Lady Loki blows the sacred chronology into turmoil at the end of Loki’s current episode, the Time Variance Authority is left scrambling. Lady Loki, played by Sophia Di Martino, is a female version of the God of Mischief who has been wreaking havoc on the TVA by luring in Minutemen, killing them, and stealing their reset charges.
According to the official TVA terminology, the reset charges “prune the afflicted radius of a branched timeline, enabling time to heal all its wounds” and are used to shut down rogue timelines. They disintegrate everything in their surroundings, as Loki put it more bluntly. Lady Loki finally reveals her actual intention after gathering dozens of these reset charges and scattering them across time and space, thereby blasting the holy timeline and causing the chaotic universe that the TVA was designed to prevent.
Loki Series: Lady Loki Timeline Targets
It’s plausible that Lady Loki chose random targets for the reset charges because they’d still achieve their purpose of rupturing the holy timeline no matter where or when they ended up. She could, on the other hand, have been attempting to influence specific events in order to alter the universe to her liking. The TVA’s screens display some of the times and locations where the reset charges were transmitted when they were triggered. Here’s where Lady Loki bombed (and when), as well as the possible futures she spawned.
Niflheim
Hela uses a storm to slay the Valkyries.
Lady Loki has her sights set on several, if not all, of the Nine Realms, including Niflheim. Niflheim is a region of ice, mists, and frost that is linked to Hel, the domain of the undead, according to Norse mythology. Niflheim was the home of Thor: Ragnarok villain Hela for millennia in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and she was trapped there by Odin for millennia. Loki tangled with Hela in Ragnarok in the main timeline, so Lady Loki may have met paths with her as well.
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Knowhere
Knowhere, formerly the head of a Celestial, is now only a floating skull in space. It is home to a mining colony whose residents make a living by extracting brain, bone, and spinal fluid from Celestials who have died. When Sif and Valstagg handed over the Reality Stone to the Collector for safekeeping in Thor: The Dark World’s post-credits scene, Knowhere made its first MCU appearance. When the Guardians sought out the Collector to sell the Power Stone to him in Guardians of the Galaxy, it was more thoroughly investigated. Lady Loki might have been after one of these Infinity Stones, or she might have been after one of the many other precious items.
Vormir
Vormir, a barren planet drenched in purple light, was the only place where the Soul Stone could be obtained – and everyone who wanted it had to pay a high price by sacrificing all they cared about. Gamora, who was killed by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, and Black Widow, who sacrificed herself in Avengers: Endgame so that Hawkeye could get the Soul Stone, are two important MCU characters that have died there. A reset charge hit Vormir on April 23, 2301, according to TVA screens. Her is a considerable time after the deaths of Gamora and Black Widow, as well as the destruction of the Soul Stone by Thanos, thus it’s unclear what type of branching timeline Lady Loki has produced with this strike.
Asgard
Surtur destroyed Asgard after the end of Thor: Ragnarok, as the Loki variation finds while reviewing his case file at the TVA. It does, however, exist at the moment that Lady Loki’s reset charge is sent: February 16, 2004. This is seven years before Loki discovers that he is a Frost Giant who was abducted from Jotunheim as a newborn, hence Lady Loki may have created yet another Loki variety by arriving at this moment in Asgard’s past.
On August 13, 1984, one of Lady Loki’s reset charges was dispatched to Sakaar, continuing the tour of Thor: Ragnarok sites. Sakaar is a rubbish planet in the Tayo star system controlled by the Grandmaster and ringed by wormholes that are constantly dumping fresh space trash for the local scavengers to rummage through. One of these wormholes, dubbed “The Devil’s Anus,” connects to many regions throughout the cosmos, so if the reset charge was mistakenly dragged into it, there’s no way of knowing where it ended up.
Ego
Ego is attempting to persuade Peter Quill to join the Guardians of the Galaxy as a member.
Ego the Living Planet is Star-father Lord’s and, as his name implies, a living planet. Ego, as one of the ancient Celestials, was determined to pass on his Celestial DNA to a descendant and fathered hundreds of children around the galaxy, bringing them back to his planet form and executing them if they failed to display Celestial features. Although Star-Lord inherited Ego’s Celestial DNA, he murdered Ego at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 to prevent the insane planet from taking over the entire universe. On December 27, 1832, Lady Loki sends Ego a reset charge, which could result in a timeline where
Titan: Thanos Endgame of the Titans
Titan, best known as Thanos’ home planet in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was once a thriving civilisation that was ravaged by overpopulation and left as a barren wasteland plagued by electrical storms. This occurred long before the date on which the reset charge is sent, October 13, 1982, therefore Lady Loki may have been especially targeting Thanos rather than the Titans as a whole. Taking Thanos out of the equation would result in a future in which the Snap never happened and the Infinity Stones were never shattered, as well as preventing Thanos from killing Loki in the main timeline.
Hala: Captain Marvel’s Hala
Hala, the Kree Empire’s capitol and home planet, was prominently depicted in Captain Marvel. After losing her memories and being recruited to battle in the Kree-Skrull War, Carol “Vers” Danvers lived there for many years. On January 3, 54 CE, Lady Loki’s reset charge lands on Hala, millennia before Carol’s arrival and around a thousand years before the Kree-Skrull War begins.
Xandar
Xandar, the capital of the Nova Empire, made its initial appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) in Guardians of the Galaxy, where the original Guardians (except Drax) met for the first time. Thanos tore Xandar apart in order to get the Infinity Stone held by the Nova Corps, and the population was devastated as a result. The reset charge arrives on Xandar on September 24, 1001, and it has the potential to profoundly alter the planet’s history.
Jotunheim: MCU Jotunheim
Loki’s birthplace, Jotunheim, one of the Nine Realms and home of the Frost Giants, receives one reset charge. An errant reset charge here might potentially wipe out all Loki versions by stopping him from being born, however, it’s unknown when the time bomb was sent.
Avengers: Endgame Locations on Earth Ronin Hawkeye
Most of the sites that appear on the TVA’s screens are on Earth, presumably because Lady Loki was especially targeting Earth, or perhaps because there are only so many non-Earth locations created in the MCU. There is a predilection for important cities such as New York, Rome, and Tokyo, but the dates don’t appear to have any relevance, supporting the hypothesis that Lady Loki is simply seeking to cause mayhem. The TVA’s screens show every Earth-based location being hit by a reset charge.
Rome, Italy – October 3rd, 1390
Lisbon, Portugal – March 31, 1492
Phong Nha, Vietnam – August 3, 1522
Barcelona, Spain – 1540
Thorton, USA – October 25, 1551
Porvoo, Finland – July 14, 1708
Barichara, Columbia – February 2, 1808
Madrid, Spain – July 18, 1903
New York, USA – September 21, 1947
Tokyo, Japan – March 1, 1984
Kingsport, USA – August 2, 1999
Cookeville, USA – November 22, 1999
Beijing, China – November 23, 2005
Dartford, England – 2006
