Dorian Myrick

Dorian was born the third and youngest child of Kaiden and Gladys Myrick in the Willow Creek Pub. His birth followed older siblings Vinnie and Bailey's.
== Upbringing ==
Dorian had a relatively fortunate childhood in the Pub. He admired his father Kaiden for keeping it financially afloat whilst also balancing a job as a diver. He was also fascinated by Gladys' social media career which was bringing in a huge fraction of the family income. Dorian was a troublemaker as a child, with Vinnie and Bailey always behaving better. Dorian knew that he wanted to make his own fortune when he was older, even if it meant breaking the law to do so.
== Kaiden's Death and Dorian's Criminal Career ==
When the three kids were teenagers Kaiden sadly died of old age, devestating Dorian. Gladys was able to step up and keep the family together, but Dorian struggled to process his grief. His personality became darker and colder, and he began to lose his morals. Dorian then decided to dabble in criminal activity, completing odd jobs for mysterious criminal figures. Dorian rose in the ranks and built quite the reputation for himself. Gladys initially discouraged Dorian from his line of work, but after realising how enviable the Willow Creek Pub is and the lenghts people would go to steal ownership of it, she began to tolerate it more.
== Vinnie's Breakdown and meeting Fallon Barnett ==
When Vinnie's girlfriend Nadine Espinosa aborted his baby, Vinnie was heartbroken and needed a way to deal with his anger. Vinnie approached Dorian, stating he wanted to join in on his criminal activity. Dorian was very reluctant to introduce Vinnie into the world of crime, but after much persuasion, he finally let him in on some of his illegal business. Around this time, Dorian met Fallon Barnett and the two fell in love. Fallon quickly learnt of Dorian's criminal acts but accepted him and moved into the Pub, later falling pregnant as she accepted Dorian's marriage proposal. When the family butler Dacien Ortega impregnated both Bailey and her friend Piper, and generally wreaking havoc for the Myrick family, Vinnie lashed out and brutally killed Dacien. This shocked Dorian, who felt extremely guilty for enabling Vinnie's anger to worsen. At the same time, Fallon gave birth to Dorian's first child Rocco Myrick. Dorian decided he should take the blame for Vinnie as he believed Dacien's blood was on his hands, but Gladys quickly got rid of any evidence incriminating the Myricks.
== Moving to Sulani ==
Many years later, Dorian decided he wanted to travel in Sulani, so took Fallon and Rocco to live temporarily with Fallon's best friend Dakota Rockwell. Dorian enjoyed life in Sulani as he continued to excel in his criminal career. Vinnie then got in touch with Dorian, explaining that he had to escape the environment where he killed Dacien. Vinnie moved in with Dorian and co., but his stay was shortlived.
== Vinnie's Death and Dorian's Guilt ==
Dorian was confused one night when Vinnie snuck out late at night. He was shocked and heartbroken the next day to learn that Vinnie had been murdered, supposedly by Piper Tinsley, who quickly confessed her guilt. Dorian was filled with a tremendous amount of guilt, believing that the series of events leading to Vinnie's death was his fault. Vinnie focused more on his criminal career to stay sane, but drifted away from Fallon and Rocco.
== Dorian and Fallon's Infidelity ==
Dorian's grief brought out the worst in him, and he decided to have an affair with criminal colleague Eleanor Cordova. Fallon eventually walked in on Dorian and Eleanor, and was furious at Dorian. She then ended up sleeping with Dakota's son Mason Rockwell, which in turn infuriated Dorian. The couple were prepared to divorce, but realised Rocco's life had already been turbulent enough without the separation of his parents. The two decided to give things another try, and moved in with Fallon's parents Bertie and Donna Barnett, also living in a Sulani lot called Reef Finery.
== Dolores' Criminal Career ==
Dorian and Fallon decided to withhold their marital troubles from Bertie and Donna, who took a great liking to Dorian - Donna even used Dorian as the model subjects for a task in her freelance photography career. Also living in the house was Dorian's cousin Dolores Myrick, whose parents had lived there before Bertie and Donna. When Dolores discovered she was pregnant with Javier Mondragon's baby, she realised she was very financially unstabled and approached Dorian about joining in his criminal activity. Dorian was unsure whether to help Dolores but eventually agreed, allowing her to dabble slightly. Despite Fallon and Dorian's attempts at rekindling, they grew further apart and a miserable Fallon struggled to recover from his betrayal. Fallon also was suspicious of Dorian and Delores' secret converstaions, and even suspected them of having an affair. Eleanor Cordova frequently tried to contact Dorian, but he repeatedly ignored her calls so to maintain the stability of the family.
== Dorian vs the Barnetts ==
When Christmas Day arrived, Fallon could no longer maintain her anger at Dorian. Pretending to be him, she contacted Eleanor and invited her round. Dorian was shocked to see Eleanor again, and to make matters worse, she revealed she was pregnant with Dorian's child. Dorian rejected Eleanor, unable to accept the fact she was going to have his child. Fallon and Eleanor physically fought, before Dorian and Fallon had their own argument. They dramatically decided it was time for a divorce, with this baby being the last straw. Bertie and Donna learnt the truth and were furious at Dorian, threatening to kick him out of the family. The Barnetts declared they would keep custody of Rocco, but Dorian insisted he would fight them in court. The Barnetts also had more ownership of Reef Finery, so told Dorian to leave. However, Dorian realised he had a powerful ally in Dolores, who actually had sole ownership of the house seeing as she was the first to live there. Dorian convinced Dolores to keep him in the house, stating that in return, he would help fund Dolores' baby's life. Eleanor then left before going into labour and giving birth to Dandre, who she surnamed Cordova just to annoy Dorian.
== Vinnie's Secret Daughter ==
As Dorian and the Barnetts struggled to live under the same roof, Dorian received another shock visit, this time from Sulani local Raquel Savalani. Raquel revealed she had impregnated by Vinnie before his death, and was now struggling to raise his daughter Sonia. As Raquel asked Dorian for financial support, Dorian realised he had a chance to atone for his mistakes with Vinnie, seeing Sonia as his second chance. Dolores then went into labour and gave birth to Dimitri Mondragon.
== Joining the Cordova Clan ==
Around this time, Bertie was able to manipulate Dolores and convince her that Dorian was too focused on his own two children, plus Sonia, to care about Dimitri. Noticing Dorian had become more and more distant from her, Delores decided to cut ties with him and thus Dorian had no leg to stand on in his fight for Reef Finery. With Eleanor persisting to visit Dorian in hopes of getting together with him, Dorian realised he could manipulate her to get custody of Dandre. Dorian feigned love for Eleanor, proposing to her and moving in with the rest of the Cordova family in Oasis Springs. He embarked on a plan to win custody of Dandre, before taking Sonia from Raquel, and finally getting Rocco back.