Thor: Tales of Asgard Page #3

We've other trouble. There.

Brother, they sleep.

We can just steal past.

Let's go.

Intruders!

Stop the intruders!

Run!

Loki!

Stay back!

We are Odin's sons,

heirs to the throne of Asgard.

We mean you no harm.

Just let us pass.

Go, go, go!

They come again!

I said stay back!

No!

I did not mean for that to happen.

I know, Brother, but we must go.

Inform the king at once.

Thor.

Say nothing, Loki.

It was not your fault.

Those beasts attacked us.

We were the trespassers, Loki!

They were in the right, and now,

two Frost Giants have died by my hand!

What is your report?

Your Majesty, Elderstahl has been found.

By whom?

The sons of Odin,

and they killed two sentries

escaping to the North.

Father?

Prepare my army.

We march on Asgard this day.

He should not be going in alone.

No man should go in there alone.

No man should go in there at all!

Sif.

No! Wait!

What madness brings you here?

I need you.

You what?

I need you to secure five horses for me.

I've no time for your hostility, Sif.

I just require your help.

No. I came here to get away from you.

Now leave before you're discovered.

Listen to me. I've just come from Jtunheim.

Terrible things have happened.

I must get home.

Why would you go to Jtunheim?

To find this.

The Sword of Surtur.

Now, please, will you help me?

On your knees, male!

Or die where you stand.

There is a chill in the air.

A familiar one.

I'll prepare your chariot, my lord.

Geirmarr, I seek an audience

with your father.

You may speak to me.

Then I will state it simply for your benefit.

You violate our peace accord

by your presence here.

We no longer have an accord.

Thor made positive of that.

King Thrym, was our truce so tenuous

that it could be broken

by a youth's careless trespass?

Careless trespass?

He took up Elderstahl

and slew two Northern sentries!

He what?

Odin, you knew not of this?

No.

I'm afraid it changes nothing.

By his actions,

Thor has declared war on Jtunheim.

Your Eminence, what do you seek

in return for averting this war?

All Father, the Frost Giants

continue gathering in the valley.

They await the meeting of their terms.

Which are?

I have until sunrise

to turn over the Sword of Surtur.

He found it?

Yes, and it was used to kill

two Frost sentries in the North.

Sire, we must find them

before the Jtuns do.

With your permission,

I will accompany the Einherjar

to escort them home.

How would you know where to look?

They could be anywhere.

The slayings took place in the North,

where the only sentries would be

posted here at this bridge.

If they crossed over, the route to Asgard

would take them through Svartalfheim.

You would be willing to go back there?

To save your sons, yes.

Your selfless actions

will not go unrewarded, Algrim.

Thank you.

Hear me well, Odin's son.

Asgard has made a grave error

in sending you here.

The error is yours, Brunhilde,

for I did not come alone.

You might as well have.

Hildie, my love,

why don't we end this silliness...

Silence, male!

You will all suffer the same fate

as Odin's last spy.

Do you honestly believe

the prince of Asgard is here to spy?

What I believe is that you have come

to exert your dominance

over the female who fled your embrace.

I came for horses. That's all.

Please release us.

We must return to Asgard.

You mean, escape to Asgard.

I know of your thievery.

How you wish to deliver

the fire sword to Odin

so that he can further subjugate those

who might rise against him.

I am all that keeps that weapon

from falling into the wrong hands!

Who are you to judge a hand's worthiness?

Perhaps its rightful place is in mine.

Attention, wenches!

You will release your prisoners now.

Loki, your brother currently enjoys

his final breaths of life

unless you sheath that weapon.

Loki, do it.

The fire sword must not be used again.

Hand it to me.

Prepare them for execution.

No!

Hold your tongue, Sif, or you will join them.

What manner of witchery is this?

Frost Giants!

Slay them all and recover the sword!

Hello? Anyone?

Someone get us down!

Hey!

Murderer. Now you die!

Now, quickly, help me get these fangs.

Give them no quarter, lads!

Stop.

But the giants!

It's just like men to assume

we need their protection.

Take this and go.

Sif, provide them with horses

and escort them back to Asgard.

Yes, my lady.

And, Sif,

only return to us when you are truly ready.

Why does nothing grow in this place?

It was a final gift from King Thrym.

But I thought your war with the Frost Giants

ended in Jtunheim.

The war ended there, but the killing did not.

They set glaciers in motion across the land,

grinding away any hope

that life might ever return here.

Counselor, I realize this is difficult,

but we've been charged with a mission.

Of course. Forgive me.

The children cannot cross this dead world

without water,

and the only source of it lies just ahead.

If they're here, that's where we'll find them.

Search the area.

Ander, you're slipping.

Your Highness, rest assured.

It won't happen again.

And to think the four of us didn't qualify

to train with the Einherjar.

Thor, Loki, it's good to see you.

Algrim, never have I seen a friendlier face.

How did you know to come for us here?

From the Frost Giants.

They have amassed in Asgard

and threaten war.

They... You mean, because of me.

It was an accident, Algrim.

There was no malice intended.

Malice or not, they now demand the sword

as recompense.

No, this weapon is a seeker of death!

We cannot just hand it over!

Your father agrees with you.

That's why he sent us.

Thor, you've carried

this burden long enough.

Allow me to take it from you.

Gladly. It is pure evil.

No. It is the Frost Giants who are evil.

The pain, the persecution, the enslavement.

The eternal suffering

they caused my people.

There was no end to their cruelty.

Algrim?

And though this weapon

has caused you much grief,

there was a time when it offered great hope.

A promise of freedom.

This place haunts you, Algrim. We must go.

Did Odin ever tell you that

we came to him first?

That we asked for help

in our war against the Frost Giants?

But he refused!

We were forced to turn to

Surtur and this sword for our very survival.

Only then did your father join the war.

Against us!

He struck Surtur down

and sealed the fate of my people!

Algrim!

Now I understand why I was spared.

To avenge the dark elves.

To deliver judgment!

No!

If you return home,

I'll bury you in the ashes of Asgard!

What do we do?

We track down the horses

and then find a way to stop him.

Odin's dark elf.

He carries Elderstahl.

We should seize it now

before he reaches safety.

I gave Odin until sunrise.

We will wait.

Algrim.

Here, Sire!

Why?

You more than anyone should know why.

You still hold me responsible

for the fate of your race?

You could have defeated the Frost Giants!

No. That war could not have been won,

even if I had sacrificed every life in Asgard.

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