Malekith

Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Eccleston
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Cinematic and Comics

Secret Wars, Comics: As Sera's vessel in Hel he joins Angela's quest against Laussa, then reveals himself and bargains for her silence.

Cinematic

Lord of the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim who tried to plunge the universe back into darkness with the Aether. Bor's army beat him at the Convergence of 2988 B.C., and he escaped into hibernation. Woken in 2013 by the next Convergence, he invaded Asgard, had Kurse kill Frigga, took the Aether from Jane Foster, and followed Thor to Earth. Thor teleported him to Svartalfheim, where his own Ark crushed him.

Comics

Malekith the Accursed is a Dark Elf sorcerer of Svartalfheim, sold into slavery as a child and later a ruthless warlord and Lord of the Wild Hunt. He schemes against Thor and Asgard for decades, uses the Casket of Ancient Winters, becomes king of the Dark Elves, and leads the Dark Council in the War of the Realms. He dies at Stonehenge and is tormented in Hel.

Timeline 22 events

  1. 2988 BC · Cinematic: Malekith's attempt to use the Aether at the Convergence is stopped by Bor at the First Battle of Svartalfheim.
  2. 2988 BC · Cinematic: He drops his own fleet on the battlefield and escapes in a final Ark to hibernate until the next Convergence.
  3. Bronze · Comics: He allies with Loki and Surtur, kills the Casket's guardian and fights Thor over the Casket of Ancient Winters, which he destroys before Thor takes him to Asgard as a prisoner.
  4. Modern · Comics: He swaps places with Loki, disguises himself as Balder in Asgard, and is apparently killed by Kurse.
  5. Modern · Comics: He tricks Thor's allies from Earth while Kurse storms Hel and takes it over to hunt him.
  6. Modern · Comics: With the recovered Casket he freezes Asgard and nearly smothers Odin until Thor uses the Gem of Infinite Suns against him.
  7. Modern · Comics: Freed from Hel, he returns to Svartalfheim and begins massacring Dark Elves who will not follow him.
  8. Modern · Comics: He tracks Queen Alfyse to the dwarves at Nidavellir and kills her, throwing the Dark Elves into civil war.
  9. Modern · Comics: He allies with the Frost Giants and the Council of the Unhallowed elects him ruler of the Dark Elves.
  10. Modern · Comics: He claims the Mandarin's rings, hunts Iron Man on Svartalfheim, and trades the rings to him for his life.
  11. Secret Wars · Comics: He leads Frost Giants against Roxxon Island and cuts off Thor's arm with her own axe.
  12. Secret Wars · Comics: He teleports with Dario Agger to Alfheim to slaughter Light Elves, then resurrects King Laufey in Jotunheim.
  13. Secret Wars · Comics: As Sera's vessel in Hel he joins Angela's quest against Laussa, then reveals himself and bargains for her silence.
  14. Secret Wars · Comics: He opens the War of the Realms by striking Alfheim first, with the Dark Council allied behind him.
  15. Fresh Start · Comics: He assaults Manhattan, claims Europe as New Svartalfheim, captures the Venom symbiote and holds Odin and Freyja.
  16. Fresh Start · Comics: At Stonehenge Thor and her past and future selves defeat him, and his own Wild Hunt devours him.
  17. Fresh Start · Comics: Freed by Jon Shayde, he is beaten by Carnage at Hvergelmir and returned to Hela's prison.
  18. 2013 · Cinematic: Malekith is woken when the Aether is absorbed by Jane Foster and returns to ruined Svartalfheim.
  19. 2013 · Cinematic: He leads the Dark Elf assault on Asgard, and Kurse kills Frigga while Thor burns half his face.
  20. 2013 · Cinematic: On Svartalfheim he extracts the Aether from Foster, then travels to Earth to unleash it at the Convergence.
  21. 2013 · Cinematic: Thor and Malekith are thrown through Convergence portals across the Nine Realms, including Svartalfheim and Jotunheim.
  22. 2013 · Cinematic: Thor teleports Malekith to Svartalfheim, where his own Ark crushes and kills him on November 17.

enemy of

Alfheim, Thor, Loki Laufeyson, Odin, Frigga, Heimdall, Valkyrie, Jane Foster, Iron Man, Hela, Erik Selvig, Darcy Lewis, Sif, Fandral, Volstagg

rules

Svartalfheim

home of

Svartalfheim

allied with

Surtur, Loki Laufeyson, Laufey

travels to

Svartalfheim, Asgard, Earth, Jotunheim, Nidavellir, Muspelheim, Alfheim, Niflheim / Hel

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