Chapter Summaries

Vanaheim’s allied army fought Thanos’ forces in a brutal cosmic war, while Supergiant’s infiltration exposed the gods to a trap. God King Freyr died after battling the Black Order, and Thanos ordered his forces to bypass Vanaheim as Freyr’s funeral was held.

• God King Freyr led an allied army of Vanir, elves, and Niflheim warriors to confront Thanos’ fleet, but the Chitauri attacked instead of negotiating.
• Odyssey and Tos fought in the battle as Cull Obsidian challenged Odyssey, while God King Freyr joined the fight and turned the tide.
• Supergiant infiltrated Vanaheim, learned that Asgard had been divided, and controlled a god to help lure Freyr away from the allied army.
• Supergiant’s controlled god stabbed Freyr with the Golden Spear, and Freyr wounded Supergiant before Thanos and the Black Order surrounded him.
• Thanos and the Black Order defeated God King Freyr, and Thanos ordered his forces to bypass Vanaheim after Supergiant died.
• Vanaheim held God King Freyr’s funeral.

Thor and Loki’s ship was attacked by Thanos, who demanded the Tesseract, while Frigga and Freya defended Vanaheim. Loki used the Bifrost to send Thor away, but was swept into it himself and landed in Hogwarts’ Girls’ Bathroom.

• Thor and Loki changed course toward Vanaheim to find Frigga, then discovered signs that the planet had been attacked.
• Thanos and the Black Order attacked the Asgardian ship, killing many Asgardians and bringing Thor and Loki under their control.
• Frigga and Freya maintained Vanaheim’s protective barrier while Frigga worried that her children were in danger.
• Thanos demanded the Tesseract and tortured Thor, so Loki claimed he would reveal where it was and asked for a guide.
• Loki secretly tried to strike Thanos while Heimdall summoned the Bifrost to send Thor away, but Thanos stopped the attack and the Bifrost carried Loki off.
• Loki arrived in Hogwarts’ Girls’ Bathroom, where Moaning Myrtle greeted him.

Loki fell into Hogwarts after the Bifrost sent him off course and warned Snape that Thanos was coming. The Aurors arrested him and took him away before he could speak to John Wick.

• Loki crashed into a Hogwarts bathroom, where Professor McGonagall, Snape, and the other professors confronted him.
• Loki identified himself as being from Asgard, but the professors stunned him and Snape had him locked in a tower room.
• Snape questioned Loki about his arrival and suspected he had come to Hogwarts with an ulterior motive.
• Loki warned Snape that Thanos threatened the universe and demanded to speak with John Wick.
• Snape gave Loki Veritaserum, then Howlett arrived with the Aurors, who arrested Loki and took him away in a Thestral carriage.

Loki was taken from Hogwarts to Wizard City, where Hulk signed him out as his guardian and carried him to the Magic Tower. John met him there and asked whether he had brought useful information.

• An Auror diverted Loki from the Ministry of Magic to Wizard City after receiving orders from Headquarters.
• Loki traveled by train through the mist and arrived in Wizard City, where he was placed in a holding cell until his guardian came.
• Hulk arrived, signed Loki out with a quill, and carried him through the city despite Loki's attempts to resist.
• Hulk brought Loki to the Magic Tower, but refused to climb its stairs because he hated them.
• Loki entered the Magic Tower and found John, who had just read Snape's letter and asked him for useful information.

Loki warned John that Thanos had defeated Thor and was gathering the Infinity Stones, prompting John to call for the Avengers. As allies assembled on Midgard, Ebony Maw led Thanos’ forces toward Earth to seize the stones.

• Loki told John that Thanos had defeated Thor near Vanaheim, where Freyr and Supergiant had also died, and that Thanos had obtained the Power Stone.
• John learned that Thanos was pursuing the remaining Infinity Stones and told Loki, “Avengers, assemble.”
• Loki and Stephen Strange arrived at the New York Sanctum, where Stephen had become Sorcerer Supreme.
• Stephen and Banner brought Loki to Tony Stark and asked for his help, while Tony reacted warily to Loki.
• Ebony Maw assessed the damaged ships and led Thanos’ forces toward Midgard while Thanos went to retrieve the Reality Stone.

The Guardians of the Galaxy rescued Thor from space while Loki warned Earth’s heroes that Thanos was coming for the Infinity Stones. John coordinated alliances across the world, and Tony learned an unidentified object had entered Earth’s atmosphere as the invasion approached.

• The Guardians of the Galaxy found Thor drifting in space, brought him aboard, and woke him.
• At the New York Sanctum, Tony, Stephen, and Wong confirmed Loki’s warning about Thanos and debated how to protect the Infinity Stones.
• Loki joined the Second Alliance after Matt accepted John’s instruction, and the alliance learned it would work with the Avengers.
• John and his allies alerted Kamar-Taj, the Children of Miracle, Wakanda, Namor, and other forces, bringing Earth’s heroes together for the coming battle.
• F.R.I.D.A.Y. told Tony that an unidentified flying object had entered the atmosphere.

Tony, Stephen, Wong, Banner, Peter, and Shang-Chi fought Thanos’s forces as Ebony Maw captured Stephen and carried him aboard a spaceship. They rescued Stephen and defeated Maw, while Tony proposed a new plan and John tracked a signal from London.

• Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian arrived in New York, where Tony, Stephen, Wong, and Banner fought them.
• Peter left his school bus to help, and Wong sent Cull Obsidian through a portal, severing one of his hands.
• Ebony Maw transported himself and Stephen aboard the spaceship, while Shang-Chi struck Maw and joined Tony and Peter in rescuing Stephen.
• Peter and Shang-Chi opened a hole in the ship, causing Ebony Maw to be sucked into space, and Tony repaired the hull and saved Stephen.
• Tony suggested another plan as the spaceship departed, while John received a message from London.

Wanda and Vision were attacked in London by Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight, but Steve, Natasha, and Sam arrived and drove the attackers away. Wanda asked John and the Wizarding Kingdom for help treating Vision, and they reached Avengers Headquarters, where John encountered Secretary of State Ross.

• Wanda told Vision that the lost wizards' disappearance and the death of a former friend had shaken her faith in the Wizarding Kingdom, while Vision asked her to stay with him.
• After seeing news of the alien attack on New York and Tony Stark's disappearance, Vision decided to leave for Avengers Headquarters, but Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight ambushed him and Wanda.
• Wanda fought to protect the injured Vision, and Steve, Natasha, and Sam arrived, defeated Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight, and forced them to retreat.
• Wanda asked the Wizarding Kingdom for help, and John arrived after MOSS tracked her phone, teasing her for seeking aid only after Vision was badly hurt.
• Steve brought Vision to Avengers Headquarters, where John met Secretary of State Ross as the government faced criticism over its failure to stop the alien attack.

John confronted Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross as the Avengers gathered to prepare for Thanos’s return. When Vision proposed destroying the Mind Stone at the cost of his life, John offered to remove it instead, leaving Wanda to ask whether he could truly save Vision.

• Steve told Ross that the Avengers would fight to protect the world, and Ross ordered Rhodey to arrest them.
• John challenged Ross, then spoke with Penelope, who said the Silencers had formed a New York team to handle magical and nonmagical incidents.
• Penelope asked if they could win, and John assured her they could before turning his attention to Vision.
• Vision proposed that Wanda destroy the Mind Stone, but Wanda refused to kill him.
• John said he could remove the Stone, and Banner explained that Vision was made from several interacting components beyond the Stone.
• Wanda asked if John could really do it, and he said Vision would have to endure the pain of having his soul torn apart.

John and the Avengers gathered support and chose Wakanda as the battlefield for Thanos’s approaching forces. T’Challa welcomed John’s allies as Bucky received a new arm, while John’s reinforcements arrived above Wakanda.

• Vision agreed to let John tear apart his soul, and Steve said Wakanda would provide support for the coming fight.
• John outlined his allies and explained that Thanos was traveling to collect the Reality Stone, so they planned to destroy his army before he arrived.
• Steve apologized to John for Bucky’s attack on John’s family, and John told him that victims had every right to hate Bucky.
• T’Challa gave Bucky a case containing a new arm and welcomed Steve, John, and the others to Wakanda.
• John asked T’Challa’s permission to bring in more people, and a Silver Spaceship arrived carrying members of Kamar-Taj, the Children of Miracle, and the Second Alliance.

John gathered the heroes in Wakanda, learned about Thanos' forces from Cull Obsidian, and urged Loki to fight for Thor's revenge. Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight returned with their army, bringing the battle to Wakanda's shielded defenses.

• Wong sent the captured Cull Obsidian to Kamar-Taj, where Sorcerers restrained him before he was moved to Wakanda.
• Guard, the Children of Miracle, the Avengers, Ivan, Matt, and other allies assembled in Wakanda, and John declared that they had one day to prepare for war.
• John questioned Cull Obsidian in his ancient language and used Legilimency to learn about Thanos' Army.
• John confronted Loki about his desire to avenge Thor, and Loki accepted the need to face Thanos.
• Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight returned to Earth with their army, and Wakanda activated its protective shield and readied its forces.

John operated on Vision to remove the Mind Stone while Wakanda's defenders fought Thanos' army. As Shuri delivered John's locating crystal to the battlefield, John summoned the Wizarding Kingdom's secret weapon, and nine figures arrived through the Bifrost on a silver-white steed.

• John used Soul Scalpels to detach the Mind Stone from Vision while the battle began outside.
• Ivan deployed his God of Destruction armor, and Wakanda's fighters and Kamar-Taj sorcerers battled Proxima Midnight's forces.
• Corvus Glaive freed Cull Obsidian from prison, but John summoned Hulk to attack them and sent Wanda to help outside.
• Ivan activated a giant cannon to destroy the invading harvesters, while Shuri used a drone to deliver John's locating Magic Crystal.
• John reached out to the Wizarding Kingdom's secret weapon, and a silver-white steed carrying nine figures emerged from the Bifrost above the battlefield.

Wizards and Wakandan forces battled Thanos' Army while the enemy ship's bombardment threatened to overwhelm them. As Maniac and Sam prepared to attack the ship, Percy and Pheobe awaited reinforcements, and fire dragons emerged from an Anywhere Door to join the fight.

• Kim, Percy, and other wizards led magical fighters and summoned creatures against Thanos' Army, while White Bear saved Wanda from Corvus Glaive.
• Proxima Midnight ordered bombardments that devastated the battlefield, but Astral Spirit Guardians shielded survivors as Ivan and Rhodey attacked the ship's guns.
• Black Panther and Pietro fought through enemy troops, while Heinrich's Fiendfyre and Pheobe's spells divided and disrupted the attackers.
• After the bombardment wounded Guardian and others, Sam volunteered to carry Maniac to destroy the enemy ship, and Guardian promised to cover them.
• Percy asked whether the flying soldiers had arrived, and Pheobe said they would come; then Hagrid's Anywhere Door brought fire dragons from Moon Mountain into the battle.

John removed the Mind Stone from Vision, who urged him to destroy it, but John chose to keep it for another purpose. As Thanos' Army invaded Wakanda, the Stars summoned a massive Three-Headed Dragon that routed the enemy, while Corvus Glaive prepared to attack them for Thanos.

• Amokhan led over a hundred dragons into battle, and Hulk and the heroes killed Cull Obsidian.
• John completed Vision's surgery and removed the Mind Stone; Vision recovered but warned that keeping it was risky, while John refused to destroy it.
• Falcon and Maniac destroyed the enemy ship's weapons and propulsion systems, and the falling ship smashed Wakanda's shield, letting Thanos' Army invade the country.
• Percy and the other Stars used their Nine Rings and family names to summon a Three-Headed Dragon from Wizard City.
• The dragon devastated the battlefield and drove Thanos' soldiers to flee, while Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive realized the Stars were its source.
• Corvus Glaive slipped behind the Stars and aimed his weapon at them, shouting, "For Thanos!"

Thanos seized the Reality Stone from the Collector on Knowhere, but a released lizard let the Collector escape. In Wakanda, the heroes crushed Thanos' army, and Thor arrived to find the battle already won.

• Thanos confronted the Collector on Knowhere and destroyed much of his collection while demanding the Reality Stone.
• The Collector led Thanos to the Aether, which became the Reality Stone in his Infinity Gauntlet.
• The Collector released the lizard to attack Thanos and escaped Knowhere in a small spaceship.
• Corvus Glaive ambushed the Stars, but Neville Longbottom killed him with his sword and Extrasensory Spell.
• The heroes defeated Thanos' army, with Cull Obsidian killed and Proxima Midnight left alone.
• Thor arrived in Wakanda with Rocket and Groot, and Rocket wondered which side was the enemy.

Thor returned to Wakanda with Stormbreaker after the Avengers defeated Thanos’s army, and the heroes learned that John had taken the Mind Stone while Wong named Titan as Thanos’s likely destination. At Knowhere, Gamora tried to kill Thanos, but he revealed the attack was an illusion, captured her, and departed with her as Star-Lord and the others escaped.

• Thor arrived in Wakanda with Rocket and Groot and reunited with the Avengers after forging Stormbreaker on Nidavellir.
• Wanda revealed that John had taken the Mind Stone, and Wong told the heroes that Thanos was on Titan.
• Thanos burned the Collector’s collection at Knowhere, and Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, and Mantis arrived to confront him.
• Gamora attacked and seemingly killed Thanos, but the Reality Stone revealed that the scene was an illusion and the real Thanos was unharmed.
• Thanos captured Gamora after Star-Lord failed to shoot her, transformed Drax and Mantis with the Reality Stone, and departed with Gamora.
• Star-Lord and the others returned to normal when the Reality Stone left and began escaping as Knowhere shook.

Aboard the ships heading to Titan, Peter became an Avenger while Thanos tortured Nebula to make Gamora reveal the Soul Stone’s location. Gamora named John Wick as the wizard who held her memories, and John confronted Steve about using the Infinity Stones as they prepared to face Thanos.

• Tony formally made Peter an Avenger, and Peter introduced himself to Doctor Strange as Spider-Man.
• As the ship headed toward Titan, Stephen reflected on Earth’s defense against Thanos’ army and the Wizard King’s role in it.
• Thanos confronted Gamora about the Soul Stone and tortured Nebula when Gamora denied knowing where it was.
• Gamora revealed that she had given her memories to John Wick, an Earth wizard, and Thanos stopped torturing Nebula.
• Steve urged John to destroy the stones, but John showed him that he possessed two stones and called the situation a fair trade.

John refused to destroy the Infinity Stones and planned to take the fight to Thanos on Titan, while T'Challa pledged Wakanda's support. Thanos remained unaware that his forces had been defeated and prepared to return to Titan, where John was already waiting to reshape the battlefield.

• John told Steve that he intended to use the Stones against Thanos, and Steve struggled with the risks of letting John control them.
• John spoke with T'Challa about Wakanda's sacrifices and announced that he would invade Thanos's territory using the Space Stone.
• John sent Percy and the Wizarding Kingdom's Stars home, then used the Space Stone to travel to a barren planet and began planning a surprise for Thanos.
• Thanos failed to obtain the Soul Stone's location from Gamora and decided to return to Titan before seeking out John.
• Gamora promised Nebula that she would find a way to free her.

Tony, Peter, Stephen, and Shang-Chi landed on Titan to confront Thanos, but they mistook Star-Lord and the Guardians for enemies. After Shang-Chi nearly lost control of a massive energy blast, John arrived and contained its power, leaving both groups surprised to see him.

• Tony and Peter landed the spaceship on Titan, where they found Thanos absent and prepared to wait for him.
• Star-Lord and the Guardians attacked, and both groups fought until they realized they were not working for Thanos and were asking about Gamora.
• The Avengers and the Guardians recognized each other through Thor and began to lower their weapons, but Shang-Chi realized he could not throw the enormous energy ball he had charged.
• Shang-Chi's energy blast erupted without harming anyone after an invisible barrier trapped its power.
• John arrived, contained the blast with a blue glow, and surprised everyone, who recognized him.

John joined the Avengers and Guardians on Titan, bringing the Space and Mind Stones and proposing they kill Thanos when he arrived. While the others prepared an ambush, John explored Titan’s ruined history; Thanos then landed and found John waiting among the wreckage.

• John told Tony that Earth’s heroes had defeated Thanos’s army and said he would kill Thanos when he arrived.
• John revealed he had the Space Stone and had removed Vision’s Mind Stone, explaining that Vision had asked him to take it.
• John told Star-Lord that Gamora had probably been captured because of the secret she had entrusted to him, and said mind magic would protect him from having secrets extracted.
• The Avengers and Guardians discussed their plan, assigning Shang-Chi and Peter to ambush positions while John explored Titan’s ruins.
• John found records describing Titan’s resource wars and clues connecting the Titans with the Eternals and Celestials, then recorded the history and technology.
• Thanos arrived on Titan by spaceship and saw John waiting on the wreckage instead of his Black Order.