Hela (Earth-616)

## Hela

**Parents:**

* Loki Laufeyson (alleged father/creator)
* Angerboda (alleged mother)
* Sigyn (alleged former step-mother)

**Siblings:**

* Fenris Wolf (alleged brother)
* Jormungand (alleged brother, deceased)

**Spouses:**

* Karnilla (wife)

**Other Relatives:**

* Byleistr (alleged paternal uncle)
* Helblindi (alleged paternal uncle)
* Thor Odinson (alleged paternal adoptive uncle)
* Aldrif Odinsdottir (alleged paternal adoptive aunt)
* Laussa Odinsdottir (alleged paternal adoptive aunt)
* Balder Odinson (alleged paternal adoptive uncle)
* Hermod Odinson (alleged paternal adoptive uncle)
* Vidar Odinson (alleged paternal adoptive uncle)
* Tyr Odinson (alleged paternal adoptive uncle)

Hela is an Asgardian goddess and allegedly the daughter of Loki and Angerboda. She rules the other-dimensional realms of Hel and Niffleheim, two of the Nine Worlds.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

**Asgardian Physiology:** Hela possesses the conventional superhuman attributes of an Asgardian woman, as well as certain special abilities that pertain to her role as a goddess of death.

* **Superhuman Strength:** Hela possesses vast superhuman strength that is considerably greater than most Asgardians. She has proven capable of standing toe-to-toe with Thor. Hence, she is capable of lifting well in excess of 100 tons.
* **Superhuman Speed:** Hela is capable of running and moving at superhuman speeds. She can reach a peak of potentially 115 miles per hour.
* **Superhuman Durability:** Hela's body is considerably more resistant to physical injury than the body of a human being and most other Asgardians. She is capable of withstanding great impact forces, temperature and pressure extremes, high caliber bullets, and powerful energy blasts without sustaining injury.
* **Superhuman Stamina:** Hela's body produces considerably less fatigue toxins than the bodies of human beings or most other Asgardians during physical activity. As a result, Hela possesses almost limitless physical stamina.
* **Immortality:** Hela, unlike the rest of the Asgardians, is immortal and does not age beyond her prime. This is due to her being the goddess of death and having control over life.
* **Regenerative Healing Factor:** Despite her body's high resistance to injury, it is possible to injure her. However, Hela's body is capable of healing itself with high levels of superhuman speed and efficiency. The extent of her healing abilities is considerably beyond that of the vast majority of Asgardians. She is able to reconstitute herself following molecular disintegration.
* **Omnilingualism:** Due to the Allspeak, Hela can communicate in all languages of the Nine Realms, all of Earth's dialects, and various alien languages.

**Magic:** Hela is capable of manipulating great quantities of Asgardian magic for numerous purposes, such as limitless astral projection, firing deadly bolts of energy from her hands that are capable of killing immortal beings, levitation, time travel, and illusion creation. She is even capable of channeling energy through her hands to enhance the power behind her blows to rend Asgardian flesh. She refers to this move as the "Hand of Glory".

* **Death Inducement:** As the Asgardian goddess of death, Hela holds power over life and death of the gods of Asgard. Although Hela is usually content to wait until an Asgardian is on the verge of succumbing to fatal wounds before she touches them to draw their spirit from their body, she can also kill perfectly healthy Asgardians if she so chooses.
* **Astral Projection:** Hela is able to travel about in her astral form with the same powers over death as her physical form has. Because of her Asgardian metabolism, she does not have a limitation on the length of time she can spend in her astral form unlike mortals.
* **Age Manipulation:** She can rapidly age people, including those as powerful as Thor. She can grant others immortality, such as how she did with Rugga.
* **Energy Blasts**
* **Levitation**
* **Time Travel**
* **Illusion Manipulation**

### Abilities

* **Hand-to-Hand Combat:** Although she rarely does so, she is a formidable hand-to-hand combatant.
* **Swordsmanship:** She has a great proficiency with a sword.

### Weaknesses

**Cloak Reliance:** When wearing the garment that serves as her cloak, cowl, and headdress, Hela's body is fully alive and healthy. However, when not wearing her cloak, Hela reverts back to her true form: the right side of her body is fully alive and healthy but the left side is dead and decayed. Legend has it that Hela was born with this condition, and it has been theorized that without her cloak, Hela's life force is insufficient to maintain her usual strength. Without her cloak, she is unable to stand or levitate herself, project mystical bolts, and can barely crawl. Donning her cloak will restore her to full vitality, and even touching the cloak gives her enough strength to stand.

## Equipment

**Nightsword:** Hela is often armed with her Nightsword. She battled Pluto proficiently with the sword pitted against his enchanted axe until Pluto brought demons in to attack Hela in the course of their duel. The sword is strong enough to injure someone as resilient as Gladiator.

### Former Equipment

**Twilight Sword:** For a time, Hela wielded Surtur's fiery sword called Twilight, which she used to remake the Nine Realms in her own image.