A quick guide to watch Loki

In this article you will find all the information you need to start your marathon day on this great Disney+ proposal. We know that sometimes it can get a little tedious starting a new TV series, especially if it is one that was born from the Marvel universe. New characters, strange names, new stories, unknown settings. It's completely normal to feel overwhelmed at first. But let's not fall into frustration, below you can meet all the characters, the places and some concepts that are frequently used throughout the chapters. Let's get started!

TVA

The “Time Variance Authority” is an authoritarian institution created by “He who remains” with the main purpose of regulating the correct functioning of space and time. The TVA is the most important institution within a new social order.

LOKI

He’s the god of deception and lies, he is complex in nature. He is a being of great wisdom. And is the adopted son of Odin, king of Asgard, and is also the half-brother of Thor, god of thunder. Loki can change shape, project illusions, duplicate himself, duplicate others, duplicate things in his environment, he can also project illusions. After escaping from the “battle of New York” (the one of Endgame) he falls into the power of the TVA and becomes one of its officials. Its main function is to assist one of the TVA analysts (Mobius) in a special mission: catch a “fugitive variant” (Sylvie) that has been killing the minutemen.

MOBIUS

He is a special agent of TVA. These are called "analysts." Mobius is an “analyst” who specializes in hunting down “dangerous variants.” Of a charismatic, happy and empathetic nature. Enjoy philosophical conversations. It is faithful to the ideology of the TVA. That is, he lives to serve the Timekeepers and protect the Sacred Timeline. He's main task is to catch a "fugitive variant" that is killing its officers known as "minutemen." Before being kidnapped by the TVA from his true timeline, he was a family man who dedicated himself to selling water sports vehicles.

SYLVIE

She is a variant of Loki, and as such possesses a large amount of his powers. She was taken from her Timeline by TVA officers when she was just a child, in an operation led by the then "hunter" Ravonna Renslayer. He doesn't have many certainties about his life in his true timeline. She is a strong opponent of the order established by the TVA. It is considered a “dangerous variant” by said organization.

MISS MINUTES

It is an artificial intelligence program developed by the variants of “He who remains” along the Timeline. It is the official computer program of TVA, and as such it has an almost infinite source of data and information of all kinds. It is represented in the form of a cartoon clock, with a face, human expressions and attitudes.

RAVONNA RENSLAYER

She serves as a judge in the TVA court of justice. In the past she was a “hunter”, that is, she belonged to the TVA special forces, the “minutemen”. She was present during the capture of the Loki variant known as “Sylvie. She led the operation in which the Sylvie variant was “pruned” from its timeline. She is faithful to the ideology of the TVA. She fulfills his role efficiently but is uncritical. She has more information about the origins of the TVA than the other officials, since she has direct and permanent contact with the Time-keepers. Before being kidnapped by the TVA from her true timeline, she was the principal of a high school. Together with Miss Minutes they form an alliance with “He who remains”.

TIME-KEEPERS

They are the supreme guardians of the correct functioning of time. They are the creators of the TVA and remain seated on the “throne of judgment.” They govern and control space and time, and are also in charge of handling appeals, and judging the most serious crimes against the Sacred Timeline. They are a type of governing board that has only three members. They were created by “Him who remains” to fulfill that end.

HE WHO REMAINS

It is the one who lives in the “end of times.” He is the one who established a new social order through the creation of a great institution known as the TVA (Time Variance Authority) in charge of regulating the correct functioning of space and time. Control the proper flow of all timelines. He was the winner of the multiversal battle, which was fought against his own variants. He is extremely ambitious and power-hungry. He has no empathy for the people in the timelines that TVA casually removes (prunes). He considers the timelines simply as new lands to conquer in order to "preserve peace" between the timelines. He possesses various powers, such as the ability to travel through different timelines and universes, super speed, super strength, telekinesis, and the ability to create portals.

HUNTER B-15

She is a member of the “minutemen”, the special forces of the TVA. She is the leader of her division. She fulfills his role efficiently and is faithful to the ideology of the TVA. She is the agent in charge of capturing Loki for his crimes against the Sacred Timeline. B-15 was charmed by the Sylvie variant, which caused her to access her memories erased by the TVA, from there B-15 went against the TVA authorities and helped expose the truth to all the other agents. Before being kidnapped by the TVA from her real timeline, she was a pediatrician.

UROBOROS

He is an expert in the repairs of technological devices used within the TVA. He works in the department of “Repairs and Advances”. He never stops, nor does it sleep. Constantly receive work orders. He wrote the “TVA Guidebook”. It's a detailed index of every mechanical classification and maintenance routine in each sector, on each device, and inside every computer program at the TVA. There is one on every desk at the TVA.

VICTOR TIMELY

Is one of the most benevolent, most human variants of “He who remains.” He was an inventor who lived at the end of the 19th century in the city of Chicago, Illinois. He has great ability to create technological devices. Although his inventions managed to attract investments from the bourgeoisie (businessmen), most of them were nothing more than dysfunctional prototypes in the long term. It is highly probable that it is the original variant of “He who remains.” He created all the technological devices that are used in the TVA to keep the flow of time in order.

TIMESTICK

The official weapon of the TVA. The “minutemen” use it to prune dangerous variants of the Timeline. It is a type of rod-shaped device that conducts energy towards a specific target in order to “prune” it (eliminate, erase, destroy) from the Timeline.

TEMPORAL LOOM

It is the heart of the TVA. It is a technological device built with the purpose of interweaving the branches of time. It is where raw time is refined into a physical timeline. It is the device that keeps the flow of time contained.

TEMPAD

A technological device, a small computer that has several functions. For example, opening temporary portals, accessing a vast source of information, communicating between people who also have a tempad, GPS function, temporal aura reader, etc. TVA officers and officials use it frequently.

TIME CELL

A space of confinement to which those convicted of crimes against the Sacred Timeline, or any other form of subversion to the order established by the TVA, are sent. The prison does not have a definite shape but can project variable illusions with the sole purpose of torturing the prisoner inside it. They differ from "Timedoors" for these features and you can easily notice when the TVA officers open a "Timedoor" and when they open a "Time cell" because the outline of these last are red, while the Timedoor's are gold.

THE VOID AT THE END OF TIME

The place to which the variants that are “pruned” from the Timeline are sent. It is the most severe sentence that the TVA authorities can impose. It is an apocalyptic place inhabited by “Alihot”, a monstrous creature that protects the Void from variants. That is, this beast protects the entrance to the “Citadel at the end of time.”

THE CITADEL AT THE END OF TIME

The place that exists after the “Void at the end of time.” It is a kind of fortress inhabited by a single being: “He who remains.” From this space he is dedicated to controlling the proper flow of time.