Prologue:

This is me entertaining myself. It's an Alternate Reality starting in 1905. If I don't get bored too fast it will likely span about 20 years.

I've done some unforgivable stuff, because it works for me. The Cassadines fled Russia some 30 years before because of some little problem with the Tsar. They re-established themselves in England (see, totally unforgivable, but there you go).

The family estate is now occupied by Mikkos Cassadine (approximately 60), his beautiful, but treacherous wife Helena (never ask her age, it won't end well), their surviving son Stefan (28), grandson Nikolas (8, recently sent to boarding school), Mikkos' niece Alexandria 'Alexis' Davidovich (26), and the Cassadine's ward Samantha (9).

Mikkos' brothers have established themselves elsewhere, to strengthen the chances of world domination (which will have almost no significance in this story, but I thought I'd throw it out there). Stavros is dead (for real I think).

I'll explain more of my evil fanwanks as I introduce other characters to the story.