Loki’s Complete MCU Timeline Explained

Loki’s Complete MCU Timeline Explained

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Loki is returning in his own Disney+ TV show; here’s a complete timeline of Thor’s tricker half-brother & God of Mischief ahead of his starring role.

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Here’s your complete timeline of the life of Loki – including everything you need to remember in order to make sense of the Disney+ TV series. When Marvel cast Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston as Thor and his adopted brother/nemesis Loki, the casting decisions were seen as risky. They’ve certainly paid off, though; Hemsworth is the first Marvel actor to star in his own quadrilogy, while Loki has been brought back from the dead courtesy of time travel for his own Disney+ TV series.

Loki will see the God of Mischief team up with the Time Variance Authority, or the “Time-Keepers” as he derisively dubs them, an organization who work to preserve the timeline. Trailers have suggested he’ll be hopping around the timeline with impunity, even playing the part of plane hijacker D.B. Cooper back in 1971, and it’s likely he’ll be messing around with his own personal history as well. That means viewers really need to get their heads around Loki’s own timeline, in order to make sense of his exploits and the chaos he’s sure to leave in his wake.

So here’s everything to know about Loki’s life story, from his origin centuries ago to his death. This should set up every important milestone in Loki’s time in the MCU – and his unexpected return courtesy of the Avengers’ time travel mission in Avengers: Endgame.

The Origin of Loki

Loki’s Complete MCU Timeline Explained

The story of Loki begins in 965AD, when the Asgardians fought the Frost Giants at Tønsberg, Norway. The Norse community at Tønsberg appears to have had a prior relationship with the Asgardians, so it is reasonable to assume the Frost Giants chose to begin their attack on Earth at Tønsberg as a challenge to their greatest foes. It was one Odin the All-Father was willing to meet, and he led the armies of Asgard against King Laufey and his Frost Giants. In the end, the Asgardians were victorious, driving the Frost Giants back to Jotunheim; Odin took their greatest weapon, the Casket of Ancient Winters, from them. He also took a baby he found in the Frost Giant temple, Laufey’s son, a runt for a giant’s offspring and left to die. Odin decided to adopt the boy, using his magic to make Loki look like a normal Asgardian.

Loki grew up believing himself the son of Odin and his wife, Frigga, but he always felt as though he was somehow competing with his brother Thor, and he seems to have been starved of affection by his father. Odin unwisely encouraged the two boys to compete for the throne, which to Loki symbolized his father’s love, and it swiftly became clear Thor was the one who was on track to earn it. “I remember a shadow,” Loki accused Thor on one occasion, remembering back to their childhood, “living in the shade of your greatness.” Where Thor was a warrior, Loki showed a talent for sorcery, and he learned from his mother – who he seems to have been a lot closer to than his father. Unfortunately, from the very beginning Loki used his magic only to taunt Thor, taking out his bitterness and jealousy on his brother in a series of pranks. He even turned Thor into a frog for a time, and, another time, transformed himself into a snake to trick Thor.

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Loki’s First Betrayal

Loki’s Complete MCU Timeline Explained

In the first Thor movie, Odin prepared to step down from the throne of Asgard and have Thor crowned king in his stead. This caused Loki to steal away from Asgard, using the secret ways he knew between the Nine Realms to reach Jotunheim. He struck a bargain with Laufey, helping him smuggle in Frost Giant forces to disrupt the coronation by stealing the Casket of Ancient Winters. Loki’s plans worked perfectly, and he was able to manipulate Thor into launching an ill-advised attack on Laufey, one he only survived thanks to Odin’s direct intervention. The attack on Jotunheim proved Thor unworthy to take the throne, and Odin was troubled as he recognized the same warlike, reckless nature in Thor he had displayed himself in his early days as king of Asgard. Odin stripped Thor of his power and banished him to Earth.

Loki came into physical contact with a Frost Giant during the battle on Jotunheim, and Odin’s enchantments on him faded for a moment, turning his skin blue. The trickster prince later confronted Odin, realizing the truth about his origins at last. “It all makes sense now,” Loki snarled. “Why you favored Thor all these years. Because no matter how much you claim to love me, you could never have a Frost Giant sitting on the throne of Asgard.” The argument caused Odin to fall into the Odinsleep, and Loki resolved to continue his schemes in order to earn the All-Father’s love and prove his worth, even as he decided to kill Thor so as to remove his rival. Loki came close to committing an act of genocide using the power of the Bifrost Bridge to create a wormhole that would destroy Jotunheim itself, but was defeated by the returning Thor, who had proved himself worthy to regain his power. IN a heartbreaking moment when Odin had a hold of both of his sons dangling off the Rainbow Bridge, Loki realized at that moment he’d never fully win his father’s approval. Thus, Loki let go and plummeted into the depths of Yggdrasil in an apparent act of suicide, but Loki survived death by dropping through a portal to another part of the universe.

Loki’s Unwise Alliance With Thanos

Loki’s Complete MCU Timeline Explained

Loki had encountered a scientist named Erik Selvig while visiting Earth in order to continue manipulating his brother, and through his connection to Selvig he learned SHIELD possessed the Tesseract on Earth. This knowledge saved Loki’s life when he found himself in the presence of Thanos, as he was able to persuade the Mad Titan to use him as an agent in order to lead an invasion of Earth and capture the Tesseract. Thanos gave Loki a weapon, a Scepter containing the Mind Stone, and Marvel has confirmed the Mind Stone controlled Loki; it fueled his hatred of Thor and the inhabitants of Earth, driving Loki into an insane rage in which he used the power of the Tesseract to open a portal that would bring the Chitauri to Earth. He was defeated by the Avengers, however, and returned to Asgard as Thor’s prisoner. Loki was placed on trial, and Odin sentenced him to life imprisonment.

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Loki “Dies” (Again) And Then Becomes King of Asgard

Loki’s Complete MCU Timeline Explained

Thor freed Loki from prison when the Dark Elves launched an attack on Asgard, needing the trickster god’s knowledge to help him travel to the Dark Elves’ world of Svartalheim undetected. Loki apparently died during a confrontation with Kurse, but in reality, he had faked his death, and he killed the Asgardian who arrived on Svartalheim to recover his body. Ever scheming, Loki managed to stand alone in the presence of Odin, and he somehow used his magic to manipulate the All-Father and banish Odin to Earth. He took the throne of Asgard at last, albeit in the guise of Odin. Ultimately, he wasn’t a good ruler; under Loki the Asgardians stopped bothering with the affairs of the universe, allowing Thanos to launch an attack upon Nidavellir and the Nine Realms and have the Infinity Gauntlet forged.

Thor eventually returned to Asgard, swiftly exposing his brother, and he forced Loki to help him find the All-Father – in time to watch as Odin died. Odin’s death freed Hela, Odin’s first child, who had been banished from Asgard millennia ago and whose memory had been erased from the royal records. Thus Loki finally found himself becoming a hero, as he worked with Thor to defeat Hela. This ultimately led to the destruction of Asgard, although Loki couldn’t resist stealing a prize from Odin’s treasure vault before they fled – the Tesseract that had caused so much trouble. It proved an ill-fated decision as Loki’s possession of the Tesseract led Thanos to launch an attack upon the ship carrying the Asgardian refugees. Loki died a hero, making one last desperate attempt on Thanos’ life, and with his last words, he called himself “Loki Odinson” – finally coming to a place of peace with his legacy.

Loki’s New Avengers Timeline & Variant

But Loki’s story is not over in the MCU. In Avengers: Endgame, Earth’s surviving heroes launched a desperate plan of their own to defeat Thanos by traveling back in time in order to steal the Infinity Stones. They visited New York in 2012 because they knew three Infinity Stones were present at that time, but they bungled the mission. In the confusion, the Tesseract was picked up by Loki, who at that moment was bound, gagged, and in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody following his invasion of New York. He used it to escape, creating a branched timeline. This is the version of Loki who is set to star in his own Disney+ series: still volatile, perhaps still recovering from the influence of the Mind Stone, and far from the moment of redemption seen in Avengers: Infinity War’s opening scene. What is more, Loki seems to have broken the MCU’s timeline, leading the TVA to recruit Loki to put the timeline right. Given that is the case, it’s reasonable to assume Loki will encounter other versions of himself – meaning audiences may well see what happens when multiple trickster gods and master sorcerers go head-to-head.

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