Grigori Rasputin

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* Biography
* Threat Assessment
* Trivia and Notes
* Gallery

## Identity

### Known Aliases

The Mad Monk (Ops Moniker)
The Black Monk, The Master, The Voice of the Dragon (Aliases)
Grishka (Nickname)

### Status

Significant Occult Figure and Terrorist — Wanted by ARGUS

### Relatives

Yefim Rasputin (Father, Deceased)
Anna Parshukova (Mother, Deceased)
Feodosiya Rasputina (Sister, Deceased)
Dmitry Rasputin (Son, Deceased)
Maria Rasputin (Daughter, Deceased)
Varvara (Daughter)
Azazel (Infernal Father)
Naamah and Asa (Infernal Sisters)
Anung Un Rama (Infernal Brother)
Belphegor (Infernal Benefactor)
Karl Kroenen (Coven Brother)

### Affiliation

Grigori of the Golden Gaze (Member)
The Thule Society (Former Member)

## Biographical Information

### Marital Status

Widowered (Pakrovya Fedorovna Dubrovina, Wife, Deceased)
Dating (Ilsa Haupstein, Coven Sister, Lover)

## Physical Description

### Grigori Rasputin: 1869 - 1891

Grigori was born in Siberia, the eighth child of peasant parents. At the time of his birth, he was only one of the two surviving children. Grigori's older siblings had all perished in infancy and this shattered the will of the Rasputins to the point of allowing the mother and father to be possessed at the whim of demons. Though history would claim Grigori was named after St. Gregory of Nyssa, he was in fact named when the demon Azazel possessed the boy's father and gave him a name that proclaimed his dark intent for the child.

When Grigori was still in cradle, the demon Azazel used the child's father to nurse the child with blood. Azazel also ritualistically murdered Grigori's older sibling and using the power of that death to plant the seed for Grigori's transformation.

The Rasputins soon had a ninth child, a daughter they named Feodosiya. She would become Grigori's closest friend in his early life. Though it was clear to Grigori that his parents cherished her more than him, he did not mind the neglect as it gave him opportunity to disappear into the wilderness to commune with his "true" father.

During his sequestered time in the wilds, Grigori would receive instruction from supernatural mentors: Azazel, other demons, and the witches of the Baba Yaga. The visits actively shaped Grigori into an accomplished occultist. As his power grew, Grigori became convinced he had a great destiny ahead of him.

Historical records provide evidence of Grigori's unruly youth, involving heavy drinking, thefts, stealing horses, and disrespect for local authorities. Later tales would be told that his neighbors and family knew he had engaged in blasphemy, heretical practices, and promiscuity. By age seventeen, Grigori was forced to leave his village for a time to prevent violence on his person. It was in this exile he met a peasant girl named Praskovya and married her in February of 1887.

### Grigori Rasputin: 1891 - 1916

Four years after his marriage, Grigori would again be visited by Azazel who gave Grigori the last meal he would have as a member of humanity. The same evening, Grigori's wife would suffer the miscarriage of their first child. The cost was taxing but it only convinced Grigori to push forward.

As his powers awakened, Rasputin adopted a new persona as a spiritualist and layman priest. He became infamous as a faith-healer and used his powers to cure the sick. When Tsar Nicholas II invited him to cure his son Alexei's hemophilia, Rasputin was given a place in the Russian court. However, his reputation as a heavy drinker and womanizer made him an embarrassment among the elite and his influence on the Tsar and his family unnerved the Russian nobility. When this reached its peak, a small group of royals, led by Prince Felix Yusopov, lured Rasputin to a house on December 16th, 1916. Betrayed by the prince and his conspirators, Rasputin was poisoned, shot, stabbed repeatedly, and thrown into an icy river.

### Grigori Rasputin: 1916 - 1944

The dark truth of Rasputin's death was he did not die. His resolve was too potent and his master of the dark arts was too great to be let his infernal purpose unfulfilled. Instead of succumbing to death, Grigori placed his body into a magical torport in which it would remain throughout his autopsy and burial.

When he was exhumed by soldiers months later planning to burn his remains to prevent his grave from attracting followers, Rasputin was saved by the intervention of another witch. Ilsa Haupstein has already dug up Rasputin's body on the orders of her demonic master Belphegor and left another battered corpse in his place.

Ilsa tried to revive Rasputin but her attempts were thwarted by the severe damage to his body. She took Rasputin to Germany where her coven brother, the dark alchemist Karl Kroenen was able to revive Rasputin. He did so by growing him a new body through alchemy and transferring Rasputin's soul into the empty husk.

By the time was completed, Ilsa and Kroenen's occult organization, the Thule Society was dragged into the Nazi war effort. To repay those who had revived him, a recently resurrected Rasputin offered the Nazis a Hell of a plan to defeat the Allies.

## Threat Assessment

### Resources

* **Grigori Physiology:** "Grigori" (from the Greek egrḗgoroi meaning "those who are awake") are powerful cambions with dark magic. The term "grigori" is both singular and plural. In the case of this particular individual, it is also his personal name.
	+ ***Biokinesis:*** Rasputin's innate power that first manifested itself after being fully activated gives him the ability to heal others with nothing more than his own will and touch. He can also use this power to harm others directly.
	+ ***Blood Drinking:*** Rasputin's power can be further accelerated though drinking the blood/ichor of ephemerals, psychics, and other supernatural beings.
	+ ***Enhanced Charisma:*** Rasputin has a mesmerizing aura. When his identity is not known or people are not predisposed to dislike him, Rasputin can charm most into succumbing to his will. However, this ability does not work against those who have their reasons to dislike him — whether from his reputation or past interactions.
	+ ***Emotional Surge:*** When angry, scared or in pain, Rasputin becomes more dangerous than usual as his blood draws in ambient infernal or eldritch energy from his surroundings, giving him an arcane adrelanine boost. This may augment their physical or mental capabilities or exhibit itself in a temporary arcane power.
	+ ***Indomitable Will:*** Rasputin is immune to psychic intrusion or manipulation. He will alone can keep him conscious in the face of severe shock or trauma.
	+ ***Resistance to Infernal Magic:*** As Rasputin has the blood of Azazel, infernal magic has a diminished effect on him.
	+ ***Sensitivity to Infernal Energy:*** Rasputin can identify infernal energy and sorcery. He can also sense trace amounts of infernal energy in his victinity. This ability allows Rasputin to recognize other grigori, both by sight and the residual signals left behind at a location where they used their powers.
	+ ***Sorcery:*** Rasputin is a very accomplished spellcaster, but is also among the most powerful ritualist and summoners in the world. Since becoming a witch, his powers and knowledge have increased considerably.
	+ ***Supernatural Senses:*** Rasputin has the ability to pierce the veil with his basic senses, allowing them to see and interact with ghosts or other unseen forces.
	+ ***Stasis:*** Rasputin can enter a deep state of hibernation that preserves his life. He can go without nutrition and hydration, survive harsh exposure to the elements, and not succumb to death caused by painful and debilitating injuries of illness.
* **Infernal Witch Endowments:** Rasputin is a witch, pledged in service to Belphegor.
	+ ***Occult Instinct:*** Rasputin has an innate instict for the occult and gradually learns new magical rituals and spells over time, in addition to his own studies.
	+ ***Enhanced Resilience:*** Rasputin is more resistant to injury than normal people.
* **Alchemical Body:** Rasputin's new body was created by Karl Kroenen though alchemy.
	+ ***Enhanced Strength:*** Rasputin's capable of Level I Enhanced Strength.
	+ ***Essence Absorption:*** Rasputin lacks a heart. Instead, he has an essence engine built into his chest that can absorb the essence from other sources — including living beings. Attacks with raw, unrefined essence against Rasputin will be impaired by the engine absorbing the essence quickly. Similarly, the engine will consume the essence of spells cast against Rasputin, causing decreased duration and/or effect.
	+ ***Immortal:*** Rasputin no longer appears to age or become ill with common sense.
* **Intelligence:** Though lacking a formal education, Rasputin is a genius. He is an strategic thinker and well-versed in politics, religion, medicine, agriculture, and psychology.

### Weaknesses

* **Owned:** Rasputin is usually allowed to freely operate, but must act when called upon by either Azazel or Belphegor or suffer severe consequences.
* **Vice — Lust:** Rasputin is often a slave to his carnal desires. Though Rasputin is a well-known master of seduction, he can also be made a victim of his own game.

### Analytics

* **Physicality:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Occult:** 6 — World-Class / Superb
* **Weaponry:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Expertise:** 6 — World-Class / Superb
* **Range:** 4 — Expert / Enhanced
* **Strategy:** 6 — World-Class / Superb
	+ **TOTAL:** 105
	+ **RANKING:** Elevated Threat

## Trivia and Notes

### Trivia

* He is a Grigori, a special type of cambion.
* During his weakened state he and Ilsa became close and intimate. Ilsa even killed her husband to power the ritual to revive her lover.
* His new body was designed based on Adam Frankenstein.
* He tried to harness the power of the Seven Deadly Sins.
* Azazel contacted Trigon through him to offer help. Rasputin showed Trigon a ritual in which he could extract that title from the collective power of the Sins and still hold onto the remainder of the power by investing that power in his offspring. While Trigon sired seven children on Earth, Rasputin and other followers of Azazel saw to it that these children would be ritualistically prepared.

### Notes

* Grigori Rasputin is a character from the *Hellboy* series and its related media, based on a historical person.
* His appearance is based on the actor Karel Roden, who portrayed him in the del Toro *Hellboy* 2004 film. His outfit also comes from the same movie.

## Gallery

Grigori Rasputin.jpgGrigori RasputinSponsorship Needed - Male.pngGrigori Rasputin (Variant)
## Network Files

Network Files Rasputin 1.pngNetwork Files: Rasputin 1

## Links and References

* Appearances of Grigori Rasputin

1. ↑ Network Files: Rasputin 1
2. ↑ Dinkley Files: Grigori
3. ↑ Network Files: Ilsa Hauptstein 1
4. ↑ Network Files: Roger the Homunculus
5. ↑ The Dinkley Files: The Ogdru Jahad