Fanatic: Ideological and Religious Extremist Villains

The most dangerous villain in fiction isn't the one who doesn't care about right and wrong. It's the one who cares too much. The Fanatic is the villain who kills with conviction — the zealot, the ideologue, the true believer who commits atrocities not out of cruelty, but out of certainty. These characters cut across every genre, from inquisitors in historical fiction to dystopian architects of eng...