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Fictional murderers

  • IagoIago stands in the shadows of a Venetian camp, his face hidden behind a mask of absolute honesty. He has served Othello for years as standard-bearer, yet he…
  • Liquid SnakeIn the United Kingdom, a boy named Liquid Snake grew up following his birth as part of Les Enfants Terribles. This top-secret government project aimed to…
  • Akuma (Street Fighter)Noritaka Funamizu asked designer Akiman to create a new character for the Street Fighter series in 1994. The request came after journalists had spread an…
  • Gríma WormtonguePsychologists Deborah and Mark Parker identified Gríma Wormtongue as the archetypal sycophant in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
  • SithThe word Sith first appeared in a 1974 rough cut of the Star Wars script, self-published by an anonymous fan-site called StarWarz.com.
  • Vega (Street Fighter)Akira Nishitani stood before a whiteboard in 1990 and drew a list of countries. He needed fighters from Spain and Thailand to complete the roster for Street…
  • Sagat (Street Fighter)Hiroshi Matsumoto drew the first version of Sagat in 1987. He stood 226 centimeters tall and wore a black eyepatch over his right eye.
  • GollumIn 1937, J. R. R. Tolkien introduced a small, slimy creature into the world of The Hobbit. This character lived on an island in an underground lake beneath…