Artur Drakov was executed in 1749, for robbery. As a young Immortal Drakov tried to form his own small Baltic state. After a bloody uprising, which almost revealed his immortality, Drakov decided that it was wiser to pull the strings from behind the scenes. He hid in anarchy and chaos, which he orchestrated. After his involvement in the Soviet Union, Drakov was active in other areas: he stoked the colonial mess in Africa, in Armenia and in Bosnia. In Romania, he worked for some time for the secret police. From 1976 to 1981, Charles Tarvise became his watcher.