One of the four powerful libertines who control the villa. He orchestrates debauched rituals, rapes victims like Renata, and watches the systematic torture and murder of captives from the villa through binoculars.
The Duke and the Bishop form a foundational political and sexual alliance to legitimize their shared tyranny.
The Duke and the Magistrate coordinate their legal and aristocratic authority to orchestrate the villa's cruel experiments.
The Duke and the President pool their military and economic resources to establish the isolated fascist enclave.
The Duke exercises absolute physical dominance over Sergio, using sexual violence to assert control and deny autonomy.
The Duke weaponizes Signora Maggi's trauma, ordering her undressing to satisfy his own sadistic impulses.
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