The Infinity Saga

**The Infinity Saga** is a saga of stories made up from the first 6 seasons, the 4 seasons of *MI9,* and the 21 major arcs, encompassing Phase One, Two, and Three. The saga begins with *Iron Man* and will end with *Avengers: Endgame.* The saga gets its name from its prominent theme of the Infinity Stones, and Thanos' quest to collect them.

## Overview

The Infinity Saga is the name given to the overarching storyline comprising of the 21 major arcs, the 4 seasons of *MI9,* and the 6 seasons in Harper Studios, with the primary focus being on the Infinity Stones, a collection of six powerful objects, with each individually controlling a different aspect of the universe. The primary antagonist of the saga, the Mad Titan Thanos, made it is goal to collect all the stones and use them to wipe out half of all life in the universe in an effort to spare the universe from being destroyed by overpopulation. His primary opposition is the team of heroes known as the Avengers.

The earliest points of history shown in Harper Studios show that three of the stones (Time, Reality, and Space) found their way into the Nine Realms. While the Time Stone fell into the possession of the Masters of the Mystic Arts, the latter two were acquired by the Asgardians. They later hid the two stones away, but the Space Stone was sent to Earth. During World War II, it fell into the hands of Johann Schmidt, a.k.a. the Red Skull, who led the Nazi science organization, HYDRA. Their efforts to use the Space Stone to further their own goals of conquering the world would lead to Steve Rogers' transformation into the super-soldier Captain America. Paired with the Strategic Scientific Reserve (SSR), Rogers and SSR operatives managed to defeat Red Skull and re-obtain the Space Stone. However, Rogers and the Space Stone were lost and frozen in the Arctic for 60+ years. The SSR later reformed as the peacekeeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D., unknowingly infiltrated by HYDRA. The Space Stone is recovered by Howard Stark in the Arctic waters while he searched (and never found) Rogers.

In the United Kingdom, a secret agency called MI9 is put together post WWII to hunt supernatural threats. In the 1990s, Lon Scott, a junior officer in MI9, engages in a fight with Enchantress, who has control over the Mind Stone, which was currently embedded in a scepter. After defeating Enchantress, the Mind Stone was transported to a safer location for study and holding, but the convoy was intercepted. At the same time, an assassin goes after former MI9 and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. The families are murdered but the children of the families survive. Lon takes the two children in and raises them.

In the United States, S.H.I.E.L.D. continues to experiment with the Space Stone. In the 1990s, rouge members of the Kree Empire come to Earth and try to use it to help save the Skrulls from the Kree's genocidal war against them. The battle between the two races results in United States Air Force pilot Carol Danvers being given superpowers by the Tesseract, and she wards the Kree away and leaves Earth to help the Skrulls relocate. The experience with Danvers and the aliens prompts Nick Fury into creating the Avengers Initiative, a global defense program designed to recruit superpowered individuals.

In the present day, Argo Harper is attacked by monsters sent by the Greek Titan Kronos. Maxwell Jones rescues Argo and delivers him to Lon Scott, who informs him of his abilities. Meanwhile, the Avengers is comprised of six members: Steve Rogers himself, who is rescued and revived by S.H.I.E.L.D.; billionaire inventor Tony Stark; scientist Bruce Banner; the Asgardian prince Thor; and prominent agents Clint Barton and Natasha Romanoff. Together, the six of them form the original Avengers, and with the help of Lon, Argo, and Max, they have their first battle with Thanos' forces when he sends an army of Chitauri, under the command of Thor's errant brother, Loki, to steal the Space Stone. Loki, in possession of the Mind Stone, is cornered by the Avengers. However, the Chitauri prove to be too much for the Avengers and with the help of Loki, the army was pushed back into the abyss of space. However, Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff, and Captain America are killed. The Incredible Hulk's body is never found. After the battle, Thor takes Loki and the Space Stone back to Asgard. A year later, the Reality Stone reemerges when

A year later, the Reality Stone reemerges when astrophysicist Jane Foster unwittingly stumbles upon it while studying the cosmic phenomenon known as the Convergence, leading to a series of altercations between Asgard and the Dark Elves, who seek to use the Reality Stone to wipe out the Nine Realms. Thor manages to single-handedly defeat the Dark Elves, and the Reality Stone is placed in the care of the Collector. Also during this time, various intergalactic parties working both for and against Thanos conflict over the Power Stone. A small cadre of alien outcasts, the Guardians of the Galaxy, manage to keep Thanos and his allies from obtaining the stone by fighting and killing his conspirators on Xandar, the capital world of the Nova Empire.