Vladis Grutas

Vladis Grutas is the main antagonist of Hannibal Rising.

He is the Nazi collaborator leading six former Lithuanian militiamen. They discovered the cottage of young Hannibal Lecter and his little sister Mischa. Trapped in the cottage in the winter with no food found, they decided to kill and cannibalized Mischa, while Hannibal watch helplessly. Lecter is irreparably traumatized by the ordeal, and develops a savage obsession with avenging his sister's death. The actions of Grutas and his men had sparked his obsession with cannibalism.