Chapter Summaries

Thor arrived on Krakoa to demand Loki’s release, but Rorschach easily overpowered him and knocked Mjolnir away. Thor reclaimed his hammer and unleashed his thunderous power, leaving the nearby mutants overwhelmed as the confrontation continued.

• Thor survived Cyclops Scott’s optic blast, learned that Loki was being held, and demanded to see Krakoa’s ruler.
• Thor attacked Cyclops with lightning, but Rorschach blocked the strike and confirmed he had captured Loki for trespassing and theft.
• Thor charged Rorschach with Mjolnir, but Rorschach punched the hammer away and sent Thor flying into a crater.
• Thor recovered, summoned Mjolnir, and covered himself in lightning, while the people of Krakoa struggled under his pressure.

Rorschach overwhelmed Thor in a brutal fight in an isolated wilderness, then discovered he could not lift Mjolnir in this timeline. He suspected the difference came from his past agreement with Odin and left with Thor.

• Rorschach restrained Thor with telekinesis and carried him from Krakoa to an uninhabited wilderness.
• Thor broke free and attacked with Mjolnir, but Rorschach struck him down and blasted him with heat rays and telekinesis.
• Rorschach pummeled Thor for more than ten minutes until Thor lay battered and asked who Rorschach was.
• Rorschach tried to lift Mjolnir but could not move it, while Thor mocked him.
• Rorschach suspected his past agreement with Odin explained the difference and telekinetically seized Thor before vanishing.

Rorschach imprisoned Thor beside Loki, leaving the brothers to reunite and trade insults. Heimdall then appeared on Odin’s behalf, clarifying that Odin had not sent him because Thor and Loki were defeated.

• Rorschach brought the captured Thor to Krakoa’s prison and ordered a cell opened beside Loki’s.
• Thor recognized Loki and excitedly confronted him, while Loki mocked Thor’s battered appearance and Thor demanded to know why Loki was alive.
• Rorschach left the brothers to argue and told Raven that he planned to keep them imprisoned briefly before releasing them.
• Heimdall appeared before Rorschach as a magical projection and said Odin had sent him, but not because of Thor and Loki’s defeat.

Rorschach accepted Odin’s invitation to visit Asgard and brought Thor and Loki along. Heimdall transported them from Krakoa, and they arrived in Asgard’s grand hall.

• Heimdall told Rorschach that Odin had invited him to Asgard but did not know why.
• Rorschach accepted the invitation and reassured Raven that he would return soon.
• Rorschach ordered his subordinate to release Thor and Loki, then told them to return to Asgard with him.
• Rorschach brought Thor and Loki to a farm on Krakoa and called for Heimdall.
• Heimdall transported Rorschach, Thor, and Loki to Asgard, where he welcomed Rorschach.

Rorschach returned to Asgard and met with Odin, who asked to borrow the Cube to repair the Bifrost. Odin then revealed that Ragnarok was approaching and that he knew Asgard's fate.

• Loki mocked Heimdall and Thor after Heimdall said Odin wanted to receive Rorschach first.
• Heimdall escorted Rorschach to Odin, who welcomed him and apologized for Thor and Loki's attack on Krakoa.
• Odin asked Rorschach to lend him the Cube to repair the broken Bifrost and promised to return it.
• Odin told Rorschach that he had grown old and that Ragnarok was coming for Asgard.
• Rorschach said he had heard of Ragnarok, and Odin insisted it was not a legend.

Odin asked Rorschach to help Asgard break free of its destined destruction in Ragnarok, offering an alliance in return. Rorschach accepted, and Odin welcomed him as Asgard’s honored guest while keeping the agreement private.

• Odin explained that he sensed Rorschach came from another world and could break the fate that doomed Asgard to Ragnarok.
• Odin offered Asgard’s armies and treasures in exchange for Rorschach’s help, and Rorschach accepted the alliance.
• Odin asked that the agreement remain known only to him, Rorschach, and Frigga.
• Odin introduced Rorschach to Frigga and showed him around Asgard, including its treasury, but Rorschach refused to take any divine artifacts.
• Rorschach said Odin could send someone to retrieve the Cube and began bidding him farewell.

Rorschach told the Krakoan elders that he had made an alliance with Asgard, then returned the Cube to Thor. Meanwhile, Thanos learned that Homelander had defeated Loki and Thor and ordered Ronan to retrieve something from C53, though Ronan warned that the planet was not simple.

• Rorschach reassured the Krakoan elders that his dealings with Odin had ended in a friendly strategic alliance.
• A week later, Thor visited Krakoa as a guest, questioned Rorschach about Odin and Midgard, and collected the Cube.
• Thanos learned that Homelander had defeated Loki and Thor and currently possessed the scepter, which held an Infinity Stone.
• Thanos contacted Ronan, ordered him to stop searching for the Cosmic Cube, and commanded him to retrieve something from C53.
• Ronan warned Thanos that C53 was not so simple.

Thanos pressured Ronan to invade Earth, warning him that Captain Marvel was away while sending Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian to help. On Krakoa, Thor returned the Cube to Rorschach, who learned that an interstellar spacecraft had entered Earth's atmosphere.

• Thanos explained that he was using Ronan to test whether Odin was too weak to defend Earth, while keeping his own involvement at a distance.
• Ronan warned Thanos that Captain Marvel had driven off his fleet before, but Thanos said she was away from Earth and ordered Ronan to attack with Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian.
• Thor arrived on Krakoa and returned the Cube to Rorschach, explaining that Odin had repaired the Bifrost and sent him to deliver it.
• Rorschach gave the Cube to Hank, then heard that an interstellar spacecraft had entered the atmosphere.

Rorschach discovered Ronan, Ebony Maw, and Cull Obsidian approaching Earth and realized they had come for him. He flew out to intercept their spacecraft, leaving Ebony Maw alarmed by the strength of the man who had defeated Thor.

• Rorschach spotted Ronan, Ebony Maw, and Cull Obsidian aboard an approaching spacecraft and suspected Thanos had sent them after Krakoa.
• Ebony Maw reviewed Rorschach’s file while Ronan explained that Rorschach had killed Yon-Rogg and destroyed his fleet.
• Rorschach confirmed that the visitors were targeting him and told Thor to remain behind with Raven.
• Rorschach flew into the atmosphere toward Ronan’s spacecraft, whose crew detected him and reacted with surprise.
• Ebony Maw watched Rorschach on the screen and recognized that he was far more formidable than they had expected.

Rorschach broke through Ronan’s ship and overwhelmed Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian in battle. After sending Cull Obsidian plummeting toward Earth, he faced Ronan aboard the damaged ship.

• Ronan ordered his fleet to fire on Rorschach, but Rorschach blocked the attacks and charged into Ronan’s ship.
• Ebony Maw, Cull Obsidian, and Ronan went to confront Rorschach, who tore through the hull and entered their compartment.
• Ebony Maw sealed the breach with telekinesis and challenged Rorschach over the item he had taken from Thanos.
• Rorschach punched through Ebony Maw’s defenses and sent him crashing through several walls.
• Cull Obsidian threw his hammer at Rorschach, who caught it and hurled it back, sending Cull Obsidian through the hull.
• Cull Obsidian tried to grapple back to the ship, but Rorschach’s heat rays cut away the hull section, and Cull Obsidian fell out of sight.

Rorschach swiftly defeated Ronan and Ebony Maw, then destroyed their warship and returned to Krakoa. After Thor left for Asgard, Rorschach turned his attention to Thanos.

• Ronan attacked Rorschach, but Rorschach blocked his energy blast, caught him, and snapped his neck.
• Ebony Maw launched blades at Rorschach, but his telekinetic barrier stopped them; Rorschach then killed Ebony Maw with three punches.
• Rorschach destroyed the warship with heat rays and flew back to Krakoa.
• Thor chatted with Rorschach, said farewell, and returned to Asgard.
• Rorschach's eyes grew cold as he concluded that Thanos was courting death.

After learning that Thanos had sent a fleet against Krakoa, Rorschach gathered the X-Men to join him in eliminating the Mad Titan. On Sanctuary One, Thanos learned that Homelander had destroyed Ronan’s fleet and killed several of his allies, and decided to investigate Homelander before acting.

• Rorschach asked Captain Marvel to find Thanos’s exact coordinates after explaining that Thanos had attacked Krakoa.
• Captain Marvel sent Thanos’s coordinates to Rorschach half a day later.
• Rorschach told the X-Men he planned to take them into space to fight Thanos, and nearly all of them agreed to join him.
• A Chitauri commander reported to Thanos that Ronan, Ebony Maw, and Cull Obsidian had been defeated by Homelander.
• Thanos ordered his forces to stay put while he investigated Homelander.

Rorschach and the X-Men set out aboard Krakoa’s warship to attack Thanos and his fleet, relying on Charles to control the enemy forces. Charles and the White Queen subdued the ordinary soldiers, but Supergiant’s psychic barrier protected Thanos and those near him.

• Rorschach gathered the X-Men and led them aboard Krakoa’s warship to begin the attack on Thanos.
• Hank piloted the warship through four interstellar jumps and a day of travel until it reached Thanos’s fleet.
• Charles used a miniature Mutant Growth Accelerator to extend his psychic power toward the fleet, but sensed a powerful opposing psychic.
• Raven summoned the White Queen, who joined Charles using a second accelerator.
• Charles and the White Queen controlled the fleet’s ordinary soldiers, but Supergiant’s psychic barrier kept them from reaching Thanos’s side.

Rorschach and the X-Men advanced into Thanos's territory after Charles and White Queen psychically disabled most of his army. Thanos and the Black Order discovered that Homelander was leading the intruders, and the chapter ended as Rorschach's group stepped from their warship to face them.

• Captain Marvel contacted the X-Men, learned they had the situation under control, and said she was on her way.
• The warship crossed into Thanos's territory unnoticed by most of his forces because Charles and White Queen had controlled them.
• Thanos learned from the Chitauri commander that his army had been psychically neutralized, while Supergiant admitted he could not overcome the enemy psychics.
• Corvus Glaive argued that the invaders' single warship made them vulnerable, but Proxima Midnight spotted it approaching.
• Thanos and the Black Order recognized Homelander as the first person to emerge from the warship, followed by Erik, Cyclops, Storm, and the other X-Men.

Homelander's forces clashed with Thanos's army, while Rorschach overwhelmed Thanos in combat. After more than twenty minutes of brutal attacks, Rorschach killed Thanos, devastating his army's morale.

• Erik blocked Corvus Glaive's attack on Rorschach and sent him crashing to the ground, as Proxima Midnight and other members of Thanos's forces charged into battle.
• Supergiant withdrew from the battlefield to resist Charles and the White Queen's psychic assault, while Cyclops, Vincent, Storm, and a blue-flamed woman fought Thanos's soldiers.
• Homelander struck Thanos with such force that he shattered Thanos's blade and sent him flying.
• Rorschach repeatedly attacked Thanos for more than twenty minutes and beat him to death.
• Thanos's soldiers witnessed his death and suffered a devastating loss of morale.

After the X-Men defeated Thanos’s forces, Rorschach returned to Krakoa and celebrated with them. The next morning, he announced that he would leave Earth to search the Nine Realms for the Reality Stone, while Captain Marvel continued tracking the Cosmic Cube.

• The X-Men killed Thanos’s key subordinates, and Captain Marvel arrived just after Cyclops Scott finished off the last enemy.
• Rorschach left Thanos’s ordinary army alive and returned to Krakoa with the X-Men for a victory feast.
• Rorschach told the X-Men he planned to leave Earth to search the Nine Realms for the Reality Stone, with help from Odin and Asgard.
• Captain Marvel told Rorschach that she had found a lead on the Cosmic Cube and promised to keep pursuing it.

Rorschach told Odin that the Aether still existed and that Malekith had survived, prompting Odin to send Asgard’s forces to search the Nine Realms. Thor joined Rorschach for the mission, and they chose Svartalfheim as their first destination.

• Rorschach traveled to Asgard and told Odin he needed to discuss the Aether.
• Rorschach said Malekith and some Dark Elf followers had survived and that the Aether lay dormant somewhere in the Nine Realms.
• Rorschach explained that he had learned about the Aether through his ability to see fragments of the future, and Odin believed him.
• Odin ordered Asgard’s forces to search for the Aether, and Thor volunteered to assist Rorschach.
• Odin entrusted the mission to Thor and Rorschach, who decided to begin their search in Svartalfheim.

Rorschach, Thor, and Loki searched Svartalfheim for the Aether, using Loki’s magic to guide them. After months of searching, Thor found a floating clump of red soil that might be the Aether.

• Rorschach chose Svartalfheim as the likeliest place to search, and Thor brought Asgard’s army there.
• After three months of fruitless searching, Rorschach asked Thor to enlist Loki’s help, and Thor persuaded Odin to release him temporarily.
• Loki used Asgardian texts to perform a ritual that gave the searchers vague guidance toward the Aether.
• After seven more months, an Asgardian soldier led Thor to ruins where he found a floating clump of red soil that might be the Aether.

Rorschach and Thor found and contained the Aether, while Malekith awakened the surviving Dark Elves and brought their hidden mothership to Svartalfheim. Rorschach exposed the ship, revealing the Dark Elves’ arrival to Thor and Loki.

• Thor touched the Aether, which lunged at him until his lightning forced it back.
• Rorschach arrived, restrained the Aether with telekinesis, and placed it in an Asgardian container brought by Thor.
• Malekith awakened aboard the Dark Elves’ mothership and resolved to reclaim the Aether.
• Loki boasted about his magic ritual, and Rorschach sensed that guests had arrived.
• Rorschach fired heat rays at an invisible mothership, making it appear and shocking Malekith.

Rorschach single-handedly devastated the Dark Elf fleet, terrifying Malekith into retreat. After killing the Cursed Warrior with telekinesis and ripping out his heart, Rorschach resumed attacking the remaining ships.

• Malekith ordered the Dark Elves to destroy the Asgardians and seize the Aether, and both sides prepared for battle.
• Rorschach raced ahead of the Asgardian forces and tore through the Dark Elf fleet, leaving Thor, Loki, and the other warriors stunned.
• Malekith ordered a retreat and sent the Cursed Warrior to hold Rorschach back while the mothership turned away.
• The Cursed Warrior charged Rorschach, but Rorschach restrained him with telekinesis and endured the fleet's artillery without injury.
• Rorschach ripped out the Cursed Warrior's heart, dropped his corpse, and flew back toward the remaining Dark Elf ships.