Rasputin

Gregori Rasputin started out as a supposed confidant and advisor to the royal Russian family. However, he tried to take over Russia for himself behind the family's back, and he was banished for treason by the Russian tsar Nicholas II. Eager to get revenge for his banishment, Rasputin planned on destroying the Russian royalty. He sold his soul to the otherworldly forces of darkness in exchange for his reliquary and for the power to kill Nicholas II and his family, becoming a lich in the process (a type of undead creature with magical powers). He then returns to the Russian palace and inflicts the Romanov curse, sending numerous Russian soldiers to execute Nicholas and his family, except for Nicholas' mother Marie and his young daughter Anastasia. Rasputin eventually attempts to murder Anastasia with his bare hands while chasing her across a frozen river. Jumping from the bridge above, he tackles the young girl face first onto the thin ice, losing his amulet in the process. He viciously grabs her by the leg and thrashes her about; vowing that she'll never escape from his clutches whilst she begs for mercy. But the ice under the evil man begins to break before he can get any closer to the young Romanov. Marie quickly rushes her away from Rasputin, who drowns and ends up being trapped in limbo due to the curse being unfulfilled. Despite Rasputin's death, his actions were enough to cause the downfall of the Russian monarchy (due to the deaths of the Romanov family) and the creation of the Soviet Union under Communist rule, and Marie was separated from Anastasia, who is sent to an orphanage after losing her memories.

Since at the beginning of the film, Rasputin was seen as an arrogant and very wicked man, to the point of killing the entire family without any remorse. He's the type of man who is capable of giving everything to fulfill their promises, bequeathing to the point of selling his soul to the devil just to have the power to destroy the Romanov Family. Also, he is seen to be somewhat obsessive and impulsive with his objectives when these are not achieved, such as the case of Anastasia. He's a man of rude nature, due that he constantly hits his assistant, Bartok. Rasputin is a tall, scrawny, scary looking man. He wears a brown robe with black shoes, (Which appear to be high heeled). He wears some sort of purple clothing beneath his robe, but the only part of this that is shown is the sleeves. His robe trails along the ground. He has black hair that is tied back into a ponytail and has a black mustache that connects to his long black beard going below his waist. His skin is a rotting, pale green and he has skeletal like long fingers and fingernails. He has somewhat rotten teeth. He has a hood that hangs off of the back of the neck of the robe. Around his waist is a gold rope sash with three beads. The rope is tied around his reliquary which hang at his shins. His sleeves go as long as his waist. Another noticeable feature is that he appears to be wearing nothing under his robe, yet he has a strange purple clothing at the neck and sleeves.

Rasputin wants to use you to get to the last remaining Romanov, Anastasia. He feels that he could have you earn her trust and possibly even kill her yourself, but of course, he knows his main priority is to seduce you over to his side, to want to do anything for him. With his reliquie in hand, he could offer you power, riches, or perhaps... something else entirely. What will you do? Will you allow Rasputin to seduce you over to the dark side, or will you choose to help defeat him?

The path you traverse with determine what becomes of others. How will you decide? What will you decide?

Rasputin: Bartok, get me a comb, find some cologne. I want to look my best! Bartok: That might take some work, sir. Rasputin: We're going to a party! Bartok: A party? Ooh, I could teach you the latest dance step. It starts with, like, a "whoa." And then you get really crazy with the hips, sir. It's fun! Rasputin: We'll let the Grand Duchess Anastasia have her moment. Bartok : dancing Aah, who cares? Rasputin: And then we'll kill her! Bartok: Right. Kill... kill her? Sir, what happened to the party idea? Rasputin: That's where I will kill her. laughs and tears up newspaper Crush her at the height of her glory. Bartok: And we're back to the crushing. Sir, I'm begging you, please, please forget the girl and get a life! Rasputin: Oh, I'll get a life, Bartok. Hers!

Rasputin: to Anastasia Look at what ten years has done to us. You, a beautiful young flower. And me? A rotting corpse.

Ten years later, Rasputin is still trapped in limbo, fuming over his failure of the curse against the Romanov family. However, his reliquary is brought back to his hands thanks to Bartok, who informs that Anastasia (under the name Anya) is still alive and heading to France with two con artist Vladimir and Dimitri. Driven more by his intense and malevolent desire for revenge, he wishes to finish off what he started before he rests in peace by killing Anastasia. Using his reliquary, Rasputin summons his army of green demons to kill Anya and complete his revenge. He has the demons sabotage the train that Anya, Dimitri, and Vlad are on by separating the train with an engine and baggage car from the dining car and coaches in Poland. However, Anya, Vladimir, and Dimitri jump off the train to avoid falling to their deaths, much to Rasputin's fury. Later, Anya, Dimitri, and Vlad arrive in from Stralsund, Germany, and board a ship to Paris. That night, as Anya sleeps, Rasputin invades her dreams and causes her to sleepwalk to the edge of the ship. Luckily, Dimitri (alerted by Anya's pet puppy Pooka) awakens and rescues Anya at the last second. Enraged at the failure, Rasputin throws a childish tantrum. Recomposing himself, he tells Bartok that he will go to Paris himself and kill Anastasia in person. At that same time, Anastasia regains her memories and reunites with Marie. Later, Rasputin takes advantage of Pooka to lead Anastasia into a garden maze and traps her there to reveal himself. He then tries to kill her on the Alexander Bridge over an icy Seine River; mimicking the same tragic night on the ice they once shared before. Dimitri returns to save her, but is injured and knocked unconscious by a large pegasus statue that Rasputin brought to life with his reliquary. Just when Rasputin was inches from winning, Anastasia survives and attacks Rasputin. Pooka snatches the reliquary, and it rolls to Anastasia's feet. Anastasia stomps on the reliquary, causing it to burst and for the pegasus statue to be destroyed. As revenge for murdering her family, Anya furiously smashes the reliquary to pieces, causing an explosion that releases the demons.