A forensic deep dive into Hannibal Lecter’s psyche. Was he shaped by trauma — or born a predator? This time on Dark Character Profiler, Fulcrum explores his diagnoses, his crimes, and the paradox of elegance and evil that defines fiction’s most chilling cannibal.

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A Kingdom of Ash and Steam: The Ogress Son

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