Talk:Bayonetta 2/@comment-189.250.153.84-20141022215829/@comment-1661895-20141022233044

Loptr would've been aware of Balder having the Right Eye as well as his death, given how his power is based around the Remembrance of Time. The reason he summoned Balder to the present in the first place was because his older self died and Luka states the influence of the Right Eye was lost when this happened. However, it still existed when Balder was younger, so it was a matter of just moving him to the present. It was a double victory for Loptr as he could use Balder as a pawn to bring Loki and Bayonetta to him so that he could then steal Loki's power of controlling the Eyes and then the Eyes themselves, which he ended up doing.

As for their deaths, there doesn't seem to be any indication that Loptr knew or foresaw he would be defeated. Loki's power of destroying the Eyes comes as a shock and he only resorts to time travel as a last minute resort before Balder intervenes. Balder was also unaware of his eventual death as he believes Loptr will never see another era besides his own once he's trapped, only an 'endless circle of time' (hinting that Sages live unnaturally long lives like Witches).

It's also worth mentioning on the subject of lack of knowledge that Balder seems like he doesn't remember the events of Bayonetta 2 until after he's been beaten in the first game. It's only when he's freed from Loptr's corruption that he remembers Bayonetta's promise to stop him.