1968: A flashy, bubbly girl named Niki Smith started showing up at Ernie's, a dive bar on Llanview's waterfront. People whispered about her strong physical resemblance to Viki.

1969: On the day of her June wedding to Joe Riley, Viki's alter, Niki, emerged in the middle of the ceremony and fled the church. Vince Wolek followed her out of town, causing her to panic when he asked her to marry him. Viki re-emerged, returned to Llanview and wed Joe.

1972: Following Joe's presumed death, Viki was prepared to tie the knot with Steve Burke. Steve's secretary, Marcy Wade, was also in love with Steve and tried to drive Viki to insanity by making it appear that Niki had returned. She went so far as to don a wig and make appearances at Ernie's so that people would corroborate the story. Steve foiled Marcy's plans when he caught her dressed as Niki.

1985: Viki learned that her father, Victor Lord, had once bedded her 19-year-old friend Irene Manning, causing Niki to re-emerge, this time wearing a red wig. Niki fooled everyone into thinking she was actually Viki, even perfecting her signature. By the end of the year she had divorced Clint.

1986: Niki left Llanview, but Clint found her hiding at a country inn and concocted a plan to get Viki back. He called Tina, asked her to meet him for a romantic rendezvous at the inn, and arranged for Niki to walk in on them just as it appeared they were about to have sex. Niki arrived and the shocking scene brought back a healthy Viki.

1989: While in the lost city of Eterna with Roger Gordon, Viki learned that in her youth, Niki gave birth to Roger's child, Megan, and that Victor hypnotized his daughter so that she would not remember.

1990: Niki re-emerged and killed Carlo's son, Johnny Dee, when he tried to kidnap a pregnant Tina from Llanfair.

1991: Carlo injected Viki with a drug that made Niki emerge. His plan was to get Niki to kill Viki's daughter Megan. Viki was able to exert enough control over Niki, however, to prevent Megan's murder. Bo and Alex eventually found an antidote to Carlo's drug and brought back Viki.

1995: Viki was convinced that Dorian was responsible for murdering her father. When confronted, Dorian said to keep quiet or else she'd go public with the secret that Victor had sexually abused Viki as a little girl. The trauma caused Viki to split into several new personalities, including Tommy, Princess, Tori (pictured) and Jean. It was Jean who locked Dorian in a room and told the world that Dorian had confessed to Victor's murder before leaving the country. Jean eventually released Dorian, provided she kept the secret about Viki's new personalities. Later that year, a psychiatrist learned that it was the alter Tori who had killed Victor.

2005: Viki discovered that her daughter Jessica had DID when she came face-to-face with Jess's alter, Tess.