Talk:Bayonetta 2/@comment-172.56.4.31-20140921172713/@comment-1661895-20140921233728

Because Balder went back to his own time thanks to Loptr's power. He returned to a point in time when both of the Eyes still existed and it was Loptr's essence of evil that drove him to become the maniacal calculating Balder we know from the first game. It should also be mentioned that Loptr himself did not "posess" Balder in the typical was of controlling his actions, his very existence corrupted Balder's thoughts (Loki even says that Loptr will act as a poison inside him).

As for how Jubileus is involved, I would need to play the game myself to understand it more. But I would explain it this way from what I have seen:

The Eyes are supposed to hold the power of creation when brought together, as Jeanne says when she's sealing Bayonetta away. Loptr, as Aesir, wanted to rule over the universe with this power and was unable to do so when he was defeated. His later influence on Balder would bring the Eyes together for the same purpose. They would trigger the ressurection of a deity (Aesir in Bayonetta 2, Jubileus in Bayonetta) and they would then remake the universe with this power in order to rule over it. The angels also seem to know this would happen, based on the new dialogue from Fortitudo in Bayonetta 2.

Since Balder does survive the destruction of Jubileus, it's conceivable that he was alive when she was ressurrected and that she could be controlled by him/Loptr once she achieved full strength. After all, bringing the two Eyes together again is what caused Aesir to return in the first place. However, she wasn't given all of the Eyes's power thanks to only posessing the Right Eye (reflecting what happened initially with Loptr when he had to fight Bayonetta in order to get the Left Eye) and was able to be destroyed. When this plan fails and Balder comes around, Loptr tries to escape since he knows his 'host' is nearing death and he seeks a way out. However, he is killed along with Balder when the Sage prevents him from escaping since he seems to have broken free from Loptr's influence right at the end.