Hrimhari

Hrimhari is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was first introduced in the New Mutants Special Edition #1 (December 1985), and was created by Chris Claremont and Art Adams.

Hrimhari
Hrimhari as depicted in War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men #3 (June 2019). Art by Pere Pérez (penciller/inker) and Rachelle Rosenberg (colorist).
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The New Mutants Special Edition #1 (December 1985)
Created by	Chris Claremont (writer) Art Adams (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Hrimhari
Species	Asgardian
Place of origin	Asgard
Team affiliations	Asgard X-Force New Mutants Xavier Institute
Abilities	Wolf transformation

Fictional character biography

Hrimhari is a descendant of Fenris and the prince of Asgard's wolves who can fully or partially transform into a wolf.^[1][2] However, he possesses a humble and gentle demeanor not normally associated with royalty. He is highly respected by the people of Asgard, and is a friend of Hogun. However, the giants of Asgard are mortal enemies of the wolf people and frequenly hunt them.

Captured by Loki

Hrimhari later meets Wolfsbane after she and the New Mutants are transported to Asgard.^[3] Loki captures the two and uses special collars to force them into his servitude under the names Grimfang and Bleakheart before Cannonball frees them by destroying the collars.^[4] Hrimhari and Wolfsbane are separated when the latter returns to Earth.^[5]

Fighting Hela

Years later, the death goddess Hela attempts to take over Asgard and enslaves the Asgardian wolves to serve her. Hrimhari battles her to free the wolves, but is captured before the New Mutants rescue him. He then travels to get help from Tiwaz, who in turn sends him to free the Warriors Three from the Hive Trolls. Hrimhari recruits the troll queen Ula, who is initially reluctant but agrees to work with him after being convinced that Hela is the true enemy.^[6][7]

Back with Wolfsbane

Hrimhari is later killed during Ragnarök.^[8] After being resurrected on Midgard, he reunites with Wolfsbane and the two begin hunting Frost Giants in revenge for them killing his pack.^[9] Wolfsbane becomes pregnant with a son, Tier, but is told that she will not survive childbirth due to Tier's immense power. Hrimhari sacrifices his soul to resurrect Elixir, who augments Wolfsbane's body so she can survive childbirth.^{[10][11][12][13]} Tier is later adopted by Werewolf by Night and killed by Strong Guy during a battle with the Lords of Hell, who seek to harness his magic.^{[14][15][16][17][18]}

Hrimhari returns in The War of the Realms event, where he and Tier make a deal with the Enchantress that allows them to leave the underworld, but prevents them from interfering in the Dark Council's schemes. The deal is broken when Wolfsbane attacks Sabretooth, forcing Hrimhari and Tier to return to Hel.^[19][20]

Other versions

Hrimhari appears in the What If issue "What If the X-Men Stayed in Asgard?". He and Wolfsbane have three children, who are respectively a full human, full wolf, and hybrid.^[3][21]