Hellboy II: The Golden Army

During Christmas 1955, a young Hellboy is told a bedtime story by his adoptive father, Trevor Bruttenholm, set during an ancient war between humans and magical creatures. The goblin blacksmith offers Balor, king of the elves, to build him an indestructible mechanical army. Encouraged by his son, Prince Nuada Silverlance, Balor accepts, but when the Golden Army subsequently devastates humanity, Balor regrets his actions and forms a truce with the humans. Angered by this decision, Nuada leaves the elf kingdom in exiles while the crown to command the Golden Army, which can only be worn by one of royal blood, is split into three pieces. In the present day, Nuada begins gathering the pieces of the crown. He retrieves the first piece, on sale at an auction, by unleashing tooth fairies that eat the crowd. He then kills his father and collects the second piece, prompting his twin sister Princess Nuala to escape with the final piece. Meanwhile, at the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.), demonic special agent Hellboy is having issues with his girlfriend Liz and dislikes that their organization must operate in secrecy. Investigating the auction slaughter, Hellboy allows himself to be revealed to the world. In the commotion, Abe Sapien discovers Liz is pregnant but she swears him to secrecy. Furious at Hellboy's actions, Tom Manning's superiors bring in the ectoplasmic medium Johann Krauss to rein him in. With Krauss in charge, the team tracks the tooth fairies to a secret troll market under the Brooklyn Bridge. Abe finds Nuala, who has obtained a map leading to the Golden Army, and falls in love with her. Hellboy fights and kills Nuada's accomplice Wink and an elemental forest god that Nuada summons against him. During the fight, Nuada questions why he fights for the humans when they have driven the magical creatures, including him, into hiding. Nuala is taken under the B.P.R.D.'s protection, but Nuada tracks her to the headquarters using their magical bond, which also causes them to share wounds and read each other's thoughts. Nuala hides the final crown piece while Hellboy battles Nuada, who critically wounds him with his spear before abducting Nuala, promising her return in exchange for the crown piece. Unable to remove the spear shard in his wound, Liz and Abe decide to take Hellboy to the Golden Army's location in the Giant's Causeway of Northern Ireland, where they encounter the Bethmoora goblin master blacksmith, who brings them before the Angel of Death to retrieve the spear shard. Though warned that Hellboy will doom humanity if he lives and that she will suffer the most from it, Liz pleads for Hellboy's life. The Angel removes the shard from Hellboy's chest and tells Liz to give him a reason to live. She reveals to Hellboy that he will be a father and he recovers. The goblin leads the team to the resting place of the Golden Army, where Nuada awaits them. Abe gives him the last piece of the crown and Nuada awakens the Golden Army. Hellboy challenges Nuada for the right to command the army; as Hellboy is a member of Hell's royal family, Nuada must accept the challenge. Hellboy defeats Nuada and spares his life, but Nuala commits suicide to stop her brother once and for all; the dying Nuada tells Hellboy he will have to choose whether humanity or magical beings must die. Abe psychically shares his feelings with Nuala before she dies. Liz uses her pyrokinesis to melt the crown, deactivating the Golden Army for good. Hellboy, Liz, Abe, and Johann resign from the B.P.R.D. and Hellboy contemplates his future life with Liz and their baby, to which Liz indicates they will have twins.