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Events of 616

Ragnaroks

  •  The Warriors Three are accused of murder of the son of the giant Gnives. In order to be spared death they must complete specific tasks including retrieving 3 apples from Yggsdrasil, the skin of a pig from Olympus, a spear from Midgard so angry it can only be cooled with blood, a sword which dwells in Japan, and to climb upon a tomb and shout which will not be easy as it protected by the dead king’s sons

  • Thor joins the Warriors and makes a deal with Gnives not to use Mjolnir in combat

  • They complete the first task by making the great eagle Lebard drunk who guards the top of the tree Yggsdrasil and steal the apples

  • Thor uses his hammer to travel to the realm of Olympus. There they meet Dionysus who tells them his pig that turns rivers to wine has been taken

  • In exchange for the pig, Thor and the W3 agree to help him

  • The kidnapper of the pig turns out to be Hercules 

  • Thor and Hercules fight for the pig. The battle is a draw and Dionysus gives them the skin of his pig which can conceal and shrink the apples

  • The four go to Ireland next to claim the Spear of Chulain which is guarded by leprechauns 

  • The four are tricked into saving a human baby from being sacrificed by leps until it comes out its disguise as Chulain himself, takes his spear and beheads Volstagg

  • Thor is maimed and Chulain is defeated and flees

  • Thor and Volstagg rejuvenate through the apples yet Volstagg is still headless

  • Next they go to Japan to claim the Grasscutter Sword which is guarded by the souls that the sword took

  • The sword is easily claimed as all that had to be done was take the sword so that the souls could rest in peace forever but could not since men were frightened or died at the sight of the ghosts

  • The oath is broken after Gnives sends Ulik the Troll to stop the 4 from completing the last task

  • The Giants and Asgardians prepare to go to war but Gnives’ wife stops it and says all she wanted was for her son to be honoured which Thor and his friends did


  • The book begins a different story involving the dwarves of Nidavellir who wish to be rid of the mold that created Mjolnir because Loki seeks it 

  • Forging Mjolnir is what killed the dinosaurs

  • The dwarves failed to get rid of the mold and a month later Loki has teamed up with Surtur, Ulik, Fenris Wolf, and Hyrm and obtain the mold

  • Using the mold, Surtur forges new weapons for all of them 

  • Enchantress, Sif, and Balder are killed from an attack led by Loki

  • Thor calls in Iron Man and Captain America for help

  • They travel from Ymir-Krul to Asgard and find it in ruins

  • The 3 face off against Loki and his cohorts and defeat them

  • Thor returns Cap and Iron Man to Earth

  • Sif turns out to be alive and is in Vanaheim where the Asgardians are travelling to and has one arm 

  • Sif is one of the defenders of Vanaheim when Loki’s forces attack

  • Thor takes down Durok the Demolisher whilst Beta Ray Bill joins the fray and takes Fenris down

  • Beta Ray obliterates Fenris

  • Valkyrie is dead

  • Thor leaves Asgard in Beta Ray’s stead while he goes to Hildstaf to seek answers. There he meets the Odinpower who tells him he must find wisdom by performing a sacrifice

  • Thor plucks out both his eyes

  • The Odinpower tells him that to know why Ragnarok is neverending he must sacrifice his own life

  • Thor hangs himself then is resurrected and has the Odinforce again

  • Thor defeats Loki once and for all by yanking his head off yet is still alive

  • Thor knows he must end the cycle of Ragnarok to stop those “Who Sit In Shadow” from rejuvenating from every Ragnarok

  • Thor makes a deal with Surtur to restore Mjolnir in exchange for obliterating Asgard thus catalyzing Ragnarok

  • Beta Ray Bill returns to his people

  • Thor goes to the Norns and reveals there is a secret thread of life representing Valhalla that is infinite. Thor cuts the thread and ends the infinite cycle of Ragnarok 


  • The 3rd part of the book shifts to Beta Ray Bill

  • His people are in danger of being annihilated by a being named Ashta, a god

  • The head priest wants to use Alpha Ray Bill, an automaton, since he is uncontrollable but also unstable 

  • Beta returns to find his people under siege 

  • Alpha and Beta clash

  • Beta realizes Ashta is Galactus in disguise and attempts to fight him. Galactus sends his herald Stardust to fight Beta

  • Beta’s ship Skuttlebutt tells him that his people are contained within a Meta-Orb

  • They follow the Orb until Stardust attacks again. They fight

  • Stardust opens a dimension to hell and inadvertently releases a demon named Asteroth

  • Stardust and Beta work together to stop Asteroth. Stardust opens up a black hole

  • Alpha Ray, now bestowed with intelligence by Galactus, returns and pushed Asteroth into the black hole

  • Asteroth is revealed to have gone into the Orb and used the life essence of Beta Ray’s people the Korbinites and becomes Omega Ray Bill

  • Beta beats Omega and dies but is resurrected by the Odinforce on Earth

  • Beta meets Spiderman for the first time and accustoms to his new life on Earth