MCU Timeline: Thor: The Dark World
"Before the birth of light" - Darkness. The emergence and reign of the Dark Elves.
~5000 years - life expectancy of Asgardians.
Every 5000 years - the cycle of convergence in the Nine Realms.
~3000 BC (5000 years ago) - previous convergence in the Nine Realms. Malekith creates the Aether from the Reality Stone and attempts to turn the universe back into darkness, but is defeated by Bor, Odin's father. Bor hides the Aether. Malekith escapes with the remnants of his army and goes into hibernation for the next 5000 years.
June 13, 1951 - Erik Selvig is born in Stockholm, Sweden.
Early May 2012 - Odin sentences Loki to life imprisonment in the dungeons of Asgard.
May 2012 - November 13, 2013 - Rebuilding of the Bifrost. Thor brings order to the Nine Realms.
November 13, 2013 (Day in Asgard/Night in the UK) - The Battle of Vanaheim.
November 14, 2013 (Night in Asgard/Day in the UK):
Asgardians celebrate their victory.
~11:30 am - naked Selvig goes on a rampage at Stonehenge. He is arrested.
~1 pm - Jane is at a restaurant on a date with Richard. Darcy takes her to the site of the gravitational anomaly.
~1:30 pm - Jane becomes infected with the Aether.
~6:30 pm - Jane wakes up back on Earth. Thor comes and takes her to Asgard.
November 14, 2013 (Day in Asgard/Night in the UK):
Morning in Asgard - Asgardian healers perform diagnostics on Jane and discover Aether in her body. Odin tells Thor and Jane the story of the relic.
Algrim, a dark elf, is sent to Asgard disguised as a prisoner.
Noon - Thor explains the Convergence to Jane. Jane meets Frigga.
Afternoon - Algrim uses the last Kurse stone of the Dark Elves and becomes the Kursed. He escapes from his cell and starts a prison riot, leaving Loki in his cell.
Malekith attacks Asgard in his spaceship. Harrow, with him on board, crash lands in Odin's palace. Kurse kills Frigga. Enraged, Thor burns half of Malekith's face with lightning, but the Dark Elves manage to escape.
November 15, 2013 (Night in Asgard/Day in the UK):
Frigga's funeral. Loki is informed of her death.
In the UK, Erik Selvig is in custody for psychiatric evaluation.
Malekith heals from his burns.
November 15, 2013 (Day in Asgard/Night in the UK):
Odin detains Jane to guard the Aether from Malekith. Thor argues with Odin about the course of action.
In London, Darcy and Ian watch the news about Selvig on TV.
Evening in Asgard - Thor asks Heimdall for help.
November 16, 2013 (Night in Asgard/Day in the UK):
Thor and Co plan their treason.
Darcy and Ian take Erik from custody.
November 16, 2013 (Day in Asgard/Night in the UK):
Morning - Thor makes a deal with Loki and frees him from the dungeons.
Sif takes Jane out of house arrest.
Afternoon - Thor, Jane and Loki take the Harrow of the Dark Elves and head out of Asgard. Jane collapses from weakness because she refused to eat breakfast.
Thor, Jane and Loki come to Svartalfheim, the realm of the Dark Elves.
November 17, 2013 (Night in Asgard/Day in the UK):
The trio trick Malekith into taking the Aether from Jane. She learns of his plans to turn the universe into dark matter. Thor attempts to destroy the relic, but it proves indestructible. Malekith absorbs the Aether and escapes. Loki kills Kurse, but "dies" from the wound.
~7 pm (London) - Thor and Jane find a cave connected to Earth via the convergence. Richard calls Jane from work. Thor and Jane return to London.
~8 pm - they reunite with Darcy, Erik and Ian in Jane's lab/flat.
November 17, 2013 (Day in Asgard/Night in the UK):
Disguised as an Einherjar guard, Loki returns to Asgard, sends enchanted Odin to Earth (Shady Acres Care Home in NYC), and takes the throne.
Jane, Thor, Erik, Darcy and Ian prepare a plan of action to stop Malekith in Greenwich.
November 18, 2013 (Night is Asgard/Day in the UK):
~November 20, 2013 (Day in Asgard/Night in the UK) - conversation between Thor and Loki as Odin.
10:42 am in London, ~November 21, 2013:
Thor comes back to Jane and stays on Earth.
End of 2013/Early 2014 - Volstagg and Sif bring the Reality Stone to the Collector.
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