Father Balder

""My name is Balder. But if you so choose, you may address me as... Father""

- Father Balder

Father Balder is the main antagonist in Bayonetta. He is the last Lumen Sage (representatives of Light) and the CEO of the Ithavoll Corporation, that can control angels and light and is trying to use it to lure Bayonetta (the title character and the Left Eye) into reviving Jubileus, the Creator. He was voiced by an uncredited Liam O'Brien.

Story
Balder was one of the main Lumen Sages that started the attack on the Umbra Witches (representatives of Darkness), but differently from them, he, as the Right Eye of the World, had other plans. He secretly got one of the Witches pregnant with the soon-to-be Left Eye of the World, planned to be used in the rebirth of Jubileus. Years later, after the massive slay of the Lumen Sages, Balder became the CEO of the Ithavoll Corporation, located in Isla Del Sol. He first "appears" as a voice that constantly calls Bayonetta as his "dear, sweet child", especially after she meets a little girl called Cereza, and fights her old rival, Jeanne. After finally reaching Balder, she finally learns he is her father, and that Cereza is her own past self, brought in by Balder to recover Bayonetta's memories of being the Left Eye, making her achieve his goal. However, the witch is not pleased with this conclusion and tries to attack him, but fails. Balder fuses Cereza into himself and fights Bayonetta while both fall from the Ithavoll Building, but Bayonetta manages to shoot Balder in his forehead with her lipstick, apparently killing him.

Return and death
However, Balder survives the shot and kidnapps Bayonetta, trapping her to the God statue's left eye, while he takes his place in the right eye, launching the statue into space. However, Jeanne follows them and frees Bayonetta from her prison. The statue loses control and Balder is left helpless, as he is literally crushed by the statue "in the blink of an eye".