He sets off on a mission to figure out what’s happening, and eventually is reunited with a much more ambitious Gorr. In the present day of the Marvel Universe, Thor realizes that gods are once again being killed. However, Gorr does not die, but instead is inspired to take his God Butchering to new levels rather than just killing them one by one. After almost getting himself killed, Thor is able to, with the help of some mortal Vikings, defeat the God Butcher. Thor, who at this point was not yet worthy of holding Mjölnir, was hanging out with Vikings and enjoying the perks of being a god. It would be the first of many he would butcher.Īrmed with the powerful, shape-shifting sword known as All-Black, the Necrosword, Gorr went about slaughtering gods throughout the galaxy until, in 893 A.D., he encountered a young Thor in Iceland. Gorr grabbed the other god’s sword and cut down the god. When one of these gods had the audacity to ask Gorr for help, he snapped. Gorr eventually lost faith in the gods entirely after the agonizing deaths of his family, but one day a miracle happens: Two dueling gods fell from the sky and landed, severely injured, in a crater in front of him. Despite this, the people of the planet devoutly prayed to gods who never acknowledged-let alone helped-them.
Long ago, Gorr was an alien living on a desolate planet plagued by famine, natural disaster, and all sorts of horrors that made life inhospitable. Read More: What Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Can Tell Us About the Future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
The storyline, which takes place across three timelines that eventually converge, introduces the God Butcher to the Marvel Universe and reveals his long and involved history with Thor.
Gorr made his debut in the first arc of writer Jason Aaron and artist Esad Ribić’s acclaimed Thor: God of Thunder comic series in 2012. However, this being comics, that debut story involves some time travel so it is, of course, just a little complicated. Who is Gorr and why does he hate gods so much? Unlike many villains from Marvel Comics, Gorr the God Butcher doesn’t have decades of history to untangle as the character made his comics debut only a few years ago.
“The only ones who gods care about is themselves,” he says in the trailer.