About Me
I arrived in Salem in February 1982 when I relocated my family and the center of our "business" operations from Europe. Except for being vaguely Mediterranean, European and Italian. I am the patriarch of our powerful aristocratic DiMera family empire. I have dabbled in such various enterprises as drug trafficking, art theft, forgery, political corruption, assassinations, kidnapping and false imprisonment, faking various people's deaths, brainwashing and mind control, infiltrating legitimate businesses and government agencies, building elaborate compounds on various uncharted Caribbean islands, raising private mercenary armies, and orchestrating guerilla wars in Third World countries.
I engaged in both alliances and battles with various individuals and factions over the years, including rival mobsters such as Victor Kiriakis and a government agency called the ISA (International Security Alliance). I have also been involved with political terrorism in Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. But my most hated enemies, the targets of my wrath, have been the blue-collar Brady family of Salem.
My hatred for the Bradys has evolved over the years. Originally it could be easily explained in that the Bradys were cops who were constantly meddling in (and thwarting) my schemes. More recently, it has been alleged that the family feud actually precedes me and has its origins in the Bradys' ancestral home outside of Dublin, Ireland. It's also been hinted that the Bradys may not necessarily have been the "innocents" in the feud's beginnings.
I have evolved over the years from a mysterious charmer to a stereotypical mobster to an omnipotent (and somewhat Gothic) supervillain. I even went through a couple of incarnations where it appeared that I may actually renounce my evil ways (much like my sometime-ally, sometime-rival counterpart Victor Kiriakis). But in the end, I always returned to my villainous nature, manipulating the denizens of Salem for my own nefarious ends.
I have a number of children, some illegitimate and some dead. They include Megan Hathaway, Benji Hawk, Renee DuMonde, Elvis Banks (a.k.a. E.J. Wells), Lexie Carver, and Count Anthony "Tony" DiMera (the title is one I purchased as a gift for my son). In the mid-1980s it was revealed that Tony was the illegitimate son of my common-law wife Daphne and our Greek gardener, "Enrico". However, by the mid-1990s, it was retconned that this information was the "rambling of a mad woman" and that Tony was in fact my biological son.
I also fostered two children, Peter and Kristen Blake, who were the children of Rachel Blake ("The Woman In White") with whom I was obsessed, and whose father I murdered in a fit of jealousy. Although I fostered them, I never legally adopted the two, which paved the way to Kristen and Tony marrying later in life.
I am famous for having faked my death one hundred times, and always "returning" from the dead as the "Phoenix." The Phoneix is my personal symbol and has become my family crest. In my last reported death, Tony claimed to have killed me in jealousy over my higher regard for my "Pawn", John Black (Tony's illegitimate half-brother by his mother Daphne DiMera), and to use my blood to help cure Tony's mysterious blood disorder. Tony subsequently took over my organization and is currently in jail for a host of crimes, including the Salem Serial Killer hoax and his involvement with terrorism in Iraq (although aside from these outlandish schemes, Tony's "regime" appeared to have been centered around more "conventional" mob business).
In December 2006, however, John and Marlena found me in an Italian hospital and confronted me, trying to learn why I had sent a young man named E.J. to Salem. My face obscured within an oxygen tent, I revealed that E.J. is my son by Susan Banks.
In late February 2007, E.J. relocated me to a secret location in Salem, where I received a kidney transplant from John. I was then moved back to Italy. As you know, I've returned to Salem.
My contact information:
430 Lakeview Dr.
Salem, USA 06649
Maison Blanche: (504) 555-2384
