Dimitrij Volkov was born in Kamchatka in 1921 and by the age of eight he had already distinguished himself as an academic prodigy and master chess player. On the downside, he also gained some notoriety for having developed a couple of torture techniques on his neighbors' pets. As he grew older, this darker side of his personality took over and he deliberately chose to pursue a criminal lifestyle solely because he found it to be interesting--that and he could do whatever experiments he wanted on pretty much anyone he wanted. During a previous encounter, Agent Lawrie shot Volkov in the left eye at close range, giving him his distinctive eyepatch. Recent reports link Volkov to an organization calling itself H.A.R.M.