Balor of the evil Eye - Leader of the Fomorians

Balor is the 9 feet tall leader of the Fomorians.

He wields 2 mace-like weapons named 'Little Anger' and 'Great Fury' and is essentially the demon prince of the Fomorians in that he is the most human looking. Many of the stories I have read about the Fomorians disagree on their appearance; some stories describe them as a race of beautiful watery princes and princesses that live under the waves whilst other stories proclaim them as a hellishly warped race of monsters from the frozen watery wastelands of the north.

In recognition of this I wanted to have Balor be a nod to the less horrific side of the Fomorian legends as I plan to get stuck into the other side of the legends with the rest of the Fomorians as evil monsters are more fun than evil humans.


All the legends agree on him having a single eye that burned any who dared to look upon it; essentialy he is the Celtic Medusa without her ugly isolation as he is always spoken of as a feared and respected leader, whether his physical description is that of an old man with an enormous single eye or a robust younger man with a hidden face, it is always agreed upon that noone can survive his gaze... well, other than Cuchulainn in one story I've read.