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“ | Go home Dimitri. Dad left something for you. | „ |
~ Dimitri's last words to his brother before they part ways |
Dimitri Nikolaevich Smerdyakov-Kravinoff later known as The Chameleon is the tritagonist in Kraven the Hunter. Dmitri is the brother of Sergei Kravinoff.
He is portrayed as Fred Hechinger and Billy Barratt as his younger self.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Dimitri is the illegitimate son of notorious Russian gangster Nikolai Kravinoff, born from an affair with a woman named Sonya Smerdyakova. Despite this he was raised with his father and welcomed by his stepmother, who he loved as if she was his mother, and his older half-brother Sergei. Growing up in London however his stepmother suffered from mental illness and was eventually committed by his father, who sent both Dimitri and his brother to school in America. During this time Dimitri learned to mimic the voices of others, often to entertain his brother, but grew up feelings unfairly compared to Sergei who Nikolai was grooming to take over the family business.
During his teens his father one day picked him and Sergei up from school, where he revealed their mother had committed suicide. He then took them on a hunt in Africa, accompanied by a man named Aleksei Sytsevich, where Sergei was attacked and taken away by a lion. While Sergei survived and was reunited with Dimitri at a hospital, upon their return to London Nikolai revealed that he intended to send Dimitri back to school while Sergei remained with him, leading to Sergei to run away. Despite Dimitri's attempts to convince his brother to stay, Sergei insisted he had to leave though he promised to return.
Kidnapping[]
Over the next sixteen years, Sergei would visit Dimitri on his birthday but would remain isolated in the wildness while Dimitri grew up to become a piano player at his father's club, his voice mimicry skills improving until he could mimic famous singers. During one night however an assassination attempt on his father occurred while Dimitri cowered, leading Nikolai to express his anger and disappointment with his son. Soon after his brother surprised him again for his birthday, the two going out at their father's club where Dimitri expresses his anger with himself over his weakness. Their father makes a surprise appearance where he talks to his sons about the three of them one day moving forward together as a family, and after Sergei returns him to his flat where he passes out.
While Sergei is out however, Dimitri is kidnapped by men working for Aleksei Sytsevich, who was now a crime boss seeking to take over Nikolai's territory. Dimitri is tortured and has his ring finger cut off, before Sytsevich reveals the true reason behind his kidnapping: Sergei was actually the Hunter, an urban legend believed to be responsible for the deaths of many criminals and who Sytsevich was now after him. He also reveals that he was underestimated due to his health problems, much like Dimitri, and that thanks to a scientist named Miles Warren he was cured of his illness and given superhuman abilities, at the cost of needing medication to keep his mutation at bay. He offers Dimitri the opportunity to take over Nikolai's business as his partner, but Dimitri refuses.
Before Sytsevich can go through with killing Dimitri, the Foreigner arrives and reveals his own desire to see Kraven killed, having tracked him to Siberia. Using Dimitri as bait, Sytsevich and the Foreigner attempt to kill Sergei and almost succeed, but his brother ultimately succeeds in killing both of them with help from Calypso. Shortly after this Nikolai is killed in what appears to be a hunting accident though Dimitri quickly realizes that it was Sergei's work and, despite Sergei handing over control of their father's assets so he can dismantle it, decides to take over the business. He also tracks down Dr. Warren and convinces him to give him a similar procedure, which gives him shape shifting abilities so that he can look like anyone.
A year after his kidnapping, Dimitri is visited again on his birthday by his brother and reveals how he has taken over their father's empire. He dismisses and criticizes Sergei's insistence that he has any moral superiority over their father, claiming they are exactly like, and after revealing his own abilities, the two part ways.
Escaping Prison[]
Now known as Chameleon, Kravinoff was arrested for his crimes. The Daily Bugle later reported on his mysterious escape.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In the comics, Dmitri Smerdyakov/Chameleon is a supervillain and adversary of Spider-Man. He is Kraven the Hunter's maternaal half-brother and has the ability to shapeshift. He was also a member of the Sinister Six.
- Dmitri is the first major rouge to Spider-Man to become a damsel when he was kidnapped for ransom by the Rhino, while Kraven became his rescuer.
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