Thor: Love & Thunder - Everything You Need To Know About Gorr The God Butcher

9. He Lost Everything

With a name like Gorr the God Butcher, a creature who became known for the brutal manner in which he murdered the gods of the cosmos, you have to assume he had a good reason for doing what he did.

Born into constant poverty on a nameless, dry planet under a burning sun that never set, Gorr and his family had nothing. Not even food or shelter. His father had passed, and while making a sacrifice to the gods his people blindly worshipped, his mother was eaten by sand tigers.

Years later, Gorr had a family of his own, though all but one of his children had been taken from him. His pregnant wife was killed as they starved, scared of leaving their cave for the unforgiving sun, before his last remaining child was also taken from him.

Left with nothing, and no answers or help from the gods, he lost all faith. He spoke out against the unseen deities, and was cast out from his people. He had nothing, until he found his rage…