Victor Dashkov learned about spirit and knew that Lissa really controlled the element spirit. He wanted her to heal him of Sandovsky's Syndrome, a chronic disease that was slowly killing him and ultimately preventing him from being King, To test her power, he had Natalie lay the dead animals to see if Lissa could really bring them back to life. Eventually, he kidnapped her and forced her to heal him while distracting Rose and Dimitri by creating a lust charm that made them give in to their base instincts. He was captured and held in the Academy's cell but he convinced his own daughter to turn Strigoi so she could free him. He told Rose that he had planned a revoultion that would make him become king