- "Chained in Heaven are they. Seven is their number. Bred in the depths of the ocean, neither male nor female. They are as the howling wind, which knoweth not mercy, which knoweth not pity. Heedless are they too pray and supplication. They are the Serpent. They are the furious Beats. The Windstrom. Evil wind they are. The evil breath that heraldeth the baneful storm. They are mighty children. Herald of pestilence. Throne bearers of ereschigal. They are the flood which rusheth through the land. Seven Gods of might. Seven demons of oppression. Seven in heaven and Seven on Earth. Of giant strength and tread they are. Knowing no they grind the land like corn. Knowing no mercy they rage gains mankind, to spill blood like rain and devour flesh. Let they seven now rise from the Abyss. Away be cast all chains. Freedom is to them. Power is to them."
- ―Rasputin summoning the Ogdru Jahad.
The Ogdru Jahad, also known as the Ogdru eb Jurhad, are monstrous deities, often referred to as being both one entity as well as seven separate beings. They are the "Dragon of Revelation", and are destined to bring about the end of the world.
Overview[]
The Ogdru Jahad are serpentine/crustacean entities which once resided on, and presided over, Earth. They are pitiless, chaotic, bent on destruction and subjugation and often so horrific in appearance that the mere sight of one of them sometimes induced madness. They are listed as follows:
- Amon-Jahad
- Adad-Jahad
- Namrat-Jahad
- Irra-Jahad
- Nunn-Jahad
- Beuu-Jahad
- Nergal-Jahad
In the beginning of time, God created an order of spirits. Of these, many of the greater spirits were sent to newborn Earth to oversee it as Watchers. One of these spirits created the Ogdru Jahad out of fire and mud. The other spirits proceeded to set spells and wards about the Dragon, and even infused it with fire once again, but still the being remained lifeless. However, when night-time came, the Ogdru Jahad awoke and was instilled with purpose and function, giving birth to the Ogdru Hem who become Earth's first lifeforms.
The watchful spirits, upon seeing the creation of these abominations, went to war with them. The Ogdru Hem were eventually all disposed of, with many of them barely clinging to existence in some fashion, with the Ogdru Jahad sealed by their creator in a prison of crystal and placed in the heart of the abyss. The other Watchers, however, no longer trusted the one spirit, and so they struck him down and destroyed all his remnants, save for one: his right hand. The hand is the key to freeing the Ogdru Jahad from their prison and thus triggering the apocalypse (hence the moniker "the Right Hand of Doom").
Servants[]
- Grigori Rasputin
- Karl Ruprecht Kroenen
- Leopold Kurtz
- Ilsa Haupstein
- Hecate
See Also[]
- Ogdru Jahad (2004 Film)