A scientist
enters a lab and goes to work, which will be explained at the end….
Thor has
drained Zeus’ power, increasing his own. A concerned Hercules pleads with Nyx
to take some of the power to save Thor’s life; she insists it’s not her problem
and vanishes back to her realm. Herc then turns to Loki and demands he save
Thor but it’s part of Loki’s test of Thor and he will do nothing. The rune Uruz
stands for the aurochs, a huge animal hunted to extinction by humans…
…which occurs to Thor standing inside a magic typhoon. He
spins his hammer to simulate the Wheel of Fate and summons the magic belt
Yolgjord which contains Zeus’ power, freeing Thor. He confronts Loki over his
last two tests which nearly made him a monster but now these tests are
involving others so for that Thor banishes Loki from the Golden Realm. And Thor
returns to Asgard with his friends, Hercules, Nyx’s son Hypnos, and Athena,
carrying the shriveled body of her father Zeus. They are greeted by Sif and Thor
makes arrangements for lodging and calls for medical attention for Zeus, while
explaining the new belt to Sif. He is told he has a visitor requesting an audience
and it turns out to be Amora the Enchantress.…
Amora says she wants a better look at Thor’s axe, the one
left buried in the back of Dario Agger. Thor is mad at Sif for letting her in
but no Asgardian can be excluded from the Realm, no matter what the All-Father wants.
Sif lets Amora know she is watching and departs. Amora wants to rekindle their
romance; she sees Thor is willing to forgive and forget her scheme framing him
for murder in Midgard and wants to know what Thor wants her to forgive. He mentions
her son Iric who died and Thor was not there to protect him, but he is
unwilling to restore Iric to life, allowing him the reward of Valhalla. He
notes that Amora has control of Roxxon….
Meanwhile, in the science lab from the opening, an occult
human sacrifice has been made and the scientist unveils Dario Agger, restored
to life in a replacement body, aspiring to kill the gods….