Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart)

Valentin Cassadine is a fictional character from the ABC soap, General Hospital. He is the previously unknown son of the late Mikkos Cassadine. The character was supposed to make his debut in October 2009 being portrayed by Matt Borlenghi, but the writers decided to put off the debut indefinitely.

Character background
Valentin Cassadine is the previously unknown son of Mikkos Cassadine and an unknown woman. According to his step-mother, Helena, he is more treacherous than any other Cassadine. He was disowned by Mikkos years ago and hadn't been heard from since. Helena sought him out thinking she could control him, but she was very wrong. Helena made a confession to her grandson, Nikolas, that Valentin was a major threat and he wouldn't stop until he destroyed both the Cassadines and the Spencers.