Grigori Rasputin

Grigori Rasputin

“	Do you feel it, child? Closing in on you? I certainly can. I really should thank you for it, after all, it was your very existence that taught me the purpose of all life. The purpose of life is to end.	„
	~ Grigori Rasputin

Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin is a Russian sorcerer, mystic and self-proclaimed holy man. He is also revealed to be a prophet of the Ogdru Jahad.

History

Origin

As a poor young man living in the Russian countryside, Rasputin was approached by what he describes "something in the skin of a man" which was later revealed to be Randall Flagg. Flagg, already a herald of the Crawling Chaos, would entice Rasputin into joining his cause by showing him visions of a new world/universe that can only transpire should the Ogdru Jahad roam free once more. Overwhelmed by such a message and vision, Rasputin willingly became entangled within an Eldritch cosmic web. Randall Flagg further revealed that during the revelation, Rasputin was bestowed with mystical powers, such as the ability to heal and see the future. Rasputin also became convinced that he was a prophet for his new masters and began to refer to the Old Ones as "his Gods".

Royal Advisor

Rasputin began traveling across the nation of Russia performing miracles, and in 1905 he became a spiritual advisor and healer for the Russian royal family, hoping that he could have them use their resources to aid him in his plans of releasing the Ogdru Jahad from the Outerverse. While the Romanovs had no interest in organizing any occult rituals, they managed to acquire the Necronomicon for the mystic from Miskatonic University, and promptly began to learn the forbidden knowledge of the book in order to free the Old Ones. He learned of what is called the "Key and the Gate"; the 'key' being a Logos, conceptual keys created by God that allows access to the Heavens, and the 'gate' being Yog-Sothoth himself.

During his years with the royal family, Rasputin relished in living a high standard, though other nobles viewed his habits of public alcoholism and sexual conquests as degenerate, as well as his control over the political power that was held with the family. At the time, Rasputin also worked for James Moriarty in order use World War I as a business and profit from the use of his weapons. It eventually led to Rasputin discovering that this family were the figureheads for the Order of the Silver Cross, and upon knowing this attempted to dive his control further as a means to control the forces of the Order and its greatest weapons to combat the British Paranormal Society as well.

In 1916, however, he was supposedly assassinated by a group of Russian nobles, led by prince Felix Yusupov who was allied with the British Paranormal Society as they were combatting Moriarty and his agents across Europe to prevent World War I from causing further destruction. After his supposed death, Yusupov threw his body into the Neva River.

Resurrection and Exile

Rasputin was resurrected by Randall Flagg and escaped from Russia, which was soon beginning to undergo a revolution due to Vladimir Lenin who was secretly working with the Illuminati though Rasputin was unaware of this. As a result, Rasputin knew that such a coming conflict would have him waste valuable time and resources. The mystic traveled to Italy as he took with him the Necronomicon.

He started to study more, further approaching to the realization that the Logos created to breach the gates of the Outer Gods' prison, would be no mere Key of Heaven, but a Logos specifically designed to lock away the Old Ones. To his frustration, such a key cannot be found much less even made and so opted to try more mundane yet highly dangerous means of alternative options. For almost two decades, Rasputin experimented on how to open interdimensional gateways, until he was approached by Heinrich Himmler. Moreover, his resurrection also came with its more unnatural perks as Rasputin discovered that he was more than human but transcended the boundaries of what limits a human thus making him more superhuman. He displayed immense strength, speed, and agility which further enticed fear and admiration from his peers and followers likening him to something of a newly birthed demigod.

The Third Reich and Projekt Ragna Rok

Himmler had heard rumors of both Rasputin and the ancient deities he served, and hoped the mystic could help him by having the Third Reich win the coming World War. Rasputin originally declined, until Himmler mentioned that the Reich has resources that can help him in opening a portal, if the mystic and his deity would destroy all of Germany's enemies. Rasputin saw that the cause of the Nazis was doomed and simply too "worldly", but saw opportunity with the massive resources of the Reich.

He joined the German Ahnenerbe, who led many occult projects, with the one he was working being labelled "Projekt Ragnarok", named after the Norse vision of the end and rebirth of the world. While studying the Necronomicon, he met three promising members of the project: Karl Ruprecht Kroenen, Ilsa Haupstein and Leopold Kurtz, whom he reveals the true purpose of creating a new world. Rasputin and his three new disciples combined dark magic and technology, constructing a mechanism known as the Ragnarok Engine, a machine that could open a rift to another dimension. After years of work, Rasputin, his three disciples, alongside several members of the Ahnenerbe, Werhmacht and the SS gathered on an island off the coast of Scotland on December 23rd, 1944, to activate the ritual. Rasputin performed the ritualistic chant, while Kurtz and Kroenen operated the Ragnarok Engine, however, by the end of it nothing happened.

Wehrmacht General Klaus Werner von Krupt got angry at Rasputin, accusing him of being a fraud. Rasputin then told the Germans that the war was lost for them, and many of them would be dead by the next year, also adding that he planned for a world without petty and deranged men like the Nazis. After this he and his three disciples left the site, and Rasputin told them what he really had done: He had summoned a demon from Hell, one that had they key to Outerverse, they very key Rasputin had long sought; the Right Hand of Doom. The creature has appeared somewhere in the United Kingdom and will one day open the portal. Rasputin then told the disciples to gather resources and supporters from Germany and go to a clandestine Nazi-base in the arctic, where they would cryogenically freeze themselves and wait until he would call for them. After this night the current whereabouts of Rasputin are unknown.

Powers and Abilities

• Magic: Thanks to Randall Flagg, Rasputin can perform magic, usually far more advanced than that given by other supernatural beings.
  • Healing: Rasputin could use magic to heal people, even the haemophilia Alexei Nikolaevich.
  • Dimensional Rift: Managed to open a portal to Hell.
  • Summoning: Summoned a demon from Hell.
  • Clairvoyance: Could receive visions from Yog-Sothoth, who was in the Outerverse.