Margot Verger

Margot Verger is a fictional character in Thomas Harris' novel Hannibal. She is described as tall and muscular with short blonde hair. She does not Appear in the film version of Hannibal. When the novel was released, Margot's character received scrutiny from the homosexual community because her character was said to embody all the traits of a stereotypical lesbian.

The sister of billionaire Mason Verger, Margot is a successful bodybuilder by trade. After coming out to her family, Margot is disowned by her father, a fundamentalist Southern Baptist who subsequently amends his will to state that any heir to the Verger fortune after Mason died be biologically verified through DNA testing as his grandchild.

Margot was molested and raped as a child by her brother. In the latter assault, Mason dislocates her arm. Haunted by the incident, she is sent to Dr. Hannibal Lecter for therapy. Lecter, disgusted by Mason's abuse, tells her that [...] her brother would be cathartic. Years later, Lecter nearly kills Mason, breaking his neck and horrifically mutilating his face, in part to avenge the abuse Margot suffered.

While Margot despises her brother, she remains loyal to him, even becoming his bodyguard in hopes that he will donate his sperm to her partner, Judy. Not only would this provide Margot and Judy with a longed-for child, it would satisfy the clause in Margot's father's will. Mason repeatedly refuses her, often pointing out that Lecter's assault had rendered him impotent and mockingly reminding her of her steroid-induced infertility.

In the novel, she forms a close friendship with Barney Matthews, Lecter's former orderly while he was imprisoned in Baltimore. The relationship is complicated by Matthews' growing (and obviously one-sided) [...] attraction to her.

Mason issues a private reward for Lecter's capture, intending to exact his revenge by feeding Lecter to a group of specially bred boars. Mason kidnaps Lecter, and orders Margot not to interfere with his plan. However, Margot goes to Lecter during his captivity and tells him about Mason's promised sperm donation. Lecter tells her not to expect a willing donation from Mason, insisting that the only way to get what Mason had promised her was to harvest it forcefully and that, furthermore, the only way for her to lead a normal life is to kill her brother. As a courtesy, Lecter promises to take the blame for Mason's [...] by giving Margot a sample of his own hair and scalp to plant on Mason's body and leaving a message on her answering machine confessing to the [...]. In exchange for covering up her [...] of Mason, Margot agrees to help Hannibal by helping him capture Paul Krendler.

After [...] Mason's personal physician, Margot uses a cattle prod to anally stimulate her brother's prostate, forcing him to ejaculate and symbolically "raping" him in return for his assault on her. Margot then kills Mason by shoving his beloved pet eel down his throat. Judy is successfully impregnated.