History Characters / MCUAsgard

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' [[note]](Appears as a statue in Recap/LokiEpisode9EighteenNinetyThree)[[note]]

An Asgardian warrior

* TheGhost: He's only referenced by Loki, confirming he exists within the main MCU timeline.
* RedBaron: Known as Balder "The Brave"

[[folder:Fenris]]
!!''Fenris''
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!!!'''Species:''' Asgardian Wolf

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorRagnarok''

Fenris was a giant wolf who served Hela during the times of the expansion of Asgard around the Nine Realms. Millennia after her death, she is resurrected by Hela with the Eternal Flame and put at her service during her oppressive rule on Asgard.
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Originally a Jotun, as the son of Loki and a Jotun sorceress. Here her species is merely listed as "Asgardian Wolf".
* AdaptationalNonsapience: Fenrir could speak in the original myth and the comics, and even had a bit of an awesome ego. Fenris in the film is just a mindless beast that serves Hela.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the myths, Fenris eventually grows large enough for the upper part of his mouth to reach the sky. Here, she’s only [[https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/building-character-with-thor-part2/ 23 foot tall]] and [[https://vfxblog.com/2017/11/07/crafting-the-insane-action-behind-thor-ragnoraks-end-battle/ 35 foot long]].
* AlternateSelf: Queen Hela's version is briefly seen in a flashback of ''What If...?''
* BackFromTheDead: Upon coming back to Asgard after being sealed by Odin for millennia, Hela destroys the floor of Asgard's Weapons Vault to reveal a crypt in which Fenris and her long-forgotten army are resting. She then resurrects them all as undead using the Eternal Flame.
* CanisMajor: A huge monster wolf, many times larger than a regular one. Justified as she is actually part of an in-universe species called "Asgardian Wolf", which naturally grows to be that big.
* CompositeCharacter: As Hela's RightHandAttackDog, she takes the role of Garm from the myths.
* DisneyVillainDeath: She falls off of Asgard's waterfalls into outer space at the end of her fight with the Hulk.
* TheDreaded: When Heimdall and the other Asgardians find Fenris at the Bifrost Bridge, they all start to fall back instead of taking their chances with the giant wolf.
* FurryReminder: She sniffs Banner when he crash lands in front of her.
* GenderFlip: [[http://www.artofvfx.com/thor-ragnarok-alexis-wajsbrot-kyle-mcculloch-jonathan-fawkner-vfx-supervisors-framestore/ According to]] WordOfGod, Fenris Wolf is a female in this movie, while the mythological Fenris and Garm she is based on were both males.
** Ironically though, this gender change makes it closer to its 616 comic counterpart who is actually gender fluid, being the father of all Wolf Gods but the '''mother''' of the first Storm Giants by mating with Surtur as a female wolf. Though for the majority of its comic appearances, it usually presents or is regarded as a male wolf.
** ''What If...?'' would have Hela refer to Fenris with male pronouns, meaning that he's either male in that universe or that Fenris is actually gender fluid like in the comics.
* GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath: She has green-glowing eyes after Hela revives her with the Eternal Flame.
* {{Hellhound}}: A giant canid that serves the ruler of Hel.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: Hela uses Fenris as her mount when riding into battle rather than the normal horses that the rank-and-file soldiers ride.
* ImmuneToBullets: Valkyrie unloads a Gatling Gun taken from the Asgardian armory onto Fenris, but it is nothing more than an annoyance.
-->'''Valkyrie:''' This stupid dog just won't die!
* NonHumanUndead: Given the SicklyGreenGlow of her eyes as similar to the [[NightOfTheLivingMooks Berserkers]]', it's highly likely that Hela's magic combined with the Eternal Flame made her into an undead hellhound.
* OhCrap: When Hulk grabs her by the tail and swings her around. And again when he suplexes her. Its quite possible that it was the first time she actually faced a challenge.
* NotSoStoic: Inverted. She's usually vicious and violent, but she pauses in confusion when Banner smacks down on the Rainbow Bridge in front of her. Also, during one scene in which Hela is enthroned in the palace, Fenris is seen [[OrcusOnHisThrone merely lounging around]] docilely in the background.
* RightHandAttackDog: Hela unleashes her upon Asgardian refugees on the Bifröst during the FinalBattle. Luckily for them, the Hulk steps in to fight the giant wolf.
* SadlyMythtaken: Note that InUniverse, the myths are mistaken but out-of-universe the trope still stands.
** This version of Fenris is 23 feet tall and 35 feet long, which is still nowhere near as large as her mythological counterpart (who as previously mentioned, is big enough for the upper part of his jaws to reach the sky). She also doesn't get to kill Odin, nor is she Loki's child and Hela's brother.
** The beastly companion of Hela in the original mythology is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garmr Garmr]], a monstrous wolf/hound. Though Fenris is associated with Hela as brother and sister, they are not considered companions to one another.
* SavageWolves: A giant and vicious wolf in service of the Goddess of Death. She bites Hulk hard enough to ''make him bleed'', which is more than almost any other character in the movies can claim to have done.
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In the comics, as in the original myths, Fenris is Hela's brother and Loki's son. Here, she's just a monster that serves Hela.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler:As ''What If…?'' shows us, as a puppy, Fenris was an adorable BigFriendlyDog until Odin reared him and Hela into living weapons of war.]]
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[[folder:Warsong]]
!!''Warsong''
!!!'''Species:''' Valkyrie Steed
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Asgardian

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' | ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder''

Brunnhilde's winged steed.

* AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, the name of Brunnhilde's winged horse is Aragorn. In the MCU, his name is Warsong.
* CoolHorse: Warsong is Brunnhilde's personal winged steed that can open portals to anywhere in the universe.
* {{Pegasus}}: Warsong is a winged horse.
* ThinkingUpPortals: He's able to open portals to anywhere in the universe, but can only transport whoever is currently riding him. When Brunnhilde, Thor, and Jane need to travel together, they rule Warsong out as he can't carry all of them, but when Jane needs to pull a one-man rescue without the aid of Stormbreaker or the Thunderbolt, she instead rides Warsong into battle.

[[folder:Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder]]
!!''Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''[[NoIndoorVoice (loud screaming noises)]]'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Indigarrian Goats
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Indigarrian, Asgardian

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder''

Thor and Korg's goats that originate from the planet Indigarr.

* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In both Myth/NorseMythology and the comics, Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder are supposedly native to Asgard. Here they were given to Thor as a gift from the Indigarrians for driving off invaders.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: They obey Thor and Korg's commands, and later save Korg and pull him to safety from Gorr's monsters of their own initiative.
* BigDamnHeroes: Both of them arrive just in time to help Thor, Jane, Valkyrie, and Korg escape Omnipotence City.
* CelebrityParadox: Assuming [[Myth/NorseMythology Norse mythological]] texts such as [[Literature/PoeticEdda Poetic]] and [[Literature/ProseEdda Prose Edda]] exist and are based on occasinal human interactions with Asgardians, then Thor should have already had the goats long before any of the movies started. However, since the MCU's Earth's history already has significant differences from ours, it is possible they are simply not mentioned in their version of the Eddas.
* HornAttack: Since they are giant goats, they can use their huge horns as ramming weapons.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: They are huge goats that can pull an Asgardian Skiff.
* NoIndoorVoice: At no point in the movie are these mystical goats capable of making a noise that isn't an incredibly loud scream.
* NoisyNature: Both of them keep on screaming in a high-pitched, human-like manner at every opportunity.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[PlayedForLaughs Not totally serious]], but they stop their constant screaming when Thor suggests the possibility of eating them, and [[DeathGlare stare ominously]] at him.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Both of them are prone to constant, loud and high-pitched human like screams, which finally wore away what little patience The Guardians had left for Thor's irresponsibility.
* {{Unishment}}: The deafeningly loud duo of goats were given by the devoutly religious Indigarrians to Thor as a backhanded "reward" for saving them from an army of bandits... by flying full-speed into their priceless crystal temple and bringing it crashing down on the bandits' leaders. Unfortunately for them, Thor thinks they're awesome.

!!Allies of Asgard

[[folder:King Eitri]]
!!''King Eitri''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"You were supposed to protect us! Asgard was supposed to protect us!"'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Dwarf
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Nidavellirian
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Nidavellir, Asgard
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PeterDinklage
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Santos Alberto (Latin-American Spanish dub), Katsuhiro Kitagawa (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' | ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder''[[note]]Deleted scene[[/note]]

King of the Dwarves, an ancient people that are close allies to the Asgardians.

* AnArmAndALeg: Eitri has had his hands plunged into metal by Thanos, and they are encased in solidified chunks of it.
* CastingGag: A man with dwarfism cast as a [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent Dwarf...]]and he's the tallest character in the movie. Especially since Peter Dinklage's dwarfism was a core part of his [[Series/GameOfThrones other most notable role.]] [[WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie This isn't even the first time he's done this.]]
* FieryRedhead: The King has bright red hair.
* {{Irony}}: In spite of being a dwarf, Eitri is twice as tall as Thor, who is well over six feet in height.
* LastOfHisKind: By the time Thor, Rocket and Groot reach his realm, he is the last remaining dwarf after Thanos exterminated his entire people.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Zig-zagged. Certainly has the surly personality and smithing skills of your average Dwarf, but other than his beard he couldn't look more different. Apparently MCU dwarves are giants, but with the proportions of a human with dwarfism.
* OxymoronicBeing: Eitri, the sole surviving dwarf... who is on the order of ten feet tall, making him taller than the Hulk or Thanos, to say nothing of everybody he actually interacts with in the film. Made even better by him being played by Peter Dinklage.
* ThePerilsOfBeingTheBest: Thanos forced him and his people to make the Infinity Gauntlet for him so he could better manipulate the Infinity Stones, and how does Thanos reward them? He slaughters his entire race, leaving Eitri the only survivor. But, in a literally classic example of the trope, Thanos ''merely'' takes Eitri's hands.
-->'''Eitri:''' "Your life is yours," he said. "But your hands... Your hands are mine alone."
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's very old, or at least enough to call the 1,000-year plus old Thor "boy" by comparison.
* ShootTheBuilder: Played with; Thanos destroys Eitri's hands to prevent him forging weapons against him. It's his knowledge that's important however. Others can always provide the hands.
* ShownTheirWork: He is a giant dwarf. This might sound oxymoronic at first, but in RealLife it's theorized that dwarves weren't supposed to be short in [[Myth/NorseMythology the original myths]], and it was a mistranslation brought on by Christianization. Any references to the Dwarves being "small" were supposed to mean "lesser", to indicate that they were beneath the gods in power. In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' we find out that the Dwarves are essentially a client state to Asgard, relying on them for protection and supplying them with weapons in exchange. Eitri's massive appearance implies that this theory is true in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
* UltimateBlacksmith: He was the one who forged Mjolnir and the Infinity Gauntlet. He makes Stormbreaker for Thor in order to defeat Thanos.
* UncertainDoom: It's unknown if he turned to dust following Thanos's finger snap or if he survived. Although considering the snap was undone in ''Endgame'', it may be a moot point if he did.
* YouWillBeSpared: His life was his in return for building the Infinity Gauntlet. But the rest of his people wouldn't be.

[[folder:Darryl]]
!!''Darryl''
!!!'''Species:''' Human

!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Asgard
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Daley Pearson
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder''

A tour guide in New Asgard.
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* AdaptationalJobChange: Is a tour guide instead of an office worker.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Unlike his Earth-16828 counterpart he has apparently never met Thor.
* AlternateSelf: To Darryl Jacobson from ''WebVideo/TeamThor'', and he stands out for being the first character in the main MCU reality to appear after a version from a different universe.
* CanonImmigrant: A very minor one, but Daley Pearson played Thor's roommate Darryl in the non-canon ''WebVideo/TeamThor''-One Shots.

[[folder:Runa]]
!!''Runa''
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!!!'''Species:''' Light Elf
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Alfheimian
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Alfheim, New Asgard
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Peg O'Keef
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/SheHulkAttorneyAtLaw''

A shapeshifting Light Elf who conned Dennis Bukowski into thinking she was Music/MeganTheeStallion.

* CaptainErsatz: A shapeshifting elven prankster may remind some of Puck from ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', but where Marvel is concerned, she's also a stand-in for Impossible Man (an extradimensional being rather than an elf).
* ConArtist: Impersonates Music/MeganTheeStallion and cons Dennis Bukowski out of a large amount of money.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: She seems to be very short-sighted for such an old woman.
** She cons Dennis Bukowski out of a large sum of money by playing on his stupidity. Problem is he finds out, and sues her for damages.
** She and her lawyer try to claim [[DiplomaticImpunity diplomatic immunity]] to get out of being found liable. The judge shoots them down, pointing out the case is being tried in Los Angeles and Thor's speech about how Asgard is not a place but a people is not legally admissable in court.
** She decides to impersonate the judge administrating her trial ''while the trial is ongoing''. This lands her sixty days in jail in addition to having to pay back Dennis.
* DiplomaticImpunity: Runa's lawyer tries to get her out of being sued by Bukowski by claimg that as the daughter of an Elfin diplomat to Asgard (and now to New Asgard) she has diplomatic immunity. The judge [[SubvertedTrope shoots it down]], pointing out that her immunity only applies in New Asgard, and they're not ''in'' New Asgard.
* HarmlessVillain: Her inability to be subtle or put any amount of thought into her cons makes it impossible for her to use her powers effectively. The only person she managed to fool was Bukowski, and even he was able to recoup his losses in court due to Runa compulsively undermining her own case.
* {{Humanshifting}}: Is able to transform into other people.
* ImmortalImmaturity: In her default form she resembles an elderly woman, but being a Light Elf it's unclear how old she actually is. Either way, she acts like an overgrown teenager who refuses to accept that she's done anything wrong and attempts to use her powers to dodge the consequences of her actions.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: The only person she ever managed to fool was [[AssholeVictim Bukowski]], which even his own lawyers thought was funny.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Transforming into the judge in the middle of her trial to try and get her case dropped. Her own lawyer calls her out on it, reminding her that impersonating a judge is ''illegal'', while Pug notes to Dennis this will make it easier for them. Indeed, the actual judge charges her with contempt of court on top of her losing the suit against Bukowski.
* PerfectDisguiseTerribleActing: Despite being good at shapeshifting into other people, Runa doesn't bother trying to actually ''act'' like the people she's impersonating - having Dennis buy her a Passat while impersonating Megan Thee Stallion, drinking a massive amount of an energy drink while impersonating Dennis and remaining her mischievous, manipulative and jolly self, even when she's trying to pass herself off as the ''judge hearing her case''.
* PointyEars: She has pointy ears, as it is common for elves in media.
* RapidFireNo: Starts babbling "No" over and over again after the judge rules against her and sentences her to 60 days in jail for impersonating him.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Her lawyer initially tries to use the fact that she's the daughter of a Light Elf diplomat and thus [[DiplomaticImpunity has diplomatic immunity]]. [[SubvertedTrope However, the judge shoots it down]].
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Uses her powers to con Dennis out of a hundred and seventy five thousand dollars and when she gets sued for damages, she tries impersonating the plaintiff and later the judge to get the charges dropped.
* ShapeshiftingSeducer: She signed up on a shady "celebrity dating" site as Megan Thee Stallion and tricked Dennis into giving her an absurd amount of money. Whether there was any romance involved or it was just a money scam isn't made explicit.
* ShapeshiftingTrickster: She first scams Dennis out of $175,000, then uses her shapeshifting to try to get out of legal trouble by impersonating Dennis and later the judge, or to turn into Pug and loudly announce to two secretaries that he enjoys harassing women. Although it's more like a shapeshifting ''prankster'', given how childlike she acts and how blatant all of her tricks are.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks: She uses her shapeshifting powers to con a gullible man out of a large sum of money, and repeatedly tries to use them to get the case against her dropped.
* {{Womanchild}}: Despite looking like an elderly woman by Midgardian standards, Runa acts like a hyperactive teenage girl.

!!Enemies of Asgard

[[folder:King Laufey]]
!!''King Laufey''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"You're nothing but a boy, trying to prove himself a man."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Frost Giant
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Jotun
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Jotunheim
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ColmFeore
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/SebastianLlapur (Latin-American Spanish dub), Gonzalo Abril (European Spanish dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Thor}}''

->''"You've come a long way to die, Asgardian."''

The King of Jötunheim, a Frost Giant, and the biological father of Loki. Over 1000 years ago, Laufey invaded Earth (Midgard) in an attempt to conquer it, but Odin and the Gods came to Earth's aid and pushed them back to Jötunheim and defeated them, and took the Casket of Ancient Winters, a powerful artifact, from them. Since then, Laufey desires peace first, but if possible, to get the Casket back.

* AbusiveParents: Left his weak and tiny (for a Frost Giant) infant son out in the cold to die. Said son, Loki, was then found by Odin and raised as his own. [[KarmicDeath Said son later kills him in order to gain the approval of his adoptive father.]]
* ActionDad: Laufey is the warrior king of the Frost Giants and the biological father of Loki, even though he chose to abandon his son and left him to die for being a runt.
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Laufey in the comics was a violent, mean brute. Here, his behavior is much more befitting a king: he's formal, soft-spoken, and wants to avoid war just like Odin.
* AffablyEvil: Almost always calm, even-toned and polite when talking to the Asgardians.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Like all Frost Giants, he has blue skin.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The Casket of Ancient Winters, a device that can freeze entire landscapes and his old weapon.
* BigBadWannabe: He is presented as the main threat at the beginning of ''Thor'' before the reveal of Loki's manipulative scheme.
* CoveredWithScars: His face bears several noticeable scars. The implication is that Odin and the Asgardian army inflicted them on him during the war between Asgard and Jotunheim.
* CreepyMonotone: Laufey always speaks in a calm, steady voice.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: While Loki is revealed to be the one who allowed Frost Giants into Asgard, and makes a deal to allow them inside in force, King Laufey is assumed (at least in-universe) to be the primary antagonist of ''Thor''.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: For such a mighty warrior, all it takes is two shots from Loki to disintegrate him. Though those two shots came from Odin All-Father's spear, one of the most powerful weapons in Asgard's general vicinity.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's clearly a malignant character, but even he doesn't want full-out war needlessly, as he has experienced it, and has seen the costs that come from it.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: Frost Giants, whether openly violent toward Asgard or not, are [[AlwaysChaoticEvil always seen as evil]] when confronted, whether overtly or not.
* EvilPlan: In the Dark Ages, he wanted to plunge Midgard into a new Ice Age. Odin put a quick stop to that, but the results of that plan set the stage for the events of ''Thor''.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Speaks in a low, calm voice that demonstrates both his villainy and his authoritative demeanor.
* GenderFlip: In Myth/NorseMythology, Laufey is Loki's mother, and a Frost Giant called Farbauti is his father, but much like in the source comics, Laufey is the father and a unidentified female the mother.
%%* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has many claw-shaped ones across his face.
%%* GreenAndMean: The armor that he wears is metallic green.
* AnIcePerson: Though he's more skilled at controlling it than other Frost Giants.
* KarmicDeath: The child that Laufey abandoned to die ends up being the one who kills him.
* OurGiantsAreBigger: Frost Giants are bigger than Asgardians.
* ParentalAbandonment: To infant Loki and later tells Loki that Odin should have left him to die instead of saving and raising him as his own son.
* PragmaticVillainy: Laufey is evil, but he's not stupid. He knows that Odin's a dangerous enemy, and wants to make sure that the Asgardians fire the first shot so he can [[VillainWithGoodPublicity have the moral high ground when he starts the war]], which sees Loki cleverly manipulate this strategy against him by using it as a setup. Loki allows Laufey and a few Jötunns into Asgard to assassinate Odin (giving Laufey a reason to believe that he has an ally within Asgard and thus not needing an overt reason to kill Odin and maintain his posture) while he sleeps, but only so Loki can then turn the tables on Laufey, kill him, and give ''himself'' the moral high ground in order to start a war with Jötunheim.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He was prepared to let Thor and his buddies go after they invaded his nation and violated the truce, because he knows that Thor is an immature boy that doesn't understand war.
-->'''Laufey:''' You know not what your actions would unleash... [[WarIsHell I do.]] [[GetOut Go now,]] [[LastChanceToQuit while I still allow it.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: All Frost Giants have red eyes, but his seem to glow to show the unique threat he poses.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Personally led the invasion of Midgard during the Dark Ages, wielding the [[ArtifactOfDoom Casket of Ancient Winters]].
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the comics, he was killed by Odin centuries ago, when Loki was still a baby. In the film, he is left alive, but only temporarily. In the end, Loki kills him. However, when comics Laufey was resurrected while this Laufey stayed dead, the trope was temporarily {{inverted}} until comics Laufey died a second time in ''ComicBook/WarOfTheRealms''.
* TooDumbToLive: The fact that Loki was offering to let him have the Casket of the Ancient Winters back with no strings attached once Odin was dead should have raised several red flags. Loki's terms never provided for any sort of permanent immunity for Asgard once their plan had been carried out, which should have reeked of "too good to be true". If Loki were serious about the agreement, he would have made Laufey promise to stay out of Asgardian business once he had what he came for but instead Loki implies that Laufey will be free to do as he pleases once he enacts the assassination of Odin and Loki can be installed as ruler of Asgard.
* UnwittingPawn: Laufey is manipulated by Loki into boosting his reputation at the cost of Laufey's own life.
* VillainHasAPoint:
** He's right and quick to point out that pre-CharacterDevelopment Thor is just a fight-happy {{Manchild}}, and he's also right about how much a war between Asgard and Jötunheim would cost both sides.
** Laufey also correctly points that the House of Odin is full of traitors and that Odin himself is a liar and a thief, which is proven true later in the movie itself when Odin adopted his son and didn't tell him the truth of why he did so, causing Loki to angrily berate Odin, which puts him into Odinsleep, while Thor's half brother tries to murder his own kind in a misguided effort to win Odin's approval, while in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Odin himself was a conquerer that made Asgard to what it is today alongside [[DaddysLittleVillain his daughter Hela]], only wanting to become a benevolent king after Asgard had Nine Realms and didn't want to expand any further, no doubt having seen the true costs of building an empire.
* WarIsHell: Tried to stop Thor from bringing on the fight because, unlike Thor, he knows the damage of war.

[[folder:Malekith]]
!!''Malekith''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Darkness returns, Asgardian. Have you come to witness the end of your universe?"'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Dark Elf
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Svartalfar
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Svartalfheim
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ChristopherEccleston
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/ReneGarcia (Latin-American Spanish dub), Santi Lorenz (European Spanish dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''

->''"Your Universe was never meant to be, Asgardian! Your family, your world will be extinguished!"''

Leader of the [[DarkIsEvil Dark]] [[OurElvesAreDifferent Elves]] of [[DeathWorld Svartalfheim]], Malekith attacks Asgard following the end of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', setting in motion the events of ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the comics he's not a great fighter, and is much more prone to use his shapeshifting skills and various schemes than to face his opponents head-on. In the movie, his characterization is changed, probably so that he would make a more impressive BigBad (in the comics he's merely TheDragon). Another possible reason for the change is that the comic book version of Malekith, whose favourite tactic is to deceive his enemies by pretending to be someone else, would've been too close to the movie Loki.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: Traditionally blue-skinned in the comics, he has pale white pigmentation here. Also, the blackened half of his face is on the right side instead of the left.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While Malekith in the film is still evil, he comes off as a decent person compared to his comics counterpart, who's even ''worse'' by being an AxCrazy sadist. Furthermore, Comics Malekith nearly killed Algrim just to get a chance to kill Thor, the film shows him having a genuine VillainousFriendship with Algrim.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: He can communicate directly and fluently with Asgardians (who seem to speak English since they can converse with Americans). The Dark Elves have their own tongue but he is the only one seen using any language besides that.
* AnArmAndALeg: Gets both of his arms cut off by Thor in their final battle, though the Aether has started to reform his arms.
* BadBoss: He is very ready to throw his own men under the bus, should he need to.
* BigBad: Serves as the main antagonist of the second film, ''The Dark World''.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Malekith has black sclerae, highlighting his role as a primordial being who desires to destroy all of existence.
* BraidsOfAction: Keeps his long hair in one.
%%* CompositeCharacter: Malekith in the [=MCU=] bears a heavy resemblance to Knull, a Thor villain and an ancient [[GodOfEvil God of]] [[DarkIsEvil Primordial Darkness]] that predated the universe with the sole intention of returning the Universe to its pre-lit state. Even Malekith's use of the Aether resembles the nature of the Necrosword and Symbiotes, both of which are Knull's creations.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Loki is Thor's adoptive brother whose ambitions of ruling the Nine Realms created a personal conflict with the home and the people he grew up with. Malekith had no previous personal ties with Thor and he intended to use the Aether to cover the Nine Realms in complete darkness.
* CreepyBlueEyes: ''Very'' light and piercing, overlapping with IcyBlueEyes.
* DarkIsEvil: He and his race were born in primordial darkness, and they despise the universe of light it became.
* DeathByLookingUp: Had just enough time to see his mothership crash upon him after being teleported back to his homeworld.
* DirtyCoward: Threw his entire invasion fleet under the bus by depowering his ships to crush Asgard's forces when he lost the Aether during their first skirmish and to flee the battle, killing anyone who was on board at the time. He even has the gall to claim Asgard forced his hand and they will be the ones to pay for his own cowardice.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The moment he realizes he's going to lose against [[OurFounder King Bor]], he turns off his own battleships' power, [[ColonyDrop dropping them on the Asgardians]] and [[KickTheDog killing absolutely everyone on board (implied to be nearly the entire Dark Elf population)]] solely to clear his own escape.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Whether he's speaking English or his native tongue, his voice is quite deep.
* FantasticRacism: To other Asgardians and mortals. He considers them "light based vermin".
* FlatCharacter: His goals and motivations are relatively unexplored in comparison to other Marvel Cinematic Universe villains.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: It should be obvious what kind he has, but just in case half his face burned by Thor's lightning because he invaded Asgard and killed its queen.
* HumanoidAbomination: After absorbing the Aether he turns into this freaky looking thing with CombatTentacles.
* {{Irony}}: At the end of the first war with Asgard, he [[ColonyDrop dropped his fleet]] onto the battling armies, slaughtering both sides to cover his escape. Jane Foster warps his collapsing mothership right on top of him, killing him after he was soundly beaten by Thor.
* {{Jerkass}}: Malekith, on the whole, appears to be a rather unpleasant individual, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and rude to boot]].
* KarmicDeath: He sacrificed most of his people by making their ships drop on them and his enemies. He's ultimately defeated by his own ship dropping on top of him.
* MakeMyMonsterGrow: During the climax of the Convergence, when Malekith starts releasing the energies of the Aether, he grows to about three times Thor's height. Though when Thor delivers the final blow on him with Mjölnir, he immediately reverts back to his normal height.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Accursed". If you haven't got the message yet, then you're screwed.
* OmnicidalManiac: It seems that life and light disgust or "poison" Dark Elves in general, and he seems to treat both as threats that need to be put down.
* OneWingedAngel: After being powered up by the Aether, he transforms into a monstrous humanoid thing.
* OurElvesAreDifferent: From a race of SufficientlyAdvancedAlien demi-gods with PointyEars called the "Dark Elves".
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: He dies centuries after his entire family does.
* PetTheDog: Seemed genuinely remorseful when he had to infect Algrim with the darkness to turn him into Kurse.
* PointyEars: He's a pointy eared Dark Elf.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: A god like the Asgardians. Probably older than them, since Loki says that Asgardians live for about five thousand years or so, but to remember "a time before the light" Malekith would need to be at least a few million years old. (See TimeAbyss below.)
%%* RedBaron: Malekith ''the Accursed''.
%%* RedEyesTakeWarning: After he absorbs the Aether.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: King of his people and the BigBad of ''The Dark World''. It's implied in interviews that in regards to his plan for destroying the Universe, his Elves are with him all the way.
* SorcerousOverlord: Of the SufficientlyAdvancedAliens variety. He's lord of the Dark Elves that lives in a barren land and seeks to extinguish other civilizations. He nearly destroyed the universe at first, and then tries doing it again, using the power of the Aether.
%%* SpaceElves: Their king.
* TimeAbyss: He's older than Odin, and possibly older than the universe itself.
* TwoFaced: Due to half of his face being burned off thanks to lightning from Mjölnir.
* WeHaveReserves: To escape in the first act, set millennia in the past, he sacrifices reserves of his men, and then escapes with his lieutenant and a skeleton crew of elves.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He's a ''Dark'' Elf with white hair.
* YouKilledMyFather: Directly involved in Frigga's death, causing Thor and Loki to have an [[EnemyMine uneasy alliance]]. Ironically, cut content, according to WordOfGod, means that he once lost his own family.

[[folder:Algrim / Kurse]]
!!''Algrim / Kurse''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Let my life be sacrificed. It is no less than our people did, or you have done."'']]
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!!!'''Species:''' Dark Elf
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Svartalfar
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Svartalfheim
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AdewaleAkinnuoyeAgbaje
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' | ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' [[note]] Archive footage from ''Thor: The Dark World''[[/note]]

Malekith's lieutenant who is one of the few Dark Elves to survive the war against Odin's father Bor, and continues to serve Malekith. Malekith allows him to use an ancient DangerousForbiddenTechnique, transforming him into the nigh-unbeatable Kurse.

* AdaptationDistillation: In the [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor comics]], Algrim/Kurse was a minor villain, whose only appearance had been in the same issue where he died, until an omnipotent CosmicEntity revived him and made him massively powerful as part of a [[ComicBook/SecretWarsII crossover]] that had nothing to do with the main plot of ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor''. For understandable reasons, the movie gives him a rather different backstory.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, Algrim/Kurse does work for Malekith for a time, but Malekith betrays him and Algrim -- a noble soul -- swears loyalty to Thor and Asgard, in fact being the one to kill Malekith himself. In ''The Dark World'', Malekith does sacrifice his own people but doesn't betray Algrim personally. Algrim has UndyingLoyalty towards his master and becomes Kurse as a result.
* BodyHorror: What happens to him (and all other Dark Elves) when transforming into Kurse; as described by the art book, his armor is basically ''grafted onto his body'', with no sign of it being reversible.
* CoolHelmet: He gets one for his transformation, which also obscures his identity during the TrojanPrisoner gambit.
* TheDragon: He's Malekith's most trusted and capable Lieutenant. He was already a great warrior, but when he becomes Kurse, he easily kills scores of Asgardians and Thor is no match for him in pure physical combat. Even Mjölnir causes little harm. Not only that, he completely overpowers Thor in battle, something that his master, even when empowered by the Aether, was unable to do.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He rarely speaks, but when he does, it's in a deep, baritone voice.
* EyeScream: His eyes are visibly (and audibly) ripped from their sockets by the black hole grenade that Loki set off.
* HeroKiller: As Kurse, he's both incredibly strong and not without a fiendish intelligence. He first kills his share of Einherjars, then is the one to stab Frigga to death, and during his battle with Thor and Loki, he [[FakingTheDead appears to]] kill the latter.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Loki manages to defeat him by activating the black hole grenade on his belt that the Dark Elves earlier used to great effect against the Asgardians.
* TheJuggernaut: As Kurse, he shrugs off everything that's thrown at him. It takes a black hole grenade to finally get rid of him.
* MightyGlacier: Slower than the Hulk, or Thor, but much stronger and tougher.
* MythologyGag: Pre-transformation, Algrim wears a red-and-yellow helmet, the same colors as comic book Kurse.
* NeckLift: A signature move once he becomes Kursed.
* NighInvulnerability: Kurse is only defeated by being sucked into a miniature black hole. Nothing else so much as puts a dent in him.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: All the other Kursed have their doll masks become their faces in the prologue. Since Algrim was disguised as a Marauder, his Kurse form has a more expressive and demonic visage.
* NoSell: He smacks Mjolnir away like it's nothing into an entire mountain. Alongside [[Film/ThorRagnarok Hela and Eternal Flame Surtur]], he's one of the strongest villains in the Thor movies.
* PainfulTransformation: Algrim's transformation into Kurse has him ''burning from the inside out and thrashing wildly in his prison cell.''
* ScaryBlackMan: More so as Kurse because he's basically a demon, but also less so because his armor has been grafted on and thus conceals his skin.
* SmarterThanYouLook: As Kurse - he may look like a giant, monstrous demon, but he's still sharp as a tack - and more than smart enough to decide that maybe releasing the guy who's somehow got a cell all to himself and who only looks amused by Kurse's rampage might ''not'' be a good idea...
* SuperStrength: As Kurse, he's more than a match for Thor, being able to beat up the thunder god in single combat.
* TimeAbyss: He's older than Odin, and possibly older than the universe itself.
* TokenCompetentMinion: Algrim is the only Dark Elf other than Malekith portrayed as dangerous to the heroes. He manages to infiltrate Asgard, kill countless soldiers, kill Frigga, almost kill Loki and even overpowers Thor himself with ease.
* TouchOfDeath: As Kurse, he can fry people by grabbing them with a choke-hold.
* TrojanPrisoner: He's sent into Asgard disguised as a marauder prisoner just after being given the Kurse stone, knowing that when the transformation kicks in, he can break out with ease.
* UndyingLoyalty: Seems to be a racial trait. They might be evil, but Algrim and the Dark Elves in general are also unyieldingly loyal to Malekith, even after he sacrifices a whole fleet to escape. Taking up the "Kurse" is very much this: a Dark Elf will willingly submit to the painful and eventually ''deadly'' transformation into a giant monster, and fight for their people until it kills them.
* WorldsStrongestMan: He's much stronger than [[PhysicalGod Thor]], one of the ''very'' [[LightningBruiser strongest]] beings in the universe.

[[folder:Surtur]]
!!''Surtur''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"You have made a grave mistake, Odinson!"'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Fire Demon
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Muspel
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Muspelheim
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TaikaWaititi (motion-capture)
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/ClancyBrown (English), Víctor Covarrubias (Latin-American Spanish dub), Benoît Rousseau (Canadian French dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorRagnarok''

->''"I am Asgard's doom, and so are you. All will suffer, all will '''burn''!"'''

A giant Fire Demon and the ruler of Muspelheim who is prophesized to bring about "the end of everything" during Ragnarok.

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]''

* UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler:As ''What If'' shows us, as a puppy, Fenris was an adorable BigFriendlyDog until Odin reered him and Hela into living weapons of war.]]

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[[folder:Odin Borson]]
!!''Allfather Odin Borson''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"A wise king never seeks out war, but he must always be ready for it."'']]

!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AnthonyHopkins
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/BernardDheran (European French, ''Thor''), Jean-Pierre Moulin (European French, other entries), Creator/GabrielPingarron (Latin-American Spanish dub), Camilo García (European Spanish dub), Jin Urayama (Japanese dub), Guy Nadon (Canadian French dub), Creator/IsaacBardavid (Brazilian Portuguese dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Thor}}'' | ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' | ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' | ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' [[note]] Archive footage from ''Thor: Ragnarok''[[/note]] | ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' [[note]] Archive footage from ''Thor: Ragnarok''[[/note]]

->''"We are not gods! We're born, we live, we die, just as humans do."''

Lord of the Aesir and King of Asgard. After Thor starts a war with the Jötunns, he exiles him in hopes of teaching him humility. Upon a particularly strenuous conversation with Loki, his old body goes into the "Odinsleep". Loki promptly takes advantage of this and starts scheming.

For Odin in other realities, please see Characters/MCUMultiverse

* ActionDad: Odin is not only the warrior king of Asgard, but he is also the father of Hela, Thor, and Loki.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: In ''Ragnarok'', he's actually more ''impressed'' that Loki managed to trap him on Earth than anything else, praising his adoptive son with belief that Frigga, who taught Loki magic, would be proud. His chuckle as Thor tells Loki to remove his magic just says it all.
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In both Marvel comics and Myth/NorseMythology, Odin sacrificed his right eye in exchange for wisdom. In the MCU, he lost it at the hands of Laufey during a battle.
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the comics, Odin had blond hair during his younger years. In the MCU, he had dark hair instead.
* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed. While the MCU still establishes him as the strongest being in the Nine Realms (with only Thor showing the potential to surpass him), it also shows that he's long since past his prime and is never seen going into action in the present day, whereas he still kicks a lot of asses in the comics on a regular basis. A lot of his known feats, such as sealing away Hela and defeating Surtur while the latter was in his prime, are never showcased onscreen either.
* AdoptionDiss: PlayedForDrama in ''The Dark World''. During his trial, Loki attempts to appeal for his birthright as a son of the king and Odin retorts that his birthright (as an abandoned child whom Odin adopted) was to die.
* AdvertisedExtra: Played straight in ''Ragnarok''. He gets a prominent spot on the poster but dies in the first act, and his only subsequent appearances are in a pair of visions Thor has later in the movie.
* AffectionateGestureToTheHead:
** In a flashback scene of ''Film/{{Thor}}'', Odin caresses the head of the abandoned baby Loki to make him stop crying.
** Just before he goes to take care of the prison skirmish in ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', Odin gently puts his hand on his wife Frigga's cheek.
* AmazonChaser: Implied. His wife is Frigga, a LadyOfWar, and he ships his son with Sif, another LadyOfWar.
* AmbiguousSituation: The end of ''The Dark World'' left it vague as to whether Loki killed him or not. The first stinger of ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}'' reveals that he actually ''is'' alive, and ''Ragnarok'' shows that he was living in a New York retirement home that Loki had banished him to. At some point, though, he left and ended up in Norway (possibly as a result of the retirement home being demolished).
* AncestralWeapon: Is wielded by the ruler of Asgard, so it passed on from ruler to ruler.
* AndIMustScream: When he goes into the Odinsleep, Odin is perfectly capable of hearing and seeing what is going on around him, but powerless to do anything about it until the sleep is over.
* AndStarring: "And Anthony Hopkins as Odin."
* AngerBornOfWorry: Odin is furious at Thor when he foolishly goes to Jötunheim to pick a fight with the Frost Giants, which nearly gets him, his brother, and his friends killed, not to mention nearly starting a war.
* {{Angrish}}: Odin just growls loudly at Loki when he tries to speak up for his brother after returning from Jötunheim. [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Loki gets the message.]]
* AngstComa: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Odin was already close to the Odinsleep, but he eventual collapses from the stress of banishing Thor and arguing with Loki after revealing the truth about his real heritage.
* TheAtoner: It's implied that Odin's current status as protector of peace across the Nine Realms is to make up for his past as a pillaging warmonger who obtained his power through violence and bloodshed. Certainly, it's worth noting that his key message to Thor is that "a wise king ''never'' seeks out war" (though must always be ready for it).
%%* BadassCape: Like his son Thor, he wears a red cape.
* BadLiar: It's lampshaded by Frigga when she observes in ''The Dark World'', "You've never been a very good liar." It explains why it's easy for her to manipulate him--Odin has ''no idea'' that his wife has totally disregarded his royal authority and has been visiting Loki's cell for the past year.
* BarrierMaiden: Is this, surprisingly enough, because his death is what allows Hela to break free from her imprisonment.
* BattleCouple: He and Frigga work together in protecting Asgard from the Dark Elves.
* BigDamnHeroes: Shows up just in time to save Thor and his friends from the Frost Giants near the beginning. Granted, it is only one hero, but he is [[HorseBackHeroism on a horse at the time.]] A horse with eight legs no less. Then he does it a second time to save Thor and Loki from falling into a wormhole.
* BigGood: He is the king of Asgard and the highest authority against Laufey, the king of Jötunheim. The fragile peace between them is the catalyst of the plot of ''Thor''. However, he is not without his flaws.
* BigSleep: The Odinsleep. Ultimately {{subverted}}. It's a power recharge, not death.
* BoomStick: Gugnir can fire energy blasts.
* BrokenPedestal: Loki and Thor loved and admired him for centuries, but as his lies about Loki's parentage and the conquest of the Realm cause them both to become disillusioned with him.
* CallingTheYoungManOut: Rakes Thor over the coals for nearly starting a war with Jotunheim in ''Thor''; in an astonishing display of arrogance, Thor actually tries CallingTheOldManOut for perceived cowardice, only for Odin to reply with a full-blown ReasonYouSuckSpeech that ends with Thor being stripped of his powers and banished to Earth.
-->'''Odin:''' You are a vain, greedy, cruel boy!
* CasualInterstellarTravel: Gungnir controls the Bifröst.
* CelebrityParadox: Nick Fury mentions Franchise/HannibalLecter in ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'' when the Kree put a muzzle on Goose. Anthony Hopkins played Lecter from the 1980s to the early 2000s.
* ChewingTheScenery: Whenever Odin gets angry and raises his voice. Magnificent in a way that only Anthony Hopkins can deliver.
* CoolHorse: Sleipnir is Odin's personal steed since the time of the Asgardian wars of conquest and expansion.
* CoolHelmet: Odin's helmet is a mixture of his sons' helmets: It has two wings and two horns.
* CoolOldGuy: Sure, he sits on his throne most of the time and never really goes into action, but if he decided to use his power, he would make ''Thanos'' look like a street thug in comparison.
* CleverCrows: Hugin and Munin serve as Odin's spies in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' and watch over Odin during the Odinsleep.
* CrusadingWidower: After Frigga's death in ''The Dark World'', he is willing to sacrifice Asgard's entire army and risk countless civilian deaths to avenge her.
* DeadPersonConversation: In ''Ragnarok'', he appears to Thor in a vision during the FinalBattle to share his wisdom.
* DemotedToExtra: He plays a much smaller role in ''Ragnarok'', only appearing briefly both alive near the beginning and posthumously near the end (not counting the parts where Loki is impersonating him) but in a still plot-critical role.
* DespairEventHorizon: Succumbs to it when Frigga is killed in ''The Dark World''. He throws aside all the virtues he preached about to Thor in favor of bloody revenge. He even drives ''Heimdall'' to go against him!
* {{Determinator}}:
** Has been putting off [[DeepSleep the Odinsleep]] for quite a while. In the opening for ''Thor'', he takes an ice mace from Laufey in the face and ''continues fighting anyway.'' He doesn't even stop seeking treatment for his eye until ''after'' the Frost Giants are driven back to Jötunheim.
** Takes this to a dark place when he's strategizing how to get vengeance for his wife. When Thor says that his plan to [[WeHaveReserves fight Malekith's forces in Asgard until he stands victorious on a pile of Asgardian and Dark Elf corpses]] only makes him as bad as Malekith, Odin responds that his will to win is what separates them (as Malekith doing something similar was purely out of cowardice and trying to run away from battle). While he is probably right, his determination [[PyrrhicVictory would ruin the kingdom]].
* DeusExitMachina: As the most powerful being in the Nine Realms, Odin could probably solve most of the problems in the ''Thor'' movie by himself without much effort. However, each film finds some excuse to prevent him from doing so.
** In the [[Film/{{Thor}} first movie]], Odin has put off the Odinsleep for too long and is forced to go to sleep to rejuvenate his powers halfway through the movie, which leaves the way open for [[BigBad Loki]] to take power and for Laufey to attempt to assassinate him in his sleep.
** In ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', Odin is apparently still weakened from having used dark energy to get Thor to Earth in ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', so he doesn't participate in the fights against the Marauders and he's not as effective in repelling the Dark Elf invasion as he would be under normal circumstances.
** In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Odin dies at the beginning of the film, thus leaving no Asgardian powerful enough to defeat [[BigBad Hela]].
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: The original Ragnarok myth had Odin being swallowed in battle by Fenris (Fenrir), not dying of old age on Earth (Midgard).
* DisabledDeity: Just like in Myth/NorseMythology, he is missing an eye.
* DisappearsIntoLight: Upon death, his body turns into motes of light that disappear shortly after. In the rendition of this scene in ''Ragnarok'''s credits, against the blazing sun it [[https://imgur.com/a/UJMoSn9 looks like]] he [[ReducedToDust turns into ashes]].
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: A platonic example, but he tells his sons that he loves them both shortly before dying.
* ElderlyImmortal: Odin looks like an elderly human, but he's actually a thousands-year-old HumanAlien.
* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Odin, as per Hela, was a GalacticConqueror and tyrant who butchered whole civilizations, and plundered their wealth to build the splendour of Asgard. He had a HeelRealization, banished Hela, and raised Thor and Loki in the hope that they would become better than both Hela, and him.
* TheExtremistWasRight: Odin imposed peace on the Nine Realms through bloody conquest, destroys the entire civilization of his enemies, and regularly intervenes militarily to maintain that peace (though avoids it, where possible). Yet, without Asgard's constant policing the realms have been shown to quickly descend into chaos with wars spreading and the strong preying on the weak. The extreme methods he employs are often necessary because Asgard's enemies are that dangerous.
** [[FridgeBrilliance Tellingly,]] soon after he's dead and Asgard is destroyed in Thor 3, Thanos seized the opportunity to start gathering the Infinity Stones by attacking the Asgardian refugees.
* EyeScream: Loses his right eye to Laufey in ''Thor'''s opening. There are few shots of Odin with a gaping, bloodied hole where his right eye should be. The moment he loses an eye is also shown on screen although it is not graphic (he appears to lose it in a battle, which does not correspond to mythological origins where he willingly gives it up to gain knowledge and wisdom).
* EyepatchAfterTimeSkip: Odin is seen with two eyes (or a dead, patch-less eye) in flashbacks.
* EyepatchOfPower: Odin, natch. He even has different patches for different situations -- a golden armored one for battle, for instance.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: He is quite content to spend his last months of life wandering the Norwegian countryside on Earth, and seems barely bothered by it by the time his sons find him.
* FantasticRacism: He doesn't like the idea of his son being fascinated by a mortal. He has a point (Midgardians only live a small fraction of the life of an Asgardian), but he's really a dick about it. He's also pretty genocidal toward the Dark Elves, following in his father's footsteps.
* FatalFlaw: As pointed out in ''Thor: Ragnarok'', he kept hiding his less admirable past actions [[NiceJobBreakingItHero until they blew up on everyone]]. Specifically, Loki's true parentage until he learns it in the worst way and Hela's existence leaving everyone unprepared for her return.
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Although he removed the powers of his son Thor when he banished him to Midgard, he apparently didn't think of doing the same for his daughter Hela when he banished her to Niflheim. Had he done so, many deaths could have been prevented, including those of the Valkyries. It's also possible he learned to remove powers ''because'' of that slaughter.
* FormerBigot: In the past, he had been a vicious imperialist and an avid believer in [[FantasticRacism Asgardian supremacy]]. After his HeelRealization, he leaves this behind but has his relapses, such as likening the human Jane to a goat or raising his adoptive Frost Giant son to believe that Frost Giants are inherently evil.
* GalacticConqueror: ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' revealed that he used to be this before changing his ways. Hela even noted how she used to be his favored tool of conquest and lamented that such glorious days were long gone.
* GodEmperor: Odin is the TopGod of Asgard and rules over the Nine Realms that he conquered in the past.
* AGodIAmNot: When Loki asserts that the Asgardians are like Gods compared to Humans, Odin succinctly declares that they should not act HolierThanThou in spite of their advantages as a species. However, this does not stop him from acting superior to Jane when she comes to the realm, probably because he feels that she's not good enough/too mortal for his son, more than anything else.
* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: He wears various combinations of silver and gold and has white hair. Notably, his sons each appropriate one of the two colors for their own outfits.
* TheGoodKing: Taking care of his people is his number one priority and his anger at Thor is based on his fear that his son cares more for war than for them. In ''The Dark World'' his despair drives him into the very BloodKnight behavior he scorned.
* GoodParents: ''Thor'' shows that Odin loves ''both'' his sons, even if Loki is an adopted Frost Giant, a racial enemy, and gives Thor a '''much''' needed object-lesson to teach him the value of kindness and compassion. His main failure is being too proud of his sons to teach them the lessons they needed to learn until it was too late. This leads to some less than stellar parenting decisions later on, to say nothing of his relationship with Hela.
* GrandpaGod: Odin's role as the TopGod of Asgard is expressed through his white beard signifying the wisdom he has gained from eons of experience and learning. He also goes by the title "Allfather," which dates him a bit.
* HamToHamCombat: Has an ''epic'' one with Thor during the banishment scene in ''Film/{{Thor}}''. When Loki tries to intervene, Odin even growls at him to shut him up.
* HandicappedBadass: His missing eye doesn't get in the way of his ass-kicking.
* HappilyMarried: To his wife Queen Frigga.
* HeavySleeper: Nothing can wake him from the Odinsleep once it begins, although he still sees and hears everything going on around him.
* HeroicBSOD: Odin goes into one, since Loki's discovery of his ancestry and consequent outburst are the final push into Odinsleep. Frigga points out that he's been putting off the Odinsleep longer than he should have, and several days' worth of... extreme stress and high power expenditure finally pushed him past his limits.
* HorsebackHeroism: Odin arrives on his eight-legged horse Sleipnir to save his sons and their friends on Jotunheim.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: Odin, true to the myth, is seen at one point riding [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleipnir Sleipnir]], the eight-legged horse.
* HolyHalo: In ''Ragnarok,'' the Asgardian frescoes he has commissioned as part of official propaganda depict him with it. However, his past sins hardly make him worthy of one, even as he tried to change.
* HyperAwareness: His powers allow him to sense danger from great distance. During Thor's coronation ceremony, Odin realizes in the middle of his speech that three Frost Giants have just infiltrated the Vault, several floors below him.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He admonishes Loki's way of thinking that Asgardians are not looking down on humanity as inferior from a place of godhood, yet scoffs at a mortal within Asgard as though she were a being that had no place among higher life forms such as themselves.
* IAmNotYourFather: Finally admits to Loki that he is an adopted Frost Giant when Loki confronts Odin about his changing skin colour in the vault.
* IdentityAmnesia: The spell Loki casts on him offscreen in ''The Dark World'' is implied to make Odin forget who he is. As shown in ''Ragnarok,'' Loki then sent him off to a retirement home on Earth, where Odin eventually broke free of the spell.
* IDidntTellYouBecauseYoudBeUnhappy: In ''Film/{{Thor}}'', Odin states this is why he kept Loki's adoption from him since he knew [[YouAreWhatYouHate Loki would hate the knowledge of being a Frost Giant, the sworn enemies of Asgard]]. Loki [[GoMadFromTheRevelation went mad when he finds this out.]]
-->'''Loki:''' [[CallingTheOldManOut You could have told me what I was from the beginning! Why didn't you?!]]\\
'''Odin:''' You're my son. I only wanted to protect you from the truth.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: In a deleted scene of [[Film/{{Thor}} the first film]], Frigga confronts Odin about his banishment of their son. However, Odin tells her that even if Thor's absence pains him as well, as King of Asgard he sometimes has to make difficult decisions.
* IHaveNoSon: After Loki murdered hundreds of innocent New Yorkers, Odin no longer considers him his son. In the ''Dark World Prelude'' comics, he underlines this by calling him Laufeyson to his face. In ''Ragnarok'', since getting free of the enchantment put on him by Loki, he has mellowed out and refers to both Thor and Loki as his sons. Still played straight with his ''first'' child, Hela, though. She's actually his firstborn daughter whom Odin banished and erased her existence because she's too dangerous to be set free.
* InterspeciesAdoption: Adopts Loki, a Frost Giant found by Odin during a raid on his homeworld, since he couldn't bear to let the child die after he'd just killed everyone else in the area.
* ItHasOnlyJustBegun: When Thor finds Odin in Tønsberg and assures him that he stopped Ragnarok because he killed Surtur, Odin tells him that Ragnarok has already begun.
-->'''Odin:''' It is upon us...Ragnarok.\\
'''Thor:''' No, I've stopped Ragnarok. I put an end to Surtur.\\
'''Odin:''' [[ItHasOnlyJustBegun No. It has already begun.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: A major aspect of his character arc is his difficulty in avoiding this behavior, being aware of it, and wishing better for his sons.
* ItsPersonal: Odin falls off the DespairEventHorizon and becomes a hateful war-mongerer, desiring only to draw Malekith and his forces close enough to engage in a battle within Asgard, no matter how many lives are lost or destroyed on either side. One can read his warmongering frenzy as driven less by bloodthirsty pride and more by his grief at Frigga being killed in battle against the Dark Elves.
* {{Jerkass God|s}}: The Allfather is revealed in ''Ragnarok'' to have been a ruthless conqueror who once bathed the Nine Realms in blood together with Hela, and then decided to change his ways.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** Loki defends his invasion of New York City by stating that a throne is his birthright. Odin fires back with the harsh but hard to argue with the point that given the circumstances of Loki's birth he really has no grounds to claim this, and it certainly didn't excuse the death and destruction he caused.
** Although he stepped off the DespairEventHorizon by that point and was ready to expend unit after unit to fight Malekith in Asgard, Odin did have a point about Thor's plot to bring Jane to Malekith in Svartalfheim if Thor can't destroy the Aether once it's extracted from Jane as that's precisely what happens.
* LargeHam: Obviously, since we're talking about Creator/AnthonyHopkins... ''as Odin''. At one point in ''Thor'', he downright barks at Loki.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Both sons take after him in some aspects:
** In ''The Dark World'', he shows himself very much like Thor in the first film, with his bloodthirsty ways in the fight with the Dark Elves. Granted, he has a better reason. He also shares Thor's courage, nobility, and ability to lead.
** While he respects humans as a race and government, he also shares Loki's attitudes about being superior to individual humans. Justified, because he would first have encountered humanity in the early Bronze Age, through to the Viking Era. He also shares Loki's intelligence and diplomatic skills, as well as magic (he had embedded a spell within Mjölnir in ''Thor'', and also shows signs of it in ''The Dark World'' when he examines Jane for the Aether).
* LittleNo: Gives one of these when Loki lets himself fall into the abyss below the Bifrost.
* LoveObstructingParents: He addresses Thor's affection for Jane as impractical, considering he's a [[MayflyDecemberRomance nigh-immortal Asgardian]] (give or take five thousand years) [[InterspeciesRomance and she's a mortal human]]. Mark how he likens Jane's presence in Asgard to the presence of a goat at a banquet table, and for that matter, [[ShipperOnDeck he lets slip he's a Thor×Sif shipper]] (admonishing Thor that "the one who's right for you is right in front of you", right as they're watching Sif during training/sparring).
* MachiavelliWasWrong: He realized after his lengthy conquests that he wasn't comfortable ruling through fear and force, and preferred Asgard to be a peacekeeper. When Thor declares they should make the Jotuns fear them too much to attack Asgard, Odin retorts that he's only thinking of pride and vanity rather than true leadership.
* MisterExposition: In the first three ''Thor'' films, Odin is the one who gives the heroes a detailed explanation of who the villains are (the Frost Giants in [[Film/{{Thor}} the first film]], the Dark Elves in [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld the second one]] and Hela in [[Film/ThorRagnarok the third one]]).
* MyGreatestFailure: Hela was instrumental in helping him build his empire, Asgard's unquestioned domination over the Nine Realms, but "her bloodlust grew too great for me to contain". He exiled his daughter, stopped at the nine realms, and covered over the history.
* NamedWeapons: A spear named Gungnir, which is Old Norse for "penetrating".
* NecessaryEvil: His view on war. He views it as ugly, but something kings have to be ready for. He views his father's extermination of the Dark Elves as necessary to safeguard the universe due to the threat they posed. His conquests and intervention of the other realms can also count to force peace on them because without Asgard to maintain security they fall into war and chaos. As he told his children:
-->'''Odin:''' [[MartialPacifist A wise king never seeks war, but must always be ready for it.]]
* NeverMyFault: He doesn't take any responsibility for how his sons turned out. It doesn't dawn on him at all that Thor's war-mongering behavior is because of him, or that Loki's issues were due to neglecting him as a child, which resulted in his madness. This is subverted with Hela, whose insanity he ''does'' take responsibility for. He must not have wanted to imagine [[GoneHorriblyRight repeating the same mistake]] for his sons.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** He never told Loki of his true heritage because he felt it would cause him to feel like an outsider. Even when Loki didn't know the truth, he still felt overshadowed by Thor and Odin. Finding out just made things worse, much '''worse'''.
** He went into the Odinsleep after banishing Thor, which put Loki on the throne.
** If he had listened to Thor when he argued that their best course of action was to take Jane off Asgard so Malekith wouldn't target them a second time in order to get the Aether, Thor wouldn't have sprung Loki from his cell and subsequently the actions that led to Loki usurping the throne of Asgard would not have come to pass.
** He never told his sons about their [[BloodKnight bloodthirsty]] sister and goddess of death (who he knows will be free to invade Asgard once he passes away) right up until he was close to death.
** He put a fake Infinity Gauntlet in the vault in order to appease Asgard's fears about it. This means when Thanos shows up with the real thing, Asgard is completely off-guard.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: When he passes away, he dissolves into wisps of light.
* NotSoDifferentRemark:
** When the stress of combating Malekith's forces and the loss of Frigga has gone to his head, he basically bellows he intends to fight to [[WeHaveReserves "the last drop of Asgardian blood"]], earning him a justified remonstration from Thor, (who he was supposed to have cured of this bellicose tendency [[{{Film/Thor}} a film prior]] through banishment to Earth):
--->'''Thor:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Then how are you different from Malekith?]]\\
'''Odin:''' ''[bitter laughter]'' The difference, my son, is that '''[[MightMakesRight I will win]]'''.
** During his and Loki's first scene together, Loki points out that his actions in leading armies to subdue and conquer the other realms is not that different from Odin's (and Bor's) own war-torn history. Odin doesn't really address this, except by denying that Loki was ever in line for the Asgardian throne and thus has no birthright.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Just like in the comics, Odin isn't fond of his son's mortal girlfriend Jane Foster ''at all'', and doesn't even try to hide it. When she's brought to Asgard in the [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld second film]], he makes it clear that he doesn't want her here and goes out of his way to act disrespectful towards her, even insulting her by comparing her to a goat on their first meeting. It gets worse after the Dark Elves' attack on Asgard and Frigga's death, as Odin decides to have Jane held prisoner in order to use her as bait to lure the Dark Elves into a trap.
* OffingTheOffspring: The only reason he doesn't kill Loki is that [[DefiedTrope Frigga spoke in his defense]]. If it weren't for her, he'd have Loki executed without a second thought.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Half a million years ago, he fought Surtur when the latter was at full power[[note]]Keep in mind that at full power, Surtur flicked Hulk aside like a gnat and was able to kill ''Hela'', who herself easily slaughtered the Einherjar and the elite Valkyrie, while barely reacting to her all-out power.[[/note]] and not only won but defeated him so thoroughly Surtur walks with a limp in the present.
* OneManArmy: He is considered the most powerful warrior in all of Asgard for a good reason. During a flashback of the war between Asgard and Jotunheim, Odin can be seen using his spear Gungnir to dispatch countless Frost Giant left and right with ease.
* OutOfCharacterAlert: In stark contrast to how imposing and no-nonsense Odin is normally, Odin in ''Ragnarok'' has become a LazyBum who sits around in his bathrobes eating grapes and watching theater while the Nine Realms burn. This is to clue you in that he's really Loki in disguise.
* PapaWolf:
** Goes into Jötunheim, by himself, to rescue his sons and pull Thor's ass out of the fire. He then scolds him for not only putting Asgard and the other warriors in danger, but his own little brother as well.
** When the Rainbow Bridge starts to crumble, Odin awakens from his sleep to rescue his feuding sons from falling into the abyss of space. Unfortunately, he only managed to rescue one of them.
* ParentalFavoritism: Odin paid more attention to Thor, who is his eldest son and whom he shares a lot in common with, as they both embody the ideals of Asgardian masculinity. Creator/TomHiddleston [[https://uproxx.com/hitfix/thor-the-dark-worlds-tom-hiddleston-reflects-on-his-big-comic-con-entrance-watch/ confirms this]] when he affirms that "[Odin] connected much more with Thor. They were sort of cut from the same cloth." Odin's preference for Thor initially made him blind to the latter's faults.
* ParentalHypocrisy: In ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', he accuses Loki of bringing war, ruin, and death wherever the latter goes. As revealed in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', this is exactly what Odin himself was doing in the past when he conquered the Nine Realms with Hela at his side.
* ParentalNeglect: Although Odin does love Loki, he found it difficult to forge a close bond with his second son because Loki isn't manly like he is, and being of Jötunn descent may also have contributed to Odin remaining somewhat distant. It's lampshaded by Loki.
-->'''Loki:''' You know, it all makes sense now, why you favoured Thor all these years, because no matter how much you claim to love me, you could never have a Frost Giant sitting on the throne of Asgard!
* ParentPreferredSuitor: Tells Thor that he would prefer him be together with Sif rather than Jane:
-->'''Odin:''' Human lives are fleeting, they are nothing. You'd be better served by what lies in front of you ''[points at Sif]'' I'm telling you this not as the Allfather but as ''your'' father.
* ParentsAsPeople: Odin's parental skills leave a great deal to be desired and caused many of the problems and insecurities associated with Thor and Loki, which in turn snowballed into major conflicts such as Loki's invasion of Earth and Hela's... everything (indeed, they could be said to be at the root of the conflicts of ''Thor'', ''The Avengers'', and ''Thor: Ragnarok''). That being said Odin did regret what he did to Hela and loved both of his sons deeply, making sure to tell them this in his last moments in spite of everything Loki had done.
* ThePatriarch: Odin may be a kind father who wants the best for his children, but he is also far more powerful than any of them and shows no hesitation to discipline them with banishment or imprisonment whenever they get arrogant enough to ignore his counsel.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', it's his death that frees the BigBad Hela and it's her quest of conquering the nine realms that fuel's Thor's efforts to return to Asgard.
%%* PrimaryColorChampion: He wears a red cape and his armor is covered in gold accents.
* PublicDomainArtifact: Gungnir is taken straight from Myth/NorseMythology.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: He does this while berating his son Thor for restarting the war with the Frost Giants in [[Film/{{Thor}} the first film]].
-->'''Odin:''' YOU ARE A VAIN! GREEDY! CRUEL! BOY!
* PyrrhicVictory: Stricken with grief over his wife's murder, he is willing to "win" such a victory by allowing the Dark Elves to invade Asgard a second time. Thor tries to point out that this is crazy and a reckless waste of his people's lives, but his fury blinds him to it.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Odin is incredibly old, even by Asgardian standards. According to Thor, his father fought Surtur no less than ''half a million years ago''!
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** In the first movie, he wants to avoid war and does a good job of handling things when he's not in the Odinsleep. Just mind the HairTriggerTemper.
** This goes away about halfway through ''The Dark World''. He becomes bloodthirsty and irrational due to grief from Frigga's death, leading to Thor and his friends committing treason just to do the right thing.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** Gives one to Thor around the beginning of the film, but it was meant to inspire some humility in him, and not just for the sake of being mean-spirited.
--->"You are a vain, greedy, cruel boy!"
--->"Through your arrogance and stupidity, you have opened these peaceful realms and innocent lives to the horror and desolation of war! You are unworthy of these realms! You're unworthy of your ''title''! You are unworthy!... of the loved ones you have betrayed. I now take from you your power! In the name of my father and his father before, I, Odin Allfather, '''''cast you out'''''!"
** Also gives a brief one to Loki before sending him to the dungeon in ''The Dark World''.
--->"Do you not truly feel the gravity of your crimes? Wherever you go, there is war, ruin, and death."
--->"Your birthright, was to '''die''', as a child, cast out onto a frozen rock. If I had not taken you then, you would not be here now to hate me."
%%* RedIsHeroic: Just like Thor, Odin wears a red cape.
%%* RedIsViolent: Odin wore his red cape when he and Hela attempted to conquer the galaxy.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: He is the father of Hela in this version, something that was never the case in the comics or in Myth/NorseMythology.
* RetiredBadass: He led the charge back in the 10th century AD, but now he prefers the diplomatic approach.
* RetiredMonster: As per Hela, Odin was once a GalacticConqueror who drenched entire civilizations in blood, with Hela as his executioner. After conquering and subjugating the nine realms, Odin stopped expanding his empire and decided to become a peaceful monarch, so banished Hela from Asgard, making her an UnPerson, and more or less rewriting history so that his children would have a kinder legacy to build on.
-->'''Hela:''' ''[to Thor, in Odin's throne room]'' Where do you think all this gold came from?
* RevengeBeforeReason: Frigga's death at the hands of the Dark Elves in ''The Dark World'' turns him into a blinding rage and he becomes much like Thor was prior to his CharacterDevelopment, willing to throw as many Asgardian lives as is needed to crush Malekith. Thor comments that [[NotSoDifferentRemark this makes him sound like Malekith]], to which Odin scoffs/laughs and replies that the difference is, ''he'' will win.
* RoyalBlood: He is the king of Asgard, and most conflicts in ''Thor'' trilogy revolve around who of his three children will succeed him.
* RoyaltySuperPower: While all Asgardians are strong and tough, he possesses supernatural powers that make him a literal god among his people. He passes his powers down to his biological children, Thor and Hela.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Personally led the Asgardian charge against the Jötunns to defend Midgard during the Dark Ages.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: If Thor was to be truly exiled to Earth forevermore, there was no reason for Odin to send in the Mjolnir after him with it actively trying to determine when he was worthy of its power again. Indeed, the entire event was an exercise in forcibly instilling a sense of humility in his son, and once Thor does find it, Odin welcomes him with open arms again.
* ShipperOnDeck: In ''The Dark World,'' he lets slip he's a Thor×Sif shipper by admonishing Thor that "the one who's right for you is right in front of you", right as they're watching Sif during training/sparring.
* SilenceYouFool: Thor, together with his brother and friends, has gone to Jotunheim against his father's orders to investigate the Jotuns' appearance in Asgard. It eventually leads to a huge fight, threatening to break the truce between the two realms. When the group is surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered, Odin suddenly appears through the Bifrost:
-->'''Thor:''' ''[shouting]'' Father! We'll finish them together!\\
'''Odin:''' ''[angrily growling]'' Silence!
* SingleTear: During the climax of the [[Film/{{Thor}} first film]], he sheds a tear while in the Odinsleep after Thor let himself be killed by the Destroyer and proves himself worthy.
* SoProudOfYou:
** At the end of the first movie, Thor tells his father that he hopes to make him proud one day. However, Odin assures him that he already is.
---> '''Thor:''' Someday, perhaps, I shall make you proud.\\
'''Odin:''' You've already made me proud.
** In his last moments on the cliffs near Tønsberg, he confides this in Thor and Loki. He even relents in his condemnation of Loki, commending the trickster on his feat of illusory magic that had entranced Odin for months.
* SpiritAdvisor: He serves as this to Thor in the climax of ''Ragnarok'', revealing how Mjölnir was a PowerLimiter for his true power while the latter is having the life choked out of him by Hela.
* StaffOfAuthority: Gungnir is the symbol of kingship in Asgard.
* SuddenlyShouting: He has his moments in the first ''Film/{{Thor}} movie.
--> '''Odin:''' We will find the breach in our defenses and it will be sealed.\\
'''Thor:''' As King of Asgard....\\
'''Odin:''' BUT YOU'RE NOT KING! Not yet.
** He also does this quite often during ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' as well.
---> '''Odin:''' If and when [Malekith] comes, his men will fall by ten thousand Asgardian blades.\\
'''Thor:''' And how many of our men shall fall on theirs?\\
'''Odin:''' AS MANY AS ARE NEEDED! We will fight! Until the last Asgardian breath, the last drop of Asgardian blood.
* SuperheroTrophyShelf: Odin has one underneath Asgard in his vault. Throughout the movies, it houses among others the Tesseract, a replica of the Infinity Gauntlet and Surtur's skull.
* SwordOverHead: As shown in flashbacks, after waging war against the Frost Giants for years, Odin finally defeated Laufey in battle and put his spear Gungnir to his throat. However, instead of killing him, he chose to confiscate the Casket of Ancient Winters and forced him to agree to a truce between their two Realms.
* ThisCannotBe: In ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'', Odin has this reaction when he realizes that Jane Foster is carrying the Aether within her body, even though his father Bor was supposed to have hidden it forever.
-->'''Odin:''' That's impossible...
* TogetherInDeath: Before he dies, Odin tells his sons that he can hear his beloved Frigga calling him from the afterlife and looks forward to finally be reunited with her.
* TookALevelInJerkass:
** In ''The Dark World'', he stops treating Loki like his son and is openly disapproving of Thor's infatuation with Jane, comparing bringing Jane to Asgard to bringing a goat to a banquet (and says this to her face, as if her response doesn't matter). Most likely, it was probably caused by the fact that his second son, who he does still love, went insane, slaughtering droves of innocents (which probably reminded him very unpleasantly of Hela), and the fact that his first son is in love with a mortal who will break his heart by dying a millennium or three before Thor starts even going grey.
** He takes another level in the second half of the film due to grief and anger over Frigga's death and shouts WeHaveReserves.
* TookALevelInKindness:
** In ''Ragnarok'', when Thor and Loki find him, he doesn't hesitate to refer to them as his sons and has generally softened, likely because he knows he doesn't have long to live.
** Also from ''Ragnarok''. As it turns out, Odin was once much closer to the Odin of Myth/NorseMythology. The reason the Nine Realms exist is that he led a series of massive wars that devastated the cosmos; the Realms are the areas he had conquered by the time he was finished. Then he had a HeelRealization about being a GalacticConqueror, stopped at Nine Realms rather than continue to conquer the cosmos with Hela, and retreated to Asgard rather than continue direct rule over all nine of his realms.
* TopGod: He's the "King of the Gods" type, the Allfather who presides over all other Asgardian PhysicalGods, including his two sons, the God of Thunder and the God of Mischief, and his daughter, the Goddess of Death.
* TwistingTheWords: When he explains that he saved Loki as a child because he hoped that one day Loki can serve as an example that Frost Giants and Asgardians can peacefully co-exist, Loki instead believes that Odin saved him only because he wanted an extra war trophy. Odin even reacts by asking, "Why do you twist my words?"
* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In the comics and Myth/NorseMythology, Odin is the father of Tyr. In the MCU, there's nothing to indicate that the two have any family ties.
* UnreliableNarrator: When he is telling young Thor and Loki about the war with Jötunheim, he just happens to leaves out the part about Loki's background in which he finds the Jötunn king Laufey's abandoned baby and adopts him.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He has a strong habit of leaving things or sending things to Earth that cause destruction. For example, his sending Thor and his hammer to Earth helped the Earth realize they were outmatched as they were, which caused S.H.I.E.L.D. to revive HYDRA tech, based on an Asgardian power source, the Tesseract. This snowballs into attracting the intentions of Thanos and the Chitauri, which brings to Earth the Mind Gem. That gives power to Ultron and the Vision.
* WarIsHell: After having lived through the war between Asgard and the Frost Giants, which is repeatedly described as destructive and terrible, Odin is very dedicated to ensuring that sort of thing never happens again. Laufey, to an extent, feels the same, but in contrast to Odin, he's very vindictive and thus not shy about starting another one should the situation arise, and even then he tries to prevent such a situation from occurring.
* WeHaveReserves: In ''The Dark World'', he is ready to get as many Asgardians killed fighting the dark elves as needed. When Thor asks how Odin is different from Malekith (who sacrificed most of his own race in the past) Odin replies that unlike Malekith he intends to win.
* WorldsStrongestMan: He is recognized as the best warrior in all of Asgard. In his prime, he was able to defeat powerful opponents such as Laufey, Hela and even a fully-empowered Surtur himself (with Surtur outmatching Hela in short order, despite being the strongest of Odin's children), and anything other Asgardians can do, he can with comparatively more ease. In a deleted scene, Loki even calls him "The most powerful being in the Nine Realms", and this was very much likely the case in the movies prior to part three of the ''Infinity Saga'', before outright reality warpers and his son increasing his might took centre stage.
* WrittenByTheWinners: Hela angrily and resentfully reveals in ''Ragnarok'' that Odin is only known as a peace-keeper because he covered up his bloody conquests once he ruled all the Nine Realms.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: When Thor is overpowered by Hela in the climax of ''Ragnarok'', Odin's spirit appears to him in a vision and encourages him that he is stronger than him.
--> '''Thor:''' I'm not as strong as you.\\
'''Odin:''' No... You're stronger.
* YouAreNotReady: After Thor went to Jotuheim and restarted the war against the Frost Giants, Odin admonishes his son and tells him that despite what he thought, he isn't ready to be crowned king.
--> '''Odin:''' I was a fool to think you were ready.
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[[folder:Frigga]]
!!''Frigga''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"It's only because I worry over you that you have survived."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Asgardian
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Asgardian
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Asgard
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ReneRusso, Chanique Greyling (young)
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/VeroniqueAugereau (European French dub), Rebeca Patiño (Latin-American Spanish dub), Mercedes Montalá (European Spanish dub), Kumiko Takizawa (Japanese dub), Márcia Coutinho (Brazilian Portuguese dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Thor}}'' | ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' | ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' [[note]] Archive footage from ''Thor: The Dark World''[[/note]] | ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder''

->''"Everyone fails at who they're supposed to be, Thor. The measure of a person, of a hero... is how well they succeed at being who they are."''

The wife of Odin, mother of Thor and Loki, and Queen of Asgard. As Odin falls into the Odinsleep, Frigga takes care of him, unaware of what Loki is doing on the throne. She was raised among witches, and therefore is as formidable a sorceress gifted with sight that peers beyond the physical realm past spirit and time, and taught Loki his infamous mastery of illusions.
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[[folder:Warsong]]
!!''Warsong''
!!!'''Species:''' Valkyrie Steed

* ParentsAsPeople: Odin's parental skills leave a great deal to be desired and caused many of the problems and insecurities associated with Thor and Loki, which in turn snowballed into major conflicts such as Loki's invasion of Earth and Hela's... everything (indeed, they could be said to be at the root of the conflicts of ''Thor'', ''The Avengers'', and ''Thor: Ragnarok''). That being said Odin loves both of his sons deeply and, in his last moments, made sure to tell them this in spite of everything Loki had done.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Although he removed the powers of his son Thor when he banished him to Midgard, he apparently didn't think of doing the same for his daughter Hela when he banished her to Niflheim. Had he done so, many deaths could have been prevented, including those of the Valkyries.

* WorldsStrongestMan: He is recognized as the best warrior in all of Asgard. In his prime, he was able to defeat powerful opponents such as Laufey, Hela and even a fully-empowered Surtur himself (with Surtur outmatching Hela in short order, despite being the strongest of Odin's children), and anything other Asgardians can do, he can with comparatively more ease. In a deleted scene, Loki even calls him "The most powerful being in the Nine Realms", and this was very much likely the case in the movies prior to ''Infinity War'', before outright reality warpers and his son increasing his might took centre stage.

!!Other Asgardians and Allies

[[folder:The Destroyer]]
!!''The Destroyer''
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' N/A
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Thor}}'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]''

An extremely powerful set of armor created by Odin to defend Asgard. As one does not wear it, but project their consciousness into it, it can be misused.
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* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: When it is impaled from the back by Sif, it completely rotates every part of its body to face her, knocks her away and then removes the spear by standing up while the blade slides out by itself.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the comics, the Destroyer cannot be harmed by Thor's best blows with Mjolnir, is strong and fast enough to smack Thor around, and its heat ray can slice right through Mjolnir or an Asgardian. In the film, once Thor gets his powers and hammer back, he effortlessly blocks its heat ray and then smashes it apart.
* AnimatedArmor: Controlled with a user's mind.
* BreathWeapon: The heat ray of the Destroyer is fired from the opening in the helmet. It looks like a WaveMotionGun. SHIELD evidently realized this similarity too as Phil Coulson demonstrates on Loki with the firearm they created from reverse-engineering it in between ''Thor'' and ''The Avengers''.
* TheBrute: Temporarily a non-sentient one to Loki in ''Thor'' once he takes the throne.
* TheDragon: For Loki after ascending to the throne. He sends the Destroyer after Thor to prevent him from returning to Asgard.
* FightingAShadow: Killing the Destroyer doesn't harm its user, it is controlled by an extension of the user's mind. In a sense, the fight with it could be considered the first battle between the Asgardians and Loki.
* HavingABlast: They come from the eyes.
* HeadBlast: The Destroyer can open up its face to fire energy blasts from an aperture in its head. When it does this, part of the facial structure retracts downward into the lower face.
* ImplacableMan: Until Thor gets his powers back and is able to fight it, it hunts him down without regard for anything else.
* {{Magitek}}: One of the only real examples shown from Asgard so far, with the rest of the "magic" being MagicFromTechnology.
* MenacingStroll: Walking along and batting aside warriors in its path.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Destroyer. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin You weren't expecting it to help you repair your roof, were you]]?
* PowerGlows: The opening in the face glows when it is about to fire.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: When Coulson and Sitwell get their first look at the Destroyer, Sitwell asks if The Destroyer is one of Tony's creations.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the film, it isn't shown what happened to it after it was destroyed. The tie-in comic ''Fury's Big Week'' shows that S.H.I.E.L.D. took custody of it, and are now trying to ''reverse-engineer'' it. As shown in ''The Avengers'', they are successful.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:King Eitri]]
!!''King Eitri''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"You were supposed to protect us! Asgard was supposed to protect us!"'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Dwarf
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Nidavellirian
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Nidavellir, Asgard
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PeterDinklage
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Santos Alberto (Latin-American Spanish dub), Katsuhiro Kitagawa (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' | ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder''[[note]]Deleted scene[[/note]]

King of the Dwarves, an ancient people that are close allies to the Asgardians.

* AnArmAndALeg: Eitri has had his hands plunged into metal by Thanos, and they are encased in solidified chunks of it.
* CastingGag: A man with dwarfism cast as a [[OurDwarvesAreDifferent Dwarf...]]and he's the tallest character in the movie. Especially since Peter Dinklage's dwarfism was a core part of his [[Series/GameOfThrones other most notable role.]] [[WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie This isn't even the first time he's done this.]]
* FieryRedhead: The King has bright red hair.
* {{Irony}}: In spite of being a dwarf, Eitri is twice as tall as Thor, who is well over six feet in height.
* LastOfHisKind: By the time Thor, Rocket and Groot reach his realm, he is the last remaining dwarf after Thanos exterminated his entire people.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Zig-zagged. Certainly has the surly personality and smithing skills of your average Dwarf, but other than his beard he couldn't look more different. Apparently MCU dwarves are giants, but with the proportions of a human with dwarfism.
* OxymoronicBeing: Eitri, the sole surviving dwarf... who is on the order of ten feet tall, making him taller than the Hulk or Thanos, to say nothing of everybody he actually interacts with in the film. Made even better by him being played by Peter Dinklage.
* ThePerilsOfBeingTheBest: Thanos forced him and his people to make the Infinity Gauntlet for him so he could better manipulate the Infinity Stones, and how does Thanos reward them? He slaughters his entire race, leaving Eitri the only survivor. But, in a literally classic example of the trope, Thanos ''merely'' takes Eitri's hands.
-->'''Eitri:''' "Your life is yours," he said. "But your hands... Your hands are mine alone."
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's very old, or at least enough to call the 1,000-year plus old Thor "boy" by comparison.
* ShootTheBuilder: Played with; Thanos destroys Eitri's hands to prevent him forging weapons against him. It's his knowledge that's important however. Others can always provide the hands.
* ShownTheirWork: He is a giant dwarf. This might sound oxymoronic at first, but in RealLife it's theorized that dwarves weren't supposed to be short in [[Myth/NorseMythology the original myths]], and it was a mistranslation brought on by Christianization. Any references to the Dwarves being "small" were supposed to mean "lesser", to indicate that they were beneath the gods in power. In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' we find out that the Dwarves are essentially a client state to Asgard, relying on them for protection and supplying them with weapons in exchange. Eitri's massive appearance implies that this theory is true in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
* UltimateBlacksmith: He was the one who forged Mjolnir and the Infinity Gauntlet. He makes Stormbreaker for Thor in order to defeat Thanos.
* UncertainDoom: It's unknown if he turned to dust following Thanos's finger snap or if he survived. Although considering the snap was undone in ''Endgame'', it may be a moot point if he did.
* YouWillBeSpared: His life was his in return for building the Infinity Gauntlet. But the rest of his people wouldn't be.
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Axl]]
!!''Astrid Heimdallson / Axl''
!!!'''Species:''' Asgardian
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Asgardian
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Asgard
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Kieron L. Dyer
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder''

Heimdall's son.
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[[folder:Darryl]]
!!''Darryl''
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Asgardian
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Asgard
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Daley Pearson
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder''

A tour guide in New Asgard.
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* AdaptationalJobChange: Is a tour guide instead of an office worker.
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: Unlike his Earth-16828 counterpart he has apparently never met Thor.
* AlternateSelf: To Darryl Jacobson from ''WebVideo/TeamThor'', and he stands out for being the first character in the main MCU reality to appear after a version from a different universe.
* CanonImmigrant: A very minor one, but Daley Pearson played Thor's roommate Darryl in the non-canon ''WebVideo/TeamThor''-One Shots.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Runa]]
!!''Runa''
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!!!'''Species:''' Light Elf
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Alfheimian
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Alfheim, New Asgard
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Peg O'Keef
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/SheHulkAttorneyAtLaw''

A shapeshifting Light Elf who conned Dennis Bukowski into thinking she was Music/MeganTheeStallion.
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* CaptainErsatz: A shapeshifting elven prankster may remind some of Puck from ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', but where Marvel is concerned, she's also a stand-in for Impossible Man (an extradimensional being rather than an elf).
* ConArtist: Impersonates Music/MeganTheeStallion and cons Dennis Bukowski out of a large amount of money.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: She seems to be very short-sighted for such an old woman.
** She cons Dennis Bukowski out of a large sum of money by playing on his stupidity. Problem is he finds out, and sues her for damages.
** She and her lawyer try to claim [[DiplomaticImpunity diplomatic immunity]] to get out of being found liable. The judge shoots them down, pointing out the case is being tried in Los Angeles and Thor's speech about how Asgard is not a place but a people is not legally admissable in court.
** She decides to impersonate the judge administrating her trial ''while the trial is ongoing''. This lands her sixty days in jail in addition to having to pay back Dennis.
* DiplomaticImpunity: Runa's lawyer tries to get her out of being sued by Bukowski by claimg that as the daughter of an Elfin diplomat to Asgard (and now to New Asgard) she has diplomatic immunity. The judge [[SubvertedTrope shoots it down]], pointing out that her immunity only applies in New Asgard, and they're not ''in'' New Asgard.
* HarmlessVillain: Her inability to be subtle or put any amount of thought into her cons makes it impossible for her to use her powers effectively. The only person she managed to fool was Bukowski, and even he was able to recoup his losses in court due to Runa compulsively undermining her own case.
* {{Humanshifting}}: Is able to transform into other people.
* ImmortalImmaturity: In her default form she resembles an elderly woman, but being a Light Elf it's unclear how old she actually is. Either way, she acts like an overgrown teenager who refuses to accept that she's done anything wrong and attempts to use her powers to dodge the consequences of her actions.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: The only person she ever managed to fool was [[AssholeVictim Bukowski]], which even his own lawyers thought was funny.
* NotHelpingYourCase: Transforming into the judge in the middle of her trial to try and get her case dropped. Her own lawyer calls her out on it, reminding her that impersonating a judge is ''illegal'', while Pug notes to Dennis this will make it easier for them. Indeed, the actual judge charges her with contempt of court on top of her losing the suit against Bukowski.
* PerfectDisguiseTerribleActing: Despite being good at shapeshifting into other people, Runa doesn't bother trying to actually ''act'' like the people she's impersonating - having Dennis buy her a Passat while impersonating Megan Thee Stallion, drinking a massive amount of an energy drink while impersonating Dennis and remaining her mischievous, manipulative and jolly self, even when she's trying to pass herself off as the ''judge hearing her case''.
* PointyEars: She has pointy ears, as it is common for elves in media.
* RapidFireNo: Starts babbling "No" over and over again after the judge rules against her and sentences her to 60 days in jail for impersonating him.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Her lawyer initially tries to use the fact that she's the daughter of a Light Elf diplomat and thus [[DiplomaticImpunity has diplomatic immunity]]. [[SubvertedTrope However, the judge shoots it down]].
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: Uses her powers to con Dennis out of a hundred and seventy five thousand dollars and when she gets sued for damages, she tries impersonating the plaintiff and later the judge to get the charges dropped.
* ShapeshiftingSeducer: She signed up on a shady "celebrity dating" site as Megan Thee Stallion and tricked Dennis into giving her an absurd amount of money. Whether there was any romance involved or it was just a money scam isn't made explicit.
* ShapeshiftingTrickster: She first scams Dennis out of $175,000, then uses her shapeshifting to try to get out of legal trouble by impersonating Dennis and later the judge, or to turn into Pug and loudly announce to two secretaries that he enjoys harassing women. Although it's more like a shapeshifting ''prankster'', given how childlike she acts and how blatant all of her tricks are.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks: She uses her shapeshifting powers to con a gullible man out of a large sum of money, and repeatedly tries to use them to get the case against her dropped.
* {{Womanchild}}: Despite looking like an elderly woman by Midgardian standards, Runa acts like a hyperactive teenage girl.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Warsong]]
!!''Warsong''
!!!'''Species:''' Valkyrie Steed
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Asgardian

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' | ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder''

Brunnhilde's winged steed.

* AdaptationNameChange: In the comics, the name of Brunnhilde's winged horse is Aragorn. In the MCU, his name is Warsong.
* CoolHorse: Warsong is Brunnhilde's personal winged steed that can open portals to anywhere in the universe.
* {{Pegasus}}: Warsong is a winged horse.
* ThinkingUpPortals: He's able to open portals to anywhere in the universe, but can only transport whoever is currently riding him. When Brunnhilde, Thor, and Jane need to travel together, they rule Warsong out as he can't carry all of them, but when Jane needs to pull a one-man rescue without the aid of Stormbreaker or the Thunderbolt, she instead rides Warsong into battle.

[[folder:Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder]]
!!''Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''[[NoIndoorVoice (loud screaming noises)]]'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Indigarrian Goats
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Indigarrian, Asgardian

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder''

Thor and Korg's goats that originate from the planet Indigarr.

* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In both Myth/NorseMythology and the comics, Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder are supposedly native to Asgard. Here they were given to Thor as a gift from the Indigarrians for driving off invaders.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: They obey Thor and Korg's commands, and later save Korg and pull him to safety from Gorr's monsters of their own initiative.
* BigDamnHeroes: Both of them arrive just in time to help Thor, Jane, Valkyrie, and Korg escape Omnipotence City.
* CelebrityParadox: Assuming [[Myth/NorseMythology Norse mythological]] texts such as [[Literature/PoeticEdda Poetic]] and [[Literature/ProseEdda Prose Edda]] exist and are based on occasinal human interactions with Asgardians, then Thor should have already had the goats long before any of the movies started. However, since the MCU's Earth's history already has significant differences from ours, it is possible they are simply not mentioned in their version of the Eddas.
* HornAttack: Since they are giant goats, they can use their huge horns as ramming weapons.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: They are huge goats that can pull an Asgardian Skiff.
* NoIndoorVoice: At no point in the movie are these mystical goats capable of making a noise that isn't an incredibly loud scream.
* NoisyNature: Both of them keep on screaming in a high-pitched, human-like manner at every opportunity.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[PlayedForLaughs Not totally serious]], but they stop their constant screaming when Thor suggests the possibility of eating them, and [[DeathGlare stare ominously]] at him.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Both of them are prone to constant, loud and high-pitched human like screams, which finally wore away what little patience The Guardians had left for Thor's irresponsibility.
* {{Unishment}}: The deafeningly loud duo of goats were given by the devoutly religious Indigarrians to Thor as a backhanded "reward" for saving them from an army of bandits... by flying full-speed into their priceless crystal temple and bringing it crashing down on the bandits' leaders. Unfortunately for them, Thor thinks they're awesome.

!!Enemies of Asgard

[[folder:King Laufey]]
!!''King Laufey''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"You're nothing but a boy, trying to prove himself a man."'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Frost Giant
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Jotun
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Jotunheim
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ColmFeore
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/SebastianLlapur (Latin-American Spanish dub), Gonzalo Abril (European Spanish dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Thor}}''

->''"You've come a long way to die, Asgardian."''

The King of Jötunheim, a Frost Giant, and the biological father of Loki. Over 1000 years ago, Laufey invaded Earth (Midgard) in an attempt to conquer it, but Odin and the Gods came to Earth's aid and pushed them back to Jötunheim and defeated them, and took the Casket of Ancient Winters, a powerful artifact, from them. Since then, Laufey desires peace first, but if possible, to get the Casket back.

* AbusiveParents: Left his weak and tiny (for a Frost Giant) infant son out in the cold to die. Said son, Loki, was then found by Odin and raised as his own. [[KarmicDeath Said son later kills him in order to gain the approval of his adoptive father.]]
* ActionDad: Laufey is the warrior king of the Frost Giants and the biological father of Loki, even though he chose to abandon his son and left him to die for being a runt.
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Laufey in the comics was a violent, mean brute. Here, his behavior is much more befitting a king: he's formal, soft-spoken, and wants to avoid war just like Odin.
* AffablyEvil: Almost always calm, even-toned and polite when talking to the Asgardians.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Like all Frost Giants, he has blue skin.
* ArtifactOfDoom: The Casket of Ancient Winters, a device that can freeze entire landscapes and his old weapon.
* BigBadWannabe: He is presented as the main threat at the beginning of ''Thor'' before the reveal of Loki's manipulative scheme.
* CoveredWithScars: His face bears several noticeable scars. The implication is that Odin and the Asgardian army inflicted them on him during the war between Asgard and Jotunheim.
* CreepyMonotone: Laufey always speaks in a calm, steady voice.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: While Loki is revealed to be the one who allowed Frost Giants into Asgard, and makes a deal to allow them inside in force, King Laufey is assumed (at least in-universe) to be the primary antagonist of ''Thor''.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: For such a mighty warrior, all it takes is two shots from Loki to disintegrate him. Though those two shots came from Odin All-Father's spear, one of the most powerful weapons in Asgard's general vicinity.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's clearly a malignant character, but even he doesn't want full-out war needlessly, as he has experienced it, and has seen the costs that come from it.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: Frost Giants, whether openly violent toward Asgard or not, are [[AlwaysChaoticEvil always seen as evil]] when confronted, whether overtly or not.
* EvilPlan: In the Dark Ages, he wanted to plunge Midgard into a new Ice Age. Odin put a quick stop to that, but the results of that plan set the stage for the events of ''Thor''.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Speaks in a low, calm voice that demonstrates both his villainy and his authoritative demeanor.
* GenderFlip: In Myth/NorseMythology, Laufey is Loki's mother, and a Frost Giant called Farbauti is his father, but much like in the source comics, Laufey is the father and a unidentified female the mother.
%%* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has many claw-shaped ones across his face.
%%* GreenAndMean: The armor that he wears is metallic green.
* AnIcePerson: Though he's more skilled at controlling it than other Frost Giants.
* KarmicDeath: The child that Laufey abandoned to die ends up being the one who kills him.
* OurGiantsAreBigger: Frost Giants are bigger than Asgardians.
* ParentalAbandonment: To infant Loki and later tells Loki that Odin should have left him to die instead of saving and raising him as his own son.
* PragmaticVillainy: Laufey is evil, but he's not stupid. He knows that Odin's a dangerous enemy, and wants to make sure that the Asgardians fire the first shot so he can [[VillainWithGoodPublicity have the moral high ground when he starts the war]], which sees Loki cleverly manipulate this strategy against him by using it as a setup. Loki allows Laufey and a few Jötunns into Asgard to assassinate Odin (giving Laufey a reason to believe that he has an ally within Asgard and thus not needing an overt reason to kill Odin and maintain his posture) while he sleeps, but only so Loki can then turn the tables on Laufey, kill him, and give ''himself'' the moral high ground in order to start a war with Jötunheim.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He was prepared to let Thor and his buddies go after they invaded his nation and violated the truce, because he knows that Thor is an immature boy that doesn't understand war.
-->'''Laufey:''' You know not what your actions would unleash... [[WarIsHell I do.]] [[GetOut Go now,]] [[LastChanceToQuit while I still allow it.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: All Frost Giants have red eyes, but his seem to glow to show the unique threat he poses.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Personally led the invasion of Midgard during the Dark Ages, wielding the [[ArtifactOfDoom Casket of Ancient Winters]].
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the comics, he was killed by Odin centuries ago, when Loki was still a baby. In the film, he is left alive, but only temporarily. In the end, Loki kills him. However, when comics Laufey was resurrected while this Laufey stayed dead, the trope was temporarily {{inverted}} until comics Laufey died a second time in ''ComicBook/WarOfTheRealms''.
* TooDumbToLive: The fact that Loki was offering to let him have the Casket of the Ancient Winters back with no strings attached once Odin was dead should have raised several red flags. Loki's terms never provided for any sort of permanent immunity for Asgard once their plan had been carried out, which should have reeked of "too good to be true". If Loki were serious about the agreement, he would have made Laufey promise to stay out of Asgardian business once he had what he came for but instead Loki implies that Laufey will be free to do as he pleases once he enacts the assassination of Odin and Loki can be installed as ruler of Asgard.
* UnwittingPawn: Laufey is manipulated by Loki into boosting his reputation at the cost of Laufey's own life.
* VillainHasAPoint:
** He's right and quick to point out that pre-CharacterDevelopment Thor is just a fight-happy {{Manchild}}, and he's also right about how much a war between Asgard and Jötunheim would cost both sides.
** Laufey also correctly points that the House of Odin is full of traitors and that Odin himself is a liar and a thief, which is proven true later in the movie itself when Odin adopted his son and didn't tell him the truth of why he did so, causing Loki to angrily berate Odin, which puts him into Odinsleep, while Thor's half brother tries to murder his own kind in a misguided effort to win Odin's approval, while in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Odin himself was a conquerer that made Asgard to what it is today alongside [[DaddysLittleVillain his daughter Hela]], only wanting to become a benevolent king after Asgard had Nine Realms and didn't want to expand any further, no doubt having seen the true costs of building an empire.
* WarIsHell: Tried to stop Thor from bringing on the fight because, unlike Thor, he knows the damage of war.

[[folder:Malekith]]
!!''Malekith''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Darkness returns, Asgardian. Have you come to witness the end of your universe?"'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Dark Elf
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Svartalfar
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Svartalfheim
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ChristopherEccleston
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/ReneGarcia (Latin-American Spanish dub), Santi Lorenz (European Spanish dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''

->''"Your Universe was never meant to be, Asgardian! Your family, your world will be extinguished!"''

Leader of the [[DarkIsEvil Dark]] [[OurElvesAreDifferent Elves]] of [[DeathWorld Svartalfheim]], Malekith attacks Asgard following the end of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', setting in motion the events of ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the comics he's not a great fighter, and is much more prone to use his shapeshifting skills and various schemes than to face his opponents head-on. In the movie, his characterization is changed, probably so that he would make a more impressive BigBad (in the comics he's merely TheDragon). Another possible reason for the change is that the comic book version of Malekith, whose favourite tactic is to deceive his enemies by pretending to be someone else, would've been too close to the movie Loki.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: Traditionally blue-skinned in the comics, he has pale white pigmentation here. Also, the blackened half of his face is on the right side instead of the left.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While Malekith in the film is still evil, he comes off as a decent person compared to his comics counterpart, who's even ''worse'' by being an AxCrazy sadist. Furthermore, Comics Malekith nearly killed Algrim just to get a chance to kill Thor, the film shows him having a genuine VillainousFriendship with Algrim.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: He can communicate directly and fluently with Asgardians (who seem to speak English since they can converse with Americans). The Dark Elves have their own tongue but he is the only one seen using any language besides that.
* AnArmAndALeg: Gets both of his arms cut off by Thor in their final battle, though the Aether has started to reform his arms.
* BadBoss: He is very ready to throw his own men under the bus, should he need to.
* BigBad: Serves as the main antagonist of the second film, ''The Dark World''.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: Malekith has black sclerae, highlighting his role as a primordial being who desires to destroy all of existence.
* BraidsOfAction: Keeps his long hair in one.
%%* CompositeCharacter: Malekith in the [=MCU=] bears a heavy resemblance to Knull, a Thor villain and an ancient [[GodOfEvil God of]] [[DarkIsEvil Primordial Darkness]] that predated the universe with the sole intention of returning the Universe to its pre-lit state. Even Malekith's use of the Aether resembles the nature of the Necrosword and Symbiotes, both of which are Knull's creations.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Loki is Thor's adoptive brother whose ambitions of ruling the Nine Realms created a personal conflict with the home and the people he grew up with. Malekith had no previous personal ties with Thor and he intended to use the Aether to cover the Nine Realms in complete darkness.
* CreepyBlueEyes: ''Very'' light and piercing, overlapping with IcyBlueEyes.
* DarkIsEvil: He and his race were born in primordial darkness, and they despise the universe of light it became.
* DeathByLookingUp: Had just enough time to see his mothership crash upon him after being teleported back to his homeworld.
* DirtyCoward: Threw his entire invasion fleet under the bus by depowering his ships to crush Asgard's forces when he lost the Aether during their first skirmish and to flee the battle, killing anyone who was on board at the time. He even has the gall to claim Asgard forced his hand and they will be the ones to pay for his own cowardice.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The moment he realizes he's going to lose against [[OurFounder King Bor]], he turns off his own battleships' power, [[ColonyDrop dropping them on the Asgardians]] and [[KickTheDog killing absolutely everyone on board (implied to be nearly the entire Dark Elf population)]] solely to clear his own escape.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Whether he's speaking English or his native tongue, his voice is quite deep.
* FantasticRacism: To other Asgardians and mortals. He considers them "light based vermin".
* FlatCharacter: His goals and motivations are relatively unexplored in comparison to other Marvel Cinematic Universe villains.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: It should be obvious what kind he has, but just in case half his face burned by Thor's lightning because he invaded Asgard and killed its queen.
* HumanoidAbomination: After absorbing the Aether he turns into this freaky looking thing with CombatTentacles.
* {{Irony}}: At the end of the first war with Asgard, he [[ColonyDrop dropped his fleet]] onto the battling armies, slaughtering both sides to cover his escape. Jane Foster warps his collapsing mothership right on top of him, killing him after he was soundly beaten by Thor.
* {{Jerkass}}: Malekith, on the whole, appears to be a rather unpleasant individual, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and rude to boot]].
* KarmicDeath: He sacrificed most of his people by making their ships drop on them and his enemies. He's ultimately defeated by his own ship dropping on top of him.
* MakeMyMonsterGrow: During the climax of the Convergence, when Malekith starts releasing the energies of the Aether, he grows to about three times Thor's height. Though when Thor delivers the final blow on him with Mjölnir, he immediately reverts back to his normal height.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Accursed". If you haven't got the message yet, then you're screwed.
* OmnicidalManiac: It seems that life and light disgust or "poison" Dark Elves in general, and he seems to treat both as threats that need to be put down.
* OneWingedAngel: After being powered up by the Aether, he transforms into a monstrous humanoid thing.
* OurElvesAreDifferent: From a race of SufficientlyAdvancedAlien demi-gods with PointyEars called the "Dark Elves".
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: He dies centuries after his entire family does.
* PetTheDog: Seemed genuinely remorseful when he had to infect Algrim with the darkness to turn him into Kurse.
* PointyEars: He's a pointy eared Dark Elf.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: A god like the Asgardians. Probably older than them, since Loki says that Asgardians live for about five thousand years or so, but to remember "a time before the light" Malekith would need to be at least a few million years old. (See TimeAbyss below.)
%%* RedBaron: Malekith ''the Accursed''.
%%* RedEyesTakeWarning: After he absorbs the Aether.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: King of his people and the BigBad of ''The Dark World''. It's implied in interviews that in regards to his plan for destroying the Universe, his Elves are with him all the way.
* SorcerousOverlord: Of the SufficientlyAdvancedAliens variety. He's lord of the Dark Elves that lives in a barren land and seeks to extinguish other civilizations. He nearly destroyed the universe at first, and then tries doing it again, using the power of the Aether.
%%* SpaceElves: Their king.
* TimeAbyss: He's older than Odin, and possibly older than the universe itself.
* TwoFaced: Due to half of his face being burned off thanks to lightning from Mjölnir.
* WeHaveReserves: To escape in the first act, set millennia in the past, he sacrifices reserves of his men, and then escapes with his lieutenant and a skeleton crew of elves.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He's a ''Dark'' Elf with white hair.
* YouKilledMyFather: Directly involved in Frigga's death, causing Thor and Loki to have an [[EnemyMine uneasy alliance]]. Ironically, cut content, according to WordOfGod, means that he once lost his own family.

[[folder:Algrim / Kurse]]
!!''Algrim / Kurse''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Let my life be sacrificed. It is no less than our people did, or you have done."'']]
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!!!'''Species:''' Dark Elf
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Svartalfar
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Svartalfheim
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/AdewaleAkinnuoyeAgbaje
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' | ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' [[note]] Archive footage from ''Thor: The Dark World''[[/note]]

Malekith's lieutenant who is one of the few Dark Elves to survive the war against Odin's father Bor, and continues to serve Malekith. Malekith allows him to use an ancient DangerousForbiddenTechnique, transforming him into the nigh-unbeatable Kurse.

* AdaptationDistillation: In the [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor comics]], Algrim/Kurse was a minor villain, whose only appearance had been in the same issue where he died, until an omnipotent CosmicEntity revived him and made him massively powerful as part of a [[ComicBook/SecretWarsII crossover]] that had nothing to do with the main plot of ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor''. For understandable reasons, the movie gives him a rather different backstory.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the comics, Algrim/Kurse does work for Malekith for a time, but Malekith betrays him and Algrim -- a noble soul -- swears loyalty to Thor and Asgard, in fact being the one to kill Malekith himself. In ''The Dark World'', Malekith does sacrifice his own people but doesn't betray Algrim personally. Algrim has UndyingLoyalty towards his master and becomes Kurse as a result.
* BodyHorror: What happens to him (and all other Dark Elves) when transforming into Kurse; as described by the art book, his armor is basically ''grafted onto his body'', with no sign of it being reversible.
* CoolHelmet: He gets one for his transformation, which also obscures his identity during the TrojanPrisoner gambit.
* TheDragon: He's Malekith's most trusted and capable Lieutenant. He was already a great warrior, but when he becomes Kurse, he easily kills scores of Asgardians and Thor is no match for him in pure physical combat. Even Mjölnir causes little harm. Not only that, he completely overpowers Thor in battle, something that his master, even when empowered by the Aether, was unable to do.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He rarely speaks, but when he does, it's in a deep, baritone voice.
* EyeScream: His eyes are visibly (and audibly) ripped from their sockets by the black hole grenade that Loki set off.
* HeroKiller: As Kurse, he's both incredibly strong and not without a fiendish intelligence. He first kills his share of Einherjars, then is the one to stab Frigga to death, and during his battle with Thor and Loki, he [[FakingTheDead appears to]] kill the latter.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Loki manages to defeat him by activating the black hole grenade on his belt that the Dark Elves earlier used to great effect against the Asgardians.
* TheJuggernaut: As Kurse, he shrugs off everything that's thrown at him. It takes a black hole grenade to finally get rid of him.
* MightyGlacier: Slower than the Hulk, or Thor, but much stronger and tougher.
* MythologyGag: Pre-transformation, Algrim wears a red-and-yellow helmet, the same colors as comic book Kurse.
* NeckLift: A signature move once he becomes Kursed.
* NighInvulnerability: Kurse is only defeated by being sucked into a miniature black hole. Nothing else so much as puts a dent in him.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: All the other Kursed have their doll masks become their faces in the prologue. Since Algrim was disguised as a Marauder, his Kurse form has a more expressive and demonic visage.
* NoSell: He smacks Mjolnir away like it's nothing into an entire mountain. Alongside [[Film/ThorRagnarok Hela and Eternal Flame Surtur]], he's one of the strongest villains in the Thor movies.
* PainfulTransformation: Algrim's transformation into Kurse has him ''burning from the inside out and thrashing wildly in his prison cell.''
* ScaryBlackMan: More so as Kurse because he's basically a demon, but also less so because his armor has been grafted on and thus conceals his skin.
* SmarterThanYouLook: As Kurse - he may look like a giant, monstrous demon, but he's still sharp as a tack - and more than smart enough to decide that maybe releasing the guy who's somehow got a cell all to himself and who only looks amused by Kurse's rampage might ''not'' be a good idea...
* SuperStrength: As Kurse, he's more than a match for Thor, being able to beat up the thunder god in single combat.
* TimeAbyss: He's older than Odin, and possibly older than the universe itself.
* TokenCompetentMinion: Algrim is the only Dark Elf other than Malekith portrayed as dangerous to the heroes. He manages to infiltrate Asgard, kill countless soldiers, kill Frigga, almost kill Loki and even overpowers Thor himself with ease.
* TouchOfDeath: As Kurse, he can fry people by grabbing them with a choke-hold.
* TrojanPrisoner: He's sent into Asgard disguised as a marauder prisoner just after being given the Kurse stone, knowing that when the transformation kicks in, he can break out with ease.
* UndyingLoyalty: Seems to be a racial trait. They might be evil, but Algrim and the Dark Elves in general are also unyieldingly loyal to Malekith, even after he sacrifices a whole fleet to escape. Taking up the "Kurse" is very much this: a Dark Elf will willingly submit to the painful and eventually ''deadly'' transformation into a giant monster, and fight for their people until it kills them.
* WorldsStrongestMan: He's much stronger than [[PhysicalGod Thor]], one of the ''very'' [[LightningBruiser strongest]] beings in the universe.

[[folder:Surtur]]
!!''Surtur''
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"You have made a grave mistake, Odinson!"'']]
!!!'''Species:''' Fire Demon
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Muspel
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Muspelheim
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/TaikaWaititi (motion-capture)
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/ClancyBrown (English), Víctor Covarrubias (Latin-American Spanish dub), Benoît Rousseau (Canadian French dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorRagnarok''

->''"I am Asgard's doom, and so are you. All will suffer, all will '''burn''!"'''

A giant Fire Demon and the ruler of Muspelheim who is prophesized to bring about "the end of everything" during Ragnarok.

* AccidentalHero: By plunging his giant sword into the ground (Hela on the other end of it), burning and shattering Asgard, he ironically ends up saving its people from Hela.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the comics, he's basically equal to Odin. Here, he gets [[CurbStompBattle effortlessly trounced]] by Thor at the beginning of the movie. Though this is a justified case, as Surtur walks with a noticeable limp and seems to clutch his side, indicating that he had not yet fully recovered from his previous battle with Odin. After his crown is put on the eternal flame, he's back to the same level as his comic counterpart, treating the ''Incredible Hulk'' as a minor annoyance.
* AffablyEvil: Aside from bouts of InsistentTerminology, he's ''remarkably'' patient with Thor's antics and well-mannered at the beginning of the film.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Surtur already stands at around 30-feet tall in his normal form, but says he grows "as tall as a mountain" when fully empowered. The reality is actually much, much bigger, as he can be seen dwarfing Asgard's mountains when finally unleashed.
* BadassBoast: Even though they fall on deaf ears considering that he's laying waste to an empty city, many of his lines are this.
-->'''Surtur:''' Tremble before me, Asgard! I am your reckoning!!
* TheBadGuyWins: The heroes are forced to allow him to come back and destroy Asgard to stop Hela from getting any stronger. The citizens of Asgard survived due to being evacuated, but he still destroyed their homeworld.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Unlike Thor, who wants to avert Ragnarok, Surtur is not only fine with his role in it, he actively aims to make sure the prophecy comes to pass.
* BigOlEyebrows: Thor admits he thought his crown were actually giant eyebrows or something.
* BigRedDevil: Well, he's a gigantic demon made of magma, so he's pretty much this by default.
* CameBackStrong: Loki resurrects him by putting his skull and crown in the Eternal Flame, which brings him back to his original strength as a skyscraper-sized monster.
* CelebrityParadox: In ''Infinity War'', Tony Stark calls Ebony Maw [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Squidward]].[[note]]The show was also referenced in ''Series/{{Iron Fist|2017}}''.[[/note]] If he ever met Surtur, he would probably quip the Fire Demon sounds like Mr. Krabs.
* ChekhovsGunman: After appearing and seemingly being defeated in the opening, he returns to destroy Asgard and kill Hela.
* TheComicallySerious: Unlike Hela and the Grandmaster, Surtur never snarks or cracks a joke and is entirely serious, which contrasts with Thor and his light-hearted antics and quips.
* CreatorCameo: Taika Waititi, the film's director, did the mo-cap work for Surtur.
* CrownShapedHead: Surtur's HornsOfVillainy is also his crown. Despite his serious, threatening demeanor, he gets a little defensive about his crown.
-->'''Surtur:''' ''This'' is my crown. The source of my power!\\
'''Thor:''' Oh, that's a crown? I thought it was a big eyebrow.\\
'''Surtur:''' ''[annoyed]'' It's a crown!
* DecoyAntagonist: After initially being presented as the villain that will destroy Asgard he's [[CurbStompBattle easily trounced]] by Thor and Hela becomes the major antagonist instead. He only appears again when the heroes actually ''choose'' to revive him at his full power in order to stop Hela.
* TheDreaded: At his prime, Surtur's influence is so powerful that even ''Hela'' is horrified when he's revived by the Eternal Flame.
* EvilIsBurningHot: He is a Fire Demon who desires nothing else but to raze Asgard to cosmic dust.
* EvilIsHammy: He is normally serious most of the time, but as soon as he is brought back to life and starts laying waste to all of Asgard, he starts hamming it up.
-->'''Surtur:''' I AM ASGARD'S DOOM!!!
* EvilSoundsDeep: Fitting his demonic appearance, Surtur speaks in a deep, gravelly voice.
* EvilVersusOblivion: The Oblivion to Hela's Evil: where she has grandiose goals of universal conquest, he just wants to blow up Asgard. He's also one of the few cases where Oblivion is the one the heroes are rooting for.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Hela expected his crown to be bigger. [[TemptingFate It got bigger.]]
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: He wants to destroy Asgard because that's what he was prophesied to do, and that's basically it. He doesn't even seem to care if his actions actually end up harming anyone or not [[AndThenWhat or what happens after that]], only that the physical place of Asgard is destroyed. This, by the way, is pretty accurate to the original myths, where Surtur gets little mention, and is more or less there to bring the curtain down at the final fate of the gods.
* GodzillaThreshold: The only reason Thor brings him back is because he's the only one who can permanently get rid of Hela.
* HornsOfVillainy: He looks like a classic devil and his crown is decorated with two horns. Please, don't mistake them for the eyebrows.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: The ''only'' time [[InvincibleVillain Hela]] loses her smug, confident composure is when she realizes Surtur's full power has been awakened. It's the one time she appears [[OhCrap genuinely worried]].
* InsistentTerminology: He is rather picky with wording. First off, his magnificent crown is not a "big eyebrow" -- it's a CROWN! Secondly, when said crown is placed into the Eternal Flame, he'll grow as big as a MOUNTAIN! ''Not'' as big as a house. It's all very important.
* InvincibleVillain: In the brief scene where he's shown at full power he swats the Hulk away like an annoying flea and he barely reacts when Hela (who herself trounced Thor, Valkyrie, and Loki like it was nothing) hits him in the chest with multiple skyscraper-sized spears.
* LargeAndInCharge: He is the Lord of Muspelheim and towers over all the other Fire Demons.
* MagmaMan: He seems to be made of eternally burning lava and rocks.
* MakeMyMonsterGrow: He starts off several times Thor's size, but once he's exposed to the Eternal Flame he grows to Kaiju-sized proportions.
* MeaninglessVillainVictory: He gets to destroy Asgard like he always wanted... after everyone but Hela has already evacuated. Then he explodes, and, because Asgard is destroyed, his PurposeDrivenImmortality goes with it. The most he could possibly get from it is peace of mind from ''finally'' getting to fulfill his singular purpose in life.
* NoSell: Hela hits him with ''skyscraper-sized spears'', and he barely reacts.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite his serious, threatening demeanor, he gets a little defensive about his crown.
-->'''Surtur:''' ''This'' is my crown. The source of my power!\\
'''Thor:''' Oh, that’s a crown? I thought it was a big eyebrow.\\
'''Surtur:''' ''[annoyed]'' It's a crown!
* OffWithHisHead: Thor kills Surtur early in the movie by knocking his block off. Ultimately, it doesn't stick.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Becomes this at the end when his helmet is thrown into the eternal flame and he destroys Asgard.
* PlayingWithFire: He's literally a giant made of fire.
* PurposeDrivenImmortality: Surtur claims that he cannot die until he destroys Asgard. He succeeds in this goal at the end of the movie, annihilating both Asgard and himself.
* PutTheLaughterInSlaughter: He starts enjoying himself a little too much when he begins his destruction of Asgard.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: Surtur can be killed, but it’s implied that he will eventually come back to life after a long time if Thor’s comment about Odin killing Surtur "half a million years ago" is accurate. Also, he cannot truly die until he brings about Ragnarok and destroys Asgard. Putting his skull into the Eternal Flame allows him to come back immediately.
* SerkisFolk: He is rendered in CGI. Who performs the motion capture? Why, Creator/TaikaWaititi (the director of the movie) himself!
* SlouchOfVillainy: Surtur is first seen lounging on his throne.
* SummonBiggerFish: Upon running out of solutions to stop Hela, Thor decides to unleash Ragnarok itself to take her out, by ordering Loki to put Surtur's skull in the Eternal Flame. Surtur ends up destroying Asgard with his gigantic sword, defeating Hela in the process. This is particularly driven home by Hela's realization immediately before her defeat that her attacks, which utterly destroyed the other Asgardians she fought previously, can barely even scratch the fully empowered Surtur.
-->'''Hela:''' You can't defeat me.\\
'''Thor:''' No, I know. But ''he'' can!
* SuperToughness: Hela throws spears at him that rival the size of Asgard's buildings, and he doesn't even flinch after the first one.
* SwordBeam: He can shoot streams of fire from the tip of his sword.
* SwordDrag: Drags his sword behind him as he's about to execute Thor as the latter is his prisoner at the beginning of the film.
* TakingYouWithMe: He knows that Asgard's destruction will also kill him, but he doesn't care, so long as his destiny is fulfilled.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Stabs Hela with the tip of his flaming sword through her platform down into the planet's core, unleashing a pyroclasm that engulfs the city, instigating a wildfire that quickly spreads throughout the world, before breaking Asgard in half, and then having the burning planet explode shortly after, with Hela in the direct center of it all.
* TookALevelInBadass: At the start of the film, Thor apparently kills him. By the end, the Hulk is swatted aside like a pest after getting in a good hit, and although Hela manages to get in some good stabs, she's clearly outmatched.
* TheUnfettered: Surtur is absolutely unconcerned with anything else other than decimating Asgard. ''[[ChewingTheScenery And he's really into it.]]'' After the Hulk jumps to him and gets in a good lick, Surtur simply flicks the [[BrickJoke puny green rage monster]] away and continues his single-minded drive to annihilate the world. Even ''Hela'' barely provokes much of a reaction, despite her sticking him with skyscraper-sized necroblades.
* TheWorfEffect: At full size and power, he tosses Hulk away with one hand like a rag doll and easily defeats even ''[[BigBad Hela]]''. This demonstrates how powerful he truly is, and underscores his WorfHadTheFlu claim.
* WorfHadTheFlu: His swift defeat at Thor's hand at the start of the film is justified, given that he was deprived of his power source and thus nowhere near his prime. He's also walking with a noticeable limp, indicating that he has yet to fully recover from his battle with Odin.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: He could potentially live forever as he is fated to never die unless he brings about Ragnarok, but he just hates Asgard ''that'' much.

[[folder:Marauders]]
!!''The Marauders''
!!!'''Species:''' Various
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''

A band of ragtag invaders from many races that begin raiding along the Nine Realms after the destruction of the Bifrost Bridge.

* CanonForeigner: In the mainstream comics, there are no space pirates named "Marauders". Instead, the Marauders are the lackeys of ''ComicBook/XMen'' villain Mister Sinister. There was also a villainous gang of outlaws called the Marauders in the first volume of ''The Outlaw Kid'' comics.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: The Marauders recruit individuals from many races.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Wisely decide to surrender after Thor kills their strongest warrior in one blow.
* RapePillageAndBurn: Their standard tactic is to attack the weak and engage in savage destruction.
* SpacePirates: They raid and kill along the worlds that form the Nine Realms.

[[folder:The Kronan Marauder]]
!!''The Kronan Maraunder''
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!!!'''Species:''' Kronan
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Marauders
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' N/A
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''

A Kronan and a member of the Marauders.

* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: He is the largest and the strongest of the Marauders, and seems to be their leader as well.
* LoadBearingBoss: After he's killed, his entire army surrenders.
* MythologyGag: The Kronans were the first villains Thor ever encountered in the original Silver Age ''Journey Into Mystery'' comics.
* NoNameGiven: We never get a name for him. Originally, he was suggested to be the MCU's version of Korg, and then ''Thor: Ragnarok'' came along.
* RockMonster: He's seemingly constructed of rocks, and is blasted apart by a blow from Mjölnir.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Killed in a CurbStompBattle by Thor.

* WorldsBestWarrior: He is recognized as the best warrior in all of Asgard. In his prime, he was able to defeat such powerful opponents as Laufey, Hela and even Surtur himself. In a deleted scene, Loki even calls him "The most powerful being in the Nine Realms".

[[folder:Asgardian Signaller]]
!!''Asgardian Signaller''

* AdaptationalWimp: In the comics, Odin is the strongest and most powerful Asgardian of all, possessing the "Odinforce" which grants him special powers like flight, teleportation and energy blasting. In the MCU, not only does he lack the Odinforce, it's also stated in ''Ragnarok'' that Thor is more powerful than him. He also still kicks a lot of asses in the comics regulary, while in the MCU he already left his prime as warrior behind.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The Kings and Queens of Asgard draw their power from Asgard itself, invariably making them the most powerful of their race.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's the king of Asgard and arguably the most powerful being in the Nine Realms.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Was most likely given the role of resistance leader because he was the most powerful Asgardian left.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Downplayed. He's certainly a great fighter and more badass than in the comics, but Kurse is stronger than him and at one point Frigga gives him a serious fight. Played straight after he gets the Aether.

[[folder:Balder]]
!!''Balder the Brave''
!!!'''Species:''' Asgardian

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' [[note]](Appears as a statue in Recap/LokiEpisode9EighteenNinetyThree)[[note]]

An Asgardian warrior
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* AmbiguousRelated: It's unclear if he's still part of the Asgardian royal family, as the statue display depicts him alongside Odin and Thor which fits with his status as Thor's brother and Odin's son but the lack of previous reference to him makes this doubtful.
* DemotedToExtra: A major member of Thor's supporting cast in the comics, Balder is only briefly mentioned to exist.
* TheGhost: He's only referenced by Loki, confirming he exists within the main MCU timeline.
* TheRedBaron: Known as Balder "The Brave"
* RememberTheNewGuy: Despite having never appeared even before [[Film/ThorRagnarok Hela's reign of terror and Surtur's destruction of Asgard]], ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' revealed that Balder the Brave does indeed exist in the MCU and that Loki is familiar with him. Loki even lampshades it by pointing out that [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall no one's even heard of Balder.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Darryl]]
!!''Darryl''
!!!'''Species:''' Human
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Asgardian
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Asgard

[[folder:Darryl]]
!!''Darryl''
!!!'''Species:''' Human

* CatchPhrase: "Do you prefer her to me?"

* ShipTease: A few moments with Thor, such as when he awkwardly compliments her hair. She also gets a bit with Hulk, although that may be InLoveWithYourCarnage. She also seems quite attached to Jane after Jane becomes Mighty Thor. She also gets another moment with Thor when she's clearly excited at [[EatingTheEyeCandy seeing him naked]] after Zeus flicks his clothes off.

* AdaptationalWimp: In the comics, Odin is the strongest and most powerful Asgardian of all, possessing the "Odinforce" which grants him special powers like flight, teleportation and energy blasting. In the MCU, not only does he lack the Odinforce, it's also stated in ''Ragnarok'' that Thor is more powerful than him. He also still kicks a lot of asses in the comics regulary, while in the MCU he left his prime as warrior behind.

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' | ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' [[note]] Archive footage from ''Thor: Ragnarok''[[/note]] | ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'' | ''Film/{{The Marvels}2023}}''

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' | ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' | ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' [[note]] Archive footage from ''Thor: Ragnarok''[[/note]] | ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder''

* FightingAShadow: Killing the Destroyer doesn't harm its user, it is controlled by an extension of the user's mind. In a sense, the fight with it could be considered the first battle between the Asgardians and Loki.
* HavingABlast: They come from the eyes.
* ImplacableMan: Until Thor gets his powers back and is able to fight it, it hunts him down without regard for anything else.

* VillainHasAPoint: He's right and quick to point out that pre-CharacterDevelopment Thor is just a fight-happy {{Manchild}}, and he's also right about how much a war between Asgard and Jötunheim would cost both sides.

** In ''Endgame'', she's the one that helps a disillusionated Thor get back on track after all his losses and suffering from previous movies.

-->'''Frigga:''' Idiot? No. Failure? Absolutely.\\

* BullyHunter: In an effort to make sure that Thor does ''not'' grow up to be a bloodthirsty conqurer like his half-sister Hela, Frigga tries to teach him from ''infancy'' to protect the helpless by ''taking him into battles'' to defend innocent civilians from marauders. He ''finally'' learns this lesson by the end of ''Love and Thunder'', and honors his mother's memory by passing her teachings and Stormbreaker down to his adoptive niece Love Gorrsdottir, so they may be free-wandering agents of kindness, unbound by political-interests and bureacratic red-tape like being an Avenger would, who travel the universe to defend the innocent whenever and ''whereever'' they are needed.
-->'''Thor:''' ''[to Love while handing her Stormbreaker]'' I remember what my mother used to tell me; Listen to grown ups, and if you see anyone who is scared or picked on, ''look after them,'' okay?
* CompositeCharacter
** Her name, magical powers, and role as the Queen of Asgard and wife of Odin come from All-Mother Frigga
** She gets her role as Thor's biological mother from the comic's Gaea, as well as her more youthful appearance, compared to her regal elder appearance in the comics
* ConsummateLiar: It's suggested in ''The Dark World'' that Frigga is this, and that Loki had learned to be crafty from her. She ignores Odin's royal decree that she can never see her adopted son again, and she visits the latter's dungeon with an illusion of herself for the past year without her husband knowing. Also "it takes one to know one", and Frigga can read her duplicitous son like a book. She later tells Odin, "You've never been a very good liar," which implies that she's an excellent one. Frigga then proves it when she deceives Malekith with a false image of Jane.

* DisappearsIntoLight: During her funeral her body turns into motes of light that disappear shortly after.

** In ''The Dark World,'' Frigga represents what he was (more or less) before his FaceHeelTurn, and what he can be once again if he's willing to atone for his past misdeeds. While she can be tricky and even treacherous (her visits to Loki's dungeon is technically a crime against the Crown), she generally uses her talents for the greater good, and in her final valiant act, she defends Jane from Malekith.

** It is show in the flashbacks that opened ''Love and Thunder'' that Frigga ''tried'' to teach Thor compassion for the weak by taking him into battle to defend the innocent ''in infancy.'' It may have taken fifteen centuries and ''seven'' movies for him to finally understand her lessons, but he honors his mother's memory by passing down her compassion down to his adoptive nieve Love Gorrsdottir, so they can travel the universe to defend the innocent together.

* HolyHalo: She is depicted with one in the Asgardian frescoes in ''Ragnarok.'' Well-earned, given that she was a loving wife and mother, and died protecting Jane, a mortal she has just met.

* LadyOfWar: When fighting Malekith she was [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery wearing a queenly dress]] and handled him with great skill.
* LikeParentLikeChild: Frigga has influenced her adopted son Loki to a tremendous degree. She taught him magic, and he also "inherited" SharedFamilyQuirks (fidgeting with hands when nervous), her talent for deception, her elegant comportment and her fighting style (i.e. relying on speed and agility). Both are very perceptive about other people (lampshaded by Frigga in regards to Loki), not to mention that Loki is InTouchWithHisFeminineSide and [[LongHairedPrettyBoy beautiful in a feminine manner]]. Loki initially tried to rein in Thor's violent, impulsive side, and Frigga does the same with Odin. They even die [[https://imgur.com/BWyZubQ similarly]] by attempting to protect another person and ambush a much stronger foe with a short sword/dagger and being DefiantToTheEnd.

* MasterActor: Odin never suspects that she has transgressed his command to not visit Loki in prison. Frigga isn't as honest, moral or obedient as he believes she is.

* MayDecemberRomance: Implied. ''Infinity War'' refers to Hela as Thor's half-sister meaning Odin was married to or at least slept with someone before Frigga. Also, take into account that their actors were born seventeen years apart with Anthony Hopkins having been born in 1937 and Rene Russo in 1954.
* MeaningfulFuneral: In ''The Dark World'', Asgardians come to pay last tribute to their queen and other fallen in a beautiful ceremony. During the long scene no one says a word. Loki, a convict for life, is not allowed to attend.

** She's one for her adopted son Loki: In ''The Dark World'' she's shown to be the only family member Loki still connects to and takes advises from before calling her away. Her death also is what leads Loki to help Thor in the first place. Also, in ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' [[spoiler:footage of her death is what leads to Loki agreeing to help the TVA]].
** In ''Endgame'' she's the one that helps a desillusionated Thor get back on track after all his losses and suffering from previous movies.

-->'''Frigga:''' Everyone fails at who they are ''supposed'' to be, Thor. The measure of a person, of a hero is how well they succeed at being who they ''are''.

* NeverMyFault: He doesn't take any responsibility for how his sons turned out. It doesn't dawn on him at all that Thor's war-mongering behavior is because of him, or that Loki's issues were due to neglecting him as a child, which resulted in his madness. This is subverted with Hela, whose insanity he ''does'' take responsibility for.