Butcher V Cannibal V Monster

[markstyne]

Okay, battle royal of the ages here- more specifically, battle royal between killers.

Spoilers will inevitably follow for the three series at work.

The three contestants are as follow-

Dexter 'The Bay Harbor Butcher' Morgan; Miami Metro PD, Blood Splatter Analyst, Dark Avenger etc. ; A lab technician who, scarred by his mothers death, has a pathological need to kill, and so chooses to direct his urges against other killers.

Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lector; A mad psychiatrist, if mad is even the right word for such a genius, who earned his name for devouring portions of his victims. We'll be taking him before he is caught, if only to keep things fair.

Johann 'The Monster' Liebert; A child with an utterly deformed mind, grown up to be a man whos' only goal is to be the one left standing at the end of the world. Johann is charismatic, incredibly intelligent, and utterly without restraint- Dexter will not kill the innocent, and Lector, if nothing else, has his ego.

The three of them are to be let loose within one city, under the following conditions-

Johann, for some inscrutable reason has come to (Hmmm, random city none have a true power base in...) Chicago. While within Chicago (where he has assumed the identity of the son of a wealthy elderly couple who are quite close to the mayor) he began his killings again, where-upon Dr.Lector was called in as a consult for a series of killings that seem to be suicides, but a local investigator just isn't sure about.

Lector sees, at the least, that this is definitely the work of another individual and grows interested- even he hasn't seen the likes of this before. He decides to look into the situation and begin tracking this new 'Monster.' Being Dr.Lector, he will end up grabbing a snack.

Dexter Morgan, in the city for vacation reasons, ends up also called in as a consult- for a body dumped by Lector, (found for reasons I'll leave to the thread) and, feelings his dark passenger riled, begins his hunt for the Cannibal.

All the while, Johanns' business will not conclude while he has one, and likely soon to be two, other killers on his trail- dogged monsters in whom he may finally have met his match.

Who will win? I leave that to you.

A few 'spec' first;

Killer Breakdown

Dexter Morgan

Advantages;
+Connections: Law Enforcement. He has easiest access to police information.
+Physical Shape: Johann and Lector are no slouches, but Dexter does appear in the best shape out of the three of them, likely the most trained as well.
+Forensic Scientist: While primarily blood focused, Dexter is heavily educated in his chosen field.
+Anonymity: Dexter Morgan is a nobody- unrecognized on the street, and thus the hardest to pin.

Weaknesses;
+Police: Dexter, once suspected, is easy to identify if one looks in the right places.
+Instability: The other two have their monsters undercontrol- Dexter is far less stable in this regard, needing to kill and questioning himself while trying to cling to a moral code.
+ Family: Leading back to both points, Dexter has family. People to hurt to get to him- and he loses his cool when they're in danger.

Hannibal Lector
+Psychoanalyst: Dr.Lector can and will have you pinned as soon as you walk into the room.
+Reputation: He is also nearly above reproach- a highly respected man who has done work for the FBI.
+Focus and Patience: Lector, more than Dexter with his 'passenger' and Johan with his 'monster' knows who and what he is. He kills when he wants to, and nothing diverts him.

Weaknesses-
+ Ego: He can control it for a while, but ultimately Lector is an egotistic man.
+ Eating Habits: Connected to the above actually- for a man with so much control over when he kills, he seems to believe himself incapable of being caught- he kills for his reasons and won't let anything stop him once he has decided to.

Johann Liebert
+Trained: Johann has been groomed for this, literally, since childhood. He is the perfect killer.
+Charismatic: While Lector certainly has charisma, Johann takes it to the next level- his ability to get people to trust him would verge on 'Idiot Ball' territory if he didn't demonstrate how good he was at it!
+Followers- And like TDK Joker, he has a tendency to attract those of a certain kind of crazy to him to do his bidding.

Weaknesses-
(Man these are hard for Johann)
-Doesn't like the direct way: Johann seems to prefer a 'hands off' form of attack, where he convinces people to kill themselves, or gets others to kill. Seems to play to his ideology.