Dragutin Dimitrijević (1856-1917) was a historical Serbian colonel who founded and led the spy organization the Black Hand. In Uchronic Paris the vampire Apis is explicitly based on him.
| Type | Character (historical figure) |
| Spanish entry | Dimitrijević, Dragutin |
Historical role
Conspirator, intelligence agent and instigator of the Sarajevo 1914 attack on Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Executed by a Serbian court-martial after the First World War.
He is portrayed in Balkan gala dress: dark uniform with epaulettes, crossed decorations, a saber on the left with a red tassel (the Black Hand’s mark), a waxed mustache and a sidelong gaze.
In Uchronic Paris
The name used is “Apis”, not Dimitrijević. His role is amplified: not just a political conspirator but a vampire, a “being of transcended non-death” who violates cosmic laws and draws the intervention of the Inevitables. The Serbian conspiracy is thus “supernaturalized”.
- Belgrade: Apis is held captive in the dungeons of Uchronic Belgrade and executed by the Time Bandits, who trade in eras.
- Sarajevo: Claude assumes the identity of Cvjetko Popović, a Serbian academic and possible Black Hand sympathizer, and takes part in the 1914 attack, a destination reached by time jump.
- The chain in the uchronia is “Apis → Cvjetko → attack”.