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circa 0
2016 · Oct
Rasputin claims the power of the Dragon and the Ogdru Hem roam the Earth.
Hellboy, Liz and Abe team up to defeat him. Abe is killed, but Hellboy kills Rasputin though his Right Hand is severed and his spirit leaves its vessel.
The surviving humans flee underground to Shambhala.
— The Devil You Know · B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know
CanonAlso connected: King of Fear
2006 · Sep
The Ogdru Hem, Farfel, awakens and emerges from the Salton Sea, California.
— King of Fear · B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs
Canon2006 · Sep
The B.P.R.D. is made into an international agency by the United Nations in light of the return of the Ogdru Hem.
— King of Fear · B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs
Canon2016
Uncontested, the Ogdru Hem roam the Earth but the Osiris used Hellboy's severed Right Hand to force the Ogdru Jahad down on Earth and drew out its power, intending to funnel it into themselves and become gods.
Hellboy and Acheron witness this and prevent it, Hellboy's hand reattaching in the process.
— The Devil You Know · B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know
Canon2016
At the end of the world, Hellboy stands with Hecate and they witness as Liz Sherman unleashes the fire which consumes all life, except that which fled underground.
— The Devil You Know · B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know
Canon2002 · Feb
Chengdou disaster
In China, a Chinese government warehouse containing occult artifacts burglarized. The thief unwittingly opened a small Jade figurine, releasing a massive burst of psychic energy, killing everyone within a hundred miles, and sending a shockwave across the etheric plane.
At the same time, in Germany, Johann Kraus was astrally projecting when his body was consumed stranding him in an ectoplasmic form.
— Hollow Earth Dark Horse Extra · B.P.R.D.
CanonAlso connected: Nowhere, Nothing, Never, The Universal Machine
1865
Langon Everett Caul and the Oannes Society delve into the temple (otherwise known as the Caverns of Num-Yabisc) and retrieve a cocoon idol.
They bring the idol back to London and perform a ritual, Caul picks up the cocoon which cracks and disappears into dust leaving only the image of the Water Spirit. In shock Caul collapses.
— Plague of Frogs · B.P.R.D.: Plague of Frogs
Canon2012 · Dec
Abe Sapien succumbs to his gun-shot wounds, and remains in his incubation tube.
— Monsters · B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth
Canon2012 · Dec
While Kate Corrigan is away in Russia, Abe Sapien undergoes a metamorphosis in his incubation tube.
— Russia · B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth
Canon2012 · Winter
After being hunted down by Johann and Agents Nichols and Gervish, Benjamin Daimio is killed by the Wendigo.
— The Long Death · B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth
Canon2013 · Mar
The Black Flame returns.
Following an experiment conducted by Kroenen and Kurtz, the Leopold Pope's soul which had been sent into the Ogdru Jahad is brought back into one of the Oannes bodies.
— The Return of the Master · B.P.R.D.: Hell on Earth
Canon1956 · Aug
Varvara is trapped within the containment jar
— 1956 · Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.
CanonAlso connected: A Cold Day in Hell
From Abe Sapien's corpse eggs spawn new life, and a new race of man.
In time they discover a woman, encased in amber that they worship.
— The Devil You Know · B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know
Canon1946
After successfully preventing the revival of Project Vampir Sturm, the B.P.R.D. program is formed
— 1946 · B.P.R.D.: 1946 - 1948
Canon1956 · Jun
Hellboy's dog Mac passes away and he disappears to Mexico.
— 1956 · Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.
Canon
Creation
circa 0
Darkness
The Light is born, and from this the heavenly bodies and Earth were made. Many Spirits, including Anum the Watcher, descend from Heaven.
Anum steals Vril and the Watchers create the Ogdru Jahad. The Ogdru Jahad comes to life, it creates the 369 Ogdru Hem. The Watchers look on in fear and waged war against the creations, the first native life on Earth.
An unknown amount of time after the war began, the Watchers claim victory, they defeat the Ogdru Hem and the Ogdru Jahad is sealed away.
The Watchers turn on Anum, tearing him into pieces and destroying all of them except his Right Hand.
Infuriated by the actions of the Watchers God banished many of the Watchers to the Pit in Hell, and others were stranded on Earth.
Other lesser Spirits were left to become the first race of man, the Hyperboreans.
Hyperborean Era
circa 0
After being cast out by God, some of the Watchers who were not sent into the Pit ended up on Earth.
The first three Spirits on Earth took form, each of them wanting to make amends for their part in the creation of the Ogdru Jahad.
- The first landed in the forest and gave its spirit away to what would become the Dan-Undra, the forest people, the fairies.
- The second landed in the sea, and those people became the Ud-Unda, the mermaids.
- The final was filled with rage, and created the Nag-Unra, who was an agent of the moon goddess, Hecate.
Eventually, the three species come together to form the first humans.
Victorian
circa 1837
1882 · Aug
Edward Grey investigates the presence of vampires in London, and with the assistance of the Helopic Brotherhood of Ra, they force Vladimir Giurescu to flee England back to his home country.
— City of the Dead · Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder
Canon
WWII
circa 1938 - 1945
1944 · Dec, 23rd
Hellboy is summoned to Earth as a result of Project Ragna Rok. Instead of showing up on Tarmagant Island, he appears in a ruined church in East Bromwich. He is found by Trevor Bruttenholm, Sgt. George Whitman and a group of U.S. Rangers and British paranormal investigators. This became known as "The Hellboy Incident".
— Seed of Destruction · Hellboy
Canon
Trinity Era
circa 1981 - 1994
1993 · Jun
Early June - Mesquite Creek, Arizona
Hellboy fights the giant dog Anubis (once the Egyptian god of mummification) at a gas station.
-Source: Hellboy the Companion