Dmitri grew up alone and selfish in order to survive. Growing up he became money hungry and would cheat everyone he came into contact with. When the previous Queen of the Northern lands offered a large monetary reward for the return of her missing granddaughter, Dmitri couldn't refuse. He knew the mountains and this land very well as he would wander around. When he met Asia he thought at first that there was no way she was the royal princess since she was the biggest pain in the world and seemed to only be on his bad side. But as they traveled back to the royal palace he seemed to only fall more and more in love with her.