Demitri Maximoff

**Demitri Maximoff** is one of the main protagonists of the *Darkstalkers* series. He fought Arcueid Brunestud from Melty Blood in episode 2 of Riot Rumble Season 2.

## Description

Deep within the mountains of Romania lies a castle that appears only on a full moon. The castle, named after the owner of the land, was called Zeltzereich. This castle belonged to a Makai Vampire, Demitri Maximoff.

100 years ago, he had challenged Belial Aensland for power. He lost the battle and was exiled from Makai for his crimes against its ruler. Sunlight was something that was troublesome for the vampires of Makai, especially for Demitri. If he were to be directly exposed, his body would be destroyed from the inside and would disappear.

To avoid the sunlight, he used his supernatural abilites and created a field to cover his castle. He used this field to recover his strength. For 50 years, he stayed within his casket. As he slowly regained his strength, he would step out only once a full moon to hunt for blood.

By this time, there were already people that would wander into the castle. They would somehow hear rumors of treasure's within the castle. They would bring crosses, stakes, garlic, holy water and silver bullets thinking they were safe and attack Demitri. To Demitri, humans were food as enjoyed their blood. To him, it was like drinking the best wine of Makai. Those who were bit by Demitri had turned into vampires that would become loyal servants to him. Currently, 40 people settle in Demitri's castle and care for him.

When Demitri recovered 80% of his original power, he was able to temporarily create an aura around him that would grant him the power to walk on a cloudy day. Demitri had conquered both night and day and had no weaknesses. After 100 years of humiliation for his loss, he had gained a lot. He acquired various knowledge. The Prince of Darkness steadily readied himself to take over the realm once again.

The presence of an alien life form on Earth was an unexpected event for Demitri. Demitri seized this opportunity to further gain strength and fought against Pyron and consumed the alien life form. He was confident that he was strong enough to challenge and defeat the ruler of Makai, Belial.

When he returned to Makai, he found out that Belial's daughter, Morrigan Aensland, had become heir to the Aensland family and the ruler of Makai. As Demitri prepared himself to challenge Morrigan, he and his castle were sucked into the realm of Majigen by Jedah Dohma. Believing that meeting Jedah was an important step, he went off to meet Jedah for help and a deal.

## Trivia

* Demitri's preferred blood type to consume is AB. He also prefers blood from virgins.
* The girls on Demitri's stage named are Patricia, Elizabeth, Francoise and Angelica.
* In the *Darkstalkers* series, Demitri is voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama, who is mostly known as the voice of adult Link in *The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time*, the Japanese voice of Bass in the Japanese version of Mega Man 8, Joe Higashi from the *Fatal Fury* and *The King of Fighters* series, Hiei from *Yu Yu Hakusho*, by starring twice within the Brave Series franchise as Maito Senpuuji of *The Brave Express Might Gaine* and Gai Shishioh of the *King of Braves GaoGaiGar.* He also voiced Viral and Old Coco in Tenga Toppa Gurren Lagann.
* In the American cartoon series, Demitri is voiced by Michael Donovan, who also voiced Guile in the *Street Fighter* cartoon series. He is also given a Romanian accent to match his nationality.
* Richard Epcar, Demitri's English voice actor in *Cross Edge*, had previously voiced characters of supernatural origin ranging from Franken in *The Monster of Frankenstein* (originally known as *Kyofu Densetsu: Kaiki! Frankenstein*) to Myotismon from *Digimon*. Epcar later voiced an ironical character who hunted a particular vampire and was killed by such (and later revived through timely intervention): Joseph Joestar from *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders*.
* In *Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3*, Vergil was given alternate colors based on Demitri.
* For *Monster Hunter Frontier*, Capcom released costumes of Demitri and Morrigan for the game. Their costumes came in 4 different colors; Demonic Series featuring their regular colors, Shadow Series featuring reds, Chaos Series featuring light blue and Soul Series featuring white.
* Demitri was planned to be a playable character in the cancelled game *Capcom Fighting All-Stars: Code Holder*.
* Maximoff is the latinized surname of Maksimov which is of Russian origin, meaning "son of Maksim". Curiously, in *SVC Chaos*, his surname was spelled as Maximov instead of the usual Maximoff.
* It is implied that Demitri's family is an enemy of Van Helsing in some *Darkstalkers* media such as the cartoon.