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In Thor: The Dark World (2013), the plot is set in motion by a combination of a rare celestial event and the scientific curiosity of Jane Foster. The specific actions that trigger the story's main conflict are detailed below:
The underlying catalyst is the Convergence, a rare alignment of the Nine Realms that occurs every 5,000 years. As the realms begin to align, the boundaries between worlds thin, causing random portals and gravitational anomalies to appear across the universe.
In present-day London, astrophysicist Jane Foster is alerted by her assistant, Darcy Lewis, to strange scientific readings at an abandoned warehouse. While investigating, they discover physics-defying phenomena, such as objects floating in mid-air or disappearing and reappearing through invisible rifts.
Driven by her research (and a lingering hope of finding a way back to Thor), Jane wanders away from the group and accidentally steps into one of these invisible portals. She is teleported to a hidden, ancient chamber on the dark world of Svartalfheim, where the Aether (later revealed as the Reality Stone) had been sealed away eons ago by Thor’s grandfather, King Bor.
The activation of the Aether acts as a beacon. Malekith, the leader of the Dark Elves, and his followers have been in suspended animation on their ship, the Ark, for 5,000 years. The moment the Aether enters Jane, Malekith senses its return and wakes from his slumber, immediately setting a course to reclaim the weapon and use it to return the universe to eternal darkness.
On Asgard, Heimdall realizes he can no longer see Jane through his all-seeing eyes because the Aether is masking her presence. He alerts Thor, who immediately travels to Earth. When Thor finds Jane and sees the Aether's power lash out defensively at London police, he realizes she is in grave danger and takes her to Asgard for medical help, inadvertently leading Malekith directly to the heart of the Asgardian kingdom.
The summary misses that Thor initiates the check on Jane, which highlights his continued longing for her, rather than just reacting to Heimdall.
The plot is set in motion by the Convergence, which creates portals between worlds. Jane Foster investigates one such anomaly in London and is transported to a hidden realm (distinct from Svartalfheim) where she absorbs the Aether. This event awakens Malekith, who senses the Aether's activation. Meanwhile, Thor asks Heimdall to check on Jane; when Heimdall cannot see her, Thor travels to Earth, discovers her condition, and brings her to Asgard.