Chapter Summaries

Thor gathered Evenson and his warriors to plan a secret mission to defeat Malekith, hoping to save Asgard and Jane without waiting for a costly battle. When they realized they needed Loki's help to reach the Dark World, Frigga appeared and said she knew how to persuade him.

• Evenson tried to leave, but Sif noticed and Thor explained that he wanted Evenson to preserve Jane's life force.
• Thor offered his own life force for Jane, while his four warriors volunteered theirs in his place.
• Thor assigned his warriors to distract the palace guards while he pursued Malekith behind Odin's back.
• Thor revealed that he needed Loki to guide them through a secret passage to the Dark World.
• Frigga entered the secret chamber and said she knew how to persuade Loki.

Frigga and Evenson staged her apparent death to exploit Loki’s grief and persuade him to help Thor. Their plan left Loki raging alone in his cell, destroying his luxurious furnishings.

• Loki resented being the only prisoner left in Asgard’s nearly empty dungeon and taunted Evenson about his wealth.
• Thor told Loki that Frigga wanted to see him, and Evenson brought a seemingly poisoned, dying Frigga to his cell.
• Frigga appeared to plead with Loki to help Thor and then collapsed as though she had died.
• Evenson and Frigga revealed that her death had been an illusion created with Kyoka Suigetsu, intended to influence Loki.
• Loki roared and smashed furniture and glass in his cell after Frigga and Evenson left.

Thor enlisted Loki to help him escape Asgard and seek revenge for Frigga, while Frigga and Evenson secretly watched the brothers’ staged reconciliation. After the group fled in a stolen Dark Elf ship, Evenson took a separate route through a hidden passage and arrived alone in a barren world where a horned figure appeared and vanished.

• Thor told Loki that Frigga had been poisoned by the Dark Elves, and the brothers argued before Frigga secretly intervened with an illusion.
• Thor persuaded Loki to help him escape Asgard, and the brothers left the cell while Evenson followed them.
• Heimdall lured Odin away, Sif rescued Jane Foster, and Jane slapped Loki for the attack on New York.
• Thor and his companions stole a Dark Elf ship, but Evenson had to hijack an Asgardian pursuit ship after they jumped to Fandral’s vessel.
• Evenson piloted through a hidden passage and arrived alone in a barren world, where he glimpsed a horned figure on a distant mountain.

Evenson became separated from Thor and the others and found himself trapped in a sealed, desolate prison dimension. After discovering the remains of the Valkyrie Corps, he revived one of its warriors, who awoke shouting Brunhilde and attacked him.

• Evenson failed to contact the outside world and realized the dimension's spatial lockdown made it a prison.
• He explored the black-rock landscape and found hundreds of dead warriors and winged horses, identifying the fallen force as the Valkyrie Corps.
• Evenson prepared his armor and protective spells, but discovered that the lockdown prevented him from summoning demons.
• He raised a fallen Valkyrie as a low-grade undead, then used Fel blood and a Demon Heart to restore her flesh.
• The Valkyrie awoke, shouted Brunhilde, and pounced on Evenson.

Evenson revived the Valkyrie Sigrun, who mourned her fallen sisters and revealed that they were trapped in a prison with a monstrous woman. That woman appeared, wounded Sigrun, and introduced herself as Hela, Odin’s firstborn and the rightful heir to the throne; she ordered Evenson to kneel.

• The newly revived Valkyrie pounced on Evenson, then searched the bones for her beloved Brunhilde and mourned her fallen comrades.
• Evenson explained that he had raised the Valkyrie through necromancy, and she thanked him before introducing herself as Sigrun.
• Sigrun told Evenson that the rift had closed and that a woman who had killed the Valkyries was imprisoned there.
• A black sword pierced Sigrun, and Hela appeared, declaring herself Odin’s firstborn, Goddess of Death, and rightful heir to the throne.
• Evenson recognized Hela from an old painting of her riding beside Odin, and Hela ordered him to kneel.

Evenson confronted Hela in the prison and tried to talk his way out of a fight, but she insisted on battling him. After trading spells and sword attacks, Hela unleashed a storm of blades against his defenses.

• Evenson refused to kneel to Hela, then offered to bow before she advanced on him with swords.
• Evenson stunned Hela with Shadow Fury and followed with a barrage of fire spells, but she emerged from the flames and chose to keep fighting.
• Evenson launched a Chaos Bolt that Hela dodged, then blocked her close-range attacks with Void Protection and Resolve Heart.
• Hela dispelled Evenson's hidden curses and pierced his barrier with a conical sword, but Resolve Heart stopped the blade before it reached him.
• Hela summoned countless swords and sent them stabbing toward Evenson from every direction.

Odin ordered an elite Einherjar squad to reinforce Thor in the Dark World, while Frigga secretly disabled an alarm warning of Hela. Trapped in Hela’s prison, Evenson transformed into a demon and fought her with Sargeras’s Staff, surviving their decisive clash as Hela acknowledged him.

• Odin ordered Heimdall released and sent an elite Einherjar squad to support Thor, and Frigga had Sif join them.
• Frigga noticed an alarm indicating Hela’s prison had been breached, then secretly shut it off.
• Hela attacked Evenson with a barrage of weapons, and Evenson used Demon Transformation and Demon Storm to defend himself.
• Evenson produced Sargeras’s Staff and challenged Hela to settle the fight in one move.
• Hela gathered her weapons into a colossal steel serpent, and Evenson met it with the staff’s destructive power.
• After the clash, Hela approached the exhausted Evenson and granted him permission to greet her with a bow.

After their battle ended in a draw, Hela accepted Evenson’s instant noodles as a sacrifice and told him about her imprisonment and her conflict with Odin. She offered to make Evenson her First Chosen and a court official if he kept bringing her tribute.

• Hela freed Sigrun and invited Evenson to pay his respects, but Evenson exhaustedly fell to his knees and then collapsed again.
• Hela explained that she was the Goddess of Death and hinted that she wanted a sacrifice, so Evenson prepared instant noodles for her.
• Hela devoured the noodles and then told Evenson how Odin had sealed her away after their conflicts over power and succession.
• Sigrun said the Valkyries had known Odin’s order to hunt Hela was a death sentence, while Evenson explained why Odin had feared Hela’s influence as heir.
• Hela offered to make Evenson her First Chosen and give him the position of Master of Ceremonies if he continued bringing her tribute.

Evenson told Hela about Asgard’s invasion and Frigga’s recovery, prompting Hela to reveal that she was Frigga’s biological daughter. Hela then suggested that Odin was Loki’s father, and Evenson inferred that Loki’s mother was Laufey’s queen.

• Hela offered Evenson the positions of First Chosen and Master of Ceremonies, but he hesitated because Asgard might be destroyed.
• Evenson told Hela that Malekith and the Dark Elves had invaded Asgard and recounted the events surrounding Odin and the mural.
• Hela reacted anxiously when Evenson revealed that Malekith had poisoned Frigga, then learned that Evenson had saved her.
• Sigrun said Frigga was not Hela’s biological mother, but Hela insisted Odin had spread that claim to strip her of her inheritance.
• Evenson reasoned that Loki could have Frost Giant blood and still be Odin’s son, and Hela’s response led him to suspect Loki’s mother was Laufey’s queen.
• Evenson described how Odin might have used Loki’s descendants to assimilate the Frost Giants, but Hela dismissed the plan as unnecessary.

Evenson explained that he could escape the prison using Sargeras's Staff, while Hela demanded he take her with him. Sigrun argued that Hela could not defeat Odin and Thor, leaving Evenson to search for a way to convince Hela to let him leave.

• Evenson massaged Hela as she criticized Odin's rule, the fall of Asgard's prestige, and her brothers' abilities.
• Evenson told Hela that Thor and Loki had taken the Aether to the Dark World, and Hela worried they might fail.
• Evenson revealed that Sargeras's Staff could pierce spatial barriers and that he could leave once his mana recovered.
• Hela demanded that Evenson take her with him, but he warned that she would face Odin and Thor if she escaped now.
• Sigrun deduced that Hela had relied on hidden swords to compensate for her weakened power and said she could not win against Asgard.
• Hela threatened to keep Evenson and Sigrun imprisoned with her, so Evenson claimed he could serve her better outside and sought to persuade her.

Evenson persuaded Hela that escaping would let him build her a worship system in Midgard, giving her a way to contact the outside and establish her status. Hela agreed to let him try and promised him Midgard as a hereditary fief if he succeeded.

• Hela refused to let Evenson and Sigrun escape without her, so Evenson explained that the opening in the spatial barrier would remain and could connect her with the outside.
• Evenson pointed out that Hela lacked an army, priests, temples, statues, and worship rituals, and offered to create a complete faith system for her in Midgard.
• Hela resisted making Sigrun a priest, while Evenson promised to arrange a grand sacrificial ceremony within a few months.
• Evenson said he could approach powerful, wealthy believers whose three-thousand-year faith in a Kree experiment had faltered because they thought their old god was too weak.
• Hela recognized that the believers sought power rather than devotion, but agreed that their support could bolster her image and promised Evenson Midgard as a hereditary fief if he established her worship system.

Evenson left Hela’s prison dimension with Sigrun and returned to the Eredar Twins, then learned that Nick Fury was waiting for him to handle the dimensional disturbance near the United Kingdom. He left Sigrun in their care and hurried to the scene.

• Evenson refused Hela’s offer of Midgard and the chancellorship, gave her supplies for instant noodles, and opened a small portal with Sargeras’s Staff.
• Evenson and Sigrun fell through the portal and landed in front of the Eredar Twins, with Sigrun landing on Evenson and hurting his waist.
• Evenson introduced Sigrun as an Asgardian Valkyrie and explained that he had temporarily accepted Hela as his goddess while trapped in her prison.
• Aurelles accepted Evenson’s explanation, while Saloras objected to his claim that their bond was not based on interests.
• Nick Fury called Evenson angrily about the predicted disturbance near the United Kingdom, and Evenson promised to arrive soon to direct the response.
• Evenson left Sigrun with the Eredar Twins and warned her to obey them, avoid wandering, and never accept anything from Moira or lie on her operating table.

Malekith’s devotion to Nyarlathotep shaped his belief that the war with Asgard would end in a personal confrontation with Odin, not a clash between armies. When the Aether’s energy appeared in the Dark World, Malekith and Agam prepared for the decisive battle.

• Agam worried that his shortened lifespan would leave him unable to fight and grew alarmed by Malekith’s strange behavior and worship of a mysterious statue.
• Malekith told Agam to wait, predicting that the conflict would end in a dramatic duel between himself and Odin rather than a battle between armies.
• Agam felt fear before the statue as Malekith prayed to Nyarlathotep and declared that he trusted the god’s will.
• Malekith sensed that the Aether had appeared in the Dark World, and a soldier confirmed its energy fluctuations.
• Malekith and Agam prostrated themselves before the statue as Malekith announced that the decisive battle had arrived.

Thor and Loki staged a betrayal to make Malekith believe he could safely absorb the Aether, but Malekith survived their attack by completing his fusion with it. Malekith mistook the deception for a brilliant drama, leaving Thor and Loki stunned by his apparent madness.

• Thor and his companions arrived in the Dark World, where Malekith sensed the Aether and led the Dark Elves toward them.
• Thor freed Loki, who stabbed him, shoved him down the hill, and offered Malekith Jane in exchange for Asgard’s destruction.
• Malekith questioned Loki’s loyalty, tossed a coin, and accepted him after it landed heads; Loki had secretly enchanted the coin to show heads.
• Malekith began absorbing the Aether, and Thor and Loki revealed their betrayal when Thor called for Loki to restore his injuries.
• Thor struck Malekith and the Aether with lightning, but Malekith used the Reality Stone’s power to survive and finish merging with it.
• Malekith realized Loki had deceived him but praised the events as a splendid drama, while Thor and Loki wondered how he had become so mad.

Thor’s plan to defeat the Dark Elves went wrong when his lightning fused Malekith with the Aether, and Malekith escaped toward his ship while Agam fought Thor. Sif arrived to support Thor, Loki appeared to die protecting him, and Sif transformed into a giant to face Agam.

• Thor realized his attack had fused Malekith with the Aether, and Malekith refused to fight him before escaping toward his ship.
• Agam stayed behind to battle Thor, overpowering him and knocking Thor’s Hammer aside.
• Sif arrived to help Thor, while Loki killed the Dark Elf soldiers surrounding him.
• A surviving Dark Elf stabbed Loki, and Loki died in Thor’s arms after insisting he had not acted for Odin.
• Sif faced Agam and transformed into a giant after his blow pushed her back.

Frigga transformed Sif into a winged giantess and equipped her with powerful armor and weapons, allowing her to battle the regenerative Curse Warrior from the air. Sif discovered that Bloodfall could absorb the flesh of her enemies to restore her strength, then launched a new spinning spear attack as the fight continued.

• Frigga gave Sif a transformation that made her a winged giantess and changed her armor and weapons.
• Sif attacked the Curse Warrior from the air with Desperate Throwing Spear, but he let the spear pierce him and held on to it while his wounds healed.
• Sif used magic and her shield to fight at close range, then drove Bloodfall through the Curse Warrior and recovered it, only for him to impale himself on it again.
• Sif used Impure Impact Shield to blast the Curse Warrior away, then learned that Bloodfall absorbed his flesh and returned energy to her.
• Sif flew above the Curse Warrior and launched Bloodfall spinning toward him with Piercing Rakshasa's Immortality.

Sif defeated the Curse Warrior after Bloodfall tore through his body and his own anti-gravity grenades created multiple gravity vortices. She descended after the vortices destroyed him.

• The Curse Warrior raised a slab of earth to slow Sif's thrown spear, but Bloodfall struck his waist and tore away much of his right side.
• The Curse Warrior tried to flee and steal a weapon, then realized Sif's attack had shredded his tactical belt and scattered armed anti-gravity grenades beside Bloodfall.
• Sif recalled Bloodfall, severing the Curse Warrior's remaining connection to his right leg and knocking him down.
• The Curse Warrior tried to escape on his hands, but several gravity vortices pulled him back and tore his body apart.
• Sif descended and returned to her normal form as her wings faded away.

Sif defeated the Curse Warrior with her newly enhanced power, and Thor, Jane, and Sif found a secret passage back to Earth. They reunited with Darcy and Erik Selvig, then learned that Malekith planned to release the Aether in Greenwich.

• Thor praised Sif's strength, and she attributed her transformation to Evenson's medicine and related treatments.
• Sif and Thor realized Evenson had disappeared during their escape, and they speculated that he had either remained in Asgard or returned to Earth.
• Thor, Jane, and Sif sheltered from a sandstorm in a cave that contained another secret passage leading to Earth.
• The three arrived at their original warehouse, found Jane's car, and drove to Darcy's place, where they met Erik Selvig.
• Thor told them about the threat posed by Malekith, and Darcy guessed that Greenwich was his target because authorities had begun evacuating it.

Selvig and the others confirmed that Greenwich was the point where the Nine Realms would converge and traveled there to confront Malekith. As the Dark Elf flagship appeared on the Thames, the first British air strikes were swallowed by spatial portals, and Evenson realized the battle had begun.

• Selvig used ancient structures and his calculations to confirm that spatial convergence would occur in Greenwich, so Thor, Sif, Jane, and the others set out for the district.
• British soldiers stopped the group at a military checkpoint, but they recognized Thor and Sif and arranged an escort after Evenson arrived.
• Evenson told Selvig that he had helped S.H.I.E.L.D. locate Greenwich and explained that the military had evacuated civilians by claiming more than a hundred terrorists were hiding there with dirty bombs.
• At the command center, Evenson spotted a woman in a purple qipao watching from an evacuated building, while the others seemed unable to see her.
• The Dark Elf flagship appeared on the Thames as spatial openings formed across the sky, and the First Sea Lord ordered fighter jets to attack.
• The fighters and their missiles veered into the portals, and Evenson warned Sheffield that the convergence had begun.

The First Sea Lord panicked over a Royal Navy airstrike that had sent aircraft into an Asgardian territory, while Malekith arrived in London with the Aether and prepared to face Odin. Thor confronted Malekith, but Sheffield’s artillery struck before either could attack.

• The First Sea Lord shut down the screen and withdrew the navy after realizing the failed attack could provoke Asgard into demanding an explanation or starting a war.
• Malekith emerged from the spaceship on the Thames, wondered why Odin had not appeared, and sent Dark Elf soldiers into the streets to clear them.
• Thor spotted Malekith and flew to confront him, while Sheffield anxiously revealed that he had already ordered the artillery to fire.
• Thor and Malekith prepared to fight, but Sheffield’s artillery barrage hit them with heat and shockwaves before either could strike.