Avengers: Infinity War
allot to dialogue inAvengers : Infinity War , Thanos only slaughtered half of the survive Asgardian refugee . That ’s perfectly in persona for the Mad Titan , whose goal is literally to shoot down off half the life in the universe . It would make sense for him to have done the same to the refugee vessel . But the want of exposition has left watcher troubled , because it ’s not quite clear how any Asgardians survived in the first place . The post - credits fit forThor : Ragnaroksaw the Asgardian refugee watercraft intercepted by Thanos’Sanctuary II.Infinity War ’s first step scene clearly take shoes short after , with Thanos and the Black Order walking among the utter and death . Thor has already been defeated , a handful of secondary characters including Valkyrie are cryptically scatty , and the refugee ship has basically become a ship of the dead .
AfterAvengers : Infinity War , the Asgardians eventually get back onNew Asgard inThor : Love and Thunder , but first , they had to escape Surtur and Hela . It ’s not at all clear how this happen - especially given Thanos and his children do n’t seem to have encountered the Hulk until this item , which just seems rather odd . Leaving apart the question of what precisely happened in that brush , how did any of these Asgardian refugee survive ? It does n’t seem to be through the Bifrost , since Heimdall ’s use of " dark magic " is likely a uncommon thing , and tie - in comics have suggested jaunt through the Bifrost via dark magic could potentially kill all but the strongest . So how did the Asgardian refugee survive to found New Asgard on Earth ?
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Escape Pods
The Russo blood brother offered an answer . " Prior to the outset of that scene , get off ship were deployed for Asgardians , " Joe Russo explained , " let in Valkyrie . " It ’s worth noting , though , that the Asgardian refugee ship rise from thejunkyard humankind of Sakaar , so these escape seedcase in all probability were n’t in a great state of fixture . By the time the Guardians of the Galaxy arrive , all run ships — and , indeed , scat pods — are understandably gone . The only sign of spirit they notice is the body of Thor , float through space , scarce alive after face the wrath of the Power Stone . Clearly this was n’t the acceptable account Joe Russo thought .
The Grandmaster’s Ship
Thor : Ragnaroksaw Thor and Valkyrie slip the Grandmaster ’s prise personal spacecraft so as to get to Asgard . It was scarce a paladin - its most notable arm were fireworks to celebrate the Grandmaster ’s natal day . But it is a fully - functional ballistic capsule , and it on the face of it made it out of Asgard intact . Look closely about two minutes intoInfinity War , and you’re able to see the classifiable shape of the Grandmaster ’s ship , tail with theAsgardian refugee vessel . That kind of detail is n’t let in for no reasonableness , particularly give viewers had no reason to consider the starship made it off Asgard in the first stead .
Notice Joe Russo ’s precise wording , too . He did n’t touch to " head for the hills pods , " he referred to " escape ships . " That hint the Asgardian refugee head for the hills in any other vessel that was docked with the primary refugee ship - including the Grandmaster ’s stolen favourite . It seems probable the survivors in space - suitable vessels used them to pick up any survivors in pods , and then leave behind the area . They clearly had no estimation Thor was still alive , or they would n’t have just left him float .
The Asgardians Settle On Earth
Years after the events ofAvengers : Infinity War , Thor : Love and Thunderrevealed that the remaining Asgardians founded New Asgard in Norway on Earth , and thatValkyrie stay on King of Asgardafter she rose to the position inAvengers : Endgame . Not only have the Asgardians survived , they ’ve lay down their mien on the major planet , with New Asgard becoming a rather successful tourist attraction as the Multiverse Saga unfold . After go through horrific war and becoming refugees despite their advanced culture and engineering , the surviving Asgardians seem to have finally establish a place they can call home — at least for now . Hopefully , a future MCU project will cast further luminosity on the tribulation and tribulations they present get there .
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