He then began searching for the reason for his awakening. He was onboard the Ark as he was suddenly and unexpectedly awoken as power was returned across the Ark. Thousands of years since the First Battle of Svartalfheim, during which time King Bor had died while Asgard and all the Nine Realms were currently being ruled by his son Odin, the vengeful Malekith was still in his long hyper-sleep, awaiting the chance to gain his revenge. And I will put an end to this poisoned universe.' ―Malekith and Algrim 'The Asgardians will suffer as we have suffered. I can barely remember a time before the light.' Malekith finally awakes from his hibernation Second Dark Elf Conflict The Aether's Return Once aboard, the last Dark Elves entered a state of extended hibernation until the time of the next Convergence. Malekith took advantage of the ensuing chaos, taking off on the last ship with Algrim and the several dozen remaining warriors. In one final, spiteful attack, Malekith dropped the Dark Elf air fleet onto the battlefield, taking out the brunt of the Asgardian army, as well as almost all his own people, including his wife and son. He was stopped moments before touching the Aether by Bor, who used the Bifrost Bridge to take the ancient weapon at the last minute, ending the war. Malekith witnesses Bor defeating his army

Surveying the battle with his lieutenant Algrim, Malekith ordered his warriors to use Kurse Stones to give themselves enhanced strength while he moved to absorb the Aether into his own body and unleash its destructive power once and for all. The plot was foiled by the intervention of the Asgardians under the command of their king Bor, beginning the final battle of the war. Over 5,000 years ago, Malekith intended to take advantage of the Convergence, a cosmic event in which the Nine Realms are aligned, to unleashed the power of the Aether at last. It will not be in vain.' ―Malekith to Algrim 'Through their sacrifice we will survive. Malekith seeing the Convergence beginning Malekith's ambitions put the Dark Elves into conflict with Asgard, the self-appointed protectors of the Nine Realms. The Aether had the potential to convert any matter into dark matter. To attain this end, Malekith sought to use the Reality Stone, one of the Infinity Stones, which he augmented, turning it into a superweapon called the 'Aether'. Malekith was revered by his people, who expressed blind devotion to him, treating him almost as a god who would lead them back to the state of total power they had enjoined prior to the creation of the current universe. Malekith was the cruel and warmongering leader of the Dark Elves of Svartalfheim. Malekith depicted in the Book of Yggdrasil Such evil was possible through the power of the Aether, an ancient force of infinite destruction.' ― Odin Millennia ago the most ruthless of their kind, Malekith, sought to transform our universe back into one of eternal night. 'Long before the birth of light there was darkness, and from that darkness came the Dark Elves.

During their fight, Malekith was teleported across the Nine Realms back to Svartalfheim, where he was crushed by his own warship and died. Before his attempt could succeed, however, Malekith and his armies were opposed by Bor's grandson, Thor, in the Battle of Greenwich. Upon learning Jane Foster absorbed the Aether, Malekith and his armies invaded Asgard, before reclaiming it from Foster to complete his conquest. Malekith survived, however, and after millennia in prolonged hibernation, returned during the next Convergence 5,000 years later in 2013. Malekith was thought to have been wiped out with the rest of his race in the final battle against the Asgardian King Bor in 2988 B.C. Born in a realm of complete darkness, Malekith led his people in a war against the Asgardians, using an ancient weapon known as the Aether in an attempt to revert the universe to a state of complete darkness. Malekith ( Shiväisith: Mälekith) was the cruel and malevolent leader of the Dark Elves, a race of beings that thrived in primordial darkness before the Big Bang.

Your world and your family will be extinguished!' ―Malekith and Thor Death would have come to you soon enough.' 'You needn't have come so far, Asgardian.

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