''Days of Our Lives'' characters (2010s)

Profile

Other names

Parker Kiriakis

Family
Parents	Daniel Jonas Chloe Lane
Half-sisters	Melanie Jonas Holly Jonas
Grandparents	Maggie Horton Kiriakis George Jonas (legal) Lillian Parker Jonas Craig Wesley Nancy Wesley
Aunts and uncles	Sarah Horton Melissa Horton (adoptive) Joy Wesley Summer Townsend
First cousins	Nathan Horton (adoptive)

Parker Jonas is the son of Daniel Jonas and Chloe Lane, although Philip Kiriakis was long thought to be his father. He was born on November 11, 2010 in the Horton cabin after his mother Chloe Lane goes into premature labor. There are complications with the birth (the umbilical cord is wrapped around his neck), and Chloe is assisted by Parker's assumed older sister Melanie. Philip and Daniel later show up, just as Parker is born. Chloe and Daniel go to the hospital and name him Parker Jonas, after Daniel's mother. While Daniel was initially assumed to be the baby's father, it was later revealed (incorrectly) that Parker was conceived during a one-night stand between Chloe and Philip. When Chloe takes a paternity test, the results are changed by Caroline Brady to make her believe that Daniel is the father. When the assumed truth about Parker's paternity was revealed, Daniel left Chloe. On March 2, 2011 Philip became Parker's legal father and Parker's last name was changed to Kiriakis. On January 7, 2013, Chloe returned to Salem and informed Daniel that he was in fact Parker's biological father.

Dario Hernandez

Days of Our Lives character

Portrayed by

Francisco San Martin (2011)
Jordi Vilasuso (2016–2017)

Duration

2011
2016–2017

First appearance

March 9, 2011

Last appearance

July 31, 2017

Created by

Dena Higley and Christopher Whitesell

Introduced by

Ken Corday and Gary Tomlin (2011)
Ken Corday, Albert Alarr and Greg Meng (2016)

Classification

Profile

Occupation

Residence

Dena Higley
Christopher Whitesell

Family
Parents	Eduardo Hernandez Adriana Hernandez
Siblings	Rafe Hernandez Arianna Hernandez Gabi Hernandez Paige Larson
Spouse	Abigail Deveraux (2017–)
Stepsons	Thomas DiMera (2017–)
Nieces and nephews	Arianna Horton

Dario Hernandez is a fictional character on the NBC daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives. The role was played by Francisco San Martin who originated the role from March to September 2011 and Jordi Vilasuso since February 2016.

In December 2010, it was reported that Francisco San Martin would play the role of Dario, Rafe and Gabi Hernandez's (Galen Gering and Camila Banus) brother as a way to fill the void left following their sister Arianna's (Lindsay Hartley) death. San Martin previously played Javier Rodriguez, a patient of Nathan Horton (Mark Hapka) for one episode on November 16, 2010. San Martin's first airdate aired on March 9, 2011.^[1] Three months later in June 2011, following the departure of head writer Dena Higley and the appointments of new writers Marlene Clark Poulter and Darrell Ray Thomas Jr., it was reported that San Martin was among the list of actors let go from the show, San Martin's last airdate was on September 19, 2011.^[2]

In August 2015, nearly four years after San Martin's exit, it was reported that former Guiding Light and All My Children actor Jordi Vilasuso will take over the role of Dario.^[3]^[4]^[5] Vilasuso made his debut on February 19, 2016.^[6] In July 2017, it was reported that Vilasuso will be departing the show with his last airdate airing July 31, 2017^[7]

Quinn Hudson

Days of Our Lives character

Portrayed by

Bren Foster

Duration

2011–12

First appearance

May 5, 2011

Last appearance

February 22, 2012

Created by

Introduced by

Ken Corday
Gary Tomlin

Classification

Former, regular

Family
Family	Alamain
Mother	Vivian Alamain
Uncles	Leopold Alamain
First cousins	Lawrence Alamain John Black (adoptive) Nicholas Alamain (first cousin once removed) Brady Black (first cousin once removed; via adoption) Belle Black (first cousin once removed; via adoption) Paul Narita (first cousin once removed; via adoption) Claire Brady (first cousin twice removed; via adoption) Tate Black (first cousin twice removed; via adoption)

Quinn Hudson, played by Australian actor Bren Foster^[8] is the son of Vivian Alamain. He surfaces in Salem in 2011, and is part of a plot by Kate Roberts to bring down Chloe Lane. Quinn blackmails Chloe into being a call girl like Kate used to be a long time ago. Quinn changes for Taylor Walker and tells Chloe to stop. Quinn leaves Salem with his mother, Ivan and Taylor. He returns for a short while before departing again.

Anne Milbauer

Anne Milbauer
Days of Our Lives character
Portrayed by	Meredith Scott Lynn
Duration	2012—
First appearance	September 7, 2012
Created by	Gary Tomlin Christopher Whitesell
Introduced by	Ken Corday Lisa de Cazotte Greg Meng
Classification	Present; recurring

Anne Milbauer has been portrayed by Meredith Scott Lynn since September 7, 2012.

Arianna Horton

Days of Our Lives character

Portrayed by

Harper and Sydnee Udell

Duration

2013–

First appearance

May 22, 2013

Created by

Introduced by

Ken Corday, Lisa de Cazotte and Greg Meng

Classification

Profile

Other names

Arianna Grace Horton

Residence

316 Copper Lantern Drive, Apt. 15
Salem, United States

Family
Family	Horton, Hernandez, Brady, Roberts
Parents	Will Horton Gabi Hernandez
Stepfather	Sonny Kiriakis (2014–)
Grandparents	Sami Brady Lucas Horton Eduardo Hernandez Adrianna Hernandez
Aunts and uncles	Allie Horton Johnny DiMera Sydney DiMera Rafe Hernandez Arianna Hernandez Dario Hernandez Grace Brady (legal) Paige Larson
Other relatives	Marlena Evans Roman Brady William Horton, Sr. Kate Roberts Abigail Deveraux

Arianna Horton is the daughter of Gabi Hernandez and Will Horton. She was born on-screen May 21, 2013, in an abandoned shed. Her name comes from her deceased aunts, Arianna Hernandez and Grace Brady. Her godparents are Sonny Kiriakis and Abigail Deveraux.

Arianna was conceived when her parents had a one-night stand in August 2012. When Gabi finds out that she is pregnant she decides on an abortion, but can't go through with it. Nick decides to step up and say that he would be Arianna's legal father; since it would better on everybody. Will reveals that he is Arianna's father at Nick and Gabi's first attempt at a wedding in January 2013. Her father signed away his rights after Nick blackmailed (about him shooting EJ) him in March 2013. Leading up to her birth, Gabi and Nick were held hostage by Jensen, a former inmate with Nick. Sonny and Will arrived and Sonny was able to leave with Gabi; but Will stayed to free Nick. Gabi revealed that she had been having small contractions all day and Sonny found an abandoned shed in which to deliver the baby. Sonny managed to save Arianna, and Gabi and Arianna were brought to the hospital, and given a clean bill of health. After she was born, Gabi and Nick sent back her birth certificate before Gabi signed it, to have Will's name listed under "father".

Arianna and her mother would move in with Sonny and Will. In 2014, Sonny married Arianna's father, Will, becoming a stepfather to her, and raising her after her mother Gabi was imprisoned for the murder of Nick. When Gabi was released from prison in September 2015, she was finally reunited with her mother, but her happiness was cut short as her father was murdered by Ben just like her aunt Paige was. Right after Will's death, Gabi is left to raise her on her own, as her godfather, Sonny, leaves town, but later returns less than a year later, to co-parent her with Gabi.

Cole Hines

Cole Hines
Days of our Lives character
Portrayed by	Riley Bodenstab
Duration	2013–15
First appearance	June 27, 2013
Last appearance	May 21, 2015
Created by	Gary Tomlin and Christopher Whitesell
Introduced by	Ken Corday, Lisa de Cazotte and Greg Meng
Classification	Former; recurring
Profile
Occupation	Student
Residence	Salem, U.S.A

Cole Hines was created by head writers Gary Tomlin and Christopher Whitesell.

The character first appeared on June 27, 2013 as Bev Walters' boyfriend. He was in this group of drug dealers and users. He and JJ Deveraux get into a fist fight after he started whaling on his late grandfather's tree, the cops appear and grab them only to discover that the boys shoplifted goods and the lady they stole from appears and wishes to press charges against them. Cole and his friend JJ get arrested. They get released after the lady decides not to press charges against them. Bev breaks up with Cole and starts going out with JJ, this upsets Cole so he decides to get back at JJ for stealing his girlfriend. Cole calls the cops when he catches his rival selling drugs to the students and gets him arrested. In January 2014, Cole and his friends get chased by the cops but only Cole gets arrested and hauled to jail, he gets maximum sentence for his case in the robbery. In June 2014, he gets out of jail, and meets up with Bev at the park. He needs some money, which Bev agrees to give him but in return she makes him drop a few joints in Paige Larson's purse. Bev texts Cole to let him know where Paige is, Cole goes to Club TBD, spots her and intentionally spills the drink on her, she goes to clean up at the bathroom and Cole opens her purse just as he was about to drop the joints she catches him red handed, he makes excuses and leaves. JJ shows up, recognizes Cole and goes after him after Paige complains about what Cole just did. JJ grabs Cole and they start thrashing each other until Paige stops the fight and Cole gets away. Paige was about to call the cops, but JJ stops her. Cole meets up with Bev at the park and Paige sees them together. After Cole leaves Paige walks up to Bev to confront her, she lies to Paige and gets away with it. Cole later meets JJ and confesses that Bev made him do it and leaves. Cole then checks himself into a rehab. After months of being in rehab, In January 2015, he finally comes out, and starts attending Salem University. At campus he comes across Paige and apologizes to her for his wrongdoings, she forgives him and they become friends. Cole and Paige start dating briefly afterwards and then break up when she decides to give JJ another chance. Cole starts scheming with Paige's mother Eve Donovan to break Paige and JJ up. Cole takes the risk of breaking into JJ's house and plants drugs in his bag, so he could get sent away forever. But then Paige finds out what he did and confronts him at Salem U when he approaches her, he denies it, thinks she's crazy, and tries to leave, but she stops him and threatens to call the cops on him, he then sorta admits it and tells her she's amazing and that she deserves better and not someone like JJ. Paige asks him to stay away from her and JJ before leaving. Cole calls Eve to inform her about what just happened, she answers and tells him she's dropping off his money and ends the call. Leaving Cole looking perplexed at the Salem U.

Aiden Jennings

Days of our Lives character

Portrayed by

Daniel Cosgrove

Duration

2014–16

First appearance

January 22, 2014

Last appearance

October 25, 2016

Created by

Introduced by

Ken Corday, Lisa de Cazotte and Greg Meng

Classification

Profile

Occupation

Lawyer

Residence

Salem, Illinois

Family
Spouse	Meredith Jennings (deceased) Hope Williams Brady (2015–16)
Children	Chase Jennings
Stepchildren	Shawn-Douglas Brady Zack Brady Ciara Brady

Aiden Jennings was portrayed by Daniel Cosgrove from January 22, 2014 to November 9, 2015, and returned in May 2016. Originally at odds with Hope Williams Brady, they eventually fall in love.

After some time together, Hope starts to suspect Aiden of killing his first wife however, her death is later revealed an accident caused by Chase. Aiden proposes to Hope and she accepts. Soon after, though, André Dimera begins blackmailing Aiden into killing Hope or he will kill Chase. Obeying, Aiden marries Hope and then attempts to kill her. Returning just in the nick of time, Hope's former husband, Bo Brady, stops Aiden, by killing him. For a brief time, Aiden is then wrongly believed to have been the Necktie Killer. On October 25 he left Salem to go take care of his son Chase.

Chase Jennings

Days of Our Lives character

Portrayed by

Connor Kalopsis (2014–15)
Hyrum Hansen (2014; temp.)
Jonathon McClendon (2015–16)

Duration

2014–16

First appearance

February 6, 2014

Last appearance

September 15, 2016

Created by

Introduced by

Ken Corday, Lisa de Cazotte and Greg Meng

Classification

Former, recurring

Profile

Residence

Portland, Oregon

Family
Parents	Aiden Jennings Meredith Jennings
Stepmother	Hope Williams Brady (2015–2016)
Aunts and uncles	Sharon

Chase Jennings is the son of Aiden and Meredith Jennings. Chase and his father came to Salem from Portland, Oregon in 2014 and are at odds with Hope and Ciara. Ciara and Chase do not get along with each other at school and the two torment each other. Jonathon McClendon assumed the role of Chase, when the character was aged, on October 21, 2015. On June 30, 2016, McClendon later revealed that he will be departing from the show, the following day it was confirmed by Daytime Confidential, McClendon last aired on September 15, 2016.^[9]

Chase likes doing judo and after he exited the wrong building for judo class in April 2014, was attacked by a man wanting his cell phone. Hope showed up and the man claims that "he and his son" were just having a disagreement but Hope knows that is not his son. She gets Chase away from him and the man is arrested. Aiden showed up on the scene and wants to spend the entire day with Chase instead of him going to judo class but Chase wants to go and he continues off to the right building. Hope and Aiden become engaged and Ciara and Chase grow closer. When Aiden tries to kill Hope on their wedding night and is shot by Hope's ex-husband Bo, Chase angrily rejects Hope and Ciara's attempts to bring him into the family and accuses Bo of being a murderer.

Clyde Weston

Days of Our Lives character

Portrayed by

James Read

Duration

2014–16

First appearance

June 27, 2014

Last appearance

October 13, 2016

Created by

Gary Tomlin
Christopher Whitesell

Introduced by

Ken Corday, Greg Meng and Lisa de Cazotte

Classification

Former; recurring

Profile

Occupation

Residence

Florida, United States

Family
Sons	Ben Weston
Stepdaughters	Jordan Ridgeway

Clyde Weston has been portrayed by James Read since June 27, 2014.

When Kate Roberts investigated Jordan Ridgeway's past she discovers multiple driver's licenses with different names in Jordan's apartment. Kate also finds Jordan has a connection to Salem newcomer Ben Rogers. The evidence leads Kate to Poplar Bluff, Missouri where she shows photos of Jordan and Ben and meets with Clyde Weston. Clyde reveals that Ben is his son Ollie Weston and Jordan is his stepdaughter, Tammy Sue. He also reveals they ran away from home years ago and he failed to find them. Kate tells Clyde they are in Salem and Clyde comes to Salem for a reunion but tells Kate to keep their meeting secret. Ben and Jordan are furious when they see Clyde in Salem and its revealed that Clyde's alcoholism lead to verbal and physical abuse of Ben, Jordan, and their mother when they were kids. Clyde insisted they owed him and that he's changed and wanted an relationship with his son Ben and told Jordan not to interfere. Clyde asks Kate for contacts she has from her past dealings with shady business in Salem. Kate referred him to people who arrange a meeting with EJ DiMera. EJ agrees to Clyde's requests to work for EJ's drug ring in Salem but Clyde and EJ soon argue over drug territory and drugs that Clyde is bringing into Salem. During one argument in the park, EJ's disloyal bodyguard Miguel, who Clyde turned against EJ, shoots and kills EJ. Clyde and Miguel cover up the crime and make the scene look like EJ was robbed and killed by a low level drug addict. When Miguel begins to panic and fears EJ's father Stefano DiMera will uncover the truth Clyde tells his assistant Jeremiah to murder Miguel and bury the body on Jeremiah's grandfather's farm in Missouri.

Clyde tells Jordan not to interfere with his reconciliation with Ben and if she does then Clyde will reveal to Ben that Jordan caused the car wreck that killed their mother. Jordan backs away when Clyde and Ben become closer but warns her boyfriend Rafe Hernandez, a detective for the Salem Police, that Clyde is dangerous. Rafe becomes suspicious of Clyde and begins investigating him. Clyde begins dating Kate and moves his trucking business, his cover for his drug business, to Salem. Clyde is confronted by Victor Kiriakis and told that the Kiriakis family runs all trucking operations in Salem but Clyde refuses to back down and a war ensues. Victor investigates Clyde's background and uncovers his trucking company and other front businesses are used to launder drug money. Victor also discovers Clyde has managed to seize control of most of the drug business in the Ozarks. Clyde is shot by Victor's hitman Damon and is thought to be dead. Sonny Kiriakis is stabbed in the park and Clyde reveals to Victor that he survived the hit and admits he stabbed Sonny in retaliation. Victor and Clyde call a truce when Victor agrees to back off and let Clyde takeover his territory in Salem.

Clyde's relationships with Ben and Kate improve but when he donates a large sum of money to the local hospital to fund Jordan's project she leaves town and moves to New York. Clyde continues to advise Ben on his relationship with Abigail Deveraux and plots against Ben's new rival Chad DiMera. Kate fails in her scheme to permanently takeover DiMera Enterprises from Stefano and seeks comfort from Clyde. Clyde dismisses Stefano saying he beat Victor Kiriakis and that he can beat the DiMeras. Kate warns Clyde that Stefano has enormous patience and cunning for revenge and unlike Victor the DiMeras are extremely cruel and ruthless with their enemies. Stefano uncovers Ben's past activities with illegal gambling in Florida and ensures the club manager testifies against Ben. Clyde uses his contacts in the drug business to have the manager killed in prison before he can testify against Ben. Clyde finds out Abby cheated on Ben with Chad and discovers she is pregnant. Clyde forces a lab technician to make the tests say Ben is the father. When Stefano returns to Salem Clyde visits him and secretly places a bug in the DiMera house but Stefano orders him to leave and Stefano's henchman take Clyde out. The bug reveals Abby is due to inherit valuable land in Ireland that the DiMeras desperately want but Chad refuses to go along with Stefano's plan to reconcile with Abby and thus get the land. Clyde begins to think Ben and he will benefit from Abby's inheritance. Stefano meets with Victor about Clyde. Victor reveals to Stefano his past dealings with Clyde and assures Stefano that Clyde is a serious threat to both of them and their families. Stefano and Victor agree to work together against Clyde.

Kate breaks up with Clyde when he comes controlling with her time and devotion to her work. She tells him that his confidence was attractive at first but he is arrogant. Clyde is revealed to be local drug dealer Kyle Southern's boss. Kyle, who is dating Paige Larson, hires Paige's ex-boyfriend JJ Deveraux unaware that JJ is secretly working with the DEA and Salem police commissioner Roman Brady. Paige's mother Eve Donovan discovers JJ's secret and tells Kyle that JJ is working with the DEA. Kyle calls Clyde saying he needs to personally deal with the situation. Clyde arrives at Kyle's apartment and Kyle knocks JJ unconscious. JJ awakens to find that Clyde has killed Kyle and Clyde asks if JJ is working with the police. JJ tells Clyde that he had an affair with Eve which caused Paige to disown Eve and in revenge Eve made up the story and told Kyle. Clyde believes JJ and hires him to replace Kyle. Clyde threatens to kill JJ's mother Jennifer Horton, sister Abigail, and ex-girlfriend Paige if he tells Clyde's son Ben about their drug deals. Later Paige is found dead in her dorm and JJ confronts Clyde accusing him of murdering Paige.

A secret investigation of Clyde leads to a sting operation involving JJ, Roman Brady, and DEA agent Watts leads to Clyde's arrest for drug trafficking and the murder of EJ. A furious Clyde discovers during his arrest that JJ was secretly an informant and that Clyde's drug ring has been exposed to the Salem Police and DEA. Clyde calls his son Ben and claims to be set up by JJ but Roman reveals that Clyde is being extradited to Florida for a murder charge there. On October 20, 2015, Ben is brought to a meeting at the police station with Clyde who tells Ben he is being extradited to Florida that day. Ben reveals to Clyde that he is the "necktie killer".

In 2016 Chad revealed that Clyde was imprisoned in a federal penitentiary for murder.

In September 2016 Clyde calls Marlena and asks her to come and visit him in prison. Marlena goes to see Clyde, and he asks her to evaluate him. Marlena says she could, but there is no guarantee things will go the way he wants them to. She says Clyde has no control in prison and that must be frustrating. She also adds that he must be feeling jealous of people who have there freedom. Clyde says he would rather be stuck in prison than deal with the good people of Salem. Marlena states she will make sure to put that in his evaluation before leaving. Another man comes in, and asks if that was Marlena. Clyde says it was, and adds that he can tell he has some history with her, and doesn't like her. Clyde asks his name, and he says he is Milo Harp, but used to be called Orpheus. Clyde and Orpheus bond over their mutual dislike of the people of Salem, and plot a breakout. Clyde gets transferred to into Orpheus's cell and recruits Xander Cook. During a transfer, Eduardo Hernandez kills about inmate, believing he was responsible for threatening their family. Orpheus knocks the driver unconscious and the prison van crashes. Clyde eventually makes his way to Kate Roberts' house and pulls a gun on her. Chad DiMera arrives just in time and fights Clyde for the gun. Clyde punches Chad and manages to get away for police arrive. Clyde, Xander, and Orpheus regroup in a small shack on the pier. Clyde has some of his old contacts provide them with new clothes and weapons to help them take their revenge. The trio hit the Johnson house where they kidnap Kayla Brady and Joey Johnson. Steve Johnson attempts to cause some dissent among the ranks by rattling Clyde and Xander's faith in Orpheus. Steve and Orpheus get into a fight, and the villainous trio once again get away. Clyde and Orpheus corner Marlena, Claire, and Kate in the pier. John shows up and Orpheus is shot in the struggle. Clyde takes Orpheus back to their hideout where he attends to his wound. Clyde also expresses dissatisfaction with Orpheus' leadership. The trio decide to publicly make their demands known, and then flee to the Kiriakis compound. Clyde finds a case full of weaponry that his former partner-in-crime Jeremiah arranged for him. Getting a good vantage point, Clyde waited for Orpheus to make their demands known before he attempted to shoot Aiden Jennings, but shoots Abe Carver instead and fled before the Salem Police could retaliate. Wracked with guilt over shooting an innocent man, Clyde started drinking and told Orpheus his entire life's story: Clyde was abused by his father and realized that he treated Ben and Jordan the way his father treated him. He also expressed regret that Jordan wants nothing to do with him. Orpehus ordered Clyde and Xander to watch Joey while he went to kill John Black. Clyde stood guard of Joey on the pier and Abe's son Theo Carver confronted him with a gun. He hesitated, and Clyde took advantage of the opportunity. Steve and J.J. revealed themselves, and Clyde fled while sending a text message to Orpehus, telling him to "abort". Irritated with their lack of success, Clyde decided to kill Chad and kidnap his son Thomas DiMera. After stealing some baby clothes for Thomas, Clyde encountered Andre DiMera, and was shocked that Stefano had another son. After briefly mocking Andre over Stefano's death, Clyde threatened to kill Andre, but Andre offered to help him get into the DiMera mansion, and steal Thomas. Andre said he wanted control of the family business, and was willing to take down Chad to get it. With Andre's help, Clyde got into the mansion through the secret tunnels and held Chad at gunpoint. After Andre left the room, Chad and Clyde had it out over Ben until Andre returned to the room with Lucas Horton and Adrienne Johnson tied up. Clyde tried to threaten them into telling him where Thomas was, but then Andre shot Chad. Clyde asked Andre to hold Lucas and Adrienne while he went to go look for Thomas. Clyde heard a baby crying, and followed it into a safe room where he found it was a trap, and the door closed and trapped him inside until the Salem Police came to arrest him. Clyde was brought into the main room where he learned Chad was fine. He warned Chad to watch his back around Andre, but Chad was confident he didn't have anything to worry about. Gabi Hernandez brought Thomas into the room, and Clyde raged that the baby belonged to his son Ben, before being dragged out of the mansion. Once at the Salem Police station, Aiden was very happy to book Clyde and make sure that not only would be to back to prison, but he would be held in solitary confinement for a long time. On October 13, John revealed that Clyde is back serving his original 25 to life prison sentence and that new charges from the prison break have also been added to his sentence.

Serena Mason

Serena Mason
Days of Our Lives character
Portrayed by	Melissa Archer
Duration	2014–15
First appearance	December 5, 2014 (2014-12-05)
Last appearance	September 28, 2015 (2015-09-28)
Created by	Gary Tomlin and Christopher Whitesell
Introduced by	Ken Corday, Lisa de Cazotte and Greg Meng
Classification	Former; regular
Profile
Occupation	Medical journalist

Serena Mason was portrayed by actress Melissa Archer, who made her first appearance on December 5, 2014, she departed on August 27, 2015 when the character was murdered. Archer returned in a flashback on September 28, 2015, when Serena's death scene was shown. Serena is introduced as a friend of Melanie Jonas (Molly Burnett) and a former lover of Eric Brady (Greg Vaughan), during the pair's time in South Africa, prior to Eric's joining of the priesthood. Serena had a rivalry with Nicole Walker due to her past with Eric and her fascination for one of Eric's African artifacts which later were revealed to hold blood diamonds that Serena and Xander Cook, Victor Kiriakis's nephew were after. When Serena's secret is discovered, Eric breaks up with her, and he and Nicole are nearly killed by Xander. She ends up back in Eric's good graces when she saves his grandmother Caroline Brady's life. In August 2015, Serena is sued by Nicole due to her involvement with Xander. After a drunken night at Club TBD with Chad DiMera, she is murdered by a serial killer and Chad is named the prime suspect. It was later revealed Ben Rogers murdered her.

In December 2015, Ben was later arrested for the murder of Serena, Paige and Will.

Tori Narita

Days of Our Lives character

Portrayed by

Hiro Ambrosino

Duration

2015

First appearance

January 20, 2015

Last appearance

May 6, 2015

Created by

Introduced by

Ken Corday
Lisa de Cazotte
Greg Meng

Classification

Former; recurring

Profile

Residence

San Francisco, CA

Family
Parents	Hiro Narita
Children	Paul Narita

Tori Narita is the mother of Paul Narita and was portrayed by Hira Ambrosino from January 20, 2015 to May 6, 2015.

Xander Cook

Days of Our Lives character

Portrayed by

Paul Telfer

Duration

2015–

First appearance

March 24, 2015

Created by

Classification

Present; recurring

Profile

Other names

Alexandros Kiriakis (birth name)
Xander Cook Kiriakis

Occupation

Former gardener for the Kiriakis mansion
former Diamond Smuggler
former owner of Randall Lewis' Pharmacy Company

Residence

formerly Kiriakis Mansion
(13201 Glen Oaks Drive)
Salem, U.S.A. 06649

Family
Family	Kiriakis
Father	Titus Kiriakis
Grandfathers	Yurgos Kiriakis
Grandmothers	Sophie Kiriakis
Aunts and uncles	Victor Kiriakis Alexander Kiriakis Deimos Kiriakis
First cousins	Isabella Toscano Bo Brady Philip Kiriakis Justin Kiriakis
Other relatives	Brady Black Shawn-Douglas Brady Chelsea Brady Zack Brady Ciara Brady Tyler Kiriakis Alexander Kiriakis Victor Kiriakis II (adoptive) Joseph Kiriakis (adoptive) Sonny Kiriakis Claire Brady Tate Black

Xander Cook was portrayed by Paul Telfer. He is the nephew of crime boss Victor Kiriakis.

A previously unknown member of the Kiriakis family, Xander came to Salem as the leader of an international blood diamond smuggling ring. He forced and threatens Serena Mason to come to Salem to steal an elephant statue that secretly hid smuggled blood diamonds from Africa. As a cover for his criminal activities, Xander owns a European pharmaceutical company that supplies various charities around the world.

Xander meets Nicole Walker, who pretends to show an interest in him, and the two begin a flirtation. Later Xander meets with his uncle Victor Kiriakis where its revealed that Xander has been doing criminal operations for Victor in places such as Cyprus and Cuba in addition to money laundering for the Kiriakis family. Xander is reacquainted with his cousin Brady Black but both Victor and Brady are cold and distant from Xander. Xander also goes to meet his old friend Daniel Jonas.

Xander continues to hassle Serena about the diamonds and even threatened her and her boyfriend Eric Brady. While Xander continues his romantic interest in Nicole, she only uses Xander to make Daniel jealous and Victor tells Xander not to get involved with Nicole because Daniel wants her. Victor's favoritism for Daniel begins to aggravate Xander and Nicole's reluctance to date him also begins to anger him. When Xander catches Nicole lying to him and later sees her kissing Daniel he plans his revenge. Victor orders Xander to leave town for disobeying him and continuing his pursuit of Nicole and a furious Xander confronts a silent Victor for his hypocrisy on unconditionally supporting Daniel, Brady, Philip, and Sonny while being unsupportive of him. Nicole investigates Xander's past and discovers that Xander was imprisoned in Scotland for murder but Victor bribed government officials and got Xander's charges reduced from manslaughter to assault and battery and Xander was freed on the condition that he leave Scotland.

At Titan, Xander tracks down Nicole and when she lies about her scheme and false interest in him he attacks her but is stopped by Eric. Xander's female accomplice comes to his aide and they corner Nicole and Eric in the furnace room at Titan. Eric and Nicole barricaded themselves in the furnace room to prevent Xander from killing them. Xander and his accomplice trap Eric and Nicole in the space next to the furnace and turn the furnace up to full blast in order to kill them. Xander and his accomplice erase any evidence linking them to the crime and leave Eric and Nicole to die.

Eric and Nicole are rescued by Brady and the Salem Police and immediately implicate Xander in the attempt on their lives. Meanwhile, Xander is preparing to leave Salem when he is kidnapped by Victor's henchmen. A furious Victor berates Xander not following his orders to leave town and his attempt to kill Nicole and Eric, who as Salem police commissioner Roman Brady's son, will bring extra police efforts to convict Xander and thus bring attention to Victor's criminal activities. Xander explains to Victor that he has always been devoted and loyal to Victor and the Kiriakis family and has done numerous unpleasant deeds that none of Victor's other relatives had the intelligence or willingness to do. Xander also berates Victor for favoring Daniel over Xander, who is Victor's flesh and blood while Daniel is not even family. Victor reveals the distance between him and his brother Titus Kiriakis, Xander's father. Eventually Victor had stopped communicating with and helping Titus when he died. Its strongly implied that Victor's contempt and distance for his brother Titus were transferred to Xander because he was Titus' son.

Xander told Victor he would die for him, and Victor ordered one of his henchman to cut Xander's throat. At the last minute, Victor changed his mind and realized Xander may still be of some use to him. He agreed to give Xander another chance but said Xander would be stripped of his privileges and wealthy lifestyle and would be little more than a servant. The Salem Police fail to find enough evidence against Xander for his attempted murder of Eric and Nicole but Xander put under surveillance and is hated by everyone in Salem.

Victor demoted Xander to work as a gardener at the Kiriakis mansion. Xander is constantly humiliated by everyone in Salem. Enraged and deeply hurt, Xander plots his revenge against everyone who was hurt him. Brady's ex-lover Theresa Donovan seduces Xander but makes it look like Xander tried to rape her and when Brady walks in he attacks Xander and calls the police. Xander explains the true events to Victor but Victor refuses to help Xander, who is arrested for attempted rape and assault. The police arrived, and Xander sat there as Theresa accused him of rape. The police then arrested Xander and hauled him off to jail. When Serena is strangled and killed in the park the police suspect Xander and question him but since he was locked up in police custody Xander is cleared as a suspect.

In September 2016, Xander is seen in prison with Clyde Weston and Orpheus. Xander says he wants revenge on Theresa and Nicole. As the trio are being transported with other prisoners, Eduardo Hernandez attacks and kills one of the convicts. In the confusion, Orpheus does something to the driver, causing the prison transport can to crash. Xander headed straight for Theresa's to confront her about falsely accusing him of rape. Theresa apologizes, and says Victor is the one he should be after since he helped make sure Xander was sent to prison. Xander says he will deal with Victor, and starts to strangle Theresa as Brady comes in, and Xander escapes. Xander, Clyde, and Orpheus regroup at a shack on the pier. Xander is anxious to go after his enemies, but Orpheus advises him to be patient. Xander and Orpehus wait for Clyde to return with their disguises and weapons. The trio got the Johnson house and hold Kayla Brady and Joey Johnson hostage. Steve Johnson comes home, and tried to rattle Clyde and Xander's faith in Orpheus. Xander restrains Steve, but Steve gets free back handing Xander and he and Orpehus get into a struggle. Steve is shot, and the three once again make their escape with Joey in tow. Xander is assigned to watch Joey while Clyde and Orpheus are out. Xander starts to doze off, but wakes up just in time to stop Joey from undoing his binds. Clyde and Orpheus return, and start bickering. Orpehus has been shot, and attends to his wound. Clyde shows him the paper that says Steve survived. The trio talk about where they will go, and how they will gain leverage to make their demands. Clyde asks where they will go, and Xander says that after they kill the entire Kiriakis family, they can hide at the Kiriakis compound. Xander and Clyde eventually decided to go off on their own. Xander found Nicole at Daniel's grave, and held her at gunpoint. Nicole and Deimos Kiriakis, Xander's uncle who had previously visited him, made a deal to let him go if he didn't hurt Nicole; Xander agreed to their terms. Deimos was supposed to lead Xander into a trap that would send him back to prison, but Deimos helped Xander fake his death, believing Xander could be useful to him in the future and told him to escape to Europe.

In April 2017 he followed Nicole and Brady to Canada and shot Brady then kidnapped Nicole & Holly.

Tate Black

Days of Our Lives character

Portrayed by

Thomas and Peter^[10]

Duration

2015–

First appearance

March 30, 2015

Created by

Gary Tomlin
Christopher Whitesell

Introduced by

Ken Corday, Lisa de Cazotte and Greg Meng

Classification

Profile

Other names

Christopher DiMera
Tate Donovan Black

Residence

13201 Glen Oaks Drive
Salem, U.S.A. 06649

Family
Family	Brady, Kiriakis
Parents	Brady Black Theresa Donovan
Grandparents	John Black Isabella Toscano Shane Donovan Kimberly Brady
Aunts and uncles	Belle Black Paul Narita Andrew Donovan IV Eve Donovan
First cousins	Claire Brady Paige Larson
Other relatives	Shawn Brady Caroline Brady Victor Kiriakis

Tate Black is the son of Brady Black and Theresa Donovan.

In November 2014, Theresa discovered she was pregnant with Brady's child. Kristen DiMera overheard Theresa sharing her news and decided to steal the embryo. Before Theresa has a chance to tell Brady about the pregnancy, Kristen sets her plan in motion. She hires goons to knock Theresa unconscious and they take her to a warehouse outfitted with gurneys and other medical supplies. Kristen arrives at the warehouse and the procedure begins. Brady and Theresa's embryo is transferred into Kristen's womb. Afterward, Kristen calls Brady to tell him that she will be leaving town with a piece of him. Kristen leaves town and evidence of Theresa's pregnancy is erased. Brady does not believe Theresa when she eventually gets the chance to tell him she was pregnant.

The baby appeared for the first time on March 30. On April 14, it is revealed that Kristen gave birth in Italy and named Brady and Theresa's baby boy, Christopher, presumably after herself. Melanie Jonas finds out what happened and tells Brady. Brady goes to Italy and finds Kristen with Christopher, along with Theresa who had been kidnapped by Kristen. Brady and Theresa are reunited with Christopher and Kristen is presumed deceased. The baby boy is returned to his parents thanks to Melanie and taken home to Salem. He undergoes a successful bone marrow transplant, with his mother as the donor. Later, his parents rename him Tate Donovan Black.

Lani Price

Lani Price, portrayed by actress Sal Stowers, known to daytime audiences for portrayal of Cassandra Foster on the short lived online reboot of All My Children, was introduced as a new police cadet at the Salem Police department and later reveals herself to be the illegitimate daughter of Mayor Abe Carver (James Reynolds).^[11]^[12]^[13]

Lani forms a close bond with her younger half-brother Theo Carver (Kyler Pettis) and also falls for Shawn-Douglas Brady (Brandon Beemer) who has recently separated from his wife. She is also instrumental in bringing down Ben Weston (Robert Scott Wilson), the Necktie Killer. Lani leaves town when Shawn-Douglas reunites with his ex-wife. The character returns to town in December 2016 to visit her father Abe who has recently been shot. A paranoid Theo ropes her into investigating their father's new love interest Valerie Grant (Vanessa A. Williams).

Deimos Kiriakis

Days of Our Lives character

Portrayed by

Vincent Irizarry

Duration

2016–

First appearance

January 18, 2016

Last appearance

June 29, 2017

Created by

Josh Griffith and Dena Higley

Introduced by

Ken Corday, Albert Alarr and Greg Meng

Classification

Profile

Other names

Robert Tasso

Occupation

Residence

Family
Family	Kiriakis
Father	Yurgos Kiriakis
Half-brothers	Victor Kiriakis Alexander Kiriakis Titus Kiriakis
Grandfathers	Demetrius Kiriakis
Grandmothers	Antonia Kiriakis
Aunts and uncles	Aristotle Kiriakis Athena Kiriakis
Nieces and nephews	Bo Brady Isabella Toscano Philip Kiriakis Justin Kiriakis Xander Cook
Other relatives	Brady Black Shawn-Douglas Brady Chelsea Brady Zack Brady Ciara Brady Tyler Kiriakis Alexander Kiriakis Victor Kiriakis II (adoptive) Joseph Kiriakis (adoptive) Sonny Kiriakis Claire Brady Tate Black

Deimos Kiriakis is portrayed by Vincent Irizarry. He is the half-brother of crime boss Victor Kiriakis.

Deimos arrives in Salem at the Kiriakis mansion where he is confronted at gunpoint by Victor Kiriakis. Its revealed that Deimos is Victor's brother and has spent the past 30 years of a life sentence in prison. Deimos says he's doesn't want revenge against Victor but only wants to rebuild his life and asks Victor for a job. Victor tells Deimos he is not welcome or wanted in Salem and is dead to him but Deimos replies its because he reminds Victor of his past, which he can't escape. Victor introduces Deimos to his son Philip Kiriakis but tells Philip to stay away from Deimos because he is trouble.

Later Victor reveals his past history with Deimos to his wife Maggie: 30 years ago Deimos, the 20-year-old son of Victor's father and his second wife, had a "big mouth and big chip on his shoulder" and wanted everything that was Victor's including Victor's fiancée Helena Tasso. Four days before Victor and Helena's wedding day, Deimos seduced Helena. An enraged and furious Victor confronted Helena, who admitted it and ran off to Deimos. The following morning Helena was found dead at the bottom of a cliff. According to the police Helena had help jumping off the cliff and Deimos was sentenced to life in prison. Victor, unable to look at anything reminding him of Helena, left Greece for a fresh start in the United States.On June 29, 2017, Deimos is stabbed in the chest and he is pronounced dead by Hope.

Summer Townsend

Days of Our Lives character

Portrayed by

Marie Wilson

Duration

2016

First appearance

February 2, 2016

Last appearance

July 29, 2016

Created by

Josh Griffith and Dena Higley

Introduced by

Ken Corday, Albert Alarr and Greg Meng

Classification

Profile

Other names

Cindi Callahan
Danielle Katherine Mullen

Occupation

Con-artist

Family
Father	Noah
Mother	Maggie Horton
Adoptive parents	Mr. and Mrs. Townsend
Half-brothers	Daniel Jonas (adoptive)
Half-sisters	Melissa Horton (adoptive) Sarah Horton Janice Barnes (foster)
Grandparents	Elmer Simmons Dorothy Simmons
Nephews	Nathan Horton (adoptive) Parker Jonas
Nieces	Melanie Jonas Holly Lane

Summer Townsend is a fictional character from the American NBC Daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives, portrayed by former Port Charles and As the World Turns actress Marie Wilson. Wilson previously played the recurring role of Bree Tjaden on the soap from October 31, 2014 until February 9, 2015.^[14]^[15] In October 2015, Wilson was announced to return on Days of Our Lives in a newly created role. Wilson made her first appearance as Summer on February 2, 2016.^[16]^[17] One month after her debuted aired, it was revealed that Wilson was among four actors let go from the show, following the departures of head writers Josh Griffith and Beth Milstein.^[18]^[19]^[20] Wilson last aired on July 29, 2016.^[21]^[22]

Jade Michaels

Days of Our Lives character

Portrayed by

Paige Searcy (2016–17)
Gabrielle Haugh (2017)

Duration

2016–17

First appearance

February 24, 2016

Last appearance

July 14, 2017

Created by

Josh Griffith, Dena Higley and Beth Milstein

Introduced by

Ken Corday, Albert Alarr and Greg Meng

Classification

Profile

Occupation

Student

Residence

Family
Father	Hal Michaels
Aunts	Simone Michaels

Jade Michaels was created by Josh Griffith and Dena Higley and introduced by Ken Corday, Albert Alarr and Greg Meng. Paige Searcy debuted in the role on February 24, 2016 and departed on January 9, 2017.^[23] Gabrielle Haugh took over the role on January 17, 2017.^[24] She is friends with Joey Johnson and soon learns from Joey that he murdered Ava Vitali. Jade later becomes pregnant with Joey's child, but has a miscarriage and loses the baby.

Thomas DiMera

Days of Our Lives character

Portrayed by

Grace & Jeffrey G. (2015)
Elowen & Willow S. (2015–)

Duration

2015–

First appearance

November 24, 2015

Created by

Josh Griffith and Dena Higley

Introduced by

Ken Corday, Albert Alarr and Greg Meng

Classification

Present; recurring

Profile

Other names

Thomas Jack Deveraux

Residence

Family
Family	DiMera Horton Johnson
Father	Chad DiMera
Mother	Abigail Deveraux
Half-sisters	Grace McCormick-Woods
Grandfathers	Stefano DiMera Jack Deveraux
Grandmothers	Madeline Peterson Woods Jennifer Horton
Uncles	André DiMera Tony DiMera (legal) Peter Blake (adoptive) Benjy Hawk EJ DiMera JJ Deveraux
Aunts	Kristen DiMera (adoptive) Renée DuMonde Megan Hathaway Lexie Carver
First cousins	Theo Carver Steven Hawk Johnny DiMera Sydney DiMera
Other relatives	Arianna Horton

Thomas Jack DiMera is the son of Chad DiMera and Abigail Deveraux. He is also the nephew of JJ Deveraux, and the grandson of Stefano DiMera, Madeline Peterson Woods, Jennifer Horton, and Jack Deveraux.

Holly Walker

Days of Our Lives character

Duration

2016–

First appearance

December 21, 2016

Created by

Dena Higley and Ryan Quan

Introduced by

Ken Corday, Albert Alarr and Greg Meng

Classification

Family
Parents	Nicole Walker Daniel Jonas
Adoptive mother	Chloe Lane
Siblings	Melanie Jonas Parker Jonas
Grandparents	Paul Mendez Fay Walker Maggie Horton
Aunts and uncles	Janice Barnes (foster) Summer Townsend Melissa Horton (adoptive) Sarah Horton Taylor Walker Brandon Walker
First cousins	Nathan Horton (adoptive)

Holly Lane is the biological daughter of Nicole Walker and Daniel Jonas, but was carried by Chloe Lane who is believed to be her mother. She was born on December 21, 2016, delivered by her mother Nicole.

Eli Grant

Days of Our Lives character

Portrayed by

Lamon Archey

Duration

2017–

First appearance

February 23, 2017

Created by

Dena Higley and Ryan Quan

Introduced by

Ken Corday, Albert Alarr and Greg Meng

Classification

Present; regular

Profile

Occupation

FBI agent

Residence

Family
Family	Horton
Father	David Banning
Mother	Valerie Grant
Stepfather	Terrence
Half-brothers	Scotty Banning
Grandparents	Paul Grant Helen Grant David Martin Julie Olson Williams Scott Banning
Uncles	Steven Olson Danny Grant

Eli Grant, portrayed by Lamon Archey, was introduced on February 23, 2017, as the illegitimate son of the late David Banning and Valerie Grant.

Eli shocks his mother Valerie Grant (Vanessa A. Williams) when he crashes David Banning's funeral and reveals that he knows David is his father.^[25] Eli reveals that he has known about his paternity since he applied to the FBI Academy at Quantico. He is furious with Val for not telling him sooner and he also meets David's mother, Julie Olson Williams (Susan Seaforth Hayes) for the first time. Valerie blames David's commitment-phobia for her keeping quiet.^[26] Eli does his best to avoid his mother but she tracks him down and he forces her to tell Julie that he is David's son. Eli is relieved when Julie welcomes him with opens arms.^[27]^[28] The Hortons officially welcome Eli to the family with lunch in the town square and share stories about their family. Despite his cousin Jennifer's (Melissa Reeves) encouragement, Eli still rejects his mother.^[29]^[30] Later, Jennifer's daughter Abigail (Marci Miller) convinces Eli to accompany her best friend Gabi Hernandez (Camila Banus) to a benefit for the local high school.^[31] However, Eli's date with Gabi doesn't go well as she is distracted and ends it early. Lani Price (Sal Stowers) then appeals to Eli on Val's behalf but he warns her to keep out of it.^[32] Lani's father and Val's friend, Mayor Abe Carver (James Reynolds) then encourages a reconciliation between mother and son. Eli agrees to help his cousin cop JJ Deveraux (Casey Moss) with an investigation.^[33] After Gabi evades Eli's question about her kidnapping, they commiserate over their strained relationships with their parents.^[34] Eli gets transferred to Salem to oversee the investigation into the crime war between the Hernandez, Kiriakis and DiMera families which upsets Lani.^[35] Eli and Gabi grow closer after their second date.^[36] Eli later calls a truce with Lani and comforts Gabi after her father gets arrested.^[37] Eli is surprised when Julie advises him to stay away from Gabi but he ask her to stay out of it.^[38]

The casting and character was announced in early December 2016.^[39]^[40] Archey had previously appeared on Days of Our Lives in an "under-five" role which he says lead to his casting on The Young and the Restless.^[41] Days veteran Susan Seaforth Hayes confirmed the casting on December 11, 2016 and revealed he would portray the role of Eli Grant.^[42]^[43] "I was really looking to get back into a stable job where I could really sink my teeth into a character" the actor said in statement to Soap Opera Digest.^[44]

Tripp Dalton

Days of Our Lives character

Portrayed by

Lucas Adams

Duration

2017–

First appearance

March 23, 2017

Created by

Dena Higley and Ryan Quan ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Introduced by

Ken Corday, Albert Alarr and Greg Meng

Classification

Present; regular

Profile

Occupation

Hospital assistant
Waiter

Residence