Dimitri Marick - Character Backstory

Character Backstory

To further the mystery element and add an international twist to the story, Nixon scripted Dimitri as having close European roots, though he is an American. His parents are Russian and he spends much of his time in Europe. Originally, his wealth comes from all the land around Pine Valley and the One Life to Live city Llanview, which he inherits from his parents. That is also where his fictional estate, Wildwind, is located. Later, during Dimitri's 1992 story with Erica Kane, he is revealed to also be Hungarian royalty as Count Andrassy. He inherited his title and his Hungarian castle, Vadzel, from his father's side. Both of his parents were dead by the time Dimitri first appears on All My Children. He spends his childhood years growing up in Europe and on the Wildwind estate. He and his half-brother Edmund are rivals, and his childhood sweetheart was Angelique, the daughter of his nanny, Helga. Helga later becomes his housekeeper. Eighteen years prior to Dimitri's appearance on-screen, he and Angelique married. On their honeymoon, a riding accident leaves her in a coma. He spends three years trying to find her a cure before giving up and becoming reclusive for the next fifteen years because of the guilt he feels over her condition. Finding Natalie in 1991 brings him out into society again.