Malekith the Accursed
Malekith the Accursed is a villainous elf that features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Origin
Malekith
War of the Realms
In the aftermath, he was imprisoned in the Pit of Woe located at the Hall of Nastrond in Niffleheim. He remained trapped there until a group of Dark Elves under Scumtongue broke into the prison to free him. Once freed, he slayed the creatures that guarded the site and then escaped into the world of the living as he headed back to Svartalfeim. At first, Malekith believed his return would be hailed as a hero and celebrations were to be made at his return. However, he came to grow disgusted at his fellow Dark Elves who had sued for peace and looked to appease the Asgardians. This led to Malekith deciding to gather an army as he murdered Dark Elf villages as he sought to sought to eliminate all those that did not fall under his rule. (Thor: God of Thunder v1 #13)
He then dispatched Dark Elf assassins to kill key Asgardian figures such as Odin, Freyja and Loki. Malekith then took the form of Loki in order to trick Thor into arriving at Jotunheim for him to be ambushed by Frost Giants. He then led the Dark Council as their armies began the invasion of Midgard. (War of the Realms v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Notes
- Malekith the Accursed was created by Walt Simonson where he made his first appearance in Thor v1 #344 (June, 1984).
In other media
Television
- In Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the character made an appearance in the episode "The Casket of Ancient Winters" where he was voiced by actor Quinton Flynn. It was shown that he along with the Dark Elves were all killed long ago by the Frost Giants. He was resurrected by Loki with the goal of recovering the Casket of Ancient Winters where he travelled to recover it within Norway. When the Enchantress and Executioner arrived to collect it, he would betray the pair by using the Casket to freeze them as he intended to transform Earth into his new home whilst bringing back the undead spirits of the Dark Elves to lay claim to it by separating it from the Nine Realms. Whilst trying to freeze Earth, he attracted the attention of the Avengers whereby he was confronted by Iron Man and Black Panther whilst Thor used his lightning to destroy Malekith which sealed the Casket of Ancient Winters.
- In Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., Malekith appeared as an antagonist in the animated television series episode "For Asgard" where he was voiced by actor James C. Mathis III
Films
- In Thor: The Dark World, Malekith made an appearance as the primary villain where he was played by actor Christopher Eccleston. He was shown as being the cruel leader of the Dark Elves that were said to be beings older than the universe itself and among the Nine Realms inhabitants. Malekith led his people in their war against the Asgardians and sought to use the Aether Infinity Stone to bring about the end of existence. However, Bor who was the King of Asgard laid siege to the Dark Elf homeworld and managed to take the relic away from the Dark Elves whose population was decimated. Only a small fraction of Dark Elves and their leader Malekith managed to escape in a single ship where they went into deep space to hide for centuries whilst they slumbered. Malekith would awaken from hibernation when Jane Foster in the modern day accidently found the Aether with the Dark Elves emerging to continue their goal. The Dark Elf King would transform his faithful lieutenant Algrim into one of the Kursed and launch a surprise attack against Asgard itself to acquire the Aether that was within Jane Foster. During the attack, queen Frigga was slain and in anger Thor struck Malekith with lightning which burnt half his face but he managed to escape. At the ruined Dark Elf homeworld of Svartalfheim, Malekith had a meeting with the Asgardians where it seemed Jane Foster was betrayed to Dark Elves by Loki but this turned out to be a trick where Thor tried to destroy the Aether. However, the Infinity Stone could not be destroyed and Malekith used this chance to absorb the Aether into himself where he departed to Earth to use the convergence of the Nine Realms to spread the power of the stone to destroy the universe. Thor would battle the Aether-empowered Maliketh were they fell through numerous dimensional portals but the Asgardian would manage to use teleporter rods made by Erik Selvig to remove the Dark Elf King's arms to Svartalfheim. Maliketh would comment that the Aether could no be destroyed but Thor replied by saying the Dark Elf could whereupon he stabbed him in he chest with the last device. This sent him smashing against the wall of his ship and teleporting it on top of Maliketh crushing him against it and ending his plan to destroy all of creation.
Video games
- In Marvel: Avengers Alliance, Malekith the Accursed appeared as an antagonist in the video game. He was stared as being the ruler of the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim whose goal was bringing darkness to all the Nine Realms.
- In Marvel: Future Fight, Malekith was introduced as a playable character in the mobile game with him resemaking his Marvel Cinematic Universe counterpart.
Appearances
- Thor v1:
- Thor: God of Thunder v1:
- Mighty Thor v1:
- Mighty Thor v2:
- War of the Realms v1:
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