Key & Compass presents:
Balder's Death
by Wynne Lok

• Map
• Walkthroughs
  • Walkthrough 1: Hod's Path
  • Walkthrough 2: Loki's Path
  • Walkthrough 3: Balder's Path
• Extras
  • Characters, Inventory
• Thank You to my Patreon supporters
• External links:
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Map

Walkthroughs

Walkthrough 1: Hod's Path

Dreams

You see nothing special about anything here. Hardly a good sign. Also, all the doors are locked.

> take lonliness. unlock green. w.

Small Plaza

> x yellow door. s.

Waiting Room

> ask Frigg about anything.

> open wardrobe. take outside key.

> unlock outside door with outside key.

> w. (via outside door)

Forest

> take all. w. (via red door.)

Central Plaza

> throw rock at Balder. throw sticks at Balder.

> ask someone about anything.

Loki gives you a twig to throw at Balder. You do so. Balder dies.

*** The End ***

Walkthrough 2: Loki's Path

Dreams

> take glory. unlock purple. n. s.

Waiting Room

When dressed as a woman, Frigg tells you about the mistletoe, and the game tells you the special verb "reveal".

> open wardrobe. take all from wardrobe.

> wear wig. wear costume.

> ask Frigg about Balder.

> unlock outside door with outside key.

> w. (via outside door)

Forest

> reveal. take mistletoe.

> w.

Central Plaza

> ask someone about Balder.

You give the mistletoe to Hod, who throws it at Balder. Balder dies.

*** The End ***

Walkthrough 3: Balder's Path

Dreams

> take future. unlock blue. e.

Dream

You dream of a snake, Hel, and a wolf.

> e. (via black door)

Little Plaza

> s. (via grey door)

Frigg Room

> ask Frigga about journey.

> s. (via white door)

Center Plaza

> ask Hod about anything.

You wake in Hel's realm, dead.

*** The End ***

Extras

Characters

• Frigg (also called Frigga) is a goddess. She took a journey to extract a promise from everything (except mistletoe) to not harm her son Balder.
• Balder is a god much beloved by both gods and men. Unfortunately, this is the story of his death.
• Loki is a trickster god. He will learn Balder's one weakness then trick Hod into killing Balder with it.
• Hod is a blind god. He will be tricked by Loki into killing Balder accidentally.
• Hel is the goddess of death. She welcomes Balder to her realm when he dies.
• Other gods are throwing things at Balder in the plaza.

Inventory

• a glory key. It's on a table in Dreams and it unlocks the purple door there.
• a lonliness key. It's on a table in Dreams and it unlocks the green door there.
• a future key. It's on a table in Dreams and it unlocks the blue door there.
• an outside key. It's in the wardrobe in Waiting Room and it unlocks the outside door there.
• an elderly woman costume. It's in the wardrobe in Waiting Room. Wear both the costume and wig if you want to play as Loki.
• a long hair grey wig. It's in the wardrobe in Waiting Room. Wear both the costume and wig if you want to play as Loki.
• a rock. It's in the Forest. You can throw it at Balder, but you don't have to.
• a sticks. It's in the Forest. You can throw it at Balder, but you don't have to.
• a mistletoe. It's in the Forest after you say "reveal" there. If playing as Loki, go to Central Plaza with it and ask the someone there about anything. The someone will be Hod and you'll give the mistletoe to him.

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