 This decision would later be a factor in Hellboy leaving the Bureau.However, during the Hunte Castle affair in 2001, Roger proved himself as an agent at last when he managed to contain the Conqueror Worm (an energy-based monster from space) within himself, which nearly subsumed his psyche as he managed to destroy Herman von Klempt by throwing them both off a mountain.Roger was saved by the ghost of Lobster Johnson, who used a lightning rod to shock the worm out of Roger.