In this episode of Dark Character Profiler, Fulcrum opens the case file on Bertan Duarte from The Sentient Trilogy. Once a trained assassin for the Medina organization, now a haunted slaughterhouse worker, Bertan struggles with dissociation, trauma, and the crushing guilt of a fatal mistake that changed his life forever. Join me as I break down his psychological profile, explore how moral injury reshapes identity, and uncover the fractured inner world of a man torn between who he was and who he’s trying to be. A deep, forensic look into redemption, trauma, and the haunting weight of memory.

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A Kingdom of Ash and Steam: The Ogress Son

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Frankl, Viktor E. Man’s Search for Meaning.

Herman, Judith L. Trauma and Recovery.

Litz, Brett T., et al. “Moral Injury and Moral Repair in War Veterans.”

Newton, John. Biographical accounts and writings on his transition from slave-ship captain to abolitionist and hymn writer.

Schindler, Oskar. Historical documentation and analyses of his rescue efforts during World War II.

Shay, Jonathan. Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character.

Van der Kolk, Bessel. The Body Keeps the Score.

VanLandingham, Jay. The Sentient Trilogy (Sentient; Sentient Being; Sentient Rising). Medium Publishing.