Character Relationship Map: Hellboy

Characters

• Hellboy (played by Ron Perlman) — protagonist

  Demon raised by humans, B.P.R.D. agent with a stone right hand and a destiny to end the world.

• John Myers (played by Rupert Evans) — supporting

  FBI agent assigned to the B.P.R.D., initially skeptical but becomes a loyal ally.

• Tom Manning (played by Jeffrey Tambor) — supporting

  B.P.R.D. director, bureaucratic leader who manages operations and government relations.

• Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (played by Ladislav Beran) — supporting

  Nazi assassin and occultist, Rasputin's loyal servant with cybernetic enhancements.

• Grigori Rasputin (played by Karel Roden) — supporting

  Necromantic sorcerer who summoned Hellboy to Earth to trigger the apocalypse.

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• John Myers → Tom Manning (Professional Subordinate Agent)

  Myers is an FBI agent transferred to the BPRD, where Manning serves as director and later leads the mission into the mausoleum.

• Hellboy → Tom Manning (Professional Superior And Operative)

  As the BPRD director, Manning publicly reprimands Hellboy after the failed sewer operation.

• Grigori Rasputin → Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Power Master And Servant)

  Kroenen participates in Rasputin's resurrection, later infiltrates the BPRD with him, and obeys his order to kill someone swiftly.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Tom Manning → Grigori Rasputin (Conflict Opposing Leader)

  After Rasputin attacks the BPRD, Manning takes control and leads the group to locate Rasputin's mausoleum.

• Tom Manning → Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Conflict Enemy)

  Manning helps Hellboy find Kroenen and is part of the action that kills the old Nazi assassin.

• John Myers → Grigori Rasputin (Conflict Enemy)

  Rasputin's forces capture Myers after the mausoleum battle, and Myers later breaks free and fights against the sorcerer's plan.

• Hellboy → John Myers (Alliance Teammate)

  Myers is assigned to assist Hellboy at the BPRD and stands beside him in the final confrontation.

• Hellboy → Karl Ruprecht Kroenen (Conflict Rival)

  Hellboy breaks off to chase Kroenen in the sewers, and he and Manning finally corner and kill Kroenen in the mausoleum.

• Grigori Rasputin → Hellboy (Conflict Arch Enemy)

  Rasputin once opened the portal that sent Hellboy to Earth, later declares he will use Hellboy to destroy the world, and is mortally wounded by Hellbo...

Story Analysis

A demon raised among humans is forced to decide whether he will obey the apocalyptic destiny imposed by his necromancer summoner.

Plot Progression

1. A Demon's Origin and Rebirth
2. The Museum's Hidden Horror
3. When the Hearth Is Violated
4. Last Stand at the Necromancer's Tomb
5. Defying Destiny