| NOTE: This proposal is for the version of Kang the Conqueror depicted in the leaked first draft of the now-cancelled Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. |
| “ | For all time. Always. | „ |
| ~ Kang to Ravonna Renslayer. |
What's the Work?
Avengers: The Kang Dynasty was a cancelled film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, originally slated for release in May 2025, later delayed to May 2026, and ultimately cancelled in July 2024 after Marvel Studios announced that the next Avengers film had been retitled Avengers: Doomsday, focusing on Doctor Doom, portrayed by Robert Downey Jr.
Who is the Character?
Victor Timely, also known as Kang the Conqueror, and later God Emperor Kang, was intended to serve as the main antagonist of the film and its planned 2026/2027 sequel, Avengers: Secret Wars, following his introduction in the Disney+ series Loki and his role as the main antagonist in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
He is the variant of a brilliant scientist from the 31st century who discovered alternate versions of himself across the Multiverse. While some of his variants sought to create multiversal peace and prosperity, Kang and his other variants craved domination, resulting in a devastating Multiversal War that resulted in the deaths of trillions across countless timelines. The conflict only ended when a benevolent variant known as He Who Remains created the Time Variance Authority to preserve order by maintaining a single Sacred Timeline.
What Makes Him Heinous?
Based on the leaked script, this iteration of Kang shares the same backstory as the versions seen in Loki and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. In the past, he refused to cooperate with his other variants, instead seeking dominion over all realities. This obsession sparked a catastrophic Multiversal War, annihilating countless timelines and worlds. In his bid for absolute power, Kang slaughtered alternate versions of himself, in his endeavor to become the sole ruler of time and leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. He even admitted to killing so many alternate Avengers, including multiple Thors, that he had "lost count."
Within the Quantum Realm, Kang built a vast empire, enslaving or genociding native civilizations, leveling cities, and forcing survivors, such as the people of Jentorra, to worship him. He also kidnapped Scott and Cassie Lang, imprisoning them separately. To manipulate Scott, he threatened Cassie’s life, forcing him to restore his Multiversal Power Core. Later, when the Pym family defied him, Kang attempted to kill them all, nearly trapping them in the Quantum Realm forever.
In Avengers: Kang Dynasty, after a period of exile in the Beyond Zone, Kang eventually regains his sanity and harnesses his newfound powers. Merging with his infinite variants, he ascends into a being of supreme power: Beyonder Kang. Fueled by a desire for vengeance against the Council, he returns to a collapsing Multiverse. An apocalyptic war erupts between Kang’s legions of clones and the Council, ravaging collapsing realities. As timelines shatter and universes collide, Beyonder Kang and Immortus engage in a cataclysmic battle atop Yggdrasil, the tree of time.
In a destructive confrontation, Kang strangles Immortus with the very timelines themselves, killing him and triggering the final collapse of reality. Using the power of the Ten Rings and Nega Bands, Kang fuses the shattered remnants of the Multiverse into a single new reality: Battleworld. He molds this new existence into Chronopolis, a perfect realm constructed from the ruins of countless universes, with Kang as its supreme ruler.
What Makes Him Inconsistent?
Unlike his original counterpart, who qualifies as Pure Evil due to being a hypocritical, power-hungry warlord bent on multiversal domination, this iteration of Kang possesses significantly more redeeming traits.
He is portrayed as FAR too tragic and sympathetic to be classified as PE or even NPE, largely due to his love and care for Ravonna Renslayer. Ravonna is Kang’s emotional anchor, and her death, along with his guilt for abandoning her, drives his descent into madness. His longing for her reveals that each conquest was a desperate attempt to recover what he lost. Throughout his journey, Kang also suffers immense psychological torment, plagued by visions of his dead family, a ghostly child haunting him, and internal conflict with his variants. His madness comes from trauma and regret. Before becoming Beyonder Kang, he has moments of painful clarity, acknowledging that his hands are "stained with the blood of trillions." He accepts this as the cost of "saving" existence, hinting that he has a twisted martyr complex rooted in guilt.
He is a genuine extremist. Kang’s motives, though deeply misguided, come from his fear of chaos and entropy. He sees himself as a necessary evil, believing that only total control can save reality. Trapped in the Beyond Zone, he endures isolation and suffering, with the script even comparing him to the likes of tragic figures such as Lucifer or Dr. Frankenstein, creators whose pursuit of order leads to their own ruin. His belief that he must "save the Multiverse from my own kind" is deeply ironic: in trying to stop destruction, he becomes the monster he fears. Still, his actions are driven by a warped sense of self-sacrifice, twisted into tyranny.
Although he doesn't redeem himself, his final moments are played for solace. Ravonna's reappearance, alive and pregnant, and Kang's genuine happiness upon seeing her (whether real or an illusion) reveal that his deepest longing was never for domination, but for restoration, love, and peace.
Heinous Standards
Without a doubt, Kang meets the heinous standards of the franchise. His actions, both directly and indirectly, led to the deaths of trillions of innocent people across the entire Multiverse. Even his "heroic" goal of saving the Multiverse by creating a "perfect world" from the shattered remnants of other universes resulted in incalculable casualties. This surpasses even Infinity Ultron, who, despite attempting to eradicate all life in the Multiverse after doing so to his own universe, never actually succeeded in achieving that goal.
Verdict
Easy yes for attempting to conquer the entire Multiverse, enslaving the residents of the Quantum Realm, slaughtering countless Avengers from various timelines, and ultimately destroying the Multiverse to forge Battleworld. However, he's portrayed as far more sympathetic and tragic compared to his original counterpart, in addition to being a genuine extremist who views himself as a necessary evil and his actions as righteous.