History Characters / MCUCosmicNineRealms

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!! Spoilers for all works set prior to ''Avengers: Infinity War'' and ''Avengers: Endgame'' are unmarked.

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!Nine Realms
The Nine Realms are nine worlds that are connected to each other by the branches of {{Yggdrasil}}.\\
Several millennia ago, Odin and Hela, his firstborn, conquered the Nine Realms in a brutal and bloody war. After Odin's change of heart, Asgard still remains the head of the Nine Realms, as the king of Asgard is the sworn protector of all of them.
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* WhenThePlanetsAlign: Every 5000 years, the Convergence occurs, an alignment of the Nine Realms that causes portals between the worlds to open at random.

!!Asgard
-->See the [[Characters/MCUAsgard Asgard]] page

!!Midgard
Also known as the Earth or [[PlanetTerra Terra]].
-->See the [[Characters/MarvelCinematicUniverse Main Character Index]]

[[folder:In General]]
* HumansAreFlawed: A recurring theme throughout MCU is that, save for [[HumansAreBastards few]] [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters exceptions]], humans are flawed but ultimately well-meaning people.
* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: Aliens like Loki and The Other thought that Earth was easily conquered. [[HumansAreWarriors They are proven wrong]].
* PlanetTerra: Many alien races refer to humans almost exclusively as Terrans, and to Earth as Terra or the Terran Homeworld. However, Rocket has also been known to call Peter Quill or Scott Lang a "hummie", so they're at least aware of the word humans use for themselves.
* PunyEarthlings:
** Aliens, especially the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien sufficiently advanced ones]], don't think much of the Earthlings in general. Loki thinks they're [[KneelBeforeZod made to be ruled]]. A Kree scanner deems a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent's threat level low-to-none while Supreme Intelligence considers Carol Danvers, an Air Force pilot, nothing without her cosmic powers.
** Even the more decent aliens but LongLived [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld and don't really age as much as humans do]], like Professor Randolph and Enoch, tend to be indifferent or insensitive at how limited normal humans' life span really is.
* YouAreNumberSix: The Kree, or at least those who directly work for the Empire like Starforce and the Accusers, refer to Earth as "C-53".
[[/folder]]

!!Jotunheim

[[folder:In General]]
!!''Jotunheim''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jotunheim.jpg]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Thor}}'' | ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''

The home of the Frost Giants and Frost Beasts.
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* BlueMeansCold: The skin of Frost Giants, who not only live on an ice planet but also have ice powers, is blue.
* {{Mordor}}: Jotunheim is the rarer "frozen wasteland" variety.
* SingleBiomePlanet: Jotunheim is entirely an ice planet.
[[/folder]]

[[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:''' Sebastián Llapur (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 and a Frost Giant. 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.
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* 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.]]
** [[spoiler: However, in an episode of ''What If…'' where the main divergence from the sacred timeline is that Odin returned Loki to him he chooses to keep him. So unless Odin convinced him to give Loki a chance it’s possible the abandonment was a misunderstanding. Especially considering that the Loki of that timeline grew to normal Frost Giant size. Unless Odin had given that Loki to a different Frost Giant.]]
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He's still a villain, but Laufey is far from the sadistic brute that he was depicted in the comics. When reuniting with Loki in the comics, Laufey expresses nothing but open distaste for his son and doesn't hesitate in trying to kill him. In the MCU, Laufey never realizes that Loki is his son.
* 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 Farbuti is his father, but much like in the source comics, Laufey is the father and a unidentified female the mother.
* GenreBlind: Laufey cannot see how Loki is setting him up, even though Loki never makes any provision for Asgard in their agreement once he turns over the Casket. Why would any sensible ruler offer to return their enemy's most feared weapon and not make some kind of assurance that it won't be used against them later unless it's specifically trying to create a false sense of security?
* 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.
* 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.
* WarIsHell: Tried to stop Thor from bringing on the fight because, unlike Thor, he knows the damage of war.
* WeaponOfChoice: Being a Frost Giant, he prefers a weaponized icicle.
[[/folder]]

!!Svartalfheim

[[folder:In General]]
!!''Svartalfheim''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/svartalfheim.jpg]]
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''

The home of the Dark Elves.
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* DerelictGraveyard: Svartalfheim is full of wrecked spaceships, a relic of the Dark Elf-Asgard war millennia ago.
* {{Mordor}}: Svartalfheim is a bleak, ash-covered wasteland. It's not clear whether it was this devastated ''before'' the Aesir/Svartalfir war, but it's definitely a post-apocalyptic waste ''now''.
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[[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''.
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* 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.
* 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 saidist. 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.
* 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.
* AnArmAndALeg: Gets both of his arms cut off by Thor in their final battle, though the Aether has started to reform his arms.
* BadassInCharge: He's TheLeader of the Dark Elves and quite skilled, even before he gets powered up by the Aether.
* 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=] bares 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.
* 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.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Or rather, ''had''. [[https://tinyurl.com/3n3sfham As revealed by Eccleston]], Malekith once had a wife and children, though exactly what caused their deaths isn't elaborated upon.
* EvilOverlord: Lord of the Dark Elves that lives in a barren land and seeks to extinguish other civilizations.
* EvilSorcerer: Of the SufficientlyAdvancedAliens variety. He nearly destroyed the universe at first, and then tries doing it again, using the power of the Aether.
* 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.
* HiddenDepths: Creator/ChristopherEccleston hinted several times in interviews that this is mainly because the movie was [[ExecutiveMeddling cut short by several scenes.]] The Svartalfar were subject to significant development, and there were reasons why they were ''all'' [[AlwaysChaoticEvil behind their king's plan]] to destroy the universe. As for Malekith himself, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes he had a wife and child once]], and they were killed.
* 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.
* 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]]

[[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."'']]
[[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see him in his Kurse form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kurse_thor_the_dark_world.png]][[/labelnote]]
!!!'''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.
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* 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 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.
* 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]]

!!Muspelheim

[[folder:In General]]
!!''Muspelheim''
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorRagnarok''

The home of the Fire Demons and Fire Dragons.
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* LethalLavaLand: Muspelheim is filled with volcanic caves and rivers of magma.
* {{Mordor}}: Not only it is a wasteland of lava and brimstone, but it is also the home of a being prophesized to destroy all of Asgard.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Fire Dragons are [[DragonsAreDemonic demonic]] [[BreathWeapon fire-breathing]] and [[FlyingFirepower fire-]][[WreathedInFlames powered]] dragons.
[[/folder]]

[[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.
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* 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.
* 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.
* 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]].
* IdenticalStranger: More like Identical ''Sounding'' Stranger, as Surtur's voice actor Creator/ClancyBrown had previously played Colonel Ray Schoonover in Season Two of ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}''.
* 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.
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!!Nidavellir

[[folder:In General]]
!!''Nidavellir''
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''

->''"That place is a legend, they make the most powerful, horrific weapons to ever torment the universe."''
-->-- '''Rocket Raccoon''', ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''

The home of the Dwarves.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Nidavellir was built with a neutron star at its center, which sounds cool but in reality would make its existence impossible. Neutron stars pack the mass of our Sun or two into a ball the size of a city. This incredible density means they exert extreme gravitational force at its surface only a few kilometers away from its center; more than a hundred billion times the gravity of Earth. At that range, the entire forge would just instantly collapse right into the star, with everyone on it flattened like a pancake.
* UltimateForge: Nidavellir is a RingWorldPlanet surrounding a neutron star. By drawing power from this star, the Dwarves are able to forge the strongest weapons in all of existence, including but not limited to Thor's hammer Mjolnir. Before ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', [[spoiler:Thanos forced the Dwarves to create his Infinity Gauntlet under the threat of death, and then froze Nidavellir's star to prevent anyone from creating any weapons to counter it. Thor, Rocket, and Groot, however, are able to revive the star long enough to forge Stormbreaker, an axe powerful enough to kill Thanos]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:King Eitri]]
!!''King Eitri''
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!!!'''Species:''' Dwarf
!!!'''Affiliation(s):''' Nidavellir, Asgard
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PeterDinklage
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Santos Alberto (Latin-American Spanish dub), Katsuhiro Kitagawa (Japanese dub)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''

King of the Dwarves, an ancient people that are close allies to the Asgardians.
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* 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: [[spoiler: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. [[spoiler: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. [[spoiler:He makes Stormbreaker for Thor in order to defeat Thanos.]]
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: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. [[spoiler:But the rest of his people wouldn't be.]]
[[/folder]]

!!Vanaheim

[[folder:In General]]
!!''Vanaheim''
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld''

The home of the Vanir.
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* HumanAliens: Just like Asgardians, the Vanirs look like humans.
* MedievalStasis: The Vanir don't seem to possess the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien sufficiently advanced technology]] of Asgardians, and seem to be on a technological level comparable to that of Medieval Europe
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hogun the Grim]]
-->See the [[Characters/MCUAsgard Asgard]] page
[[/folder]]

!!Niflheim

[[folder:In General]]
!!''Niflheim''
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!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/ThorRagnarok''

Niflheim is one of the Nine Realms and also the location of Hel, where Hela was banished by Odin.
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[[/folder]]

!!Alfheim

!Other

!!Marauders

[[folder:In General]]
!!''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.
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* 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 outlawds 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]]

[[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.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: 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.
[[/folder]]

!!Variants
[[folder:Party Thor's Laufey]]
!!''King Laufey''
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!!!'''Species:''' Frost Giant
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]''

A Variant of Laufey who actually raised his son Loki to be the Prince of Jotunheim.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Is presumably way nicer than his Sacred Timeline counterpart seeing as he was happy when Odin returned Loki to him and raised him to be a pretty well adjusted individual (suggesting that he didn't leave Loki to die like his counterpart or possibly that the Sacred Timeline Odin misinterpreted the situation).
* AlternateSelf: To the Laufey of the Sacred Timeline, coming from a universe where he raised his son Loki.
* TheCameo: Only appears in the flashbacks showing how history diverged from the main timeline.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Party Thor's Surtur]]
!!''Surtur''
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!!!'''Species:''' Fire Demon
!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/ClancyBrown (English)
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]''

A Variant of Surtur who came to Earth for Thor's party.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Unlike his counterpart this version apparently doesn't care about destroying Asgard and appears to be a friend of Thor, while also being happy to join a party thrown by the Asgardian on Earth and clean up the mess he made afterwards.
* AlternateSelf: To the Surtur of the Sacred Timeline, coming from a universe where he comes to Earth [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext and attempts to hook up with the Statue of Liberty.]]
* CargoShip: In-universe. This version of Surtur tries hitting on the Statue of Liberty.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gamora's Eitri]]
!!''Eitri''
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!!!'''Species:''' Dwarf
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]''

A Variant of Eitri who never lost his hands to Thanos.
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* AbledInTheAdaptation: Due to Thanos dying in this timeline, Eitri never loses his hands.
* AlternateSelf: To the Eitri of the Sacred Timeline, coming from a universe where Gamora killed Thanos and became allies with Tony Stark.
[[/folder]]
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