WARNING: The following contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of Loki, "For All Time. Always.," streaming now on Disney+.

The season finale of Loki finally reveals who is behind the Time Variance Authority, and his identity may raise more questions than answers. Known as He Who Remains (Johnathan Majors), the mysterious character corners Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino), offering nothing more than a job for them. During the attention-grabbing scene between the trio, the enigmatic ruler of the Sacred Timeline explains his history and how he ended the Multiversal War. But he leaves out a crucial factor that may spell doom for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In Loki, He Who Remains explains that he is actually from the 31st century and the last surviving variant of Kang the Conqueror. The reason for this is because he and his other variants discovered the multiverse, and while some formed a peace to share knowledge, others saw an opportunity to conquer other timelines. This seemingly confirms just how far back Kang's presence goes in the MCU.

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With a rift in the unity formed between these variants, a Multiversal War broke out that nearly brought about the end of everything. However, He Who Remains discovered a way to end the fighting by harnessing the power of Alioth, a cloud-like creature born from rips in reality that consumes everything. After winning the war, He Who Remains isolated the Sacred Timeline and created the TVA to clip the branched timelines and make sure his variants never returned. But during his monologue, he left out one crucial detail about what happened to the other variants.

Jonathan Majors as Kang/He Who Remains in the Loki Season 1 finale

The biggest key to finding out what happened to them may lie in the thing that defeated them: Alioth. It has been shown through the death of Classic Loki (Richard E. Grant) and other objects caught in the mists of Alioth that only death awaits those who encounter it. He Who Remains also understood this, but seemed very sure that his variants could return as soon as he died. Perhaps he expected his variants to find a way to escape Alioth and had to find a way to at least trap them, if not destroy them.

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He Who Remains makes it all but certain that he used Alioth to eliminate the other timelines and variants. But since a Lovecraftian monster of that magnitude may not have been enough to stop them, He Who Remains could have created a trap within, or through, the creature to imprison his variants. Once captured, He Who Remains could keep the timeline in check with the TVA, and the prison of variants could remain so long as he was alive or another took his place.

Since Sylvie killed him at the end of the Loki finale, the timeline was liberated and endless branches began to spawn, creating limitless realities with limitless Kangs. He Who Remains' death also signifies that whatever prison might've been holding his worst variants is now open. With the trapped variants free and new timelines filled with even more would-be conquerors, nothing can stop them from trying to take over the multiverse.

Loki Season 1 is currently streaming on Disney+ and will return for a second season. Jonathan Majors will return as Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, in theaters Feb. 17, 2023. 

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