Malekith took advantage of the ensuing chaos to escape on the remaining ship, with his lieutenant Algrim and several dozen other warriors, entering a state of hibernation until the time of the next Convergence, when Malekith intended to make another attempt at total conquest.īor orders that the Aether be hidden awayīelieving the Dark Elves completely defeated, Bor was left to decide what was to be done with the Aether. In one last, desperate move, Malekith dropped the Dark Elf air fleet onto the battlefield, wiping out scores of Asgardians and Dark Elves, including his wife and son. They were opposed by the Asgardians under the command of their king, Bor, who fought a protracted war, eventually forcing the Dark Elves to retreat to their home world, Svartalfheim, where the final battle was fought. Malekith, the leader of the Dark Elves sought to use the Aether to revert the universe to its prior state of eternal darkness, recementing his kind as the most dominant race in the universe. Somewhere no one will ever find it.' ― Einherjar and Bor 'If only we could, but its power is too great. After the Battle of Earth, Captain America returned the stones to their respective timelines. He later used the stones' power to reduce them to atoms, as to prevent his work from being undone and to keep himself or anyone else from abusing their power.įive years later, the Avengers traveled back in time to retrieve the stones from alternate timelines in order to resurrect the victims of the Snap. When Thanos successfully collected all of them, he used their phenomenal powers to annihilate half of all living creatures in the universe.

Examples include the Space Stone inside the Tesseract, the Mind Stone inside the Scepter and later in Vision's forehead, the Power Stone inside the Orb and later the Cosmi-Rod, the Time Stone inside the Eye of Agamotto, the Reality Stone as the Aether, and all of the Infinity Stones housed in the Infinity Gauntlet. It is also possible to place an Infinity Stone (or multiple) inside a container to allow the user to wield the Stone's power without suffering the normal repercussions. Lesser beings would face dire consequences: Johann Schmidt was cursed to Vormir to guard the Soul Stone after touching an active Tesseract, Jane Foster became ill after being exposed to the Aether, Carina exploded when she touched the Power Stone however, these effects can be reduced if a group is sharing the power among themselves. Only beings of immense power can directly wield the Stones, such as Celestials, and the Mad Titan Thanos. The Infinity Stones were six immensely powerful gem-like objects tied to different aspects of the universe, created by the Big Bang from six singularities. ' Space, Reality, Power, Soul, Mind, and Time.' ― Wong and Doctor Strange

These Infinity Stones each control an essential aspect of existence.' The Big Bang sent six elemental crystals hurtling across the virgin universe. 'At the dawn of the universe, there was nothing.

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