Balder Durrandon (son of Durran XIX)

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Widely regarded by his detractors as insane, Balder was known for his insatiable lust for power, though not worldly power. Despite his avarice, Balder did not covet men's worldly items or lands, but the power of the gods themselves.

[[File:Balder Stormblessed's Personal CoA.png|thumb|The standard used by Beron the Boring's forces during the Great Stag Duel. His supporters were often called 'Blacks' and he was sometimes referred to as 'the Blue Stag.']]

== History ==

[[File:Balder Stormblessed's Personal CoA.png|thumb|The standard used by Beron the Boring's forces during the Great Stag Duel. His supporters were often called 'Blacks' and he was sometimes referred to as 'the Blue Stag.']]

Balder was raised on Tarth with the [[House Blacktyde of Tarth|Blacktydes]]. His youth was spent watching and listening to Andals and Ironborn and Stormmen all argue about the finer aspects of their own faiths, and came to appreciate the majesty he believed resided within storms. When he was near twenty, he sailed out into [[Shipbreaker Bay]], and carved out his eye in offering to the various storm gods - the gods of the Ironborn, the gods of the Sisterfolk, and the gods of the Stormmen. He claimed to have been chosen by the gods to rule, and awoke on the shores of the bay unharmed, with a sparking gem at his feet. He lodged it into his empty eye socket, and when his father later abandoned the throne, he would press his claim.

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 Widely regarded by his detractors as insane, Balder was known for his insatiable lust for power, though not worldly power. Despite his avarice, Balder did not covet men's worldly items or lands, but the power of the gods themselves.
+[[File:Balder Stormblessed's Personal CoA.png|thumb|The standard used by Beron the Boring's forces during the Great Stag Duel. His supporters were often called 'Blacks' and he was sometimes referred to as 'the Blue Stag.']]
 == History ==
-[[File:Balder Stormblessed's Personal CoA.png|thumb|The standard used by Beron the Boring's forces during the Great Stag Duel. His supporters were often called 'Blacks' and he was sometimes referred to as 'the Blue Stag.']]
 Balder was raised on Tarth with the [[House Blacktyde of Tarth|Blacktydes]]. His youth was spent watching and listening to Andals and Ironborn and Stormmen all argue about the finer aspects of their own faiths, and came to appreciate the majesty he believed resided within storms. When he was near twenty, he sailed out into [[Shipbreaker Bay]], and carved out his eye in offering to the various storm gods - the gods of the Ironborn, the gods of the Sisterfolk, and the gods of the Stormmen. He claimed to have been chosen by the gods to rule, and awoke on the shores of the bay unharmed, with a sparking gem at his feet. He lodged it into his empty eye socket, and when his father later abandoned the throne, he would press his claim.

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