After winning over Eitri, the Dwarf King, and promising to rebuild Nidavellir and avenge his fallen kin, Sean continued on his long journey.
Reclining in the bridge chair, the young man's thoughts churned. He admired the four gems on the Infinity Gauntlet, his eyes filled with rapture as their brilliant, shimmering radiance nearly dazzled him.
The six Infinity Stones were the physical manifestation of this universe's highest laws. That was why Thanos had always coveted them, hoping to wield that supreme power to erase half the life in the universe at once and preserve the order and balance of all things.
The Mad Titan claimed that death had granted him a revelation, allowing him to glimpse the end of the universe. The later destruction of his homeworld, Titan, only strengthened that conviction.
Thus, Thanos embarked on a path of slaughter and conquest. With the Eternal race's formidable strength and his innate talent for learning, he soon gained tremendous renown, amassed power, and became an overlord in his own right.
A massive fleet known as the Black Order, led by Thanos, slaughtered civilized planets on a grand scale. As his power continued to swell, even the universe's three great empires were unable to stop him. They could only let it happen and turn a blind eye.
In the eyes of the rulers of the various civilized empires, Thanos was merely a bloodthirsty madman, a barbarian who relied purely on force to conquer, not an enormous threat that had to be eliminated.
When the cost outweighed the reward, no one would take the initiative to uphold justice—not even the Nova Corps.
"Knowhere."
Sean stared at the vast star map glittering with points of light. From Odin, he had learned that the Orb had fallen into the hands of a Ravager named Peter