Shortly afterwards, Thor met Hela, the Goddess of Death and his sister. To aid in both pursuing his brother and finding his father to return peace to Asgard, Thor sought help from Doctor Strange, who led him to Odin moments before his passing to Valhalla. In his investigations, Thor also discovered that Loki was still alive and had usurped Odin's royal throne during Thor's absence. Once Ultron had been defeated, Thor promised his allies that he would return and went back to Asgard to investigate the visions he saw when being manipulated by Wanda Maximoff of the Infinity Stones. Following HYDRA's defeat and the capture of Baron Strucker, the team had to stop the newly created Ultron, a rogue invention inadvertently created by Tony Stark which conspired to bring about human extinction. During their time together, Thor enchanted Mjolnir to protect Jane.ĭuring his stay on Earth, Thor helped the Avengers to locate Loki's Scepter during the fight against HYDRA. Thor renounced his claim to the throne and left Asgard for Earth so he could stay with Foster. When the Aether was eventually removed from Foster, Thor helped defeat Malekith and his forces before they could unleash the Aether during the Convergence. When Foster absorbed the Aether, Thor rallied to protect her on Asgard, leading to an attack by Malekith which resulted in Frigga's death. However, the peace was disrupted by Malekith and the Dark Elves, who wanted to use the Aether to plunge the Nine Realms into eternal darkness. Thor helped the Asgardian armies restore peace across all of the Nine Realms during the War of the Nine Realms. After Loki's defeat, Thor captured and returned him to Asgard to await justice for his crimes. and stood with them to stop Loki's schemes, eventually following the newly formed team as they battled against Loki's Chitauri army during the Battle of New York. Thor joined the Avengers under the guidance of S.H.I.E.L.D. Upon being welcomed back to Asgard as a hero, Thor was forced to return to Earth in order to retrieve Loki after he had begun his attempt at world domination with the Tesseract. Due to his selfless act of sacrifice, Thor redeemed himself in his father's eyes and was granted his power once more, which he then used to defeat Loki's schemes of genocide.
While exiled on Earth, Thor learned humility, finding love with Jane Foster, and helped save his new friends from the Destroyer sent by Loki. When his irresponsible and impetuous behavior reignited an ancient war between Asgard and Jotunheim, Thor was denied the right to become king, stripped of his power and hammer Mjølnir, and banished to Earth by Odin. Thor Odinson is the Asgardian God of Thunder, the former king of Asgard and New Asgard, and a founding member of the Avengers. I push people away, kept them at a distance because of the fear of that loss, but I don't wanna do that anymore." ―Thor to Jane Foster Which is how I've been feeling for a long time. "My friend, he told me that it was better to feel shitty from losing love than it is to never experience love and feel nothing at all. Great Heroes of Our Time (with the Avengers) The Strongest Avengers (with Ant-Man, Hulk, and Iron Man)