Talk:Bayonetta 2/@comment-78.154.104.146-20140915205807/@comment-1661895-20140916224630

Well, I personally don't think it would be an illogical step to take. Aesir/the Overseer is using the Masked Lumen as a tool to get something he cannot for whatever reason. If he had taken the Right Eye from Balder, he would have no real problem giving it to the Masked Lumen temporarily as the Lumen is someone who he has a blackmail over in terms of information ("I know the one who destroyed your love") and can therefore control his actions. Besides, the Masked Lumen hasn't shown a tendency to misuse the Right Eye like Balder attempted to, he's just interesting in getting revenge on someone.

The clans' destruction wasn't orchestrated by the Overseer either. It was a civil war, they destroyed each other because the balance they had tried to keep for centuries was thrown off after the law between them that was never meant to be broken was broken. Neither side knew who to blame for Bayonetta's birth and that lead to increasing escalations and eventually the Clan Wars and the Witch Hunts. But up until that point, the Witches and Sages had ensured the just passage of time and they had paid each other great respect because they were using the Eyes properly as they were entrusted to start with.

If that was their ultimate goal, to keep the peace and allow time to progress as it should, then the Overseer would have no reason to fear them or their power because they were doing what he wanted them to when he bestowed the Eyes. Besides, if he gave the Eyes to them and the clans were becoming a problem in their use of them, he could've just taken them away himself. The only reason he hadn't up until Bayonetta 2 is because the Left Eye had been missing for 520 years (as it was dormant inside Bayonetta until she met Balder).

As for Balder replacing Jubileus, that remains to be seen whether such a thing is possible. In any case, the balance will have to be restored somehow by the end of the game. The Overseer seems keen to reunite the Eyes under his control to do this, especially since he has been named in Luka's monologue as the one designated to rule over the world of chaos (the human world), but he may be using that as an excuse just so he can seize control of everything in a nefarious way.