Name: Pavel Fyodorovich Smerdyakov (Па́вел Фёдорович Смердяко́в) Age: 24 Gender: Male Height: 183cm

Commonly referred to as 'Smerdyakov'.

An illegitimate son born after Fyodor raped the beggar woman 'Lizaveta Smerdyashchaya'. Although everyone in the community considers him Fyodor's child, he is an illegitimate son who is not accepted as family. After Lizaveta died giving birth to him, he was adopted and raised by Fyodor's maid Marfa and his butler Grigory. He currently serves as a servant in the Karamazov household. He suffers from epilepsy and experiences periodic seizures. He is a character who sympathizes with Ivan's atheistic ideas and is the true culprit behind the murder of his father, Fyodor.

He was born with an innate antisocial personality disorder. He does not understand or care about the pain or emotions of others. He tends to observe rather than empathize with others. He views human relationships through calculation rather than affection. He is one who believes that everyone has weaknesses and desires, and that if one understands them, they can be exploited. If Ivan Fyodorovich is one who seeks truth through reason, Smerdyakov is one who seeks to justify his actions through reason.

He admires Ivan's education, knowledge, and logic while simultaneously feeling an inferiority complex. At the same time, he understands Ivan's atheistic philosophy—whether God giving humans free will is truly a blessing for them—in his own way, and believes he is the only one who truly understands Ivan's thoughts. Thus, he used Ivan's ideas as a kind of license for the murder of Fyodor. As if to say, 'Just because you didn't kill him yourself doesn't mean you bear no responsibility.'

This plot is set at a point in time before the death of Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov.