Asgard

Leo Howard

Kathryn Newton

Dakota Goyo

Brian Blessed

David Oyelowo

Sean Harris

Claes Bang

Hugh Laurie

Lili Reinhart

Adelaide Kane

Emmett J. Scanlan

Natalie Dormer

## Cast

Ben Hardy as Thor Odinson

Odeya Rush as Sif

Leo Howard as Balder Odinson

Kathryn Newton as Valkyrie/Brunnhilde

Dakota Goyo as Loki Laufeyson

Brian Blessed as Odin Borson

David Oyelowo as Heimdall

Sean Harris as Laufey

Claes Bang as Kasyckla

Hugh Laurie as Mimir

Lili Reinhart as Lorelei

Adelaide Kane as Karnilla

Emmett J. Scanlan as Executioner/Skurge

Natalie Dormer as Enchantress/Amora

## Season 1

### Chapter 1 - Tales of Asgard

Loki walked into the throne room and looked at Odin, sitting on his throne, he walked towards him, knelt before him and looked down, Odin asked Loki if he thought this type of behaviour was acceptable, Loki looked up at him and said that he didn’t know what he meant, Odin told him that one of his guards caught him sparring with Thor near the tree of life, Loki looked back down, Odin raised his voice and said that he asked him a question, Loki replied with no father, Odin told him that he was no longer allowed outside the kingdom, Loki stood up and screamed at Odin, asking why he treated him differently to Thor, and why Thor wasn’t being punished like this, Odin looked at Loki and hit the floor with his staff, he yelled at Loki, telling him to never speak back to him again, and then told him to leave, Loki walked out, where Balder was waiting for him, he caught up to Loki and asked him what happened, Loki told Balder that he wasn’t allowed outside the kingdom anymore, Balder patted him on the back and told him that wasn’t so bad, saying that there wasn’t much to do outside the kingdom anyway, he signalled Loki to follow him, telling him that Thor and Sif were already training, when they arrived at the training grounds, Thor saw Loki and walked over to him, he gave his brother a hug and asked how the meeting went, Loki sighed and said it went terribly, as usual, Balder handed him a sword and got ready to spar, Loki thanked him, but said he wanted to spar with Thor today, Balder nodded and looked over at Sif, telling her to get ready, Thor picked up his sword and got ready to fight, they charged at each other and after a while of sparring, Loki began to get more and more frustrated, he knocked Thor’s sword out of his hand and tackled him to the ground, he held his blade to Thor’s throat, Balder and Sif looked over at them and stopped, they ran over and pulled Loki off, Thor got up and angrily looked at Loki for a few seconds before walking away

### Chapter 2 - A Tale of Two Brothers

Balder and Sif let go of Loki and he runs over to Thor, he apologises to him, telling him he got carried away, Thor turns to him and tells him that he knows he didn’t mean it, he just needs to get better at controlling his anger, he told Loki he was headed for the tavern, he told Loki to come with him and have a few drinks, when they got there they sat down and almost immediately, they were served drinks, Thor took a sip from his mug and looked at Loki, he asked what happened with their father, Loki told him that he wasn’t allowed outside the kingdom anymore, he looked down at his drink and sighed, telling Thor that he didn’t understand why their father treated them so differently, and why Odin was always so harsh to him, Thor looked away from his brother, they take a few more swings from their drinks until Thor suggests that Loki does something to prove to Odin that he isn’t as reckless and dangerous as he thinks, something that all of Asgard will appreciate, Loki asked Thor what he could do, but Thor tells him that it’s up to him to decide, they finish their drinks and Thor tells Loki that he will talk to Odin to see if he could make Odin be less strict with him, Loki hugs his brother and thanks him, Thor walks out of the tavern and towards the throne room, he knocks on the door and Odin tells him to come in, Thor enters and kneels before his father, Odin asks what he is doing here, Thor looks up at his father and tells him that he thinks he is being too harsh on Loki, and that he should start treating them the same, Odin sighs and tells Thor that he can’t do that, he reminds Thor that Loki is not one of us, but Thor tells Odin that Loki does not know that, so why treat him differently for it, Odin tell him that his decision has been made, and he will not change his mind, he tells Thor to leave, Thor stands up and bows to his father before walking out

### Chapter 3 - Journey to Jotunnheim

Loki sneaks into the Bifrost Bridge and sees Heimdall, the protector of the bridge, Loki waits until Heimdall’s back is turned and sprints for the bridge, but before he reaches it, Heimdall blocks Loki with his sword, he tells Loki that he has orders to prevent him from leaving, Loki begs Heimdall to let him through, Heimdall asks why he wants to leave, Loki tells him that he wants to prove to his father that he is as brave and strong as his brothers, Heimdall lowers his sword and tells Loki to go before he changes his mind, Loki walks through the Bifrost and is transported to Jotunnheim, Loki travels through the freezing cold snow storm for a few hours until he reaches a palace made of ice, he approached the gates and saw a frost giant guarding it, Loki pulled his sword and charged at him, stabbing him in the leg, he uses his sword to climb up the giant, the giant falls to one knee and grabs Loki, he pulls the sword out his leg and throws it to the side, Loki struggles, but the giants grip was too strong, he is carried inside the palace and the giant knocks on a huge door, he is told to come in and approaches another frost giant, sitting on his throne, he addresses the man as King Laufey, he places Loki in front of him and tells Laufey that he attacked him outside the palace, he thanks Kasyckla and tells him that he will deal with him, Kasyckla leaves and Laufey stands up, he picks up his sword and places it on Loki’s neck, as he lifts his sword up, another frost giant runs into the room and tells Laufey to wait, Laufey demands to know why he had been interrupted, Mimir walks over to them and leans down to take a closer look at Loki, he looks up at Laufey and tells him that the intruder is his son

### Chapter 4 - Valkyrie

Sif, Thor and Balder arrived at training, when they walked into the coliseum, a young blonde woman was training with one of the dummies, she saw them and walked over, Sif asked her who she was and what she was doing here, but the woman picked up a sword and handed it to Sif, telling her that she will answer her questions if Sif can beat her, Sif accepts, they walk to the middle of the coliseum and get ready to fight, after a few seconds, they begin charging at each other, after a very even fight, the woman manages to catch Sif off guard and trip her up, the woman points the sword at Sif’s neck and asks if she yields, Sif replies with an annoyed yes, the woman puts the sword down and helps Sif up, she tells Sif that it was a challenging fight and tells Sif her name is Brunnhilde, but says she will have to beat her to find out why she is here, the four of them continue to train with each other, a few hours later, Thor and Balder are called into Odin’s throne room, they both kneel before their father and ask why they were summoned, Odin tells them that Loki has gone missing and wants them to do everything in their power to find him, but as Thor and Balder are walking out, Loki bursts into the room and angrily walks towards them, Odin asks him where he had been, Loki tells him that he went to Jotunnheim, Thor and Balder worryingly look at each other, Odin asks what he was doing there, Loki tells him that he wanted to do something to prove his bravery, but when he got there he met a frost giant named Laufey, who claimed to be his father

### Chapter 5 - Revelations

Odin sat on his throne speechless, Loki looked to his brothers and asked if they knew as well, they stayed silent, Loki began to laugh, telling them that he finally understood why he had been treated differently, he turned to his brothers and said that despite knowing what he was, they always treated him like one of them, he thanked them and told them to get out of the kingdom before The Frost Giants arrive, Odin shouted at Loki, demanding to know what he had done, Loki looked back at Odin and told him that he doesn’t have to tell him anything, he’s not his father anymore, he walked out as Odin yelled at him to come back, Balder looked up at Odin and told him that they need to get ready for The Frost Giants arrival, Odin calms himself down and tells them to gather Sif, Brunnhilde and Heimdall and tell them that Asgard is going to war, the five of them go to the coliseum and gather weapons and soldiers, they head to the bifrost bridge and await the arrival of The Frost Giants, eventually they arrive, led by Laufey, alongside Kasyckla and Mimir, Balder tells the frost giants to turn around and go back to Jotunnheim, Laufey told him that Odin betrayed their agreement and stole his son from him, and he must pay for it, Balder pulled out his light infused sword and held it up to the sky, a bright beam of light came down from the sky and blinded the frost giants, and the Asgardians charged at them

### Chapter 6 - At War

The Asgardians charged at The Frost Giants and attacked them, Balder fought off many giants using his light infused sword, stabbing the giants and slowly melting them, Kasyckla kicked Balder into wall knocking him out and kicked away his sword, Thor saw Kasyckla walking towards Balder and ran towards him, picking up Balder’s sword on the way, he jumped up onto Kasyckla’s back and plunged the sword into his neck, melting him, Thor helped Balder up and they rejoined Sif, Brunnhilde and Heimdall, continuing the fight, The Asgardians managed to hold off the Frost Giants for a while, but there were too many of them, eventually it was only Thor and Sif, Laufey and Mimir standing, they charged at each other but Laufey and Mimir were able to easily overpower them, Thor and Sif were thrown to the side, Laufey and Mimir began walking towards the gate, but as they got closer, Odin stepped out onto the Bifrost, holding a huge lance, he demanded that they left or faced Odin’s wrath, Laufey laughed at Odin, telling him that they had defeated Asgard’s entire army, nothing is going to stop him from getting his revenge now, after hearing that, Odin swung his Lance towards Mimir, cutting his head clean off, Mimir’s head rolled towards Odin’s feet, Odin looked at Laufey and told him to retreat or suffer the same fate, Laufey raised his sword and charged at Odin, quickly Odin dodged Laufey’s attack and tripped him up using his lance, he swung it over his head, and pointed the tip of the Lance at Laufey’s neck, he asked Laufey if he yielded, Laufey grunted and nodded, Odin told Laufey to leave Asgard and never return, Laufey got up and walked across the bifrost and back to Jotunnheim, Odin picked up Mimir’s head and brought it back to his trophy room, he placed it on a pedestal and suddenly Mimir came back to life, he asked Odin where he was, Odin told him that the pedestal was enchanted and keeping him alive, and that this was his punishment for telling Laufey about Loki, he walked out of the trophy room as Mimir begged Odin to kill him, later that night, Odin called Thor and Balder into his throne room and told them that Loki needs to be found before he causes any more trouble, Thor tells him that they will begin searching for their brother, Odin thanks them and they walk out of the throne room

## Season 2

### Chapter 7 - Nornheim

After walking for hours, Loki sits down on a fallen tree and looks around at the huge forest he had found himself in, after he had taken a minute to rest, he stood back up, but as he did, he heard a branch snap behind him, he quickly turned around and looked into the forest, he walked closer to investigate, a big muscular man with tattoos on his head stepped out from behind a tree and swung his axe towards Loki, he ducked down and narrowly dodged the blade, Loki began running away and the man started chasing him through the forest, eventually the man caught up to Loki, grabbed him and pinned him against a tree, he demanded Loki to tell him who he was and why he was here, Loki responded by saying that he doesn’t even know where he is, he’s just looking for a new home, the man dropped Loki and told him his name was Skurge, and told Loki to follow him, eventually they arrived at the base of a gigantic tree, Skurge walked up to the tree and knocked on it in different places, almost like a code, suddenly the tree began to shake and wood began to open, creating a door, Skurge gestured Loki to go inside, he stepped into the tree and looked around, there was an entire kingdom inside, Skurge led him through the city and into the castle, he knocked on the doors to the throne room and a woman invited him in, Skurge and Loki walked in to see a woman with a golden crown on her head, wearing a pink and purple dress, she got up from her throne and walked towards Loki, Skurge told her that he found him walking around the outskirts, the Queen extended her hand out to Loki and asked what his name is, Loki told her his name, and the Queen said that her name was Karnilla, she asked Loki where he was from, he told her that he was from Asgard, Skurge told Karnilla that he was looking for a new home, Karnilla looked at Skurge and told him that Loki is capable of answering for himself, she told him to leave Loki with her, Skurge bowed to her and walked out, Loki asked where he was, Karnilla told her that he was in Nornheim, a realm where anything is possible, Loki asked what she meant by that, and she told him that in Nornheim they study sorcery and they can teach him if he stays, Loki tells Karnilla that he would gladly stay, Karnilla smiled at him and reached out her hand, Loki took it and she led him down a hallway, she knocked on one of the doors and opened it, a woman dressed in green sat in front of the mirror, applying makeup, Karnilla introduced the woman to Loki, telling him that her name is Amora, and she is one of the best sorcerers in Nornheim

### Chapter 8 - The Enchantress

Sif stepped into the training grounds, where Brunnhilde was waiting for her, she picked up her sword, stood in front of Brunnhilde and entered her fighting stance, Brunnhilde smiled at Sif and told her she was late, Sif charged at Brunnhilde and swung her sword, Brunnhilde deflected her attack and punched Sif, as Sif was stumbling backwards, Brunnhilde attacked, but Sif dodged her attack and swept her legs, Brunnhilde rolled away and got back up, they both charged at each other and clashed swords, Brunnhilde managed to overpower Sif and pushed her to the ground, Brunnhilde got on top of Sif and held her blade to Sif’s throat, but Sif knocked the sword out of her hand, Brunnhilde stayed on top of Sif, pinning her down, she leaned closer to Sif and they began kissing, after a few seconds, Sif stopped Brunnhilde, she smiled at her and told Brunnhilde that she had won, Brunnhilde looked down and saw Sif’s sword pointed towards her stomach, Brunnhilde told Sif that she was a woman of her word, she told her that the reason she was here is to become Odin’s Valkyrie, in Nornheim, Loki met Amora in a garden area, they sat together, looking out at the beautiful nature, Amora tells Loki that she comes her often to practice her magic, because this place makes her feel calm, she turns to Loki and tells him that they should begin their first lesson, she hands him a flower, she tells Loki to concentrate on the flower and imagine that he is looking at two of them, Loki concentrated on the flower, trying to imagine another one, but nothing happened, Amora told him to take a minute, take in the scenery and let it calm him, he followed Amora’s instruction and he tried again, suddenly a green flash came from his hands and when he looked back he had two flowers in his hand, Loki was astonished, but it quickly dissapeared, Amora smiled at him and clapped her hands, she told Loki that he just created a mirage, the flower that he created wasn’t actually there, but just an illusion that everyone could see, Loki asked her why it disappeared so quickly, Amora told him that he has to remain focused on the object for it to remain, Loki concentrated on the flower again, his hand flashed green again and he created another flower, this time he remained calm and the flower stayed, he picked up the flower and handed it to Amora, she smiled and thanked Loki, she told him that he had made great progress and that he was a natural, she stood up and told him to meet her here again tommorow, she walked away leaving Loki sat on the bench, still practicing the mirage

### Chapter 9 - Prince of Asgard

Skurge walked across the Bifrost Bridge, once he got to the end, Heimdall pulled his sword and placed it in front of Skurge, he told Skurge to turn around or face the wrath of Asgard, Skurge held his hands up and told him he needs the speak with the king, about a boy named Loki, Heimdall lowered his weapon and let him through, Skurge walked into Odin’s throne room and knelt before him, Odin asked why he was here, Skurge told him that he knows where his son is and that he can take him to see him, Odin asked him how he found him, and Skurge responded by saying that he found Loki travelling alone through the forests where he lived, Odin thanked Skurge and told him to explore Asgard for the day, and tomorrow they will send someone to retrieve Loki, once Skurge had left, Odin called in Thor and Balder, he explained that someone had found Loki and he would like one of them to accompany the man so they can bring Loki home, they both volunteered, against Thor’s wishes, Odin decided to send Balder, Thor tried to argue with his father, telling him that he could convince Loki to come home, but Odin told him that Balder is more capable and better trained for this, the two brothers left the throne room and went to the tavern for a drink, in the morning Balder met with Skurge and they headed out of Asgard, Skurge led Balder to the outskirts of Nornheim, where they were greeted by Amora, Skurge introduced her to Balder, she explained that she had been looking after Loki and training him in magic, Balder thanked Amora for taking care of him, but it was time for him to come home now, he asked Amora where he was, but Amora told him that it wasn’t going to be as simple as that, she told him that Loki doesn’t want to come home, so Balder told her to bring him out so that he can tell him himself, Amora laughed and said that she would have thought the Prince of Asgard would have been smarter, Loki wasn’t here, Balder unsheathed his sword and swung towards Amora, but as he sliced through her, she disappeared, Skurge tackled Balder to the ground and swung his axe towards Balder’s head, but he managed to block the attack, he pushed Skurge off him and got back on his feet, the two fought and eventually Balder managed to get the upper hand, he knocked Skurge to the ground and picked up Skurge’s axe, he stood over Skurge and lifted the axe above his head, but as he was about to finish him off, Amora appeared in front of him, grabbed him the head and stabbed a dagger through his stomach, she gently dropped him to the ground and told him that none of this would have happened if she hadn’t been banished from Asgard, she took the dagger out of Balder’s stomach and left him alone to die in the forests

### Chapter 10 - A God Falls

Balder crawled over to a fallen tree and sat up against it, holding his wound, he began hearing noises coming from the trees, he reached for his sword but it was just out of reach, then, from the trees, Thor appeared, he saw his brother bleeding out and rushed over to him, he fell down next to him, desperately trying to stop the bleeding, Thor asked how this happened, Balder told him that it was a trap, the man led him to a sorceress who stabbed him, Thor lifted Balder up and told him that they need to get back to Asgard, they began walking and Balder told him that the sorceress used to live in Asgard, but she was exiled, Thor said that their father will know who she is, they continued walking until Balder collapsed onto the floor and began coughing up blood, Thor tried to pick him back up, but Balder told him to leave him, he wasn’t going to make it back, but Thor told him that he wasn’t going to give up on him, he pulled him back up, but Balder couldn’t stay on his feet, he told Thor that he had lost too much blood, Balder closed his eyes and Thor shook him, trying to wake him up, but it was no use, Thor let out a distraught scream, he sat with his brother for a few minutes until he managed to calm himself, he picked up his brothers body and walked back to Asgard, Thor walked into the throne room, holding his brothers body, as Odin saw them, he stood up from his throne and ran over to Thor, they both fell to the ground and began to cry, Odin asked Thor who did it, he told him that it was a sorceress that was exiled from Asgard, Odin whispered the name Amora, a few hours later, the kingdom gathered for Balder’s funeral, Odin gave a speech honouring his fallen son and promised the people of Asgard that his death will be avenged, he pushed the boat with Balder’s body out into the ocean, Brunnhilde set one of her arrows on fire and shot it towards the boat, it hit, the boat was set alight and the people of Asgard watched as Balder floated out to sea

### Chapter 11 - Exile

50 years ago, Amora and her sister Lorelei were walking through the streets of Asgard, they entered the tavern, the bartender saw them and he immediately poured them both a glass of wine, the sisters sat down and began to drink, while they were drinking, Lorelei began staring at the palace, eventually Amora snapped her fingers in front of her face, Amora asked her what was distracting her, she began telling Amora that she deserved to be in that palace, sitting on the throne, not Odin, Amora began laughing, after realising that Lorelei was being serious, she apologised, but told her that it would never happen, but Lorelei told her that it will, and once she was Queen, the whole of Asgard will worship her and her beauty, she picked up her wine and walked out of the tavern, the next morning, Amora walked into Lorelei’s home and discovered that she wasn’t home, she walked into her bedroom and she picked up a note on her bedside table, it read, Dear Amora, you doubted me, but you will see that you were wrong, by the end of the day, I will be Queen. Amora rushed out of the house and headed for the palace, she snuck past the guards and searched for Lorelei, eventually she found her outside the throne room, as she reached for the handle, Amora tackled her to the ground, Lorelei pushed her off and told her to leave, Amora told her that this was a terrible idea, if she tries to kill Odin she will be executed, but Lorelei tells her that the people of Asgard will understand that she deserves the throne more than Odin, Amora slaps Lorelei telling her that she is deluded and she can’t let her go through with this, Lorelei sighs and says that she will have to kill her too, she charges at Amora, but Amora grabs her arm and throws her over her shoulder, grabbing the dagger, holding it to Lorelei’s throat, Lorelei pushes Amora away and as she falls to the side, the dagger slides across Lorelei’s neck, cutting it open, once she sees what she has done, she rushes over to her sister and tries to stop the bleeding, then, two guards come round the corner, they see Amora leaning over Lorelei’s body and they grab her, they take her to the throne room and throws her in front of Odin, they explain that they found her outside the throne room leaning over Lorelei’s body, with the dagger in her hand, Amora tells Odin that it was an accident, Lorelei was trying to assassinate him and she was trying to stop her, Odin began laughing, saying that Lorelei would never hurt him, he stood up from his throne and walked over to Amora, he tells her that he is disgusted in her for killing someone in his palace, not only that, but her own sister, he thinks for a moment, he looks at the guards and tells them to take Amora to the border of Asgard and exile her, the guards pick up Amora as she tries to struggle free and they drag out of the palace

### Chapter 12 - Betrayal

After Balder’s funeral, Odin gathers Thor, Sif and Brunnhilde in the throne room, he tells them the story of Amora, how she killed her sister, Lorelei, and was exiled from Asgard, he tells them after she was banished, she moved to a hidden realm called Nornheim, where they practiced sorcery, he then tells them that he wants them to travel to Nornheim and avenge Balder, bringing Loki back home in the process, they all nod their heads in agreement, as they walk out, Odin tells them that Heimdall will be joining them, as he knows how to get into Nornheim, the group travel across the bifrost bridge until they reach the forest where Balder was killed, Heimdall leads them to a gigantic tree in the middle of the forest and began knocking on the tree, once he had finished the tree opened and revealed Nornheim, guards immediately rushed towards them, Heimdall raised his hands and told them that they have come to speak to Queen Karnilla, the guards lead them to the palace and into the throne room, Karnilla looks at the group and sees Heimdall, she immediately gets up and runs over to Heimdall to give him a hug, she tells him that she is glad to see him after such a long time, Heimdall tells her that it is great to see her too, but wished it was under better circumstances, Karnilla looked at him worryingly, she asked him what was wrong, Heimdall informed her that Balder had been murdered, Karnilla looked shocked, she asked if they know who did it and Heimdall told her that it was Amora, Karnilla walked back over to her throne and sat down, she sighed telling Heimdall that she was a great student, but she never could control her, she apologised for Amora’s actions and told Skurge to bring Amora to the throne room, he began heading towards her room, but Thor recognised him as the man who led Balder into the forest, he asked Karnilla if he could use the toilets, she directed him towards the nearest ones, once he was out of her sight, he began to follow Skurge, eventually Skurge reached Amora’s room and knocked on her door, she opened it and he told her that the Asgardians were here, she grabbed a bag from her desk and they began to escape, Thor continued to follow them, when suddenly he ran into Loki, shocked to his brother here, Loki asked him what he was doing here, Thor told him that Amora had killed Balder, they were here to avenge him, after processing what Thor had told him, he told Thor that he has a plan, Loki caught up with Amora and Skurge and asked where they were going, before they could answer, Thor ran round the corner and shouted at Loki to get away from her, he turned to Thor and acted surprised to see him, Thor told him that Amora can’t be trusted, Loki laughed, telling him that it was ironic coming from him, he told Thor to leave, but he refused, Amora told Skurge to defend them, Skurge attacked Thor, but he was was no match for Thor, his attack was deflected and Thor sliced off his hand, and then plunged his sword into his chest, he then charged at Amora, but she cast a spell on him, freezing him in place, unable to move or speak, but while she was concentrating on her spell, Loki used the mirage spell to create a dagger, he snuck up behind Amora and grabbed her by the hair, he whispered into her ear, telling her that this was for his brother and he sliced her throat, once she was dead, her spell wore off and Thor was freed, they walked back to the throne room and told the group that it was over, they thanked Karnilla for her hospitality and headed back to Asgard