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Lady Murasaki (or simply Murasaki) is a character in Hannibal Rising. She is the widowed wife of Count Robert Lecter and aunt to Hannibal Lecter, with whom she later becomes involved. She hails from Japan, where she learned the traditions of her samurai ancestors. Her whole family was killed in the Hiroshima bombing. She keeps an ancient suit of armor as well as several swords belonging to an ancestor, caring for them to honor the great swordsman.

Hannibal Rising[]

After Hannibal loses his family during World War II, she takes him in and trains him in the ways of the samurai. This training aids him in combat and also inspires his revenge on the men who killed his sister, Mischa Lecter.

She cares deeply for Hannibal, even falling in love with him, as he reminded her greatly of his uncle Robert. She tries to steer Hannibal away from revenge, asking him to forgive his sister's killers. However, he is consumed by it and eventually the two part ways after he succeeds in killing Vladis Grutas.

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