Baldr

Story and background

A student unusually sensitive to the darkness of other hearts. The loss of his sister Hoder and the ensuing darkness lead to a catastrophe among Xehanort's classmates.

Events and connections in the series

Xehanort and Eraqus studied under Master Odin alongside several classmates, including Bragi, Urd, Hermod, Vor, and Baldr. When seven more advanced students went missing while visiting other worlds, the younger group was sent to investigate. The disappearances were more than a school mystery. They exposed the boys to worlds still rebuilding after the ancient war, to the possibility that darkness hid inside seemingly ordinary people, and to a series of deaths that the adults could not undo.

Baldr's sister Hoder was among the missing. Her death and his unusually sensitive heart made him vulnerable to darkness. As the search unfolded, a surviving senior student, Vidar, hoped to gather powerful lights and summon Kingdom Hearts, believing such a force could cleanse the threat. Baldr, however, had become the greater danger. He turned on friends and upperclassmen alike, drew their hearts into his campaign, and finally confronted Xehanort and Eraqus. The two boys were forced to fight someone they had known as a friend. Baldr died, and many of their classmates were already gone.

Historical context

This part of the chronology shows how a tradition of Keyblade instruction becomes entangled with Xehanort’s desire to control the balance between light and darkness. The events of Dark Road and Birth by Sleep explain the stakes of later confrontations without excusing the harms caused by his plan.

Connected characters

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