Vasili Thorne

Vasili Thorne, a character in the Crimes of Passion series, is a Prince of Drakovia, and one of Trystan's half-brothers. He makes his first official appearance in Book 2, Chapter 1.

Appearance
Vasili has short wavy brown hair, brown eyes, dark skin, and a light stubble. He wears a gray sweater, black round glasses, and a black coat.

Personality
Vasili is a cunning strategist. He is smart, ambitious, and cool-headed.

Book 1

 * Chapter 17: The Long Goodbye (Determinant)

Book 2

 * Chapter 1: To Catch a Thief
 * Chapter 3: Drakovian Intelligence
 * Chapter 4: Objection
 * Chapter 5: A Rose Among Thornes
 * Chapter 6: Served Cold
 * Chapter 7: The Drakovian Heir
 * Chapter 8: Unite and Conquer (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 10: The Mask Drops
 * Chapter 11: Footage Not Found
 * Chapter 12: Fashion Victim
 * Chapter 13: In Memoriam
 * Chapter 14: Illegitimate
 * Chapter 15: The Drakovian Nightingale

Trystan Thorne
Vasili grew up in Trystan's shadow, and he considers him/her to be a flight risk. During his/her trial, Vasili says that because Juliana wanted changes that could have resulted in Trystan being removed as heir to the throne, this could have potentially been a motive to kill her.

Sebastyan Thorne
Vasili and Sebastyan were said to be close.

Trivia

 * His character model resembles a version of Your Character from Veil of Secrets.
 * His outfit is the same outfit as 'Genius Sleuth', used by Body Type 2 of Your Character from Murder at Homecoming.
 * He and his family share the same surname as Garrett Thorne from Open Heart: Second Year and the default surname of Attorney as well as Reese from Surrender.
 * He is the oldest of Trystan's half siblings and the second oldest of all the Thorne children, as he would have been next in line after Trystan had he been legitimized.
 * In Book 2, Chapter 14, he is revealed to be the big bad of the book who committed all the murders to ensure the passage of the Act for Heir Equity.
 * His crimes include murder and conspiracy.