Marvel Studios is believed to have delayed What If...? at least a couple of times, hence why merchandise for the series started finding its way into stores several months ago. It was actually that which prompted the studio to officially unveil Kahhori, a newly created superhero for the MCU, long before her episode premiered.
Well, in today's instalment - titled "What If... Kahhori Reshaped The World?" - we finally get to meet her and, boy, it sure was worth the wait!
The story begins by revealing that, in this reality, Ragnarok came early. Odin never gets the chance to take the Tesseract to Earth and it's the only thing that survives Surtur's attack on Asgard, later falling to the planet on its own accord.
It's then we pick up with Kahhori, a young Mohawk woman who stumbles across a glowing lake after being chased down by conquistadors. She falls in after being shot and wakes up in Sky World, another realm that's inhabited by many of her ancestors. They too crossed between worlds and, in doing so, have been powered by Space Stone energy.
As for those conquistadors, they believe the lake is the Fountain of Youth but soon discover it's not quite what they expected when many of the soldiers are also pulled through that portal.
Back in Sky World and, despite initially attempting to return home, Kahhori soon settles in and gets to grip with her newfound powers and immortality. She's incredibly powerful and appears happy; however, it's then those conquistadors appear and, after overpowering them and stopping their bullets, she asks Sky World's people to help her. They don't want war as they've lived in peace for as long as they can remember, prompting her to pull the portal down to the land and return herself.
As the conquistadors round up her people, Kahhori returns and makes short work of them until she's overpowered by cannon fire. It's then her new friends appear to help turn the tide, destroying the Spanish ships and freeing the rest of the tribe.
Kahhori does indeed reshape the world, confronting the Spanish Queen, destroying her throne, and demanding peace. However, before she's able to do any more, a surprise visitor steps through a portal...it's Strange Supreme!
Benedict Cumberbatch reprises that role, with Jeff Bergman as Odin and the returning Clancy Brown as Surtur. As for those new characters, we have Echo star Devery Jacobs as Kahhori, Kiawentiio as Wahta, and Jeremy White as Atahraks.
What did you think of Kahhori's MCU introduction?