Balin was once a great hero and leader of his clan, renowned for his skill in battle and unwavering faith. He was entrusted with the holy avenger sword, a powerful weapon blessed by Clangeddin himself, which he wielded with deadly precision against the enemies of his people. He was lost to his kin during the 2nd Northern war during a mission to attack the leader of the Goliath tribes in their fortress in Lonepeak. He accedentaly fell trough a fey portal and was inprisoned in the Wintercasm Keep in The Feywild. He was realeased 700 years later in the middle of the frozen tundras in The Kingdom of Soria.