Recaps

Isaiah Banks was escorted through a portal to take up his new post in the Red Order, leaving Nick Fury’s former S.H.I.E.L.D. colleagues to recognize how far the Order surpassed them. After learning more about the Order’s healing magic, Nick organized teams to locate four missing Skrull councilors, and the Skrull eradication plan entered its countdown.

• Evan Hines escorted Isaiah Banks through a portal to logistics department one and tried to secure enchanted pistols for his team.
• Nick Fury told the gathered S.H.I.E.L.D. officials that the Red Order overshadowed their former organization, then left for treatment with Phil Coulson.
• After his injuries healed in a wax bath, Nick Fury identified Talos, Kinsley, Gravik, and Diego as missing Skrull councilors and outlined where they might be hiding.
• Nick Fury assigned teams to search for Talos in the United States, Kinsley in South America, and Gravik in Eastern Europe, while Phil Coulson and Rachel McCoy helped him consolidate intelligence.
• Strucker and the others returned three days later, and the Skrull eradication plan officially entered its countdown.

Gravik ordered Hana to maintain radio silence as he investigated the disappearances of Skrull leaders and the Wanderer spaceship. Hawkeye and two Crimson Nuns ambushed him inside a sealed Mirror Dimension, and Gravik was left wounded and bound in battle.

• Gravik told Hana to pose as Greta Whittaker and avoid contacting other Skrulls until he reached out to her.
• Gravik suspected a hidden force was tracking the Skrulls after learning of the Wanderer’s disappearance and the loss of several leaders.
• Hawkeye appeared with two Crimson Nuns and confronted Gravik, who revealed his Skrull form and charged them.
• The Crimson Nuns raised a Crimson Veil, but Gravik broke through it and healed after Hawkeye shot him with an armor-piercing arrow.
• Hawkeye explained that magic had sealed the building inside a Mirror Dimension, then attacked Gravik with Magic Clones and crimson chains.
• Hawkeye fired five arrows into Gravik’s chest as the Magic Clones restrained him, and Gravik snapped their energy sabers in response.

Hawkeye defeated Gravik, while Natasha’s team confronted Talos and persuaded him to surrender by offering news of G'iah. In Peru, Thomas and his teammates survived Kinsley’s nuclear blast by diverting much of its force into the Mirror Dimension, then retreated as responders arrived; Richard pulled up the Human Sovereign Banner in Golden Ape Valley.

• Hawkeye detonated the five arrows embedded in Gravik, killing him, then withdrew through a Crimson Portal with Celia and Alicia.
• Natasha and Yelena’s team confronted Talos in New York City Hall, and Talos agreed to go with them after Natasha promised news of G'iah and help finding her.
• Natasha opened a portal, and Talos entered it after realizing the group had teleportation magic.
• Kinsley’s nuclear blast destroyed the Peruvian Presidential Palace, but Thomas diverted most of its force and radiation into his Mirror Dimension, allowing the five agents to escape.
• Grant Ward warned the others that people were approaching, and Adele led the team through a portal before police reached the ruins.
• Richard pulled up the Human Sovereign Banner in Crimson Dimension’s Golden Ape Valley.

Tony Stark launched the Heart of Steel to begin a global operation that exposed and eliminated Skrulls using U.S. military satellites and orbital railguns. As the massacre spread beyond the United States, Red Order believers sealed heavily nuclear-polluted areas around the world.

• After Richard ordered the operation to begin, Tony Stark launched the Heart of Steel with Simmons and the crew aboard.
• All 413 U.S. military satellites activated, and electromagnetic waves exposed Skrulls around the world to the Precision Orbital Railgun system.
• The Heart of Steel's AI targeted revealed Skrulls, killing tens of thousands in New York and wiping out Skrulls throughout the United States within a minute.
• In Peru, Councilman Diego urged Skrulls to retaliate against the United States, but orbital beams killed him and the other Skrulls at the meeting.
• Red Order believers emerged from portals near heavily nuclear-polluted regions and sealed each area with a dome-like formation.

Grant Ward and the Crimson Believers destroyed the Skrulls trapped in the Chernobyl Ruins, then Kenneth Vila’s squad evacuated Fukushima after redirecting a Japanese missile through a Portal. The missile struck Mount Fuji and triggered a massive eruption.

• The Skrulls failed to break the Sealing Formation, even with Leitz’s energy cannon, and the Crimson Believers incinerated them with crimson flames.
• Grant Ward collected the undamaged energy cannon and ordered the Crimson Believers to retreat through a Portal.
• Kenneth Vila’s squad prepared to leave the ruined Fukushima plant as a Tomahawk Cruise Missile approached.
• Kenneth Vila sent the missile through a Portal and ordered his squad to retreat.
• Yukuro Otani’s soldiers traced the missile to Mount Fuji, where it detonated in the crater and caused a violent eruption.

Richard stabilized the tectonic plates around Little Japan as Mount Fuji’s eruption caused widespread destruction there, while nearby countries remained unharmed. He then unleashed the Human Sovereign Banner’s silver starlight to kill the Skrulls in the Australian settlement and prepared to visit Asgard.

• Mount Fuji’s eruption devastated Little Japan, and the government blamed Yukuro Otani after an anonymous tip claimed the North Eastern Army had fired a missile into the crater.
• Richard asked Tiamut to reinforce the tectonic plates around Little Japan, containing the earthquakes and disasters so nearby countries were unaffected.
• People online linked Little Japan’s suffering to its wartime crimes, and Little Japan’s descendants faced condemnation online and in public.
• The Skrulls discovered their communications were cut off and Senator Varra and the recruitment team had vanished.
• Richard planted the Human Sovereign Banner in the settlement, and its silver starlight killed Skrulls despite their weapons and attempts to flee.
• Richard sensed the Source Star souls had been restored and decided to visit Asgard.

Li Richard erased the Skrull settlement in Australia and learned that hundreds of Skrulls had escaped the New Zola Algorithm. White Queen identified the first name on her list as Greta Whittaker, a British government cybersecurity director.

• Li Richard recalled the silver starlight into the Human Sovereign Banner and used Earthquake Technique to destroy the settlement and bury the Skrull remains.
• Australia’s press secretary Fred announced that the earthquake had ended, then awkwardly wished Little Japan well amid its disasters.
• Tony Stark reported that the Red Order had eliminated around three hundred and fifty thousand Skrulls, while Baron Strucker proposed a pursuit force for those who escaped detection.
• Li Richard dismissed the need for a pursuit force, and White Queen sent a list of hundreds of escaped Skrulls.
• White Queen showed Tony a woman from the list, and Jarvis identified her as Greta Whittaker, the cybersecurity director at the Britain Government Affairs Headquarters.

Richard explained that he had uncovered the Skrulls with his own abilities and wanted Tony and Strucker to help manage Earth while he was away. Three days later, he gathered Kamar-Taj sorcerers and Red Order allies on Valhalla Isle and offered the sorcerers a contract granting access to his mana in exchange for their souls after death.

• Jarvis confirmed that Greta Whittaker was not a Skrull, and Tony realized the Skrulls had a super intelligence.
• Richard said he had found the hidden Skrulls himself and planned to use the million exiles for a field exercise to prepare his team for future threats.
• Richard assigned Nick Fury a role backed by the Red Order and ordered Captain Marvel’s corpse sent to the United States government.
• Three days later, Kamar-Taj’s sanctuaries gained portal halls, and Richard gathered sorcerers and Red Order members on Valhalla Isle.
• Richard offered the Kamar-Taj sorcerers a contract for his mana in exchange for their souls after death, and told Mordo he would handle any dispute with the Vishanti.

Richard rewarded the Crimson Believers after their Skrull eradication operation, strengthening Kaecilius and Clea with Crimson Mana Essence. He then asked Mage Marcus about Asgard, prompting Marcus to suspect Richard was targeting Asgardian Valhalla, while Odin sensed an ominous premonition.

• Mordo accepted a contract scroll for the sorcerers of Kamar-Taj, while Clint Barton and Bruce Banner declined to join the Red Order because of their partners.
• Richard praised the Crimson Believers, and their names were engraved on the Giant Wall of Valhalla as they swore loyalty to him.
• Richard's Crimson Mana Essence strengthened Kaecilius, while Clea discovered that it increased the intensity of her energy.
• Richard met Mage Marcus in Golden Ape Valley and asked whether he knew Asgard's coordinates.
• Mage Marcus realized Richard might be eyeing Asgardian Valhalla, and Odin felt an ominous premonition while with Frigga.

Marcus returned to the Midnight Carnival on Gading Island and reunited with Kiri, the woman he had left behind. After Kiri welcomed him with a passionate kiss, she gave the bar patrons free Thunder Ale and dragged him upstairs to catch up.

• Old Jack bought the Midnight Carnival patrons Thunder Ale and tried to invite Kiri to dinner, but she reminded him that his wife Hannah would object.
• Sharol told Kiri that Old Jack was not worth her devotion, and Kiri watched the entrance, longing for someone.
• Marcus and Richard entered the bar, and Sharol and Kiri recognized Marcus.
• Kiri rushed into Marcus's arms, scolded him for leaving, and kissed him while Richard urged them to take their reunion upstairs.
• Kiri offered every table a free barrel of Thunder Ale and pulled Marcus up to the second floor.

Richard learned that Kiri had waited ten years for Marcus and that she owned Midnight Carnival after rescuing the Dwarf Grand Duke Vilma. When Thor and the Warriors Three arrived demanding Thunder Ale, Richard challenged Thor to a drinking contest, leaving Thor's belongings at stake if he lost.

• Richard tasted Thunder Ale and learned from Sharol that Kiri had rescued Vilma eight years earlier and refused a nobleman's marriage proposal while waiting for Marcus.
• Thor the God of Thunder entered Midnight Carnival with Hogun, Fandral, and Volstagg and demanded ten kegs of Thunder Ale.
• Richard calmed the angry patrons with magic and offered Thor a drinking contest for the ale and a selection of rare wines.
• Thor agreed that Richard could take any item from him if Thor lost, and Richard filled the tables with wine kegs to begin the contest.

Richard defeated Thor in a Dwarven Spirit drinking contest at the Midnight Carnival bar, and Volstagg conceded on Thor’s behalf. Thor’s companions left him passed out and gave Richard a pass token to claim a reward at the Golden Palace the next morning.

• Thor and Richard took turns chugging barrels of Dwarven Spirit while Sharol recorded the drinks and Thor’s broken barrels.
• Kiri came downstairs as Thor grew drunk, but he insisted he had not lost and tried to drink another barrel.
• Thor dropped the barrel, and Richard caught it with magic before Thor passed out on the table.
• Fandral checked Thor, and Volstagg admitted the loss and promised Richard could request a reward from Thor the next day.
• Hogun gave Richard a pass token for the Golden Palace, and Thor’s companions carried him away.
• Kiri asked Sharol what had happened, and he handed her the ledger of the drinks and damaged barrels.

Richard collected on his drinking-contest reward from Thor in Asgard, but rejected the treasures and weapons Thor offered. He asked instead for Thor’s Mjolnir, leaving Thor to respond.

• Kiri realized Richard was important and asked him not to involve her bar in his business, while Richard said he expected to leave Asgard soon and teased Marcus about staying behind.
• Richard visited the Golden Palace, where Thor welcomed him and offered to let him choose his prize after breakfast.
• Thor showed Richard five chests containing treasure and divine weapons, but Richard asked whether that was all Thor had.
• Thor promised to satisfy whatever Richard wanted, and Richard said he wanted Mjolnir.

Richard pressured Thor to honor their drinking contest wager, and Loki helped Thor settle on a compromise: Richard could choose three treasures and exchange them for one item in Odin's Vault. Richard chose the Orb of Agamotto and left with Thor, while the ruby on his ring flashed as he turned away.

• Thor and the Warriors Three confronted Richard when he demanded Mjolnir as his prize, but Loki arrived and urged Thor to protect Asgard's standing with Kamar-Taj.
• Thor apologized for not agreeing to Mjolnir as a stake and offered Richard three treasures from his collection as compensation.
• Loki persuaded Thor to let Richard exchange his prize for a treasure from Odin's Vault, and Thor agreed.
• Thor led Richard through Odin's Vault and introduced its treasures, including the Casket of Ancient Winters and the Infinity Gauntlet.
• Richard chose the Orb of Agamotto, put it away, and left with Thor as the ruby on his ring flashed.

Richard took Loki to Jotunheim and revealed that Loki was the son of Laufey, King of the Frost Giants, rather than Odin’s son. Richard offered to help Loki become king in exchange for Asgard’s method of constructing Valhalla, but Loki said a second Valhalla could never be built.

• Richard took Loki from Thor’s palace to a frozen lake in Jotunheim to reveal a secret.
• Richard killed three Frost Giants with a blast of crimson lightning, and Loki’s skin turned cyan.
• Richard told Loki that he was a Frost Giant and Odin had taken him from Laufey to use him to gain control of Jotunheim.
• Loki confronted Richard about his motives, and Richard offered to help him become king in exchange for the method of constructing Valhalla.
• Loki recognized that Richard wanted Valhalla’s construction method, then said a second Valhalla could never be built.

Richard confronted Loki over Valhalla’s origins, then subdued Laufey and refused to let Odin dictate his actions. The chapter ended with Richard growing to a hundred meters tall as Odin demanded to know whether he was declaring war on Asgard.

• Richard threatened Loki, who explained that Odin had used part of Helheim to build Valhalla and give it the power of resurrection.
• Laufey attacked Richard and Loki, but Richard crushed the Frost Giant King to his knees and broke his ice spear.
• Richard urged Loki to kill Laufey for Odin’s recognition, but Loki rejected the opportunity and declared that he would always be Asgard’s God of Mischief.
• Laufey recognized Loki as his son and raged against Odin, while Odin arrived on Sleipnir and ordered Loki home and Richard out of Asgard.
• Richard struck Laufey with an Eldritch Whip, then grew to a hundred meters tall as Odin raised Gungnir and challenged him over war with Asgard.

Richard defeated Odin in a clash of their weapons, then trapped and battered him with a sea of crimson flames before Odin and Loki returned to Asgard. Laufey emerged from the ruins plotting to reclaim the Casket of Ancient Winters and Loki, while Hela sensed a new arrival in Helheim.

• Richard’s Death God Spear clashed with Odin’s Gungnir, and Odin shattered the spear and pierced Richard’s forehead.
• Richard revealed himself alive within an endless sea of crimson flames and threatened to destroy Asgard unless Odin learned respect.
• Richard’s flames exploded around Odin, leaving him badly injured, while Loki used energy nets to slow his fall.
• Loki called Heimdall, and the Rainbow Bridge returned Odin, Loki, and the Eight-legged Steed to Asgard.
• Laufey crawled out from the collapsed cliff and vowed that the Casket of Ancient Winters and Loki would soon return to Jotunheim.
• Hela sensed that a new guest had arrived in Helheim.

Richard confronted Hela in Helheim, fought off her attacks, and convinced her he meant no harm. After he revealed that he had given Odin a farewell gift that would bring on Odinsleep, Hela told him to follow her.

• Richard froze Fenris and petted the wolf until Hela appeared and attacked him with Black Longswords.
• Richard blocked Hela's swords with a Crimson Curtain, but her razor-edged winds tore through it.
• Richard summoned a gigantic palm that forced Hela to the ground, where he held a Crimson Longsword to her neck.
• Richard freed Fenris and told Hela he had given Odin a farewell gift that would cause his Odinsleep to come early.
• Hela climbed onto Fenris and ordered Richard to follow her, and Richard chased after them.

Richard revealed to Hela that he had gathered all six Infinity Stones and promised to help her reclaim what Odin had taken, and Hela declared him her man. Meanwhile, Thor blamed the Frost Giants for Odin’s injury and headed to Jotunheim with his allies.

• Hela recounted how Odin sealed her in Helheim, erased her from history, and sent the Valkyries to kill her.
• Richard showed Hela the Eternal Flame and Casket of Ancient Winters, then revealed his six Infinity Stones.
• Hela asked Richard to break Odin’s seal, but he said the time was not right and promised to help her later.
• Richard comforted Hela, and she kissed him and declared that he was her man.
• Thor learned that Odin was injured, blamed the Frost Giants, and took the Three Warriors and Sif through the Bifrost to Jotunheim.

Thor the God of Thunder and his companions fought through Jotunheim and confronted Laufey after Thor killed several Frost Giants. As Thor charged Laufey, elite warriors trapped his allies and attacked him, and a pillar of lightning descended as the battle escalated.

• Thor the God of Thunder killed three young Frost Giants who tried to drive the Asgardians out of Jotunheim.
• Thor killed a dozen adult Frost Giants with a burst of lightning and called for Laufey to come out.
• Laufey gathered elite Frost Giants and surrounded Thor and his companions, declaring his intent to avenge the Frost Giants and make Odin suffer.
• Thor charged Laufey, but five elite Frost Giants blocked him and launched a coordinated attack while dozens more held back the Warriors Three of Asgard and Sif.
• Thor raised Mjolnir as dark clouds gathered and a thick pillar of lightning struck down.

Thor and the Asgardian warriors fought Laufey and the Frost Giants until Odin intervened, then Odin secretly collapsed after returning to Asgard. Three days later, a falling object landed in New Mexico, and Phil Coulson’s team was sent to investigate.

• Thor struck down several Frost Giants, but Laufey overpowered him and pierced his chest with an ice spear.
• Odin arrived on Sleipnir, rescued Thor, wounded Laufey with Gungnir, and brought the Asgardians back to Asgard.
• Odin sent Thor and the others for treatment, then collapsed and asked Frigga to take him to the hibernation chamber.
• Three days later, Baron Strucker ordered Phil Coulson to lead a team to the New Mexico impact site after a military satellite photographed a falling object.
• Coulson briefed his team aboard the Quinjet, and Skye answered when he called her name.

Thor and his companions arrived in New Mexico after Odin banished them, while Loki claimed the throne and began consolidating his rule over Asgard. The chapter ended with Loki restricting Heimdall’s authority to activate the Bifrost.

• Phil Coulson briefed Skye and Fox on their surveillance duties for the mission in New Mexico, while Melinda May questioned Skye’s training.
• Thor apologized to Volstagg after the group arrived in New Mexico, then promised they would return to Asgard and led them toward a nearby town.
• Frigga watched over Odin in the dormant Secret Chamber and worried that Asgard and Thor could not manage without him.
• Loki told Asgard’s ministers that Odin was recovering and Thor had been banished, then claimed the right to govern as acting King of Gods.
• Loki ordered Heimdall not to activate the Bifrost without his permission, and Heimdall accepted the command.

Thor met Richard in a tavern, where Richard revealed that Mjolnir had fallen in the desert and urged Thor to find his true self. Thor reached the government camp and tried to reclaim Mjolnir, but the hammer rejected him.

• Thor accidentally smashed a bottle in a tavern, apologized, and learned that Richard had bought the establishment.
• Richard told Thor that Mjolnir lay in the desert and suggested Odin’s exile had a purpose beyond punishment.
• Thor insisted he would not bow to Richard, then left with Sif and the Warriors Three to retrieve Mjolnir.
• Thor and his companions traveled to the desert, where Phil Coulson led them to the hammer’s crater.
• Thor tried repeatedly to lift Mjolnir, but it remained immovable, and he fell to his knees in despair.

Thor failed to lift Mjolnir and stayed at the camp with Sif and the Warriors Three while Phil Coulson reminded his team to respect Asgardian customs and the Lord of Crimson. Loki arrived on Earth to find Thor, but Kaecilius intercepted him before Loki slipped into the camp and found his grieving brother.

• Sif comforted Thor in the Mjolnir crater, and the Warriors Three agreed to stay temporarily at the camp.
• Coulson reprimanded Skye for insulting Thor and reminded her, Fitz, and Simmons to honor their faith in the Lord of Crimson.
• Coulson told Fitz and Simmons that Tony Stark was a bishop of the Red Order, shocking the two scientists.
• Loki arrived by Rainbow Bridge, and Kaecilius confronted him and warned that he would be watching him.
• Loki entered the camp in stealth and found Thor alone in his room, grieving at a desk.

Loki told Thor that Odin had died and blamed Thor, leaving him devastated on Earth. Richard returned to Kamar-Taj, where he learned Stephen Strange had arrived and assigned Mordo to train him, leaving Mordo surprised but encouraged.

• Loki appeared before Thor, claimed Odin had died from injuries caused by Thor, and showed him Gungnir as proof before declaring himself king of Asgard.
• Thor believed Loki and collapsed into grief and self-blame after Loki left him on Earth with Sif and the other Warriors Three.
• Richard placed the Eternal Flame and the Casket of Ancient Winters beneath the Human Sovereign Banner and considered seeking a fragment of Helheim or Hell for his Valhalla.
• White Queen informed Richard that Mordo urgently wanted to see him, so Richard returned to Kamar-Taj and learned that Stephen Strange had arrived as Jonathan Pangborn's referral.
• Richard recognized Stephen Strange and ordered Mordo to teach him, persuading the reluctant Mordo by praising his past students and teaching ability.