Dimitri Markovic

[attr="class","appcontent2"]Once a very angry and bitter man, that is no longer the case. His extended life has made him softer and kinder in more ways then one. he is no longer resentful of his immortality or hateful towards those that he believed wronged him. Now he has learned to enjoy the beauty in the world and likes to show others the way he seems it through photography. 

5,000 years of experience have made him wise and well read, but not obnoxiously so. He is known to just sit and observe the world rather than get involved in anything in particular-unless he has had a few too many glasses of Scotch that is. While seemingly incredibly brooding, Dimitri has a soft side that is not often seen but  when it is out he can be rather playful and silly.

[attr="class","appcontent2"]Though Dimi's past is not something he truly remembers he knows tiny details about it. His family and his time spent fighting for one. He never knew his mother, she died giving birth to him and her name was never mentioned by his father or brother after that. It was as if she never existed and Dimi could not miss what he never had. His dad brought him up to fight and he spent much of his years doing so. Until he met Kveta. The two fell madly in love and married shortly thereafter. Quick to follow was the birth of his son, Rurik, with Roza not far behind that. They were a happy family too but then Dimitri was forced to go off and battle.

He was reluctant to leave that day. Something felt off about this but with the prompting of his beloved he left anyway. That night his suspicion was proven when their camp was ambushed and all the man either were killed or taken hostage. For what seemed months all the men were tortured and experimented on with some form of dark magic, most dying along the way.

One day an experiment went wrong and it would be the end of the unspeakable evil occurring. Dimitri was the subject of it and he remembers nothing but searing pain as his bones cracked and shifted under his skin that seemed to be sprouting orange hairs. He became a Siberian Tiger with a rare golden coat that savagely attacked everyone at the camp/ Upon awaking the next day Dimi found himself in a mound of red snow with bodies surrounding him. With no recollection of the night before he collected come clothes to cover himself up with and went on a search for his family.

It took almost a month before he could find them again and the day was spent in tearful embraces with them all. And all seemed perfect again until night fell.

Everyone was in bed before it occurred. The same searing pain he had felt weeks prior had returned and was losing control while his wife tried to comfort him. Dimi doesn't remember that night either, he only knows he was covered in blood with his families bodies before him the next day. From that point forward Dimitri took his pain out on anyone who got in his way and he killed mercilessly. When he realized that magi's had survived the slaughter from the night he first turned he went about killing them, slowly and painfully, being sure to leave a couple alive so that he could continue his killing for years to come.

A couple of decades passed and he realized he was immortal. Then another werecat found him. She aided in calming his bitter heart. His murdering stopped and and he began to live a normal life for the most part.

Once his friend was out of his life he was hurt from the loss and he once again picked up his habit, but this time it was far more systematic. He would kidnap, torture, and kill those that performed dark magic or were related to the ones that made him what he is. He carefully discarded the body, leaving no connection to him. This continued until about 25 years ago now that he believes he has killed off every magi connected to those that made him a monster.

As more years passed the savage beast inside Dimitri's heart began to soften further. He saw the beauty in the world and begun to paint. As the world advanced he went from painting to photography, which is his passion today.

After recently settling in New York City he found a niche in the world.  The city with always bustling and the beauty he could find in both people and scenery he has managed to find many jobs in the city and had plans to open up his own gallery one day. But in the mean time he has secured a job at NYU as the head of the photography department.