Aeon Balor (時空を支配する邪眼王, Aiōn Barōru), also known as The Evil-Eyed King Who Dominates the Space and Time (時空を支配する邪眼王, Jikū o Shihai suru Jagan-ō) is one of the newer generation of Longinus, which manifested in Gasper Vladi after his Forbidden Balor View evolved.
Summary[]
In Volume 25, Forbidden Balor View officially became a Longinus and inherited a second name Aeon Balor,[1] resulting in a new classification because of the deviation in their abilities.[2]
Appearance[]
Aeon Balor doesn't have any physical form as it is located within the eyes of its wielder.
Abilities[]
Similar to the original, Aeon Balor has the same time-stopping abilities, able to stop targets within their line of sight for a certain period of time. Differing from the original, Gasper could switch his eyesight with that of others, letting them see what he sees, and even allow them to use his time-stopping powers, which allowed Issei to freeze Shalba during his activation of Juggernaut Drive.[3]
After awakening the power of the Evil God, Balor, it gained the power to create and control an immense amount of darkness on a scale that can even envelop an entire time and devour everything within it.[4][5] In addition to this, it can create a large number of eyes within the darkness to stop time for anything within that location.[6] It is also capable of creating numerous beasts of darkness.[3]
Forms[]
Forbidden Invade Balor the Beast[]
Forbidden Invade Balor the Beast (禁夜と真闇たりし翳の朔獣, Fōbidun Inveido Barōru za Bīsuto): Also known as the Shadow Beast Master of the Forbidden Night and True Darkness (禁夜と真闇たりし翳の朔獣, Kin'yoru to Makura Tarishi Kage no Sakujū), it is considered to be a Balance Breaker yet different from a Balance Breaker and has the potential to become the 14th Longinus.[3] It is later classified as one of the new Longinus.[1]
First used in Volume 12, Forbidden Invade Balor the Beast created an enormous amount of darkness, capable of enveloping an entire town, that devours everything (including the mist created by Georg's Dimension Lost, a High-Tier Longinus).[6] When used by Balor, the darkness was able to stop the powers of Marius Tepes and the Holy Grail from functioning.[3] While this large area of darkness is active, Gasper can generate twisted monsters to attack opponents, as well as multiple eyes through which he can use Forbidden Balor View, freezing multiple targets at the same time.[6] He is also capable of high-speed regeneration, regrowing his right arm in an instant after it was torn off by Fenrir.[7]
In this form, Gasper's whole body gets covered by the darkness and takes the form of a five meter tall monster with a Dragon head, arms with claws and wings growing from the back.[3]
Forbidden Invade Balor the Princess[]
Forbidden Invade Balor the Princess (禁夜と真闇の滅殺獣姫, Fōbidun Inveido Barōru za Purinsesu): Also known as Beast Ruin Princess of the Forbidden Night and True Darkness (禁夜と真闇の滅殺獣姫, Kin'yoru to Makura no Messatsu Jūki). Gasper melts into his shadow and fuses with Rias' shadow, causing her to become a human-shaped dark beast with ten wings and a third eye with a deep red pupil, and enveloped in a deep red aura of destruction. This combination technique was inspired by Sairaorg's Balance Breaker and her Crimson Extinct Dragonar.[7] In this form, Rias' power exceeds Satan-class, matching Fenrir at 80%, able to freeze opponents using her third eye; stopping and controlling her attacks,[7] travel through shadows; and adding darkness onto her Power of Destruction, casually destroying an area with a radius of a few hundred meters filled with skyscrapers.[7]
However, this form is still incomplete, having a burden on Rias and Gasper, requiring stamina from them in order to maintain it. In this state, she is resistant to both Issei's Dress Break, regenerating the peeled off darkness; and Pailingual, hearing a mixture of Rias' and Gasper's voices, making it difficult to predict what she'll do.
Rias and Gasper alternate lines when chanting the Forbidden Invade Balor the Princess chant.
- Rias: Darkness, everlasting darkness, respond to this Devil of destruction.
- Gasper: Princess of destruction, symbol of extinction, use this darkness of the Demon God.
- Rias: My evil eye, brother of the evil eyes, gather onto this destruction of mine.
- Gasper: My master, sister of destruction, drape this forbidden night and true darkness around you.
- Both: Give the enemy before you absolute destruction!
Trivia[]
- It was the first of the 5 newly manifested Longinus to appear in the story, though it wasn't until Volume 25 that Gasper's version of the Sacred Gear was reclassified as a new species of Longinus and renamed into Aeon Balor.
- Aeon Balor is currently the only one of the New Longinus to have its Balance Breaker achieved.
- Forbidden Balor View is a reference to the monstrous Fomorian, Balor of the Evil Eye, whose magical eye had highly dangerous and destructive powers.
- Aeon in various philosophical teaching (such as Neoplatonism, Platonism, and Gnosticism) is a power existing from eternity; an emanation or phase of the supreme deity.
- This reference that a portion of Balor's power was sealed in Gasper's Forbidden Balor View by Valerie Tepes using her Longinus.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Light Novel Volume 25, Life 0
- ↑ Light Novel Volume 25, Longinus
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Light Novel Volume 16, Life 3
- ↑ Light Novel Volume 16, Life 4
- ↑ Light Novel Volume 16, Afterword
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Light Novel Volume 12, Life -1
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Light Novel Volume 24, Life 4 The Limits of Humanity and Ultimate Evil Dragon