Fire Demons (Marvel)

Sindr and the Fire Demons in Mighty Thor v2 #22.

The Fire Demons are a species that feature in Marvel Comics.

History

Surtur ruled them as their lord and master who resided in the Sea of Flames in Muspell. (Thor v1 #349)

Long ago, a young Odin journeyed through the wastelands where he entered Muspelheim with his brothers. The Sons of Bor went on a period of discovery where they encountered the Fire Demons who brought the three to their master. Surtur greeted the grandsons of Buri and confirmed their words that the fire giant would bring about the end of all existence in the future. Odin had threatened to destroy the Eternal Flame of Destruction that would ignite the demon's blade but Surtur stated that the flames could not be destroyed as their existence was decreed by the fates. This caused conflict with the Asgardians as the Fire Demons attacked but the sons of Bor used their power to freeze the fiery beings. Odin then merged with his brothers Ve and Vili to become a giant being who battled Surtur himself. The intensity of their fight caused Surtur to sink into the Sea of Flames whilst the merged form of the three brothers was broken returning them to normal. They quickly stole the Eternal Flames of Destruction and fled the angry Surtur after his Sword of Doom had been shattered. With the Fire Giant and Fire Demons in pursuit, the sons of Bor made their way to escape the Kingdom of Fire but Ve and Vili remained behind to delay Surtur to allow their brother Odin to escape. This led to their death with the doorway to Muspelheim being destroyed whereupon their lifeforce joined with their brother Odin to become the Odin-Power. (Thor v1 #349)

Many years ago, the Fire Demons were known to had raided other realms in a time when travel between the Nine Realms was common. One such raid was conducted by the demon Skulveig who found a remote Elf village which they burnt to the ground. In this attack, the Fire Demon captured an Elven maiden by the name of Aeltri who he kidnapped and took back to fiery Muspelheim. Once there, he had his way with her and she became pregnant with his child leading to the birth of a half-Elf, half-Fire Demon child she named Hrinmeer. The child was considered hideous by Fire Demon standards and Skulveig had forged a helmet to hide the boy's visage from others. However, in time, he grew disgusted with his offspring and abandoned him where at some point his mother Aeltri had died. Hrinmeer came to survive and grew to be a mighty warrior where he slew his father whereupon he escaped his fiery homeland. Afterwards, he journeyed across the Nine Realms where he burnt homes down and slayed all who opposed him as he became known as the Flame. Such was his rampage that his activities drew the attention of Odin who dispatched his favoured son Thor to deal with this warrior. (Thor Annual v1 #18)

A demon-horde of the Sons of Muspell came to Midgard where they invaded New York City leading to a confrontation with the Avengers. (Avengers v1 #249)

When Asgardia resided on Earth, the inhabitants of Muspelheim sent a representative of their realm to sit on the Congress of Worlds that was assembled by the All-Mother. (Mighty Thor v1 #10)

During the war of the realms, the Sons of Muspell attacked the Dwarven home of Nidavellir where they nearly overwhelmed the native defenders only to be destroyed at the hands of the War Thor. After defeating them, he journeyed to Muspelheim in order to confront the Queen of Cinders herself. (Mighty Thor v2 #21)

The Sons of Muspell later invaded the realm of Hel itself at the direction of the Queen of Cinders who sought to unite the various chieftains under her rule thus gaining command of the Great Army of Hel. (Thor v5 #2)

During the height of the War of the Realms, the Dark Council took their conflict to Midgard where the Fire Demons joined their allies invading Earth. (War of the Realms v1 #1) This saw them claim the lands of Asia as their territory with it being rechristened as New Muspelheim. (War of the Realms v1 #3) Their attack saw them fighting numerous teams of Asian superheroes who had gathered under the banner of the Agents of Atlas. (War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas v1 #1)

After the defeat of Malekith, the Fire Goblins were rounded up and sent back to their realm of Muspelheim. (War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas v1 #4)

Overview

The Sons of Muspell were beings composed of living fire. (Thor v1 #349) They were noted for being unbelievably powerful with these creatures even able to operate in areas without oxygen and even survive powerful electrical attacks. (Avengers v1 #249)

It was known that they were capable of mating with other species such as elves. (Thor Annual v1 #18)

Children of Surtur were given a test when they reached 3 years of age. They were starved for 13 days whereupon they were brought before their father at his Inferno Hall. Within the chamber, there were two piles with one being a great deal of food and the other of flames with souls. The child that chose the flames was deemed as worthy of Surtur's burning throne from which he ruled Muspelheim. (Mighty Thor v2 #22)

In Muspelheim, the Fire Demons prayed for the coming of Ragnarok and for the gods to be burnt to ash. (Mighty Thor v2 #22)

Fire Goblins were known to ride creatures called Firepedes that were long multi-legged centipede-like beasts that were covered in flames. (Thor v5 #2)

Members

• Surtur :
• Sindr :
• First of the Flames : a female denizen of Muspellheim who represented her realm in the Congress of Worlds. (Mighty Thor v1 #10)
• Skulveig : a Fire Demon who long ago rode to raid the lands of Asgard where he and his warriors torched an Elf village whilst he abducted the maiden Aeltri who was raped whereupon she gave birth to his half-Elvish son Hrinmeer the Flame. (Thor Annual v1 #18)
• Smoketongue : (Mighty Thor v2 #22)
• Hrinmeer : son of the Fire Demon Skulveig and the Elf Aeltri. (Thor Annual v1 #18)

Notes

• Fire Demons were created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby where they made their first appearance in Journey into Mystery v1 #97 (October, 1963).

Alternate Versions

• In Marvel Adventures: Super Heroes v1 #11 (2009), Fire Demons were shown to exist in the alternate universe that was designated as Earth-20051. One of their number was Raskk who was given an enchanted weapon and tasked with eliminating a young Frost Giant named Bragmir with their conflict taking them to Midgard. Once there, Raskk turned his fiery wrath against Thor only for Bragmir to aid the Aesir against their united enemy leading to the destruction of the Fire Demon.
• In Thor: Season One v1 (2013), the unnamed fiery race were shown to exist in an alternate universe that was designated as Earth-TRN563. They were led by the Fire King who was approached by the Frost Giant Regent Farbauti in forming a secret alliance against Asgard. When the appointed time came, the enemies of the Asgardians struck their home and the Fire King led his minions to Midgard in an attempt to kill Thor but was defeated.

In other media

Television

• In The Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heroes, Fire Demons were prominently shown in the second season of the animated television series episode "The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill". They were shown as fiery minions of Surtur from the real of Muspelheim. The Fire Demons were released into the cosmos upon their masters freedom and in large numbers attacked the world of Korbin in the realm of Midgard. They ravaged the planet causing the Korbinites to flee the creatures they called the Demonbreed but were pursued by the Fire Demons. Korbins champion was enhanced to become Beta Ray Bill where he defended his ship the Scuttlebutt and its crew of Korbinites in hibernation from the demons.

Films

• In Thor: Ragnarok, creatures serving Surtur appeared in the live-action film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with these being composed of ash and native to their fiery realm. They attacked Thor after he was freed from his cage and after he defeated Surtur they pursued him but he managed to escape through the Bifrost.

Video games

• In Thor: God of Thunder, the Fire Demons appeared as antagonists in the video game where they were also referred to as the Infernir.
• In Marvel Heroes, the Fire Demons appeared as antagonists enemies in the MMORPG.

Appearances

• Journey into Mystery v1:
• Thor v1:
• Avengers v1:
• Mighty Thor:
• Thor v5:
• War of the Realms v1:
• War of the Realms: Journey into Mystery v1:
• War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas v1:

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