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Balmung was a large black hunting dog owned by Klint van Zieks.

A pet turned weapon[]

Main article: Professor Killings
Hound of the Baskervilles

Depicted in The Adventures of Herlock Sholmes

Balmung's master, Klint van Zieks, used to take his dog out hunting in the woods behind his manor. Upon his owner's marriage to a woman of the Baskerville family, the hound received a jewel-studded collar bearing the Baskerville family crest. When van Zieks heard that a fellow noble was victimizing the people of Britain to enrich himself, and avoiding punishment because of his noble status, he felt a deep sense of frustration at being unable to do anything to stop him within the boundaries of the law. Thus, it eventually drove the young prosecutor to take matters into his own hands; and at his master's instructions, Balmung tore the noble's throat out.

Soon after the first of what would come to be known as the Professor killings, another prosecutor named Mael Stronghart deduced that van Zieks was the true culprit. Rather than turn him in, however, Stronghart decided to use the Professor to create his vision of a perfect society. By threatening to tell Klint's secret to his wife and younger brother, Barok van Zieks, Stronghart successfully blackmailed Klint into using Balmung to kill three more nobles - the third victim being the then-current Chief Justice, who was also Klint's own mentor and benefactor, so that Stronghart could take his place. This last murder drove van Zieks into a deep despair, and eventually resulted in his discovery by Genshin Asogi and the subsequent duel that would take his life. Later, Yujin Mikotoba would find Balmung sleeping in the garden of a mansion in Dartmoor, where he helped Klint's wife give birth to Iris Wilson. Some time afterwards, Balmung quietly passed away, following his owner in death.

Treasure belt

Balmung's collar, stained red by the blood of his last victim.

Several years later, a cat burglar named Selden snuck into the van Zieks manor, stole Balmung's collar, still stained with the blood of the hound's last victim, attracted by its great monetary value, and then hid it in his secret hideout. Falling deathly ill while in prison, on his death bed Selden told his cell mate, William Shamspeare, about the collar's location; with the precious item being potentially within his grasp, its retrival became the main source of motivation for Shamspeare, who attempted to rent the room where it was hidden and, when he was unable to do so, ended up murdering its first occupant and then attempt to murder its second one, before being eventually being discovered and arrested.

After a day of searching, the collar was finally retrived by the police with Herlock Sholmes's help upon searching Mr Natsume's room in the wake of the two incidents happening in the premises, it's hiding place being a secret compartment in the ceiling; upon seeing it, the great detective, aware of its true significance, turned pale, and did not object when inspector Tobias Gregson personally took it away into custody.

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  • According to Norse mythology, "Balmung" was a legendary sword owned by the hero Sigurd.
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