Tired of the life among the gods, Loki transformed into variousdisguises and wandered into the human world. By chance, he came across Iris, who was defyingher father's forced marriage. In a moment of desperation, Iris declared she would rather marry a homelessdrifter-who was, in fact, Loki in disguise. Loki fell in love with her at first sight, married her, and cleverly schemed tofree her from her family. He brought her to a house he conjured out of thin air. After they had beenintimate, Loki returned to Jotunheim to fight, disappearing for five years. During those five years, Iris fell into destiindexe birth their son Elio-who possessed an innate power to see through lies-and suffered abuse froom her family once more. When the battle finally ended, Loki saw the misery of Iris and Elio through a visicon. He rushed back, arriving just in time to stop Iris's father as he was about to harm Elio.
