Chapter Summaries

Salomon learned that Maya Hansen had found the preserved Thor blood samples, but her inaccurate explanation of his absence led the laboratory’s AI to announce his death. He joined Agent Coulson’s team as they prepared to travel to London, where a war could break out soon.

• Maya Hansen demanded Asgardian DNA samples for her enhanced soldier research, and Salomon told her Thor’s blood was stored in his office refrigerator.
• Maya admitted she had told the laboratory AI that Salomon had gone to another world, prompting it to post an obituary before she could clarify.
• Salomon joined Agent Coulson and the team in an aircraft’s cargo hold, where Coulson was organizing medical supplies and equipment for the London mission.
• Skye recognized Salomon as the Silver Knight from the Battle of New York, while Fitz and Simmons tried to investigate him with scientific equipment.
• Salomon used suggestion magic to redirect Fitz and Simmons, then urged Coulson’s team to hurry and abandon the Grenade Launcher.

Salomon and Skye tracked the Asgardian army as it traveled toward Greenwich University, while Salomon warned Skye about the dangers facing Earth. Darcy reached the university with some of the Einherjar, but Thor and Sif were delayed in London traffic with Jane.

• Salomon told Coulson to handle the remaining arrangements before entering English airspace and ordered Skye to keep ordinary people from seeing a portal.
• Skye reported that Fandral and the Asgardian army were traveling by bus toward Greenwich University, and Salomon explained why the police were wise not to stop them.
• Salomon warned Skye that Earth would face powerful threats if Kamar-Taj fell, then told her to enjoy the few peaceful days remaining.
• Fandral and the Einherjar arrived at Greenwich University, where the security guards called the police instead of stopping them.
• Darcy told Salomon that Thor and Sif were stuck in traffic with Jane, and they discussed whether Thor could fly ahead on his hammer.

Salomon prepared for the Dark Elves’ arrival at Greenwich University and launched his constructs to hold them back. As the attackers began to fight through, he armored up and blasted out of the aircraft with his Artificial Human assistant, leaving Skye behind.

• Salomon warned Coulson that the Dark Elves wielded weapons that could crush people with distorted gravity, while S.H.I.E.L.D. evacuated Greenwich University.
• The Dark Elf flagship appeared above the university, and Melinda May narrowly maneuvered the Airbus past its spike as the ship crashed into the courtyard.
• Salomon opened a portal and sent his constructs to swarm the flagship and attack the Dark Elf soldiers emerging from its elevator.
• Skye asked whether Salomon could handle the threat, and he reassured her that the Dark Elves themselves were not the main problem.
• Salomon’s armor transformed into a flight system, and he took his Artificial Human assistant out of the aircraft at high speed, blasting Skye onto the cargo hold floor.

Salomon and Thor fought Malekith as he wielded the Aether against the Asgardians and S.H.I.E.L.D. forces at Greenwich. Salomon destroyed the Dark Elves' flagship with the Sacred Sword, but Malekith survived the explosion, protected by the Aether.

• Salomon landed with the Artificial Human and joined Thor, Asgardian soldiers, and S.H.I.E.L.D. strike teams against the Dark Elves.
• Malekith emerged with the Aether and blasted Salomon and Thor, while the Aether drained the life from an Einherjar.
• Salomon gave Athena's shield to the Artificial Human as she protected him from Malekith's expanding Aether storm.
• Thor asked Salomon to reveal Malekith, and Salomon used the Sacred Sword to slice through the Dark Elves' flagship and ignite its reactor.
• Phoenix carried Salomon and the Artificial Human clear of the explosion, which devastated the area and destroyed Dr. Erik Selvig's car.
• Malekith emerged from the blast unharmed inside a crimson barrier, though the Aether around him had grown thinner.

After the Greenwich reactor explosion scattered people and creatures across realms, Salomon fought Malekith as the Convergence warped space around them. A Secret Conclave Mass awakened a golden power within Salomon, and he continued his assault on the Dark Elf king.

• Salomon sent Phoenix to search for Dark Elf soldiers while Sif woke, killed a nearby soldier, and was swallowed by a portal.
• Salomon and the Artificial Human attacked Malekith, but the Aether struck back and hurled them through a spatial rift into the River Thames.
• Thor emerged over London's Financial District with Loki, who explained that he had wandered into another realm by accident.
• Father Morlu led the Secret Conclave in a Mass as a consecrated carrier pigeon and sealed scroll appeared in brilliant light.
• The Mass's power reached Salomon, igniting his Holy Marks and Kabbalah essence as he battled Malekith.
• Salomon's golden flames blocked the Aether's tentacles, and he raised his Sacred Sword to strike Malekith.

Salomon fought Malekith in a brutal battle, but the Aether-powered Dark Elf survived his attacks and the two were ultimately separated. After his golden flames and Holy Marks faded, Salomon rested, recovered, and prepared to find a portal back to Earth.

• Salomon used the Sacred Sword and Mayer Swordsmanship to repeatedly wound Malekith, whose Aether quickly repaired his body.
• Malekith's soul grew stronger as the Aether consumed his mind and drew him toward becoming part of the Infinity Gems.
• Salomon and Malekith fought at close range amid the Aether, trading savage blows as the particles began draining Salomon's life.
• Malekith formed a massive Warhammer from the Aether, and its collision with Salomon's Sacred Sword separated them and extinguished Salomon's golden flames.
• Salomon found himself alone on black gravel, deactivated the Holy Marks, and rested until his strength returned.
• Salomon suspected Extra-dimensional Beings had interfered with his mind and decided to use Analyze Portal to return to Earth.

Jane Foster and Erik Selvig prepared devices to counter the gravitational anomalies spreading across Greenwich during the Celestial Convergence. In Helheim, Salomon rejected Hela’s demands and searched for a way out of Odin’s prison, while suspecting that his arrival had been arranged.

• Jane Foster urged Erik Selvig to finish his devices so she and Darcy could place them around Greenwich.
• Erik Selvig gave Jane Foster and Darcy the instruments and warned them to follow his map exactly to avoid portals to other worlds.
• Salomon used his phone signal to find portals leading to Earth as he navigated Helheim, where the shifting portals made his search dangerous.
• Hela introduced herself as the Goddess of Death and Queen of Asgard, ordered Salomon to kneel, and demanded that he tell her about the Nine Realms.
• Salomon refused Hela’s commands and said he could not break Odin’s spell, then wondered whether someone had deliberately sent him to Helheim.

Salomon fought Hela in the realm of death after refusing to kneel, and her fury drove her to attack him relentlessly. As the battle pushed him to activate the Holy Marks, Frigga watched in alarm while the Sorcerer Supreme remained confident that Salomon would survive.

• Hela attacked Salomon with the Night Sky Sword after he refused to kneel, and they fought among the bones of the Throne Hall.
• Hela outmatched Salomon's swordsmanship and wounded him, while he used spells, daggers, and his shield to evade her attacks.
• Frigga watched the fight through a surveillance spell and asked the Sorcerer Supreme if she was worried about Salomon.
• Salomon activated the Holy Marks and used his Dragon Wing Thrusters to drive Hela into a wall, then struck her helmet with his shield.
• Frigga cried out as Hela stabbed toward Salomon's abdomen, but the Sorcerer Supreme assured her that Salomon would be fine and claimed he liked women like Hela.

Salomon fought Hela in the realm of death, overwhelmed her, and pinned her down long enough to reveal his identity before the Sorcerer Supreme pulled him out of Odin's Cage. Exhausted, he rejoined the Sorcerer Supreme and Queen of Heaven Frigga and ate while recovering.

• Salomon activated the Holy Marks, healed his wounds, and struck Hela into the palace wall.
• Salomon battled Hela, then pinned her limbs and chest to the floor with black swords.
• Salomon revealed his name to Hela, who declared that she would escape and make him submit.
• The Sorcerer Supreme used her magic to bring Salomon from Odin's Cage into the cabin.
• Salomon greeted the Sorcerer Supreme and Queen of Heaven Frigga, then accepted smoked salmon from an Invisible Servant.

Salomon learned that Frigga and the Sorcerer Supreme wanted him to stop Hela and help prevent Ragnarok, but he refused Asgard’s offer to make him prince consort and proposed securing Midgard’s independence through an agreement with Hela. As they discussed keeping Hela from reaching Asgard, Thor emerged through a portal over London and plunged toward Loki and Malekith.

• Frigga revealed that Odin’s imprisonment of Hela was tied to Ragnarok and that Asgard hoped Salomon and Thor could oppose her, perhaps by forming a relationship with her.
• Salomon refused the title of prince consort, then proposed confronting Hela in battle to make her recognize Midgard’s independence.
• Frigga warned that Hela would become too powerful to stop if she reached Asgard, while the Sorcerer Supreme rejected any plan to exile Thor again.
• Thor flew through a natural portal over London toward Loki, who was grappling with Malekith with his blades embedded in the Dark Elf king’s ribs.

Thor fought Malekith while the Sorcerer Supreme and Frigga watched, and S.H.I.E.L.D. struggled to manage the destruction in London. Salomon appeared aboard the Airbus wounded and asked for help treating his injuries.

• Loki transformed into a snake to escape Malekith, but Thor grabbed him and used him as a weapon while attacking the Dark Elf king.
• Frigga asked the Sorcerer Supreme whether Thor could defeat Malekith, and learned that her backup plan was recovering from a fight with Hela.
• Skye urged Coulson to evacuate London and complained that Salomon had tampered with her memories, while Coulson coordinated S.H.I.E.L.D.'s response.
• Salomon revealed he had been sitting on the Airbus for ten minutes, explained that Malekith had wounded him, and asked Skye to get a medkit.

Jane Foster, Darcy, Sif, and Salomon worked to place devices that countered the portals and disturbed gravity across Greenwich University. Salomon expected Malekith to emerge on his own, while Jane ordered him to help with the instruments.

• Jane Foster and Darcy crossed the battlefield to plant Eric's instruments, and Thor and Malekith crashed through a nearby building.
• Jane Foster accidentally uncovered Sif with an instrument, and Sif joined them after Jane warned her about the unstable portals.
• Skye helped tend Salomon's wound, and Coulson gave him a gravity-canceling device built by Fitz.
• Salomon flew to the university courtyard and reunited with the Artificial Human, who showed him the Dark Elves she had killed.
• Salomon assigned the Artificial Human to help Jane Foster, Darcy, and Sif place the instruments, then said Malekith would appear on his own.
• Jane Foster ordered Salomon to help carry out the work.

Salomon and Thor fought Malekith as the Aether storm consumed the ruins, but Salomon could not safely unleash the Sacred Sword. He revealed the Silver Key and summoned primordial darkness from other worlds, leaving London engulfed in night as he tried to control the beings answering his call.

• Loki emerged from the ground and joined the group outside the portal, then Thor and Malekith burst out as Jane Foster closed it.
• Salomon and Thor attacked Malekith amid the spreading Aether storm, but Malekith transformed as the fluid consumed rubble and deflected bullets.
• Thor rescued Salomon and Sif from the storm, then returned to help create an opening with a lightning strike that hit a missile.
• Salomon refused to fire the Sacred Sword and revealed the Silver Key, drawing the primordial dark beings toward him.
• Salomon recited Randolph Carter's incantation and summoned the darkness, plunging London into night as he struggled to control it.

Salomon used Charon and a bargain with the Lord of the Gate to destroy Malekith and take his soul, but the exchange left him permanently marked by Yog-Sothoth. After the battle, he concealed the mark and arranged for Thor and the others to leave while help arrived.

• Salomon summoned Charon, who drew in the primordial darkness as the Aether consumed Malekith and his soul.
• Salomon called on the Lord of the Gate for a silver Flame Arrow that destroyed Malekith and separated his soul from the Aether.
• The bargain permanently marked Salomon with the sign of Yog-Sothoth, while his Holy Marks anchored his existence and helped preserve his humanity.
• Frigga confronted the Sorcerer Supreme about Salomon's dangerous contact with an Outer Dimension entity, and the Sorcerer Supreme defended his disciple.
• Charon vanished with Malekith's soul, and Salomon told Thor to summon the Asgardian warriors and return to Asgard after resting.
• Salomon called Coulson for food and refused to explain the battle, saying he did not want Coulson to die again.

After the battle in London, Salomon arranged for the Aether to be divided and secured, then handed one portion to the Sorcerer Supreme for safekeeping. She gave him another portion to study as a Philosopher’s Stone and urged him to return to New York, where the Witch had been calling.

• Thor volunteered to help Coulson and the Einherjar hunt dangerous creatures left in London by the Celestial Convergence.
• Salomon explained his plan to divide the Aether among Asgard and Kamar-Taj using four test tubes inscribed with the Four Elements Seal.
• Laura Croft introduced herself to Salomon aboard the Airbus, but he ended their conversation and left Skye exasperated.
• Salomon delivered the Aether to the Sorcerer Supreme in Norway after Thor’s group returned to Asgard.
• The Sorcerer Supreme gave Salomon a test tube of the Aether to study as a Philosopher’s Stone and told him to return to New York because the Witch had called repeatedly.

Salomon researched the Philosopher’s Stone until Bayonetta pulled him away to eat, then learned from Athena that Odin had been abandoned somewhere in New York. He searched the city with Kamar-Taj apprentices, but Odin remained missing.

• Salomon studied the Philosopher’s Stone and its potential uses until Bayonetta interrupted him for dinner.
• Athena warned Salomon about Odin’s power and revealed that the All-Father was scavenging through trash cans near his apartment.
• Salomon learned that Loki had dumped Odin on the streets of New York and called Frigga to alert her.
• Salomon and Kamar-Taj apprentices searched the neighborhood, while Athena enlisted owls and snakes to help find Odin.
• Salomon refused to ask the No-Door Bar for help because its wizards might pursue Odin for his Rune Magic, and Odin remained missing.

Salomon brought the disoriented All-Father to Frigga, then prepared for university while Athena gave him a car and assigned him to care for Lorna. Bayonetta later presented Salomon with a gift through a ritual honoring Bichess, leaving him speechless.

• Salomon and his apprentices took the All-Father from the shelter and delivered him to Frigga.
• Salomon returned home after dismissing the owls and snakes that had helped him search for the All-Father.
• Athena gave Salomon an Aston Martin, asked him to take Lorna for a drive, and told him to find a place to rent in Oxford.
• Bayonetta drew Salomon into the bedroom and called their time together his coming-of-age ceremony.
• Bayonetta performed a blood ritual as a saint of Bichess, praising the goddess of pleasure and desire before Salomon.

After recovering from an intimate encounter with Bayonetta, Salomon learned that Odin was still conducting Asgardian affairs from Earth and had a contingency plan for Loki. The Venerable One told Salomon to visit Odin in Finland, where he would see how much control the All-Father still held.

• Salomon and Bayonetta rested together after their long encounter, while the Cheshire Cat and the Artificial Human reacted with confusion.
• Athena served Salomon lasagna and teased him about his future with women as he recovered from his exhaustion.
• Jeanne returned home, noticed the signs of what had happened, and reluctantly agreed to share Bayonetta's bed with Salomon.
• The Venerable One gave Salomon herbal broth and joked about the romantic opportunities he would have had as a medieval knight.
• The Venerable One explained that Odin blamed Loki rather than Kamar-Taj, still possessed Gungnir, and received reports of Loki's orders.
• The Venerable One told Salomon to visit Odin in Finland and see that the All-Father was still handling official business.

Salomon met Laura Croft to answer questions about historical mysteries and King Arthur, then visited Odin and Frigga in the Finnish countryside. He left Laura's dangerous Dragon Triangle expedition unexplained and found Odin enjoying an incognito retirement.

• Salomon drove to Laura Croft's home and had her sign a contract promising secrecy in exchange for answers to historical mysteries.
• Laura asked Salomon about the Dragon Triangle, but he withheld the truth about its deadly Umbra Witch graveyard because he did not want to interfere with her future.
• Salomon traveled to the Finnish countryside and found Odin and Frigga strolling together in ordinary clothes.
• Frigga asked Salomon to keep an eye on Odin while she gathered mushrooms and herbs.
• Salomon reprimanded Odin for hunting bears and letting the neighbors see evidence of his strength.

Salomon spent the day helping Odin with chores while Queen of Heaven Frigga prepared dinner, unaware that Odin was assessing him as a potential match for Hela. Odin believed Salomon’s fate would lead him toward ruling and worried that Borr’s curse threatened his children.

• Queen of Heaven Frigga invited Salomon to dinner and asked him to keep Odin from chasing the neighbors’ goat.
• Odin insisted Salomon chop wood and prepare bear meat while he watched with Fenrir and Geri.
• Odin reflected on Salomon’s strengths and concluded he had the resolve and judgment to rule.
• Odin considered Salomon a suitable partner for Hela and imagined Asgard and Kamar-Taj joining forces.
• Odin secretly gave Salomon a drink of hard liquor and teased him about being unable to drink.