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History
You cannot stop the prophecy of Ragnarök. Why fight it?
- — Surtur
- — Surtur
Early Years
Surtur was native to the extra-dimensional plane and dyson sphere of Muspelheim, one of the planets on the Nine Realms, and was now one of the most notorious mortal enemies of the Asgardian ruler and warrior Bor Burison, his son Odin Borson, and eventually, his son after him being Thor, God of Thunder and Lightning. In his early years during the genesis of the reality's entire existence, Surtur was nothing but a mere normal sized but already sentient humanoid that was born from the very last seedling of a mutated Celestial who unfortunately died on the hellish realm that would eventually be called as Muspelheim.
However, just as the offspring was expected to perish soon as well the same as his progenitor and its deceased siblings, the offspring somehow managed to adapt the realm's flaming and melting environment, with its sentience helping its nascent genetic structure to continuously evolve throughout hundreds of thousands of centuries within the realm that seemed like a living hell, with the deadly cosmic geothermal energy (often known by mortals as the Eternal Flame) of the planet's outer core, which is something that also constantly released by the Nether Core, the very star the planet itself encompasses, as its only main source of sustainability, until it finally grows into a gigantic fire behemoth capable of committing such cosmic annihilation and destruction, something that he fully embraced after properly discovering the rest of the great Nine Realms later on, once he wills it so.
Fueled by Eternal Wars
Prophesied to be the one of the possible, if not the most likely main factor to initiate the Asgardian apocalypse known as Ragnarök by both the many seers and intellectuals across the Nine Realms, the Asgardian warrior and monarch Odin and his mighty armies successfully defeated the fire demon during a great self-contained war between the Asgardians against the alliance of the Fire Demons and the frosty Ice Giants led by Ymir, stole from him the main source of his apparently unlimited power, the Eternal Flame, before apparently using his all-mighty power through a set of Asgardian magic, casting a powerful spell to banish him and his entire race to the realm of Muspelheim without escaping, his own birthplace and kingdom, for the rest of their eternal lifetimes, not unless he perseveres to find a way out of his accursed banishment after losing most of the Eternal Flame.
However, it was the great battle between the Asgardians under Odin's final years as monarch and the monstrous, destructive creature known as Mangog made Surtur realize that not even a flaming being like him could be capable of carrying such a hatred, not even towards the Asgardian people whom he was sworn to bring to extinction due to a mere millennia-age prophecy. Surtur took advantage over his exile and sacrificed a great remainder of his power to escape his curse after falling in love with a native giant by the name of Sinmara. Sinmara made Surtur realize that he could also live a life similar to mortals, something that he secretly was envious of from the moment he gained sentience and witnessed the first humanoid visitors of Muspelheim, but rage towards the Asgardians and his desire to fulfill Ragnarök was a hindrance to his other desire of living a "normal life" with Sinmara, even as they had a daughter.
Realizing that his daughter had powers potentially greater than his own, Surtur tried to raise Sindr as if she was going to be the heir to his throne and in spite of the possibility of him never being able to attain his status of godhood without the rest of the Eternal Flame, he pressured and momentarily manipulated her into doing his bidding of reclaiming the Eternal Flame from Odin's Vault. Both Sinmara and Sindr herself saw the true intentions of Surtur and managed to get her beloved back to his senses, but it was too late for the fallen Supreme Fire God when a group of warriors sent by Thor led by the Korbinite warrior Beta Ray Bill got involved to investigate his schemes and even battled both Surtur, Sindr, and their small but unified army of Fire Giants. As a young yet merciful King, Thor spared Surtur from Asgardian justice after the truth was revealed, not only out of his mercy towards him and desire to be a better leader than his forefathers, but also from the sorrowful aftermath that has led to Sinmara and Sindr leaving their husband and father, respectively, as they left Muspelheim to start life anew among the general, more benevolent populace across the galaxy.
Embodying Ragnarök
While heavily heartbroken, Surtur accepted the cold, harsh fact that his family had left him because of his inner hatred. In the following years, the former Flame God lived in solitude and used his remaining powers to develop and expand the civilization of Muspelheim as a more habitable and inclusive planet deeming with not only its natives, but also outside visitors that could interact with them in peace. It was thanks to their momentary alliance with Thor's faction, notably his old enemy Beta Ray Bill, and the visions of Loki that prompted Surtur to leave his life in hiding and while reluctant to do so with his desire to reconcile with his family, Surtur refueled his passion with destroying the realm whose warriors had brought him nothing but torment and sorrow for hundreds of millennia not because of hatred, but due to his restorative wish to save the rest of life in the Nine Realms from Hela's intergalactic conquest, including his own family. Surtur was mortally wounded by the Dark Elf Malekith who tried to stop him from reascending to godhood, but he was revived as his cosmic power was restored thanks to a portion of the Eternal Flame stored within Odin's Vault located inside Asgard's Royal Palace of Valaskjalf.
After witnessing the danger that Hela's nigh-immortal and invulnerable monster Mangog had possessed over the rest of the cosmos because it actively feeds on sin and hatred, both Surtur and Ymir, another major player that sought vengeance against Hela, respectfully settled for a battle to the death not only against the larger creature, but towards the living greater threat that was keeping the former from fulfilling his fate of Ragnarök: Hela, the bloodthirsty Asgardian Goddess of Death herself. Once more embodying Ragnarök alongside Ymir, Surtur battled every powerful adversary who dared to stand in his way, resulting in the death of Ymir and a subsequent Great Flood in Asgard until Surtur would finally deliver the final blow of Ragnarök by driving his Twilight Sword down into the core of the planet. Hela, Mangog, and Surtur himself inevitably perished in the process, while most of the Asgardians were evacuated into safety by Thor and his allies as they witnessed the destruction of their old home.
While Surtur never got to physically be with family one last time, he was able to conjure the Eternal Flame through Loki and Amora the Enchantress' assistance so he could transmit a heartful, final message of farewell for Sinmara and Sindr as if he was leaving each of him a part of him before his passing. It would also turn out that Surtur had also informed his family to head back home, revealing that Muspelheim has since become a welcoming and developing world where in spite of its molten core and sizzling surface, they could continue living there in peace.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
Supreme Fire Demon Physiology: A celestial being of cosmic proportions, Surtur was depicted as an immense and malevolent being whose possesses the power of a thousand blazing suns. Surtur is an enormous fire demon, standing over 1,000 ft. in height. He is more of a force of nature than a physical foe. He possesses superhuman strength, stamina, and durability far surpassing that of Thor. He is a being composed of "living" flame so strong that he can affect the Earth's temperature from Asgard and can manipulate cosmic energy to generate intense heat, flames or concussive force.
He can also manipulate cosmic energy for various effects, including levitation, molecular manipulation of himself, inter-dimensional teleportation, and immortality. Surtur's powers are usually shown to equal those of Odin. The Eternal Flame has an unknown connection to Surtur. When in its vicinity, Surtur claimed it increased his powers. It is unknown to what extent this power increase leads to.
- Superhuman Strength
- Superhuman Durability
- Astral Projection
- Living Flame
- Muspelheim Life Creation
- Biological Manipulation
- Fire Golem Generation
- Pyrokinesis
- Cosmic Awareness
- Cosmic Manipulation
- Size Manipulation
- Molecular Manipulation
- Limited Teleportation
- Immortality
- Supernatural Regeneration
- Nigh-Absolute Reincarnation
- Telekinesis
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Abilities
- Master Warrior
- Master Swordsman
- Vast Ancient Knowledge
- Vast Arcane Wisdom
Strength level
Class 135+
Weaknesses
- Vulnerable to Intense Coldness
- Vulnerable to Superior Magical Attacks
- Vulnerable to Superior Cosmic Attacks
Paraphernalia
Equipment:
- Crown of Surtur
- Eternal Flame
Transportation:
- Limited Teleportation
Weapons:
- Twilight Sword
Notes
- No special notes.
- ↑ Modern Comics: Thor Vol 1 16
Trivia
- Hela mentioned that Surtur was considered a candidate to join the Hell Lords since its foundation especially with his age as one of the oldest beings in the universe to embody destruction, but it was also one of the reasons why they chose not to recruit him in the end.
- Throughout the members' years of consideration, Surtur was often considered "too reckless, sensitive, and primitive" to be an addition to the council of archdemons, despite possessing sentience and great power that admittedly rivaled or potentially surpass them when he was still alive.
See Also
- Appearances of Surtur (Earth-61615)
- Character Gallery: Surtur (Earth-61615)
- Quotations by Surtur (Earth-61615)
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