Balron Lune

Infobox animanga character
name = Balron Lune
series = Saint Seiya


caption = Balron Lune, in a screenshot from the anime adaptation.
first =
creator = Masami Kurumada
voiced by = Susumu Chiba (千葉 進歩)
age = 20
gender = Male
born = December 24
nationality = Norway
class = Specter
paux1 = Hades
paux1 name = Loyalty
paux2 = Balrog
paux2 name = Surplice
paux3 = Celestial Wise Star
paux3 name = Star
paux4 = 1.83 m
paux4 name = Height
paux5 = 70 kg
paux5 name = Weight
aux1 = A
aux1 name = Blood type
aux2 = Fire Whip
Reincarnation Attack
aux2 name = Secret moves
aux4 = manga: chapter 84, vol.23
Anime: ep.129
aux4 name = First appearance

nihongo|Celestial Wise Star, Balron Lune|天英星バルロンのルネ|Teneisei Baruron no Rune is one of Hades' 108 Spectres in the Manga called Saint Seiya, authored by the renowned japanese mangaka Masami Kurumada and later adapted to Anime. His power lies in the Celestial Wise Star (天英星).

The Judge's Replacement

As Gryphon Minos was busy with matters concerning the Holy War with Athena, he had selected Lune as a replacement. And Lune performed the duties smoothly in the Second Prison, until Pegasus Seiya and Andromeda Shun arrived. The Spectre demanded silence and looked up their names as he usually does with dead mortals. But to his surprise he found that their names were not in his book, he asked for their names yet again. The Pegasus replied in a harsh way, and Lune realised he had to do his duties as a Spectre as well. As the Saint rushed towards him, Lune unleashed his attack "Reincarnation". Seiya found himself seeing all the memories of when he had killed, hurt or destroyed a thing or person. And then he found himself transported to the sixth prison where he was to melt to death, but Shun's chains rescued him. The Spectre was fascinated by the chains but suddenly felt a familiar cosmos, he began wondering if the Saint wasn't Hades himself. Yet he neglected the thought and decided to finish the Andromeda Saint. He wrapped his whip around him and used the "Fire Whip" attack which decimated Shun into parts. But as he picked up the Saint's head and pondered if Shun could have been Hades, the Saint's head started to speak in a loud dark tone. It demanded to know why Lune had decimated his body, the Spectre realised it was Hades and began to panic. As he was to begin to put together the body he realised the limbs were not there anymore, and assumed they had been blown into the chasm after the Second Prison.

He refused to believe so and ran frantically outside searching for the body. On the way he encountered Wyvern Rhadamanthys, and asked him to help him search for the body of the head he was holding. The judge sneered at it and wondered what head he meant, Lune realised then that the head was his helmet and that he had been projected some sort of illusion. Wyvern realised who it was and Lune felt the presence of him, Balron unleashed his whip into the air until it wrapped itself around something. It was then Gemini Kanon revealed himself, while complaining that Lune was just about to show him the way to Hades. Lune became seriously agitated and unleashed the power of his whip, but it did not measure up to Kanon's power and he was disintegrated in an instant.

Surplice, Name and Star

*Balron SurpliceThe Balron Surplice represents the mythical being Balrog, created by J.R.R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings literary works, and is depicted in a sitting posture. It's anime appearance differs slightly from the original in details and color.

*Lune

Masami Kurumada gave him the name of one of the locations found in the The Lord of the Rings books by Tolkien, to create a connection with the Balrog motif he used for his Surplice.

*Celestial Wise Star 天英星 The star originates from Hua Rong in the Water Margin story.

Notes

*In the Anime, Lune's whip only leaves marks of the whip on the opponent's body to later split the parts away and teleporting them away, to tone down the graphic scene in the manga a bit. In the Manga, the whip cut through the opponent's body with heat and left a bloody mess.

References

*Saint Seiya Vol. 23, by Masami Kurumada.
*Saint Seiya Official Encyclopedia
*Saint Seiya Meikai Hen: Inferno OVA Episode 2 (anime episode 129)