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when Odin wanted Thor to learn humility he tethered him to Dr. Donald Blake who
could turn into Thor when needed. But where does Don Blake reside when he isn’t
Thor? In a fantasy simulation of a small town in America hidden deep within the
World Tree where he walks the streets and greets his neighbors but never
notices that his life isn’t real….
In
his throne room, All-Father Thor reveals to Loki that he is planning to bring
back Don Blake so he can have a place to rest when the duties of being king
rest heavily on him. Loki knows he’s lying, that Thor wants to enter the Eldersleep
where he can commune with the spirits of the old dead kings to solve the riddle
of why anyone can pick up Mjolnir now, including Loki. But when Thor is in the
Eldersleep, Don Blake will be in the real world and Thor wants Loki to protect
him during that time. So, Thor thumps his hammer on the ground and is
transported among the elder kings, who react to him guiltily, as though they
know what is going to happen next and couldn’t prevent it. Thor drops into the
fantasy town where Don Blake dwells, to find it a ruin with all the people dead,
the corpse of a dragon lying over it all—Don woke up and realized he had been
imprisoned here by Thor and went insane, calling for his alter ego…
…and
the mad killer Blake is in Asgard, bearded and disheveled; he attacks Loki,
stabbing him in the neck and breaking his arm. Blake announces that never again
will he be a god, breaking his mighty cane over his knee….