Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5632187-20130119213241/@comment-33384696-20160406165623

since this is th theories board, ill post mine about Lautrec and why he kills the firekeeper:

Hes collecting humanity. Firekeepers are known to be literally writhing with humanity just beneath their skin, and if Lautrec is collecting humanity, it would explain why he is killing them. instead of killing 100 men, he could simply kill one firekeeper.

as for why he's collecting humanity, I believe he is collecting it to offer to Fina. But why would Fina want humanty? Well,  Fina is the goddess of Beuty, and it is safe to say that some gods practically obsess over the concept they are associated with. As such, it would make sense for Her to be trying to preserver or perhaps even make herslef even more beutiful. But why humanity? well, we know that hollows aren't the most attractive,  and humanity can reverse this in hollows, but what would happen to someone who isn't hollow who devours a humanity? It could very well make themselves more attractive (to an extent,  id also say that devouring alot of humanity can induce insanity and make you, well, not very attractive), as such, she manipulates people such as lautrec  into collecting humanity for her. Do note that i have little to actually back this up, and its just me speculating.