The blind God of darkness. Son of Odin and Frigg. Twin brother of Balder. Brother of Hermond and Thor. Frigg had extracted a promise from all things that they would cause no harm to Balder but she overlooked the mistletoe. The gods made a game of throwing things at balder an none of them could harm him until Loki, the troublemaker, persuaded the blind hoder to throw a branch of mistletoe. This branch guided by Loki, killed Balder immediately.