Gorr the God Butcher
Gorr the God Butcher is a male comic supervillain who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Gorr was a male alien inhabitant born on a planet without a name who was born over 3,000 years ago. The world he lived on was an arid barren planet with little in the terms of food and whose primitive people believed in their gods. His father was said to had died after contracting sun fever with his mother caring for him. In those years, his mother maintained her belief in their gods and taught this to her son who expressed confusion at the time over these views. It was then that they were beset upon by sand tigers and his mother told him to run away to safety whilst she fought the beasts where she was killed at their hands but the young Gorr was given the chance to live by running away. He managed to survive over the years to adulthood where he came to find a mate named Arra who bore many of his children. These years were hard for the tribe as there was little in the terms of food to support them with everyone starving. At the time, Arra was pregnant where she urged her husband to maintain faith in the gods providing for them. It as then that an earthquake affected the caverns where they were dwelling with Arra perishing in the disaster. Months later, Gorr's only son to had survived the disaster and food shortage was Agar when the tribe were relocating to a place that was said to contain a forest. Gorr promised his son that this lush land awaited them with waterfalls and food but his son died from hunger where he buried his child but had no water for his tears over his offspring's death. He looked to bury his child in a grave which was forbidden by people's faith as they hung their dead so that the gods could see them and usher them into the sky. However, Gorr had come to lose patience with the belief in the gods and told the tribe that there were no deities. This caused the tribe to turn on him for his blasphemy where he was declared an outcast and exile with them abandoning him behind as they went out for a new home. (Thor: God of Thunder v1 #6)
Stricken with grief after Agar's death, Gorr gave up hope and outwardly expressed his belief that there were no gods, for which he was exiled by his superstitious people. While wandering the desert praying to die, Gorr witnessed a pair of battling gods—a dark elder god called Knull and a gold-armored purple-skinned god who plunged out of the sky and crash-land nearby. Shocked by the realization that gods did exist, Gorr was enraged when the gold-armored god begged for help; the dark god's sword transforming into an amorphous mass of living darkness and bonding to him. Gorr used his new weapon, All-Black the Necrosword, to kill the gold-armored god; then vowed to seek vengeance against all gods for never answering his prayers, and set out to kill them all. (Thor: God of Thunder v1 #6) Gorr despised any god and travelled the cosmos for thousands of years to exact his revenge, embarking on a deicidal crusade in which he allegedly killed many gods of fear, war, chaos, genocide, revenge, plagues, earthquakes, blood, wrath, jealousy, death, degradation, and a few gods of poetry and flowers. (Thor: God of Thunder v1 #5)
In the 9th century, Gorr arrived on Earth and killed a god from the Americas; the body washing up on the shores of Iceland, where it was found by Thor. (Thor: God of Thunder v1 #1)
Gorr's consciousness was contained inside All-Black, finally at peace in an empty void without gods. (King Thor v1 #2)
Overview
Personality and attributes
From a young age, he was taught in the belief in the sky gods of his world but Gorr was shown to possess little faith in these deities. Such views only grew after experiencing the hardships on this planet where he saw the deaths of his entire family ranging from his parents, wife and children. Ultimately, he came to reject the concept of gods with this leading to him being exiled from the tribe. (Thor: God of Thunder v1 #6)
By adulthood, he had a mate named Arra who was the mother of his children where among them was Agar. (Thor: God of Thunder v1 #6)
Powers and abilities
According to Galactus, the All-Black the Necrosword was carved the first dawn from the stone of the endless night. (Thor: God of Thunder v1 #23)
Notes
- Gorr the God Butcher was created by Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic where he made his first appearance in Thor: God of Thunder v1 #2 (January, 2013).
Alternate Versions
- In Heroes Reborn v2 #6 (2021), an alternate version of Gorr appeared in the new Heroes Reborn reality that was designated as Earth-21798 in the Multiverse. He fought Power Princess and two younger and older versions of her. When Gorr tried to use All-Black on the present Zarda, All-Black unexpectedly abandoned Gorr and bonded with her instead. She then transformed All-Black into a necro-lasso and strangled Gorr with it.
- In Avengers v8 #65 (2023), an alternate version of Gorr appeared in a reality designated as Earth-18201 in the Multiverse. The Loki of this reality decided to prevent the Avengers from ever forming in his reality. He ensured that no Avenger would rise to thwart his plans; however, this meant that he had to deal with other threats that emerged over the years, including Gorr. He eventually managed to triumph over them all, but the cost was all life in the universe.
In other media
Films
- In Thor: God & Thunder, Gorr appeared in the setting of the live-action film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe where he was portrayed by actor Christian Bale. Gorr was an inhabitant born on an unnamed planet where resources were extremely scarce. Many of the inhabitants were devotees of the god Rapu and believed they would receive an "eternal reward" for their devotion to him. However, much time passed and many of the inhabitants eventually died of starvation, leaving Gorr and his daughter, Love, as the last living beings at that time. Although Gorr prayed to Rapu for help, his daughter ultimately died of starvation, leaving him devastated. After burying his daughter, Gorr resolved to wait for his own death only to hear whispers, following them to a lush oasis. Grateful for food and water, Gorr was interrupted by Rapu standing near the corpse of a dark god wielding a black sword. Recognizing him, Gorr immediately bowed to his god before introducing himself as the last of his disciples, believing that the oasis was a reward for his unwavering faith.
Video games
- In Marvel: Contest of Champions, Gorr appeared as a playable character in the setting of the mobile video game. Gorr the God-Butcher grew up on a harsh world, where belief in the gods kept his people from falling to despair. But after his family perished to the deadly environment, Gorr became disillusioned and swore vengeance against the gods that never came to help him or his people. He later obtained the powerful Necrosword, and gained the ability to control dark magic and shadowy constructs. He uses these powers to wreak havoc, destruction, and death on any and all that would call themselves gods.
- In Marvel Puzzle Quest, Gorr appeared in the setting of the puzzle video game.
- In Marvel: Future Fight, Gorr appeared as a playable character in the setting of the mobile video game. An ordinary inhabitant of a nameless planet, Gorr lost his family during times of great strife. When gives the opportunity to meet his god. Gorr was ridiculed and had his wishes denied. In his fury, Gorr awoke the power of the Necrosword, vowing vengeance on all the gods who shun the mortals that believe in them.
- In Marvel: Future Revolution, Gorr appeared as an antagonist in the setting of the mobile video game. Gorr obtained the Necrosword and swore to kill all the gods. As he attacked Midgardia in order to kill Thor and Mighty Thor, he was defeated by Omega Flight.
- In Marvel Strike Force, Gorr appeared in the setting of the mobile video game.
Appearances
- Thor: God of Thunder v1: (2013)
- King Thor v1:
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