By his teenage years, feeling awkward, Kroenen's masochism developed into an extreme form of body dysmorphic disorder (termed "surgical addiction" in the film). From a very early age, Kroenen demonstrated symptoms of masochism, whipping himself with a fresh branch of oak each day. Guillermo Del Toro provided an expanded biography, which appeared in a series of comic panels in the book Hellboy: The Art of the Movie, as well as in the special features of the film's DVD.īorn in Munich, Germany in 1897, Karl Ruprecht Kroenen was a musical prodigy with angelic features and blonde hair, who toured the capitals of Europe singing opera, until his voice deepened with the onset of puberty. In the movie adaptation of Hellboy, Kroenen's character is altered to have him as an assassin and Thule Society member, renowned for his swordsmanship and using signature swords of his design. While explaining that she was hiding something, Kroenen was set on fire by Varvara and his ashes scattered to the wind. Kroenen became increasingly skeptical of his choice and voiced his concern to von Klempt after Varvara seemed to intentionally lead Hellboy to them. Sometime later, he was found by Varvara/ Yomyael, who reawakened von Klempt and invited the two men to join her (and the demons Balam and Bifrons) cause to rebuild Pandemonium on Earth. After acquiring a suitable body from the B.P.R.D., Kroenen and Kurtz succeeded before realizing that they had been duped by Marsten into bringing back the Black Flame instead.Īs Marsten proceeded with his own plans and destroyed Zinco's collection of Nazi relics, a disillusioned Kroenen saved von Klempt's head and escaped. Under the direction of Isiah Marsten, Kroenen began preparing a body to retrieve the soul of Rasputin, thinking it to be locked with the Ogdru Jahad. Kroenen survived the explosion and reappeared in a meeting room of the Zinco Corporation with Leopold Kurtz many years later. Wandering around, Zinco accidentally pressed a self-destruct button in the base, destroying it completely and seemingly taking Kroenen with it. When their plan failed, an enraged Rasputin struck Zinco blind. Overhearing, Kurtz became furious and attacked von Klempt's head, screaming, "Rasputin is master!" In a panic, Kroenen seized a knife and stabbed Kurtz. When von Klempt's head was re-animated, he tried to convince Kroenen to abandon Rasputin's plan - to awaken the Ogdru Jahad - and instead to use the Army to retrieve von Klempt's work in South America. Kroenen retained an affection for his colleague, though Rasputin had rejected von Klempt as unsuitable for Ragna Rok. He also convinced Zinco to retrieve the head of his colleague, Herman von Klempt, from South America. Kroenen resumed work on several of his former projects, including making an "Apocalypse Army" by combining corpses with robotics. Kroenen, Haupstein, and Kurtz have frozen inside a secret Nazi base sometime afterward, until they were resuscitated in 1994 by industrialist Roderick Zinco, acting on Rasputin's orders. Kroenen was later present with Rasputin at the secret ritual in Scotland that brought Hellboy to the world. He witnessed Mayhew opening Remy's sarcophagus and Rasputin gaining the ancient tablet he sought in the wake or Remy's retribution. Recovering enough soon afterward, Kroenen reached Rasputin in the catacombs and found that he had killed Sandhu himself. Kroenen initially had the upper hand until he was blinded and gunned down by Sandhu and left for dead. While in Paris to find the tomb, Kroenen set up a laboratory to continue his personal project, where he was discovered by Sandhu and a young Trevor Bruttenholm. In 1941, under the auspices of 'Operation Geist', he and Kurtz summoned the spirit of Albert Mayhew and bound it to the body to a German soldier for Rasputin to find and gain access to the tomb of Eugene Remy. While serving Rasputin became his main goal, Kroenen would be allowed to indulge in his own projects towards creating an unstoppable army for the Reich. Kroenen would eventually become one of the top scientists for Project Ragna Rok, and a close disciple of Grigori Rasputin, along with Ilsa Haupstein and Leopold Kurtz. His later work led him to run afoul of A.N. An accident during the attempt left Kroenen injured, and the operations that saved his life left him resembling his monstrous creations and bound to live in a protective bodysuit. Working for the Nazis, and a member of the Thule Society, he was presumed to be involved in an attempt to harness the 'shakti' energy force in 1930. A German scientist trying to extend life and conquer death, Dr.
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