Before 20th Century

2987 BC

 * The Convergence occurs. The Dark Elves led by Malekith try to destroy the Nine Realms with the power of the Aether. They are stopped by the Asgardian army led by Bor, who successfully seize the Aether. In an effort to save his race, Malekith kills most of his army, along with much of Bor's army. He then puts the remaining members of his kind in a sleep that lasts for millennia. Bor orders for the Aether to be put in the deepest area possible so that it cannot be accessed by anyone.

14th

 * The Frost Giants of Jotunheim start a war on Midgard/Earth, begining at Tønsberg, Norway. The Asgardians hear of the attack, assemble their army and prepare for battle.

3rd

 * Battle of Jotunheim: The Frost Giants attempt to conquer Midgard/Earth. Their invasion point in Tønsberg, Norway becomes the site of an epic battle as Asgard's ruler, Odin, leads his army to repel the invasion and protect the planet. The Asgardians push the Frost Giants back to Jotunheim, where Odin discovers an abandoned Frost Giant infant. He adopts the child, names him Loki and raises him alongside his own son, Thor. A truce is negotiated between Odin and the Jotun king, Laufey.

30th

 * In Asgard, Odin tells his sons Loki and Thor of his success in the battle in Jotunheim, and that they were born to be kings.

8th

 * An Asgardian Berserker Warrior defects from Asgard to live on Earth. He decides that his weapon, the Berserker Staff, which is capable of giving a man superhuman strength, is too powerful for anyone to possess. He breaks it into three pieces and hides them in different locations across Europe.

2nd

 * The Berserker Warrior receives food and shelter in a monastery in Ireland, where he was venerated as a saint. He shares his true identity with the priests, as they have a vow of silence, and hides a piece of his staff there.

26th

 * The Berserker Warrior hides another piece of his staff inside a tree in the future location of Trillemarka National Park in Norway.

11th

 * The Berserker Warrior hides another piece of his staff in the catacombs under a church in Seville, Spain.

21st

 * Odin hides the Tesseract in Tønsberg, Norway.

1413

 * Lorelei terrorizes the Nine Realms, using her power of enthrallment to enslave hundreds of men. She is eventually defeated by Sif and imprisoned in Asgard's dungeons.

20th

 * After spending hundreds of years on Earth, the Asgardian Berserker Warrior tells his story to a French girl. Her brother, a priest, adapts the story into the myth of the warrior of the Berserker Army.