Name: Dimitri Burkov
Age: 21 (21)
Neighborhood: Olympus
Job: Bartender at The Underworld
Story: Anastasia
Character: Dimitri
Faceclaim: Paul Wesley
Status: Taken
+ protective, brave, clever
- greedy, impatient, stubborn
To work in the palace was a great honor, or so Dimitri’s father kept telling him along with how lucky Dimitri was that he got him a job when such a thing was scarce. Nevermind that Dimitri was only a young boy when he started working in the kitchen. Still, in a way it was a magical childhood despite the harshness of the kitchen staff and his father’s constant drinking. Dimitri grew up around everything that glittered and shined though he was never permitted to touch or even stare at them too long, the young princess especially.
It was easy for Dimitri to get overlooked, in fact most of the time no one took notice of him at all which gave him leave to explore the palace. There wasn’t a soul alive who knew the palace better than Dimitri so when he saw the young princess and her grandmother get separated fleeing royals he knew he could get them out safely. The young girl may not have ever known his name let alone that he existed before that moment of pushing them through a secret passage, but he knew she didn’t deserve to die. Dimitri stayed behind to face the angry mob to buy them enough time to escape. Of course he was only a child and was easily knocked aside.
Dimitri never knew if the young princess made it out safely, he had only rumors of her fate. He held on to her golden box that she thought was worth risking her life to remember her by. Though, as he got older and the boyish crush wore off he told himself that he kept it to complete the ultimate con. After the fall of the Czar Dimitri only had his wit to get by on, and in order to survive he did whatever he needed to do.Stealing, forging, whatever he could. He had a knack for it after all. With the help Vladimir, a fellow conman and the best forger around, Dimitri made a name for himself in Saint Petersburg. Dimitri was the one to go to for forged papers or anything that someone might need.
Finally it came time to complete the greatest con in history, the con that would set him and Vlad up for life: returning the beloved Princess Anastasia to her grandmother. He had her golden music box, he had the inside knowledge to convince the Dowager, and he had three tickets to Paris. All he needed was the right girl to play the part. Finding her was difficult, of course, but when he did, she was amazing. But these things never go as planned no matter how carefully planned they are. First, he made the mistake of dancing with her and started to develop feelings for her. Second, she wasn’t pretending; she really was the lost princess. Third, she overheard about the money.
Before he could tell her the truth about who she was, the con, or even how he felt, she was slapping him across the face and running out of the ballet. He knew he couldn’t convince her that he never meant to hurt her, but he could at least make things right by reuniting her with her grandmother. At leas,t that was the plan. However, before he could, he was pulled into this new world. This world wasn’t all that different from what he knew, not really anyway. Dimitri saw a need for the right papers, though it wasn’t always easy getting people who were often suspicious to trust him enough. But everything is easier when you’re connected. He didn’t know if Anya was even in Fableton, but when he found her, he did what he should have done from the beginning and told her the truth. Much to his surprise she believed him and even forgave him, proving that maybe kitchen boys do end up with the princess.
Anastasia Romanoff: He loves her that much he knows, but he can’t begin to understand what’s going on with her. Dimitri would do anything to keep her safe and to make her happy even if that means opening his mind to something otherworldly.
Megara Valis: He has no idea why his co-worker is hostile towards him, but he tries to stay away from her as much as possible. It makes it a bit lonely to work there, but he’s used to that.
Hades Drakos: Dimitri doesn’t trust him by any means, but they have an understanding. Hades gives him names of anyone who might be in need of official papers and Dimitri gives him a cut of the profit.
ALTERNATE FACECLAIMS: Aaron Tveit, Dave Franco