Prologue: a mysterious prisoner rides a
train along the Helway, threatened by fire goblin guards....
In Hel, Thor is reunited with his
deceased brother Balder the Brave and Skurge the Executioner.
Suddenly, they are attacked by firepedes piloted by goblins. Balder
in his monster truck and Thor in his boat try to escape but the bad
guys are too swift. Turning the piloting of his boat to the goat
Toothgrinder, Thor and his murder dog Thori fight the goblins; as
Thor's hammer starts to melt from the goblin blood he summons another
which hits Loki in the head and splits in two for the Thunder God to
wield against his enemies. Karnilla the (late) Norn Queen arrives on
the scene to dispatch the last of their foes, followed by Tyr. They
report to Balder that they were unable to find the secret meeting
place of Sindr Queen of Cinders, and the faction leaders of the dead
in Hel....
At the meeting the Queen suggests the
tribal chieftains to join her cause. Any who balk are burned or
decapitated and the others throw in their lot with the Queen of
Muspelheim, promised the rule of Niflheim after Balder is
overthrown....
Thor and his assembled allies try to
lay plans for the battle but Karnilla and Skurge do not trust Loki
and plan to kill him; Thor, with a covert threat to the God of
Mischief takes responsibility for Loki. Loki later secretly warns
Thor that they can't trust Tyr. Having heard that the Queen of
Cinders has a new secret weapon being delivered by train, the band
makes plans to capture it. They destroy the bridge ahead of the train
sending it crashing into a river—and who should arise from the
river but Hela, Goddess of Death and Fenris Wolf....