First Battle of Earth

The First Battle of Earth was a pivotal confrontation that took place on the planet Earth in the year 2988 BCE, fought between the Dark Elves against the defending army of humans, Amazons, Asgardians, and Olympians.
==Background==
Malekith, the leader of the Dark Elves, waged a war against the Nine Realms in an effort to revert the universe into eternal darkness, and attempted to accomplish this through the use of an Infinity Stone known as the Aether. He began his quest starting with Nine Realms of Yggdrasil, eventually culminating in a battle during the Convergence on Earth―a planet that was in the very center of Yggdrasil, and therefore the focal point of the cosmic event.
==Battle==
Realizing the threat Malekith and the Dark Elves posed, the Asgardian King, Odin, led the armies of Asgard to Earth's defense, forging an alliance with the Olympians, Amazons, and the planet's native inhabitants. Under the combined effort of the armies of Earth, the Dark Elves were eventually defeated at the climax of the Convergence when Asgard utilized the Bifrost to take the Aether from Malekith's grasp. Realizing the battle was lost, Malekith furiously ordered the entire Dark Elf air fleet to drop down onto the battlefield, wiping out the majority of both armies. With the Asgardians, Amazons, and humans left in disarray from the destruction, Malekith took advantage of the ensuing chaos to escape on the last remaining Ark with his lieutenant, Algrim, and the Dark Elf Queen, Alflyse.
==Aftermath==
Following the battle, Odin and Zeus recognized the power of the Aether was too great to destroy and agreed to have it buried on a distant, uninhabited world, so that no being could ever find it and use its power again.
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Category:Old Republic Era