✞︎ || Hannibal Lecter

Hannibal Lecter was born in Lithuania to Count Lecter, an aristocrat and Simonetta Sforza-Lecter. Orphaned at a young age, Hannibal became a father figure to his younger sister Mischa, after both of their parents died. Mischa was one of the few people in his life that Hannibal would ever truly love, caring about her so much that he denied his early homicidal tendencies for her. Under unknown circumstances, Mischa was killed and Hannibal ate her remains as a way of forgiving her for making him deny his true self.

At the age of 16, he was adopted by his uncle Robertus and his aunt, Lady Murasaki. Hannibal became very close to Murasaki’s handmaiden Chiyoh and they began to think of each other as family. Hannibal eventually found the man that was believed to have killed Mischa and wanted to kill him, Chiyoh, however, managed to dissuade Hannibal from doing this, so he decided to leave the man’s life in Chiyoh’s hands and she decided to keep the man a prisoner under Castle Lecter as punishment.

Sometime after leaving Castle Lecter, Hannibal journeyed to (and lived within) Florence,[1] which is where he first began his career as a serial killer. He crafted his victims into images that were described as “haunting”. Hannibal‘s work eventually caused him to be given the name “Il Mostro di Firenze" translated as “the Monster of Florence”. Hannibal was considered a suspect in the crime by inspector Rinaldo Pazzi, but despite a search of his home, no evidence could be found that connected Hannibal to these crimes. Eventually, another man was convicted of being Il Mostro di Firenze simply because of his character. Hannibal soon after left Florence.

Hannibal came to America after receiving an Internship at The Johns Hopkins Medical School because of his drawings. Hannibal studied to become an M.D but eventually chose to leave the field of medicine in favor of becoming a psychiatrist. Hannibal used his position of power to persuade some of his more susceptible patients into committing murders, mostly because he was curious to see what would happen. Hannibal also continued killing people, preferring to kill those he deemed as ”rude” because they were no better than “pigs” to him. Hannibal became known as the Chesapeake Ripper, a serial killer that would mutilate his victims while they were alive and surgically remove their organs so he could cook them, preferably when he was hosting a dinner party.