became stark white and Balder renounced his warrior ways no longer wishing to kill. It is revealed that Balder was forced to fight all those he had killed in battle before to escape Hel. RELATED: ECHO: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE EXCITING NEW HAWKEYE SPIN-OFF SERIESĪlthough Balder is later restored, he is not the same after his experience in Hel, Asgard’s underworld. Although he is nearly invulnerable Balder, like his Norse mythological counterpart, is vulnerable to mistletoe which Loki uses to his advantage tricking another Asgardian, Hoder, into shooting Balder with a mistletoe arrow and killing him. Like many other Asgardians Balder is introduced as a truly impressive warrior.īalder’s death is prophesized to be a catalyst for Ragnarok which leads to Odin ordering Frigga to use magic to make him invulnerable. Balder The Brave is Thor’s half-brother, an ally of the Warriors Three, and a loyal warrior and son of Odin himself. Balder The Brave is an exciting character to bring into the MCU with his character benig different than any other Asgardian we’ve seen before.

Balder The Brave was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby debuting in Marvel Comics in 1962.

Balder the brave marvel cinematic universe