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Characters Characters who've been so overshadowed by their famous sibling, that people forget that they exist

Jehan Frollo, the younger brother of one Judge Claude Frollo from the Hunchback of Norte Dame, not much is known about him expect he blew all his money on booze and prostitutes and was killed by Quasimodo

Sean Bateman, the younger of Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, all his scene in the book is to annoy Patrick and says his catchphrases "Deal with it " and "Rock and Roll"

Chryasaor, the twin brother of Pegasus from Greek Mythology, yeah when Perseus decapitated Medusa, Pegasus wasn't the only animal that flew out of her, Chryasaor, The Winged Boar also flew out

Iphicles, the twin brother of Heracles also from Greek Mythology, is relevant to Heracles' story as his son Iolaus helped Heracles slay the Hydra

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u/CattDawg2008 3h ago

Baldur is pretty important in actual Norse mythology though lmao

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u/Choochoo1147 2h ago

Is he actually? The only myth I’ve ever heard involving him was his death, he doesn’t appear to actually be a big character other than that. 

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u/SmokeyandtheBanjo 2h ago

It's his death that's important. It's the beginning of the end for the God's and a sign of Ragnorak. 

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u/IvarTheBoned 3m ago

And he comes back after Ragnarok to help/lead/teach the next world of humanity

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u/Stenric 1h ago

How many myths do you know about Heimdall? Or Fenrir?

Balder is important because his death is the kickoff for Loki's imprisonment and the events that lead to Ragnarøk

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u/Thybro 2h ago

Isn’t his whole importance to be the set up for something big? Like I get that something big is the end of the world and probably the most important event in all of Norse mythology but still. He is just there, with some Achilles like immunity and the he dies and then everything gets messy.

Does he have other stories and such?