In Christmas of 1954, a young Hellboy is told a bedtime story by his adoptive father, Trevor Bruttenholm (John Hurt), involving an ancient war between man and magical creatures, all started by man's greed. The master of the goblin blacksmiths built a golden mechanical army for King Balor (Roy Dotrice), the one-armed king of Elfland. The Golden Army devastated the humans so mercilessly that Balor forged a truce with them to stop the bloodshed: man would keep his cities and the creatures would keep their forests. Prince Nuada Silverlance, son of King Balor, ( ... Read more »