Ulik (Earth-616)

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Ape-like humanoid with hairy, orange leather-like hide, two toes on each foot, and extremely large muscular build.

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Domain of the Trolls (Asgard)

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Warrior; would be conqueror

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Early life[]

Ulik is a member of the race of Rock Trolls and lives within caverns in the extradimensional realm of Asgard. Over a millennium old, Ulik is the strongest and fiercest of all the Trolls. Virtually nothing is known of his ancestry, his early life, or why he is so much more powerful than the other members of his race. After Ulik's parents were slain by drunken Frost Giants, Ulik watched over his brother Horth.^[3]

Thor[]

Ulik first met Thor, the mightiest warrior of Asgard, several years ago when he attempted to steal Thor's hammer for the Rock Trolls. Ulik was the leading warrior in the Rock Troll's war with the gods of Asgard, during which he fought a monumental battle against Thor, in which Ulik was armed with a duplicate of Thor's own uru hammer. Although Ulik proved to be a formidable opponent, Thor ultimately triumphed over him. The Trolls' attempted invasion of Asgard, under the leadership of the Troll king Geirrodur, failed.^[3]

Ulik clashed with Thor repeatedly in the following years, but always unsuccessfully. On one occasion, Ulik led the Rock Trolls through an interdimensional tunnel to Earth in an invasion attempt that was repelled by Thor. Ulik's failure, coupled with his brief usurpation of the rule of Geirrodur's kingdom of Trolls in the Asgard Mountains, led Geirrodur to consign him to stoking the subterranean furnaces that heat the kingdom.^[4]

Dissatisfied, Ulik eventually escaped and wandered deeper beneath Asgard's surface, finally discovering a lost tribe of Trolls unknown to Geirrodur. Ulik disposed of their leader and led this tribe through the interdimensional portal to Earth to again attempt to invade it. This attempt was defeated, and the portal sealed with molten rock.^[5]

Mangog[]

Ulik returned and fought Thor but was thrown down a deep hole before accidentally waking Odin's former foe Mangog, hoping he could be used as an ally against Asgard after reading Odin's inscription on the prison door.^[6]

Pluto[]

Jane was taken captive by Pluto. Pluto then revealed his ally in vengeance Loki. Loki then summoned Ulik to battle Thor. Thor and Ulik battled back and forth until Ulik discovered that he was but the pawn of Pluto and Loki. Enraged, Ulik began to attack Pluto. After saving Pluto from Ulik, Thor sent Ulik back to Asgard.^[7]

Mephisto[]

The demon Mephisto captured Ulik's brother Horth in order to force Ulik to defeat Thor in battle. But Ulik himself was defeated, and Mephisto later told Thor that he had killed Horth even before Ulik challenged him in battle.^[8]

Allies of Asgard[]

Ulik fought on the side of several Asgardians, Warriors Three, Balder, and Sif who were lost in their own Earthly identities. He battled a version of Thor called Red Norvell and worked with his temporary allies to escape an earth-based technological conspiracy against lost Asgardians.^[9]

Marvel Knight[]

Ulik the Troll was stomping around Earth and it came down to Punisher, Daredevil, and the other Marvel Knights to stop his plan to destroy Asgard.^[10] Punisher went one-on-one with Ulik.^[11]

Ragnarok[]

After Ragnarok and the return of the Gods, Ulik was believed to have escaped from Oklahoma's Asgard. The Troll had been on a multi-state drinking binge ending outside Telluride Colorado where he was knocked unconscious by A-Bomb.^[12]

Tanarus[]

Following the death of Thor battling the Serpent, his body was put upon a funeral pyre, a common practice among Asgardians. As his body burned, a shape was suddenly seen within the fire, and from the flames was born Tanarus, the loud-mouthed, boisterous God of Thunder, both new hero and longtime Avenger. Welcomed by his teammates, only Loki seemed to notice that Tanarus had not always been around.^[13] As Loki sought the answer to this problem, Tanarus found himself transported to the throne of Geirrodur, who removed the charm that altered his appearance and revealed the face of Ulik. Ulik begged to have the charm returned, an act carried out by Geirrodur's ally, Karnilla.^[14]

Ulik was revealed to have been sent to infiltrate Asgard in the guise of its greatest warrior. Karnilla's spell altered everyone's memories so Ulik as Tanarus was always the champion of Asgard. Ulik's task was at the appointed time to assassinated the All-Mothers of Asgard right before a troll attack to throw Asgardian into chaos. Despite the spell, Ulik's manners earned him only disgust from the Asgardians. The spell also prevented Heimdall from seeing him earning suspicion. When Heimdall confronted Tanarus he was severely beaten. Undeterred, Heimdall eventually saw through the spell. He attacked Ulik again before he could assassinate the All-Mothers and destroyed the charm revealing Ulik to everyone just as the Trolls attacked.^[15]

Ulik tried to attack the All-Mothers, but was struck down by a returning Thor. Enraged over all that had happened, Thor attacked Ulik with both hammer and lightning. After a short, but brutal fight Ulik realized he was outmatched and made one last desperate attempt on the lives of the All-Mothers only to be killed by Thor and reduced to a skeleton. His skull was used by Freya to serve as a prison for Geirrodur and Karnilla.^[16]

War of the Realms[]

Under unknown circumstances, Ulik returned to life,^[17] joining a sinister cabal known as the Dark Council to help Malekith the Accursed wage a quest of conquest throughout the Ten Realms christened the War of the Realms.^[18] Together with Amora the Enchantress, Ulik oversaw an invasion of Muspelheim's forces into Nidavellir. Their effort was thwarted by the Asgardian Volstagg, who had been turned into the bloodthirsty War Thor.^[19]

When the Dark Council's army invaded Midgard and divided its continents between its different factions, Ulik became the would-be ruler of Oceania, dubbing it the Kingdom of the Trolls.^[20] When Earth's heroes mounted a counter-offensive, a group of heroes spearheaded by She-Hulk fought against the Trolls in Australia. Ulik was ultimately defeated in battle against her.^[21] Following Malekith's defeat and the end of the War of the Realms, Ulik was imprisoned in the Root Dungeons of the Watchtower Tree beneath Asgard.^[22]