All these years, you've had thirsty little warmongers break down your door in pursuit of silly things, I understand. You mistake me for one of them. One of your... gods. But my ambitions, like yours, are those of a craftsman. I'm not here to partake in petty squabbles. I am here to kill them all. And when there are none left... to kill some more. You want a reason to help me? I want you to make me a weapon. The greatest blade whose singular purpose is... carnage. Tell me, Drorin Runehewer... what greater ambition exists for a weapon than to kill? 
Appearing in "Godmaker"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Drorin Runehewer (First appearance)
- "Cletus Kasady" (Jon Shayde's symbiote)
Antagonists:
- Carnage's Hive
- Unnamed Rime Giant warrior (First appearance; dies)
Other Characters:
- God of Hammers (Mjolnir) (Only in recap)
- Eitri Forgemaster (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Hela (Mentioned)
- Thor Odinson (Only in recap)
- Carnage (Cletus Kasady) (Mentioned)
- Venom Symbiote (Main story and recap)
- Necrosword (All-Black Symbiote) (Only in recap)
- Butcher of Thors (Malekith) (Only in recap)
- Gorr the God Butcher (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Dwarves of Nidavellir (Main story and recap)
- Elder Gods (Only in recap)
- Symbiotes (Main story and recap)
- Wolf Gods
- Humans
- Asgardians (Only in recap)
- Rime Giants
- Dark Elves (Only in recap)
Locations:
- Nidavellir (Main story and recap)
- Godmaker (Main story and recap)
- Niffleheim
Items:
- Mjolnir (Only in recap)
- Symbiote Codex
- Necrosword (Only in recap)
Vehicles:
- Hjortspring
Events:
- God of Hammers (Only in recap)
- War of the Realms (Only in recap)
Synopsis for "Godmaker"
Once, the Dwarves of Nidavellir forged weapons capable of shattering entire planets for the gods and other denizens of the Ten Realms, but that came to an abrupt and gristly end when the God of Hammers — the avatar of Mjolnir, the dwarves’ greatest creation —- laid waste to the realm in an attempted genocide.
In the present, Carnage gleefully slaughters a group of dwarves and takes offence to Ken Neely glumly saying he’s past wondering what purpose its wanton bloodshed could have. Sneering that Neely is still too naïve and small-minded to comprehend its objective, Carnage follows "Spike" to a cell containing a solitary shackled dwarf man, who gruffly tells them that the answer is no to whatever they want from him. Ignoring him, Carnage announces that it’s come for a weapon, the dwarf scoffing that the symbiote must be hard of hearing. Neely mentions that Hela said he would be willing to help in exchange for his freedom, but the dwarf notes that they’re not the first the goddess of death has sent to coerce him into forging weapons of mass destruction. Introducing himself as Drorin Runehewer, the brother of Eitri Forgemaster, the dwarf states that the reason for his imprisonment was because he had argued for the forges to be shut down, asking why Carnage thinks he would help create one of the very weapons whose existence he despises. Slinging an arm over Drorin’s shoulder, Carnage states that it’s not one of the warmongering gods Drorin hates, and that its purpose is to simply kill everything. As Carnage asks what greater purpose a weapon can have than to kill, Drorin sighs and acquiesces, saying he will need help readying the forge.
In Hel, Jon Shayde approaches the gates of Hvergelmir, the mental voice of Cletus Kasady berating him for not killing Malekith when they had the chance. As his symbiote mockingly says that all the planets’ worth of blood that Carnage will be capable of spilling will be on his hands, Jon — the symbiote feeding off his rage and spreading to cover most of his body — is challenged by a Rime Giant warrior guarding the paddle of the Hjortspring. Manifesting an arm-blade, Jon kills the giant mid-monologue and then asks if the symbiote wants him to admit that it was right, that he was naïve, and that right and wrong are subjective and minuscule notions on a grand scale. Able to speak, the symbiote smugly states that he doesn’t have to say it out loud.
In Nidavellir, Drorin and Neely work to repair and restock Eitri’s personal forge, the Godmaker. As he works, Drorin asks if Neely is oblivious to the fact that Carnage is completely insane and needs to be stopped at all costs before it destroys everything. Neely admits that there was a time when he would have disagreed, but that this Carnage is not the one he admired — his beautiful obsession with chaos replaced by a hunger for power. Lamenting having agreed to accompany Carnage, Neely asks what beauty can be found in destroying whole worlds. As Neely despairingly doubts Carnage even can be killed, Drorin comments that the Godmaker creates divine weapons capable of destroying or rebuilding whole realities, and that — assuming Carnage intends to merge its new weapon into its body — there will be a chance to use the Godmaker’s power to burn the symbiote to ash. Neely asks why Drorin would be willing to risk his freedom and life on so slim a chance, and the dwarf pulls out a teleportation device and says he could have escaped at any time but chose not to out of his conviction that the forge be destroyed. Saying he cannot let his legacy be the creation of Carnage’s weapon, Drorin notes that everyone has their own undeniable obsessions.
As Jon rows the Hjortspring towards the portal out of Hel, his symbiote says that all that remains is to return home. To its delight, Jon tells it to tell him what the next stage of Carnage’s plan was, and it steers the skiff through the portal — being ejected into the skies of Nidavellir.
In the dwarf fortress, Drorin approaches Carnage and says he’s ready to begin forging the weapon but will need additional hands. As Carnage says it will take care of that, Drorin asks what kind of weapon it wants him to forge. Looming over him, Carnage says it wants a sword. In response to Drorin asking for more detail, Carnage hands him Malekith’s Venom symbiote codex and says it contains a memory he can use as a template. Declaring that it wants Drorin to forge a replica of All-Black the Necrosword, Carnage tells the horrified dwarf that black is a boring color and that he wants it painted red.
Solicit Synopsis
"FORGED IN BLOOD" begins here!
• The Carnage symbiote painfully and viciously extracted what it wanted out of Malekith the Accursed – but godhood remains just out of its reach.
• Wracked with an insatiable lust and longing for power since its communion with Knull, the symbiote is missing only one thing to level untold destruction across the universe: a weapon.