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by Penal Colony is wicked marrying Andy on December 9th, 2008
Supposedly a "mad" monk. He wasn't really a monk, though, he was a "mystic" who was kept around the domicile of Tsar Nicholas II in hopes that Rasputin could heal his hemophiliac son. He was also an adviser to the Tsar. He was also unbelievably difficult to assasinate.
Rasputin was not good for the Royal Family's PR, due to his excessive drinking, corruption, and lechery. He was stabbed in public by a prostitute in 1914, and recovered. A group of nobles later tried to kill him by feeding him poisoned wine and cake. Noticing that he didn't die, one of the nobles shot him in the back. Shortly after that, he regained consciousness and tried to strangle one of the nobles, who shot him three more times. Still not dead though. The nobles attempted to beat him to death, and threw him into a freezing-cold river, which finally finished him off.
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