{"id":293259,"date":"2021-07-07T19:16:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T16:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-comic-book-origin-of-alioth\/"},"modified":"2021-07-07T19:16:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T16:16:19","slug":"the-comic-book-origin-of-alioth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-comic-book-origin-of-alioth\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Comic Book Origin of Alioth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2599340df72\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2599340df72\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-comic-book-origin-of-alioth\/#Who_is_Alioth_the_Usurper\" >Who is Alioth the Usurper?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-comic-book-origin-of-alioth\/#Who_is_the_next_Thanos\" >Who is the next Thanos?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-comic-book-origin-of-alioth\/#What_is_Kangs_deal\" >What is Kang\u2019s deal?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Comic Book Origin of Alioth<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.9--><em>Marvel Explained is our ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> where we delve into the latest Marvel shows, movies, trailers, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> stories to divine the franchise\u2019s future. In this entry, we explore Loki Episode 5 (\u201cJourney into Mystery\u201d) and examine the smoke monster guarding the Void (Alioth). Yes, prepare for SPOILERS.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>We\u2019re through the looking glass. Last week, in <em><strong>Loki<\/strong><\/em> Episode 4, the titular God of Mischief (<strong>Tom Hiddleston<\/strong>) got pruned and awoke in the Void. Staring down at him were four other versions of himself \u2014 each one more perplexing than the last. An alligator! But all offering our Loki reflections through which to reexamine his life. \u201cGlorious purpose\u201d ain\u2019t what it used to be.<\/p>\n<p>Together, these Loki variants stumble through the wasteland where all reset realities and their nexus-event-causing individuals tumble. The Lokis bicker and squabble and enjoy the prattle almost as much as they enjoy hearing their own voice alone in the dark. Finally, they have a realm where they could rule. The only problem, they all want to rule.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Loki<\/em> Episode 5<\/strong>, entitled \u201c<strong>Journey into Mystery<\/strong>,\u201d reveals the dark secrets behind the Time Variance Authority. They cannot erase matter from existence, but they can contain that unwanted matter at the point where and when the one-true timeline ends. And beyond that climax, some mysterious figure threatens to write their utopia. The TVA puppetmaster bent the universe to their will, and the universe that comes next will be a paradise for one.<\/p>\n<p>However, after eons of collecting Lokis in the Void, they\u2019ve finally collected two too many. Sylvie (<strong>Sophia Di Martino<\/strong>), the female Loki variant, pins Judge Renslayer (<strong>Gugu Mbatha-Raw<\/strong>) with a pruning stick. The TVA lackey doesn\u2019t seem to know who or what concocted her organization, but her gut instinct tells her to toe the company line. She cooperates with Sylvie only long enough for her goon squad to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>When they do, Sylvie prunes herself and drops into the Void where she meets up with Mobius (<strong>Owen Wilson<\/strong>) and the other Lokis. It takes them a minute to group together \u2014 our Loki must endure the embarrassing in-fighting amongst his clan, spearheaded by the swagger-licious President Loki \u2014 but once the Loki gang assembles, they direct their muscle toward the swirling smoke monster that guards the Void\u2019s outskirts.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_Alioth_the_Usurper\"><\/span>Who is Alioth the Usurper?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Classic Loki (<strong>Richard E<\/strong>. <strong>Grant<\/strong>) refers to the cloudy brute at the center of <em>Loki<\/em> Episode 5 as \u201cAlioth.\u201d It\u2019s a name that rings familiar to comic book fans and hints at who is most likely waiting for Loki and Sylvie after they enchant the monster and walk past his dimensional gate. One more time, say his name with me: <strong>Kang the Conqueror<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Introduced in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marvel.fandom.com\/wiki\/Avengers:_The_Terminatrix_Objective_Vol_1_1\"><em>Avengers<\/em>: <em>The Terminatrix Objective<\/em><\/a>, published by Marvel in July 1993, <strong>Alioth the Usurper<\/strong> was the first being to escape time. Removed from temporal constraints, Alioth could control those that were still shackled to it. He built an empire that extended from 2000 BC to 6000 AD.<\/p>\n<p>Alioth\u2019s only challenger was Kang, the despotic time-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>er and constant Avenger thorn. He imprisoned the beast in Limbo, but when Kang was knocked into a coma during a conflict with Earth\u2019s Mightiest Heroes, Renslayer, his one-time girlfriend, assumed his form via hologram. She attempted to rule Kang\u2019s temporal empire in disguise, but she accidentally freed Alioth when she peeked into Limbo.<\/p>\n<p>The ravenous cloud nearly consumed Renslayer\u2019s domain, forcing her \u2014 and her future-self, named Revelation \u2014 to revive Kang. The three baddies were then forced to collaborate with the Avengers to halt Alioth\u2019s destructive <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>etite. Still unable to defeat the beast, Thor unleashed another Limbo entity, Tempus. Made from the very substance that surrounds them, Tempus devoured so much of Alioth\u2019s energy that he transformed into a barrier, once again preventing the Usurper from breaking into the timestream.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_is_the_next_Thanos\"><\/span>Who is the next Thanos?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Comics are weird. Too weird for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Alioth in the series is obviously not one-to-one with his comic book counterpart. As presented in <em>Loki <\/em>Episode 5, this Alioth is a lapdog for the show\u2019s ultimate villain. And he is the final wink indicating Kang\u2019s eventual reveal in Episode 6.<\/p>\n<p>With Renslayer and Alioth in play, Marvel Studios is laying track for their next Thanos. <em>WandaVision<\/em> and <em>The Falcon and the Winter Soldier<\/em> offered clues as to where the MCU is heading, but <em>Loki<\/em> is about to cut a massive fork in the road. And ever since <strong>Jonathan Majors<\/strong> was announced as Kang for <strong><em>Ant<\/em><\/strong>\u2013<strong><em>Man<\/em> <em>and the Wasp<\/em><\/strong>: <strong><em>Quantumania<\/em><\/strong>, fandom has been itching to see his introduction here in <em>Loki<\/em>. It\u2019s going to happen.<\/p>\n<p>This is not like seeing Mephistos in every <em>WandaVision<\/em> nook and cranny. Renslayer and Alioth are major Kang associates. And we\u2019re gearing up to meet the wizard behind the Time-Keepers. While it\u2019s still possible that the final boss could be another Loki, as we considered last week, there are already enough whacko doppelgangers in Episode 5 to alter our hero\u2019s worldview. One more Loki jerkwad won\u2019t make much difference for his journey.<\/p>\n<p>Being dragged into the light by Loki and Sylvie, Kang the Conqueror will jumpstart the latest MCU cosmic threat. He does not need Infinity Stones. They\u2019re trinkets in comparison to the power he craves and already controls.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Kangs_deal\"><\/span>What is Kang\u2019s deal?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In his scramble to rule over all, Kang manipulates time and space. He\u2019s reckless. You can only chop and cut time so much before it snaps and unravels into a multiverse of madness. His machinations could be responsible for not only the many Lokis we\u2019ve met this season but also an endless Kang council.<\/p>\n<p>Kang is not a singular threat. He is legion. And while there have been a few dapper Kangs here and there (the Iron Lad who assembles <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marvel.fandom.com\/wiki\/Young_Avengers_(Earth-616)\">the comic book Young Avengers<\/a> is a teen Kang), most are real bastards. If you thought Loki in-fighting was awkward, wait until you meet a few dozen of these egomaniacs.<\/p>\n<p>We wait for <em>Loki<\/em> Episode 6 to reveal all. This week\u2019s episode ends with Alioth enchanted and docile. We see a dimensional split in the Void and a mansion on the other side. Within its walls rest the TVA\u2019s architect, and if it\u2019s not Kang, I\u2019ll eat my hat or <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cHZl2naX1Xk\">rewatch <em>The Matrix Reloaded<\/em><\/a> as punishment for my speculation.<\/p>\n<p>At the very least, <em>Loki<\/em> and the Void have served as a preview for the shattered mirror universe the MCU is becoming. There are so many twisted easter eggs in <em>Loki<\/em> Episode 5: from jumping <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marvel.fandom.com\/wiki\/Simon_Walterson_(Earth-97161)\">Thor frogs<\/a> to background <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marvel.fandom.com\/wiki\/Thanos-Copter\">Thanos helicopters<\/a>. What happens next will spill out into <em>Quantumania<\/em> as well as <strong><em>Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0and <strong><em>Spider<\/em><\/strong>\u2013<strong><em>Man<\/em><\/strong>: <em><strong>No<\/strong> <strong>Way<\/strong> <strong>Home<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re only getting started with meeting mirror people. And, dammit, it\u2019s all Kang\u2019s fault.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Loki Episode 5 is now streaming <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.disneyplus.com\/video\/9e66be91-d5f8-417b-a3b3-10c367fbe082\">on Disney+<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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