WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Thor #9 by Donny Cates, Nic Klein, Matt Wilson, and VC's Joe Sabino, on sale now.

Facing myraid crises and a malfunctioning Mjolnir, the God of Thunder needed help and went to his half-brother Loki to seek the assistance he needed. However, things went south when Thor ended up trapped in another world. In Thor #9, Donald Blake, Thor's former human persona, returned, attacking Loki and proclaiming himself to be the Shadow of Thunder.

Thor went to Loki and asked for his help, so he could switch places with his Donald Blake persona for one weekend. When Loki wanted to know why., Thor explained that he wanted to walk as a human, as a stranger among the people again. He said he needed to do this to escape his responsibilities for a short time because he was losing his mind. If there is one thing that being the lying God of Mischief for so long taught Loki, it was how to spot when someone was lying. And as the newly minted God of Myths and Stories, Loki wanted to hear the full story about what whas going on with Thor.

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Loki and Thor

Loki knew that Thor wanted him to lie for him. If Thor was going to switch places with Donald Blake again, he needed Loki to help cloud this and hide it from Sif, as she stands watch at the Bifrost. However, Loki didn't want to lie again without a good reason. As he said, he is the God of Myths and Stories now and wants to write a better story for himself.

Loki knows that Thor does not walk as Donald Blake when he changes, and that switching places with the doctor allows Thor to enter the Elder-Sleep where he can speak to the old kings. When Thor finally admitted that he wanted to learn why the magic of Asgard was coming apart at the seams, Loki finally, reluctantly, agreed to help Thor and lie for him.

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Loki throws Mjolnir

This change for Loki came following his actions in the War of the Realms storyline, where he battled with the forces of Earth against his own father, King Laufey. He battled his way out of his father's stomach after his dad ate him and then decided he liked the idea of no longer being a villain. Wanting to be a hero, he reconciled with Thor and took over as the new ruler of Jotunheim. Instead of working as the God of Mischief and Lies, he chose to become the God of Myths and Stories and made a deal with the Children of Eternity for a life full of stories. He all but assured he would have a hero's death in the end.

Much of this was told in the pages of Loki Vol. 3 by Daniel Kibblesmith, Andy MacDonald, David Curiel, and VC's Clayton Cowles. In this series, Loki is imprisoned in The Raft and is relating these stories to Verity Willis. He explains that he was given all the stories and even the ones that haven't been written yet, and it is his job to retell these stories, reveal the stories and myths to the world, and that his new responsibilities are much more important than his old selfish life as the God of Lies. He then escaped the Raft and moved into this new role. And as he told Thor, he is doing everything in his power to maintain his position.

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