Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27151416-20170704182021/@comment-27151416-20170704215646

Baldr is dead. Murdered by Loki with an arrow of mistletoe. He is, however, prophecized to revive at Ragnarok, as a god greatest and highest than all who came before him, as was said by the Volva in Hyndluljóð:


 * "There was one born
 * greater than all,
 * the boy was nourished
 * with the strength of earth;


 * he was declared a ruler,
 * mightiest and richest,
 * allied by kinship
 * to all princes.


 * Then shall another come,
 * yet mightier,
 * although I dare
 * not his name declare.
 * Few may see
 * further forth
 * than when Odin
 * meets the wolf."

Baldr is what Odin fears the most. More than Loki, more than Surtr, more than Fenrir. Odin fears being displaced by Baldr.