All I can think of is that they all like their victims to be aware or partly aware of what is happening and what is being done to them or through them. It's as if the consciousness of the victim inceases their suffering, which increases the pleasure taken from the suffering.
Sum sui generis
Vs
You do not hear, and so you cannot be redeemed.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
Yes. I'm sure it says more than once that Foul uses people to destroy what they love, and that he likes them to be able to remember what they are and hate what they have become.
Holt is also into controlling people. All people.
Sum sui generis
Vs
You do not hear, and so you cannot be redeemed.
In the name of their ancient pride and humiliation, they had made commitments with no possible outcome except bereavement.
He knew only that they had never striven to reject the boundaries of themselves.
They all strive for immortality, only on a different level. Foul - being immortal per se wants to elevate his immortality to a different dimension; for him being imprisoned is a kind of a death. Succorso wants to live forever through the stories told about him and the constant adoration of the women he conquers. Kasreyn simply wants eternal life for life itself. Fasner wants to live so that his empire would not topple without him. Etc, etc
------------------------------------------------------------------------ love is the shadow that ripens the wine