Project Ragna Rok was an occult division of Nazi Germany, led by General Klaus Werner von Krupt and Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin. Officially the project was meant to produce a doomsday weapon that would guarantee victory for Germany in World War II, while Rasputin secretly seeked to awaken the Ogdru Jahad, the Seven Gods of Chaos, who would destroy the Earth. The Project serves as the catalystic antagonist in the entire Hellboy-franchise, being the ones who summoned Hellboy into the mortal plane.
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Project Ragna Rok was one of the many "Doomsday projects" developed by Adolf Hitler, that would help Germany win the Second World War. Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin was approached by Heinrich Himmler to develop weapons of mass destruction.
In reality, Rasputin was a worshipper of the Ogdru Jahad, The Seven Who are One, who wanted to allow the eldritch dragons to destroy the world and create a "new Eden". He didn't care about the war or Germany, but agreed to "help", hoping he would get to resources to awaken his Gods. He also recruited followers among the Nazis, notably Ilsa Von Haupstein, Karl Ruprecht Kroenen and Leopold Kurtz.
Rasputin promised Hitler a "miracle", and started to work on the project, which used both technology and Dark Magic.
On December 23, 1944, on Tarmagant Island, (a small island off the Scottish coast), the project entered into its final phase. Rasputin managed to summon the Right Hand of Doom into the mortal plain, though not on Tarmagant Island, but to East Bromwich, England, where it was found Trevor Bruttenholm, founder of the B.P.R.D., who adpoted the young demon.
The project was seen as a failure and was abandoned, though Rasputin, Haupstein, Kroenen and Kurtz all remained alive, waiting for the day when they could bring forth the return of the Ogdru Jahad.
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In this version Rasputin opens a blue portal directly to the crystalized Ogdru Jahad. Trevor Bruttenholm led a team of American soliders to stop the project, which leads to a firefight between the Allied and the Nazis. During the battle, Rasputin is sucked into the portal and most of the German soldiers perish, while Kroenen and Haupstein managed to escape. A young Hellboy came through the portal and was discovered by the Allied.
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- Named after Ragnarök, the end times in Norse mythology.
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