Montresor
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Montresor is the name of the protagonist in Edgar Allen Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado." In this short story, Montresor believes he has been wronged by an old friend, Fortunato. Plotting revenge, he brings him into the bowels of his family crypt and immures him there.
Montresor uses reverse psychology to lure his "friend" Fortunato into his catacombs, telling him that he had recently bought Amontillado. Wanting to taste it, Fortunato, while drunk, gets lured into the family crypt of Montresor, he is brought to the very end, and chained in a small niche in the wall. Montresor, seeking revenge, then bricks up the niche, which will not be disturbed for a half century more.
