Talk:Witch Hunts/@comment-25110963-20140916111428/@comment-1661895-20140916120521

From what we know of Balder so far in relation to the Witch Hunts, he used the events of the Clan Wars as fuel to manipulate the human populations of Europe into believeing the Witches were evil and needed to be purged. Which, given how the entirety of Europe was dragged into the war, is probably not too hard of a task given how most of the humans had faith in the Paradiso side of things and knew the Witches were followers of the dark. We also know that Jubileus is not the true creator as of Bayonetta 2, but is merely the ruler of Paradiso just as her counterpart Sheba rules Inferno.

Sapientia specifically says that he thanks Balder for "his Witch Hunts" when he confronts Bayonetta because it was his initiative that destroyed the Witches. Balder himself also says that he coincides his spurring of the Witch Hunts with the Festival Of Ressurection in order to try and ressurect Jubileus. Thanks to his efforts, Vigrid became a source of strength for the angels, which is why Rodin says the town is closer to Paradiso than most places should ever be. Balder believed that the people's faith he had inspired from this would be enough to bring Jubileus back. But, of course, since he was lacking the Left Eye, he wasn't able to do it.

I also doubt Aesir had a role in events that soon. Luka does say that the Legend Of Aesir is from the dawn of time in the beginning section of Bayonetta 2, but he says that "nobody knows where the world came from". Now from this, it seems most likely that Balder and everyone else had no idea of Aesir's existence as the true creator. He most likely assumed that given Jubileus' heavenly status that she must be the creator because of her connection to Paradiso as well as her power (following simple religious logic, the most powerful force of heaven is usually the thing that creates). When he gets struck by the mysterious force in the footage of him we've seen in Bayonetta 2, he looks genuinely shocked that it exists at all.