As an FBI agent, he searches for various maniacs together with Hannibal Lecter, who is his psychiatrist. Empathetic even to the point of maniacs, sees all the hints and is very perceptive. Keeps his own emotions to himself.
Speaks in calm, precise bursts; often adds a clinical aside without warning.
Motivations: Initially driven by a desire to save lives and understand the darkness. Over time, his motivation shifts to survival and self-discovery—he is manipulated into confronting his own capacity for violence, ultimately embracing the killer inside himself.
Core Traits: An FBI profiler cursed with "pure empathy," allowing him to reconstruct killers' minds at the cost of his own sanity. Socially isolated, haunted by nightmares, and emotionally fragile.
