Bal Cyphyro Bal Cyphyro
Real Name: Bal Cyphyro
Identity/Class: Extradimensional
(Dark Dimension) magic-user
Occupation: Hunter
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Dormammu (master), the Hosts of
Hoggoth
Enemies: Stephen Strange, Mindless Ones
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: The Astral Planes, toward the
borders of the Dark Dimension
First Appearance: The Mystic Hands of Doctor
Strange#1/4 (May, 2010)
Powers/Abilities: Experienced in various forms of magic, Bal Cyphyro was able to launch spells with minimum gestures, without using the hands and even without any perceptible somatic component. With a shrug he could cast a spell which restrained an enemy with a magical net. The net had abjuration properties that negated magic cast by the restrained prey.
His knowledge of the Astral Planes was so deep that
he could cross the Planes through sheer exertion of his will, covering
ethereal distances with a simple bow of his head.
His defenses against magic were amazingly efficient:
a simple shrug to shatter the Rings
of Raggador, and a simple gesture to vanquish the Bands of Cyttorak.
He carried weapons with which he was very proficient, up to
the point his fame mentioned them: "...whose sword is a blasphemy,
whose lance is despair."
...or did that just mean that he used blasphemy and despair as weapons?--Snood
The knight wore an armor that changed color, probably depending on the emotion or the desire he felt in that moment.
He rode a steed, a beast of nauseating appearance for
a human being.
Height: "Twice as tall as a man" (approximately 12')
Weight: Unrevealed (eight times the weight of a man; approximately 1600 lbs.)
Eyes: Unrevealed (hidden by armor)
Hair: Unrevealed (hidden by armor)
Voice: Like a surgeon's knife scalpel scraping a knob
of bone
History:
(The Mystic Hands of Doctor Strange#1/4 (fb)) - Bal Cyphyro came from
the Dark Dimension, but he roamed the Astral Planes, which he knew very
well. He traveled through them with extreme ease, bypassing the
concepts of distance and speed. He hunted in those realms, and he was
satisfied when he found a prey that could please his master, Dormammu.
Bal Cyphyro considered his service to Dormammu to be a glory and a pride.
When Bal Cyphyro met Stephen Strange on the Astral
Plane, he easily captured him with his magical net. The spells that the
human sorcerer hurled at him were easily dismissed. Bal seized the
little prey on his ride and carried him through the Astral Planes,
hoping that the human would be of some pleasure for his master, Dormammu.
They reached the Dark Dimension.
When they rode near the barrier that held the Mindless Ones at bay, the
black armored knight made his steed turn away from the barrier. Even
Bal Cyphyro did not wish contact with those destructive forces.
However, his prey had been trained for nineteen months by the Ancient
One, and he was an intelligent one. Stephen Strange had guessed that
Bal Cyphyro moved in the Astral Plane via his force of will. After some
attempts, the human sorcerer succeeded in moving all the three
creatures a bit: knight, steed and prey shifted a short distance, but
enough to fall beyond the barrier!
The Mindless brutes
immediately moved toward them. Bal Cyphyro managed to unsheathe his
sword, but an optic blast tore his arm apart. His steed was torn
asunder. His prey, still entrapped into a net, tumbled near the sword,
luckily. Stephen Strange used the blade to free himself from
the net, tafter which he managed to move away in the way he had learned from Bal Cyphyro.
By the time Strange had reached a tangent realm an instant later, Bal Cyhpyro was
already dead.
Comments: Created by Mike Carey and Marcos Martin.
Doctor Strange registered his encounter with Bal Cyphyro
in his journal.
Profile by Spidermay.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Bal Cyphyro should be
distinguished from:
images: (without ads)
The Mystic Hands of Doctor Strange#1/4, page 2, panel 1
Appearances:
The Mystic Hands of Doctor Strange#1/4 (May, 2010), Mike Carey
(writer), Marcos Martin (art), Jody Leheup & John Barber (editors)
First Posted: 01/24/2025
Last updated: 01/24/2025
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