Balor

Leader and champion of the Fomorians.

Balor was a son of Dot and grandson of Neit.

Balor was the Fomorian's greatest champion, and their leader. Some have referred to Balor as being king of the Fomorians, but that's not quite true. In Cath Maige Tuired, it was Indech who was king of the Fomoire, while Balor himself was the king of the Hebrides, which is known as Insi Gall. The Hebrides are islands off the west coast of Scotland.

His piercing eye could destroy 200 men, burning them with poison. The only way to contain the destructive power of his gaze was to keep his eyelid closed. The lid was polished, and it took at least 4 men to prop it open. So the polished lid was never open unless in battle.

According to the Cath Maige Tuired, the origin of Balor's destructive power of his eye, resulted when he was young. His father's druids were brewing magic, and the fumes affected his eyes.

In the 2nd battle of Mag Tuired, Balor killed Nuada, his wife Macha, and number of others before Lugh confronted him and killed him with stones flung from his sling, which is sort of reminiscent of the young Israelite David killing Goliath.