Dmitri

The realm that Dmitri was born in is an endless grey desert of ash. No sun shines over the land, instead a moon that never moves in a cloudy, starless black sky. Its surface is dotted in white trees with no leaves and rocky configurations. Wicked souls, wether that be those of the cursed or those who have tainted minds, often find their way to these lands when they pass on. These souls take the forms of monsters and roam the lands until they are killed, and the physical forms are returned to the ash. Dmitri is unsure where the souls go next, but he assumes that they travel to an afterlife of some kind. This plane is often refered to as Ashen.

'The Spire', as it has been named, is a towering, thin rock structure with a multitude of holes in it that lead to a series of caves that are much, much larger than should be possible for what the structure appears to be on the outside. It is one of the many mountainous rocks that are within his home realm. It is a maze of sorts that the unknowing would get easily lost in, but to Dmitri and his family, it could be traversed with their eyes closed. Using these tunnels, the residents are able to exit into caves that exist within other realms, this being how they travel. The further one gets into the tunnels and pathways, the more that the rocky caves look more like rooms, until it eventually leads to the interior of a castle. Dmitri's room and study within the spire are filled with the findings of his travels, a vast collection that he takes pride in. Somehow he keeps it dust free.

Dmitri's mother had brought back a vampire from the mortal plane to the grey desert, who became the father of Dmitri. As a child he would visit the other realms often with his mother, learning about the world beyond his dead and dreary home, and this habit of traveling continued on as he grew. Dmitri had never thought twice about his bloodthirsty mother, though decided to leave the spire after his mother ate his own father, believing that she might try to do the same to him.

He traveled to live with a vampire named Ambrose, who was one of his fathers good friends, and within the dusty wizard tower that Ambrose lived within Dmitri learned to hone the art of magic. There he met a cleric named Naya, and fell in love, marrying her. He lived with Naya until she died of old age, leaving Dmitri heartbroken and lost in a world that had seemed to lose a little of its light. He ended up going back to traveling the world aimlessly for some time, without much purpose, until he started working as a mage for a vampiric court. A studious man, he rose the ranks and became the right hand of the reigning king, Vincent. When the monarch became violent, he was taken out of his position, and Dmitri took the throne, feeling that none of the next in line were ready for the role. For many years Dmitri reigned as king, gaining a pact-maker and helping fellow rulers, but the position chipped away at what humanity that he had.

Dmitri eventually gave the position back to the rightful family of the throne, returning to his homeland. There he found what once was his mother had turned into an abomination due to her hunger for immortal flesh. Challenging his mother, he used the magic prowress that he had gained to kill her, ending her spree of bloodshed. Since she had been the matriarch of The Spire, Dmitri's victory meant that he now owned the structure. He has been living there since and connecting with his other family members again. He still visits the other realms, wether that be because of his pact or for his owns reasons, though has distanst himself some from mortals once more.