Jamie Chung | Twilight of the Gods

• Created by: Zack Snyder, Jay Oliva, Eric Carrasco
• Composers: Hans Zimmer, Omer Benyamin, Steven Doar
• No. of seasons: 1
• No. of episodes: 8
• Executive producers: Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Wesley Coller, Jay Oliva
• Producers: Sherry Gunther Shugerman, Eric Carrasco
• Running time: 27–42 minutes
• Production companies: Stone Quarry Animation, Xilam Animation
• Network: Netflix
• Release: September 19, 2024

Animated series inspired by Norse Mythology. The Twilight of the Gods refers events that led to the destruction of Midgard and Asgard, then the death of most of the Æsir and Vanir gods in an ultimate battle against evil, the forces of nature and the Giants

"Heretic Spear"

Loki and his daughter Hel advise Sigrid to acquire god-killing iron from the dwarf Andvari, and an army from the Vanir. Along with Leif, Sigrid then seeks out five warriors to aid her quest. After recruiting her friend, the shieldmaiden Hervor, and Leif's slave, the poet Egill, they seek out a witch. The witch, known as the Seid-Kona, explains that she inherited her powers from her mother who received them from the Vanir goddess Freya. She volunteers her follower, the Wolf-Man Ulfr, for their quest and soon joins them herself. After traveling to the forges of Niðavellir, Loki aids the group in bypassing the souls of betrayed women who guard the gates. Andvari offers the group god-killing weapons but warns that wielding them will curse their souls. Sigrid takes the spear named Antler, the Seid-Kona twin daggers, Hervor a sword, and Leif an axe. Andvari chooses to join the group as their last recruit. Sigrid then throws herself into the dead river where the betrayed women use their pain to make her skin harder than metal. Nearby, the ravens Thought and Memory spy on them for the Aesir.

"The Scapegoat God"

In a flashback, Odin sends Thor to capture Loki's children; Jörmungandr is thrown into the sea, Fenrir is chained for eternity in Asgard, and Hel is banished to the underworld. Loki appears before Leif and reveals that the Vanir imprisoned him in the skull of Hoenir, an Aesir god half-murdered by Odin whose broken mind overflows with madness and triggers them both to experience a traumatic memory. Loki helps Leif escape the memory of murdering Egill's father before Leif helps Loki escape the memory of him allowing Jörmungandr to seduce Thor. Loki admonishes how he has spent eternity as a scapegoat, a convenient god who others blame for their sins. Having escaped from the Vanir, Sigrid and her group encounter the First Wolves who grant Ulfr a favor as he wears the skin of one of their pack. The Vanir eventually track Sigrid to Hoenir but are met in battle by the combined Jötun tribes who were convinced by Egill after he told them of Sigrid's story. Sigrid beheads Hoenir, freeing Leif. Loki takes credit for the poisoned Apples of Idunn, ending the conflict. The Vanir, Jötun tribes and Sigrid's group make a pact to wage war on Asgard.

"If I Had a Hammer"

Thor awakens after having seduced Sandraudiga just as Sigrid's army approaches Asgard. A battle begins between Sigrid's army and the Aesir, where Sigrid and Dahl use giant magic to undermine Asgard's wall. Meanwhile, Loki plots with his children to save them from Ragnarök by ensuring that Sigrid kills Thor, which will prevent their prophesied deaths. After a day of fighting, Sandraudiga calls the Valkyries to collect the dead, though they ignore the bodies of Sigrid's army. That night, while Leif is asleep, Sigrid leaves him behind so he will survive and Áile does the same with Egill. Along with Hervor and Andvari, they sneak through Asgard's wall. They meet with Freya who leads them to kill Thor, but he awakens and captures them. Leif notices Sigrid's absence and soon arrives with the others and Loki distracts Thor so they can escape Asgard. Andvari attempts to get revenge on Loki for Fáfnir's curse, but Loki kills him. Leif confronts Sigrid about her recklessness and she tells him they can never marry as she is consumed by vengeance. After tying her mistletoe wedding crown to Antler as a symbol of resolve, she wounds Leif's leg so he can't follow her.

"Song of Sigrid"

Leif tells Thyra of Sigrid's departure and Thyra admits that she had fallen in love with her. Loki joins Sigrid in battle where Thor kills and brutalizes Tiwaz. Baldr summons the Einherjar from Valhalla to aid the Aesir and Ulfr transforms into a giant wolf and summons the First Wolves to combat them. Áile meets with Odin and consumes his raven Memory as a sacrifice so she can give him a vision of Ragnarök and a glimpse of the future where the world has forgotten him. Enraged by what he saw, Odin mortally wounds Áile. Egill infiltrates Asgard and finds Áile who resurrects as a goddess before the pair flee Asgard with Freya's help. Sigrid and her allies engage Thor who defeats them all, killing Ulfr and Hervor. The Valkyries refuse to take Hervor to Valhalla, though Hel collects her instead. Thor demands Sigrid's surrender, who refuses and attempts to kill Thor with Antler, but Baldr dies saving his brother as the mistletoe atop Antler breaks his invulnerability. Distraught at Baldr's death, Thor allows Freya to take him to Valhalla, and Loki murders Sigrid to send her after him. In Valhalla, Thor tells Sigrid that her journey is just beginning.