Who Is Renslayer in Loki Season 2?

Ravonna Renslayer has a storied history in Marvel Comics, as stated by CBR. If you'll indulge me in a brief history lesson.

Warning: Spoilers from Loki Season 2 ahead

Earth-6311 Ravonna

She was first seen in Earth-6311 as the daughter of  40th-century Earth ruler King Carelius. The kingdom of Carelius was the last remaining civilization untouched by Kang the Conqueror.

And then Kang fell in love with Ravonna. She refused him because she was royalty and he was not. But that didn't deter Kang. He vowed to win her heart anyway. He tried to prove his prowess in battle by summoning the Avengers. This proved to be a disaster to Kang because the Avengers joined forces with Ravonna.

Long story short, Kang ended up conquering Carelius, defeating Ravonna and the Avengers. He set aside his usual policy of killing rulers of conquered nations to prevent uprisings. However, his right-hand man Baltag wanted to proceed with said policy and betrayed Kang.

In a soap-opera worthy moment, Kang then joins forces with Ravonna and the Avengers to defeat Baltag. The defeated Baltag tried to kill Kang, but Ravonna saves him and declares her love for him with her dying breath.

Lokiverse Ravonna

However, in the MCU series Loki, Ravonna Renslayer (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) is Rebecca Tourminet, loyal soldier of the Time Keepers. She was a former Hunter at the Time Variance Authority, codenamed Hunter A-23.

After serving on the far side of forever at the TVA, she was promoted as a judge. In season two, she is seen to have a close friendship with Agent Mobius (Luke Wilson) who she tasked to hunt down a Loki (Tom Hiddleston) variant who breached the Sacred Timeline. Mobius instead convinces her to hire him as a consultant to help in the hunting down Sylvie Laufeydottir (Sophia Di Martino), another Loki variant.

In the course of the season, Renslayer ends up pruning Mobius and Loki when it is revealed that the TVA workers are actually variants of people from Earth. When TVA mascot Miss Minutes (Tara Strong) gives her information regarding He Who Remains, the founder of the TVA, Renslayer leaves to find her free will.