The Other

"The Tesseract has awakened. It is on a little world, a human world. They would wield its power, but our ally knows its workings as they never will. He is ready to lead, and our force, our Chitauri, will follow. The world will be his, the universe will be yours. And the humans, what can they do, but burn?"

- The Other to Thanos

The Other was Thanos' personal servant. He provided Loki with the Chitauri army in an attempt to conquer the Earth and claim the Tesseract.

War for Earth
The Other served Thanos while he was helping Loki. After Loki arrived on Earth, he contacted Thanos, and the Other threatened the God of Mischief, declaring that if he failed in defeating the Earthlings, Thanos would make him know a new kind of suffering.

When Loki was eventually defeated, the Other complained to Thanos that the Earth's inhabitants were not as weak as they were supposed to be; he declared that challenging the Earth's heroes would be to court Death itself. To this, Thanos simply smiled.

Quest for the Orb
"Lower your tone! I may be your..."

- The Other's last words

Some time later, The Other contacted Ronan and Nebula through a holographic screen and told them to visit the Sanctuary to discuss Gamora's betrayal and the loss of the Orb.

This led to an argument with the Other, who lectured the pair on showing respect in Thanos' presence, ultimately prompting Ronan to kill him, twisting his head 180 degrees with the power of his hammer.

Allies

 * Thanos - Master
 * Nebula
 * Ronan the Accuser † - Killer
 * Loki
 * Chitauri - Subordinates
 * Leviathan - Subordinates

Enemies

 * Avengers
 * Iron Man
 * Captain America
 * Hulk
 * Thor
 * Hawkeye
 * Black Widow

Trivia

 * In the comics, "The Other" was an alias of Chthon the Elder God. However, his appearance closely resembles that of Thanos' right-hand man, Corvus Glaive, also being very similar to Herr Kleiser from the Ultimate Marvel Comics series.

Behind the Scenes

 * The first and last lines of The Avengers are both spoken by The Other.
 * The Other and Thanos are the only characters to appear in both The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy.
 * James Gunn has said that the Other was killed off so that Ronan the Accuser would not look weak in comparison to Thanos: "You don’t want to belittle the actual antagonist of the film, which is Ronan. You don’t want him to seem like a big wussy. We’ve had the Other, who’s obviously very powerful even in comparison to Loki, and then we see Ronan wipe his ass with him."