valkyrior

The Valkyrior, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, first appeared in Thor #133 (October 1966). The team, led by Valkyrie and Misty Knight is the subject of the 2013 series, The Fearless Defenders by Cullen Bunn and Will Sliney. Bun said about his book: "The basic idea of the book is that Valkyrie is choosing a new team of Valkyrior, and she's been asked to choose all these women from the heroes of Midgard, instead of from Asgard. She has completely failed in this task. Valkyrie has been unable to choose anyone that she feels is worthy to be one of the hosts of the shield maidens. So she just hasn't done it. She's dropped the ball. Because she's not done what she said she would do, nature—or supernature, as it is—abhors a vacuum. The absence of the Valkyrior has opened the door to something terrible. Something awful is waking, and Valkyrie finds that it's really her fault that she's put everything at risk".{{cite web |last=Ching |first=Albert |date=November 8, 2012 |title=Marvel NOW! Gets an All-Female Team of FEARLESS DEFENDERS |url=http://www.newsarama.com/comics/fearless-defenders-marvel-now-cullen-bunn.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110194713/http://www.newsarama.com/comics/fearless-defenders-marvel-now-cullen-bunn.html |archive-date=November 10, 2012 |access-date=December 11, 2012 |publisher=Newsarama}}

The Valkyrior are warrior goddesses of Asgard who ride winged horses. Originally, under the leadership of Brunnhilde, they took mortally wounded human heroes from German and Scandinavian battlegrounds and brought them to Valhalla, an area of the Asgardian dimension where the astral forms of the dead Asgardians and human heroes eternally feast and compete in friendly battles. The Valkyries were no longer able to perform this task when Odin, ruler of Asgard, vowed to the Celestials a millennium ago that he would restrict Asgardian contact with Earth.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=June 2011}}

In later years, Brunnhilde became a member of Earth's Defenders.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=June 2011}} The other Valkyries all died when Odin and Hela went to war over who would rule Valhalla.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=June 2011}} Odin restored the Valkyries to life after he regained possession of Valhalla, but these Valkyries only have physical form within Valhalla; outside it, they exist only in astral form. Valtrauta has taken Brunnhilde's place as ruler of the Valkyrior, and Hildegarde's sister Krista (aka Mist) has filled the role of the ninth Valkyrie, left open since Brunnhilde's departure.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=June 2011}}

During the "War of the Realms" storyline, Brunnhilde and the rest of the Valkyrior, save Mirage, are massacred by Malekith and his forces invading New York. During the battle, Brunnhilde is beheaded by Malekith.{{cite web |last=Adams |first=Tim |title=Marvel's War of the Realms Just Killed Another Asgardian Hero |url=https://www.cbr.com/war-of-the-realms-valkyrie-death/ |website=Comic Book Resources|date=April 17, 2019|df= mdy-all}}{{cite comic|writer= Aaron, Jason|artist= Dauterman, Russell|colorist = Wilson, Matthew| letterer = Sabino, Joe| editor = Moss, Wil, Brunstad, Sarah, Brevoort, Tom| story = Chapter Two: The Midgard Massacre| title= The War of the Realms| volume = 1| issue = 2| date = June 2019| publisher = Marvel Comics| location = New York, NY}} Afterwards, Jane Foster then takes up the mantle of Valkyrie.

• Axe{{cite comic | writer = Claremont, Chris| penciller = Adams, Arthur| inker = Austin, Terry| colorist = Scheele, Christie| letterer = Buhalis, Lois, Orzechowski, Tom| editor = Nocenti, Ann| story = Home Is Where the Heart Is| title = The New Mutants Special Edition| volume = 1| issue = 1| date = 1985| publisher = Marvel Comics| location = New York, NY}} – a member of the Valkyrior
• BrunnhildeThe Avengers #83. Marvel Comics – leader
• Danielle Moonstar / Mirage – an original member of the New Mutants, she joined the Valkyrior
• FreyaThor #321. Marvel Comics – the Goddess of Fertility who used to work as a former Valkyrie
• GerdaThor #313. Marvel Comics – a member of the Valkyrior
• GrimgertaThor #311. Marvel Comics – a member of the Valkyrior
• GruenhildaThunderstrike (vol. 2) #1. Marvel Comics – a member of the Valkyrior
• Hercara – a member of the Valkyrior
• Fatal SistersX-Statix #25. Marvel Comics – a trio of Valkyries
• Hilda – a member of the Valkyrior
• Mista – a member of the Valkyrior
• Sangrida – a member of the Valkyrior
• HildegardeThor #195. Marvel Comics – a gifted Asgardian Valkyrie with extraordinary strength and great skills with the sword
• KristaThor #217. Marvel Comics – a member of the Valkyrior and sister of Hildegarde, she was kidnapped by Pluto so the Asgardians would go to war against the Olympians, but thankfully she was saved by Thor and Hercules
• LeitaThor #133. Marvel Comics – a member of the Valkyrior
• Mist – a member of the Valkyrior, she invited Danielle to join them
• Rossveissa – also known as Svava, she is a member of the Valkyrior, but forced to serve Hela
• SygnetMarvel Graphic Novel #15. Marvel Comics – a member of the Valkyrior
• ValtrautaJourney into Mystery #91. Marvel Comics – a member of the Valkyrior
• Jane Foster{{cite comic | writer = Ewing, Al, Aaron, Jason| artist = CAFU| colorist = Aburtov, Jesus| letterer = Sabino, Joe| editor = Moss, Wil, Brunstad, Sarah, Brevoort, Tom| story = The Job I Have to Do| title = The War of the Realms Omega| volume = 1| issue = 1| date = September 2019| publisher = Marvel Comics| location = New York, NY}} – first of a new generation of Valkyrior, she wields Undrajarn the All-Weapon, a weapon that can change its shape and be whatever she needs, such as a sword, mace, or wings
• Rūna{{cite comic | writer = Aaron, Jason, Grønbekk, Torunn| artist = Vakueva, Nina| colorist = Bonvillain, Tamra| letterer = Sabino, Joe| editor = Moss, Wil, Brunstad, Sarah| title = King in Black: Return of the Valkyries| volume = 1| issue = 1| date = March 2021| publisher = Marvel Comics| location = New York, NY}} – Rūna is one of the original nine Valkyries and the original wielder of Jarnbjorn.

• Brunnhilde – leader
• Misty Knight – leader{{cite comic | writer = Bunn, Cullen| artist = Sliney, William| colorist = Gandini, Veronica| letterer = Cowles, Clayton| editor = Pyle, Ellie| story = | title = The Fearless Defenders| volume = 1| issue = 3| date = June 2013| publisher = Marvel Comics| location = New York, NY}}
• Elsa Bloodstone – a member of the Valkyrior
• Clea – a member of the Valkyrior
• Danielle Moonstar – a former member of the Valkyrior
• Nova – a member of the Valkyrior
• Ren Kimura – an Inhuman member of the Valkyrior, girlfriend of Annabelle{{cite comic | writer = Bunn, Cullen| artist = Sliney, William| colorist = Gandini, Veronica| letterer = Cowles, Clayton| editor = Pyle, Ellie, Brevoort, Tom| story = | title = The Fearless Defenders| volume = 1| issue = 10| date = December 2013| publisher = Marvel Comics| location = New York, NY}}
• Annabelle Riggs – a member of the Valkyrior, girlfriend of Ren
• Hippolyta – a member of the Valkyrior, girlfriend of Ren

• BrünThor #611. Marvel Comics – leader of the Disir, she was the first one to be cursed by Bor due to their rebellion when working with Sigurd
• GöndulThor #612. Marvel Comics – a member of the Disir, she is a coward and a fool
• Hlökk – a member of the Disir
• Kára – a member of the Disir

The Valkyrior appear in the 2017 live-action film Thor: Ragnarok.{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Nick |last2=Lee |first2=Zachary |date=2017-11-05 |title=Two Takes on Thor: Ragnarok |url=http://cornellsun.com/2017/11/05/two-takes-on-thor-ragnarok/ |work=The Cornell Daily Sun |access-date=2017-11-07}} Odin sent them to Hel to prevent Hela from escaping. However, the attack turned into a massacre, as Hela killed every Valkyrie with the exception of Valkyrie / Scrapper 142. The trauma of the massacre led Valkyrie to abandon Asgard and settle on Sakaar.

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