![]() Legacy Īfter Toht's death, his sister Ilsa tried to avenge him by killing Indiana Jones, the adventurer who had contributed to his death. For the Gestapo major, all his years of inflicting pain and torment on others to shape his masochistic tendences were finally, and literally, dissolving Toht's own face melted like tallow, before his remains were carried away by the following whirlwind. Toht's screams only increased as the Ark's full wrath was unleashed in the form of an intense fire that struck down the gathered soldiers. Appearing as a youthful woman, the entity's visage gave way to a terrifying fanged countenance that snarled at the assembled Nazis. ![]() The astonished Toht watched as one of the spirits approached them. His enjoyment was cut short, however, as a bizarre power surge destroyed all equipment in the vicinity of the Ark before apparitions began to emanate from within the gilded gold chest. Between Belloq's failure and despair while Dietrich grabbed the sand, Toht burst into laughter, as he had never quite believed in the supernatural imperative of his assignment to begin with. Initially, the Ark seemed to bear only dust and sand, which was all that was left of the Ten Commandments. That night, Toht stood with Belloq and Dietrich in the Tabernacle for the ceremonial opening of the Ark. While walking to the Tabernacle, where the ceremony was going to be performed, Jones resurfaced and threatened to blow up the Ark unless Ravenwood was released, but Belloq distracted him long enough to be captured. Shortly thereafter, on a small island north of Crete, Toht disembarked from the Wurrfler along with the rest of the Nazis including Belloq and Ravenwood. Toht and the others located his whereabouts later on and reclaimed the Ark along with Marion. However, Jones succeeded in taking the Ark back from them. He later accompanied Belloq and his fellow Nazis in the effort to deliver the Ark to a safer location, since his duty was to oversee the delivery of the artifact Hitler desired. Belloq's protest against the action caused Toht to giggle with glee. When the Nazis finally caught up with Jones at the Well of the Souls, Toht threw Ravenwood into the Well under Dietrich's orders, for they had no further use for her. His own interrogation proved equally fruitless however. įrustrated with Belloq's inability to extract useful information from the (now captive) Marion Ravenwood, Dietrich had Toht intercede. ![]() From his headpiece-scarred palm, the Nazis were able to create a crude, one-sided reproduction of the headpiece but the missing information from the other side would prove critical to finding the Ark's resting place, the Well of the Souls. Toht then met with Colonel Herman Dietrich, Major Gobler and René Emile Belloq in Egypt. Screaming in agony, Toht sprinted across The Raven, leapt through the tavern's window and plunged his hand into the snow outside in an attempt to soothe it. Crouching next to a table, Toht noticed the headpiece lying on the ground during the skirmish and tried to grab it, but the bronze relic had been heated by the flames throughout the fight and began sizzling the moment he gripped it, searing its ancient design into his flesh. While Indy was grappling with a large thug, Toht dispassionately ordered both shot, but his henchman was quickly dropped by four bullets from his would-be victims and Toht cowardly scrambled for cover. Īll the henchmen who went into the bar with Toht died during the ensuing fight with Jones and Ravenwood, during which Marion's bar was set ablaze. They all followed the American archaeologist Indiana Jones to The Raven bar in Patan where Toht tried to take the piece by preparing to torture Marion with a hot iron, but Indiana Jones appeared and intervened, disarming Toht with his bull whip. Toht and his surbordinate Otto hired three henchmen off the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal known as the Ratty Nepalese, the Mean Mongolian and the Giant Sherpa, paying them a handful of cash to ensure their loyalties. In 1936, Toht was sent to Nepal by the Third Reich Special Antiquities Collection to acquire the headpiece to the Staff of Ra from Marion Ravenwood. Over time, Toht became a skilled torturer and interrogator, relishing the opportunity to inflict pain and suffering even for its own sake, and a firm believer in the Nazi doctrine. As with the rest of his fellow Gestapo brethren, Toht was trained in the art of combat, interrogation, torture, and espionage, and was well-versed in mysticism and the belief in Aryan society. Major Arnold Ernst Toht had at least one sibling, a sister named Ilsa.
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