Ogdru Jahad
The Ogdru Jahad are a species that feature in Hellboy.
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History
The Ogdru Jahad
Their origins were traced to the birthing of spirits by the power of God. Some of their number came down to Earth to act as watchers. Thirty two were spoken and the power of these watchers allowed them to pluck fire from the air where they fashioned from the mud the dragons that were the Ogdru Jahad. The watchers gathered around the beast and set their seals on it. The stolen fire was put into it but their creation remained lifeless until night time where they darkness gave them purpose. Function and purpose was imparted on them where they delivered from themselves the first living creatures on Earth which became the 369 Ogdru Hem. Upon seeing this, the watchers were filled with horror at the sight of the Ogdru Hem leading to them waging war against them. Lightning rained down on them and the whole of the Earth until only the Ogdru Jahad remained. The watcher that crafted the dragons then raised his hand where he imprisoned the Ogdru Jahad and hurled them into the abyss. The watchers then turned against the creator of the Ogdru Jahad in fear of him where they struck him to pieces seeing all of them to be consumed except one which was his right hand. (Hellboy: The Island v1 #2)
Within the void, the seven beasts remained imprisoned within the darkness where they dreamed of their release into the world. (Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v1 #3)
Before their banishment, they left behind Sadu-Hem to serve as their foothold in the mortal world. Uncounted eons ago, the first race of men had erected a temple to the Ogdru Jahad which became a fable in years ahead with it being used to contain Sadu-Hem. Though seemingly dead and fossilised, the creature's mind still remained alive and waited until the time it could achieve its purpose. (Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v1 #3)
Eighty years ago, the serpentine Ogdru Jahad came to whisper to Grigori Rasputin after he was beaten, shot and poisoned in his homeland of Russia with him being thrown into the frozen Neva. Within those icy waters, the demons bade Rasputin to rise once more and showed him visions of the end of the world with the once more man believing it was his destiny to bring forth the doom of mankind. (Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v1 #3)
Around fifty years ago, Grigori Rasputin set about his plans in bringing forth the means of releasing the Ogdru Jahad leading to the summoning of Hellboy. To accomplish this, he came to join Nazi Germany during World War II where he offered Adolf Hitler a means of securing victory for the Third Reich. This led to the creation of Project Ragna Rok with Rasputin being among the heads of the initiative in bringing forth the key. However, the child was taken by the Allies before Rasputin could set his plans into motion. After the Reich's defeat, Rasputin sought communion with the Seven Beasts and sought out their fabled temple where he remained for many years. (Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v1 #3)
The Ogdru Jahad remained suspended in the frozen reaches of the abyss, yet their influence permeated the world through the machinations of those who served their entropic cause. While their physical forms lay encased in crystalline cocoons, they acted as the ultimate source of power for the resurrected Rasputin, who sought to accelerate their arrival by awakening ancient supernatural forces on Earth. Their presence was felt as a looming, cosmic shadow that motivated the Nazi remnants and the head of Ilsa Haupstein to retrieve the body of the vampire Vladimir Giurescu, a key piece in the larger ritual to trigger the end of days. They existed as silent, malevolent deities whose eventual release was the primary catalyst for the chaos unfolding, directing the flow of events from their distant prison to ensure that the 'Right Hand of Doom' would eventually be used to shatter their bonds. (Hellboy: Wake the Devil v1 #1) Their influence acted as a spiritual anchor for the ritualistic awakening of the vampire Vladimir Giurescu, with the dragons serving as the dark promise of power that motivated the Nazi remnants to continue their search. Though they did not physically manifest, their existence dictated the heavy atmosphere of dread, as every action taken by the villains was a calculated step toward shattering the crystal cocoons that kept the Seven Gods bound in the deep reaches of space. (Hellboy: Wake the Devil v1 #2) The Ogdru Jahad loomed as the ultimate destination of Rasputin’s dark prophecy as he confronted Hellboy in the depths of the Giurescu castle. Though the dragons remained physically bound in their celestial prisons, their essence functioned as a psychological weight, used by the monk to pressure Hellboy into accepting his true identity as the "Right Hand of Doom." They were depicted through the monk's visions as the inevitable heirs to a scorched world, waiting for the stone key of Hellboy's arm to finally shatter the crystal cocoons that held them. (Hellboy: Wake the Devil v1 #4)
Overview
They tended to be referred to as the Seven Beasts. Its seven bound members consisted entirely of colossal, non-humanoid Lovecraftian aberrations, serpentine dragons, and multi-dimensional monstrosities. They featured an incredibly irregular, drastically mismatched collective physical presence that completely rejected standard bipedal human biology or symmetrical skeletal frames, with their massive bodies dwarfing planets. The organization possessed no unified natural hair coloration, skin uniformities, or shared facial structures due to the separate cosmic properties of its individual members, presenting shifting configurations of reptilian scales, aquatic textures, and ancient prehistoric frames. They expanded their visual identity by entirely rejecting uniform apparel or matching corporate tactical gear, allowing individual deities to express their reality-warping domains through their physical biology. Individual member structures combined a massive, multi-limbed mass with writhing tentacles, claws, and formless void sections that were safely obscured inside their glowing, translucent golden crystal prisons out in the vacuum of deep space. (Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v1 #3)
They lacked any shared, uniform biological traits due to the immense anatomical, structural, and evolutionary differences between their seven distinct dark beast matrices. Their intellect was used to execute a highly destructive, reality-shattering cosmic strategy that relied on mental manipulation to drive mortal minds to absolute madness. This exceptionally high cosmic malice, omnipresent tracking metrics, and total mastery over apocalyptic dark energy to enact their plans. Their specialized capabilities allowed them to telepathically influence mortal sorcerers, manipulating human cults to orchestrate elaborate containment breaches. They did not possess independent, self-sustaining mobility within the physical universe due to their extra-dimensional confinement, relying entirely on a localized construct known as the Right Hand of Doom as the singular key required to unlock their crystal cocoons. Their primary capabilities allowed separate units to survive for eons without aging, manifest planet-demolishing energy blasts from their maws, and maintain an unbroken, highly disciplined barrier of dark influence capable of reducing the Earth to cinders. (Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v1 #3)
The beasts were served by lesser servants and creatures such as Sadu-Hem. (Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v1 #3)
Members
- Amon-Jahad : (Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v1 #3)
- Adad-Jahad : (Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v1 #3)
- Namrat-Jahad : (Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v1 #3)
- Irra-Jahad : (Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v1 #3)
- Nunn-Jahad : (Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v1 #3)
- Beuu-Jahad : (Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v1 #3)
- Nergal-Jahad : (Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v1 #3)
Notes
- The Ogdru Jahad were created by Mike Mignola where they made their first appearance in Hellboy - Seed of Destruction (1993).
In other media
Films
- In Hellboy, the Ogdru Jahad appeared in the the 2004 live action film where they referenced in the setting. The Ogdru Jahad were mentioned twice by Rasputin where they appear as indistinct cephalopod-like creatures seemingly within in crystal shells. They were called by Rasputin as the seven gods of chaos that would destroy the world and bring about a new Eden from the ashes. It was revealed that Rasputin summoned Hellboy with the purpose of freeing them but after his initial defeat he himself went before the Ogdru Jahad where he carried parts of them within his flesh. In the modern age, he would continue his plan and bring about the doorway where he forced Hellboy to open the doorway to shatter their prison where they approached the Earth until Hellboy denied his heritage. He would later battle the spawn of the Ogdru Jahad that emerged from the slain Rasputin's body and kill it with a grenade belt.
Appearances
- Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v1: (1993)
- Hellboy: The Island v1:
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