HYDRA

**HYDRA** is an authoritarian-subversive paramilitary terrorist organization bent on world domination. It was founded in ancient times, formerly as a cult dedicated to the fanatical worship of Hive, a powerful Inhuman that was exiled to the planet Maveth by ancient Inhumans. Ever since his banishment, the cult had been determined to bring him back to Earth to commence a planetary takeover.

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### Founder

* Adolf Hitler (Resource Provider; Red Skull's former superior)
* Johann Smchidt (Original Leader)

### Leaders

* Alexander Pierce
* Wolfgang Von Strucker
* Arnim Zola

### Former Leaders

* Johann Smchidt
* Arnim Zola †
* Wilfred Malick †
* Alexander Pierce †
* Wolfgang von Strucker †
* Daniel Whitehall †
* Octavian Bloom †
* Banker †
* Sheikh †
* Baroness †
* Grant Ward †
* Gideon Malick †
* Hive †
* Hale †

### Notable Members

* Alexander Pierce (Leader)
* Brock Rumlow
* Arnim Zola
* Wolfgang Von Strucker
* Jack Rollins
* Mehta
* Kaminsky
* Julien Beckers
* Kenneth Turgeon
* Mitchell Carson
* Candice Lee

### Notable Former Members

* Hank Pym (Unknowingly; through S.H.I.E.L.D.)
* Peggy Carter (Unknowingly; through S.H.I.E.L.D.)
* Howard Stark (Unknowingly; through S.H.I.E.L.D.)
* Nick Fury (Unknowingly; through S.H.I.E.L.D.)
* Phil Coulson (Unknowingly; through S.H.I.E.L.D.)
* Bucky Barnes (brainwashed; formerly)
* Heinz Kruger †
* Brock Rumlow †
* Carl Creel †
* Stern
* Kara Palamas † (brainwashed; formerly)
* Jemma Simmons (undercover)
* Bobbi Morse (undercover)
* List †
* Jasper Sitwell †
* John Garrett †
* Sunil Bakshi †
* Kebo †
* Wilfred Malick †
* Stephanie Malick †
* Lucio †
* Fischer †
* Steger †
* Kirk Vogel †
* Vasily Karpov †
* R. Giyera †
* Yuri Zaikin
* Viktor Orlov
* Anton Ivanov † (under coercion)
* Ruby Hale †
* Werner von Strucker †
* Glenn Talbot † (brainwashed; formerly)
* Wanda Maximoff † (formerly)
* Pietro Maximoff † (formerly)
* Akela Amador (under coercion)
* Donnie Gill
* Michael Peterson (under coercion)
* Edison Po †
* Englishman † (under coercion)
* Ian Quinn †
* Josef †
* Joseph Getty (under coercion)
* Lead HYDRA Agent †
* Manzini †
* Nathaniel Malick †
* Raina †
* Russo †
* Spud †
* Thornally †
* Toshiro Mori †
* Velt †
* Vincent Beckers †
* Younger Lord †
* L. Atwood
* HYDRA Buyer †
* Marcus Scarlotti
* Bobbitt †
* Wonsik †

### Vehichles

* Personalized Vehicles
* Valkyrie
* HYDRA Uber Tank
* HYDRA Armored Personnel Carrier
* Volkswagen Kübelwagen
* HYDRA Mini Tank
* Schnellzug EB912
* Leviathan
* Insight Helicarriers (formerly, destroyed)
* Jump Jet
* Helicopter
* Quinjet
* HYDRA QuadCopter

### Headquarters

* HYDRA Headquarters (formerly)
* HYDRA Research Base (formerly)
* Schoonebeek Oil Field (formerly)
* HYDRA Preparatory Academy (formerly)
* World Trade Center (Original Complex; formerly)
* Triskelion

### Affiliation

* Schutzstaffel (formerly)
* S.H.I.E.L.D. (formerly; in secret)
* STRIKE (formerly; in secret)
* United States Congress (formerly; in secret)
* Soviet Armed Forces (formerly)
* Russian Armed Forces (formerly; in secret)
* United States Air Force (formerly; in secret)
* NASA (formerly; in secret)
* Confederacy (formerly)

## Biography

Over the centuries, the cult/organization evolved taking many forms, with its most recent incarnation coming into existence shortly after the rise of Nazism in Germany under the leadership of Johann Schmidt as the scientific branch of the Nazi Schutzstaffel. During this time, the cult took on the name HYDRA, which soon became the organization's most colloquial label. During World War II, Schmidt separated HYDRA from Nazi Germany to start his own conquest of the world, and it was during or before this time when HYDRA see establishing a clandestine network of operatives engaged in political engineering and scientific research. After its defeat at the hands of Captain America in 1945 and the subsequent disappearance of Johann Schmidt, HYDRA was secretly rebuilt inside S.H.I.E.L.D. by Schmidt's top scientist Arnim Zola, who was recruited into the agency during Operation Paperclip and also formed an alliance with the Soviet Union. Though Zola's body died in 1972, HYDRA was already well established, and Zola's mind continued to live in a computer. In the following decades, HYDRA orchestrated crises and planted it's roots worldwide; such as establishing a base of multiple floor levels inside the original World Trade Center's North Tower, where they would secretly operate like a normal business up until it's destruction on September 11th, 2001. They were also establishing their operatives to engage in political engineering and scientific research. HYDRA's overall endgame and main goal was to overthrow all of the world's governments to establish a fascist, totalitarian planet in which they would rule forever.

Following the HYDRA Uprising, and the Avengers War against HYDRA between 2014-2015, the organization was effectively wiped off of the face of the earth, and went defunct, effectively eliminating their threat, and protecting future generations to come.