Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27464043-20151230192612/@comment-32656401-20170722223134

As far as I can tell, with how loosely they hold to the source material, I think that Hela unleashes Surtur on Asgard, the flames in the trailer. I believe she is set free by Loki or the Enchantress, possessing Valkyrie, and The Executioner. Loki wants to bring about Ragnarok but in normal Loki fashion has a soft spot for his brother and like all marvel villains secretly wants to fail due to not feeling worth y of the power. Loki appears to be in Asgardian battle garb in the trailer too, maybe he joins the battle against Hela. In the comics Heimdall and the Enchantress have a history, and perhaps that is the scene with Heimdall fighting in the forest, maybe he gets an origin flashback or maybe it shows the location of the soul stone. Maybe he has it and doesnt know it. Or maybe he knows who does, perhaps he is tortured by someone to reveal its location. Hela could have the stone but that wouldnt work in the MCU. The soul stone is not valhalla or heaven or hel in the source material. In fact, before Adam Warlock...no one even knows how to use it. I think Valkyrie is Enchantress in disguise, which is why she is associated with the grandmaster. She probably tries to seduce Thor to get info for her own selfish gain or to help Loki bring about Ragnarok. However, the idea that Odin has it on him could explain why he is on Earth in Thor Ragnarok...maybe Loki discovers it, and exiles him. Or perhaps the Enchantress tricks Odin into revealing it. Lots of questions until a new trailer is revealed. I do see Hela approaching Thanos like she does in the comics during their brief alliance. She could easily take the place as his embodiment of death.