Demitri Maximoff

Demitri Maximoff is the main protagonist from the Darkstalkers franchise.

Demitri is a mighty Romanian vampire lord who shares a bitter rivalry with Morrigan Aensland following a war over the rule of the otherworldly dimension of Makai between the Maximoff and Aensland families that resulted in Demitri's banishment to the human world. To avoid human contact while recovering his strength, he protects his castle with an energy field and secludes himself inside a coffin for fifty years, emerging only in the event of a full moon or to attack intruders of his castle and consume their blood, converting them into his servants in the process. A century later, after learning of Belial Aensland's death, and again in attempt to claim Makai as his own,[1]Demitri prepares to face off against Morrigan—Belial's daughter and current heir to the dimension's throne—but he and his castle are sucked into the newly created realm of Majigen, causing him to abort his battle with Morrigan to fight its ruler, Jedah Dohma, instead. In the plot of the first game, he is responsible for organizing the tournament between the Darkstalkers to determine the ruler of the Demon World.

Personality
Demitri Maximoff is a villainous and power-hungry vampire who, like Dracula, sees humanity as an inferior race and only cares for their blood. His favorite type of blood is from innocent and beautiful girls, who seem to be loyal to Demitri and admire him (although this could be the work of hypnosis, as most vampires are capable of such ability).

In the the UDON comics of Darkstalkers, Demitri desires to control all of Makai as its ruler, and seems to hold a grudge against the Aensland family due to his defeat from Belial's hands. He also seems to respect his fellow vampires such as Dracula, the king of vampires.

Abilities
Demitri is one of most dangerous vampires in the Darkstalkers series, second to only Dracula himself. This power stems from the fact that he gave Belial an intense battle despite losing against him due to his arrogance. After many years of gaining power by drinking the blood of humans and gaining knowledge throughout history, he has become wiser than ever since his war against Belial. He is able to turn people into vampires like himself for control, summon supernatural bats to attack his foes, transform into a vampire version of himself or a small bat, fly throughout the night, as well as turn his opponents into women, both human or supernatural alike.

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.
 * Demitri's vampire clan are an enemy of Van Helsing.
 * Demitri is hinted to know about the existence of Dracula, the king of vampires.
 * 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.