BIOHAZARD archives II is the second "bible" book published by CAPCOM Japan.
Introduction track
story track
character track
Leon S. Kennedy (p.060-061)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 27 (as of bio4)
blood type: A
height: 180cm
weight: UNKNOWN
current unit: U.S. AGENT
A former Raccoon Police Department officer who now serves as an agent directly under the President. His middle name's Scott. Level-headed and unflappable in the face of most situations, he has a strong sense of justice and also possesses a fearless side. Compared to his days as a rookie officer, he's grown tremendously both mentally and physically, and even in the midst of repeated crises still finds the composure to crack a joke.
Ashley Graham, the daughter of the President of the United States, was kidnapped. Leon was ordered to investigate and rescue her, so he flew to Europe alone. Based on witness reports, he immediately headed for a village located far from the city. There he found the headquarters of a religious organization known as the cult Los Iluminados.
As the investigation progressed, it became clear this was no mere ransom kidnapping. The goal of the cult's leader, Osmund Saddler, was to use the "Plaga", a parasitic organism capable of controlling its host at will, to manipulate key figures from various nations and ascend to the pinnacle of global power.
On the enemy side were Ada Wong and Jack Krauser. Before he had a chance to recover from the surprise of their unexpected appearances, a deadly battle began against humans who'd been infected by the Plaga and transformed into monsters.
Leon's one of the few survivors of the massive virus outbreak that occurred in Raccoon City in 1998. He faced the biohazard on the very day he reported for duty with the Raccoon Police Department, so for Leon, who'd just graduated from the police academy, his first assignment on the job was a city that had become a den of Zombies. He met Claire Redfield in the city streets and Ada Wong at the police station, and they worked together to try to escape the city. Although Ada was a spy for a company hostile to Umbrella, the two gradually grew attracted to each other. Ada died after being attacked by an enemy B.O.W., with Leon vowing to destroy Umbrella.
After the incident, he was recruited as a US agent by a man claiming to be a government intelligence officer. He was likely deemed a rare talent as a survivor of Raccoon City with exceptional physical abilities, judgment, and other survival skills. However, since he was expected to do more than what he learned at the police academy, he spent his days honing his skills as an agent. During that time, he heard reports Ada was still alive and joined Wesker's organization.
Having become an agent directly under the President, Leon was dispatched to South America on a special mission to investigate a drug lord reportedly in contact with a former Umbrella researcher. US Special Operations Command member Krauser was assigned to support Leon during this mission. Although Krauser prided himself on being an excellent soldier, Leon was superior to him in every way, including his humanity. After completing the South American mission, Krauser left the military and later lost his life in an accident.
In 2004, in a remote rural area of Europe, it turned out Ada was indeed still alive. Furthermore, also appearing before Leon was Jack Krauser, who'd been presumed dead in an accident. Although Ada managed to escape with a sample of the dominant species Plaga, Leon destroyed the cult, including Krauser, and successfully rescued Ashley. The mission was complete. After returning home, Leon compiled the "Leon Report" which detailed his findings on the Ganado. This report's a top-secret document only accessible to his agency and the BSAA.
About a year later, an incident occurred at Harvardville Airport in the United States where people started turning into Zombies, and Leon was dispatched as a special commander to bring the situation under control. Together with Claire who happened to be there, he fought the Zombies and rescued the people at the airport, but immediately afterward, a related incident erupted. He successfully resolved the bioterror crisis involving WilPharma, a pharmaceutical company that rose to prominence in the pharmaceutical industry in Umbrella's place.
Ada Wong (p.062-063)
PERSONAL DATA
age: UNKNOWN
blood type: AB
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
A beautiful Asian woman dressed in a crimson cheongsam featuring a butterfly-patterned design. She's a skilled spy with top-tier combat skills, but her true identity's a complete mystery, with even the name "Ada Wong" being an alias.
At Albert Wesker's request she infiltrated the area to retrieve the dominant species Plaga held by the cult Los Iluminados.
At first glance, her long cheongsam might seem unsuitable for covert ops, but it features design elements like a western-style waistline and deep side slits revealing her holster-clad legs, specifically crafted to ensure it doesn't hinder her combat movements. Furthermore, the items she uses such as her intricately decorated hookshot and sunglasses-shaped flashbangs, are characterized by their high-fashion design. This likely reflects both her personal style, always desiring to wear her favorite pieces, and her sense of femininity.
At the time of the virus outbreak incident, Ada worked for a company in conflict with Umbrella. While conducting intelligence ops in Raccoon City, she received an order from Wesker, who was also with that company, to recover the "G-Virus" discovered by Umbrella's William Birkin. To obtain a sample, she assumed a false identity and teamed up with Leon whom she met at the police station, however the succession of dangerous situations brought the two of them closer together. When Leon risked his life to protect her, Ada's romantic feelings became certain, and just a few hours later, she did the same for him. She sustained a fatal wound while saving Leon from an attack by the B.O.W. "Tyrant," her breath gradually growing weaker in his arms.
Leon thought she was dead, but despite her severe injuries, Ada wasn't gone yet. Was it all an act driven by her love for Leon and her fear her injuries would make her a burden? She reached a hotel in the city where she showed "G" to Wesker via a monitor. It was a tissue sample taken from Birkin's body, a body that mutated into "G" after injecting himself with the G-Virus. Wesker immediately dispatched a rescue helicopter and Ada escaped Raccoon City.
Six years later, she reappeared before Leon. Despite being adversaries, she maintained a delicate distance, offering support and advice when he found himself in a tight spot. During his decisive battle with Saddler, just as it seemed she was handing Leon a rocket launcher when he was cornered, she instead held a gun to his head to seize the sample of the dominant species Plaga, then gave him the keys to a jet ski, as if she were enjoying her relationship with Leon.
She boarded a helicopter arranged by an organization different from Wesker's and vanished along with the sample. Her true intentions remain a mystery, as she describes even the Plaga retrieval mission as merely a "stepping stone toward her true purpose."
Ashley Graham (p.064-065)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 20
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
The only daughter of the President of the United States. While she displays some of the selfishness typical of a young lady raised in privilege, she possesses a fearless and cheerful personality. On her way home from college in Massachusetts, she was kidnapped by Krauser. She was taken to a region in Europe under the control of the religious group Los Iluminados, a village of madness inhabited by people manipulated by the parasitic "Plaga." After being found by Leon, she endeavored to escape while fending off attacks from Ganados and others.
By the time Leon found her, a Plaga egg had already been implanted in her, and as they attempted to escape, signs of her assimilation with the parasite began to appear. Though she momentarily lost her composure due to the indescribable terror nesting inside her, once she regained her composure, she showed the poise to crack sarcastic jokes and even found ways to break through obstacles to support Leon. Amid such harsh circumstances, her stoic demeanor surely served as a source of courage for Leon.
The moment they escaped safely, perhaps out of relief, she displayed a keen interest in Leon.
Although her facial expressions and mannerisms give her a childlike impression, she has a stunning figure, so much so that Luis Sera, whom she met in an abandoned building, teased her about it. Her top's an orange sleeveless knit that accentuates her figure. A brown cardigan with patterned knitting on the sleeves keeps her well-protected from the cold. Her checkered mini-skirt, with its diagonally cut hem, is predominantly green. Brown accents such as the cardigan, belt, and boot covers are balanced well, with strategic use of silver on the anklets giving the ensemble a sophisticated, understated look.
The white top and bottoms she wears are a total contrast. While the top's quite revealing, the lustrous fabric and ribbon at the neckline give it an elegant touch accented by the muted red of the belt. Her bracelets also combine this color with white.
Jack Krauser (p.066-067)
PERSONAL DATA
age: UNKOWN
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
Following Wesker's orders, he traveled to Europe and infiltrated the cult Los Iluminados to obtain a sample of the dominant species Plaga. With the aim of gaining access to the cult's inner circle, he carried out the abduction of the US President's daughter Ashley Graham. He was successfully accepted as a high-ranking member, but not permitted to go anywhere near the Plaga sample, forcing him to reluctantly accept Ada's assistance. He ends up facing off against Leon who came to rescue Ashley, though two years earlier in South America they'd been partners who entrusted their lives to one another.
At the time he was stationed in South America, he was a member of the US Army. He harbored a strong sense of rivalry bordering on jealousy toward Leon, who served as an agent directly under the President, and had a vague feeling their paths would eventually diverge. He left the military after his final mission with Leon. Shortly after his discharge there were reports that he died in an accident, but his body was never recovered.
Having witnessed the superhuman powers of B.O.W.'s in South America, a desire for even greater power began to take root within him. After faking his own death and vanishing, he made contact with Wesker whose name appeared in case files related to an incident Leon had mentioned, then started working for Wesker's organization. Although he sustained an injury to his left arm during combat in South America, he possesses a formidable physique and excels at knife-based combat.
While gathering intelligence within the cult, Krauser became fascinated by the Plaga's power and accepted the Dominant Plaga into his body, gaining superhuman physical abilities.
Upon their reunion in Europe, he challenged Leon to a final showdown, but was defeated.
Luis Sera (p.068)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 28
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
A man of Latino descent whom Leon encountered in an abandoned house. Though claiming to have been a police officer in Madrid, his true identity was that of a former researcher for the cult Los Iluminados. Driven by curiosity, he continued his research on the parasites, but was overcome by guilt for having participated in their evil plans and betrayed the cult, stealing a sample of the dominant species Plaga and attempting to flee. Originally a resident of a village controlled by the cult, he used his knowledge of the area to evade the cult's pursuers but was eventually captured and imprisoned in a dilapidated house on the outskirts of the village. He's nonchalant and evades Leon's questions with vague answers, never revealing his true intentions. His manner of speaking is flippant and he adopts a condescending attitude, but all of this is merely a mask for his deep wariness.
As a brilliant researcher, he possesses extensive knowledge about the parasites and successfully removed the parasite eggs implanted by the cult on his own. When he first decided to flee the cult, his primary concern seemed to be his own safety, but upon learning Leon and Ashley were harboring Plaga larvae inside their bodies, he returned to the old castle aware of the dangers in order to obtain medicine to suppress their growth. What drove him was undoubtedly the true conscience he regained through his encounter with Leon and such.
Bitores Mendez (p.069)
PERSONAL DATA
age: UNKNOWN
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
The village chief of the village Leon visited. A large man with a long goatee, clad in a trench coat. He's also a priest of the cult Los Iluminados and a loyal subordinate who acts as the right-hand man of his revered Osmund Saddler. He hosts a parasite known as the "dominant species" which differs from those found in ordinary Ganados in that, while it grants him superhuman strength, he retains his full sense of self.
Upon learning Leon was coming to the village to investigate, Mendez informed the villagers and stepped up security around the village. When he faced Leon and discovered he'd been implanted with a parasite egg, he initially let him go, acting on Sadler's orders to hinder his movements while waiting for the parasite inside Leon to reach maturity. Alarmed by Leon's ability to repeatedly evade encircling forces however, he resolved to eliminate Leon to safeguard Saddler's plan. His left eye's a prosthetic which also serves as the key to the main gate of Salazar Castle. This is a testament to how he protected the cult from the outside world by acting as a living barrier himself.
Ramon Salazar (p.070)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 20
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
The eighth head of the Salazar family which for generations has ruled the region where Ashley's being searched for. Exploited by Osmund Saddler, the leader of the cult Los Iluminados, due to his loneliness from having no family, Salazar defied the will of his predecessors who suppressed the cult to protect their subjects, and released the parasite "Plaga" that had been sealed within Salazar Castle. Driven by his devotion to Saddler, the cult's influence spread throughout his domain with his full cooperation, with eventually all the villagers becoming followers. Having accepted the dominant species Plaga into his own body, he now commands the cultists known as Ganados who operate within the castle.
He possesses an unbalanced appearance, a childlike build paired with the wrinkled face of an old man, with his personality both cruel and arrogant. He also displays a childish tendency to fly into a rage at the slightest provocation. The grotesque, robed aides he commands are "Verdugo," biological weapons created through the cult's research.
Osmund Saddler (p.071)
PERSONAL DATA
age: UNKNOWN
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
The current supreme leader of the cult Los Iluminados, a religious organization with ancient roots in a certain region of Europe. With the cooperation of Salazar, the region's current lord, he revives the cult's traditional method of proselytizing using the Plaga, a parasitic organism the cult has employed since ancient times. Plagas consist of a subordinate species capable of controlling their hosts and a dominant species that command them, and by exploiting these characteristics, Saddler has secured absolute power in the region. His ambitions don't end there though and he began experimental development of biological weapons using the parasite. Plotting to dominate the world through the Plaga's power, he planned to kidnap the US President's daughter Ashley as a stepping stone. His ambition, to first manipulate a major power from within then eventually reign over the entire world.
He's clad in a purple robe, the symbol of the cult's supreme leader, and carries a staff entwined with a Plaga. Though his appearance may seem anachronistic, he conceals tentacles with sharp claws beneath his robe which he uses to fend off anyone who defies him.
Weapons Merchant (p.072)
PERSONAL DATA
age: UNKNOWN
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
A man in a black coat who peddles weapons. A torch burning with a pale blue flame serves as the sign for his shop and he seems to move about and conduct business wherever the mood strikes him. His large backpack and the inside of his coat are packed to the brim with all manner of weapons. While his appearance makes it clear he's a Ganado, he strangely shows no hostility toward outsiders and will do business with anyone, so long as they pay. Although the source of his merchandise is unclear, the breadth of his inventory's impressive enough to make even Leon take notice. He's also skilled at business talk, with lines like, "You gotta buy it with guts," or "That's a classy choice."
Ingrid Hunnigan
PERSONAL DATA
age: 25 (DEGENERATION)
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
A member of the US covert military agency, she's responsible for supporting agents on special missions. To keep Leon's relationship with the President a secret, she acts as an intermediary for instructions from the White House. She provided radio support from the US to Leon as he flew to Europe on a mission to rescue Ashley Graham. She's an intelligent and level-headed woman who conveys relevant documents and information swiftly and accurately. About a year after the events in Europe, she relays related information to Leon as he rescues Claire and a congressman from Harvardville Airport.
Mike (p.073)
PERSONAL DATA
age: UNKNOWN
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
A pilot of a military helicopter dispatched by the US Government. He joined forces with Leon on the remote island where Ashley had been abducted and provided aerial support as Leon headed toward a fortress where combatants lay in wait.
The helicopter Mike piloted was heavily armed with a Vulcan cannon and missiles, with Leon being spurred on seeing this reassuring reinforcement arrive in his hour of need. Working together, they brilliantly repelled the attacking forces. Mike invited Leon to "have a drink when we get back," but the helicopter was shot down by Saddler's henchmen and he never made it home.
HUNK
PERSONAL DATA
age: UNKNOWN
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
A former member of the Umbrella Security Service. He belonged to a special forces team directly under the command of senior executives and was one of the few who witnessed the tragedy that unfolded in Raccoon City. He earned the nickname "Grim Reaper" because, even when his elite unit was wiped out, he was the sole survivor. His exceptional combat skills were honed during military training on Rockfort Island, where Alfred Ashford served as commander.
He infiltrated Raccoon City where the viral outbreak occurred on a top-secret mission from the director of Umbrella's France branch. He fended off an attack by Dr. Birkin, a researcher who transformed into a monstrous creature by the G-Virus, and successfully completed his mission to seize the G-Virus. His whereabouts following Umbrella's collapse remain entirely unknown.
Chris Redfield (p.074-075)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 35
blood type: O
height: 185cm
weight: 98kg
current unit: BSAA (North American Branch)
A member of the North America Branch of the BSAA (Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance), an anti-bioterror organization established by the Pharmaceutical Industry Association. As an agent granted Level 10 operational authority, he's authorized to conduct investigations and operations that transcend the scope of his branch. He's one of the 11 founding members of the BSAA commonly known as the "Original Eleven" and is the BSAA's ace, possessing keen insight, extensive experience, and exceptional combat and survival skills.
After obtaining intel about a large-scale black market trade in B.O.W.'s (Bio Organic Weapons) taking place in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone of Africa, Chris reported it to the BSAA's Africa branch. He volunteered for the op to arrest the mastermind, Ricardo Irving, and joined Alpha Team as backup. His motivation stemmed not only from his passion for eradicating bioterrorism but also from having uncovered a lead regarding his former presumed dead partner, Jill Valentine.
His physique, now significantly more robust than before, is a testament to the rigorous training he's undergone to confront Albert Wesker, the man who completely overwhelmed him during the raid on the residence of Umbrella's leader, Oswell E. Spencer, which had been Jill's final mission.
Chris was formerly a member of the US Air Force where he served as a fighter pilot. His uncompromising nature led to conflict with his superiors, resulting in his discharge. Recognized for his skills in piloting helicopters and aircraft, as well as his expertise in handling heavy weapons and marksmanship, he was recruited by S.T.A.R.S. (Special Tactics And Rescue Service). Within S.T.A.R.S. he was assigned to Alpha Team led by Albert Wesker, who later turned out to be a traitor. Even within this elite unit he served as the PM (Point Man), a role reserved for the most capable members.
He was one of the survivors of the biohazard incident at the Arklay Laboratory in 1998, commonly known as the "Mansion Incident," and after the incident he traveled to Europe to continue his own investigation with the goal of bringing down Umbrella, a pharmaceutical company reaping enormous profits from the development of biological weapons. In December that same year, his sister Claire was captured by Umbrella after coming to Paris looking for her brother. To rescue her, he infiltrated Rockfort Island where she was being held, and there had an unexpected reunion with Wesker with whom he had a long-standing feud.
Five years after the Mansion Incident, Chris had joined a Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force and traveled to Russia with Jill. Having received intel that Umbrella's Russian branch had begun manufacturing a new type of B.O.W., they launched the "T-A.L.O.S. Intercept Operation", named after the B.O.W. in question. At the same time, Wesker had also infiltrated the area, though Chris and his team had no way of knowing this.
Although Umbrella was eventually destroyed, bioterrorism using B.O.W.'s spread across the globe. To eradicate Umbrella's dark legacy, Chris joined the BSAA alongside Jill as one of the idealistic "Original Eleven"---
Sheva Alomar (p.076-077)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 23
blood type: AB
height: 165cm
weight: 52kg
current unit: BSAA (West African Branch)
A female agent assigned to the BSAA's West Africa Branch. She was assigned to support Chris during his "operational activities" in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone.
Like Chris, she's a Special Operations Agent, a so-called "Agent", who operates independently. Incidentally, within the BSAA the basic minimum unit for Agents during operational activities is a two-man cell (operating in pairs). Sheva's well-versed in the geography and customs of the Kijuju area and excels at hand-to-hand combat, making full use of her natural agility. Furthermore, her fluency in English is likely another reason she was chosen as Chris' partner.
She possesses a strong sense of justice and a cheerful, kind personality. Her actions following Delta Team's destruction reveal her devotion to her comrades is stronger than most. The tattoo on her left upper arm means "hero" or "brave one" in Swahili.
Sheva had been living happily with her parents who worked at a factory in a town in Africa, but tragedy struck when she was eight years old. Her beloved father and mother lost their lives in an accident at the factory. The factory was called "Umbrella Plant 57." Soon after, she was taken in by an uncle who lived far away and was only interested in the compensation money, but out of longing for her parents, she ran away and desperately made her way back to her hometown. Her young legs could no longer bear the strain and she collapsed in the savanna, only to be rescued by anti-government guerrillas. As Sheva recounted her story, one of the guerrillas told her that her parents' deaths were no mere accident, but the result of a final experiment involving biological weapons. The employees, who didn't even know what was being manufactured at the plant, had simply been caught in the crossfire. On top of that, to cover up the evidence Umbrella had pulled strings with the government to destroy not only the plant but the entire town. Having lost her home and driven by hatred for the cruel Umbrella Corporation and the government that covered it up, the girl resolved to join the anti-government guerrillas.
At first her duties consisted only of menial tasks, but eventually she was given a gun and as time passed, she turned 15. One day, a man claiming to be a US Government official approached her. He told Sheva the anti-government guerrillas were planning a terrorist attack using biological weapons and intended to make a deal with Umbrella to carry it out. He asked for her help in thwarting the deal, adding that he had no interest in the guerrillas themselves, only in arresting Umbrella employees. Believing the man, Sheva cooperated with the operation and used this opportunity to part ways with the anti-government guerrillas.
With the man serving as her guardian, Sheva traveled to the United States where she received a thorough education. Thanks to her natural intelligence, she mastered English in just six months and entered college two years later. Following the man's advice, she joined the newly formed BSAA after graduating. After basic training, she was assigned to Delta Team led by Josh Stone, where she underwent eight months of combat training.
For Sheva today, her hatred's directed not only at Umbrella, the organization that took her parents' lives, but at all forms of bioterrorism, and she wastes no effort in her quest to eradicate them. That passionate determination's embodied in her tattoo inscribed with the word "shujaa."
Jill Valentine (p.078-079)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 33
blood type: B
height: 172cm
weight: 56kg
current unit: BSAA (North American Branch)
She was a BSAA agent bound by an unbreakable bond of trust with Chris, with whom she'd overcome countless crises. During the raid on the Spencer Estate in August 2006, she shielded Chris from Wesker as they both fell off a cliff, and her whereabouts remained unknown. On November 23rd that same year, the BSAA officially declared her to have died in the line of duty.
In reality, during the gap in her whereabouts until her survival was confirmed in Africa, Jill had been kept alive by Wesker. He'd placed her in cryogenic suspension to make her the first test subject for the "Uroboros Project." However, her body turned out to be something special beyond even Wesker's imagination. The t-Virus she'd contracted in Raccoon City several years earlier had mutated inside her body and was further activated by the cryogenic freezing. The virus vanished shortly thereafter. Detailed testing revealed the presence of powerful viral antibodies. Although she didn't become a direct test subject, the Uroboros Project progressed by utilizing her antibodies.
Since she was such a rare specimen, Jill was made a test subject for another drug and administered "P30" which was still in the research phase at TRICELL. As a result, she gained superhuman abilities but also found her mind under control. Manipulated by Excella and Wesker, she frequently appeared before Chris and his team while concealing her identity with a hood and mask. Though she suffered from an internal conflict with her subconscious sense of justice, Chris and Sheva succeeded in removing the external device administering P30. In that instant, the TRICELL test subject returned to life as "Jill Valentine." To put a stop to the Uroboros Project, Chris and Sheva pursued Wesker while she teamed up with Josh Stone of the BSAA's West Africa Branch to overcome the crisis.
Jill's also one of the "Original Eleven" founding members of the BSAA. The reaction Josh showed upon meeting her for the first time reflects just how great her achievements and reputation are in the fight against bioterrorism.
Like Chris, Jill's a survivor of the Mansion Incident where, at the time, she was a member of S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team serving as RS (Rear Security) in charge of rear guard duties. Before being recruited by S.T.A.R.S. she participated in a training program of the US Army's Delta Force, where she acquired specialized bomb disposal skills. She's so dexterous she can easily pick even simple locks with a lock-pick, and she also enjoys playing the piano as a hobby, skills that often come in handy when disarming traps.
While the other survivors traveled to Europe to pursue Umbrella after the Mansion Incident, she remained in Raccoon City alone to continue her investigation. There she faced the biohazard outbreak that engulfed the entire city, the "Raccoon City Destruction Incident", and once again managed to escape. She survived the mission to stop T-A.L.O.S. in Russia alongside Chris, as well as a situation in Africa that pushed her to the absolute limits of her physical and mental endurance. Her exceptional survival skills were likely honed through these experiences.
Albert Wesker (p.080-081)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 48 (BIO5)
blood type: O
height: 190cm
weight: 90kg
A figure who sometimes appears in the spotlight and other times pulls strings behind the scenes in incidents involving viral theft and B.O.W.-related events occurring around the world.
Having obtained intel there was a parasite capable of controlling human hosts in Europe, Wesker plotted to seize a sample of that parasite, the Plaga, from the cult Los Iluminados. In 2004, he ordered Jack Krauser and Ada Wong to travel to the location to seize a sample of the dominant species Plaga. Though the plan was meticulously crafted, Krauser was defeated by Leon and Wesker was betrayed by Ada, resulting in him only acquiring a sample of the subordinate species Plaga. However, he later succeeded in obtaining a "dead dominant species Plaga" through a certain source.
Five years later, he appeared in Africa manipulating the pharmaceutical company TRICELL and its executive, Excella, to carry out the Uroboros Project as he saw fit. He took on the role of fulfilling Spencer's lifelong ambition from the Umbrella era: "the creation of a new human race via the Progenitor Virus." He was once a specialist in biotechnology.
His blood-stained history began with the ambitions of his "Father," his creator. Spencer, the leader of Umbrella who devoted his life to B.O.W. development, harbored a terrifying ambition. He sought to evolve humanity through a virus, create an utopia populated by a new human race, and become the "God" of that world. To achieve this ethically bankrupt goal, he set a terrifying plan into motion. He gathered hundreds of children with superior genes from around the world and inoculated them with the Progenitor Virus to endow them with even greater intelligence and superhuman physiques. Named the "Wesker Project" after the lead researcher at the time, all the children were given the name "Wesker" and released into the world under close surveillance.
A few years later, Albert Wesker appeared at the Umbrella Executive Training Academy in Raccoon City. Recognized as particularly outstanding even among the elite "Weskers," he was highly valued as a close aide to Spencer. Under the orders of Spencer, with his insatiable ambition, the Wesker Project progressed and a prototype virus was administered to all Weskers. As a result, nearly all of them died, only a few surviving. Albert Wesker was one of those few survivors, like many B.O.W.'s he's an artificially created test subject whose physical structure transcends a normal human's.
After a time at the Arklay Lab, Wesker was appointed Captain of Alpha Team, a special forces unit of the Raccoon Police Department's S.T.A.R.S., the unit Chris and Jill belonged to, but he was secretly carrying out intelligence operations on Umbrella's behalf. His mission was to use his team members as test subjects for B.O.W. testing at a mansion deep in the Arklay Mountains and gather data. Behind the scenes however, he was plotting to sell that data to Umbrella's rival company. Just as he was about to complete his plan, Chris and Jill thwarted his efforts and Wesker was killed by the B.O.W. known as Tyrant. In reality, it was a staged death, he arranged to be revived by a virus he injected himself with.
Several months after the Mansion Incident, Wesker reappeared on Rockfort Island. This time he infiltrated Rockfort Island leading a force from a company hostile to Umbrella. There he succeeded in seizing t-Veronica and unexpectedly reunited with Chris, who came to rescue his sister. In 2006, just before Chris and Jill stormed the Spencer Estate, he killed Spencer, the man who "created" him, by his own hand. He encountered Chris and Jill who rushed to the scene and overwhelmed them with his superhuman strength. However, just as he was about to deliver the final blow to Chris, he abducted Jill after she fell off a cliff while trying to protect her partner, and administered P30 to control her mind. Afterwards he started drawing closer to TRICELL in order to realize his next ambition, the Uroboros Project.
To sustain his life as a biological weapon, he must regularly ingest a precise dose of a chemical called PG67A/W, but after Chris and the others forcibly administered the substance to him, he suffered an overdose that significantly diminished his abilities. As a last resort, he absorbed Uroboros into himself, but was defeated, eventually vanishing into the lava.
Excella Gionne (p.082)
PERSONAL DATA
age: about 26
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: 175.1cm
weight: 55kg
current unit: TRICELL AFRICA (CEO)
She hails from the Gionne family, well-known in Europe as traders, and through her grandmother traces her lineage to the Travis family, TRICELL's founding family, making her of distinguished stock. Consequently, she's extremely proud, and combined with her extraordinary good looks, she has a strong tendency to look down on others. In addition to business acumen inherited from her father, she majored in genetic engineering at university, where she was admitted early after skipping grades. This earned her high praise from TRICELL, and she was entrusted with the pharmaceutical division at the age of 18.
TRICELL's a conglomerate centered on three main divisions: maritime transport, resource development, and pharmaceuticals. Incidentally, the Latin root of the word "cell" means "to conceal."
Its predecessor was the Travis Trading Company, a maritime trading firm established several centuries ago. Travis Trading Co's ties to Africa date back a long time starting with the 19th century African expeditions of Henry Travis, a member of the Travis family. Henry authored an expedition chronicle titled the "Natural History Compendia" and Travis Trading Co., having taken note of the abundance of mineral resources described in this book, embarked on exploitating these resources, such as oil fields and mines. Furthermore, the company began collecting flora, fauna, and insects, using these to initiate pharmaceutical development. In the 1960s, the company changed its name to TRICELL as a name symbolizing these three divisions.
Albert Wesker set his sights on Excella, an ambitious woman who, despite working for a prestigious company, wasn't content to remain merely the head of a single department. By providing information on the t-Virus and the Plaga, she strengthened her influence within TRICELL and rose to become the head of the African branch. However, Wesker's true objective was to revive the abandoned Umbrella Africa Laboratory, even exploiting her romantic feelings. It was indispensable for his research on the Progenitor Virus. Once the facility was reactivated, she secured research funds by having Ricardo Irving trade in B.O.W.'s, among other means, and devoted herself to advancing her beloved Wesker's Uroboros Project.
She dreamed of standing beside Wesker as the queen of a new world once the plan was complete. After Wesker injected her with the Uroboros Virus however, the radiant flower of Africa withered and fell, transformed into a hideous monster.
Oswell E. Spencer (p.083)
PERSONAL DATA
age: about 75
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: 179.4cm
weight: 65kg
current unit: BSAA (West African Branch)
The co-founder of Umbrella alongside James Marcus and Edward Ashford, and the last surviving member of the trio. A cold-blooded opportunist, he was the one who framed and killed the other two founders.
Spencer, who served as Umbrella's leader, held strong belief in a "chosen few" ideology and was convinced "those superior in both mind and body should lead others." Upon discovering the Progenitor Virus, he took action to realize this ideal. He founded Umbrella and continued research on the t-Virus while keeping his true purpose known only to a select few. However, Umbrella collapsed due to the efforts of Chris and his allies. Since then, he vanished from the public eye, and time has changed him. Who could imagine the elderly man now confined to a wheelchair, clinging to life on life support and lamenting his failure to achieve his goal, is the very man who once plunged the world into unprecedented terror? Incidentally, "Wesker" was the name given to all the children used in the research on the Progenitor Virus, and he refers to the sole surviving Wesker as his greatest masterpiece.
Having tracked down the Spencer Estate where he lived quietly somewhere in Europe, the BSAA launched a raid. However, by the time Chris and Jill rushed into his private room, Spencer had already been killed by Wesker.
Ricardo Irving
PERSONAL DATA
age: about 30
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: 180cm
weight: 75kg
current unit: TRICELL AFRICA
Arrogant, haughty, violent, and a money-grabber. Although he's the director of an oil field owned by the resource development division of TRICELL's African branch, he actually served as the contact point for funneling B.O.W.'s onto the black market. He used the profits from these transactions to fund B.O.W. development and also conducted operational tests that doubled as B.O.W. demonstrations. These activities and his connection to TRICELL Africa were kept completely under wraps, part of this cover-up was the fact Irving was employed in the Resource Development Division rather than the Pharmaceutical Division, which held a stake in the BSAA. Even during the BSAA's arrest operation, the name TRICELL Africa never surfaced and his actions were perceived as his own personal illegal activities.
Having anticipated the BSAA's moves, Irving plotted to use the operation to arrest him as an opportunity to turn the tables on the BSAA's field forces while also gathering data. Although he resorted to heinous tactics like turning all of Kijuju's residents into Majini, Chris and Sheva managed to overcome each obstacle one by one. Fearing for his own safety, Irving attempted to flee with his personal fortune but was subdued by Jill, who was under mental control. Ordered to eliminate Chris and his team, he reluctantly threw himself into the fray, even going so far as to inject himself with a parasite (created from the remains of a dead dominant species Plaga), but was swiftly defeated and lost his life.
He was one of the few witnesses who knew why the Plaga discovered in Europe showed up in Africa and how the modified B.O.W.'s had been manufactured, but his death has made it difficult to uncover the truth.
Reynard Fisher (p.084)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 35
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: 180cm
weight: 85kg
current unit: BSAA (West African Branch)
A BSAA undercover operative tasked with infiltrating the Kijuju Autonomous Zone to supply Chris and his team with provisions. Disguised as a butcher, he met up with Chris and his team at a meat market. After parting ways with them, he was captured by residents who'd turned into Majini and met a tragic end.
Josh Stone
PERSONAL DATA
age: 35
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: 185cm
weight: 93kg
current unit: BSAA (West African Branch)
A member of the BSAA's West Africa Branch. He led Delta Team during the operation to arrest Irving. A veteran soldier with a compassionate nature, he's deeply trusted by his subordinates. He served as Sheva's training instructor when she joined the BSAA. While he generally upholds the rules, he also possesses the flexibility to allow for individual judgment depending on the situation.
He was deployed from headquarters after Alpha Team's destruction, but Delta Team was also wiped out after falling into Irving's trap. Josh was captured and taken to the oil field. There he reunited with Chris and his team, and after their escape continued to pursue Irving. Upon returning to headquarters, he persuaded his superiors, hesitant due to pressure from TRICELL, to organize a reinforcement unit and rush to Chris' aid. During that operation he discovered Jill after she had lost consciousness, and heeding her plea, hurriedly headed to the crater in a unit helicopter to rescue Chris and Sheva.
In addition to agents like Chris, the BSAA also has a unit that operates as the Special Operations Unit (SOU). Josh, Dan, and Dave are all members of the SOU at the West Africa Branch.
Dan DeChant (p.085)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 53
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: 185cm
weight: 89kg
current unit: BSAA (West African Branch)
The leader of Alpha Team formed for the op to arrest Irving. After retiring early from the US Army, he became a mercenary for a private military company operating primarily in Africa, where he witnessed the devastation caused by B.O.W.'s. Driven by a sense of justice, he joined the BSAA. He lost his life during the Uroboros attack.
Kirk Mathison
PERSONAL DATA
age: 28
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: 179cm
weight: 80kg
current unit: BSAA (West African Branch)
He had no military experience and learned to fly while at the BSAA. As a helicopter pilot he was providing air support to Chris and his team, but his helicopter was attacked by Kipepeo, causing it to crash, and he was killed.
Dave Johnson
PERSONAL DATA
age: 27
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: 180cm
weight: 77kg
current unit: BSAA (West African Branch)
Before joining the BSAA, he was such a skilled driver he placed in rally championships, his technique in the wilderness being particularly outstanding. He knew Sheva since their days as BSAA trainees. He was killed in a surprise attack by Ndesu.
Doug
PERSONAL DATA
age: UNKNOWN
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
current unit: BSAA (West African Branch)
A helicopter pilot. He flew out to pick up Jill and Josh as they rushed to Chris' aid, but while providing cover for the two, he was killed by an attack from armed Majini.
PERSONAL DATA
age: 27 (as of bio4)
blood type: A
height: 180cm
weight: UNKNOWN
current unit: U.S. AGENT
A former Raccoon Police Department officer who now serves as an agent directly under the President. His middle name's Scott. Level-headed and unflappable in the face of most situations, he has a strong sense of justice and also possesses a fearless side. Compared to his days as a rookie officer, he's grown tremendously both mentally and physically, and even in the midst of repeated crises still finds the composure to crack a joke.
Ashley Graham, the daughter of the President of the United States, was kidnapped. Leon was ordered to investigate and rescue her, so he flew to Europe alone. Based on witness reports, he immediately headed for a village located far from the city. There he found the headquarters of a religious organization known as the cult Los Iluminados.
As the investigation progressed, it became clear this was no mere ransom kidnapping. The goal of the cult's leader, Osmund Saddler, was to use the "Plaga", a parasitic organism capable of controlling its host at will, to manipulate key figures from various nations and ascend to the pinnacle of global power.
On the enemy side were Ada Wong and Jack Krauser. Before he had a chance to recover from the surprise of their unexpected appearances, a deadly battle began against humans who'd been infected by the Plaga and transformed into monsters.
Leon's one of the few survivors of the massive virus outbreak that occurred in Raccoon City in 1998. He faced the biohazard on the very day he reported for duty with the Raccoon Police Department, so for Leon, who'd just graduated from the police academy, his first assignment on the job was a city that had become a den of Zombies. He met Claire Redfield in the city streets and Ada Wong at the police station, and they worked together to try to escape the city. Although Ada was a spy for a company hostile to Umbrella, the two gradually grew attracted to each other. Ada died after being attacked by an enemy B.O.W., with Leon vowing to destroy Umbrella.
After the incident, he was recruited as a US agent by a man claiming to be a government intelligence officer. He was likely deemed a rare talent as a survivor of Raccoon City with exceptional physical abilities, judgment, and other survival skills. However, since he was expected to do more than what he learned at the police academy, he spent his days honing his skills as an agent. During that time, he heard reports Ada was still alive and joined Wesker's organization.
Having become an agent directly under the President, Leon was dispatched to South America on a special mission to investigate a drug lord reportedly in contact with a former Umbrella researcher. US Special Operations Command member Krauser was assigned to support Leon during this mission. Although Krauser prided himself on being an excellent soldier, Leon was superior to him in every way, including his humanity. After completing the South American mission, Krauser left the military and later lost his life in an accident.
In 2004, in a remote rural area of Europe, it turned out Ada was indeed still alive. Furthermore, also appearing before Leon was Jack Krauser, who'd been presumed dead in an accident. Although Ada managed to escape with a sample of the dominant species Plaga, Leon destroyed the cult, including Krauser, and successfully rescued Ashley. The mission was complete. After returning home, Leon compiled the "Leon Report" which detailed his findings on the Ganado. This report's a top-secret document only accessible to his agency and the BSAA.
About a year later, an incident occurred at Harvardville Airport in the United States where people started turning into Zombies, and Leon was dispatched as a special commander to bring the situation under control. Together with Claire who happened to be there, he fought the Zombies and rescued the people at the airport, but immediately afterward, a related incident erupted. He successfully resolved the bioterror crisis involving WilPharma, a pharmaceutical company that rose to prominence in the pharmaceutical industry in Umbrella's place.
Ada Wong (p.062-063)
PERSONAL DATA
age: UNKNOWN
blood type: AB
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
A beautiful Asian woman dressed in a crimson cheongsam featuring a butterfly-patterned design. She's a skilled spy with top-tier combat skills, but her true identity's a complete mystery, with even the name "Ada Wong" being an alias.
At Albert Wesker's request she infiltrated the area to retrieve the dominant species Plaga held by the cult Los Iluminados.
At first glance, her long cheongsam might seem unsuitable for covert ops, but it features design elements like a western-style waistline and deep side slits revealing her holster-clad legs, specifically crafted to ensure it doesn't hinder her combat movements. Furthermore, the items she uses such as her intricately decorated hookshot and sunglasses-shaped flashbangs, are characterized by their high-fashion design. This likely reflects both her personal style, always desiring to wear her favorite pieces, and her sense of femininity.
At the time of the virus outbreak incident, Ada worked for a company in conflict with Umbrella. While conducting intelligence ops in Raccoon City, she received an order from Wesker, who was also with that company, to recover the "G-Virus" discovered by Umbrella's William Birkin. To obtain a sample, she assumed a false identity and teamed up with Leon whom she met at the police station, however the succession of dangerous situations brought the two of them closer together. When Leon risked his life to protect her, Ada's romantic feelings became certain, and just a few hours later, she did the same for him. She sustained a fatal wound while saving Leon from an attack by the B.O.W. "Tyrant," her breath gradually growing weaker in his arms.
Leon thought she was dead, but despite her severe injuries, Ada wasn't gone yet. Was it all an act driven by her love for Leon and her fear her injuries would make her a burden? She reached a hotel in the city where she showed "G" to Wesker via a monitor. It was a tissue sample taken from Birkin's body, a body that mutated into "G" after injecting himself with the G-Virus. Wesker immediately dispatched a rescue helicopter and Ada escaped Raccoon City.
Six years later, she reappeared before Leon. Despite being adversaries, she maintained a delicate distance, offering support and advice when he found himself in a tight spot. During his decisive battle with Saddler, just as it seemed she was handing Leon a rocket launcher when he was cornered, she instead held a gun to his head to seize the sample of the dominant species Plaga, then gave him the keys to a jet ski, as if she were enjoying her relationship with Leon.
She boarded a helicopter arranged by an organization different from Wesker's and vanished along with the sample. Her true intentions remain a mystery, as she describes even the Plaga retrieval mission as merely a "stepping stone toward her true purpose."
Ashley Graham (p.064-065)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 20
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
The only daughter of the President of the United States. While she displays some of the selfishness typical of a young lady raised in privilege, she possesses a fearless and cheerful personality. On her way home from college in Massachusetts, she was kidnapped by Krauser. She was taken to a region in Europe under the control of the religious group Los Iluminados, a village of madness inhabited by people manipulated by the parasitic "Plaga." After being found by Leon, she endeavored to escape while fending off attacks from Ganados and others.
By the time Leon found her, a Plaga egg had already been implanted in her, and as they attempted to escape, signs of her assimilation with the parasite began to appear. Though she momentarily lost her composure due to the indescribable terror nesting inside her, once she regained her composure, she showed the poise to crack sarcastic jokes and even found ways to break through obstacles to support Leon. Amid such harsh circumstances, her stoic demeanor surely served as a source of courage for Leon.
The moment they escaped safely, perhaps out of relief, she displayed a keen interest in Leon.
Although her facial expressions and mannerisms give her a childlike impression, she has a stunning figure, so much so that Luis Sera, whom she met in an abandoned building, teased her about it. Her top's an orange sleeveless knit that accentuates her figure. A brown cardigan with patterned knitting on the sleeves keeps her well-protected from the cold. Her checkered mini-skirt, with its diagonally cut hem, is predominantly green. Brown accents such as the cardigan, belt, and boot covers are balanced well, with strategic use of silver on the anklets giving the ensemble a sophisticated, understated look.
The white top and bottoms she wears are a total contrast. While the top's quite revealing, the lustrous fabric and ribbon at the neckline give it an elegant touch accented by the muted red of the belt. Her bracelets also combine this color with white.
Jack Krauser (p.066-067)
PERSONAL DATA
age: UNKOWN
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
Following Wesker's orders, he traveled to Europe and infiltrated the cult Los Iluminados to obtain a sample of the dominant species Plaga. With the aim of gaining access to the cult's inner circle, he carried out the abduction of the US President's daughter Ashley Graham. He was successfully accepted as a high-ranking member, but not permitted to go anywhere near the Plaga sample, forcing him to reluctantly accept Ada's assistance. He ends up facing off against Leon who came to rescue Ashley, though two years earlier in South America they'd been partners who entrusted their lives to one another.
At the time he was stationed in South America, he was a member of the US Army. He harbored a strong sense of rivalry bordering on jealousy toward Leon, who served as an agent directly under the President, and had a vague feeling their paths would eventually diverge. He left the military after his final mission with Leon. Shortly after his discharge there were reports that he died in an accident, but his body was never recovered.
Having witnessed the superhuman powers of B.O.W.'s in South America, a desire for even greater power began to take root within him. After faking his own death and vanishing, he made contact with Wesker whose name appeared in case files related to an incident Leon had mentioned, then started working for Wesker's organization. Although he sustained an injury to his left arm during combat in South America, he possesses a formidable physique and excels at knife-based combat.
While gathering intelligence within the cult, Krauser became fascinated by the Plaga's power and accepted the Dominant Plaga into his body, gaining superhuman physical abilities.
Upon their reunion in Europe, he challenged Leon to a final showdown, but was defeated.
Luis Sera (p.068)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 28
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
A man of Latino descent whom Leon encountered in an abandoned house. Though claiming to have been a police officer in Madrid, his true identity was that of a former researcher for the cult Los Iluminados. Driven by curiosity, he continued his research on the parasites, but was overcome by guilt for having participated in their evil plans and betrayed the cult, stealing a sample of the dominant species Plaga and attempting to flee. Originally a resident of a village controlled by the cult, he used his knowledge of the area to evade the cult's pursuers but was eventually captured and imprisoned in a dilapidated house on the outskirts of the village. He's nonchalant and evades Leon's questions with vague answers, never revealing his true intentions. His manner of speaking is flippant and he adopts a condescending attitude, but all of this is merely a mask for his deep wariness.
As a brilliant researcher, he possesses extensive knowledge about the parasites and successfully removed the parasite eggs implanted by the cult on his own. When he first decided to flee the cult, his primary concern seemed to be his own safety, but upon learning Leon and Ashley were harboring Plaga larvae inside their bodies, he returned to the old castle aware of the dangers in order to obtain medicine to suppress their growth. What drove him was undoubtedly the true conscience he regained through his encounter with Leon and such.
Bitores Mendez (p.069)
PERSONAL DATA
age: UNKNOWN
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
The village chief of the village Leon visited. A large man with a long goatee, clad in a trench coat. He's also a priest of the cult Los Iluminados and a loyal subordinate who acts as the right-hand man of his revered Osmund Saddler. He hosts a parasite known as the "dominant species" which differs from those found in ordinary Ganados in that, while it grants him superhuman strength, he retains his full sense of self.
Upon learning Leon was coming to the village to investigate, Mendez informed the villagers and stepped up security around the village. When he faced Leon and discovered he'd been implanted with a parasite egg, he initially let him go, acting on Sadler's orders to hinder his movements while waiting for the parasite inside Leon to reach maturity. Alarmed by Leon's ability to repeatedly evade encircling forces however, he resolved to eliminate Leon to safeguard Saddler's plan. His left eye's a prosthetic which also serves as the key to the main gate of Salazar Castle. This is a testament to how he protected the cult from the outside world by acting as a living barrier himself.
Ramon Salazar (p.070)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 20
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
The eighth head of the Salazar family which for generations has ruled the region where Ashley's being searched for. Exploited by Osmund Saddler, the leader of the cult Los Iluminados, due to his loneliness from having no family, Salazar defied the will of his predecessors who suppressed the cult to protect their subjects, and released the parasite "Plaga" that had been sealed within Salazar Castle. Driven by his devotion to Saddler, the cult's influence spread throughout his domain with his full cooperation, with eventually all the villagers becoming followers. Having accepted the dominant species Plaga into his own body, he now commands the cultists known as Ganados who operate within the castle.
He possesses an unbalanced appearance, a childlike build paired with the wrinkled face of an old man, with his personality both cruel and arrogant. He also displays a childish tendency to fly into a rage at the slightest provocation. The grotesque, robed aides he commands are "Verdugo," biological weapons created through the cult's research.
Osmund Saddler (p.071)
PERSONAL DATA
age: UNKNOWN
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
The current supreme leader of the cult Los Iluminados, a religious organization with ancient roots in a certain region of Europe. With the cooperation of Salazar, the region's current lord, he revives the cult's traditional method of proselytizing using the Plaga, a parasitic organism the cult has employed since ancient times. Plagas consist of a subordinate species capable of controlling their hosts and a dominant species that command them, and by exploiting these characteristics, Saddler has secured absolute power in the region. His ambitions don't end there though and he began experimental development of biological weapons using the parasite. Plotting to dominate the world through the Plaga's power, he planned to kidnap the US President's daughter Ashley as a stepping stone. His ambition, to first manipulate a major power from within then eventually reign over the entire world.
He's clad in a purple robe, the symbol of the cult's supreme leader, and carries a staff entwined with a Plaga. Though his appearance may seem anachronistic, he conceals tentacles with sharp claws beneath his robe which he uses to fend off anyone who defies him.
Weapons Merchant (p.072)
PERSONAL DATA
age: UNKNOWN
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
A man in a black coat who peddles weapons. A torch burning with a pale blue flame serves as the sign for his shop and he seems to move about and conduct business wherever the mood strikes him. His large backpack and the inside of his coat are packed to the brim with all manner of weapons. While his appearance makes it clear he's a Ganado, he strangely shows no hostility toward outsiders and will do business with anyone, so long as they pay. Although the source of his merchandise is unclear, the breadth of his inventory's impressive enough to make even Leon take notice. He's also skilled at business talk, with lines like, "You gotta buy it with guts," or "That's a classy choice."
Ingrid Hunnigan
PERSONAL DATA
age: 25 (DEGENERATION)
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
A member of the US covert military agency, she's responsible for supporting agents on special missions. To keep Leon's relationship with the President a secret, she acts as an intermediary for instructions from the White House. She provided radio support from the US to Leon as he flew to Europe on a mission to rescue Ashley Graham. She's an intelligent and level-headed woman who conveys relevant documents and information swiftly and accurately. About a year after the events in Europe, she relays related information to Leon as he rescues Claire and a congressman from Harvardville Airport.
Mike (p.073)
PERSONAL DATA
age: UNKNOWN
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
A pilot of a military helicopter dispatched by the US Government. He joined forces with Leon on the remote island where Ashley had been abducted and provided aerial support as Leon headed toward a fortress where combatants lay in wait.
The helicopter Mike piloted was heavily armed with a Vulcan cannon and missiles, with Leon being spurred on seeing this reassuring reinforcement arrive in his hour of need. Working together, they brilliantly repelled the attacking forces. Mike invited Leon to "have a drink when we get back," but the helicopter was shot down by Saddler's henchmen and he never made it home.
HUNK
PERSONAL DATA
age: UNKNOWN
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
A former member of the Umbrella Security Service. He belonged to a special forces team directly under the command of senior executives and was one of the few who witnessed the tragedy that unfolded in Raccoon City. He earned the nickname "Grim Reaper" because, even when his elite unit was wiped out, he was the sole survivor. His exceptional combat skills were honed during military training on Rockfort Island, where Alfred Ashford served as commander.
He infiltrated Raccoon City where the viral outbreak occurred on a top-secret mission from the director of Umbrella's France branch. He fended off an attack by Dr. Birkin, a researcher who transformed into a monstrous creature by the G-Virus, and successfully completed his mission to seize the G-Virus. His whereabouts following Umbrella's collapse remain entirely unknown.
Chris Redfield (p.074-075)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 35
blood type: O
height: 185cm
weight: 98kg
current unit: BSAA (North American Branch)
A member of the North America Branch of the BSAA (Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance), an anti-bioterror organization established by the Pharmaceutical Industry Association. As an agent granted Level 10 operational authority, he's authorized to conduct investigations and operations that transcend the scope of his branch. He's one of the 11 founding members of the BSAA commonly known as the "Original Eleven" and is the BSAA's ace, possessing keen insight, extensive experience, and exceptional combat and survival skills.
After obtaining intel about a large-scale black market trade in B.O.W.'s (Bio Organic Weapons) taking place in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone of Africa, Chris reported it to the BSAA's Africa branch. He volunteered for the op to arrest the mastermind, Ricardo Irving, and joined Alpha Team as backup. His motivation stemmed not only from his passion for eradicating bioterrorism but also from having uncovered a lead regarding his former presumed dead partner, Jill Valentine.
His physique, now significantly more robust than before, is a testament to the rigorous training he's undergone to confront Albert Wesker, the man who completely overwhelmed him during the raid on the residence of Umbrella's leader, Oswell E. Spencer, which had been Jill's final mission.
Chris was formerly a member of the US Air Force where he served as a fighter pilot. His uncompromising nature led to conflict with his superiors, resulting in his discharge. Recognized for his skills in piloting helicopters and aircraft, as well as his expertise in handling heavy weapons and marksmanship, he was recruited by S.T.A.R.S. (Special Tactics And Rescue Service). Within S.T.A.R.S. he was assigned to Alpha Team led by Albert Wesker, who later turned out to be a traitor. Even within this elite unit he served as the PM (Point Man), a role reserved for the most capable members.
He was one of the survivors of the biohazard incident at the Arklay Laboratory in 1998, commonly known as the "Mansion Incident," and after the incident he traveled to Europe to continue his own investigation with the goal of bringing down Umbrella, a pharmaceutical company reaping enormous profits from the development of biological weapons. In December that same year, his sister Claire was captured by Umbrella after coming to Paris looking for her brother. To rescue her, he infiltrated Rockfort Island where she was being held, and there had an unexpected reunion with Wesker with whom he had a long-standing feud.
Five years after the Mansion Incident, Chris had joined a Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force and traveled to Russia with Jill. Having received intel that Umbrella's Russian branch had begun manufacturing a new type of B.O.W., they launched the "T-A.L.O.S. Intercept Operation", named after the B.O.W. in question. At the same time, Wesker had also infiltrated the area, though Chris and his team had no way of knowing this.
Although Umbrella was eventually destroyed, bioterrorism using B.O.W.'s spread across the globe. To eradicate Umbrella's dark legacy, Chris joined the BSAA alongside Jill as one of the idealistic "Original Eleven"---
Sheva Alomar (p.076-077)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 23
blood type: AB
height: 165cm
weight: 52kg
current unit: BSAA (West African Branch)
A female agent assigned to the BSAA's West Africa Branch. She was assigned to support Chris during his "operational activities" in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone.
Like Chris, she's a Special Operations Agent, a so-called "Agent", who operates independently. Incidentally, within the BSAA the basic minimum unit for Agents during operational activities is a two-man cell (operating in pairs). Sheva's well-versed in the geography and customs of the Kijuju area and excels at hand-to-hand combat, making full use of her natural agility. Furthermore, her fluency in English is likely another reason she was chosen as Chris' partner.
She possesses a strong sense of justice and a cheerful, kind personality. Her actions following Delta Team's destruction reveal her devotion to her comrades is stronger than most. The tattoo on her left upper arm means "hero" or "brave one" in Swahili.
Sheva had been living happily with her parents who worked at a factory in a town in Africa, but tragedy struck when she was eight years old. Her beloved father and mother lost their lives in an accident at the factory. The factory was called "Umbrella Plant 57." Soon after, she was taken in by an uncle who lived far away and was only interested in the compensation money, but out of longing for her parents, she ran away and desperately made her way back to her hometown. Her young legs could no longer bear the strain and she collapsed in the savanna, only to be rescued by anti-government guerrillas. As Sheva recounted her story, one of the guerrillas told her that her parents' deaths were no mere accident, but the result of a final experiment involving biological weapons. The employees, who didn't even know what was being manufactured at the plant, had simply been caught in the crossfire. On top of that, to cover up the evidence Umbrella had pulled strings with the government to destroy not only the plant but the entire town. Having lost her home and driven by hatred for the cruel Umbrella Corporation and the government that covered it up, the girl resolved to join the anti-government guerrillas.
At first her duties consisted only of menial tasks, but eventually she was given a gun and as time passed, she turned 15. One day, a man claiming to be a US Government official approached her. He told Sheva the anti-government guerrillas were planning a terrorist attack using biological weapons and intended to make a deal with Umbrella to carry it out. He asked for her help in thwarting the deal, adding that he had no interest in the guerrillas themselves, only in arresting Umbrella employees. Believing the man, Sheva cooperated with the operation and used this opportunity to part ways with the anti-government guerrillas.
With the man serving as her guardian, Sheva traveled to the United States where she received a thorough education. Thanks to her natural intelligence, she mastered English in just six months and entered college two years later. Following the man's advice, she joined the newly formed BSAA after graduating. After basic training, she was assigned to Delta Team led by Josh Stone, where she underwent eight months of combat training.
For Sheva today, her hatred's directed not only at Umbrella, the organization that took her parents' lives, but at all forms of bioterrorism, and she wastes no effort in her quest to eradicate them. That passionate determination's embodied in her tattoo inscribed with the word "shujaa."
Jill Valentine (p.078-079)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 33
blood type: B
height: 172cm
weight: 56kg
current unit: BSAA (North American Branch)
She was a BSAA agent bound by an unbreakable bond of trust with Chris, with whom she'd overcome countless crises. During the raid on the Spencer Estate in August 2006, she shielded Chris from Wesker as they both fell off a cliff, and her whereabouts remained unknown. On November 23rd that same year, the BSAA officially declared her to have died in the line of duty.
In reality, during the gap in her whereabouts until her survival was confirmed in Africa, Jill had been kept alive by Wesker. He'd placed her in cryogenic suspension to make her the first test subject for the "Uroboros Project." However, her body turned out to be something special beyond even Wesker's imagination. The t-Virus she'd contracted in Raccoon City several years earlier had mutated inside her body and was further activated by the cryogenic freezing. The virus vanished shortly thereafter. Detailed testing revealed the presence of powerful viral antibodies. Although she didn't become a direct test subject, the Uroboros Project progressed by utilizing her antibodies.
Since she was such a rare specimen, Jill was made a test subject for another drug and administered "P30" which was still in the research phase at TRICELL. As a result, she gained superhuman abilities but also found her mind under control. Manipulated by Excella and Wesker, she frequently appeared before Chris and his team while concealing her identity with a hood and mask. Though she suffered from an internal conflict with her subconscious sense of justice, Chris and Sheva succeeded in removing the external device administering P30. In that instant, the TRICELL test subject returned to life as "Jill Valentine." To put a stop to the Uroboros Project, Chris and Sheva pursued Wesker while she teamed up with Josh Stone of the BSAA's West Africa Branch to overcome the crisis.
Jill's also one of the "Original Eleven" founding members of the BSAA. The reaction Josh showed upon meeting her for the first time reflects just how great her achievements and reputation are in the fight against bioterrorism.
Like Chris, Jill's a survivor of the Mansion Incident where, at the time, she was a member of S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team serving as RS (Rear Security) in charge of rear guard duties. Before being recruited by S.T.A.R.S. she participated in a training program of the US Army's Delta Force, where she acquired specialized bomb disposal skills. She's so dexterous she can easily pick even simple locks with a lock-pick, and she also enjoys playing the piano as a hobby, skills that often come in handy when disarming traps.
While the other survivors traveled to Europe to pursue Umbrella after the Mansion Incident, she remained in Raccoon City alone to continue her investigation. There she faced the biohazard outbreak that engulfed the entire city, the "Raccoon City Destruction Incident", and once again managed to escape. She survived the mission to stop T-A.L.O.S. in Russia alongside Chris, as well as a situation in Africa that pushed her to the absolute limits of her physical and mental endurance. Her exceptional survival skills were likely honed through these experiences.
Albert Wesker (p.080-081)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 48 (BIO5)
blood type: O
height: 190cm
weight: 90kg
A figure who sometimes appears in the spotlight and other times pulls strings behind the scenes in incidents involving viral theft and B.O.W.-related events occurring around the world.
Having obtained intel there was a parasite capable of controlling human hosts in Europe, Wesker plotted to seize a sample of that parasite, the Plaga, from the cult Los Iluminados. In 2004, he ordered Jack Krauser and Ada Wong to travel to the location to seize a sample of the dominant species Plaga. Though the plan was meticulously crafted, Krauser was defeated by Leon and Wesker was betrayed by Ada, resulting in him only acquiring a sample of the subordinate species Plaga. However, he later succeeded in obtaining a "dead dominant species Plaga" through a certain source.
Five years later, he appeared in Africa manipulating the pharmaceutical company TRICELL and its executive, Excella, to carry out the Uroboros Project as he saw fit. He took on the role of fulfilling Spencer's lifelong ambition from the Umbrella era: "the creation of a new human race via the Progenitor Virus." He was once a specialist in biotechnology.
His blood-stained history began with the ambitions of his "Father," his creator. Spencer, the leader of Umbrella who devoted his life to B.O.W. development, harbored a terrifying ambition. He sought to evolve humanity through a virus, create an utopia populated by a new human race, and become the "God" of that world. To achieve this ethically bankrupt goal, he set a terrifying plan into motion. He gathered hundreds of children with superior genes from around the world and inoculated them with the Progenitor Virus to endow them with even greater intelligence and superhuman physiques. Named the "Wesker Project" after the lead researcher at the time, all the children were given the name "Wesker" and released into the world under close surveillance.
A few years later, Albert Wesker appeared at the Umbrella Executive Training Academy in Raccoon City. Recognized as particularly outstanding even among the elite "Weskers," he was highly valued as a close aide to Spencer. Under the orders of Spencer, with his insatiable ambition, the Wesker Project progressed and a prototype virus was administered to all Weskers. As a result, nearly all of them died, only a few surviving. Albert Wesker was one of those few survivors, like many B.O.W.'s he's an artificially created test subject whose physical structure transcends a normal human's.
After a time at the Arklay Lab, Wesker was appointed Captain of Alpha Team, a special forces unit of the Raccoon Police Department's S.T.A.R.S., the unit Chris and Jill belonged to, but he was secretly carrying out intelligence operations on Umbrella's behalf. His mission was to use his team members as test subjects for B.O.W. testing at a mansion deep in the Arklay Mountains and gather data. Behind the scenes however, he was plotting to sell that data to Umbrella's rival company. Just as he was about to complete his plan, Chris and Jill thwarted his efforts and Wesker was killed by the B.O.W. known as Tyrant. In reality, it was a staged death, he arranged to be revived by a virus he injected himself with.
Several months after the Mansion Incident, Wesker reappeared on Rockfort Island. This time he infiltrated Rockfort Island leading a force from a company hostile to Umbrella. There he succeeded in seizing t-Veronica and unexpectedly reunited with Chris, who came to rescue his sister. In 2006, just before Chris and Jill stormed the Spencer Estate, he killed Spencer, the man who "created" him, by his own hand. He encountered Chris and Jill who rushed to the scene and overwhelmed them with his superhuman strength. However, just as he was about to deliver the final blow to Chris, he abducted Jill after she fell off a cliff while trying to protect her partner, and administered P30 to control her mind. Afterwards he started drawing closer to TRICELL in order to realize his next ambition, the Uroboros Project.
To sustain his life as a biological weapon, he must regularly ingest a precise dose of a chemical called PG67A/W, but after Chris and the others forcibly administered the substance to him, he suffered an overdose that significantly diminished his abilities. As a last resort, he absorbed Uroboros into himself, but was defeated, eventually vanishing into the lava.
Excella Gionne (p.082)
PERSONAL DATA
age: about 26
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: 175.1cm
weight: 55kg
current unit: TRICELL AFRICA (CEO)
She hails from the Gionne family, well-known in Europe as traders, and through her grandmother traces her lineage to the Travis family, TRICELL's founding family, making her of distinguished stock. Consequently, she's extremely proud, and combined with her extraordinary good looks, she has a strong tendency to look down on others. In addition to business acumen inherited from her father, she majored in genetic engineering at university, where she was admitted early after skipping grades. This earned her high praise from TRICELL, and she was entrusted with the pharmaceutical division at the age of 18.
TRICELL's a conglomerate centered on three main divisions: maritime transport, resource development, and pharmaceuticals. Incidentally, the Latin root of the word "cell" means "to conceal."
Its predecessor was the Travis Trading Company, a maritime trading firm established several centuries ago. Travis Trading Co's ties to Africa date back a long time starting with the 19th century African expeditions of Henry Travis, a member of the Travis family. Henry authored an expedition chronicle titled the "Natural History Compendia" and Travis Trading Co., having taken note of the abundance of mineral resources described in this book, embarked on exploitating these resources, such as oil fields and mines. Furthermore, the company began collecting flora, fauna, and insects, using these to initiate pharmaceutical development. In the 1960s, the company changed its name to TRICELL as a name symbolizing these three divisions.
Albert Wesker set his sights on Excella, an ambitious woman who, despite working for a prestigious company, wasn't content to remain merely the head of a single department. By providing information on the t-Virus and the Plaga, she strengthened her influence within TRICELL and rose to become the head of the African branch. However, Wesker's true objective was to revive the abandoned Umbrella Africa Laboratory, even exploiting her romantic feelings. It was indispensable for his research on the Progenitor Virus. Once the facility was reactivated, she secured research funds by having Ricardo Irving trade in B.O.W.'s, among other means, and devoted herself to advancing her beloved Wesker's Uroboros Project.
She dreamed of standing beside Wesker as the queen of a new world once the plan was complete. After Wesker injected her with the Uroboros Virus however, the radiant flower of Africa withered and fell, transformed into a hideous monster.
Oswell E. Spencer (p.083)
PERSONAL DATA
age: about 75
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: 179.4cm
weight: 65kg
current unit: BSAA (West African Branch)
The co-founder of Umbrella alongside James Marcus and Edward Ashford, and the last surviving member of the trio. A cold-blooded opportunist, he was the one who framed and killed the other two founders.
Spencer, who served as Umbrella's leader, held strong belief in a "chosen few" ideology and was convinced "those superior in both mind and body should lead others." Upon discovering the Progenitor Virus, he took action to realize this ideal. He founded Umbrella and continued research on the t-Virus while keeping his true purpose known only to a select few. However, Umbrella collapsed due to the efforts of Chris and his allies. Since then, he vanished from the public eye, and time has changed him. Who could imagine the elderly man now confined to a wheelchair, clinging to life on life support and lamenting his failure to achieve his goal, is the very man who once plunged the world into unprecedented terror? Incidentally, "Wesker" was the name given to all the children used in the research on the Progenitor Virus, and he refers to the sole surviving Wesker as his greatest masterpiece.
Having tracked down the Spencer Estate where he lived quietly somewhere in Europe, the BSAA launched a raid. However, by the time Chris and Jill rushed into his private room, Spencer had already been killed by Wesker.
Ricardo Irving
PERSONAL DATA
age: about 30
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: 180cm
weight: 75kg
current unit: TRICELL AFRICA
Arrogant, haughty, violent, and a money-grabber. Although he's the director of an oil field owned by the resource development division of TRICELL's African branch, he actually served as the contact point for funneling B.O.W.'s onto the black market. He used the profits from these transactions to fund B.O.W. development and also conducted operational tests that doubled as B.O.W. demonstrations. These activities and his connection to TRICELL Africa were kept completely under wraps, part of this cover-up was the fact Irving was employed in the Resource Development Division rather than the Pharmaceutical Division, which held a stake in the BSAA. Even during the BSAA's arrest operation, the name TRICELL Africa never surfaced and his actions were perceived as his own personal illegal activities.
Having anticipated the BSAA's moves, Irving plotted to use the operation to arrest him as an opportunity to turn the tables on the BSAA's field forces while also gathering data. Although he resorted to heinous tactics like turning all of Kijuju's residents into Majini, Chris and Sheva managed to overcome each obstacle one by one. Fearing for his own safety, Irving attempted to flee with his personal fortune but was subdued by Jill, who was under mental control. Ordered to eliminate Chris and his team, he reluctantly threw himself into the fray, even going so far as to inject himself with a parasite (created from the remains of a dead dominant species Plaga), but was swiftly defeated and lost his life.
He was one of the few witnesses who knew why the Plaga discovered in Europe showed up in Africa and how the modified B.O.W.'s had been manufactured, but his death has made it difficult to uncover the truth.
Reynard Fisher (p.084)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 35
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: 180cm
weight: 85kg
current unit: BSAA (West African Branch)
A BSAA undercover operative tasked with infiltrating the Kijuju Autonomous Zone to supply Chris and his team with provisions. Disguised as a butcher, he met up with Chris and his team at a meat market. After parting ways with them, he was captured by residents who'd turned into Majini and met a tragic end.
Josh Stone
PERSONAL DATA
age: 35
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: 185cm
weight: 93kg
current unit: BSAA (West African Branch)
A member of the BSAA's West Africa Branch. He led Delta Team during the operation to arrest Irving. A veteran soldier with a compassionate nature, he's deeply trusted by his subordinates. He served as Sheva's training instructor when she joined the BSAA. While he generally upholds the rules, he also possesses the flexibility to allow for individual judgment depending on the situation.
He was deployed from headquarters after Alpha Team's destruction, but Delta Team was also wiped out after falling into Irving's trap. Josh was captured and taken to the oil field. There he reunited with Chris and his team, and after their escape continued to pursue Irving. Upon returning to headquarters, he persuaded his superiors, hesitant due to pressure from TRICELL, to organize a reinforcement unit and rush to Chris' aid. During that operation he discovered Jill after she had lost consciousness, and heeding her plea, hurriedly headed to the crater in a unit helicopter to rescue Chris and Sheva.
In addition to agents like Chris, the BSAA also has a unit that operates as the Special Operations Unit (SOU). Josh, Dan, and Dave are all members of the SOU at the West Africa Branch.
Dan DeChant (p.085)
PERSONAL DATA
age: 53
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: 185cm
weight: 89kg
current unit: BSAA (West African Branch)
The leader of Alpha Team formed for the op to arrest Irving. After retiring early from the US Army, he became a mercenary for a private military company operating primarily in Africa, where he witnessed the devastation caused by B.O.W.'s. Driven by a sense of justice, he joined the BSAA. He lost his life during the Uroboros attack.
Kirk Mathison
PERSONAL DATA
age: 28
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: 179cm
weight: 80kg
current unit: BSAA (West African Branch)
He had no military experience and learned to fly while at the BSAA. As a helicopter pilot he was providing air support to Chris and his team, but his helicopter was attacked by Kipepeo, causing it to crash, and he was killed.
Dave Johnson
PERSONAL DATA
age: 27
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: 180cm
weight: 77kg
current unit: BSAA (West African Branch)
Before joining the BSAA, he was such a skilled driver he placed in rally championships, his technique in the wilderness being particularly outstanding. He knew Sheva since their days as BSAA trainees. He was killed in a surprise attack by Ndesu.
Doug
PERSONAL DATA
age: UNKNOWN
blood type: UNKNOWN
height: UNKNOWN
weight: UNKNOWN
current unit: BSAA (West African Branch)
A helicopter pilot. He flew out to pick up Jill and Josh as they rushed to Chris' aid, but while providing cover for the two, he was killed by an attack from armed Majini.
creature track
Plaga (p.088)
A parasite that has lost its host. In Spanish, "plaga" means "plague," and "las plagas" means "pests", their appearance is also featured as the motif in the emblem of the cult Los Iluminados. A Plaga can't sustain life on its own and will quickly waste away and die, so it attacks nearby living creatures in search of a new host. It's vulnerable to light.
Ganado
Humans parasitized by the subordinate species Plaga. In Spanish, this term means "livestock." The Plaga fused with their central nervous system controls their actions, and they're commanded by specific sounds such as ringing bells. Having lost their rationality, they exhibit intense aggression toward uninfected individuals due to the Plaga's survival instinct, but they retain their human intelligence and are capable of setting traps, using weapons, and communicating through speech. There are various types of Ganados depending on their environment prior to infection.
Villagers (p.089)
Ganados living in the village. When the Plaga was first excavated, villagers engaged in the work inhaled spores from the parasite and became hosts, subsequently the cult intentionally injected Plaga eggs into human bodies to induce infection. Since they continue to live in groups repeating the behaviors they exhibited when they were human, their strangeness isn't apparent from a distance. The moment they spot an intruder however, they become extremely aggressive and attack using readily available tools such as kitchen knives and farming tools.
Cultists
Followers of the cult Los Iluminados. Characterized by their white-painted skin and robes, they're capable of wielding powerful weapons such as flails, rocket launchers, and stationary gatling guns. Cultists wearing goat masks and red robes emblazoned with gold thread have higher durability than ordinary cultists and serve as leaders and take command in battle.
Fighters (p.090)
Soldiers stationed on the isolated island. They've undergone combat training and many are more heavily armed than ordinary Ganados. In addition to the weapons used by the cultists, they carry weapons such as stun batons and hammers.
Ganado (Parasite)
A Ganado whose head's been destroyed by the Plaga after its host sustained damage, leaving the parasite exposed from the neck. Its combat ability and durability exceed a standard Ganado with there being three types, A, B, and C, depending on the parasite's growth stage at that point.
A's a juvenile form of the parasite emerges swinging a long, sharp-tipped tentacle, B's a stage between juvenile and adult that emerges and bites with a giant acid-spewing mouth, and C's a fully mature adult that emerges, but if it sustains significant damage, it detaches from the host and attacks as an individual Plaga.
Ganado (Gatling Man) (p.091)
A large Ganado wielding an electric gatling gun, sporting a beret and a black eye patch over his right eye. Under the Plaga's influence, he has gained a physique robust enough to carry a normally stationary gatling gun and rains down large-caliber bullets indiscriminately on both enemies and allies.
Ganado (Chainsaw Group)
They assimilate with the Plaga more effectively than standard Ganados, possessing superior strength and endurance. Driven by a strong urge to destroy, they swing logging chainsaws and relentlessly pursue anyone they perceive as an enemy. There are three types: a man wearing a burlap sack, two sisters wrapped in bandages, and a large, agile man.
El Gigante (p.092)
The result of conducting genetic manipulation on humans parasitized by the Plaga, causing them to grow four times their normal size. The name means "giant" in Spanish. The back of their necks, particularly the cervical vertebrae, is swollen due to the Plaga's influence and they constantly drool copious amounts of saliva. Although they possess astonishing stamina and superhuman strength, they're so ferocious, to the point of killing nearby Ganados, and difficult to control that only a handful were ever created.
Garrador (p.093)
A warrior with exceptional physical abilities, created through physical enhancement experiments using the Plaga. "Garrador" means "one with claws" in Spanish, and they're equipped with three sharp, curved claws on each arm. Since they became so ferocious they'd indiscriminately attack anything that came into view, their eyelids were sewn shut, and they're normally kept in cages under strict confinement.
Perhaps because they strain their ears to catch even the faintest sound, they tend to hold their heads slightly lowered. In combat, they rely on their highly developed hearing rather than vision to accurately detect an enemy’s position, then extend the claws on both arms to tear them to pieces.
Bitores Mendez (p.094)
This is the monstrous form of the village chief Mendez after he unleashed the dominant species Plaga dwelling within his body. The sharp claws at the tips of the two tentacles extending from its back have sufficient strength and power to pierce through enemies, and it possesses extremely strong vitality.
In the first form, the lower body remains human, but from the lumbar spine upward, the Plaga has fused with the body, exposing an abnormally developed spinal cord. The spinal cord has elongated with centipede-like segmented limbs emerging from the sides writhing menacingly. In the second form, which appears after the loss of the lower body, the Plaga's exposed all the way to the tailbone.
Ramon Salazar (p.095)
A gigantic monster formed when Salazar fused with the mother parasite alongside his attendant Verdugo. As if to display the dignity befitting the last lord of a castle with a long history, it has fused with the room at the very top of the tallest tower.
Salazar's core's protected by a shelter-like organ at the center and he attacks using three long tentacles. The central tentacle's inhabited by Verdugo, the lord's attendant, with sharp extremely lethal fangs in its massive mouth. Furthermore, spore-like parasites are stored at the base of the mother body, from which it continuously produces an endless supply of Plagas.
Jack Krauser (p.096)
This is the form Krauser takes after unleashing the Plaga he harbors in order to settle the score with Leon once and for all. The Plaga bulges outward along the swollen veins at the base of his left arm, transforming into a large, blade-like structure near his well-trained tricep. Delivering powerful slashing attacks with this left arm, the blade can also unfold to serve as a shield, possessing enough strength to withstand a direct hit from a rocket-propelled grenade.
Perhaps due to his naturally robust physique, his mutation's remained relatively human-like, and he excels at close-quarters combat based on his signature martial arts style.
Osmund Saddler (p.097)
A form in which his right hand's been transformed into a tentacle-like appendage by the Plaga's power. The tip's extremely sharp and highly lethal.
When the Plaga's fully unleashed, he transforms into a giant spider-like form. Countless tentacles and four jointed legs sprout from Saddler's body, which hangs like an empty husk, and a head equipped with powerful jaws sits at the end of a long, extended neck. The eyes on each jointed leg constantly track foes, allowing it to launch precise attacks from any angle.
Furthermore, despite its massive size, it has excellent jumping ability, with its hard exoskeleton making it difficult for ordinary firearms to even inflict damage.
Regenerador (p.098)
Born from experiments in which multiple Plagas parasitized a single human, the Regenerador, whose name means "regenerator" in Spanish, possesses an astonishing regenerative ability capable of instantly regenerating lost body parts. While it retains a human form, it has no ears, its nose is collapsed, its eyes glow red, and its large, gaping mouth, which drips saliva, is lined with sharp, fang-like teeth. Although its walking speed's slow, it stretches out both arms to pull enemies toward it and bites them with its sharp teeth.
Since there are no physical protrusions anywhere on its body, including genitalia, it's impossible to distinguish the gender of the test subjects. Its physical structure, from its internal organs to its brain, has undergone unique mutations so it no longer possesses any human intelligence.
Iron Maiden
In addition to the Regenerador's regenerative ability, this improved species is equipped with countless needles capable of freely extending and retracting across its entire body, making it even more specialized for attacking. It captures enemies by stretching out both arms, then pulls them close and pierces them with the needles protruding from its body.
Its name derives from a real torture device that existed in medieval Europe. This device involved placing a human inside a hollow doll and executing them with long nails protruding from within, it's also known as the "Iron Maiden."
Novistador (p.099)
An "insect-human" created through Plaga practical application experiments. It possesses the ability to freely change its exoskeleton's color. True to its name meaning "the invisible one" in Spanish, it becomes transparent, camouflaging itself against the surrounding scenery to stalk prey.
Although based on humans, its biology's that of an insect and it has been confirmed to build massive nests for reproduction. An inferior species lacking this camouflage ability have large wings on their backs and fly in swarms to attack foreign hostiles.
Verdugo (p.100)
A successful practical application experiment applying insect genes to humans, realizing superior combat capabilities as well as complete control by the Plaga. Though they usually serve as Salazar's attendants clad in robes, beneath them lies an extremely hard exoskeleton. Boasting top-tier durability among the biological weapons developed by the cult, they're also highly flexible, allowing them to squeeze into the slightest crevices such as in ceilings etc and launch surprise attacks with their sharp claws and tails.
"Verdugo" means "executioner" in Spanish.
U-3 (p.101)
Created through a Plaga practical application experiment combining human, insect, and reptile genes, but due to an imperfect balance, it developed a grotesque appearance retaining traces of each species. It has three forms: in the first form it attacks prey with the long whip-like tentacle on its left arm, in the second form the Plaga is exposed, transformed into a massive pair of pincers emerging from its spinal cord, and in the third form it burrows through the ground with its powerful jaws to launch surprise attacks.
Colmillos (p.102)
A dog parasitized by the Plaga. They move in packs and launch wave-like attacks on intruders with their agile movements. True to its name meaning "fang" in Spanish, it uses fangs so large they split its mouth wide open as its primary weapon, though sometimes it uses the parasite's tentacles, pierced through its back, to strike as well. While already a highly capable fighter by nature, its assimilation with the Plaga has increased its ferocity and dramatically boosted its durability.
Del Lago
Originally an aquatic creature resembling a giant salamander, it became a test subject for a Plaga experiment and, as the parasite developed, grew into a colossal form exceeding 20m in length.
Plaga tentacles writhe within its massive mouth. Its thick, vertically flattened tail's well-suited for swimming, allowing it to demonstrate exceptional mobility even underwater, although because it couldn't be controlled by the Plaga, it was confined to the village lake. Although it has four legs, they've atrophied to the point they're incapable of supporting its massive body on land, so it's believed the deep, wide lake was the ideal habitat for Del Lago.
"Lago" means "lake" in Spanish.
Armadura (p.103)
Meaning "armor" in Spanish, there are two types: one with simple armor and another with the entire body covered in armor. Plagas seeking hosts get into the suits of armor displayed in the old castle and take control of them. Inside the armor the Plaga remains dormant sustaining its life while waiting for a potential host to approach. The Plaga's tentacles, which stretch throughout the armor's interior, form pseudo-muscles that allow it to attack by swinging swords and axes.
Majini (p.104)
Controlled by the parasitic biological weapon "Plaga," they act on the commands of specific humans. Although they've already lost their sense of reason and personality, they retain human intelligence, are capable of communicating through language, can handle tools and weapons, and can easily carry out coordinated group combat.
Modifications to the Plaga discovered in Europe increased its potency to the point it can transform a host into a Majini in a matter of seconds, thereby raising its commercial value as a B.O.W. "Majini" means "djinns" in Swahili.
Majini (Residents)
The form of residents from the Kijuju Autonomous Zone who turned into Majini. They were infected with "Plaga Type 2," a modified version of the Plaga discovered in Europe. This was a final evaluation test in preparation for their sale as a practical B.O.W., aimed at collecting data on the rate of infection spread, the effectiveness of suppressing aggression, and combat capabilities.
By orally administering a still growing Plaga Type 2, it immediately latches onto the central nervous system, drastically reducing the time it takes to take control of the host's body compared to before.
Executioner Majini (p.105)
A Majini execution enforcer, their massive frame bursting with power, wielding an axe-like weapon with a large guillotine blade secured by a chain to carry out executions.
The axe-like weapon used by the Majini who executed BSAA agent Reynard is covered in copious bloodstains, with countless metal spikes embedded in his torso—marks of torture or traces of self-mutilation? They evoke an unfathomable terror in those who see.
Wielding a massive, blazing axe, the Executioner Majini regards anyone who refuses to have the Plaga implanted as an enemy and carries out their execution. With raw suture marks still visible, a thick layer of fat covering its entire body, and a burly physique, even a barrage of bullets won't bring it down.
Big Man Majini
A massive wrestler-like Majini with bulging muscles. It crushes its targets with tremendous brute strength. It's far more resilient than a standard Majini and will get back up no matter how many times it's knocked down. However, its intelligence is limited, its comprehension's poor, and its inability to communicate makes it unsuitable as a biological weapon.
Chainsaw Majini (p.106)
A tall Majini wearing a sack over his head who can barely speak. Though lean, he's extremely resilient and his greatest threat's the chainsaw he wields. No matter how well-trained a physique may be, it stands no chance against a single blow from it.
Rider Majini
The way they launch group attacks while riding motorcycles vividly demonstrates the Majini's intelligence. They chase down fleeing targets, close in on them, and throw Molotov cocktails, all while displaying impressive riding skills. The Rider Majini in the red shirt is the leader and has slightly higher durability.
Majini (Indigenous People) (p.107)
These are members of the Ndipaya Tribe parasitized by the Plaga and transformed into Majini. The Ndipaya are an indigenous people living in the wetlands around Kijuju, said to be descendants of a clan that built an advanced civilization in ancient times with ruins built by their ancestors remaining deep within the wetlands.
They were injected with a modified form of the Plaga, "Type 3," which differs from the species found among residents of the Kijuju Autonomous Zone. Perhaps their DNA was awakened, but these people who previously led a more cultured life cast aside their clothes, painted their bodies with warrior markings, and took up primitive weapons such as bows and spears. They possess high physical ability, including excellent jumping ability and endurance. The women failed to adapt to the Plaga.
Giant Majini
Since the modified "Type 3" Plaga was still in the experimental stage, an unexpected side-effect caused some members of the Ndipaya Tribe to grow to a height of about 3m. They let out war cries to summon their comrades and wield homemade clubs fashioned from what appear to be human skulls and sharp protrusions. They possess superior attack and defense capabilities compared to standard indigenous Majini.
Majini (Armed Soldiers) (p.108)
They can be considered an elite Majini unit composed solely of the most capable individuals with their primary mission to defend TRICELL's research facility. Unlike the standard Majini, they're highly skilled in handling heavy weapons such as rifles, grenades, stun batons, and rocket launchers. In addition to their already high defensive capabilities, they sometimes equip a variety of armor which further highlights their exceptional durability.
Gatling Majini
A leader who commands the soldiers, with a cigar and beret as his trademarks. His gold necklace, golden attire, and set of gold teeth all hint at the opulent lifestyle he enjoyed before becoming a host.
An extremely dangerous Majini who approaches while firing a massive gatling gun wildly. Carrying a machine gun mounted on a massive backpack and effortlessly lugging its enormous barrel, it's easy to surmise he possesses extraordinary strength.
Cephalo (p.109)
This form emerges when the Plaga mutates inside the host's body after the host's physical form has sustained severe damage, with the creature protruding from the neck. It's believed to be the same species as the Type A Ganado documented in Europe. Like the Plaga itself, it's vulnerable to light, but its durability and attack power far exceed its pre-mutation state and it launches long-range attacks using its freely extendable and retractable head. The name "Cephalopentandra" comes from an African tuberous plant of the Cucurbitaceae family, in which its leaves spread out from a thick, lump-like root.
Duvalia
A mutated variant of the Plaga. It bursts out of the host's body when the Majini's body's damaged, but unlike the Cephalo which is exposed at the neck, it appears on the host's upper torso. What hangs from its abdomen are the remains of the Majini's upper body which have turned into a mass of flesh. It's covered in a hard outer skin to protect the vulnerable parasite itself, making it impervious to most ordinary attacks. When an enemy approaches, the outer skin splits open like a mouth, attempting to swallow the enemy.
The name's derived from a succulent plant of the Asclepiadaceae family, native to Africa, that bears bizarrely shaped flowers very similar to the Duvallia.
Ndesu (p.110)
A gigantic B.O.W. created based on data from "El Gigante" documented in Europe. It's the largest human-type Plaga. You can see it's parasitized by five Plagas and won't cease its activity until all of them are destroyed. By implanting multiple Plagas it has gained phenomenal durability the original host lacked. It also possesses immense brute strength, effortlessly hurling telephone poles and military vehicles.
The fact it has the corpse of what appears to be a Delta Team member it drove to their doom hanging from its waist only adds to its horror.
Kipepeo (p.111)
A Plaga mutated and broke free from the body of a severely damaged Majini, becoming a separate entity. Its name means "butterfly" in Swahili and it's capable of flying. It flaps its four wing-like appendages to fly, while its agility's low, its close-range attack, in which it wraps its tail around an opponent, is extremely dangerous, and even Alpha Team's support helicopter fell victim to it.
Bui Kichwa
A mutated variant of the Plaga that broke free from a Majini's body and ran wild. Similar cases of the Plaga surviving independently of its host were reported in Europe as well. It resembles a spider-like arthropod with its raw-looking abdomen reminiscent of human organs. When prey approaches, it pounces and entangles them with its numerous legs, immobilizing them for extended periods. It typically operates in groups and often lies in wait underground, making it a highly dangerous B.O.W. Incidentally, in Swahili, "buibui" means "spider," and "kichwa" means "head."
Adjule (p.112)
The form taken by a Plaga parasitizing a large dog. Its ferocity leaves no trace of its former status as a human companion. Some specimens appear outwardly no different from ordinary dogs, while others have been observed with their heads split in two, exposing the Plaga inside. Since it retains the original host's characteristics, the dog's natural agility remains intact and its combat effectiveness in confined spaces isn't to be underestimated.
Popokarimu (p.113)
A large, flying B.O.W. capable of walking, manufactured by TRICELL by parasitizing a bat with the Plaga. In Swahili, "popo" means "bat," and "karimu" means "generous."
The flexible tail section serves as the Plaga's core and the skin covering it is extremely hard, impervious to attacks such as bullets. The inside of the tail's soft and serves as a weak point, but the creature possesses the cunning to move nimbly on the ground without exposing it to its foes. It attacks with sharp, gleaming claws on the tips of its four legs and by ramming its body into opponents, also spraying a sticky liquid from the tip of its tail to immobilize prey. It flies using wings stored in its legs while walking and can launch sudden dive attacks, thus its attacks, whether on the ground or in the air, aren't to be underestimated.
U-8 (p.114)
A giant B.O.W. created as part of a weapons development project utilizing the Plaga. While incorporating and modifying the genes of various species, its characteristics most strongly resemble those of crustaceans. Its exoskeleton's extremely sturdy, boasting a hardness comparable to armor. Reports indicate that during TRICELL's performance evaluation tests it even withstood a direct hit from an RPG, an anti-tank grenade launcher. However, likely due to the rapid acceleration of its growth, part of its exoskeleton's missing, and this area serves as its fatal weakness. Incidentally, the "U" in U-8 stands for "ultimate."
Its body-slam attacks, which take advantage of its massive size, are powerful, and attacks with its legs, particularly its scissor-like front legs, are extremely lethal. Additionally, numerous flying B.O.W.'s live symbiotically in its abdomen and mercilessly attack any opponent that comes within range.
Ricardo Irving (Transformed)
This form resulted from Ricardo Irving injecting himself with a parasite created from a dead dominant species Plaga, transforming him into a giant aquatic B.O.W. that resembles a combination of various fish and shellfish. Despite its massive size, it moves extremely quickly underwater. It possesses numerous long tentacles it uses to wrap around or lash out at its targets.
It also occasionally attacks by biting with the sharp teeth in its large, oyster-like mouth. Since its growth was forced to occur too rapidly, the core-like section of its body remains a vulnerable weak point.
Licker β (p.115)
An evolved form of the "Licker," a B.O.W. born of a mutation. TRICELL researchers attempted to further modify it using the Progenitor Virus, but failed to achieve satisfactory results. However, while it has almost no vision, it has acute hearing and a keen sense of smell. Its primary characteristics, such as using sharp claws and a long tongue to cling to walls and ceilings and launch attacks, are identical to those of the species documented in Raccoon City.
Blob
It lurked in the basement of the estate where Oswell E. Spencer was in hiding. A "mad guardian" that seemed to guard the dungeon where numerous decomposing corpses lay. As a result of being used as a test subject, its face bears little resemblance to a human, with its left shoulder and most of its back excessively bulging.
The anchor it wields is a weapon even more fearsome than its hideous physique, and it swings it with tremendous force to attack its opponents.
Uroboros Virus (p.116)
The Uroboros Virus, the cornerstone of the "Uroboros Project" spearheaded by Wesker, selectively targets the genes of living organisms. Organisms with compatible genes can bring the virus under their control and gain superhuman abilities. However, if genes are incompatible, the virus goes out of control, consuming all organic matter in its vicinity, including its host, to continue growing. During this process the body repeatedly undergoes decay and regeneration, attacking indiscriminately to absorb surrounding lifeforms.
A giant serpent of the same name, biting its own tail, appears in Greek mythology, its form, having neither beginning nor end, is interpreted as symbolizing "perfection," "destruction and regeneration," as well as "infinity."
Reaper
A B.O.W. created when cockroach-like insects were infected by the leaked Uroboros Virus and underwent a transformation. It emerges from a cocoon. Like the Grim Reaper wielding a scythe, its four legs form a giant scythe-like shape it uses to capture prey, slice them open, and inflict fatal wounds. It also spews out a substance that paralyzes its opponent's vision, with its exoskeleton so hard it's completely impervious to standard bullets.
Uroboros (p.117)
An eerie B.O.W. covered in countless writhing tentacles. The first Uroboros that Chris and his team faced was created when Jill, manipulated by Wesker and Excella, injected the Uroboros Virus into a man in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone. It was this Uroboros that wiped out Alpha Team during their operation to capture Irving.
This tentacle-like lifeform repeatedly clusters and disperses, allowing it to move freely even in confined spaces. Its weak point's the orange core occasionally exposed in its arm-like appendages.
Uroboros Mkono
The second Uroboros that Excella sent after Chris and his team inside the TRICELL research facility. The male test subject initially appeared to have adapted and gained control of the Uroboros Virus, but ultimately failed to adapt, went berserk, and underwent a transformation. Although slightly larger than the first specimen, its basic characteristics, such as the exposed core being its weak point along with its vulnerability to heat, remain unchanged. "Mkono" means "arm" in Swahili.
Uroboros Aheri (p.118)
A form resulting from Excella's administration of the Uroboros Virus by Wesker, causing her to go berserk and undergo a drastic transformation. "Aheri" means "end" and "extreme" in Swahili.
It absorbed the large number of human corpses on the deck and continued to grow at a rate that threatened to engulf the entire large ship while absorbing vast amounts of organic matter. It's one of the largest Uroboros in terms of body length, with conventional weapons virtually useless against it. It possesses a large, gem-like core that emits an eerie glow and releases an endless stream of tentacle-like detached lifeforms.
Uroboros Albert Wesker (p.119)
Although Wesker already possessed superhuman abilities and could even dodge bullets, he was weakened by an overdose of PG67A/W and absorbed the Uroboros Virus as a last resort to defeat Chris and his team.
The countless tentacles characteristic to Uroboros fused with both of his arms, his right arm in particular absorbed surrounding metal fragments, transforming into an extremely lethal weapon. Although he has intentionally caused the Uroboros Virus to go out of control, pushing his combat capabilities to the absolute limit, Wesker's will still completely controls the virus. While his agility, such as his ability to move at high speeds, has been compromised, his power and defensive capabilities are now on a completely different level than before.
A parasite that has lost its host. In Spanish, "plaga" means "plague," and "las plagas" means "pests", their appearance is also featured as the motif in the emblem of the cult Los Iluminados. A Plaga can't sustain life on its own and will quickly waste away and die, so it attacks nearby living creatures in search of a new host. It's vulnerable to light.
Ganado
Humans parasitized by the subordinate species Plaga. In Spanish, this term means "livestock." The Plaga fused with their central nervous system controls their actions, and they're commanded by specific sounds such as ringing bells. Having lost their rationality, they exhibit intense aggression toward uninfected individuals due to the Plaga's survival instinct, but they retain their human intelligence and are capable of setting traps, using weapons, and communicating through speech. There are various types of Ganados depending on their environment prior to infection.
Villagers (p.089)
Ganados living in the village. When the Plaga was first excavated, villagers engaged in the work inhaled spores from the parasite and became hosts, subsequently the cult intentionally injected Plaga eggs into human bodies to induce infection. Since they continue to live in groups repeating the behaviors they exhibited when they were human, their strangeness isn't apparent from a distance. The moment they spot an intruder however, they become extremely aggressive and attack using readily available tools such as kitchen knives and farming tools.
Cultists
Followers of the cult Los Iluminados. Characterized by their white-painted skin and robes, they're capable of wielding powerful weapons such as flails, rocket launchers, and stationary gatling guns. Cultists wearing goat masks and red robes emblazoned with gold thread have higher durability than ordinary cultists and serve as leaders and take command in battle.
Fighters (p.090)
Soldiers stationed on the isolated island. They've undergone combat training and many are more heavily armed than ordinary Ganados. In addition to the weapons used by the cultists, they carry weapons such as stun batons and hammers.
Ganado (Parasite)
A Ganado whose head's been destroyed by the Plaga after its host sustained damage, leaving the parasite exposed from the neck. Its combat ability and durability exceed a standard Ganado with there being three types, A, B, and C, depending on the parasite's growth stage at that point.
A's a juvenile form of the parasite emerges swinging a long, sharp-tipped tentacle, B's a stage between juvenile and adult that emerges and bites with a giant acid-spewing mouth, and C's a fully mature adult that emerges, but if it sustains significant damage, it detaches from the host and attacks as an individual Plaga.
Ganado (Gatling Man) (p.091)
A large Ganado wielding an electric gatling gun, sporting a beret and a black eye patch over his right eye. Under the Plaga's influence, he has gained a physique robust enough to carry a normally stationary gatling gun and rains down large-caliber bullets indiscriminately on both enemies and allies.
Ganado (Chainsaw Group)
They assimilate with the Plaga more effectively than standard Ganados, possessing superior strength and endurance. Driven by a strong urge to destroy, they swing logging chainsaws and relentlessly pursue anyone they perceive as an enemy. There are three types: a man wearing a burlap sack, two sisters wrapped in bandages, and a large, agile man.
El Gigante (p.092)
The result of conducting genetic manipulation on humans parasitized by the Plaga, causing them to grow four times their normal size. The name means "giant" in Spanish. The back of their necks, particularly the cervical vertebrae, is swollen due to the Plaga's influence and they constantly drool copious amounts of saliva. Although they possess astonishing stamina and superhuman strength, they're so ferocious, to the point of killing nearby Ganados, and difficult to control that only a handful were ever created.
Garrador (p.093)
A warrior with exceptional physical abilities, created through physical enhancement experiments using the Plaga. "Garrador" means "one with claws" in Spanish, and they're equipped with three sharp, curved claws on each arm. Since they became so ferocious they'd indiscriminately attack anything that came into view, their eyelids were sewn shut, and they're normally kept in cages under strict confinement.
Perhaps because they strain their ears to catch even the faintest sound, they tend to hold their heads slightly lowered. In combat, they rely on their highly developed hearing rather than vision to accurately detect an enemy’s position, then extend the claws on both arms to tear them to pieces.
Bitores Mendez (p.094)
This is the monstrous form of the village chief Mendez after he unleashed the dominant species Plaga dwelling within his body. The sharp claws at the tips of the two tentacles extending from its back have sufficient strength and power to pierce through enemies, and it possesses extremely strong vitality.
In the first form, the lower body remains human, but from the lumbar spine upward, the Plaga has fused with the body, exposing an abnormally developed spinal cord. The spinal cord has elongated with centipede-like segmented limbs emerging from the sides writhing menacingly. In the second form, which appears after the loss of the lower body, the Plaga's exposed all the way to the tailbone.
Ramon Salazar (p.095)
A gigantic monster formed when Salazar fused with the mother parasite alongside his attendant Verdugo. As if to display the dignity befitting the last lord of a castle with a long history, it has fused with the room at the very top of the tallest tower.
Salazar's core's protected by a shelter-like organ at the center and he attacks using three long tentacles. The central tentacle's inhabited by Verdugo, the lord's attendant, with sharp extremely lethal fangs in its massive mouth. Furthermore, spore-like parasites are stored at the base of the mother body, from which it continuously produces an endless supply of Plagas.
Jack Krauser (p.096)
This is the form Krauser takes after unleashing the Plaga he harbors in order to settle the score with Leon once and for all. The Plaga bulges outward along the swollen veins at the base of his left arm, transforming into a large, blade-like structure near his well-trained tricep. Delivering powerful slashing attacks with this left arm, the blade can also unfold to serve as a shield, possessing enough strength to withstand a direct hit from a rocket-propelled grenade.
Perhaps due to his naturally robust physique, his mutation's remained relatively human-like, and he excels at close-quarters combat based on his signature martial arts style.
Osmund Saddler (p.097)
A form in which his right hand's been transformed into a tentacle-like appendage by the Plaga's power. The tip's extremely sharp and highly lethal.
When the Plaga's fully unleashed, he transforms into a giant spider-like form. Countless tentacles and four jointed legs sprout from Saddler's body, which hangs like an empty husk, and a head equipped with powerful jaws sits at the end of a long, extended neck. The eyes on each jointed leg constantly track foes, allowing it to launch precise attacks from any angle.
Furthermore, despite its massive size, it has excellent jumping ability, with its hard exoskeleton making it difficult for ordinary firearms to even inflict damage.
Regenerador (p.098)
Born from experiments in which multiple Plagas parasitized a single human, the Regenerador, whose name means "regenerator" in Spanish, possesses an astonishing regenerative ability capable of instantly regenerating lost body parts. While it retains a human form, it has no ears, its nose is collapsed, its eyes glow red, and its large, gaping mouth, which drips saliva, is lined with sharp, fang-like teeth. Although its walking speed's slow, it stretches out both arms to pull enemies toward it and bites them with its sharp teeth.
Since there are no physical protrusions anywhere on its body, including genitalia, it's impossible to distinguish the gender of the test subjects. Its physical structure, from its internal organs to its brain, has undergone unique mutations so it no longer possesses any human intelligence.
Iron Maiden
In addition to the Regenerador's regenerative ability, this improved species is equipped with countless needles capable of freely extending and retracting across its entire body, making it even more specialized for attacking. It captures enemies by stretching out both arms, then pulls them close and pierces them with the needles protruding from its body.
Its name derives from a real torture device that existed in medieval Europe. This device involved placing a human inside a hollow doll and executing them with long nails protruding from within, it's also known as the "Iron Maiden."
Novistador (p.099)
An "insect-human" created through Plaga practical application experiments. It possesses the ability to freely change its exoskeleton's color. True to its name meaning "the invisible one" in Spanish, it becomes transparent, camouflaging itself against the surrounding scenery to stalk prey.
Although based on humans, its biology's that of an insect and it has been confirmed to build massive nests for reproduction. An inferior species lacking this camouflage ability have large wings on their backs and fly in swarms to attack foreign hostiles.
Verdugo (p.100)
A successful practical application experiment applying insect genes to humans, realizing superior combat capabilities as well as complete control by the Plaga. Though they usually serve as Salazar's attendants clad in robes, beneath them lies an extremely hard exoskeleton. Boasting top-tier durability among the biological weapons developed by the cult, they're also highly flexible, allowing them to squeeze into the slightest crevices such as in ceilings etc and launch surprise attacks with their sharp claws and tails.
"Verdugo" means "executioner" in Spanish.
U-3 (p.101)
Created through a Plaga practical application experiment combining human, insect, and reptile genes, but due to an imperfect balance, it developed a grotesque appearance retaining traces of each species. It has three forms: in the first form it attacks prey with the long whip-like tentacle on its left arm, in the second form the Plaga is exposed, transformed into a massive pair of pincers emerging from its spinal cord, and in the third form it burrows through the ground with its powerful jaws to launch surprise attacks.
Colmillos (p.102)
A dog parasitized by the Plaga. They move in packs and launch wave-like attacks on intruders with their agile movements. True to its name meaning "fang" in Spanish, it uses fangs so large they split its mouth wide open as its primary weapon, though sometimes it uses the parasite's tentacles, pierced through its back, to strike as well. While already a highly capable fighter by nature, its assimilation with the Plaga has increased its ferocity and dramatically boosted its durability.
Del Lago
Originally an aquatic creature resembling a giant salamander, it became a test subject for a Plaga experiment and, as the parasite developed, grew into a colossal form exceeding 20m in length.
Plaga tentacles writhe within its massive mouth. Its thick, vertically flattened tail's well-suited for swimming, allowing it to demonstrate exceptional mobility even underwater, although because it couldn't be controlled by the Plaga, it was confined to the village lake. Although it has four legs, they've atrophied to the point they're incapable of supporting its massive body on land, so it's believed the deep, wide lake was the ideal habitat for Del Lago.
"Lago" means "lake" in Spanish.
Armadura (p.103)
Meaning "armor" in Spanish, there are two types: one with simple armor and another with the entire body covered in armor. Plagas seeking hosts get into the suits of armor displayed in the old castle and take control of them. Inside the armor the Plaga remains dormant sustaining its life while waiting for a potential host to approach. The Plaga's tentacles, which stretch throughout the armor's interior, form pseudo-muscles that allow it to attack by swinging swords and axes.
Majini (p.104)
Controlled by the parasitic biological weapon "Plaga," they act on the commands of specific humans. Although they've already lost their sense of reason and personality, they retain human intelligence, are capable of communicating through language, can handle tools and weapons, and can easily carry out coordinated group combat.
Modifications to the Plaga discovered in Europe increased its potency to the point it can transform a host into a Majini in a matter of seconds, thereby raising its commercial value as a B.O.W. "Majini" means "djinns" in Swahili.
Majini (Residents)
The form of residents from the Kijuju Autonomous Zone who turned into Majini. They were infected with "Plaga Type 2," a modified version of the Plaga discovered in Europe. This was a final evaluation test in preparation for their sale as a practical B.O.W., aimed at collecting data on the rate of infection spread, the effectiveness of suppressing aggression, and combat capabilities.
By orally administering a still growing Plaga Type 2, it immediately latches onto the central nervous system, drastically reducing the time it takes to take control of the host's body compared to before.
Executioner Majini (p.105)
A Majini execution enforcer, their massive frame bursting with power, wielding an axe-like weapon with a large guillotine blade secured by a chain to carry out executions.
The axe-like weapon used by the Majini who executed BSAA agent Reynard is covered in copious bloodstains, with countless metal spikes embedded in his torso—marks of torture or traces of self-mutilation? They evoke an unfathomable terror in those who see.
Wielding a massive, blazing axe, the Executioner Majini regards anyone who refuses to have the Plaga implanted as an enemy and carries out their execution. With raw suture marks still visible, a thick layer of fat covering its entire body, and a burly physique, even a barrage of bullets won't bring it down.
Big Man Majini
A massive wrestler-like Majini with bulging muscles. It crushes its targets with tremendous brute strength. It's far more resilient than a standard Majini and will get back up no matter how many times it's knocked down. However, its intelligence is limited, its comprehension's poor, and its inability to communicate makes it unsuitable as a biological weapon.
Chainsaw Majini (p.106)
A tall Majini wearing a sack over his head who can barely speak. Though lean, he's extremely resilient and his greatest threat's the chainsaw he wields. No matter how well-trained a physique may be, it stands no chance against a single blow from it.
Rider Majini
The way they launch group attacks while riding motorcycles vividly demonstrates the Majini's intelligence. They chase down fleeing targets, close in on them, and throw Molotov cocktails, all while displaying impressive riding skills. The Rider Majini in the red shirt is the leader and has slightly higher durability.
Majini (Indigenous People) (p.107)
These are members of the Ndipaya Tribe parasitized by the Plaga and transformed into Majini. The Ndipaya are an indigenous people living in the wetlands around Kijuju, said to be descendants of a clan that built an advanced civilization in ancient times with ruins built by their ancestors remaining deep within the wetlands.
They were injected with a modified form of the Plaga, "Type 3," which differs from the species found among residents of the Kijuju Autonomous Zone. Perhaps their DNA was awakened, but these people who previously led a more cultured life cast aside their clothes, painted their bodies with warrior markings, and took up primitive weapons such as bows and spears. They possess high physical ability, including excellent jumping ability and endurance. The women failed to adapt to the Plaga.
Giant Majini
Since the modified "Type 3" Plaga was still in the experimental stage, an unexpected side-effect caused some members of the Ndipaya Tribe to grow to a height of about 3m. They let out war cries to summon their comrades and wield homemade clubs fashioned from what appear to be human skulls and sharp protrusions. They possess superior attack and defense capabilities compared to standard indigenous Majini.
Majini (Armed Soldiers) (p.108)
They can be considered an elite Majini unit composed solely of the most capable individuals with their primary mission to defend TRICELL's research facility. Unlike the standard Majini, they're highly skilled in handling heavy weapons such as rifles, grenades, stun batons, and rocket launchers. In addition to their already high defensive capabilities, they sometimes equip a variety of armor which further highlights their exceptional durability.
Gatling Majini
A leader who commands the soldiers, with a cigar and beret as his trademarks. His gold necklace, golden attire, and set of gold teeth all hint at the opulent lifestyle he enjoyed before becoming a host.
An extremely dangerous Majini who approaches while firing a massive gatling gun wildly. Carrying a machine gun mounted on a massive backpack and effortlessly lugging its enormous barrel, it's easy to surmise he possesses extraordinary strength.
Cephalo (p.109)
This form emerges when the Plaga mutates inside the host's body after the host's physical form has sustained severe damage, with the creature protruding from the neck. It's believed to be the same species as the Type A Ganado documented in Europe. Like the Plaga itself, it's vulnerable to light, but its durability and attack power far exceed its pre-mutation state and it launches long-range attacks using its freely extendable and retractable head. The name "Cephalopentandra" comes from an African tuberous plant of the Cucurbitaceae family, in which its leaves spread out from a thick, lump-like root.
Duvalia
A mutated variant of the Plaga. It bursts out of the host's body when the Majini's body's damaged, but unlike the Cephalo which is exposed at the neck, it appears on the host's upper torso. What hangs from its abdomen are the remains of the Majini's upper body which have turned into a mass of flesh. It's covered in a hard outer skin to protect the vulnerable parasite itself, making it impervious to most ordinary attacks. When an enemy approaches, the outer skin splits open like a mouth, attempting to swallow the enemy.
The name's derived from a succulent plant of the Asclepiadaceae family, native to Africa, that bears bizarrely shaped flowers very similar to the Duvallia.
Ndesu (p.110)
A gigantic B.O.W. created based on data from "El Gigante" documented in Europe. It's the largest human-type Plaga. You can see it's parasitized by five Plagas and won't cease its activity until all of them are destroyed. By implanting multiple Plagas it has gained phenomenal durability the original host lacked. It also possesses immense brute strength, effortlessly hurling telephone poles and military vehicles.
The fact it has the corpse of what appears to be a Delta Team member it drove to their doom hanging from its waist only adds to its horror.
Kipepeo (p.111)
A Plaga mutated and broke free from the body of a severely damaged Majini, becoming a separate entity. Its name means "butterfly" in Swahili and it's capable of flying. It flaps its four wing-like appendages to fly, while its agility's low, its close-range attack, in which it wraps its tail around an opponent, is extremely dangerous, and even Alpha Team's support helicopter fell victim to it.
Bui Kichwa
A mutated variant of the Plaga that broke free from a Majini's body and ran wild. Similar cases of the Plaga surviving independently of its host were reported in Europe as well. It resembles a spider-like arthropod with its raw-looking abdomen reminiscent of human organs. When prey approaches, it pounces and entangles them with its numerous legs, immobilizing them for extended periods. It typically operates in groups and often lies in wait underground, making it a highly dangerous B.O.W. Incidentally, in Swahili, "buibui" means "spider," and "kichwa" means "head."
Adjule (p.112)
The form taken by a Plaga parasitizing a large dog. Its ferocity leaves no trace of its former status as a human companion. Some specimens appear outwardly no different from ordinary dogs, while others have been observed with their heads split in two, exposing the Plaga inside. Since it retains the original host's characteristics, the dog's natural agility remains intact and its combat effectiveness in confined spaces isn't to be underestimated.
Popokarimu (p.113)
A large, flying B.O.W. capable of walking, manufactured by TRICELL by parasitizing a bat with the Plaga. In Swahili, "popo" means "bat," and "karimu" means "generous."
The flexible tail section serves as the Plaga's core and the skin covering it is extremely hard, impervious to attacks such as bullets. The inside of the tail's soft and serves as a weak point, but the creature possesses the cunning to move nimbly on the ground without exposing it to its foes. It attacks with sharp, gleaming claws on the tips of its four legs and by ramming its body into opponents, also spraying a sticky liquid from the tip of its tail to immobilize prey. It flies using wings stored in its legs while walking and can launch sudden dive attacks, thus its attacks, whether on the ground or in the air, aren't to be underestimated.
U-8 (p.114)
A giant B.O.W. created as part of a weapons development project utilizing the Plaga. While incorporating and modifying the genes of various species, its characteristics most strongly resemble those of crustaceans. Its exoskeleton's extremely sturdy, boasting a hardness comparable to armor. Reports indicate that during TRICELL's performance evaluation tests it even withstood a direct hit from an RPG, an anti-tank grenade launcher. However, likely due to the rapid acceleration of its growth, part of its exoskeleton's missing, and this area serves as its fatal weakness. Incidentally, the "U" in U-8 stands for "ultimate."
Its body-slam attacks, which take advantage of its massive size, are powerful, and attacks with its legs, particularly its scissor-like front legs, are extremely lethal. Additionally, numerous flying B.O.W.'s live symbiotically in its abdomen and mercilessly attack any opponent that comes within range.
Ricardo Irving (Transformed)
This form resulted from Ricardo Irving injecting himself with a parasite created from a dead dominant species Plaga, transforming him into a giant aquatic B.O.W. that resembles a combination of various fish and shellfish. Despite its massive size, it moves extremely quickly underwater. It possesses numerous long tentacles it uses to wrap around or lash out at its targets.
It also occasionally attacks by biting with the sharp teeth in its large, oyster-like mouth. Since its growth was forced to occur too rapidly, the core-like section of its body remains a vulnerable weak point.
Licker β (p.115)
An evolved form of the "Licker," a B.O.W. born of a mutation. TRICELL researchers attempted to further modify it using the Progenitor Virus, but failed to achieve satisfactory results. However, while it has almost no vision, it has acute hearing and a keen sense of smell. Its primary characteristics, such as using sharp claws and a long tongue to cling to walls and ceilings and launch attacks, are identical to those of the species documented in Raccoon City.
Blob
It lurked in the basement of the estate where Oswell E. Spencer was in hiding. A "mad guardian" that seemed to guard the dungeon where numerous decomposing corpses lay. As a result of being used as a test subject, its face bears little resemblance to a human, with its left shoulder and most of its back excessively bulging.
The anchor it wields is a weapon even more fearsome than its hideous physique, and it swings it with tremendous force to attack its opponents.
Uroboros Virus (p.116)
The Uroboros Virus, the cornerstone of the "Uroboros Project" spearheaded by Wesker, selectively targets the genes of living organisms. Organisms with compatible genes can bring the virus under their control and gain superhuman abilities. However, if genes are incompatible, the virus goes out of control, consuming all organic matter in its vicinity, including its host, to continue growing. During this process the body repeatedly undergoes decay and regeneration, attacking indiscriminately to absorb surrounding lifeforms.
A giant serpent of the same name, biting its own tail, appears in Greek mythology, its form, having neither beginning nor end, is interpreted as symbolizing "perfection," "destruction and regeneration," as well as "infinity."
Reaper
A B.O.W. created when cockroach-like insects were infected by the leaked Uroboros Virus and underwent a transformation. It emerges from a cocoon. Like the Grim Reaper wielding a scythe, its four legs form a giant scythe-like shape it uses to capture prey, slice them open, and inflict fatal wounds. It also spews out a substance that paralyzes its opponent's vision, with its exoskeleton so hard it's completely impervious to standard bullets.
Uroboros (p.117)
An eerie B.O.W. covered in countless writhing tentacles. The first Uroboros that Chris and his team faced was created when Jill, manipulated by Wesker and Excella, injected the Uroboros Virus into a man in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone. It was this Uroboros that wiped out Alpha Team during their operation to capture Irving.
This tentacle-like lifeform repeatedly clusters and disperses, allowing it to move freely even in confined spaces. Its weak point's the orange core occasionally exposed in its arm-like appendages.
Uroboros Mkono
The second Uroboros that Excella sent after Chris and his team inside the TRICELL research facility. The male test subject initially appeared to have adapted and gained control of the Uroboros Virus, but ultimately failed to adapt, went berserk, and underwent a transformation. Although slightly larger than the first specimen, its basic characteristics, such as the exposed core being its weak point along with its vulnerability to heat, remain unchanged. "Mkono" means "arm" in Swahili.
Uroboros Aheri (p.118)
A form resulting from Excella's administration of the Uroboros Virus by Wesker, causing her to go berserk and undergo a drastic transformation. "Aheri" means "end" and "extreme" in Swahili.
It absorbed the large number of human corpses on the deck and continued to grow at a rate that threatened to engulf the entire large ship while absorbing vast amounts of organic matter. It's one of the largest Uroboros in terms of body length, with conventional weapons virtually useless against it. It possesses a large, gem-like core that emits an eerie glow and releases an endless stream of tentacle-like detached lifeforms.
Uroboros Albert Wesker (p.119)
Although Wesker already possessed superhuman abilities and could even dodge bullets, he was weakened by an overdose of PG67A/W and absorbed the Uroboros Virus as a last resort to defeat Chris and his team.
The countless tentacles characteristic to Uroboros fused with both of his arms, his right arm in particular absorbed surrounding metal fragments, transforming into an extremely lethal weapon. Although he has intentionally caused the Uroboros Virus to go out of control, pushing his combat capabilities to the absolute limit, Wesker's will still completely controls the virus. While his agility, such as his ability to move at high speeds, has been compromised, his power and defensive capabilities are now on a completely different level than before.
EXTRA TRACK
BIOHAZARD The Umbrella Chronicles (p.202-206)
Umbrella's End
February 18th 2003. Several helicopters hover in the snow-covered skies over Russia. In among them was Chris Redfield. A former member of S.T.A.R.S., which was disbanded after Raccoon City's destruction, he was heading to the frigid wasteland as part of the Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force. Beside him was Jill Valentine, a fellow combatant sharing his cause. Determined to thoroughly eliminate Umbrella's remnants, the two joined a mission to infiltrate the recently discovered Umbrella Russia Branch. Rumors of a new B.O.W., circulating with a ring of truth, further spurred them on.
The team descended onto the silvery landscape. Before they even had a chance to feel the snow beneath their feet, monsters appeared. Reports of attacks coming in one after another from their scattered comrades made it clear the facility was overrun with monsters. As if to prove they were closing in on the heart of the facility, the number of monsters kept growing. Their comrades' voices coming over the radio gradually turned into screams.
An elevator disguised as a trap began to move and the two were sucked through the gaping maw of hell into the depths hundreds of meters below ground. Glancing at their comrades' corpses, they reached the biological weapon mass-production facility. It was a massive underground facility known as the Caucasus Laboratory. Labs, giant tanks, disposal facilities... Just as they were taken aback by the place's sheer scale, they received word the few surviving team members secured the above-ground facilities.
As the two pressed forward, they were met with laser traps and a labyrinthine layout designed to repel intruders. The tight security made the rumors feel even more real. A voice booms from the speakers in the vast lab they've arrived at. The voice belongs to Umbrella executive Colonel Sergei Vladimir. Eager to restore Umbrella, he sends the new B.O.W. "T-A.L.O.S." (Talos), developed as the cornerstone of his plan, to confront the two.
T-A.L.O.S., a combat machine controlled by an AI named "RED QUEEN." Chris is stunned by this white monster that's unlike anything he's seen before, equipped with a rocket launcher, but he manages to silence it by shooting through its thick armor. T-A.L.O.S. roars once more however and transforms into a grotesque form, swinging countless tentacles while suspended from the ceiling. Chris continues to fire bullets into its massive body, so huge it creates the illusion the testing ground has shrunk. The ironically vivid blood spattering from the monster stains the floor as T-A.L.O.S. comes to a halt.
The rising sun starting to climb in the distant sky enveloped Chris and Jill, who banished the darkness. In the hearts of the two who were supposed to have stripped Umbrella of its foothold for revival, the shadow of a single man remained.
A vast amount of data including Umbrella's research materials had been presumed lost during the Sterilization Strategy that led to Raccoon City's destruction. The supercomputer known as "U.M.F.-013," which contained this data, had been secretly transported to the Caucasus Lab by Sergei beforehand. Upon learning the truth, Albert Wesker leaked the intel to Chris and co. to use them as a diversion, then infiltrated the facility to seize the data stored in U.M.F.-013. Sergei dispatched two Tyrants named "Ivan" and even transformed himself into Monster Sergei to attack, but he was ultimately defeated by Wesker. With Chris and his team defeating T-A.L.O.S., Wesker achieved his objective by reaping the benefits of their conflict, then left the area.
Character & Creature
Chris Redfield
Member of the Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force. After the Mansion Incident, he left Raccoon City and has been conducting his own investigation to bring down Umbrella. This time, after receiving intel on a new B.O.W., he joins an op to raid the Caucasus Lab alongside his partner, Jill.
Jill Valentine
Member of the Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force. Having survived the Mansion Incident and the ordeal in Raccoon City, she continues her efforts to thwart Umbrella's schemes. She's known Chris since their days in S.T.A.R.S. and the two are bound by a strong bond of trust.
Sergei Vladimir
Former Soviet Army colonel. An Umbrella executive who serves Spencer with reverence and loyalty. He was developing T-A.L.O. S. at the Raccoon City Underground Lab but has since transferred to the Caucasus Lab of Umbrella's Russian branch.
Ivan
A Tyrant created through injection with the "t-Virus." Two of them serve as Sergei's close aides, whom he refers to as "old friends." They possess exceptional physical abilities and intelligence. They're clad in long white coats designed to absorb impact.
Monster Sergei
Sergei's form after he voluntarily activated the virus within his body to transform and enhance himself. His arms, bound as if restrained, have transformed into a massive tentacle he uses to swing and grab. He can also move along walls and ceilings using tentacles extending from his body.
Talos (T-A.L.O.S.)
An evolved form of Tyrant designed around the concepts of computer control and armor, its appearance sets it apart from previous B.O.W.'s. After breaking free from RED QUEEN's control, it undergoes unpredictable evolution.
Albert Wesker
A former Umbrella operative. During the Mansion Incident he injected himself with a virus, gaining superhuman strength. He arrived in Russia to seize all of Umbrella's research data Sergei had taken from Raccoon City.
Umbrella's End
February 18th 2003. Several helicopters hover in the snow-covered skies over Russia. In among them was Chris Redfield. A former member of S.T.A.R.S., which was disbanded after Raccoon City's destruction, he was heading to the frigid wasteland as part of the Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force. Beside him was Jill Valentine, a fellow combatant sharing his cause. Determined to thoroughly eliminate Umbrella's remnants, the two joined a mission to infiltrate the recently discovered Umbrella Russia Branch. Rumors of a new B.O.W., circulating with a ring of truth, further spurred them on.
The team descended onto the silvery landscape. Before they even had a chance to feel the snow beneath their feet, monsters appeared. Reports of attacks coming in one after another from their scattered comrades made it clear the facility was overrun with monsters. As if to prove they were closing in on the heart of the facility, the number of monsters kept growing. Their comrades' voices coming over the radio gradually turned into screams.
An elevator disguised as a trap began to move and the two were sucked through the gaping maw of hell into the depths hundreds of meters below ground. Glancing at their comrades' corpses, they reached the biological weapon mass-production facility. It was a massive underground facility known as the Caucasus Laboratory. Labs, giant tanks, disposal facilities... Just as they were taken aback by the place's sheer scale, they received word the few surviving team members secured the above-ground facilities.
As the two pressed forward, they were met with laser traps and a labyrinthine layout designed to repel intruders. The tight security made the rumors feel even more real. A voice booms from the speakers in the vast lab they've arrived at. The voice belongs to Umbrella executive Colonel Sergei Vladimir. Eager to restore Umbrella, he sends the new B.O.W. "T-A.L.O.S." (Talos), developed as the cornerstone of his plan, to confront the two.
T-A.L.O.S., a combat machine controlled by an AI named "RED QUEEN." Chris is stunned by this white monster that's unlike anything he's seen before, equipped with a rocket launcher, but he manages to silence it by shooting through its thick armor. T-A.L.O.S. roars once more however and transforms into a grotesque form, swinging countless tentacles while suspended from the ceiling. Chris continues to fire bullets into its massive body, so huge it creates the illusion the testing ground has shrunk. The ironically vivid blood spattering from the monster stains the floor as T-A.L.O.S. comes to a halt.
The rising sun starting to climb in the distant sky enveloped Chris and Jill, who banished the darkness. In the hearts of the two who were supposed to have stripped Umbrella of its foothold for revival, the shadow of a single man remained.
A vast amount of data including Umbrella's research materials had been presumed lost during the Sterilization Strategy that led to Raccoon City's destruction. The supercomputer known as "U.M.F.-013," which contained this data, had been secretly transported to the Caucasus Lab by Sergei beforehand. Upon learning the truth, Albert Wesker leaked the intel to Chris and co. to use them as a diversion, then infiltrated the facility to seize the data stored in U.M.F.-013. Sergei dispatched two Tyrants named "Ivan" and even transformed himself into Monster Sergei to attack, but he was ultimately defeated by Wesker. With Chris and his team defeating T-A.L.O.S., Wesker achieved his objective by reaping the benefits of their conflict, then left the area.
Character & Creature
Chris Redfield
Member of the Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force. After the Mansion Incident, he left Raccoon City and has been conducting his own investigation to bring down Umbrella. This time, after receiving intel on a new B.O.W., he joins an op to raid the Caucasus Lab alongside his partner, Jill.
Jill Valentine
Member of the Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force. Having survived the Mansion Incident and the ordeal in Raccoon City, she continues her efforts to thwart Umbrella's schemes. She's known Chris since their days in S.T.A.R.S. and the two are bound by a strong bond of trust.
Sergei Vladimir
Former Soviet Army colonel. An Umbrella executive who serves Spencer with reverence and loyalty. He was developing T-A.L.O. S. at the Raccoon City Underground Lab but has since transferred to the Caucasus Lab of Umbrella's Russian branch.
Ivan
A Tyrant created through injection with the "t-Virus." Two of them serve as Sergei's close aides, whom he refers to as "old friends." They possess exceptional physical abilities and intelligence. They're clad in long white coats designed to absorb impact.
Monster Sergei
Sergei's form after he voluntarily activated the virus within his body to transform and enhance himself. His arms, bound as if restrained, have transformed into a massive tentacle he uses to swing and grab. He can also move along walls and ceilings using tentacles extending from his body.
Talos (T-A.L.O.S.)
An evolved form of Tyrant designed around the concepts of computer control and armor, its appearance sets it apart from previous B.O.W.'s. After breaking free from RED QUEEN's control, it undergoes unpredictable evolution.
Albert Wesker
A former Umbrella operative. During the Mansion Incident he injected himself with a virus, gaining superhuman strength. He arrived in Russia to seize all of Umbrella's research data Sergei had taken from Raccoon City.
BIOHAZARD THE DARKSIDE CHRONICLES (p.210-214)
Operation Javier
2002, a South American country. Leon S. Kennedy and Jack Krauser were in a small village deep in the jungle. They'd come in search of a former Umbrella researcher. Their target had been in contact with Javier Hidalgo who reigned over the region as a drug lord before suddenly vanishing without a trace. Finding Javier was a matter of urgency. A voice on a radio drifted in from somewhere. Krauser, an elite soldier with US Special Operations Command, sensed the same scent of death he had on the battlefield.
The villagers they encountered had transformed into monsters. They noticed snake tattoos carved into their bodies, a mark left by the "Sacred Snakes," an organ trafficking organization led by Javier. Eventually the two men met up with a guide who knew Javier's hideout, but he was already seriously injured.
He explained he rescued a girl who fled from Javier's stronghold, only to be attacked by a monster. When asked if the girl's disappearance was linked to the organ trafficking, the guide passed away without answering. The only clue left was Manuela, the girl who escaped Javier's clutches. Leon and Krauser set out for the stronghold with her.
As the three made their way through a dam named after the drug lord, Javier's voice echoed in their ears. He spoke to the girl as if making an excuse. "It was all for you, my daughter," he said. At that very moment, a massive flood of water engulfed Leon and Krauser, and Manuela threw herself into the current as well. When the three were reunited, she removed the bandage wrapped around her arm, revealing she'd been infected with the Veronica Virus, and confessed that her father Javier had been administering it to her in an attempt to cure her incurable illness. She explained her mother had also suffered from the same endemic disease and died as a result. Leon, who knew about Veronica, wondered why the virus hadn't manifested in her. For now though, their sole focus was reaching Javier's stronghold.
Krauser suggests eliminating Manuela now before she becomes a threat, but Leon counters by revealing this op's aimed at eradicating the virus and is a special mission from the President. When Leon asks for Krauser's cooperation in finding a way to suppress Veronica, Krauser responds with a firm handshake.
Upon entering Javier's stronghold, Leon and co. discovered the gruesome remains of the former Umbrella researcher they'd been searching for. What caught their eyes next were the missing girls, a large number of organs, and an operating table. When Javier finally appeared, what he revealed was shocking: Veronica could be suppressed by continuously replacing the organs for 15 years. Though done for his daughter's sake, Leon expressed his outrage at such a heartless act. As if to divert the focus of his anger, Javier sent a giant B.O.W. their way. The two used their combat skills to take it down, but Krauser sustained an injury to his left arm. Just as the monster was about to die, it extended a tentacle toward Manuela's cheek. "Mom?" she murmured, as the eerie creature shed a tear before coming to a standstill. It was the final image of her mother, Hilda, who'd been injected with the t-Virus.
Upon reaching the surface, they found Javier, now transformed into a creature, lying in wait. Suddenly Manuela dashed forward. It was a suicidal act, driven by her desire to die as a human. The monster thrust its leg forward attempting to crush Leon, who threw himself in front of her to stop it. What knocked it aside was Manuela's arm, engulfed in flames by Veronica's power. Thanks to her support, her wish to remain human until the very end, they turned the tide of the battle and successfully defeated Javier. Against the backdrop of a sunset, a helicopter flies away carrying the three heroes who just finished the battle. Manuela was placed under the protection of the US Government with strict security measures put in place. After that, Veronica's power never manifested again. Krauser was discharged from the military since the injury to his left arm never healed, and he disappeared without a trace. And Leon reaffirmed his vow to continue fighting for a peaceful, virus-free world that would one day come to pass.
Character & Creature
Leon S. Kennedy
An agent of a US covert military agency. Originally a rookie police officer with the Raccoon City Police, he was scouted by a government official after surviving Raccoon City due to his survival skills. On this mission, he traveled to South America on a special assignment from the President.
Jack Krauser
A member of the US Army Special Operations Command. An outstanding soldier who has distinguished himself in numerous theaters of war. He excels at survival and remains calm even when encountering a B.O.W. for the first time. In this mission, he participates as a partner to government agent Leon.
Manuela Hidalgo
Javier's only daughter. She lost her mother to an endemic disease considered incurable and has since been stricken by the same illness herself. Doubting the treatment her father's administering, she flees to the village in distress. At the request of Leon and his companion, whom she meets in the village, she guides the two men to her father.
Hilda Hidalgo
Javier's wife. The t-Virus administered to Javier as a treatment for the endemic disease went haywire, turning her into a creature. She began attacking people. However, her love for her daughter, Manuela, remains unchanged, and she always watches over her quietly.
Guide
A male guide living in the local village. He had been asked to lead Leon and Krauser to Javier's hideout, but was attacked by a B.O.W. before the two arrived at the village. Despite sustaining life-threatening injuries, he entrusted the information to Leon and his group.
Javier Hidalgo
A drug lord wielding immense power in a small South American country. Investigations have revealed he attempted to make contact with a former Umbrella associate. In stark contrast to his public persona, one who has seized every form of power through the use of violence and wealth, he dotes on his beloved daughter Manuela.
V-Complex
The form Javier took after fusing with the Veronica Plant he was cultivating in a greenhouse to harness the power of the "Veronica Virus." Exposed to the hot, humid outside air, the virus ran amok, absorbing surrounding life forms and growing to gigantic proportions. Ultimately it even consumed Javier's own will.
Operation Javier
2002, a South American country. Leon S. Kennedy and Jack Krauser were in a small village deep in the jungle. They'd come in search of a former Umbrella researcher. Their target had been in contact with Javier Hidalgo who reigned over the region as a drug lord before suddenly vanishing without a trace. Finding Javier was a matter of urgency. A voice on a radio drifted in from somewhere. Krauser, an elite soldier with US Special Operations Command, sensed the same scent of death he had on the battlefield.
The villagers they encountered had transformed into monsters. They noticed snake tattoos carved into their bodies, a mark left by the "Sacred Snakes," an organ trafficking organization led by Javier. Eventually the two men met up with a guide who knew Javier's hideout, but he was already seriously injured.
He explained he rescued a girl who fled from Javier's stronghold, only to be attacked by a monster. When asked if the girl's disappearance was linked to the organ trafficking, the guide passed away without answering. The only clue left was Manuela, the girl who escaped Javier's clutches. Leon and Krauser set out for the stronghold with her.
As the three made their way through a dam named after the drug lord, Javier's voice echoed in their ears. He spoke to the girl as if making an excuse. "It was all for you, my daughter," he said. At that very moment, a massive flood of water engulfed Leon and Krauser, and Manuela threw herself into the current as well. When the three were reunited, she removed the bandage wrapped around her arm, revealing she'd been infected with the Veronica Virus, and confessed that her father Javier had been administering it to her in an attempt to cure her incurable illness. She explained her mother had also suffered from the same endemic disease and died as a result. Leon, who knew about Veronica, wondered why the virus hadn't manifested in her. For now though, their sole focus was reaching Javier's stronghold.
Krauser suggests eliminating Manuela now before she becomes a threat, but Leon counters by revealing this op's aimed at eradicating the virus and is a special mission from the President. When Leon asks for Krauser's cooperation in finding a way to suppress Veronica, Krauser responds with a firm handshake.
Upon entering Javier's stronghold, Leon and co. discovered the gruesome remains of the former Umbrella researcher they'd been searching for. What caught their eyes next were the missing girls, a large number of organs, and an operating table. When Javier finally appeared, what he revealed was shocking: Veronica could be suppressed by continuously replacing the organs for 15 years. Though done for his daughter's sake, Leon expressed his outrage at such a heartless act. As if to divert the focus of his anger, Javier sent a giant B.O.W. their way. The two used their combat skills to take it down, but Krauser sustained an injury to his left arm. Just as the monster was about to die, it extended a tentacle toward Manuela's cheek. "Mom?" she murmured, as the eerie creature shed a tear before coming to a standstill. It was the final image of her mother, Hilda, who'd been injected with the t-Virus.
Upon reaching the surface, they found Javier, now transformed into a creature, lying in wait. Suddenly Manuela dashed forward. It was a suicidal act, driven by her desire to die as a human. The monster thrust its leg forward attempting to crush Leon, who threw himself in front of her to stop it. What knocked it aside was Manuela's arm, engulfed in flames by Veronica's power. Thanks to her support, her wish to remain human until the very end, they turned the tide of the battle and successfully defeated Javier. Against the backdrop of a sunset, a helicopter flies away carrying the three heroes who just finished the battle. Manuela was placed under the protection of the US Government with strict security measures put in place. After that, Veronica's power never manifested again. Krauser was discharged from the military since the injury to his left arm never healed, and he disappeared without a trace. And Leon reaffirmed his vow to continue fighting for a peaceful, virus-free world that would one day come to pass.
Character & Creature
Leon S. Kennedy
An agent of a US covert military agency. Originally a rookie police officer with the Raccoon City Police, he was scouted by a government official after surviving Raccoon City due to his survival skills. On this mission, he traveled to South America on a special assignment from the President.
Jack Krauser
A member of the US Army Special Operations Command. An outstanding soldier who has distinguished himself in numerous theaters of war. He excels at survival and remains calm even when encountering a B.O.W. for the first time. In this mission, he participates as a partner to government agent Leon.
Manuela Hidalgo
Javier's only daughter. She lost her mother to an endemic disease considered incurable and has since been stricken by the same illness herself. Doubting the treatment her father's administering, she flees to the village in distress. At the request of Leon and his companion, whom she meets in the village, she guides the two men to her father.
Hilda Hidalgo
Javier's wife. The t-Virus administered to Javier as a treatment for the endemic disease went haywire, turning her into a creature. She began attacking people. However, her love for her daughter, Manuela, remains unchanged, and she always watches over her quietly.
Guide
A male guide living in the local village. He had been asked to lead Leon and Krauser to Javier's hideout, but was attacked by a B.O.W. before the two arrived at the village. Despite sustaining life-threatening injuries, he entrusted the information to Leon and his group.
Javier Hidalgo
A drug lord wielding immense power in a small South American country. Investigations have revealed he attempted to make contact with a former Umbrella associate. In stark contrast to his public persona, one who has seized every form of power through the use of violence and wealth, he dotes on his beloved daughter Manuela.
V-Complex
The form Javier took after fusing with the Veronica Plant he was cultivating in a greenhouse to harness the power of the "Veronica Virus." Exposed to the hot, humid outside air, the virus ran amok, absorbing surrounding life forms and growing to gigantic proportions. Ultimately it even consumed Javier's own will.
biohazard DEGENERATION (p.218-220)
In 2005, Claire Redfield, having survived Raccoon City, was working for TerraSave, an NGO dedicated to aiding victims of bioterrorism and pharmaceutical harm. She arrived at Harvardville Airport due to TerraSave holding a protest demonstration there. The targets of the protest were WilPharma, a pharmaceutical company accused of causing viral infections during clinical trials of a new drug, and Senator Ron Davis who brought the company's research facility to the area. Since the senator was scheduled to visit Harvardville that day, a large crowd, including members of TerraSave, had gathered at the airport.
Chaos struck suddenly. It began when a security guard was attacked by a single zombie, the infection spreading at terrifying speed. To make matters worse, a passenger plane, which had lost control after passengers were infected with the virus, crashed directly into the airport, plunging the airport into utter chaos. The tragedy unfolded once again right before Claire's eyes: the very bioterrorist attack using a virus people had feared. The area around the airport was sealed off, and the special ops unit SRT (Special Response Team) was deployed. Leon S. Kennedy was dispatched to the scene on orders from the President and, together with SRT members Angela Miller and Greg Glenn, stormed the airport and rescued the survivors, including the senator and Claire.
Transport vehicles from WilPharma arrived at the airport. The virus used in the terrorist attack had been identified, and the "t-Vaccine", developed under government supervision, was deployed. It seemed the crisis had been averted thanks to the vaccine, but then the transport vehicles were targeted in a bombing. The terrorists' demand was disclosure of the truth concealed behind the Raccoon City Sterilization Strategy. At the airport, Claire had spotted Curtis Miller, who'd previously been arrested for protesting against WilPharma. He was Angela's brother, and ever since losing his wife and child in the Sterilization Strategy, he'd been campaigning to expose the government's involvement in the development of biological weapons. Praying he was innocent, Angela drove to her brother's house to secure him as a key witness. What she saw upon arriving was Curtis' house engulfed in flames, on the verge of collapsing. The fire signaled he was a terrorist, and further terrorist attacks were imminent.
To confirm the safety of the vaccine manufacturing data, which could become a target for the terrorists, WilPharma chief researcher Frederic Downing headed to the company's research facility, the Air Dome. Claire, whom he met at the airport, accompanied him. In reality, he had a different true motive from ensuring the data's safety. His plan was to collect combat data on a "G-Organism" at the Air Dome and sell it along with the "G-Virus" to a state sponsor of terrorism.
Frederic's true identity was that of a former Umbrella researcher who established his current position using viruses he smuggled out of Raccoon City. Upon the t-Vaccine's completion however, he turned his back on WilPharma and, driven by personal greed, used Curtis to orchestrate this terrorist attack. At the Air Dome, Frederic severely wounds Curtis after he obtained the G-Virus, provoking his mental breakdown. He also succeeds in luring Leon and others by using Claire as bait. His goal was to gather both human test subjects and elite soldiers for the purpose of collecting combat data.
Just as Frederic intended, Curtis transformed into a G-Organism and attacked Leon, Angela, and the Marines who stormed the Air Dome. Inside the facility as it was collapsing due to the defense system's response to a detected biohazard, a deadly battle with Curtis began. Angela can't bring herself to cut ties with her brother, who transformed into a monstrous creature. Leon fights alongside her supporting her every step of the way, and with Claire's quick thinking, the three manage to escape the facility. Realizing everything was part of Frederic's plan, Leon and the others rush to the G-Virus deal location and arrest him.
A few days later, Claire, Leon, and Angela are reunited. After leaving words of condolence at the Air Dome, now serving as Curtis' grave, the three set out once again, each on their own path, each with their own resolve.
Character & Creature
Leon S. Kennedy
28-years-old. After surviving Raccoon City, he was recruited by a special ops unit of the US Government and now spends his days carrying out top-secret missions as an agent.
Greg Glenn
28-years-old. Member of the Harvardville SRT emergency response team. To rescue survivors, he storms the airport where a biohazard outbreak has occurred alongside Leon and others.
Rani Chawla
8-years-old. She lost her family in a WilPharma clinical trial conducted in India and was taken in by her aunt living in the United States. She looks up to TerraSave.
Claire Redfield
26-years-old. Since the incident on Rockfort Island, she's been working for the NGO TerraSave, dedicated to aiding victims of bioterror and pharmaceutical harm.
Senator Ron Davis
56-years-old. A locally elected senator who brought WilPharma's lab to Harvardville. He's also one of the members who voted to approve the "Sterilization Strategy."
Rani's aunt
A TerraSave member living in the United States. She visited Harvardville with Rani to participate in a TerraSave demonstration.
Angela Miller
29-years-old. She serves as Captain of Harvardville's special ops unit SRT. Takes pride in her work defending the safety of the community where she was born and raised.
Frederic Downing
44-years-old. Chief researcher at WilPharma who led the development of the t-Vaccine to success. Despite his gentlemanly demeanor, he's well-versed in the black market.
Ingrid Hunnigan
25-years-old. Support staff for the US covert military agency. She relays orders from the White House to Agent Leon via radio.
Curtis Miller
35-years-old. Angela's older brother. He has a tragic past in which he lost his wife and child during the Sterilization Strategy. After learning the truth behind the Raccoon City tragedy, he resolves to carry out an act of terrorism.
G-Curtis after transformation
Curtis' form after being infected with the G-Virus which causes unpredictable and repeated mutations. Characterized by gigantic arms, long claws, and a massive eyeball formed near the shoulder.
In 2005, Claire Redfield, having survived Raccoon City, was working for TerraSave, an NGO dedicated to aiding victims of bioterrorism and pharmaceutical harm. She arrived at Harvardville Airport due to TerraSave holding a protest demonstration there. The targets of the protest were WilPharma, a pharmaceutical company accused of causing viral infections during clinical trials of a new drug, and Senator Ron Davis who brought the company's research facility to the area. Since the senator was scheduled to visit Harvardville that day, a large crowd, including members of TerraSave, had gathered at the airport.
Chaos struck suddenly. It began when a security guard was attacked by a single zombie, the infection spreading at terrifying speed. To make matters worse, a passenger plane, which had lost control after passengers were infected with the virus, crashed directly into the airport, plunging the airport into utter chaos. The tragedy unfolded once again right before Claire's eyes: the very bioterrorist attack using a virus people had feared. The area around the airport was sealed off, and the special ops unit SRT (Special Response Team) was deployed. Leon S. Kennedy was dispatched to the scene on orders from the President and, together with SRT members Angela Miller and Greg Glenn, stormed the airport and rescued the survivors, including the senator and Claire.
Transport vehicles from WilPharma arrived at the airport. The virus used in the terrorist attack had been identified, and the "t-Vaccine", developed under government supervision, was deployed. It seemed the crisis had been averted thanks to the vaccine, but then the transport vehicles were targeted in a bombing. The terrorists' demand was disclosure of the truth concealed behind the Raccoon City Sterilization Strategy. At the airport, Claire had spotted Curtis Miller, who'd previously been arrested for protesting against WilPharma. He was Angela's brother, and ever since losing his wife and child in the Sterilization Strategy, he'd been campaigning to expose the government's involvement in the development of biological weapons. Praying he was innocent, Angela drove to her brother's house to secure him as a key witness. What she saw upon arriving was Curtis' house engulfed in flames, on the verge of collapsing. The fire signaled he was a terrorist, and further terrorist attacks were imminent.
To confirm the safety of the vaccine manufacturing data, which could become a target for the terrorists, WilPharma chief researcher Frederic Downing headed to the company's research facility, the Air Dome. Claire, whom he met at the airport, accompanied him. In reality, he had a different true motive from ensuring the data's safety. His plan was to collect combat data on a "G-Organism" at the Air Dome and sell it along with the "G-Virus" to a state sponsor of terrorism.
Frederic's true identity was that of a former Umbrella researcher who established his current position using viruses he smuggled out of Raccoon City. Upon the t-Vaccine's completion however, he turned his back on WilPharma and, driven by personal greed, used Curtis to orchestrate this terrorist attack. At the Air Dome, Frederic severely wounds Curtis after he obtained the G-Virus, provoking his mental breakdown. He also succeeds in luring Leon and others by using Claire as bait. His goal was to gather both human test subjects and elite soldiers for the purpose of collecting combat data.
Just as Frederic intended, Curtis transformed into a G-Organism and attacked Leon, Angela, and the Marines who stormed the Air Dome. Inside the facility as it was collapsing due to the defense system's response to a detected biohazard, a deadly battle with Curtis began. Angela can't bring herself to cut ties with her brother, who transformed into a monstrous creature. Leon fights alongside her supporting her every step of the way, and with Claire's quick thinking, the three manage to escape the facility. Realizing everything was part of Frederic's plan, Leon and the others rush to the G-Virus deal location and arrest him.
A few days later, Claire, Leon, and Angela are reunited. After leaving words of condolence at the Air Dome, now serving as Curtis' grave, the three set out once again, each on their own path, each with their own resolve.
Character & Creature
Leon S. Kennedy
28-years-old. After surviving Raccoon City, he was recruited by a special ops unit of the US Government and now spends his days carrying out top-secret missions as an agent.
Greg Glenn
28-years-old. Member of the Harvardville SRT emergency response team. To rescue survivors, he storms the airport where a biohazard outbreak has occurred alongside Leon and others.
Rani Chawla
8-years-old. She lost her family in a WilPharma clinical trial conducted in India and was taken in by her aunt living in the United States. She looks up to TerraSave.
Claire Redfield
26-years-old. Since the incident on Rockfort Island, she's been working for the NGO TerraSave, dedicated to aiding victims of bioterror and pharmaceutical harm.
Senator Ron Davis
56-years-old. A locally elected senator who brought WilPharma's lab to Harvardville. He's also one of the members who voted to approve the "Sterilization Strategy."
Rani's aunt
A TerraSave member living in the United States. She visited Harvardville with Rani to participate in a TerraSave demonstration.
Angela Miller
29-years-old. She serves as Captain of Harvardville's special ops unit SRT. Takes pride in her work defending the safety of the community where she was born and raised.
Frederic Downing
44-years-old. Chief researcher at WilPharma who led the development of the t-Vaccine to success. Despite his gentlemanly demeanor, he's well-versed in the black market.
Ingrid Hunnigan
25-years-old. Support staff for the US covert military agency. She relays orders from the White House to Agent Leon via radio.
Curtis Miller
35-years-old. Angela's older brother. He has a tragic past in which he lost his wife and child during the Sterilization Strategy. After learning the truth behind the Raccoon City tragedy, he resolves to carry out an act of terrorism.
G-Curtis after transformation
Curtis' form after being infected with the G-Virus which causes unpredictable and repeated mutations. Characterized by gigantic arms, long claws, and a massive eyeball formed near the shoulder.
KEYWORD TRACK
Umbrella
Stairway To The Sun (p.224)
"Protecting the health of the people." This is the corporate motto of the pharmaceutical company Umbrella. However, it was merely a facade to appear as a legitimate business, in reality it was an illegal organization focused primarily on virus research and the development of B.O.W.'s (biological weapons). Although Umbrella grew into a global conglomerate after its founding in 1968, the company's origins date back to the 19th century.
At that time, Henry Travis, a member of the Travis family who ran the shipping and trading firm "Travis Trading Co.," was inspired by the articles on African expeditions that appeared in the newspapers day after day, and he set out for the African continent, squandering his personal fortune. His account of his adventures across the entire continent was later compiled into a massive 72-volume history of exploration titled the "Natural History Compendia", but due to its overly meticulous content, the public dismissed it as Henry's fiction and only a small number of copies were published as curiosities.
About a century later, the Natural History Compendia, which had been nothing more than a favorite among a select few connoisseurs, was to be reevaluated in an unexpected way. The folklore studies aspect documented in this book was noticed by Oswell E. Spencer, a scion of a distinguished noble family who'd later become leader of Umbrella. What piqued Spencer's interest was a description of a ritual practiced by the Ndipaya Tribe. It involved a flower called the "Stairway to the Sun," said to grant immense powers to those who ate it.
To investigate this mysterious flower, Spencer set out on an expedition to Africa in 1966 accompanied by virology authority James Marcus and his fellow aristocrat Edward Ashford. Then, based on the Natural History Compendia, they explored the Ndipaya Tribe's land and discovered the only place where the Stairway to the Sun grew, the so-called "Garden of the Sun" deep within ancient ruins.
Research on the Stairway to the Sun was led primarily by Marcus and his protégé, chief researcher Brandon Bailey. They endured grueling days devoting themselves entirely to their research while clinging to mere possibility, their nerves frayed by repeated attacks from the Ndipaya Tribe. Even Marcus himself was completely exhausted by this, but one day, after three months of research, the moment finally arrived when their efforts were rewarded. Just as Marcus had surmised, within the flower they discovered "Progenitor", an unknown virus capable of recombining biological genes. Marcus immediately named this flower the "Progenitor Flower" and brought it back to his well-equipped research facility.
However, research on the Progenitor Virus, which was expected to yield breakthrough progress, unexpectedly hit a wall in a short span of time. After attempting to mass-produce the Progenitor Flower within the research facility, it was discovered the Progenitor Virus wasn't present in the blooming flowers. Soil, water, temperature, humidity, daylight hours, even when every condition was replicated exactly to match the African environment, the Progenitor Flower merely bloomed at an abnormal rate without ever producing the Progenitor Virus. The supply of the Progenitor Virus brought back from Africa was quickly exhausted, and before they knew it, a full year had passed without any results.
Umbrella Africa Laboratory (p.225)
In 1968, to deceive the public and advance full-scale virus research, Spencer proposed to Marcus and Ashford they establish a front company.
The "Umbrella pharmaceutical company" was born. As his research on the Progenitor Virus hit a snag, Marcus accepted Spencer's offer and resolved to revamp his research under the umbrella of Umbrella. Shortly after Umbrella's founding though, just as Marcus was about to resume his Progenitor Virus research in Africa, Spencer appointed him as the first director of the Umbrella Executive Training Academy built in Raccoon City.
Although Marcus regretted being unable to participate in the research, upon learning his foremost disciple Bailey would be in charge of the laboratory scheduled for construction in Africa, he reluctantly agreed to Spencer's demand. Inheriting Marcus' resolve, by the time Bailey visited Africa again, the Ndipaya Tribe had already been driven from the ruins and preparations for construction were steadily progressing under the watchful eyes of armed soldiers. The lab's construction proceeded under the highly motivated Bailey's supervision, with its scale expanding to three times the original plan. During the lab's construction, an unplanned rush to meet deadlines caused an accident that temporarily altered the flow of the underground water vein supplying water to the Progenitor Flower. The construction manager discovered another underground water vein 500 meters below the surface and installed the latest pump system manufactured by Fabiano Co., ultimately securing a stable water source.
In June 1969, the "Umbrella Africa Laboratory" was completed as the leading center for Progenitor Virus research. Upon assuming the role of director, Bailey immediately began extracting the Progenitor Virus from the Progenitor Flower and continuously sent samples to the Umbrella Executive Training Academy where Marcus was studying, hoping for his mentor's success.
Marcus returned to the forefront of Progenitor Virus research and resumed his independent studies. Then ten years later in January 1978, after combining leech DNA to enhance the characteristics of the Progenitor Virus, he finally succeeded in creating the t-Virus which would become the cornerstone of B.O.W. development. This research achievement was Marcus' long-cherished goal as he sought to reclaim his position as an Umbrella founder, and at the same time, it was part of Spencer's cunning plan. Indeed, it was all part of Spencer's scheme. He'd intentionally stimulated Marcus' research drive and even exploited the mentor-student relationship between Marcus and Bailey, quietly biding his time until the new virus was completed.
Then in 1988 when the t-Virus was nearing completion, Spencer sent his trusted right-hand men, executive trainees Albert Wesker and William Birkin, to Marcus' side, where they assassinated him once he was no longer of use.
After Marcus' assassination, Spencer restricted the supply of the Progenitor Virus, which could now be cultivated, exclusively to the Africa Lab, implementing thorough virus management and strict information control. "The fewer people who know a treasure's location, the better." True to those words, only a select few senior executives with access to Level 10 information knew the Africa Lab's location. Anyone transferred out of the lab was strictly monitored, Director Bailey was even confined within the lab for nearly 30 years.
Thanks to Spencer's flawless security measures, the facility remained undiscovered even after it was closed in 1998, until the conglomerate TRICELL visited the site.
The Raccoon City Destruction Incident (p.226)
July 1998. Raccoon City, an industrial city located in the midwestern United States. This is where the tragedy began. The t-Virus leaked from an executive training academy built by Umbrella deep within the Arklay Mountains. The mastermind was James Marcus who was assassinated in 1988. Seeking revenge against Umbrella for stealing his research, he was resurrected from the brink of death by the t-Virus fused with the leech tissue and intentionally triggered a biohazard outbreak.
September 1998. The t-Virus spread throughout the entire town of Raccoon City via animals and insects. The city was overrun with zombified citizens, and the few remaining uninfected survivors had absolutely nowhere to flee. The Raccoon Police Department, which should've been their last line of defense, was decimated, even the U.B.C.S. (Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasures Service), Umbrella's prized unit deployed to rescue civilians, was nearly wiped out. Ultimately the US military intervened and martial law was declared, but the situation continued to deteriorate.
In October 1998, recognizing the gravity of the situation, the US Government finally carried out the "Sterilization Strategy" following the passing of an emergency congressional resolution. The Sterilization Strategy involved firing a tactical missile into the center of Raccoon City in an attempt to contain the virus along with all the infected. Through this inhumane operation, it prevented the worst-case scenario, the virus spreading outside the city, but the sacrifice of 100,000 citizens was too high a cost.
Following the Sterilization Strategy, the US Government issued a business suspension order against Umbrella, the root cause of the incident. Meanwhile Umbrella's CEO Spencer contested this order by leveraging his financial resources to assemble the most formidable legal team and file a lawsuit against the government. The "Raccoon Trial," as this trial came to be known, proved to be a protracted battle as the proceedings centered primarily on the testimonies of survivors, due to Umbrella's use of witnesses who committed perjury, the destruction of evidence in the Sterilization Strategy, and government officials' refusal to testify out of fear of being implicated in their own crimes. As Spencer anticipated, conspiracy theories about the government started to circulate among the public, causing the trial to drag on.
The legal battle lasting nearly five years finally came to an end in 2003 however, when a biohazard incident that occurred in Russia's Caucasus region proved to be the decisive factor. The government obtained top-secret data stored on a computer as physical evidence of Umbrella's deep involvement in the incident. This caused the trial to accelerate dramatically, despite Umbrella's desperate attempts to cover up the truth it suffered a total defeat in the very trial it initiated.
That same year, held fully responsible for Raccoon City's destruction, Umbrella found itself in a financial dead end due to a stock market crash, chronic operating losses, and reputational damage, effectively going bankrupt.
The T-A.L.O.S. Project (p.227)
In 1998, Wesker, moving forward with the plan to repurpose the Umbrella Executive Training Academy, seized the opportunity presented by the biohazard outbreak caused by the Mimicry Marcus to carry out his plan to defect to a rival company. The first to catch wind of this betrayal was Umbrella executive Colonel Sergei Vladimir. He deployed "Ivan," a derivative of the Tyrant T-103, against the traitor Wesker, but Wesker vanished in the training academy's explosion, Sergei's purge ending in failure.
At that time, Sergei's course of action wasn't to pursue Wesker but to carry out a top-secret mission at the Arklay Laboratory. His objective was to bring the "T-A.L.O.S. Project", which he'd been developing in collaboration with the Arklay Lab's biological weapons research team, to fruition at the Russian branch.
The T-A.L.O.S. Project was an initiative to further enhance the "T-002" Tyrant, deployed in combat during the "Mansion Incident", and develop the next generation of "products." The plan involved improving the Tyrant's stability through computerized management and control, and equipping it with heavy weaponry and armor to enable it to engage combat vehicles and helicopters. Consequently, Sergei made his top priority recovering the "Talos Host Body T-011", known as the "Guardian of Crete" and this project's linchpin.
While Wesker was using S.T.A.R.S. members to retrieve combat data of B.O.W.'s, Sergei evacuated all research data to U.M.F.-013 and used the defensive AI computer "RED QUEEN" to revoke Wesker's access rights. To enable full control over Talos, he brought RED QUEEN back to his homeland, Russia.
In Russia, Umbrella had acquired a former state-owned chemical plant through a front company and established an underground lab there. This was the "Umbrella Caucasus Laboratory," the company's newest facility.
Using supplying a new B.O.W. to war zones as a foothold, he restarted the T-A.L.O.S. Project to revive Umbrella, which was weakened by a stock market crash. Based on the host body and test data recovered from the Arklay Lab, he rushed to complete "Talos," the most powerful new B.O.W. model. A man appeared in the snowy plains to thwart Sergei's ambitions however. It was Wesker, who'd defected to a rival company.
Five years earlier, after Sergei thwarted his own plan, Wesker single-handedly stormed the Caucasus Lab to seek revenge and achieve his own goals. With a confident expression, he easily repelled Ivan, the bodyguard Sergei had sent to confront him. In response, Sergei, having transformed into a monster due to the t-Virus he'd injected into his own body, demonstrated his immense power. As fate would have it though, by this time Wesker himself had already gained superhuman strength through a modified version of the t-Virus developed by Birkin. In other words, this confrontation became an unprecedented battle in which two perfect hosts fought to determine the victor. After a fierce battle, it was Wesker who emerged victorious. With Sergei's death, Umbrella's ambition for revival was shattered. "Power is subdued by greater power." Wesker regained access to U.M.F.-013 and seized control of the "Umbrella Archive" containing all of Umbrella's data. Then, after completely erasing the backup data from U.M.F.-013, he left the lab with a defiant smile.
RED QUEEN
The codename for a defensive AI developed by Umbrella whose core resides within Umbrella's supercomputer U.M.F.-013. Normally it monitors information at the base of the vast network connecting Umbrella's branches worldwide, but in emergencies, it surfaces to defend the system and data from physical or cyber attacks against Umbrella. Its primary defensive functions are: "1. Protection of Umbrella's assets and management of its facilities," and "2. Protection of the lives of Umbrella's executive staff." Sergei, an Umbrella executive, had complete control over Talos, an advanced variant of the Tyrant, by implanting a chip in its brain that was wirelessly connected to RED QUEEN. U.M.F.-013's the name of the thirteenth supercomputer installed in the Raccoon City Underground Laboratory shelter, this mainframe serving as a backup for all information related to Umbrella. The accumulated data, called the Umbrella Archive, contains such an overwhelming volume of information it's said Umbrella could theoretically be restored with this alone.
Bioterrorism
United States Covert Military Agency (p.228)
After Raccoon City's destruction, a small town over 100 miles away holds a memorial service every September to mourn the victims. Furthermore, investigations by the US Congress continue in the area where Raccoon City once stood, and civilian access has never been permitted. Even as time passes, people's hearts haven't healed, and ironically, the "Umbrella" of the virus, triggered by Umbrella's collapse, has spread across the world as a new catastrophe.
After Umbrella was ordered to cease operations, former employees and researchers started leaking viruses and B.O.W.'s onto the black market. Certain nations, guerrilla groups, terrorists, all manner of subversive elements began snapping up the demonic weapons Umbrella invented, unleashing bioterrorism across the globe.
What's required to combat bioterror? It's the ability for immediate response. On the ground nothing matters more than combat experience against B.O.W.'s. As if to prove this point, survivors of the Raccoon City tragedy were bravely confronting acts of terror all over the world. Among them was Leon S. Kennedy, who faced the incident on his very first day on the job with the Raccoon Police Department. After escaping Raccoon City, the government recognized his abilities and recruited him. The agency that required Leon's exceptional survival skills was the "US covert military agency" operating directly under the President. Its mission involved agents receiving orders from the White House to carry out top-secret ops specializing in countering bioterrorism, a threat large-scale military ops struggle to address. Agents assigned to special missions are accompanied by a dedicated operator who serves as a liaison and support staff, with orders transmitted via a mobile device. This is a precaution to ensure that even in the unlikely event an agent fails a mission, outsiders don't realize the agent's acting on the President's orders.
Operation Javier (p.229)
In 2002, in an unnamed South American country. After the Raccoon City disaster, in order to investigate the fact a former Umbrella researcher had made contact with the drug lord Javier Hidalgo, who ran the massive criminal organization the "Sacred Snakes", Leon, now a US agent, headed toward Javier's private residence alongside Jack Krauser of the US Special Operations Command. Presidential Special Mission: "Anti-Virus Weapon Protocol Number 7600." Leon's primary mission was to eradicate the viruses Umbrella created from the face of the Earth, and to achieve that goal, identifying smuggling channels was of utmost urgency.
By the time Leon and Krauser arrived at the village of Mixcoatl where their guide was waiting, the villagers had already been turned into Zombies by the t-Virus and several B.O.W.'s were confirmed to be present, presumably purchased by Javier on the black market. Even more shocking though was Javier had administered "t-Veronica," developed at the Antarctic Base, to his beloved daughter Manuela.
In 1991, after his beloved wife Hilda fell ill with an incurable disease Javier obtained the t-Virus and administered it to her. However, the threshold for compatibility, "one in ten million", was much too high, and far from being cured, she was unable to adapt to the t-Virus and transformed into a pitiful monster. Ten years later, when his only daughter Manuela also fell ill with the same disease as her mother, a despondent Javier obtained t-Veronica from a man calling himself a virus dealer and administered it to her under the pretense of treatment.
Who exactly was the virus dealer who gave t-Veronica to Javier? And why was Manuela able to remain in human form without going out of control even after being administered t-Veronica...? Having received prior information about t-Veronica from Claire Redfield who experienced investigating the Antarctic Base, Leon immediately had a flood of questions. At the very least, based on the timeline it's not hard to imagine the former Umbrella researcher who supposedly came into contact with Javier and the "virus dealer" are two different people.
Those infected with t-Veronica experience an extreme rejection reaction before the virus can adapt to the human body, resulting in the destruction of brain cells and loss of self-awareness. In response to this problem, its developer Alexia Ashford concluded that cryopreservation of the body, a 15-year period of symbiosis, and maintaining immunity were necessary, but what about Manuela?
The procedure Javier performed on his daughter was organ transplants. He drew inspiration from primitive religions to conceive the idea of organ replacement, kidnapping girls of similar age from the village and transplanting their organs into Manuela, thereby halting the runaway spread of t-Veronica. More than 50 girls were killed for these transplant surgeries. By this point, Manuela's body had become one that could only survive by sacrificing others.
What drove Javier to such madness was nothing other than his twisted love for his daughter. In the end, in an attempt to merge his daughter into his own body, he infected himself with t-Veronica and mutated into the giant monster "V-Complex," but lost control of the virus and went berserk. He was ultimately defeated through the combined efforts of Leon, Krauser, and Manuela who unleashed t-Veronica's power. After the battle Manuela was handed over to the US Government and placed under strict surveillance. With Javier's death, the Sacred Snakes were annihilated and the threat of t-Veronica vanished.
Leon had no way of knowing at the time this entire series of events had been orchestrated by Wesker, their actions being under constant surveillance from the very start.
Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force
T-A.L.O.S. Intercept Operation (p.230)
2003. Following the Raccoon City disaster, former S.T.A.R.S. members Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine joined a civilian organized "Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force" to combat bioterrorism occurring worldwide. Unlike Umbrella's biohazard response unit the "U.B.C.S.", which was tasked with containing biological disasters and collecting data, this organization targeted all forms of bioterror for suppression.
The Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force was an elite, small-scale operational force that carried out missions with a select group of highly skilled personnel, and despite being a civilian organization, they possessed military-grade weapons and equipment. In February 2003, upon receiving intel Umbrella's Russian branch was developing a new B.O.W. model, Chris and Jill joined up with a local unit. Along with several other team members, they boarded two attack helicopters to raid the lab in question. This operation was later named the "T-A.L.O.S. Intercept Operation" after the new B.O.W. the duo encountered in the lab's deepest part.
On the day of the op when Chris and Jill arrived at the scene, a Level 4 biohazard had already broken out inside the facility, killing over 90% of the researchers working there. The situation had become dire with a survival rate of less than 2% in the contaminated atmosphere. What was being developed there was the humanoid B.O.W. "T-A.L.O.S.", an advanced version of the Tyrant capable of being fully controlled externally via computer. A fundamentally different development concept to the "Nemesis-T Type", which aimed to enhance cognitive abilities by injecting the parasitic organism "Nemesis" into mass-produced Tyrants.
The central figure in this plan was Colonel Sergei Vladimir, an executive who formed a Spencer faction within Umbrella. Chris and Jill were tasked with defeating him and nipping Umbrella's revival in the bud, ironically however Sergei was defeated by Wesker who infiltrated the facility for the same objective, all of Umbrella's data stored within U.M.F.-013.
However, their objective was ultimately achieved. That same year, due to Wesker leaking incriminating data, Umbrella's total defeat was finalized in the stalled Raccoon Trial. And so Umbrella, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, collapsed. Five years had passed since the Mansion Incident.
Chris and Jill had achieved their single goal: Umbrella's defeat. And they immediately set out on a new battle, to defeat Spencer, the missing man who was the root cause of everything, and their arch-enemy Wesker.
BSAA
The Birth Of The BSAA (p.231)
Global bioterrorism stemmed from Umbrella's collapse. Fearing the public would hold other pharmaceutical companies accountable, the Pharmaceutical Industry Association contributed funds to form the anti-bioterror unit "BSAA (Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance)." The initial members consisted of eleven individuals, including Chris and Jill who had experience in counterterrorism with the Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force. As they continue to serve as core members to this day, their fellow team members respectfully refer to them as the "Original Eleven".
At the time of its formation, it was strictly a private organization that participated in the bioterror ops of various countries' militaries and police forces solely in an observer capacity. As the threat of bioterrorism grew day by day however, a higher level of responsiveness was required, so it was eventually reorganized into an active special operations unit under United Nations jurisdiction.
Upon becoming a public institution, in countries with functioning governments they were granted authority to conduct investigations and make arrests, as well as the associated right to use force. 70% of the member states that voted in favor of the resolution to establish the BSAA approved its activities within their own borders, while the remaining nations permitted their operations under certain restrictions.
Although the BSAA's an agency directly under the United Nations, it's difficult for the UN to provide funding while imposing substantial financial burdens on its member states, so the Pharmaceutical Industry Association continues to provide funding to the BSAA to this day. Consequently, there are concerns the BSAA's activities are prone to reflecting the Pharmaceutical Industry Association's interests, with widespread outside criticism of this arrangement.
The BSAA's overseen by the "Bioterrorism Assessment Committee," a decision-making body established within the European Headquarters in the United Kingdom, directives are issued from there to the branches scattered throughout the world. The BSAA's divided into eight blocs, including the European headquarters, and by assigning each branch to a specific jurisdiction, it covers nearly the entire globe. Furthermore, since each branch is based near a hub airport or an air force base, it's possible to deploy forces within 12 hours anywhere within their jurisdiction. Depending on the situation, multiple branches may coordinate to carry out missions in the same region.
BSAA Forces Structure (p.232)
The BSAA consists of two types of units: the "SOU (Special Operations Unit)," a special operations force that operates in teams, and the "SOA (Special Operations Agent)," special operations personnel who typically operate in pairs (two-man cells). The former consists of professional combatants whose primary missions include raids, engagements, and suppression, many of its members having experience in special forces units of various national police forces or in the military. While they're typically organized into squads of twelve members, personnel are deployed flexibly depending on the nature of the operation, for example dividing the twelve into three teams of four, or forming joint teams with other units.
The latter are specialists who focus on investigations and intelligence ops and are more commonly referred to simply as "agents." Agents are selected based not only on technical skills but also psychological aptitude, and outstanding individuals like Chris who've been granted Level 10 operational authority are authorized to participate in investigations and operations across branch boundaries.
During a joint op conducted by the West Africa Branch and the North America Branch in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone of Africa in 2009, Chris, an agent from the North America Branch, and Sheva Alomar, an agent from the West Africa Branch, formed the two-man cell Bravo Team. Regarding the SOU op, Alpha Team led by Dan DeChant served as the advance assault unit while Delta Team led by Josh Stone provided backup for each team. They were joined by Kirk Mathison who provided aerial support via helicopter, Dave Johnson who handled transport using a high-mobility tactical vehicle, and undercover operative Reynard Fisher, resulting in a large-scale operation.
Jill's Death (p.233)
After the Mansion Incident, Chris and Jill left S.T.A.R.S. to join the Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force dedicated to eradicating bioterrorism. They carried out numerous missions around the world, and after the BSAA was founded, both became agents in the North America Branch. Leveraging their extensive knowledge and experience with bioterror incidents, they participated in various counter-terror ops as observers. With remarkable feats worthy of the name "Original Eleven", their remarkable achievements earned them their teammates' deep trust.
A sudden tragedy struck the legendary duo however. In August 2006, Chris and Jill tracked down Spencer's hideout and set out to arrest him, determined to bring the Raccoon City disaster to a close. As they made their way through the estate, which brought back memories of the Mansion Incident, they found Spencer's arch-enemy, Wesker, in his study. Chris and Jill joined forces to confront him, but they were forced into a grueling battle against Wesker who'd been transformed into a superhuman by the virus, and Chris found himself in a desperate situation. It was his partner, Jill, who saved his life at that moment. She plunged off a cliff with Wesker, taking him down with her. The two were never seen again. Subsequently, the BSAA launched a massive search operation lasting three months, but they were unable to locate Jill's body and were forced to declare her dead in the line of duty on paper.
Los Iluminados
Abduction Of The President's Daughter (p.234)
In 2004, having carried out numerous missions as a US agent, Leon was assigned a new task. That mission was to provide security for Ashley Graham, the US President's daughter. After conducting a thorough investigation of Leon's background, ideology, and personal history, the government determined he was suitable to protect VIPs. Though just as Leon was about to start his first assignment after completing special training, Ashley was abducted by unknown assailants while returning home from her college in Massachusetts. Normally a large-scale search team would've been deployed, but due to growing suspicions the crime was committed by someone who gained unauthorized access to highly classified internal intel, the government selected Leon, whose background check had already been completed, to conduct the search in secret. Based on eyewitness accounts obtained by intelligence agencies, a search op began immediately in Europe.
Upon arriving in a remote village, Leon encountered an enemy unlike any he'd faced before: the "Ganados," beings that appear human but aren't, their actions controlled by a parasitic entity known as the "Plaga."
The man controlling the Ganados was the village chief, Bitores Mendez. Giving him orders was Osmund Saddler, the leader of the cult "Los Iluminados", known locally as "The Enlightened Ones", a group with deep roots in the region. The true identity of the Ganados was the villagers themselves, who'd been implanted with the Plaga through a "blood-purification ritual" performed by Saddler in the past.
Saddler's goal was to demonstrate the cult's power to the world through an "innovative proselytizing method", and to dominate the entire globe. As the first step in this plan, he set his sights on the United States, planning to seize power by having the cult's influence infiltrate key institutions such as Congress, the Department of Justice, various government agencies, the military, and major corporations.
The Salazar Family
The village, which has now become a den for Ganados and their kind, was once a peaceful place enveloped in a sense of happiness where agriculture and livestock farming flourished to the extent an annual harvest festival was held.
Behind this lies a long history in which the lord of the village, the head of the Salazar family, had for generations repeatedly suppressed the cult Los Iluminados as it sought to extend its influence over the village. However, when the eighth-generation lord Ramon Salazar became a devoted follower of Saddler, the cult's power began to swallow up the village. After retrieving the Plaga the Salazar family had sealed away from Ramon, Saddler injected it into Bitores Mendez, the village chief and priest. By manipulating him, Saddler forced the villagers to undergo a "blood purification" ritual, thereby creating puppets under his control, Ganados.
Driven by his deep faith, Ramon views the centuries-long history of oppression against the cult, a legacy dating back to family's first head, as a sin of his own family. However, one must acknowledge the true sin lies with Ramon himself as he handed the Plaga over to the cult and turned the once peaceful village into a living hell.
Plaga
Characteristics Of The Plaga (p.235)
The Plaga's a parasitic life form that had been banished to the depths beneath the castle ruled by the Salazar family and was unearthed by Ramon Salazar, the castle's eighth lord. The castle's first lord sealed it away fearing the cult Los Iluminados would exploit it to bolster its followers. Ever since, it lay dormant beneath the castle for centuries. When Ramon broke the seal, while all adult Plagas had mummified, the juvenile Plagas had been preserved in a dormant state as microscopic spores, making them reusable.
During the excavation, villagers conscripted for the work suffered unexplained seizures and became violent, believed to be caused by the spores reviving inside the villagers' bodies after they inhaled the dried spores, resulting in the regeneration of the Plagas.
After parasitizing humans in the egg stage, the Plaga gradually grows over time, assimilating the central nervous system and controlling the host's behavior. Humans who've lost their rationality act on the orders of a separate class of Plaga known as "dominant", or other humans parasitized by the "dominant" class, and they never relent until a signal's given. In the "Leon Report" he authored, Leon refers to these parasitized humans as Ganados. This term means "livestock" in Spanish.
It's not the case that humans who become Ganados lose all intelligence, they communicate with one another through speech and use tools and weapons to carry out their actions. They also possess cunning strategies like driving enemies into a corner as a group, and their physical abilities depend on those of the host they've parasitized.
Unusually for a parasite, the Plaga's a eusocial organism capable of forming its own society like ants or bees. It can parasitize a wide variety of organisms and form a unique society in which different species are interconnected. Consequently, on the isolated island where the cult established its base, applied experiments on the Plaga were frequently conducted, leading to the successive creation of monsters such as the "Novistador" and "U-3."
Furthermore, Luis Sera, a researcher hired by the cult to study the parasites, recorded the following three examples in his notes as instances of parasites that control the behavior of their hosts. These are "Dicrocoelium," whose larvae parasitize the subesophageal ganglion; "Galactosomum," which parasitizes the brains of fish such as bream and stonefish; and "Leucochloridium," whose larvae proliferate in the antennae of snails.
How To Remove The Plaga (p.236)
The Plaga discovered in Europe parasitizes humans in an egg form and takes control of the host's mind as it grows inside the body. The only way to escape this control's to remove the Plaga before the eggs hatch. If removing before hatching the Plaga can be eliminated with medication, but once it starts to grow removal becomes extremely difficult. While it's possible to remove it surgically before it reaches adulthood, this is an unprecedented procedure with an extremely low success rate. Therefore the most effective method's to irradiate the Plaga directly using a special type of radiation to kill it.
Given the Plaga parasitizes the central nervous system though, this method carries several risks. First, since the Plaga's killed while still connected to the nervous system, it causes significant pain to the host and may result in severe impairment of consciousness. Second, if the Plaga has already reached maturity, this method carries the risk of the host also dying. Provided these issues can be overcome, the Plaga will be completely eradicated from the host's body, allowing the host to recover to the state they were in before the infection.
Evolved Plagas
There exists an improved Plaga species enhanced for use as a weapon. Known as "Type 2," this species was developed in strict secrecy by TRICELL's Pharmaceutical Division through applying biological and genetic modifications to the original species Plaga the company recovered from a remote European village, in order to enhance its parasitism method and the immediacy of its mental control. With the original species Plaga, the parasite infested a human in the egg stage and took several hours to grow while taking control of the host's mind, but with Type 2 a fully grown parasite's administered to the human, so the effects of mental control manifest immediately.
The method of infection's oral, that is, an infected individual forcibly pushes the parasite directly into another person's mouth to force the parasite inside. The parasite then pierces the esophagus and enters the body, parasitizing the central nervous system starting with the medulla oblongata and progressing to the brain and spinal cord. Mental control's established in as little as 10 seconds.
The host retains their intelligence after infection and their physical abilities depend on those of the infected human, a trait shared with the original Plaga species. However, the infected individual's active efforts to increase their numbers are unique to Type 2. Incidentally, humans infected with Type 2 are called "Majini" among merchants who trade in biological weapons. This term means "evil spirit" in the local language.
After the final evaluation test for Plaga Type 2 was conducted in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone of Africa, TRICELL conducted research to further modify the Plaga in order to create soldiers with dramatically enhanced physical abilities. The result of this research was the modified Plaga "Type 3."
This was created by transplanting factors from a dead dominant species Plaga into the original species Plaga, the results of a field test presenting the research team with various challenges. First was the low success rate of assimilation. While the success rate for adult males was 92% on par with the standard Plaga, the success rate for women and children was near 0%. The next issue was significant physical changes, as some test subjects grew to nearly 3m in height. As it stands, it was far from the intended biological weapon. The cause of the failure was thought to be factors from the dead dominant species Plaga being too potent, however since some test subjects evolved dramatically enhanced jumping ability, it was deemed acceptable at this stage as a stepping stone toward further research.
The Third Organization
The Female Spy (p.237)
Just as Leon set foot in a remote European village to rescue the abducted Ashley, another figure was secretly operating within the village. Her name was Ada Wong.
She was a female spy who, while fighting alongside Leon during the Raccoon City disaster, was secretly carrying out a mission to steal the G-Virus from the Umbrella underground lab. She infiltrated Raccoon City as it teetered on the brink of destruction and, posing as a civilian searching for her Umbrella employee boyfriend to Leon, whom she met by chance, she waited for an opportunity to obtain the G-Virus. Ada steadily moved toward her goal by using Leon, but eventually became drawn to Leon's single-minded dedication and a strange bond began to form between them. Although Ada succeeded in acquiring the G-Virus, she sustained life-threatening injuries while shielding Leon and was rescued by Wesker as she hovered on the brink of death.
Six years later, Ada joined "The Third Organization" at Wesker's invitation and was conducting intelligence ops under his orders. Her objective was to obtain a sample of the "dominant species Plaga" being researched by Luis under the auspices of a cult. Ada intercepted a distress email Luis had sent to a friend from his college days and, from its contents, learned he was desperate to escape the cult of his own accord.
She therefore attempted to make contact with him by offering to ensure his safety in exchange for him smuggling a sample out from the cult. However, Leon appeared on the scene as a US agent. Just as Ada's brief reunion with Leon came to an end, Wesker's cold voice dealt her a further blow: "Best to crush a seed of doubt while still small." Faced with this ruthless order to kill Leon, Ada's resolve wavered.
When Luis was killed by Saddler and the sample fell into the cult's hands, Ada's plan began to unravel. Eventually, even Krauser, who'd been operating behind the scenes between The Third Organization and the cult, stated to make his move, turning the situation into a three-way struggle.
Krauser's goal was to become the most powerful warrior, transcending human limits. It was after suffering a severe injury to his left arm during Operation Javier, in which he participated alongside Leon in 2002, that he began to crave the virus' immense power. He faked his own death to make contact with Wesker and joined The Third Organization, all for the sake of his own desires.
Amid the chaotic situation, Ada defies Wesker's orders and acts in pursuit of her own goals. She used Leon while at times strictly limiting her role to that of a supporter. The situation was strikingly reminiscent of the events in Raccoon City six years prior. Leon defeated Krauser sent by Wesker as an assassin, while Ada confronted the cult leader Saddler in order to recover the sample of the dominant species Plaga. Then when Saddler transforms into his true form as the ruler of the Plaga, they defeat him with a masterful combination of attacks.
After Saddler's defeated, Ada takes the dominant species Plaga sample from Leon, bids him farewell, then escapes the island just before it explodes. Leon also succeeds in escaping the island with Ashley, who he rescued from the cult.
"I won't let anything bad happen." True to her word, Ada merely sent a subordinate species Plaga to The Third Organization, while delivering the genuine specimen to another "organization" she truly worked for. In other words, Ada was what's known as a "double agent." She'd been acting under orders from the other organization from the very start, her collusion with Wesker merely a ruse.
Due to Ada's betrayal, Wesker's expectations were severely dashed. However, this might've been within his expectations. Subsequently, Wesker obtained a dead dominant species Plaga through another channel and began his own research, taking a major step toward his new objective.
WilPharma
Harvardville Research Facility (p.238)
WilPharma's a giant pharmaceutical company that grew rapidly in the pharmaceutical industry after Umbrella's bankruptcy in 2003. Headquartered in the industrial city of Harvardville in the midwestern United States, the company owns a vast tract of land in a mountainous area away from residential neighborhoods, housing its headquarters building and a massive research facility on the premises.
The research building located in the research facility's center is designed as an air dome, the circular roof supported by creating a pressure difference between the exterior and interior.
At the center's a courtyard serving as a rest area for researchers, with each building arranged to face this courtyard. In the center of the courtyard stands a long, open-frame elevator that extends all the way to the air dome's ceiling. Surrounding it are small walkways, resembling tree branches, used to move between the research buildings.
Within the research facility, each section's assigned one of four hazard levels based on the microorganisms handled there; the higher the number, the more hazardous the section. Offices and meeting rooms are located in "Level 0" areas which pose no hazard.
The reason the research building's designed as an air dome's to ensure that, in the unlikely event of a biohazard occurring within the research facility, the situation can be brought under control as quickly as possible. This measure's nothing less than a lesson learned from the Raccoon City disaster. In this research building, in the event of an emergency, the courtyard block drops away to reveal a massive underground shaft. Subsequently, each section falls one after another into the shaft, sealing all contaminated materials within an underground facility 300 meters below ground to prevent the spread of the virus to the outside world, a foolproof system's in place.
t-Virus Vaccine Development
In response to the t-Virus being used in bioterror attacks, WilPharma secretly began developing a vaccine to prevent zombification. The key figure in this research is the company's chief researcher Frederic Downing. A former Umbrella researcher who, just before Raccoon City's collapse, stole the t-Virus and G-Virus then escaped the city. He joined WilPharma after erasing his past history. In other words, he was developing the vaccine with prior knowledge of the t-Virus.
While working on the vaccine, he reasoned the virus and vaccine had to be sold as a set to be marketable, so he devised a demonstration to prove the practicality of the vaccine he developed. In 2002, he first posed as a black market dealer and made contact with General Grande, who was supporting a terrorist group in India. He sold the t-Virus to the general, triggering a bioterror attack.
After the terrorist attack, the US Government, having experienced firsthand the horror of the t-Virus during the Raccoon City tragedy, decided at the request of Indian authorities to deploy the t-Vaccine being developed by WilPharma. By deploying it in neighboring regions, they succeeded in minimizing the spread of the infection.
In this way, WilPharma earned the US Government's trust and continued to conduct clinical trials in India, a location with low labor costs and an abundant supply of talent, to further refine the vaccine. Although there were occasional casualties during the trials, the US Government turned a blind eye to these failures, and in 2005, the company finally completed development. All that remained was to await government approval.
Having successfully completed the t-Vaccine, Frederic conducted a new demonstration using the G-Virus for General Grande that same year. The location was the Harvardville Research Facility, WilPharma's headquarters. Frederic underestimated the power of the G-Virus however and ended up revealing his true identity when "G" went out of control. His selfish motives backfired spectacularly and he was arrested by the police just as he was about to flee. WilPharma, which had aimed to boost its performance with the t-Vaccine, also saw its stock price plummet as a result of this incident, ultimately leading to its acquisition by the massive conglomerate TRICELL.
Collusion (p.239)
Senator Ron Davis, a local representative who played a major role in bringing the WilPharma Research Facility to Harvardville, had long been rumored to have ties to the company.
As a special advisor to WilPharma and a major shareholder in the company, he was frequently accused by the media of insider trading.
However, the collusion between Davis and WilPharma ran much deeper. The link between them was the t-Virus. Davis was a member of the special committee that decided on the Sterilization Strategy against Raccoon City in 1998, he voted in favor of the resolution to cover up the collusion between Umbrella and the government. After Umbrella was dismantled, he formed ties with industry leader WilPharma and turned a blind eye to the company's repeated illegal clinical trials in India. Believing "prosperity's built on sacrifice," he views all tragedies as a "necessary evil."
TerraSave
When seeking to attract WilPharma's research facility to Harvardville, Senator Ron Davis, citing his own influence in Washington and the potential for local economic revitalization, approved the proposal and immediately put the plan into action. At that time, the only voice raised in opposition to the proposal was that of the NGO "TerraSave." This non-profit organization dedicated to aiding victims of bioterrorism and medical harm included among its members Claire Redfield who survived Rockfort Island in 1998. While TerraSave primarily relies on demonstrations and online protests, when the decision to host the research facility was made in 2002, one of its staff members vehemently demanded WilPharma disclose information, which led to a scandal when he was arrested on charges of obstruction of business and extortion. This staff member was a doctor named Curtis Miller, whose loss of his wife and child in Raccoon City had fueled his radical protest activities. TerraSave immediately expelled Curtis while WilPharma proceeded with the research facility's construction as if nothing had happened, completing the facility three years later. Protests by the opposition led by TerraSave continued, and after the clinical trials in India were exposed, TerraSave denounced WilPharma on its website. It warned that if the US Government failed to launch a direct investigation into WilPharma, it would file a complaint with the International Criminal Court. WilPharma's stock price plummeted as a result of these accusations, and since the government hesitated to approve the t-Vaccine, the company was forced to postpone the scheduled delivery of the t-Vaccine to the national stockpile of medical supplies. Senator Davis frantically attempted to organize a national pharmaceutical conference to deflect public criticism. Just as he arrived at the airport, a mysterious terrorist issued a claim of responsibility to the US Government. The terrorist's demand was for the President to personally reveal the truth about the Raccoon City disaster, an incident the government covered up seven years earlier. If the demand was rejected, they threatened to spread the t-Virus across the country.
Taking the situation seriously, the US Government requested Leon, an agent the President placed his full trust in ever since the Ashley Graham kidnapping, lead the investigation. As bioterrorist attacks began to occur, starting with Harvardville Airport, he worked with Claire, who happened to be on the scene, to uncover the truth and identified Curtis as the mastermind behind the attacks.
TRICELL
The History Of TRICELL (p.240)
TRICELL's a conglomerate centered on three core divisions: "Shipping," "Resource Development," and "Pharmaceuticals." Its predecessor was Travis Trading Co., a shipping and trading company founded by wealthy European merchant Thomas Travis during the Age of Discovery. The business acumen that enabled Travis Trading Co. to generate enormous profits in Asia formed the foundation of the company's current Shipping Division.
In the mid-19th century, Travis Trading Co. embarked on the development of mineral resources in Africa, drawing on the descriptions in the Natural History Compendia compiled by Henry Travis, the youngest of the seven Travis brothers, following his exploration of the African continent. The development of rare metal mines, oil fields, and natural gas fields discovered throughout Africa at that time can truly be considered the origin of the current Resource Development Division.
In the mid-20th century, drawing once again on the Natural History Compendia, the company actively collected African flora, fauna, and insects, then used these as the basis for its own pharmaceutical development, a move that led to the establishment of the Pharmaceutical Division that continues to experience remarkable growth today.
The three main divisions were fully established in the 1960s, with Travis Trading Co. changing its name to "TRICELL." It became a global conglomerate in which each division operated on a self-supporting basis.
The company joined the Pharmaceutical Industry Association and contributed capital as a board member when the BSAA was formed.
TRICELL's Pharmaceutical Division continues to provide funding as a major sponsor of the BSAA to this day, wielding such powerful influence it can exert pressure on BSAA Headquarters whenever issues arise that're detrimental to the company.
Bioweapons Development Business
Ricardo Irving, a member of TRICELL's Africa Branch, served as the manager of an oil field ostensibly owned by the Resource Development Division, but behind the scenes he acted as a "merchant of death" and a broker funneling B.O.W.'s onto the black market. Furthermore, since he was based in Africa and conducted operational tests that also served as B.O.W. demonstrations, he was one of the few people who knew the full scope of the biological weapons development business.
Since the enormous profits from these illicit transactions were used to fund the Africa Branch's biological weapons development, it's believed Irving maintained his official position in the Resource Development Division as a cover to prevent the BSAA from discovering his ties to the Pharmaceutical Division.
In 2009, just before releasing the modified Plaga Types 2&3 onto the black market, Irving conducted operational tests that doubled as demonstrations to ensure the products would satisfy customers. The latest Type 3 was administered to the Ndipaya, an indigenous tribe living in the wetlands where he managed an oil field, under the pretense of preventing an infectious disease. While the women and children died immediately, most of the men lost their sanity and transformed into monsters with enhanced physical abilities and savagery.
As for Type 2, an operational test was conducted within the Kijuju Autonomous Zone, focusing on three test categories: infection, suppression, and combat. The procedure involved first, an initial dose was administered to 10 test subjects to observe and investigate the speed at which the infection spread. Next, the goal was to gather data through actual combat to determine the extent to which the aggression induced in infected individuals could be suppressed and how much combat capabilities could be elicited. The BSAA's arrival came at just the right time and Irving decided to turn the operation against them by pitting the infected against the BSAA.
At that time, based on intel obtained by Chris, the BSAA decided to storm the Kijuju Autonomous Zone with the objective of "arresting a smuggler" engaged in illicit trade. Having not anticipated combat with B.O.W.'s at all, the BSAA started the op with standard gear. The first casualties were Alpha Team, the advance assault unit, driven deep into the city center by residents infected with Type 2 and wiped out. Afterward, the follow-up Bravo and Delta Teams continued a desperate resistance, but this ultimately provided Irving with more than enough combat data.
Uroboros Virus
Development Of The Uroboros Virus (p.241)
Excella Gionne, president of TRICELL's African branch, was a brilliant young woman who had skipped grades to enter university and major in genetic engineering; coming from a family of merchants, she was also blessed with a talent for business. With her sharp mind, she joined TRICELL's pharmaceutical division at the young age of 18, but it was Wesker who recognized her extraordinary talent.
Wesker approached Excella and generously provided her with classified information he stole from Umbrella, urging her to apply it to product development. The t-Virus, G-Virus, and t-Veronica. By repurposing Umbrella's technologies, Excella invigorated TRICELL's B.O.W. development and significantly advanced the pharmaceutical division's biological weapons operations. Having become a key contributor to the company, Excella thus strengthened her influence within the organization and rose to the position of head of the African branch while still in her twenties.
The reason Wesker provided Excella with information about Umbrella was none other than his intention to use TRICELL to complete the "Uroboros Virus" he was developing. He proposed to Excella, who held significant authority, that they revive the Umbrella Africa Laboratory that was built for research into the Progenitor Virus. Aided by the romantic feelings she began to harbor for him, Excella used her position as intended to restore the Africa Lab. She then used Irving as her pawn to buy and sell B.O.W.'s on the black market, thereby continuing to provide Wesker with research funds.
The early Uroboros Virus generated from the Progenitor Flower was too toxic to be used as is. This characteristic caused the research to stall more than anticipated, but in 2006, the discovery of a change in Test Subject No.1 marked a major turning point in the research. Powerful virus antibodies capable of neutralizing the problematic toxicity were discovered within a test subject's body. This was all thanks to the fact the test subject had been infected with the t-Virus in the past, and even after a vaccine eradicated the virus, remnants of a mutated t-Virus remained latent within her body.
This first test subject was former S.T.A.R.S. member Jill Valentine. Although she was believed to have died during Spencer's arrest in 2006, Wesker saved her life intending to use her for his experiments, and she was kept in cryogenic suspension for a long time. The fact this ultimately led to the production of high-purity virus antibodies within Jill's body, which served as a means to weaken the toxicity of the Uroboros Virus, can only be described as a miracle. Wesker was elated. The Uroboros Virus, his final trump card for realizing his ideal, had been completed. All that remained was to put his plan into action. Wesker used the Uroboros Virus to cause the now useless Excella to go berserk, taking a major step toward the fulfillment of his long-cherished "Uroboros Project."
Characteristics Of The Uroboros Virus (p.242)
The Uroboros Virus is a perfect virus that eliminates all shortcomings of conventional viruses, such as excessive mutation, mental corruption, and instability. After administration, the virus identifies the subject's genes and, if compatible, the subject can bring the virus under their control and gain superhuman abilities. If incompatible however, the Uroboros Virus goes out of control and the organism's instantly transformed into a hideous monster with black tentacles.
Once the Uroboros Virus goes out of control, it grows by absorbing surrounding organic matter one after another, including the organism injected with it. The body continues to self-replicate while repeatedly decaying and regenerating, eventually attacking surrounding organisms indiscriminately.
The reason it transforms into a mass of tentacles when it goes out of control is that the organism uses substances within its body to create black, leech-like viral cysts and expel them from its body. These viral cysts possess primitive intelligence, they can sense organic matter in their surroundings, capture it, consume it, and multiply. While individual viral cysts aren't particularly durable and are easy to destroy, a cluster of cysts will relentlessly attempt to absorb living organisms.
Due to these characteristics, the utmost care was taken when handling them during human experiments on test subjects, and and the dosage of the administered drug was strictly determined based on the subject's weight: one vial for those weighing 60kg or more, approximately two-thirds of a vial for those weighing 40kg or more but less than 60kg, and so on. Even the slightest error in dosage resulted in a high probability of the subject's death. Even when the correct dose was administered, initial symptoms such as sweating, irregular breathing, and confusion were observed, suggesting that the procedure imposed a considerable physical burden on the subjects.
As for methods of repelling them, since gunfire alone can't inflict effective damage, incineration using intense heat's the most efficient method. However, this is limited to cases where the collective's small enough to be incinerated, as incineration becomes difficult if the organism grows into a gigantic Uroboros Ultimate Form. Therefore, as part of the Uroboros Project, high-powered laser attacks from the attack satellite "Shango" were prepared in the event of unforeseen contingencies. Shango's a high-altitude firing system capable of correcting errors to within tens of centimeters by receiving irradiation position data from a rocket launcher-type positioning and transmission device known as an "L.T.D." Since a certain recharge time's required before it can fire again, the target must be kept in the targeting scope's crosshairs at all times during use.
Performance Enhancing Drug P30
P30 was developed as a byproduct of research into the Progenitor Virus. It allows test subjects to gain superhuman strength while simultaneously having their minds controlled. Although they retain consciousness, their free will's completely stripped away, so they act strictly according to orders. Their senses are heightened and their reaction speed to enemy attacks is improved through enhanced muscle strength. They even begin to perform feats unimaginable to ordinary humans such as running up walls. While their tendency to act on command resembles that of the subordinate species Plaga, P30 has the drawback of an extremely short duration of effect after administration, making it unsuitable for the purpose of permanently utilizing an administered individual as an obedient soldier. Furthermore, while with the Plaga removal becomes difficult once the parasite that hatches after administration matures into an adult, P30 has the advantage that once metabolized and excreted from the body, it leaves almost no aftereffects.
Wesker used Jill's body to experiment with how long continuous administration of P30 would maintain mental control and inflict physical damage. However, the device attached to her chest to administer the drug continuously was removed by Chris, the experiment ending in failure.
Wesker
The Birth Of A New Humanity (p.243)
"Those who excel both mentally and physically should lead others." This is Umbrella leader Spencer's fundamental philosophy. Since the discovery of the Progenitor Virus, he's ruthlessly assassinated his allies to expand his power and this ideology of a chosen people's deeply ingrained in his core beliefs.
Spencer's goal is the "forced evolution of humanity through a virus." He intends to bring about by his own hand the end of modern humans, who've endured for 200,000 years since the dawn of humankind, and the birth of a new human race. He'll spare no sacrifice to create his utopia. Whether it be a single life or 100,000 lives, he'll kill if necessary. Both Umbrella's founding and B.O.W. development were merely a cover to continue his research on the Progenitor Virus without anyone suspecting a thing, the wealth and fame Umbrella generated being nothing more than secondary concerns to Spencer.
Spencer claims he's a leader who'll guide humanity to greater heights, a leader whose name's synonymous with "God." In stark contrast to his immense ambition and ideals however, his body was steadily being consumed by the scourge of "old age." He couldn't allow himself to die without fulfilling his noble mission. Spencer yearned to regain a healthy body and placed his hopes in a single man. That man's name was Alex, one of the participants in the Wesker Project.
The Wesker Project
Spencer argues those who dwell in the Utopia must also be the ideal humanity. Humans evolved through the Progenitor Virus mustn't wield their superhuman bodies and intellect to commit any act that defies God. Therefore, Spencer implemented a plan focused on cultivating talented individuals worthy of the Utopia. That plan was the "Wesker Project." Named after the chief researcher, Wesker, this project involved gathering hundreds of children born to exceptionally talented parents from around the world, raising them until they possessed perfect bodies and minds, subjecting them to rigorous elite education, then releasing them into the world. All test subjects were given the name "Wesker" then administered a prototype virus to identify the truly exceptional ones. Many of the subjects who underwent this "screening" died unable to adapt to the virus, but some managed to survive. They were Subject 12, Alex, and Subject 13, Albert.
After the experiment, Alex joined Umbrella and worked behind the scenes, earning Spencer's trust. Furthermore, Spencer held Alex's exceptional intellect and leadership in high regard and appointed him head of research into immortality, a quest to free himself from old age, continuously providing him with the necessary funds, equipment, research materials, and test subjects. Yet no good news ever came no matter how long he waited.
Albert, "the other Wesker," also pursued a career as an Umbrella researcher, but in his case, he was a subject who possessed qualities even more suited to the "New Humanity" than Alex. That quality was absolute ambition. Following the Mansion Incident, Albert gained superhuman powers, came to believe himself to be "one worthy of being chosen by God" and dreamed of becoming a god of the next generation. And then, upon learning Spencer's true intentions, until then shrouded in mystery, he was finally freed from the Wesker Project's shackles. "God, is it...? I see. Then I'll take over." Albert resolved to replace Spencer in his ambition and, without a moment's hesitation, took his life.
After Spencer's death, Albert entered the final phase of his own Uroboros Project. The plan involved launching Uroboros Missiles mounted on a bomber the moment they reached the tropopause, allowing the dispersed virus to be carried by the westerly winds and spread across the globe. Every human being would be culled by the Uroboros Virus, with only those with truly superior genes surviving. Those deemed worthless, possessing only inferior genes, would simply become hosts for Uroboros and continue to run amok in their endless search for new hosts.
Stairway To The Sun (p.224)
"Protecting the health of the people." This is the corporate motto of the pharmaceutical company Umbrella. However, it was merely a facade to appear as a legitimate business, in reality it was an illegal organization focused primarily on virus research and the development of B.O.W.'s (biological weapons). Although Umbrella grew into a global conglomerate after its founding in 1968, the company's origins date back to the 19th century.
At that time, Henry Travis, a member of the Travis family who ran the shipping and trading firm "Travis Trading Co.," was inspired by the articles on African expeditions that appeared in the newspapers day after day, and he set out for the African continent, squandering his personal fortune. His account of his adventures across the entire continent was later compiled into a massive 72-volume history of exploration titled the "Natural History Compendia", but due to its overly meticulous content, the public dismissed it as Henry's fiction and only a small number of copies were published as curiosities.
About a century later, the Natural History Compendia, which had been nothing more than a favorite among a select few connoisseurs, was to be reevaluated in an unexpected way. The folklore studies aspect documented in this book was noticed by Oswell E. Spencer, a scion of a distinguished noble family who'd later become leader of Umbrella. What piqued Spencer's interest was a description of a ritual practiced by the Ndipaya Tribe. It involved a flower called the "Stairway to the Sun," said to grant immense powers to those who ate it.
To investigate this mysterious flower, Spencer set out on an expedition to Africa in 1966 accompanied by virology authority James Marcus and his fellow aristocrat Edward Ashford. Then, based on the Natural History Compendia, they explored the Ndipaya Tribe's land and discovered the only place where the Stairway to the Sun grew, the so-called "Garden of the Sun" deep within ancient ruins.
Research on the Stairway to the Sun was led primarily by Marcus and his protégé, chief researcher Brandon Bailey. They endured grueling days devoting themselves entirely to their research while clinging to mere possibility, their nerves frayed by repeated attacks from the Ndipaya Tribe. Even Marcus himself was completely exhausted by this, but one day, after three months of research, the moment finally arrived when their efforts were rewarded. Just as Marcus had surmised, within the flower they discovered "Progenitor", an unknown virus capable of recombining biological genes. Marcus immediately named this flower the "Progenitor Flower" and brought it back to his well-equipped research facility.
However, research on the Progenitor Virus, which was expected to yield breakthrough progress, unexpectedly hit a wall in a short span of time. After attempting to mass-produce the Progenitor Flower within the research facility, it was discovered the Progenitor Virus wasn't present in the blooming flowers. Soil, water, temperature, humidity, daylight hours, even when every condition was replicated exactly to match the African environment, the Progenitor Flower merely bloomed at an abnormal rate without ever producing the Progenitor Virus. The supply of the Progenitor Virus brought back from Africa was quickly exhausted, and before they knew it, a full year had passed without any results.
Umbrella Africa Laboratory (p.225)
In 1968, to deceive the public and advance full-scale virus research, Spencer proposed to Marcus and Ashford they establish a front company.
The "Umbrella pharmaceutical company" was born. As his research on the Progenitor Virus hit a snag, Marcus accepted Spencer's offer and resolved to revamp his research under the umbrella of Umbrella. Shortly after Umbrella's founding though, just as Marcus was about to resume his Progenitor Virus research in Africa, Spencer appointed him as the first director of the Umbrella Executive Training Academy built in Raccoon City.
Although Marcus regretted being unable to participate in the research, upon learning his foremost disciple Bailey would be in charge of the laboratory scheduled for construction in Africa, he reluctantly agreed to Spencer's demand. Inheriting Marcus' resolve, by the time Bailey visited Africa again, the Ndipaya Tribe had already been driven from the ruins and preparations for construction were steadily progressing under the watchful eyes of armed soldiers. The lab's construction proceeded under the highly motivated Bailey's supervision, with its scale expanding to three times the original plan. During the lab's construction, an unplanned rush to meet deadlines caused an accident that temporarily altered the flow of the underground water vein supplying water to the Progenitor Flower. The construction manager discovered another underground water vein 500 meters below the surface and installed the latest pump system manufactured by Fabiano Co., ultimately securing a stable water source.
In June 1969, the "Umbrella Africa Laboratory" was completed as the leading center for Progenitor Virus research. Upon assuming the role of director, Bailey immediately began extracting the Progenitor Virus from the Progenitor Flower and continuously sent samples to the Umbrella Executive Training Academy where Marcus was studying, hoping for his mentor's success.
Marcus returned to the forefront of Progenitor Virus research and resumed his independent studies. Then ten years later in January 1978, after combining leech DNA to enhance the characteristics of the Progenitor Virus, he finally succeeded in creating the t-Virus which would become the cornerstone of B.O.W. development. This research achievement was Marcus' long-cherished goal as he sought to reclaim his position as an Umbrella founder, and at the same time, it was part of Spencer's cunning plan. Indeed, it was all part of Spencer's scheme. He'd intentionally stimulated Marcus' research drive and even exploited the mentor-student relationship between Marcus and Bailey, quietly biding his time until the new virus was completed.
Then in 1988 when the t-Virus was nearing completion, Spencer sent his trusted right-hand men, executive trainees Albert Wesker and William Birkin, to Marcus' side, where they assassinated him once he was no longer of use.
After Marcus' assassination, Spencer restricted the supply of the Progenitor Virus, which could now be cultivated, exclusively to the Africa Lab, implementing thorough virus management and strict information control. "The fewer people who know a treasure's location, the better." True to those words, only a select few senior executives with access to Level 10 information knew the Africa Lab's location. Anyone transferred out of the lab was strictly monitored, Director Bailey was even confined within the lab for nearly 30 years.
Thanks to Spencer's flawless security measures, the facility remained undiscovered even after it was closed in 1998, until the conglomerate TRICELL visited the site.
The Raccoon City Destruction Incident (p.226)
July 1998. Raccoon City, an industrial city located in the midwestern United States. This is where the tragedy began. The t-Virus leaked from an executive training academy built by Umbrella deep within the Arklay Mountains. The mastermind was James Marcus who was assassinated in 1988. Seeking revenge against Umbrella for stealing his research, he was resurrected from the brink of death by the t-Virus fused with the leech tissue and intentionally triggered a biohazard outbreak.
September 1998. The t-Virus spread throughout the entire town of Raccoon City via animals and insects. The city was overrun with zombified citizens, and the few remaining uninfected survivors had absolutely nowhere to flee. The Raccoon Police Department, which should've been their last line of defense, was decimated, even the U.B.C.S. (Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasures Service), Umbrella's prized unit deployed to rescue civilians, was nearly wiped out. Ultimately the US military intervened and martial law was declared, but the situation continued to deteriorate.
In October 1998, recognizing the gravity of the situation, the US Government finally carried out the "Sterilization Strategy" following the passing of an emergency congressional resolution. The Sterilization Strategy involved firing a tactical missile into the center of Raccoon City in an attempt to contain the virus along with all the infected. Through this inhumane operation, it prevented the worst-case scenario, the virus spreading outside the city, but the sacrifice of 100,000 citizens was too high a cost.
Following the Sterilization Strategy, the US Government issued a business suspension order against Umbrella, the root cause of the incident. Meanwhile Umbrella's CEO Spencer contested this order by leveraging his financial resources to assemble the most formidable legal team and file a lawsuit against the government. The "Raccoon Trial," as this trial came to be known, proved to be a protracted battle as the proceedings centered primarily on the testimonies of survivors, due to Umbrella's use of witnesses who committed perjury, the destruction of evidence in the Sterilization Strategy, and government officials' refusal to testify out of fear of being implicated in their own crimes. As Spencer anticipated, conspiracy theories about the government started to circulate among the public, causing the trial to drag on.
The legal battle lasting nearly five years finally came to an end in 2003 however, when a biohazard incident that occurred in Russia's Caucasus region proved to be the decisive factor. The government obtained top-secret data stored on a computer as physical evidence of Umbrella's deep involvement in the incident. This caused the trial to accelerate dramatically, despite Umbrella's desperate attempts to cover up the truth it suffered a total defeat in the very trial it initiated.
That same year, held fully responsible for Raccoon City's destruction, Umbrella found itself in a financial dead end due to a stock market crash, chronic operating losses, and reputational damage, effectively going bankrupt.
The T-A.L.O.S. Project (p.227)
In 1998, Wesker, moving forward with the plan to repurpose the Umbrella Executive Training Academy, seized the opportunity presented by the biohazard outbreak caused by the Mimicry Marcus to carry out his plan to defect to a rival company. The first to catch wind of this betrayal was Umbrella executive Colonel Sergei Vladimir. He deployed "Ivan," a derivative of the Tyrant T-103, against the traitor Wesker, but Wesker vanished in the training academy's explosion, Sergei's purge ending in failure.
At that time, Sergei's course of action wasn't to pursue Wesker but to carry out a top-secret mission at the Arklay Laboratory. His objective was to bring the "T-A.L.O.S. Project", which he'd been developing in collaboration with the Arklay Lab's biological weapons research team, to fruition at the Russian branch.
The T-A.L.O.S. Project was an initiative to further enhance the "T-002" Tyrant, deployed in combat during the "Mansion Incident", and develop the next generation of "products." The plan involved improving the Tyrant's stability through computerized management and control, and equipping it with heavy weaponry and armor to enable it to engage combat vehicles and helicopters. Consequently, Sergei made his top priority recovering the "Talos Host Body T-011", known as the "Guardian of Crete" and this project's linchpin.
While Wesker was using S.T.A.R.S. members to retrieve combat data of B.O.W.'s, Sergei evacuated all research data to U.M.F.-013 and used the defensive AI computer "RED QUEEN" to revoke Wesker's access rights. To enable full control over Talos, he brought RED QUEEN back to his homeland, Russia.
In Russia, Umbrella had acquired a former state-owned chemical plant through a front company and established an underground lab there. This was the "Umbrella Caucasus Laboratory," the company's newest facility.
Using supplying a new B.O.W. to war zones as a foothold, he restarted the T-A.L.O.S. Project to revive Umbrella, which was weakened by a stock market crash. Based on the host body and test data recovered from the Arklay Lab, he rushed to complete "Talos," the most powerful new B.O.W. model. A man appeared in the snowy plains to thwart Sergei's ambitions however. It was Wesker, who'd defected to a rival company.
Five years earlier, after Sergei thwarted his own plan, Wesker single-handedly stormed the Caucasus Lab to seek revenge and achieve his own goals. With a confident expression, he easily repelled Ivan, the bodyguard Sergei had sent to confront him. In response, Sergei, having transformed into a monster due to the t-Virus he'd injected into his own body, demonstrated his immense power. As fate would have it though, by this time Wesker himself had already gained superhuman strength through a modified version of the t-Virus developed by Birkin. In other words, this confrontation became an unprecedented battle in which two perfect hosts fought to determine the victor. After a fierce battle, it was Wesker who emerged victorious. With Sergei's death, Umbrella's ambition for revival was shattered. "Power is subdued by greater power." Wesker regained access to U.M.F.-013 and seized control of the "Umbrella Archive" containing all of Umbrella's data. Then, after completely erasing the backup data from U.M.F.-013, he left the lab with a defiant smile.
RED QUEEN
The codename for a defensive AI developed by Umbrella whose core resides within Umbrella's supercomputer U.M.F.-013. Normally it monitors information at the base of the vast network connecting Umbrella's branches worldwide, but in emergencies, it surfaces to defend the system and data from physical or cyber attacks against Umbrella. Its primary defensive functions are: "1. Protection of Umbrella's assets and management of its facilities," and "2. Protection of the lives of Umbrella's executive staff." Sergei, an Umbrella executive, had complete control over Talos, an advanced variant of the Tyrant, by implanting a chip in its brain that was wirelessly connected to RED QUEEN. U.M.F.-013's the name of the thirteenth supercomputer installed in the Raccoon City Underground Laboratory shelter, this mainframe serving as a backup for all information related to Umbrella. The accumulated data, called the Umbrella Archive, contains such an overwhelming volume of information it's said Umbrella could theoretically be restored with this alone.
Bioterrorism
United States Covert Military Agency (p.228)
After Raccoon City's destruction, a small town over 100 miles away holds a memorial service every September to mourn the victims. Furthermore, investigations by the US Congress continue in the area where Raccoon City once stood, and civilian access has never been permitted. Even as time passes, people's hearts haven't healed, and ironically, the "Umbrella" of the virus, triggered by Umbrella's collapse, has spread across the world as a new catastrophe.
After Umbrella was ordered to cease operations, former employees and researchers started leaking viruses and B.O.W.'s onto the black market. Certain nations, guerrilla groups, terrorists, all manner of subversive elements began snapping up the demonic weapons Umbrella invented, unleashing bioterrorism across the globe.
What's required to combat bioterror? It's the ability for immediate response. On the ground nothing matters more than combat experience against B.O.W.'s. As if to prove this point, survivors of the Raccoon City tragedy were bravely confronting acts of terror all over the world. Among them was Leon S. Kennedy, who faced the incident on his very first day on the job with the Raccoon Police Department. After escaping Raccoon City, the government recognized his abilities and recruited him. The agency that required Leon's exceptional survival skills was the "US covert military agency" operating directly under the President. Its mission involved agents receiving orders from the White House to carry out top-secret ops specializing in countering bioterrorism, a threat large-scale military ops struggle to address. Agents assigned to special missions are accompanied by a dedicated operator who serves as a liaison and support staff, with orders transmitted via a mobile device. This is a precaution to ensure that even in the unlikely event an agent fails a mission, outsiders don't realize the agent's acting on the President's orders.
Operation Javier (p.229)
In 2002, in an unnamed South American country. After the Raccoon City disaster, in order to investigate the fact a former Umbrella researcher had made contact with the drug lord Javier Hidalgo, who ran the massive criminal organization the "Sacred Snakes", Leon, now a US agent, headed toward Javier's private residence alongside Jack Krauser of the US Special Operations Command. Presidential Special Mission: "Anti-Virus Weapon Protocol Number 7600." Leon's primary mission was to eradicate the viruses Umbrella created from the face of the Earth, and to achieve that goal, identifying smuggling channels was of utmost urgency.
By the time Leon and Krauser arrived at the village of Mixcoatl where their guide was waiting, the villagers had already been turned into Zombies by the t-Virus and several B.O.W.'s were confirmed to be present, presumably purchased by Javier on the black market. Even more shocking though was Javier had administered "t-Veronica," developed at the Antarctic Base, to his beloved daughter Manuela.
In 1991, after his beloved wife Hilda fell ill with an incurable disease Javier obtained the t-Virus and administered it to her. However, the threshold for compatibility, "one in ten million", was much too high, and far from being cured, she was unable to adapt to the t-Virus and transformed into a pitiful monster. Ten years later, when his only daughter Manuela also fell ill with the same disease as her mother, a despondent Javier obtained t-Veronica from a man calling himself a virus dealer and administered it to her under the pretense of treatment.
Who exactly was the virus dealer who gave t-Veronica to Javier? And why was Manuela able to remain in human form without going out of control even after being administered t-Veronica...? Having received prior information about t-Veronica from Claire Redfield who experienced investigating the Antarctic Base, Leon immediately had a flood of questions. At the very least, based on the timeline it's not hard to imagine the former Umbrella researcher who supposedly came into contact with Javier and the "virus dealer" are two different people.
Those infected with t-Veronica experience an extreme rejection reaction before the virus can adapt to the human body, resulting in the destruction of brain cells and loss of self-awareness. In response to this problem, its developer Alexia Ashford concluded that cryopreservation of the body, a 15-year period of symbiosis, and maintaining immunity were necessary, but what about Manuela?
The procedure Javier performed on his daughter was organ transplants. He drew inspiration from primitive religions to conceive the idea of organ replacement, kidnapping girls of similar age from the village and transplanting their organs into Manuela, thereby halting the runaway spread of t-Veronica. More than 50 girls were killed for these transplant surgeries. By this point, Manuela's body had become one that could only survive by sacrificing others.
What drove Javier to such madness was nothing other than his twisted love for his daughter. In the end, in an attempt to merge his daughter into his own body, he infected himself with t-Veronica and mutated into the giant monster "V-Complex," but lost control of the virus and went berserk. He was ultimately defeated through the combined efforts of Leon, Krauser, and Manuela who unleashed t-Veronica's power. After the battle Manuela was handed over to the US Government and placed under strict surveillance. With Javier's death, the Sacred Snakes were annihilated and the threat of t-Veronica vanished.
Leon had no way of knowing at the time this entire series of events had been orchestrated by Wesker, their actions being under constant surveillance from the very start.
Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force
T-A.L.O.S. Intercept Operation (p.230)
2003. Following the Raccoon City disaster, former S.T.A.R.S. members Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine joined a civilian organized "Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force" to combat bioterrorism occurring worldwide. Unlike Umbrella's biohazard response unit the "U.B.C.S.", which was tasked with containing biological disasters and collecting data, this organization targeted all forms of bioterror for suppression.
The Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force was an elite, small-scale operational force that carried out missions with a select group of highly skilled personnel, and despite being a civilian organization, they possessed military-grade weapons and equipment. In February 2003, upon receiving intel Umbrella's Russian branch was developing a new B.O.W. model, Chris and Jill joined up with a local unit. Along with several other team members, they boarded two attack helicopters to raid the lab in question. This operation was later named the "T-A.L.O.S. Intercept Operation" after the new B.O.W. the duo encountered in the lab's deepest part.
On the day of the op when Chris and Jill arrived at the scene, a Level 4 biohazard had already broken out inside the facility, killing over 90% of the researchers working there. The situation had become dire with a survival rate of less than 2% in the contaminated atmosphere. What was being developed there was the humanoid B.O.W. "T-A.L.O.S.", an advanced version of the Tyrant capable of being fully controlled externally via computer. A fundamentally different development concept to the "Nemesis-T Type", which aimed to enhance cognitive abilities by injecting the parasitic organism "Nemesis" into mass-produced Tyrants.
The central figure in this plan was Colonel Sergei Vladimir, an executive who formed a Spencer faction within Umbrella. Chris and Jill were tasked with defeating him and nipping Umbrella's revival in the bud, ironically however Sergei was defeated by Wesker who infiltrated the facility for the same objective, all of Umbrella's data stored within U.M.F.-013.
However, their objective was ultimately achieved. That same year, due to Wesker leaking incriminating data, Umbrella's total defeat was finalized in the stalled Raccoon Trial. And so Umbrella, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, collapsed. Five years had passed since the Mansion Incident.
Chris and Jill had achieved their single goal: Umbrella's defeat. And they immediately set out on a new battle, to defeat Spencer, the missing man who was the root cause of everything, and their arch-enemy Wesker.
BSAA
The Birth Of The BSAA (p.231)
Global bioterrorism stemmed from Umbrella's collapse. Fearing the public would hold other pharmaceutical companies accountable, the Pharmaceutical Industry Association contributed funds to form the anti-bioterror unit "BSAA (Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance)." The initial members consisted of eleven individuals, including Chris and Jill who had experience in counterterrorism with the Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force. As they continue to serve as core members to this day, their fellow team members respectfully refer to them as the "Original Eleven".
At the time of its formation, it was strictly a private organization that participated in the bioterror ops of various countries' militaries and police forces solely in an observer capacity. As the threat of bioterrorism grew day by day however, a higher level of responsiveness was required, so it was eventually reorganized into an active special operations unit under United Nations jurisdiction.
Upon becoming a public institution, in countries with functioning governments they were granted authority to conduct investigations and make arrests, as well as the associated right to use force. 70% of the member states that voted in favor of the resolution to establish the BSAA approved its activities within their own borders, while the remaining nations permitted their operations under certain restrictions.
Although the BSAA's an agency directly under the United Nations, it's difficult for the UN to provide funding while imposing substantial financial burdens on its member states, so the Pharmaceutical Industry Association continues to provide funding to the BSAA to this day. Consequently, there are concerns the BSAA's activities are prone to reflecting the Pharmaceutical Industry Association's interests, with widespread outside criticism of this arrangement.
The BSAA's overseen by the "Bioterrorism Assessment Committee," a decision-making body established within the European Headquarters in the United Kingdom, directives are issued from there to the branches scattered throughout the world. The BSAA's divided into eight blocs, including the European headquarters, and by assigning each branch to a specific jurisdiction, it covers nearly the entire globe. Furthermore, since each branch is based near a hub airport or an air force base, it's possible to deploy forces within 12 hours anywhere within their jurisdiction. Depending on the situation, multiple branches may coordinate to carry out missions in the same region.
BSAA Forces Structure (p.232)
The BSAA consists of two types of units: the "SOU (Special Operations Unit)," a special operations force that operates in teams, and the "SOA (Special Operations Agent)," special operations personnel who typically operate in pairs (two-man cells). The former consists of professional combatants whose primary missions include raids, engagements, and suppression, many of its members having experience in special forces units of various national police forces or in the military. While they're typically organized into squads of twelve members, personnel are deployed flexibly depending on the nature of the operation, for example dividing the twelve into three teams of four, or forming joint teams with other units.
The latter are specialists who focus on investigations and intelligence ops and are more commonly referred to simply as "agents." Agents are selected based not only on technical skills but also psychological aptitude, and outstanding individuals like Chris who've been granted Level 10 operational authority are authorized to participate in investigations and operations across branch boundaries.
During a joint op conducted by the West Africa Branch and the North America Branch in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone of Africa in 2009, Chris, an agent from the North America Branch, and Sheva Alomar, an agent from the West Africa Branch, formed the two-man cell Bravo Team. Regarding the SOU op, Alpha Team led by Dan DeChant served as the advance assault unit while Delta Team led by Josh Stone provided backup for each team. They were joined by Kirk Mathison who provided aerial support via helicopter, Dave Johnson who handled transport using a high-mobility tactical vehicle, and undercover operative Reynard Fisher, resulting in a large-scale operation.
Jill's Death (p.233)
After the Mansion Incident, Chris and Jill left S.T.A.R.S. to join the Private Anti-Biohazard Task Force dedicated to eradicating bioterrorism. They carried out numerous missions around the world, and after the BSAA was founded, both became agents in the North America Branch. Leveraging their extensive knowledge and experience with bioterror incidents, they participated in various counter-terror ops as observers. With remarkable feats worthy of the name "Original Eleven", their remarkable achievements earned them their teammates' deep trust.
A sudden tragedy struck the legendary duo however. In August 2006, Chris and Jill tracked down Spencer's hideout and set out to arrest him, determined to bring the Raccoon City disaster to a close. As they made their way through the estate, which brought back memories of the Mansion Incident, they found Spencer's arch-enemy, Wesker, in his study. Chris and Jill joined forces to confront him, but they were forced into a grueling battle against Wesker who'd been transformed into a superhuman by the virus, and Chris found himself in a desperate situation. It was his partner, Jill, who saved his life at that moment. She plunged off a cliff with Wesker, taking him down with her. The two were never seen again. Subsequently, the BSAA launched a massive search operation lasting three months, but they were unable to locate Jill's body and were forced to declare her dead in the line of duty on paper.
Los Iluminados
Abduction Of The President's Daughter (p.234)
In 2004, having carried out numerous missions as a US agent, Leon was assigned a new task. That mission was to provide security for Ashley Graham, the US President's daughter. After conducting a thorough investigation of Leon's background, ideology, and personal history, the government determined he was suitable to protect VIPs. Though just as Leon was about to start his first assignment after completing special training, Ashley was abducted by unknown assailants while returning home from her college in Massachusetts. Normally a large-scale search team would've been deployed, but due to growing suspicions the crime was committed by someone who gained unauthorized access to highly classified internal intel, the government selected Leon, whose background check had already been completed, to conduct the search in secret. Based on eyewitness accounts obtained by intelligence agencies, a search op began immediately in Europe.
Upon arriving in a remote village, Leon encountered an enemy unlike any he'd faced before: the "Ganados," beings that appear human but aren't, their actions controlled by a parasitic entity known as the "Plaga."
The man controlling the Ganados was the village chief, Bitores Mendez. Giving him orders was Osmund Saddler, the leader of the cult "Los Iluminados", known locally as "The Enlightened Ones", a group with deep roots in the region. The true identity of the Ganados was the villagers themselves, who'd been implanted with the Plaga through a "blood-purification ritual" performed by Saddler in the past.
Saddler's goal was to demonstrate the cult's power to the world through an "innovative proselytizing method", and to dominate the entire globe. As the first step in this plan, he set his sights on the United States, planning to seize power by having the cult's influence infiltrate key institutions such as Congress, the Department of Justice, various government agencies, the military, and major corporations.
The Salazar Family
The village, which has now become a den for Ganados and their kind, was once a peaceful place enveloped in a sense of happiness where agriculture and livestock farming flourished to the extent an annual harvest festival was held.
Behind this lies a long history in which the lord of the village, the head of the Salazar family, had for generations repeatedly suppressed the cult Los Iluminados as it sought to extend its influence over the village. However, when the eighth-generation lord Ramon Salazar became a devoted follower of Saddler, the cult's power began to swallow up the village. After retrieving the Plaga the Salazar family had sealed away from Ramon, Saddler injected it into Bitores Mendez, the village chief and priest. By manipulating him, Saddler forced the villagers to undergo a "blood purification" ritual, thereby creating puppets under his control, Ganados.
Driven by his deep faith, Ramon views the centuries-long history of oppression against the cult, a legacy dating back to family's first head, as a sin of his own family. However, one must acknowledge the true sin lies with Ramon himself as he handed the Plaga over to the cult and turned the once peaceful village into a living hell.
Plaga
Characteristics Of The Plaga (p.235)
The Plaga's a parasitic life form that had been banished to the depths beneath the castle ruled by the Salazar family and was unearthed by Ramon Salazar, the castle's eighth lord. The castle's first lord sealed it away fearing the cult Los Iluminados would exploit it to bolster its followers. Ever since, it lay dormant beneath the castle for centuries. When Ramon broke the seal, while all adult Plagas had mummified, the juvenile Plagas had been preserved in a dormant state as microscopic spores, making them reusable.
During the excavation, villagers conscripted for the work suffered unexplained seizures and became violent, believed to be caused by the spores reviving inside the villagers' bodies after they inhaled the dried spores, resulting in the regeneration of the Plagas.
After parasitizing humans in the egg stage, the Plaga gradually grows over time, assimilating the central nervous system and controlling the host's behavior. Humans who've lost their rationality act on the orders of a separate class of Plaga known as "dominant", or other humans parasitized by the "dominant" class, and they never relent until a signal's given. In the "Leon Report" he authored, Leon refers to these parasitized humans as Ganados. This term means "livestock" in Spanish.
It's not the case that humans who become Ganados lose all intelligence, they communicate with one another through speech and use tools and weapons to carry out their actions. They also possess cunning strategies like driving enemies into a corner as a group, and their physical abilities depend on those of the host they've parasitized.
Unusually for a parasite, the Plaga's a eusocial organism capable of forming its own society like ants or bees. It can parasitize a wide variety of organisms and form a unique society in which different species are interconnected. Consequently, on the isolated island where the cult established its base, applied experiments on the Plaga were frequently conducted, leading to the successive creation of monsters such as the "Novistador" and "U-3."
Furthermore, Luis Sera, a researcher hired by the cult to study the parasites, recorded the following three examples in his notes as instances of parasites that control the behavior of their hosts. These are "Dicrocoelium," whose larvae parasitize the subesophageal ganglion; "Galactosomum," which parasitizes the brains of fish such as bream and stonefish; and "Leucochloridium," whose larvae proliferate in the antennae of snails.
How To Remove The Plaga (p.236)
The Plaga discovered in Europe parasitizes humans in an egg form and takes control of the host's mind as it grows inside the body. The only way to escape this control's to remove the Plaga before the eggs hatch. If removing before hatching the Plaga can be eliminated with medication, but once it starts to grow removal becomes extremely difficult. While it's possible to remove it surgically before it reaches adulthood, this is an unprecedented procedure with an extremely low success rate. Therefore the most effective method's to irradiate the Plaga directly using a special type of radiation to kill it.
Given the Plaga parasitizes the central nervous system though, this method carries several risks. First, since the Plaga's killed while still connected to the nervous system, it causes significant pain to the host and may result in severe impairment of consciousness. Second, if the Plaga has already reached maturity, this method carries the risk of the host also dying. Provided these issues can be overcome, the Plaga will be completely eradicated from the host's body, allowing the host to recover to the state they were in before the infection.
Evolved Plagas
There exists an improved Plaga species enhanced for use as a weapon. Known as "Type 2," this species was developed in strict secrecy by TRICELL's Pharmaceutical Division through applying biological and genetic modifications to the original species Plaga the company recovered from a remote European village, in order to enhance its parasitism method and the immediacy of its mental control. With the original species Plaga, the parasite infested a human in the egg stage and took several hours to grow while taking control of the host's mind, but with Type 2 a fully grown parasite's administered to the human, so the effects of mental control manifest immediately.
The method of infection's oral, that is, an infected individual forcibly pushes the parasite directly into another person's mouth to force the parasite inside. The parasite then pierces the esophagus and enters the body, parasitizing the central nervous system starting with the medulla oblongata and progressing to the brain and spinal cord. Mental control's established in as little as 10 seconds.
The host retains their intelligence after infection and their physical abilities depend on those of the infected human, a trait shared with the original Plaga species. However, the infected individual's active efforts to increase their numbers are unique to Type 2. Incidentally, humans infected with Type 2 are called "Majini" among merchants who trade in biological weapons. This term means "evil spirit" in the local language.
After the final evaluation test for Plaga Type 2 was conducted in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone of Africa, TRICELL conducted research to further modify the Plaga in order to create soldiers with dramatically enhanced physical abilities. The result of this research was the modified Plaga "Type 3."
This was created by transplanting factors from a dead dominant species Plaga into the original species Plaga, the results of a field test presenting the research team with various challenges. First was the low success rate of assimilation. While the success rate for adult males was 92% on par with the standard Plaga, the success rate for women and children was near 0%. The next issue was significant physical changes, as some test subjects grew to nearly 3m in height. As it stands, it was far from the intended biological weapon. The cause of the failure was thought to be factors from the dead dominant species Plaga being too potent, however since some test subjects evolved dramatically enhanced jumping ability, it was deemed acceptable at this stage as a stepping stone toward further research.
The Third Organization
The Female Spy (p.237)
Just as Leon set foot in a remote European village to rescue the abducted Ashley, another figure was secretly operating within the village. Her name was Ada Wong.
She was a female spy who, while fighting alongside Leon during the Raccoon City disaster, was secretly carrying out a mission to steal the G-Virus from the Umbrella underground lab. She infiltrated Raccoon City as it teetered on the brink of destruction and, posing as a civilian searching for her Umbrella employee boyfriend to Leon, whom she met by chance, she waited for an opportunity to obtain the G-Virus. Ada steadily moved toward her goal by using Leon, but eventually became drawn to Leon's single-minded dedication and a strange bond began to form between them. Although Ada succeeded in acquiring the G-Virus, she sustained life-threatening injuries while shielding Leon and was rescued by Wesker as she hovered on the brink of death.
Six years later, Ada joined "The Third Organization" at Wesker's invitation and was conducting intelligence ops under his orders. Her objective was to obtain a sample of the "dominant species Plaga" being researched by Luis under the auspices of a cult. Ada intercepted a distress email Luis had sent to a friend from his college days and, from its contents, learned he was desperate to escape the cult of his own accord.
She therefore attempted to make contact with him by offering to ensure his safety in exchange for him smuggling a sample out from the cult. However, Leon appeared on the scene as a US agent. Just as Ada's brief reunion with Leon came to an end, Wesker's cold voice dealt her a further blow: "Best to crush a seed of doubt while still small." Faced with this ruthless order to kill Leon, Ada's resolve wavered.
When Luis was killed by Saddler and the sample fell into the cult's hands, Ada's plan began to unravel. Eventually, even Krauser, who'd been operating behind the scenes between The Third Organization and the cult, stated to make his move, turning the situation into a three-way struggle.
Krauser's goal was to become the most powerful warrior, transcending human limits. It was after suffering a severe injury to his left arm during Operation Javier, in which he participated alongside Leon in 2002, that he began to crave the virus' immense power. He faked his own death to make contact with Wesker and joined The Third Organization, all for the sake of his own desires.
Amid the chaotic situation, Ada defies Wesker's orders and acts in pursuit of her own goals. She used Leon while at times strictly limiting her role to that of a supporter. The situation was strikingly reminiscent of the events in Raccoon City six years prior. Leon defeated Krauser sent by Wesker as an assassin, while Ada confronted the cult leader Saddler in order to recover the sample of the dominant species Plaga. Then when Saddler transforms into his true form as the ruler of the Plaga, they defeat him with a masterful combination of attacks.
After Saddler's defeated, Ada takes the dominant species Plaga sample from Leon, bids him farewell, then escapes the island just before it explodes. Leon also succeeds in escaping the island with Ashley, who he rescued from the cult.
"I won't let anything bad happen." True to her word, Ada merely sent a subordinate species Plaga to The Third Organization, while delivering the genuine specimen to another "organization" she truly worked for. In other words, Ada was what's known as a "double agent." She'd been acting under orders from the other organization from the very start, her collusion with Wesker merely a ruse.
Due to Ada's betrayal, Wesker's expectations were severely dashed. However, this might've been within his expectations. Subsequently, Wesker obtained a dead dominant species Plaga through another channel and began his own research, taking a major step toward his new objective.
WilPharma
Harvardville Research Facility (p.238)
WilPharma's a giant pharmaceutical company that grew rapidly in the pharmaceutical industry after Umbrella's bankruptcy in 2003. Headquartered in the industrial city of Harvardville in the midwestern United States, the company owns a vast tract of land in a mountainous area away from residential neighborhoods, housing its headquarters building and a massive research facility on the premises.
The research building located in the research facility's center is designed as an air dome, the circular roof supported by creating a pressure difference between the exterior and interior.
At the center's a courtyard serving as a rest area for researchers, with each building arranged to face this courtyard. In the center of the courtyard stands a long, open-frame elevator that extends all the way to the air dome's ceiling. Surrounding it are small walkways, resembling tree branches, used to move between the research buildings.
Within the research facility, each section's assigned one of four hazard levels based on the microorganisms handled there; the higher the number, the more hazardous the section. Offices and meeting rooms are located in "Level 0" areas which pose no hazard.
The reason the research building's designed as an air dome's to ensure that, in the unlikely event of a biohazard occurring within the research facility, the situation can be brought under control as quickly as possible. This measure's nothing less than a lesson learned from the Raccoon City disaster. In this research building, in the event of an emergency, the courtyard block drops away to reveal a massive underground shaft. Subsequently, each section falls one after another into the shaft, sealing all contaminated materials within an underground facility 300 meters below ground to prevent the spread of the virus to the outside world, a foolproof system's in place.
t-Virus Vaccine Development
In response to the t-Virus being used in bioterror attacks, WilPharma secretly began developing a vaccine to prevent zombification. The key figure in this research is the company's chief researcher Frederic Downing. A former Umbrella researcher who, just before Raccoon City's collapse, stole the t-Virus and G-Virus then escaped the city. He joined WilPharma after erasing his past history. In other words, he was developing the vaccine with prior knowledge of the t-Virus.
While working on the vaccine, he reasoned the virus and vaccine had to be sold as a set to be marketable, so he devised a demonstration to prove the practicality of the vaccine he developed. In 2002, he first posed as a black market dealer and made contact with General Grande, who was supporting a terrorist group in India. He sold the t-Virus to the general, triggering a bioterror attack.
After the terrorist attack, the US Government, having experienced firsthand the horror of the t-Virus during the Raccoon City tragedy, decided at the request of Indian authorities to deploy the t-Vaccine being developed by WilPharma. By deploying it in neighboring regions, they succeeded in minimizing the spread of the infection.
In this way, WilPharma earned the US Government's trust and continued to conduct clinical trials in India, a location with low labor costs and an abundant supply of talent, to further refine the vaccine. Although there were occasional casualties during the trials, the US Government turned a blind eye to these failures, and in 2005, the company finally completed development. All that remained was to await government approval.
Having successfully completed the t-Vaccine, Frederic conducted a new demonstration using the G-Virus for General Grande that same year. The location was the Harvardville Research Facility, WilPharma's headquarters. Frederic underestimated the power of the G-Virus however and ended up revealing his true identity when "G" went out of control. His selfish motives backfired spectacularly and he was arrested by the police just as he was about to flee. WilPharma, which had aimed to boost its performance with the t-Vaccine, also saw its stock price plummet as a result of this incident, ultimately leading to its acquisition by the massive conglomerate TRICELL.
Collusion (p.239)
Senator Ron Davis, a local representative who played a major role in bringing the WilPharma Research Facility to Harvardville, had long been rumored to have ties to the company.
As a special advisor to WilPharma and a major shareholder in the company, he was frequently accused by the media of insider trading.
However, the collusion between Davis and WilPharma ran much deeper. The link between them was the t-Virus. Davis was a member of the special committee that decided on the Sterilization Strategy against Raccoon City in 1998, he voted in favor of the resolution to cover up the collusion between Umbrella and the government. After Umbrella was dismantled, he formed ties with industry leader WilPharma and turned a blind eye to the company's repeated illegal clinical trials in India. Believing "prosperity's built on sacrifice," he views all tragedies as a "necessary evil."
TerraSave
When seeking to attract WilPharma's research facility to Harvardville, Senator Ron Davis, citing his own influence in Washington and the potential for local economic revitalization, approved the proposal and immediately put the plan into action. At that time, the only voice raised in opposition to the proposal was that of the NGO "TerraSave." This non-profit organization dedicated to aiding victims of bioterrorism and medical harm included among its members Claire Redfield who survived Rockfort Island in 1998. While TerraSave primarily relies on demonstrations and online protests, when the decision to host the research facility was made in 2002, one of its staff members vehemently demanded WilPharma disclose information, which led to a scandal when he was arrested on charges of obstruction of business and extortion. This staff member was a doctor named Curtis Miller, whose loss of his wife and child in Raccoon City had fueled his radical protest activities. TerraSave immediately expelled Curtis while WilPharma proceeded with the research facility's construction as if nothing had happened, completing the facility three years later. Protests by the opposition led by TerraSave continued, and after the clinical trials in India were exposed, TerraSave denounced WilPharma on its website. It warned that if the US Government failed to launch a direct investigation into WilPharma, it would file a complaint with the International Criminal Court. WilPharma's stock price plummeted as a result of these accusations, and since the government hesitated to approve the t-Vaccine, the company was forced to postpone the scheduled delivery of the t-Vaccine to the national stockpile of medical supplies. Senator Davis frantically attempted to organize a national pharmaceutical conference to deflect public criticism. Just as he arrived at the airport, a mysterious terrorist issued a claim of responsibility to the US Government. The terrorist's demand was for the President to personally reveal the truth about the Raccoon City disaster, an incident the government covered up seven years earlier. If the demand was rejected, they threatened to spread the t-Virus across the country.
Taking the situation seriously, the US Government requested Leon, an agent the President placed his full trust in ever since the Ashley Graham kidnapping, lead the investigation. As bioterrorist attacks began to occur, starting with Harvardville Airport, he worked with Claire, who happened to be on the scene, to uncover the truth and identified Curtis as the mastermind behind the attacks.
TRICELL
The History Of TRICELL (p.240)
TRICELL's a conglomerate centered on three core divisions: "Shipping," "Resource Development," and "Pharmaceuticals." Its predecessor was Travis Trading Co., a shipping and trading company founded by wealthy European merchant Thomas Travis during the Age of Discovery. The business acumen that enabled Travis Trading Co. to generate enormous profits in Asia formed the foundation of the company's current Shipping Division.
In the mid-19th century, Travis Trading Co. embarked on the development of mineral resources in Africa, drawing on the descriptions in the Natural History Compendia compiled by Henry Travis, the youngest of the seven Travis brothers, following his exploration of the African continent. The development of rare metal mines, oil fields, and natural gas fields discovered throughout Africa at that time can truly be considered the origin of the current Resource Development Division.
In the mid-20th century, drawing once again on the Natural History Compendia, the company actively collected African flora, fauna, and insects, then used these as the basis for its own pharmaceutical development, a move that led to the establishment of the Pharmaceutical Division that continues to experience remarkable growth today.
The three main divisions were fully established in the 1960s, with Travis Trading Co. changing its name to "TRICELL." It became a global conglomerate in which each division operated on a self-supporting basis.
The company joined the Pharmaceutical Industry Association and contributed capital as a board member when the BSAA was formed.
TRICELL's Pharmaceutical Division continues to provide funding as a major sponsor of the BSAA to this day, wielding such powerful influence it can exert pressure on BSAA Headquarters whenever issues arise that're detrimental to the company.
Bioweapons Development Business
Ricardo Irving, a member of TRICELL's Africa Branch, served as the manager of an oil field ostensibly owned by the Resource Development Division, but behind the scenes he acted as a "merchant of death" and a broker funneling B.O.W.'s onto the black market. Furthermore, since he was based in Africa and conducted operational tests that also served as B.O.W. demonstrations, he was one of the few people who knew the full scope of the biological weapons development business.
Since the enormous profits from these illicit transactions were used to fund the Africa Branch's biological weapons development, it's believed Irving maintained his official position in the Resource Development Division as a cover to prevent the BSAA from discovering his ties to the Pharmaceutical Division.
In 2009, just before releasing the modified Plaga Types 2&3 onto the black market, Irving conducted operational tests that doubled as demonstrations to ensure the products would satisfy customers. The latest Type 3 was administered to the Ndipaya, an indigenous tribe living in the wetlands where he managed an oil field, under the pretense of preventing an infectious disease. While the women and children died immediately, most of the men lost their sanity and transformed into monsters with enhanced physical abilities and savagery.
As for Type 2, an operational test was conducted within the Kijuju Autonomous Zone, focusing on three test categories: infection, suppression, and combat. The procedure involved first, an initial dose was administered to 10 test subjects to observe and investigate the speed at which the infection spread. Next, the goal was to gather data through actual combat to determine the extent to which the aggression induced in infected individuals could be suppressed and how much combat capabilities could be elicited. The BSAA's arrival came at just the right time and Irving decided to turn the operation against them by pitting the infected against the BSAA.
At that time, based on intel obtained by Chris, the BSAA decided to storm the Kijuju Autonomous Zone with the objective of "arresting a smuggler" engaged in illicit trade. Having not anticipated combat with B.O.W.'s at all, the BSAA started the op with standard gear. The first casualties were Alpha Team, the advance assault unit, driven deep into the city center by residents infected with Type 2 and wiped out. Afterward, the follow-up Bravo and Delta Teams continued a desperate resistance, but this ultimately provided Irving with more than enough combat data.
Uroboros Virus
Development Of The Uroboros Virus (p.241)
Excella Gionne, president of TRICELL's African branch, was a brilliant young woman who had skipped grades to enter university and major in genetic engineering; coming from a family of merchants, she was also blessed with a talent for business. With her sharp mind, she joined TRICELL's pharmaceutical division at the young age of 18, but it was Wesker who recognized her extraordinary talent.
Wesker approached Excella and generously provided her with classified information he stole from Umbrella, urging her to apply it to product development. The t-Virus, G-Virus, and t-Veronica. By repurposing Umbrella's technologies, Excella invigorated TRICELL's B.O.W. development and significantly advanced the pharmaceutical division's biological weapons operations. Having become a key contributor to the company, Excella thus strengthened her influence within the organization and rose to the position of head of the African branch while still in her twenties.
The reason Wesker provided Excella with information about Umbrella was none other than his intention to use TRICELL to complete the "Uroboros Virus" he was developing. He proposed to Excella, who held significant authority, that they revive the Umbrella Africa Laboratory that was built for research into the Progenitor Virus. Aided by the romantic feelings she began to harbor for him, Excella used her position as intended to restore the Africa Lab. She then used Irving as her pawn to buy and sell B.O.W.'s on the black market, thereby continuing to provide Wesker with research funds.
The early Uroboros Virus generated from the Progenitor Flower was too toxic to be used as is. This characteristic caused the research to stall more than anticipated, but in 2006, the discovery of a change in Test Subject No.1 marked a major turning point in the research. Powerful virus antibodies capable of neutralizing the problematic toxicity were discovered within a test subject's body. This was all thanks to the fact the test subject had been infected with the t-Virus in the past, and even after a vaccine eradicated the virus, remnants of a mutated t-Virus remained latent within her body.
This first test subject was former S.T.A.R.S. member Jill Valentine. Although she was believed to have died during Spencer's arrest in 2006, Wesker saved her life intending to use her for his experiments, and she was kept in cryogenic suspension for a long time. The fact this ultimately led to the production of high-purity virus antibodies within Jill's body, which served as a means to weaken the toxicity of the Uroboros Virus, can only be described as a miracle. Wesker was elated. The Uroboros Virus, his final trump card for realizing his ideal, had been completed. All that remained was to put his plan into action. Wesker used the Uroboros Virus to cause the now useless Excella to go berserk, taking a major step toward the fulfillment of his long-cherished "Uroboros Project."
Characteristics Of The Uroboros Virus (p.242)
The Uroboros Virus is a perfect virus that eliminates all shortcomings of conventional viruses, such as excessive mutation, mental corruption, and instability. After administration, the virus identifies the subject's genes and, if compatible, the subject can bring the virus under their control and gain superhuman abilities. If incompatible however, the Uroboros Virus goes out of control and the organism's instantly transformed into a hideous monster with black tentacles.
Once the Uroboros Virus goes out of control, it grows by absorbing surrounding organic matter one after another, including the organism injected with it. The body continues to self-replicate while repeatedly decaying and regenerating, eventually attacking surrounding organisms indiscriminately.
The reason it transforms into a mass of tentacles when it goes out of control is that the organism uses substances within its body to create black, leech-like viral cysts and expel them from its body. These viral cysts possess primitive intelligence, they can sense organic matter in their surroundings, capture it, consume it, and multiply. While individual viral cysts aren't particularly durable and are easy to destroy, a cluster of cysts will relentlessly attempt to absorb living organisms.
Due to these characteristics, the utmost care was taken when handling them during human experiments on test subjects, and and the dosage of the administered drug was strictly determined based on the subject's weight: one vial for those weighing 60kg or more, approximately two-thirds of a vial for those weighing 40kg or more but less than 60kg, and so on. Even the slightest error in dosage resulted in a high probability of the subject's death. Even when the correct dose was administered, initial symptoms such as sweating, irregular breathing, and confusion were observed, suggesting that the procedure imposed a considerable physical burden on the subjects.
As for methods of repelling them, since gunfire alone can't inflict effective damage, incineration using intense heat's the most efficient method. However, this is limited to cases where the collective's small enough to be incinerated, as incineration becomes difficult if the organism grows into a gigantic Uroboros Ultimate Form. Therefore, as part of the Uroboros Project, high-powered laser attacks from the attack satellite "Shango" were prepared in the event of unforeseen contingencies. Shango's a high-altitude firing system capable of correcting errors to within tens of centimeters by receiving irradiation position data from a rocket launcher-type positioning and transmission device known as an "L.T.D." Since a certain recharge time's required before it can fire again, the target must be kept in the targeting scope's crosshairs at all times during use.
Performance Enhancing Drug P30
P30 was developed as a byproduct of research into the Progenitor Virus. It allows test subjects to gain superhuman strength while simultaneously having their minds controlled. Although they retain consciousness, their free will's completely stripped away, so they act strictly according to orders. Their senses are heightened and their reaction speed to enemy attacks is improved through enhanced muscle strength. They even begin to perform feats unimaginable to ordinary humans such as running up walls. While their tendency to act on command resembles that of the subordinate species Plaga, P30 has the drawback of an extremely short duration of effect after administration, making it unsuitable for the purpose of permanently utilizing an administered individual as an obedient soldier. Furthermore, while with the Plaga removal becomes difficult once the parasite that hatches after administration matures into an adult, P30 has the advantage that once metabolized and excreted from the body, it leaves almost no aftereffects.
Wesker used Jill's body to experiment with how long continuous administration of P30 would maintain mental control and inflict physical damage. However, the device attached to her chest to administer the drug continuously was removed by Chris, the experiment ending in failure.
Wesker
The Birth Of A New Humanity (p.243)
"Those who excel both mentally and physically should lead others." This is Umbrella leader Spencer's fundamental philosophy. Since the discovery of the Progenitor Virus, he's ruthlessly assassinated his allies to expand his power and this ideology of a chosen people's deeply ingrained in his core beliefs.
Spencer's goal is the "forced evolution of humanity through a virus." He intends to bring about by his own hand the end of modern humans, who've endured for 200,000 years since the dawn of humankind, and the birth of a new human race. He'll spare no sacrifice to create his utopia. Whether it be a single life or 100,000 lives, he'll kill if necessary. Both Umbrella's founding and B.O.W. development were merely a cover to continue his research on the Progenitor Virus without anyone suspecting a thing, the wealth and fame Umbrella generated being nothing more than secondary concerns to Spencer.
Spencer claims he's a leader who'll guide humanity to greater heights, a leader whose name's synonymous with "God." In stark contrast to his immense ambition and ideals however, his body was steadily being consumed by the scourge of "old age." He couldn't allow himself to die without fulfilling his noble mission. Spencer yearned to regain a healthy body and placed his hopes in a single man. That man's name was Alex, one of the participants in the Wesker Project.
The Wesker Project
Spencer argues those who dwell in the Utopia must also be the ideal humanity. Humans evolved through the Progenitor Virus mustn't wield their superhuman bodies and intellect to commit any act that defies God. Therefore, Spencer implemented a plan focused on cultivating talented individuals worthy of the Utopia. That plan was the "Wesker Project." Named after the chief researcher, Wesker, this project involved gathering hundreds of children born to exceptionally talented parents from around the world, raising them until they possessed perfect bodies and minds, subjecting them to rigorous elite education, then releasing them into the world. All test subjects were given the name "Wesker" then administered a prototype virus to identify the truly exceptional ones. Many of the subjects who underwent this "screening" died unable to adapt to the virus, but some managed to survive. They were Subject 12, Alex, and Subject 13, Albert.
After the experiment, Alex joined Umbrella and worked behind the scenes, earning Spencer's trust. Furthermore, Spencer held Alex's exceptional intellect and leadership in high regard and appointed him head of research into immortality, a quest to free himself from old age, continuously providing him with the necessary funds, equipment, research materials, and test subjects. Yet no good news ever came no matter how long he waited.
Albert, "the other Wesker," also pursued a career as an Umbrella researcher, but in his case, he was a subject who possessed qualities even more suited to the "New Humanity" than Alex. That quality was absolute ambition. Following the Mansion Incident, Albert gained superhuman powers, came to believe himself to be "one worthy of being chosen by God" and dreamed of becoming a god of the next generation. And then, upon learning Spencer's true intentions, until then shrouded in mystery, he was finally freed from the Wesker Project's shackles. "God, is it...? I see. Then I'll take over." Albert resolved to replace Spencer in his ambition and, without a moment's hesitation, took his life.
After Spencer's death, Albert entered the final phase of his own Uroboros Project. The plan involved launching Uroboros Missiles mounted on a bomber the moment they reached the tropopause, allowing the dispersed virus to be carried by the westerly winds and spread across the globe. Every human being would be culled by the Uroboros Virus, with only those with truly superior genes surviving. Those deemed worthless, possessing only inferior genes, would simply become hosts for Uroboros and continue to run amok in their endless search for new hosts.
GLOSSARY (P.246-251)
ADA THE SPY
A mini-game starring Ada that becomes available after completing the main story in bio 4.
AMATEUR
A difficulty level added in bio 4. The easiest mode.
B.O.W.
Abbreviation for Bio Organic Weapon. These are organic life-form weapons or biological weapons, various types have been created to date using viruses and other agents.
BSAA
Abbreviation for the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance. A special anti-bioterrorism task force established by a pharmaceutical industry consortium. It was later reorganized as an organization under United Nations jurisdiction.
BSAA Emblem
Blue emblems placed throughout the stages. Destroying a certain number of them with firearms or other weapons increases the number of bonus features available.
Co-op Mode
A cooperative play mode introduced in BIO 5. "Co-op" is short for "Co-Operative."
Darkness Fall
An extra chapter that becomes available after clearing Chapter 5 of Operation Javier with a Good Ending. While playing, you can hear Krauser's inner monologue.
DESPERATE ESCAPE
An additional episode for BIO 5. BIO 5 AE becomes playable upon meeting specific conditions. The original version can be played by purchasing downloadable content.
DEVIL
A colloquial term for the counter-G antibody (G-Vaccine). It was administered to Sherry Birkin, who was infected with the G-Virus in BIO 2.
DYING Status
A state of near-death where Hit Points have dropped to 0. You can recover through treatment from your partner. Saying "thank you" when you heal your partner or when they heal you increases your affinity.
G-Virus
A deadly virus developed by William Birkin. Hosts undergo repeated spontaneous mutations caused by the encroachment of "G-Cells" until they die.
G-Virus Project
A general term for the B.O.W. development experiments using a new virus that William Birkin was conducting at the Raccoon City Underground Lab.
G-Cells
Cells that rapidly corrode the bodies of organisms injected with or infected by the G-Virus. This causes the organism to undergo unpredictable mutations.
G-Organisms
A general term for organisms that've undergone dramatic evolution as a result of being injected with the G-Virus.
HELP Status
A state in which you're immobilized, like when grappled by an enemy. You can be freed by your partner's attack. Saying "thank you" when you free your partner or when you are freed yourself increases your affinity.
L.T.D.
Abbreviation for Laser Targeting Device. A rocket launcher-style positioning transmitter that, when a target's acquired through its scope, transmits location data to the Shango satellite laser. Pulling the trigger fires a laser from the satellite.
LOST IN NIGHTMARES
An additional episode for BIO 5. BIO 5 AE becomes playable upon meeting specific conditions. The original version can be played by purchasing downloadable content.
M92F
A semi-automatic pistol adopted as the BSAA's standard-issue sidearm.
NGO
Abbreviation for Non-Governmental Organization. A private non-profit organization operating internationally.
NORMAL
Standard difficulty level.
P30
A drug administered to control Jill. It was supplied into her body via a device attached to her chest.
PDA
A wireless communication device used by Ada to communicate with Wesker, also carried by Chris and other BSAA members.
PG67A/W
A medication Wesker takes regularly to control the virus within his body. Overdosing causes physical abnormalities.
PROFESSIONAL
A difficulty level available in bio 4 and BIO 5. The most difficult mode.
R.P.D.
Abbreviation for Raccoon Police Department. The Raccoon City Police Department. The police station also serves as S.T.A.R.S. headquarters.
RED QUEEN
An AI defense system developed by Umbrella. Its main unit's located inside U.M.F.-013 and monitors Umbrella's entire network. In emergencies it acts on its own initiative to protect data and eliminate external threats.
RNA Virus
A real-world genetic term. Refers to a virus that contains RNA (ribonucleic acid) as its genetic material. Appears in "Wesker Report II".
shujaa
A word found on the tattoo on Sheva's left arm. It means "hero" or "brave one" in Swahili.
SRT
Abbreviation for Special Response Team. A special forces unit of the Harvardville local police.
S.T.A.R.S.
Abbreviation for Special Tactics And Rescue Service. A special forces unit under Raccoon City Police's jurisdiction, consisting of Alpha Team and Bravo Team.
T-A.L.O.S.
Abbreviation for Tyrant-Armored Lethal Organic System. A computer chip is implanted in its brain, and its actions are controlled by RED QUEEN.
T-A.L.O.S. Project
A general term for B.O.W. development carried out at Umbrella's Russian branch. A project advanced by Sergei, who sought to revive Umbrella, in collaboration with RED QUEEN.
the another order
An additional episode that becomes playable after clearing bio 4's main story. The story unfolds from Ada's perspective.
THE MERCENARIES
An extra game that first appeared in BIO 3. It can be played by fulfilling specific conditions.
t-Veronica
A virus created by transplanting a queen ant gene into the Progenitor Virus then combining it with plant genes. After administration, the host's body temperature must be kept low as if the body isn't allowed to acclimate gradually, there's a risk of the virus going out of control.
t-Alexia
An alternative name for t-Veronica. A term used by Wesker when he appeared to capture Alexia in BIO CV.
t-Virus
A virus modified for military use based on the Progenitor Virus. The "t" stands for Tyrant. It causes infected organisms to become violent.
t-Virus Project
A general term for the B.O.W. development being conducted at the Arklay Lab. It deepened the conflict between Lord Spencer and Dr. Marcus and served as the catalyst for the Mansion Incident.
t-Vaccine
A vaccine specifically designed for the t-Virus, manufactured by WilPharma. The vaccine's development was conducted in strict secrecy under US Government supervision.
U.B.C.S.
Abbreviation for Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service. This refers to the Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service, BIO 3's opening depicts the unit's annihilation.
U.M.F.-013
The 13th supercomputer installed in the Raccoon City Underground Lab shelter. It contains all of Umbrella's research data. It was removed by Sergei just before Raccoon City's destruction.
VETERAN
A difficulty level added in BIO 5.
X-DAY
The day on which a covert op's carried out to lure S.T.A.R.S. members into the Arklay Lab, contaminated by a deliberate biological disaster, in order to collect combat data on the B.O.W.'s currently under development.
Arklay Laboratory
A top-secret Umbrella research facility located in the basement of a mansion. It served as the base for the t-Virus Project and is also the setting for the Mansion Incident.
Arklay Mountains
A mountainous region located north of Raccoon City, a medium-sized city in the midwestern United States. Umbrella facilities are scattered throughout the area.
Armor
Armor that first appeared in bio 4. Wearing it reduces damage taken. In BIO 5, there are two types that reduce different kinds of damage.
Blue Coins
Coins said to number 15 in total, found on the farm and in the cemetery in bio 4. They can be destroyed by shooting them with a firearm. If you destroy 10 or more, you'll receive a handgun (the Punisher) from the arms dealer.
Action Button Events
Events that are completed by pressing buttons displayed during cutscenes or boss battles. Failing to do so may result in a Game Over.
Ashford Family
An aristocratic family that began with its founder Veronica and continued through to the seventh head, Alfred, who died at the Antarctic Base. The fifth head, Edward, contributed to founding Umbrella, ushering in the family's golden age.
Attaché Case
An attaché case used to store and carry weapons and recovery items. As you progress through the story, you'll be able to purchase larger-capacity versions.
Umbrella
A massive multinational corporation with roots in the pharmaceutical industry. Its name derives from the corporate motto, "Protecting the Health of the People." While it maintains a clean public image, it has a hidden side dedicated to B.O.W. research and development.
Umbrella Africa Laboratory
An Umbrella research facility constructed within a section of a massive underground ruin in Africa that includes the "Garden of the Sun." Brandon Bailey serves as its director.
Umbrella Executive Training Academy
A training facility established deep within Raccoon Forest to cultivate young talent who'll shape Umbrella's future. The first director was Dr. James Marcus.
Umbrella Security Service
A special ops unit directly under Umbrella executives. It undertakes specialized covert missions. HUNK, who successfully carried out the mission to seize the G-Virus in BIO2, belongs to this unit.
Umbrella Russia Branch
An Umbrella facility located in the Caucasus region of Russia. While there's a factory facility on the surface built during the Soviet era, this is a decoy, a large-scale research facility exists deep underground.
Irregular Mutants
Organisms that underwent secondary infection through contact with infected creatures following the biological disaster, causing them to mutate.
Ivan
Two Tyrants customized by Sergei for self-defense. They wear white protective coats designed to absorb impact.
Virus Cysts
Black tentacles protruding from the bodies of those infected with the Uroboros Virus. It has been confirmed each possesses primitive intelligence and preys on surrounding organic matter to reproduce.
WilPharma
A pharmaceutical company that began gaining power after Umbrella's collapse. In addition to pharmaceutical operations, it conducts virus research and vaccine development in preparation for bioterrorism.
Wesker Project
Lord Spencer's true objective. A project aimed at creating a new human race using a virus. Although there were a considerable number of test subjects, only a few, including Albert, survived.
Wesker's Report
A document written by Wesker himself detailing his actions, his objectives, and the truth behind numerous incidents. The existence of an "Extra Report" has also been confirmed.
Uroboros
An ancient symbol representing "endless perfection." In BIO 5, it refers to individuals in whom the administered Uroboros Virus has gone out of control, exposing the virus' cysts.
Uroboros Virus
A virus based on the Progenitor Virus solely compatible with those possessing superior genes, granting them immense abilities. However, the compatibility rate's extremely low and most test subjects died.
Uroboros Project
A project aimed at creating a new world inhabited solely by those compatible with the Uroboros Virus.
Air Dome
A research facility operated by WilPharma where virus and vaccine research and development are conducted. It housed the G-Virus developed by Umbrella.
Satellite Laser Shango
An artificial satellite that launches laser attacks from space. Based on information transmitted by an L.T.D., it fires lasers at designated targets. "Shango" is the name of the god of thunder in the folklore of the Yoruba people of West Africa.
Ada's Report
A record of bio 4's behind-the-scenes story as told by Ada. It seems she has a different agenda than Wesker, but...
Agent
Special Operations Agent. Usually referred to simply as an "Agent," their primary mission's to conduct solo investigation and intelligence operations.
Liquid Nitrogen
Nitrogen cooled to a liquid state. The temperature at which nitrogen liquefies is an extremely low -196 degrees, making it possible to slow a B.O.W.'s movements.
Ebola
A real-world virus featured in "Wesker's Report II." "Ebola" is the name of a river flowing near the location where the first cases were confirmed.
Flower Garden
A term used by the construction manager of the Africa Lab to describe the underground garden where the Progenitor Flower grows.
Original Eleven
Refers to members who've been with the BSAA since its founding. They're granted the authority to participate in any BSAA mission, transcending jurisdictional boundaries.
Umbrella
Used by Claire as a self-defense weapon at the airport where the biohazard outbreak occurred. Ironically, it featured the same color scheme as the Umbrella Corp. logo, prompting Claire to snark, "Of all things, this?"
Ganado
A general term for humans whose actions are controlled by the Plaga parasite. It has been confirmed those infected form their own societies.
Itchy, Tasty
The final words recorded in the "Keeper's Diary," which can be obtained in the bio mansion. They describe the process by which humans lose their sanity and turn into Zombies under the influence of the t-Virus. Part of this diary can also be obtained at the Spencer Estate in "LOST IN NIGHTMARES."
Kijuju Autonomous Zone
An autonomous zone located in a certain country in West Africa. With a mine in the outskirts, it was once a vibrant city attracting workers from neighboring countries, but recently anti-foreigner sentiment's been on the rise.
Parasite
Another name for the Plaga. The cult Los Iluminados and TRICELL Inc. utilized it to develop B.O.W.'s.
Rescue Helicopter
A staple vehicle used by the protagonists to escape in the BIO series.
Crank
One of the series' staple items. By inserting it into a recess that matches the shape of its tip and turning it, you can manually operate mechanisms.
Moonlight
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.14. A female character plays this piece when solving the piano puzzle in the LOST IN NIGHTMARES add-on scenario for bio and BIO 5.
Philosopher's Stone
A substance believed to be a catalyst for alchemy in medieval Europe. A term used by Excella to describe the Uroboros Virus which selects individuals with superior genes.
Affection Level
A hidden parameter for partners in BIO 5. It fluctuates based on your actions toward your partner and affects the partner's idle animations during single-player mode.
Ecliptic Express Incident
The incident that sparked the entire series of events. A biohazard outbreak was triggered by a virus released as a result of Dr. Marcus' personal vendetta.
"CODE:Veronica" Project
A general term for the research conducted by Alexander Ashford to artificially create a genius through genetic engineering. The project succeeded, resulting in the birth of Alexia who possessed an intelligence unprecedented in history.
UN
Abbreviation for United Nations. An international organization established in 1945 with the objectives of maintaining world peace and promoting socioeconomic development. Also the parent organization of the current BSAA.
Secret Stage
In BIO DC this stage becomes available after clearing Chapter 5 of Operation Javier on NORMAL difficulty or higher. For some reason all the enemies that appear are made of tofu.
Progenitor Virus
A new type of "RNA virus" that parasitizes hosts at the cellular level and enhances the host's characteristics by recombining its genetic material. It causes mutations by inducing abnormal cell growth.
Progenitor Flower
A plant native to Africa known as the Stairway to the Sun. Dr. Marcus discovered the Progenitor Virus from the plant's poisonous red flowers.
Dominant Species Plaga
A parasite that grants superhuman abilities while allowing the host to retain their sense of self. To maximize these abilities, the host must alter their physical form.
Shooting Gallery
A mini-game playable during bio 4's main story. If you achieve a high score, you can earn bottle caps as prizes.
Purification
Religious slang used by the cult Los Iluminados. It refers to the state in which a parasite implanted in the human body reaches adulthood and controls the host. It signifies becoming an obedient follower and being liberated from the secular world.
Man In A Suit
A man in a suit who claims to be a US Government official. Hoping to bring about Umbrella's downfall, he requested Sheva's cooperation to arrest an Umbrella employee who appeared at a deal site with anti-government guerrillas.
Lord Spencer
Refers to Umbrella founder Oswell E. Spencer.
Pharmaceutical Industry Association
An industry association comprising pharmaceutical companies from around the world. TRICELL currently serves as one of its board member companies.
Soviet Union's Collapse
A historical event in 1991 in which the Soviet Union dissolved as the constituent nations gained independence.
Age of Discovery
The period from the mid-15th century through the 17th century during which Europeans expanded overseas with the aim of establishing colonial rule. It also refers to that era itself. The history of Travis Trading Co., the predecessor to TRICELL, started during this time.
The Third Organization
Mendez suspects the existence of an organization operating with objectives separate from those of the US Government, and describes it as such.
Anti-B.O.W. Countermeasure Task Force
A special forces unit trained by Umbrella to destroy uncontrollable B.O.W.'s. They conducted simulated combat exercises against B.O.W.'s on Rockfort Island.
Stairway to the Sun
A plant bearing red flowers that grows in a section of the underground ruins in Africa. It's said to grant immense power to those who consume it, and the Ndipaya Tribe used it in their royal succession ceremonies.
Garden of the Sun
An area deep within the underground ruins where the Stairway to the Sun grows. Considered a sacred site by the Ndipaya Tribe, they put up fierce resistance against Umbrella's intrusion.
Tyrant
The ultimate B.O.W. developed by Umbrella. In addition to overwhelming power and vitality, it possesses the intelligence to carry out missions. Throughout the BIO series, numerous new B.O.W.'s based on this model have appeared.
Tropospheric Boundary
Refers to the boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere within Earth's atmosphere, where meteorological phenomena occur. It's set as the planned launch altitude for the "Uroboros Missiles."
Treasure
A general term for gems and antiques that can be obtained throughout the stages. While they have no use other than being sold, combining specific treasures can result in items that fetch a higher price.
Egg
A health recovery item that first appeared in bio 4, the amount of health restored varies depending on shell color. Eating a rotten egg will cause damage, but it truly shines when used as a thrown weapon.
Pursuer
In BIO 3 and BIO UC, this refers to the new Tyrant model, Nemesis-T, which relentlessly pursues the player character.
Failed Experiment
A term referring to the test subject Lisa Trevor. She didn't die even after being injected with every known virus, however since this resulted in a lack of useful data, Umbrella researchers dubbed her this.
TerraSave
The NGO to which Claire belongs. It provides relief to victims of bioterrorism and pharmaceutical harm.
Covert Military Agency
A special military organization. Responsible for intelligence, law enforcement, and special ops.
Dog Tag
A colloquial term for the identification tags worn by soldiers. Information such as the soldier's name, gender, blood type, and military unit is engraved on a metal plate.
TRICELL
A massive conglomerate comprising three divisions: shipping, resource development, and pharmaceuticals. Its predecessor was a prestigious shipping company dating back to the Age of Discovery. It's also a corporate sponsor of the BSAA.
TRICELL Africa Branch
One of the branches of the giant pharmaceutical company TRICELL. It owns oil fields operated by the resource development division within its jurisdiction. Excella Gionne, a descendant of TRICELL's founding family, serves as branch manager.
Travis Trading Company
The shipping company that served as TRICELL's predecessor. Its long history dates back to the Age of Discovery.
Treasure
A general term for gems and antiques that can be obtained throughout the stages.
Knife
A survival knife carried by the protagonists. While not very powerful, it has the advantage of being usable indefinitely, unlike limited ammunition.
Antarctic Base
An Umbrella base constructed by the Ashford family in Antarctica. Perhaps because it houses an underground research facility, it's referred to as the "Antarctic Laboratory" in Wesker Report II.
Nemesis
A colloquial term for the NE-a Type parasitic organism. Means "Goddess of Vengeance" and a Tyrant infected with this organism's called a Nemesis-T Type.
Nemesis Project
A general term for the development of a new type of B.O.W. using the NE-a Type parasitic organism, carried out at the Umbrella France Research Institute. This led to the creation of the "Pursuer."
Harvardville
An industrial city in the midwestern United States. It's home to the airport that served as the setting for biohazard DEGENERATION.
Biohazard
A disaster caused by pathogens such as viruses, or by living organisms. It refers to a critical situation that has a profoundly negative impact on humans and the natural environment.
Natural History Compendia
A 72-volume history of great explorations published in the 19th century. It documents Henry Travis' 34-year exploration of Africa.
Anti-Government Guerrillas
A local guerrilla organization that took in Sheva after she fled her relatives' home and was found collapsed on the savanna. They plot to overthrow the government.
Lockpicking
The act of inserting a lockpick into a keyhole to unlock a lock without using a special key. In the BIO series, female characters are particularly skilled at this.
Behind-the-Camera
A first-person perspective that shows the player-controlled character from behind. Used in BIO 4 and BIO 5.
Fabiano
A company that sells the pump systems used at the Umbrella Africa Lab. Its pump systems are also used at the oil field operated by TRICELL, where Irving serves as director.
Figures
Figures of characters and creatures from BIO 5. They can be obtained by exchanging points earned during the game.
Endemic Disease
A general term for diseases that recur in specific regions. The disease that afflicted Hilda and Manuela was diagnosed as incurable.
Hookshot
First appeared in bio 0. An item used to move to high places, but in-game, it can only be used at specific locations. Ada also appears to utilize it in combat.
Plaga
A parasitic organism sealed beneath Salazar Castle that can parasitize any living creature. There are two types of Plaga: the dominant species and subordinate species, the dominant species Plaga can control the subordinate species.
Plaga Type 2
One of the Plaga species modified for commercialization. It employs a method of orally administering a matured parasite, significantly reducing the time required to achieve mental control over the host.
Plaga Type 3
An improved version developed with the concept of dramatically enhancing physical abilities by transplanting factors from a dead dominant species Plaga into a subordinate species Plaga. Issues remain regarding its success rate and physical changes.
Plaga Removal Device
A device that emits a special form of radiation to remove larval Plaga from the body. Since the Plaga attaches itself to a living being's central nervous system, the treatment causes severe pain and impaired consciousness.
Project W
Refers to the Wesker Project. The "W" is taken from the name of chief researcher Wesker. The project was underway even before the Ecliptic Express Incident.
Veronica Virus
A virus given to Javier by a man claiming to be a former Umbrella researcher. It was administered to Javier's wife and daughter as a treatment for an endemic disease considered incurable.
Bottle Cap
A bottle cap featuring a figurine of a character from bio 4. You can earn it as a prize by scoring high in the "Shooting Gallery" mini-game.
Dr. Marcus
Refers to James Marcus, the discoverer of the Progenitor Virus.
Majini
Humans parasitized by a modified Plaga, whose actions are controlled by it. Like the Ganados, they exhibit strong aggression. "Majini" means "evil spirit" in the local language.
Sterilization Strategy
A military operation that halted the spread of the t-Virus outside Raccoon City by dropping a missile on the city. This resulted in the deaths of approximately 100,000 civilians.
The Man Who Delivered The Note
A man speaking the local language with an English accent who handed a note to Sheva when she went into town to run errands. He contacts Sheva to prevent a bioterror attack being planned by anti-government guerrillas and Umbrella.
Dark Heir
A secret scenario added after clearing Chapter 3 of "Umbrella's End."
Mansion Incident
The Arklay Lab, an Umbrella research facility built deep within Raccoon Forest. This term refers to the tragedy that ensnared S.T.A.R.S. members at the mansion serving as its cover.
European Sixth Laboratory
An Umbrella lab housing the team that developed the Nemesis-T Type.
Raccoon City
A medium-sized city located in the midwestern United States. The massive multinational corporation Umbrella contributed significantly to the city's development. Approximately 30% of the city's population is employed in Umbrella-related occupations.
Raccoon City Underground Laboratory
A massive Umbrella research facility constructed beneath Raccoon City. It was here William Birkin conducted research on the G-Virus.
Raccoon Forest
A forested area stretching across the Arklay region north of Raccoon City. Several Umbrella facilities exist deep within the forest.
Lisa
Refers to Lisa Trevor, the young girl who served as a test subject for the Progenitor Virus. In 1967 she was invited to a mansion with her family, where she was immediately confined and injected with the TYPE-B Progenitor Virus. From then on she was subjected to numerous experiments.
Leon Report
A report compiled by Leon after his return from the mission to rescue Ashley. Said to contain detailed information on the Plaga and Ganados.
Los Iluminados Cult
A religious organization with deep roots in a certain region of Europe. Although it once declined due to religious persecution by a local lord, the current leader, Osmund Saddler, revived a method of proselytizing that utilizes the Plaga, allowing the cult to regain its influence.
Rockfort Island
A remote island in the open ocean where an Umbrella base is located. Home to a prison from which no one's said to ever escape, a special forces training facility, an official residence, and private residence, all situated adjacent to one another.
Vaccine
An antibody developed to prevent infection from a virus or treat symptoms after the onset of the disease.
Our Blood
The words spoken by Mendez upon learning a parasite was dwelling inside Leon’s body. They signify they've become kin.
Ndipaya Tribe
An indigenous people living in the wetlands of West Africa. While they usually dress no differently from the people in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone, they don traditional attire during festivals.
A mini-game starring Ada that becomes available after completing the main story in bio 4.
AMATEUR
A difficulty level added in bio 4. The easiest mode.
B.O.W.
Abbreviation for Bio Organic Weapon. These are organic life-form weapons or biological weapons, various types have been created to date using viruses and other agents.
BSAA
Abbreviation for the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance. A special anti-bioterrorism task force established by a pharmaceutical industry consortium. It was later reorganized as an organization under United Nations jurisdiction.
BSAA Emblem
Blue emblems placed throughout the stages. Destroying a certain number of them with firearms or other weapons increases the number of bonus features available.
Co-op Mode
A cooperative play mode introduced in BIO 5. "Co-op" is short for "Co-Operative."
Darkness Fall
An extra chapter that becomes available after clearing Chapter 5 of Operation Javier with a Good Ending. While playing, you can hear Krauser's inner monologue.
DESPERATE ESCAPE
An additional episode for BIO 5. BIO 5 AE becomes playable upon meeting specific conditions. The original version can be played by purchasing downloadable content.
DEVIL
A colloquial term for the counter-G antibody (G-Vaccine). It was administered to Sherry Birkin, who was infected with the G-Virus in BIO 2.
DYING Status
A state of near-death where Hit Points have dropped to 0. You can recover through treatment from your partner. Saying "thank you" when you heal your partner or when they heal you increases your affinity.
G-Virus
A deadly virus developed by William Birkin. Hosts undergo repeated spontaneous mutations caused by the encroachment of "G-Cells" until they die.
G-Virus Project
A general term for the B.O.W. development experiments using a new virus that William Birkin was conducting at the Raccoon City Underground Lab.
G-Cells
Cells that rapidly corrode the bodies of organisms injected with or infected by the G-Virus. This causes the organism to undergo unpredictable mutations.
G-Organisms
A general term for organisms that've undergone dramatic evolution as a result of being injected with the G-Virus.
HELP Status
A state in which you're immobilized, like when grappled by an enemy. You can be freed by your partner's attack. Saying "thank you" when you free your partner or when you are freed yourself increases your affinity.
L.T.D.
Abbreviation for Laser Targeting Device. A rocket launcher-style positioning transmitter that, when a target's acquired through its scope, transmits location data to the Shango satellite laser. Pulling the trigger fires a laser from the satellite.
LOST IN NIGHTMARES
An additional episode for BIO 5. BIO 5 AE becomes playable upon meeting specific conditions. The original version can be played by purchasing downloadable content.
M92F
A semi-automatic pistol adopted as the BSAA's standard-issue sidearm.
NGO
Abbreviation for Non-Governmental Organization. A private non-profit organization operating internationally.
NORMAL
Standard difficulty level.
P30
A drug administered to control Jill. It was supplied into her body via a device attached to her chest.
PDA
A wireless communication device used by Ada to communicate with Wesker, also carried by Chris and other BSAA members.
PG67A/W
A medication Wesker takes regularly to control the virus within his body. Overdosing causes physical abnormalities.
PROFESSIONAL
A difficulty level available in bio 4 and BIO 5. The most difficult mode.
R.P.D.
Abbreviation for Raccoon Police Department. The Raccoon City Police Department. The police station also serves as S.T.A.R.S. headquarters.
RED QUEEN
An AI defense system developed by Umbrella. Its main unit's located inside U.M.F.-013 and monitors Umbrella's entire network. In emergencies it acts on its own initiative to protect data and eliminate external threats.
RNA Virus
A real-world genetic term. Refers to a virus that contains RNA (ribonucleic acid) as its genetic material. Appears in "Wesker Report II".
shujaa
A word found on the tattoo on Sheva's left arm. It means "hero" or "brave one" in Swahili.
SRT
Abbreviation for Special Response Team. A special forces unit of the Harvardville local police.
S.T.A.R.S.
Abbreviation for Special Tactics And Rescue Service. A special forces unit under Raccoon City Police's jurisdiction, consisting of Alpha Team and Bravo Team.
T-A.L.O.S.
Abbreviation for Tyrant-Armored Lethal Organic System. A computer chip is implanted in its brain, and its actions are controlled by RED QUEEN.
T-A.L.O.S. Project
A general term for B.O.W. development carried out at Umbrella's Russian branch. A project advanced by Sergei, who sought to revive Umbrella, in collaboration with RED QUEEN.
the another order
An additional episode that becomes playable after clearing bio 4's main story. The story unfolds from Ada's perspective.
THE MERCENARIES
An extra game that first appeared in BIO 3. It can be played by fulfilling specific conditions.
t-Veronica
A virus created by transplanting a queen ant gene into the Progenitor Virus then combining it with plant genes. After administration, the host's body temperature must be kept low as if the body isn't allowed to acclimate gradually, there's a risk of the virus going out of control.
t-Alexia
An alternative name for t-Veronica. A term used by Wesker when he appeared to capture Alexia in BIO CV.
t-Virus
A virus modified for military use based on the Progenitor Virus. The "t" stands for Tyrant. It causes infected organisms to become violent.
t-Virus Project
A general term for the B.O.W. development being conducted at the Arklay Lab. It deepened the conflict between Lord Spencer and Dr. Marcus and served as the catalyst for the Mansion Incident.
t-Vaccine
A vaccine specifically designed for the t-Virus, manufactured by WilPharma. The vaccine's development was conducted in strict secrecy under US Government supervision.
U.B.C.S.
Abbreviation for Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service. This refers to the Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service, BIO 3's opening depicts the unit's annihilation.
U.M.F.-013
The 13th supercomputer installed in the Raccoon City Underground Lab shelter. It contains all of Umbrella's research data. It was removed by Sergei just before Raccoon City's destruction.
VETERAN
A difficulty level added in BIO 5.
X-DAY
The day on which a covert op's carried out to lure S.T.A.R.S. members into the Arklay Lab, contaminated by a deliberate biological disaster, in order to collect combat data on the B.O.W.'s currently under development.
Arklay Laboratory
A top-secret Umbrella research facility located in the basement of a mansion. It served as the base for the t-Virus Project and is also the setting for the Mansion Incident.
Arklay Mountains
A mountainous region located north of Raccoon City, a medium-sized city in the midwestern United States. Umbrella facilities are scattered throughout the area.
Armor
Armor that first appeared in bio 4. Wearing it reduces damage taken. In BIO 5, there are two types that reduce different kinds of damage.
Blue Coins
Coins said to number 15 in total, found on the farm and in the cemetery in bio 4. They can be destroyed by shooting them with a firearm. If you destroy 10 or more, you'll receive a handgun (the Punisher) from the arms dealer.
Action Button Events
Events that are completed by pressing buttons displayed during cutscenes or boss battles. Failing to do so may result in a Game Over.
Ashford Family
An aristocratic family that began with its founder Veronica and continued through to the seventh head, Alfred, who died at the Antarctic Base. The fifth head, Edward, contributed to founding Umbrella, ushering in the family's golden age.
Attaché Case
An attaché case used to store and carry weapons and recovery items. As you progress through the story, you'll be able to purchase larger-capacity versions.
Umbrella
A massive multinational corporation with roots in the pharmaceutical industry. Its name derives from the corporate motto, "Protecting the Health of the People." While it maintains a clean public image, it has a hidden side dedicated to B.O.W. research and development.
Umbrella Africa Laboratory
An Umbrella research facility constructed within a section of a massive underground ruin in Africa that includes the "Garden of the Sun." Brandon Bailey serves as its director.
Umbrella Executive Training Academy
A training facility established deep within Raccoon Forest to cultivate young talent who'll shape Umbrella's future. The first director was Dr. James Marcus.
Umbrella Security Service
A special ops unit directly under Umbrella executives. It undertakes specialized covert missions. HUNK, who successfully carried out the mission to seize the G-Virus in BIO2, belongs to this unit.
Umbrella Russia Branch
An Umbrella facility located in the Caucasus region of Russia. While there's a factory facility on the surface built during the Soviet era, this is a decoy, a large-scale research facility exists deep underground.
Irregular Mutants
Organisms that underwent secondary infection through contact with infected creatures following the biological disaster, causing them to mutate.
Ivan
Two Tyrants customized by Sergei for self-defense. They wear white protective coats designed to absorb impact.
Virus Cysts
Black tentacles protruding from the bodies of those infected with the Uroboros Virus. It has been confirmed each possesses primitive intelligence and preys on surrounding organic matter to reproduce.
WilPharma
A pharmaceutical company that began gaining power after Umbrella's collapse. In addition to pharmaceutical operations, it conducts virus research and vaccine development in preparation for bioterrorism.
Wesker Project
Lord Spencer's true objective. A project aimed at creating a new human race using a virus. Although there were a considerable number of test subjects, only a few, including Albert, survived.
Wesker's Report
A document written by Wesker himself detailing his actions, his objectives, and the truth behind numerous incidents. The existence of an "Extra Report" has also been confirmed.
Uroboros
An ancient symbol representing "endless perfection." In BIO 5, it refers to individuals in whom the administered Uroboros Virus has gone out of control, exposing the virus' cysts.
Uroboros Virus
A virus based on the Progenitor Virus solely compatible with those possessing superior genes, granting them immense abilities. However, the compatibility rate's extremely low and most test subjects died.
Uroboros Project
A project aimed at creating a new world inhabited solely by those compatible with the Uroboros Virus.
Air Dome
A research facility operated by WilPharma where virus and vaccine research and development are conducted. It housed the G-Virus developed by Umbrella.
Satellite Laser Shango
An artificial satellite that launches laser attacks from space. Based on information transmitted by an L.T.D., it fires lasers at designated targets. "Shango" is the name of the god of thunder in the folklore of the Yoruba people of West Africa.
Ada's Report
A record of bio 4's behind-the-scenes story as told by Ada. It seems she has a different agenda than Wesker, but...
Agent
Special Operations Agent. Usually referred to simply as an "Agent," their primary mission's to conduct solo investigation and intelligence operations.
Liquid Nitrogen
Nitrogen cooled to a liquid state. The temperature at which nitrogen liquefies is an extremely low -196 degrees, making it possible to slow a B.O.W.'s movements.
Ebola
A real-world virus featured in "Wesker's Report II." "Ebola" is the name of a river flowing near the location where the first cases were confirmed.
Flower Garden
A term used by the construction manager of the Africa Lab to describe the underground garden where the Progenitor Flower grows.
Original Eleven
Refers to members who've been with the BSAA since its founding. They're granted the authority to participate in any BSAA mission, transcending jurisdictional boundaries.
Umbrella
Used by Claire as a self-defense weapon at the airport where the biohazard outbreak occurred. Ironically, it featured the same color scheme as the Umbrella Corp. logo, prompting Claire to snark, "Of all things, this?"
Ganado
A general term for humans whose actions are controlled by the Plaga parasite. It has been confirmed those infected form their own societies.
Itchy, Tasty
The final words recorded in the "Keeper's Diary," which can be obtained in the bio mansion. They describe the process by which humans lose their sanity and turn into Zombies under the influence of the t-Virus. Part of this diary can also be obtained at the Spencer Estate in "LOST IN NIGHTMARES."
Kijuju Autonomous Zone
An autonomous zone located in a certain country in West Africa. With a mine in the outskirts, it was once a vibrant city attracting workers from neighboring countries, but recently anti-foreigner sentiment's been on the rise.
Parasite
Another name for the Plaga. The cult Los Iluminados and TRICELL Inc. utilized it to develop B.O.W.'s.
Rescue Helicopter
A staple vehicle used by the protagonists to escape in the BIO series.
Crank
One of the series' staple items. By inserting it into a recess that matches the shape of its tip and turning it, you can manually operate mechanisms.
Moonlight
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.14. A female character plays this piece when solving the piano puzzle in the LOST IN NIGHTMARES add-on scenario for bio and BIO 5.
Philosopher's Stone
A substance believed to be a catalyst for alchemy in medieval Europe. A term used by Excella to describe the Uroboros Virus which selects individuals with superior genes.
Affection Level
A hidden parameter for partners in BIO 5. It fluctuates based on your actions toward your partner and affects the partner's idle animations during single-player mode.
Ecliptic Express Incident
The incident that sparked the entire series of events. A biohazard outbreak was triggered by a virus released as a result of Dr. Marcus' personal vendetta.
"CODE:Veronica" Project
A general term for the research conducted by Alexander Ashford to artificially create a genius through genetic engineering. The project succeeded, resulting in the birth of Alexia who possessed an intelligence unprecedented in history.
UN
Abbreviation for United Nations. An international organization established in 1945 with the objectives of maintaining world peace and promoting socioeconomic development. Also the parent organization of the current BSAA.
Secret Stage
In BIO DC this stage becomes available after clearing Chapter 5 of Operation Javier on NORMAL difficulty or higher. For some reason all the enemies that appear are made of tofu.
Progenitor Virus
A new type of "RNA virus" that parasitizes hosts at the cellular level and enhances the host's characteristics by recombining its genetic material. It causes mutations by inducing abnormal cell growth.
Progenitor Flower
A plant native to Africa known as the Stairway to the Sun. Dr. Marcus discovered the Progenitor Virus from the plant's poisonous red flowers.
Dominant Species Plaga
A parasite that grants superhuman abilities while allowing the host to retain their sense of self. To maximize these abilities, the host must alter their physical form.
Shooting Gallery
A mini-game playable during bio 4's main story. If you achieve a high score, you can earn bottle caps as prizes.
Purification
Religious slang used by the cult Los Iluminados. It refers to the state in which a parasite implanted in the human body reaches adulthood and controls the host. It signifies becoming an obedient follower and being liberated from the secular world.
Man In A Suit
A man in a suit who claims to be a US Government official. Hoping to bring about Umbrella's downfall, he requested Sheva's cooperation to arrest an Umbrella employee who appeared at a deal site with anti-government guerrillas.
Lord Spencer
Refers to Umbrella founder Oswell E. Spencer.
Pharmaceutical Industry Association
An industry association comprising pharmaceutical companies from around the world. TRICELL currently serves as one of its board member companies.
Soviet Union's Collapse
A historical event in 1991 in which the Soviet Union dissolved as the constituent nations gained independence.
Age of Discovery
The period from the mid-15th century through the 17th century during which Europeans expanded overseas with the aim of establishing colonial rule. It also refers to that era itself. The history of Travis Trading Co., the predecessor to TRICELL, started during this time.
The Third Organization
Mendez suspects the existence of an organization operating with objectives separate from those of the US Government, and describes it as such.
Anti-B.O.W. Countermeasure Task Force
A special forces unit trained by Umbrella to destroy uncontrollable B.O.W.'s. They conducted simulated combat exercises against B.O.W.'s on Rockfort Island.
Stairway to the Sun
A plant bearing red flowers that grows in a section of the underground ruins in Africa. It's said to grant immense power to those who consume it, and the Ndipaya Tribe used it in their royal succession ceremonies.
Garden of the Sun
An area deep within the underground ruins where the Stairway to the Sun grows. Considered a sacred site by the Ndipaya Tribe, they put up fierce resistance against Umbrella's intrusion.
Tyrant
The ultimate B.O.W. developed by Umbrella. In addition to overwhelming power and vitality, it possesses the intelligence to carry out missions. Throughout the BIO series, numerous new B.O.W.'s based on this model have appeared.
Tropospheric Boundary
Refers to the boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere within Earth's atmosphere, where meteorological phenomena occur. It's set as the planned launch altitude for the "Uroboros Missiles."
Treasure
A general term for gems and antiques that can be obtained throughout the stages. While they have no use other than being sold, combining specific treasures can result in items that fetch a higher price.
Egg
A health recovery item that first appeared in bio 4, the amount of health restored varies depending on shell color. Eating a rotten egg will cause damage, but it truly shines when used as a thrown weapon.
Pursuer
In BIO 3 and BIO UC, this refers to the new Tyrant model, Nemesis-T, which relentlessly pursues the player character.
Failed Experiment
A term referring to the test subject Lisa Trevor. She didn't die even after being injected with every known virus, however since this resulted in a lack of useful data, Umbrella researchers dubbed her this.
TerraSave
The NGO to which Claire belongs. It provides relief to victims of bioterrorism and pharmaceutical harm.
Covert Military Agency
A special military organization. Responsible for intelligence, law enforcement, and special ops.
Dog Tag
A colloquial term for the identification tags worn by soldiers. Information such as the soldier's name, gender, blood type, and military unit is engraved on a metal plate.
TRICELL
A massive conglomerate comprising three divisions: shipping, resource development, and pharmaceuticals. Its predecessor was a prestigious shipping company dating back to the Age of Discovery. It's also a corporate sponsor of the BSAA.
TRICELL Africa Branch
One of the branches of the giant pharmaceutical company TRICELL. It owns oil fields operated by the resource development division within its jurisdiction. Excella Gionne, a descendant of TRICELL's founding family, serves as branch manager.
Travis Trading Company
The shipping company that served as TRICELL's predecessor. Its long history dates back to the Age of Discovery.
Treasure
A general term for gems and antiques that can be obtained throughout the stages.
Knife
A survival knife carried by the protagonists. While not very powerful, it has the advantage of being usable indefinitely, unlike limited ammunition.
Antarctic Base
An Umbrella base constructed by the Ashford family in Antarctica. Perhaps because it houses an underground research facility, it's referred to as the "Antarctic Laboratory" in Wesker Report II.
Nemesis
A colloquial term for the NE-a Type parasitic organism. Means "Goddess of Vengeance" and a Tyrant infected with this organism's called a Nemesis-T Type.
Nemesis Project
A general term for the development of a new type of B.O.W. using the NE-a Type parasitic organism, carried out at the Umbrella France Research Institute. This led to the creation of the "Pursuer."
Harvardville
An industrial city in the midwestern United States. It's home to the airport that served as the setting for biohazard DEGENERATION.
Biohazard
A disaster caused by pathogens such as viruses, or by living organisms. It refers to a critical situation that has a profoundly negative impact on humans and the natural environment.
Natural History Compendia
A 72-volume history of great explorations published in the 19th century. It documents Henry Travis' 34-year exploration of Africa.
Anti-Government Guerrillas
A local guerrilla organization that took in Sheva after she fled her relatives' home and was found collapsed on the savanna. They plot to overthrow the government.
Lockpicking
The act of inserting a lockpick into a keyhole to unlock a lock without using a special key. In the BIO series, female characters are particularly skilled at this.
Behind-the-Camera
A first-person perspective that shows the player-controlled character from behind. Used in BIO 4 and BIO 5.
Fabiano
A company that sells the pump systems used at the Umbrella Africa Lab. Its pump systems are also used at the oil field operated by TRICELL, where Irving serves as director.
Figures
Figures of characters and creatures from BIO 5. They can be obtained by exchanging points earned during the game.
Endemic Disease
A general term for diseases that recur in specific regions. The disease that afflicted Hilda and Manuela was diagnosed as incurable.
Hookshot
First appeared in bio 0. An item used to move to high places, but in-game, it can only be used at specific locations. Ada also appears to utilize it in combat.
Plaga
A parasitic organism sealed beneath Salazar Castle that can parasitize any living creature. There are two types of Plaga: the dominant species and subordinate species, the dominant species Plaga can control the subordinate species.
Plaga Type 2
One of the Plaga species modified for commercialization. It employs a method of orally administering a matured parasite, significantly reducing the time required to achieve mental control over the host.
Plaga Type 3
An improved version developed with the concept of dramatically enhancing physical abilities by transplanting factors from a dead dominant species Plaga into a subordinate species Plaga. Issues remain regarding its success rate and physical changes.
Plaga Removal Device
A device that emits a special form of radiation to remove larval Plaga from the body. Since the Plaga attaches itself to a living being's central nervous system, the treatment causes severe pain and impaired consciousness.
Project W
Refers to the Wesker Project. The "W" is taken from the name of chief researcher Wesker. The project was underway even before the Ecliptic Express Incident.
Veronica Virus
A virus given to Javier by a man claiming to be a former Umbrella researcher. It was administered to Javier's wife and daughter as a treatment for an endemic disease considered incurable.
Bottle Cap
A bottle cap featuring a figurine of a character from bio 4. You can earn it as a prize by scoring high in the "Shooting Gallery" mini-game.
Dr. Marcus
Refers to James Marcus, the discoverer of the Progenitor Virus.
Majini
Humans parasitized by a modified Plaga, whose actions are controlled by it. Like the Ganados, they exhibit strong aggression. "Majini" means "evil spirit" in the local language.
Sterilization Strategy
A military operation that halted the spread of the t-Virus outside Raccoon City by dropping a missile on the city. This resulted in the deaths of approximately 100,000 civilians.
The Man Who Delivered The Note
A man speaking the local language with an English accent who handed a note to Sheva when she went into town to run errands. He contacts Sheva to prevent a bioterror attack being planned by anti-government guerrillas and Umbrella.
Dark Heir
A secret scenario added after clearing Chapter 3 of "Umbrella's End."
Mansion Incident
The Arklay Lab, an Umbrella research facility built deep within Raccoon Forest. This term refers to the tragedy that ensnared S.T.A.R.S. members at the mansion serving as its cover.
European Sixth Laboratory
An Umbrella lab housing the team that developed the Nemesis-T Type.
Raccoon City
A medium-sized city located in the midwestern United States. The massive multinational corporation Umbrella contributed significantly to the city's development. Approximately 30% of the city's population is employed in Umbrella-related occupations.
Raccoon City Underground Laboratory
A massive Umbrella research facility constructed beneath Raccoon City. It was here William Birkin conducted research on the G-Virus.
Raccoon Forest
A forested area stretching across the Arklay region north of Raccoon City. Several Umbrella facilities exist deep within the forest.
Lisa
Refers to Lisa Trevor, the young girl who served as a test subject for the Progenitor Virus. In 1967 she was invited to a mansion with her family, where she was immediately confined and injected with the TYPE-B Progenitor Virus. From then on she was subjected to numerous experiments.
Leon Report
A report compiled by Leon after his return from the mission to rescue Ashley. Said to contain detailed information on the Plaga and Ganados.
Los Iluminados Cult
A religious organization with deep roots in a certain region of Europe. Although it once declined due to religious persecution by a local lord, the current leader, Osmund Saddler, revived a method of proselytizing that utilizes the Plaga, allowing the cult to regain its influence.
Rockfort Island
A remote island in the open ocean where an Umbrella base is located. Home to a prison from which no one's said to ever escape, a special forces training facility, an official residence, and private residence, all situated adjacent to one another.
Vaccine
An antibody developed to prevent infection from a virus or treat symptoms after the onset of the disease.
Our Blood
The words spoken by Mendez upon learning a parasite was dwelling inside Leon’s body. They signify they've become kin.
Ndipaya Tribe
An indigenous people living in the wetlands of West Africa. While they usually dress no differently from the people in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone, they don traditional attire during festivals.
Chronological Table (p.252-255)
19th Century
The maritime transport trading company Travis Trading Co. begins exploiting mineral resources in Africa
20th Century
Travis Trading Co. begins collecting flora and fauna in Africa and launches a pharmaceutical business
1960s
Unknown
Engineer Michael Warren begins the electrification of Raccoon City
Travis Trading Co. changes its name to TRICELL
Edward Ashford, fifth head of the Ashford family, begins the search for the Progenitor Virus
1962
Unknown
Lord Oswell E. Spencer commissions architect George Trevor to design and build a mansion
1966
Dec.
Spencer, Edward, James Marcus, and chief researcher Brandon Bailey discover the Progenitor Virus, a virus capable of recombining a living thing's genes, from the Stairway to the Sun, a flower blooming under ancient ruins in Africa
The Progenitor Flower, which harbors an unknown virus, is brought back to the United States where Dr. Marcus and Brandon begin cultivating it
1967
Mar.
Umbrella fails to cultivate the Progenitor Flower
Spencer moves forward with a plan to establish a company
Nov.
A mansion and lab are completed in the Arklay Mountains on the outskirts of Raccoon City
1968
Unknown
Production of Raccoon City's streetcars starts in Europe. The line opens
Umbrella, a pharmaceutical company serving as a front, was established
Jul.
Edward's infected with the Progenitor Virus and dies. His son Alexander assumes the role of sixth-generation head of the family
Aug.
Umbrella seizes a portion of an archaeological site where the Progenitor Flower grows in abundance from the indigenous Ndipaya Tribe in Africa. Work begins on setting up an African lab
The Umbrella Executive Training Academy's established in the Arklay Mountains on Raccoon City's outskirts. Dr. Marcus is appointed as first director
Alexander launches a plan to construct an Antarctic Base. A research facility for the top-secret "CODE:Veronica" project's secretly set up underground
1969
Feb.
The Umbrella Africa Laboratory’s completed, Brandon's appointed as its director
Jun.
The Umbrella Antarctic Base and lab are completed
Nov.
The CODE:Veronica project's finally successful. Twin siblings Alfred and Alexia are born to the Ashford family
1977
Unknown
Albert Wesker and William Birkin are assigned to the executive training academy as executive candidates
Dec.
Five cases of the Progenitor Virus are shipped from the Africa Lab to Dr. Marcus
1978
Jan.
Dr. Marcus successfully develops the "t-Virus"
Jul.
A decision's made to close the executive training academy. t-Virus research is transferred to the Arklay Laboratory, led by Wesker, William, and others. Dr. Marcus continues his independent research
Late 1980s
Unknown
The Africa Lab succeeds in culturing the Progenitor Virus. Supply of the virus is restricted to the Africa Lab and strictly controlled
1981
Jul.
At the age of 10, Alexia graduates at the top of her class from a prestigious university. She becomes chief researcher at the Umbrella Antarctic Lab
1982
Mar.
Alexia administers "t-Veronica" to her father Alexander, but the procedure fails. Alexander's mysterious disappearance is made public
1983
Dec.
Wesker investigates t-Virus secondary infection. He questions Spencer's plan
Alexia administers t-Veronica to herself. She enters a 15-year state of cryosleep. Her death's publicly announced as the result of infection accident
1987
Unknown
Michael Warren's sworn in as mayor of Raccoon City
1988
Unknown
Wesker assassinates Dr. Marcus on Spencer's orders
The "t-Virus Project" moves forward under William's lead. The "Tyrant," the ultimate form of a B.O.W., was developed
The "Nemesis Project" is launched at the European Sixth Laboratory
1991
Unknown
Umbrella starts construction of a massive underground lab beneath Raccoon City
Spencer approves the "G-Virus Project" proposed by William. The project commences
Wesker's transferred to the Intelligence Division
Feb.
South American drug lord Javier Hidalgo obtains the t-Virus from Umbrella. He administers the t-Virus to his wife, Hilda, as a treatment for her endemic disease
The virus inside Hilda's body goes out of control, transforming her into a creature. Those around her are informed Hilda died
The Soviet Union collapses
Sergei Vladimir contacts Umbrella. Found to be a suitable host for the "Tyrant," Sergei provides Umbrella with 10 clones of himself and is appointed as an executive
1993
Unknown
Raccoon City Police Chief Brian Irons starts colluding with Umbrella
William's transferred to the Raccoon City Underground Laboratory
Dec.
Alfred graduates from a British university. He's appointed director of the Antarctic Base. He becomes an Umbrella executive and is also appointed commander of the Rockfort Island base
A military training facility for the Anti-B.O.W. Countermeasure Task Force is completed on Rockfort Island
1994
John's transferred from the Chicago Laboratory to the Arklay Lab to succeed William
Alfred builds a private residence and a prison on Rockfort Island
1996
Unknown
The special forces unit "S.T.A.R.S." is formed under the Raccoon City Police's jurisdiction. Wesker's appointed Captain
HUNK (later a member of the Umbrella Security Service) undergoes military training at the Rockfort Island training facility
May
Waste accumulates at Umbrella's dedicated industrial waste disposal site, far exceeding its processing capacity. Untreated contaminants leak out.
1998
May
A massive virus outbreak occurs at the Arklay Lab. The facility's destroyed
A mimicry of Dr. Marcus appears at the Umbrella Executive Training Academy
The first Cerberus victim. The dismembered body of a woman in her early 20s is discovered
Jul.
A surge in casualties and missing persons occurs in the Arklay Mountains on the outskirts of Raccoon City. The city decides to have S.T.A.R.S. intervene in the investigation
Umbrella dispatches two investigation teams as part of its plan to repurpose the executive training academy. The first investigation team's wiped out by B.O.W.'s inside the facility
A S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team helicopter makes an emergency landing in the Arklay Mountains due to a mysterious engine malfunction. The team investigates Umbrella's Ecliptic Express and the former executive training academy. The training academy's destroyed ※"biohazard 0"
S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team's dispatched to search for Bravo Team. They arrive at the mansion ※ "biohazard"
Wesker's true identity's exposed to Bravo Team Captain Enrico Marini. Wesker shoots and kills Enrico
Sergei activates RED QUEEN. All research data's backed up to the supercomputer U.M.F.-013 at the Raccoon City Underground Lab. Simultaneously, RED QUEEN revokes Wesker's access rights to U.M.F.-013
The Arklay Lab and mansion that were overrun by the virus are blown up. Wesker escapes the facility just before the explosion. Four members of S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team and one member of Bravo Team survive. The facility's destroyed
Aug.
Having obtained information on the "G-Virus," former S.T.A.R.S. member Chris Redfield departs for Europe. He declares opposition to Umbrella.
Sep.
William completes the G-Virus
The virus spreads via rats, triggering a biohazard outbreak throughout Raccoon City. Reports of frequent "cannibalism" incidents in the city begin to surface
The Raccoon City Police is decimated, the police chief goes mad. The mayor flees the city leaving his daughter behind
U.B.C.S. (Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasures Service) is deployed to Raccoon City and commences a civilian rescue operation
Jill Valentine, who'd been conducting a solo investigation in Raccoon City, begins her escape from the city ※ "BIOHAZARD 3 LAST ESCAPE"
Rookie police officer Leon S. Kennedy arrives in Raccoon City. Claire Redfield also arrives in the city around the same time ※ "BIOHAZARD 2"
Umbrella deploys a new B.O.W., the "Nemesis-T Type." It starts tracking former S.T.A.R.S. members
Umbrella drops mass-produced Tyrants into Raccoon City
Leon and Claire escape Raccoon City with Sherry, the daughter of William, whom they rescued. The US military intervenes, martial law's declared in the city
U.B.C.S. survivors are exploited by Umbrella "Supervisor" Nikolai Zinoviev and die one after another
HUNK of the Umbrella Security Service and Ada Wong each recover G-Virus samples
The Raccoon City Underground Lab's destroyed
Oct.
Sergei removes Umbrella's supercomputer U.M.F.-013 from Raccoon City
Jill and U.B.C.S. member Carlos Oliveira escape Raccoon City
The US Government approves the Sterilization Strategy. By presidential order, Raccoon City's hit by a missile strike and destroyed
The US Government takes Leon and Sherry into protective custody. An agent from a US intelligence agency contacts Leon and recruits him as a US agent
The US Government issues Umbrella a business suspension order. Umbrella files a lawsuit against the government in objection
Nov.
Spencer decides to close the Umbrella Africa Lab
Dec.
Claire infiltrates the Umbrella Paris Laboratory but is captured and imprisoned at the Rockfort Island prison ※"BIOHAZARD CODE: Veronica Complete Edition"
A mysterious special forces unit led by Wesker attacks Rockfort Island. The t-Virus is released across the entire island
After escaping from prison, Claire sends an email to Leon requesting rescue. Chris is informed of Claire's location
Jill, having escaped Raccoon City, arrives at Chris' hideout, but Chris has already departed for Rockfort Island
After arriving on the island, Chris reunites with Wesker. Alfred escapes the island
At the Antarctic Lab, Alexia awakens from cryosleep. Alfred dies
Claire reunites with Chris at the Antarctic Base. The two work together to defeat Alexia
Chris and Claire escape the Antarctic Base in a fighter jet. The base is destroyed
2001
Unknown
Wesker makes contact with Javier
Javier administers the "Veronica Virus" as a treatment to his daughter Manuela, who, like his wife, has been stricken with an endemic disease
2002
Unknown
A spate of disappearances involving young girls occurs in South America
By special order of the US President, government agent Leon and Jack Krauser of the US Special Operations Command are dispatched to South America to work together on a mission to apprehend Javier ※ "BIOHAZARD THE DARKSIDE CHRONICLES"
Leon and Krauser meet Manuela and head to Javier's stronghold. There they discover the missing girls
Leon and Krauser defeat Javier who fused with a Veronica Plant, and escape Javier's facility by helicopter with Manuela. The US Government takes Manuela into protective custody
Krauser leaves the US military and goes missing. He makes contact with Wesker and joins his organization
2003
Feb.
Upon receiving intel regarding development of a new B.O.W., the Russian government carries out an assault on the Umbrella Russia branch's Caucasus Laboratory ※ "BIOHAZARD The Umbrella Chronicles"
Chris and Jill participate in an operation by a private anti-biohazard unit and succeed in destroying the new B.O.W., "T-A.L.O.S."
Wesker, having learned U.M.F.-013's location, storms the Russian branch and defeats Sergei, who transformed into a creature
Wesker obtains all the research data left in U.M.F.-013 and formats RED QUEEN
Unknown
Mysterious Umbrella data's submitted to the court, and Umbrella's found guilty. Umbrella effectively goes bankrupt
2003~2004
Wesker makes contact with Excella Gionne, an executive at the giant pharmaceutical company TRICELL. Using the Umbrella research data provided by Wesker, TRICELL advances its B.O.W. development, and Excella's standing within the company improves
The Pharmaceutical Industry Association, of which TRICELL's a board member, establishes the anti-bioterror unit "BSAA"
2004
Unknown
Ada intercepts an email sent by Luis Sera, a researcher for the cult Los Iluminados, to a friend asking for help. She obtains intel about the Plaga
Luis flees the cult with a sample of the dominant species Plaga
Wesker sends Krauser to the Los Iluminados cult to seize the dominant species Plaga
Autumn
Krauser abducts the US President's daughter Ashley Graham
US Government agent Leon travels to Europe for the operation to rescue Ashley ※ "biohazard 4"
Under Wesker's orders, Ada's dispatched as a separate task force to seize the dominant species Plaga
Luis is killed by the cult's leader Osmund Saddler
Lord Ramon Salazar, who fused with the Plaga mother body and transformed into a creature, is defeated by Leon
Ada defeats Krauser
Leon defeats Saddler who transformed into a creature
Ada seizes the dominant species Plaga sample from Leon and escapes from the isolated island where the cult's facility's located
Leon escapes the island on a jet ski with Ashley whom he rescued. The facility on the island's destroyed
2005
Aug.
The NGO TerraSave demands the publication of test results regarding clinical trials conducted in India by the giant pharmaceutical company WillPharma
Nov.
Protests break out in Harvardville against Senator Ron Davis, who brought WillPharma's research facility to the town
TerraSave member Claire arrives at Harvardville Airport ※ "biohazard DEGENERATION"
Under a plan devised by WillPharma's chief researcher, Frederic Downing, former TerraSave employee Curtis Miller carries out a bioterror attack at Harvardville Airport
Agent Leon, dispatched by the White House, arrives in Harvardville. Together with Angela Miller and Greg Glenn of the local police's special forces team SRT, he sets out to rescue survivors
Leon and Claire are reunited at the airport
Greg's infected with the virus and dies
The US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRID) identifies the virus used in the terrorist attack. They arrange for WilPharma's t-Vaccine, but the transport trucks carrying the vaccine are blown up in a terrorist attack
Claire learns the G-Virus is stored at WilPharma's Air Dome facility and informs Leon
Curtis breaks into the Air Dome and steals the G-Virus
Frederic blows up the Air Dome. Curtis suffers severe injuries and injects himself with the G-Virus
The Air Dome's sterilized by its automated system. The research facility's also destroyed
Leon, Angela, and Claire work together to defeat the G-Virus infected Curtis and escape from the Air Dome. They arrest Frederic at the G-Virus transaction site
TRICELL acquires WillPharma
A US Senator dies under mysterious circumstances
A TRICELL task force recovers Curtis' body
2006
Aug.
Chris and Jill storm the Spencer Estate to apprehend Spencer ※ "BIOHAZARD 5 EXTRA CONTENTS"
Spencer's killed by Wesker at the Spencer Estate
Chris and Jill confront Wesker. After a fierce battle, Jill and Wesker fall off a cliff
Wesker returns to his base. He places the captured Jill into cryogenic sleep to use her as a test subject for the Uroboros Virus
Based on diaries and other items discovered at the Spencer Estate, the following facts come to light
Spencer orders Alex to develop a new virus in order to achieve physical immortality. He sends hundreds of test subjects to a research facility set up on a remote island in the South Seas
Spencer receives a phone call from Alex requesting more test subjects
Spencer receives a report from Alex that the virus experiments have been successful
Alex disappears, taking all information related to the virus experiments with them
On Spencer's orders, the Oswell family butler Patrick begins human virus injection experiments in the Spencer Estate
Spencer instructs Patrick to ensure his whereabouts are indirectly conveyed to Wesker. The location of the mansion Spencer's secluded in is relayed to the informant Ricardo Irving
Patrick's fired by Spencer
Spencer's whereabouts are relayed to Wesker through the informant
Nov.
The BSAA's search for Jill's called off. Jill's officially declared dead and a grave with no body is erected
2009
Unknown
With the Uroboros Project's launch, TRICELL researchers involved in Uroboros Virus research, along with related materials, are eliminated
Ricardo Irving, a member of the TRICELL Resource Development Department, releases "Plaga 2" in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone, turning the residents into Majini
Mar.
The BSAA West Africa Branch moves to arrest Irving. Alpha Team led by Dan DeChant's dispatched to the Kijuju Autonomous Zone
Chris, having obtained information that Jill's still alive, joins the BSAA West Africa Branch's op as backup
Chris meets up with local BSAA agent Sheva Aloma in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone. They start operating as Bravo Team ※ "BIOHAZARD 5"
Alpha Team's wiped out after being attacked by test subjects infected with the Uroboros Virus
BSAA agent Reynard Fisher, who'd been in hiding in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone, is executed by residents turned into Majini
Delta Team led by Josh Stone joins forces with Chris and Sheva
Delta Team's ambushed by Ndesu, all members except Josh are killed
Chris and Sheva defeat Irving who transformed into a creature
Chris and Sheva discover a colony of Progenitor Flowers and traces of Umbrella deep underground in the ruins
Chris and Sheva encounter Wesker who has taken Jill captive. After a battle, Jill regains her sanity
Chris and Sheva confront Excella, who transformed into an Uroboros. They repel her with a satellite laser
Jill and Josh escape the TRICELL facility by helicopter. They set out to rescue Chris and Sheva
Chris and Sheva fend off Wesker and prevent the launch of Uroboros Missiles
Chris, Sheva, and Jill return safely aboard a helicopter piloted by Josh
The maritime transport trading company Travis Trading Co. begins exploiting mineral resources in Africa
20th Century
Travis Trading Co. begins collecting flora and fauna in Africa and launches a pharmaceutical business
1960s
Unknown
Engineer Michael Warren begins the electrification of Raccoon City
Travis Trading Co. changes its name to TRICELL
Edward Ashford, fifth head of the Ashford family, begins the search for the Progenitor Virus
1962
Unknown
Lord Oswell E. Spencer commissions architect George Trevor to design and build a mansion
1966
Dec.
Spencer, Edward, James Marcus, and chief researcher Brandon Bailey discover the Progenitor Virus, a virus capable of recombining a living thing's genes, from the Stairway to the Sun, a flower blooming under ancient ruins in Africa
The Progenitor Flower, which harbors an unknown virus, is brought back to the United States where Dr. Marcus and Brandon begin cultivating it
1967
Mar.
Umbrella fails to cultivate the Progenitor Flower
Spencer moves forward with a plan to establish a company
Nov.
A mansion and lab are completed in the Arklay Mountains on the outskirts of Raccoon City
1968
Unknown
Production of Raccoon City's streetcars starts in Europe. The line opens
Umbrella, a pharmaceutical company serving as a front, was established
Jul.
Edward's infected with the Progenitor Virus and dies. His son Alexander assumes the role of sixth-generation head of the family
Aug.
Umbrella seizes a portion of an archaeological site where the Progenitor Flower grows in abundance from the indigenous Ndipaya Tribe in Africa. Work begins on setting up an African lab
The Umbrella Executive Training Academy's established in the Arklay Mountains on Raccoon City's outskirts. Dr. Marcus is appointed as first director
Alexander launches a plan to construct an Antarctic Base. A research facility for the top-secret "CODE:Veronica" project's secretly set up underground
1969
Feb.
The Umbrella Africa Laboratory’s completed, Brandon's appointed as its director
Jun.
The Umbrella Antarctic Base and lab are completed
Nov.
The CODE:Veronica project's finally successful. Twin siblings Alfred and Alexia are born to the Ashford family
1977
Unknown
Albert Wesker and William Birkin are assigned to the executive training academy as executive candidates
Dec.
Five cases of the Progenitor Virus are shipped from the Africa Lab to Dr. Marcus
1978
Jan.
Dr. Marcus successfully develops the "t-Virus"
Jul.
A decision's made to close the executive training academy. t-Virus research is transferred to the Arklay Laboratory, led by Wesker, William, and others. Dr. Marcus continues his independent research
Late 1980s
Unknown
The Africa Lab succeeds in culturing the Progenitor Virus. Supply of the virus is restricted to the Africa Lab and strictly controlled
1981
Jul.
At the age of 10, Alexia graduates at the top of her class from a prestigious university. She becomes chief researcher at the Umbrella Antarctic Lab
1982
Mar.
Alexia administers "t-Veronica" to her father Alexander, but the procedure fails. Alexander's mysterious disappearance is made public
1983
Dec.
Wesker investigates t-Virus secondary infection. He questions Spencer's plan
Alexia administers t-Veronica to herself. She enters a 15-year state of cryosleep. Her death's publicly announced as the result of infection accident
1987
Unknown
Michael Warren's sworn in as mayor of Raccoon City
1988
Unknown
Wesker assassinates Dr. Marcus on Spencer's orders
The "t-Virus Project" moves forward under William's lead. The "Tyrant," the ultimate form of a B.O.W., was developed
The "Nemesis Project" is launched at the European Sixth Laboratory
1991
Unknown
Umbrella starts construction of a massive underground lab beneath Raccoon City
Spencer approves the "G-Virus Project" proposed by William. The project commences
Wesker's transferred to the Intelligence Division
Feb.
South American drug lord Javier Hidalgo obtains the t-Virus from Umbrella. He administers the t-Virus to his wife, Hilda, as a treatment for her endemic disease
The virus inside Hilda's body goes out of control, transforming her into a creature. Those around her are informed Hilda died
The Soviet Union collapses
Sergei Vladimir contacts Umbrella. Found to be a suitable host for the "Tyrant," Sergei provides Umbrella with 10 clones of himself and is appointed as an executive
1993
Unknown
Raccoon City Police Chief Brian Irons starts colluding with Umbrella
William's transferred to the Raccoon City Underground Laboratory
Dec.
Alfred graduates from a British university. He's appointed director of the Antarctic Base. He becomes an Umbrella executive and is also appointed commander of the Rockfort Island base
A military training facility for the Anti-B.O.W. Countermeasure Task Force is completed on Rockfort Island
1994
John's transferred from the Chicago Laboratory to the Arklay Lab to succeed William
Alfred builds a private residence and a prison on Rockfort Island
1996
Unknown
The special forces unit "S.T.A.R.S." is formed under the Raccoon City Police's jurisdiction. Wesker's appointed Captain
HUNK (later a member of the Umbrella Security Service) undergoes military training at the Rockfort Island training facility
May
Waste accumulates at Umbrella's dedicated industrial waste disposal site, far exceeding its processing capacity. Untreated contaminants leak out.
1998
May
A massive virus outbreak occurs at the Arklay Lab. The facility's destroyed
A mimicry of Dr. Marcus appears at the Umbrella Executive Training Academy
The first Cerberus victim. The dismembered body of a woman in her early 20s is discovered
Jul.
A surge in casualties and missing persons occurs in the Arklay Mountains on the outskirts of Raccoon City. The city decides to have S.T.A.R.S. intervene in the investigation
Umbrella dispatches two investigation teams as part of its plan to repurpose the executive training academy. The first investigation team's wiped out by B.O.W.'s inside the facility
A S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team helicopter makes an emergency landing in the Arklay Mountains due to a mysterious engine malfunction. The team investigates Umbrella's Ecliptic Express and the former executive training academy. The training academy's destroyed ※"biohazard 0"
S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team's dispatched to search for Bravo Team. They arrive at the mansion ※ "biohazard"
Wesker's true identity's exposed to Bravo Team Captain Enrico Marini. Wesker shoots and kills Enrico
Sergei activates RED QUEEN. All research data's backed up to the supercomputer U.M.F.-013 at the Raccoon City Underground Lab. Simultaneously, RED QUEEN revokes Wesker's access rights to U.M.F.-013
The Arklay Lab and mansion that were overrun by the virus are blown up. Wesker escapes the facility just before the explosion. Four members of S.T.A.R.S. Alpha Team and one member of Bravo Team survive. The facility's destroyed
Aug.
Having obtained information on the "G-Virus," former S.T.A.R.S. member Chris Redfield departs for Europe. He declares opposition to Umbrella.
Sep.
William completes the G-Virus
The virus spreads via rats, triggering a biohazard outbreak throughout Raccoon City. Reports of frequent "cannibalism" incidents in the city begin to surface
The Raccoon City Police is decimated, the police chief goes mad. The mayor flees the city leaving his daughter behind
U.B.C.S. (Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasures Service) is deployed to Raccoon City and commences a civilian rescue operation
Jill Valentine, who'd been conducting a solo investigation in Raccoon City, begins her escape from the city ※ "BIOHAZARD 3 LAST ESCAPE"
Rookie police officer Leon S. Kennedy arrives in Raccoon City. Claire Redfield also arrives in the city around the same time ※ "BIOHAZARD 2"
Umbrella deploys a new B.O.W., the "Nemesis-T Type." It starts tracking former S.T.A.R.S. members
Umbrella drops mass-produced Tyrants into Raccoon City
Leon and Claire escape Raccoon City with Sherry, the daughter of William, whom they rescued. The US military intervenes, martial law's declared in the city
U.B.C.S. survivors are exploited by Umbrella "Supervisor" Nikolai Zinoviev and die one after another
HUNK of the Umbrella Security Service and Ada Wong each recover G-Virus samples
The Raccoon City Underground Lab's destroyed
Oct.
Sergei removes Umbrella's supercomputer U.M.F.-013 from Raccoon City
Jill and U.B.C.S. member Carlos Oliveira escape Raccoon City
The US Government approves the Sterilization Strategy. By presidential order, Raccoon City's hit by a missile strike and destroyed
The US Government takes Leon and Sherry into protective custody. An agent from a US intelligence agency contacts Leon and recruits him as a US agent
The US Government issues Umbrella a business suspension order. Umbrella files a lawsuit against the government in objection
Nov.
Spencer decides to close the Umbrella Africa Lab
Dec.
Claire infiltrates the Umbrella Paris Laboratory but is captured and imprisoned at the Rockfort Island prison ※"BIOHAZARD CODE: Veronica Complete Edition"
A mysterious special forces unit led by Wesker attacks Rockfort Island. The t-Virus is released across the entire island
After escaping from prison, Claire sends an email to Leon requesting rescue. Chris is informed of Claire's location
Jill, having escaped Raccoon City, arrives at Chris' hideout, but Chris has already departed for Rockfort Island
After arriving on the island, Chris reunites with Wesker. Alfred escapes the island
At the Antarctic Lab, Alexia awakens from cryosleep. Alfred dies
Claire reunites with Chris at the Antarctic Base. The two work together to defeat Alexia
Chris and Claire escape the Antarctic Base in a fighter jet. The base is destroyed
2001
Unknown
Wesker makes contact with Javier
Javier administers the "Veronica Virus" as a treatment to his daughter Manuela, who, like his wife, has been stricken with an endemic disease
2002
Unknown
A spate of disappearances involving young girls occurs in South America
By special order of the US President, government agent Leon and Jack Krauser of the US Special Operations Command are dispatched to South America to work together on a mission to apprehend Javier ※ "BIOHAZARD THE DARKSIDE CHRONICLES"
Leon and Krauser meet Manuela and head to Javier's stronghold. There they discover the missing girls
Leon and Krauser defeat Javier who fused with a Veronica Plant, and escape Javier's facility by helicopter with Manuela. The US Government takes Manuela into protective custody
Krauser leaves the US military and goes missing. He makes contact with Wesker and joins his organization
2003
Feb.
Upon receiving intel regarding development of a new B.O.W., the Russian government carries out an assault on the Umbrella Russia branch's Caucasus Laboratory ※ "BIOHAZARD The Umbrella Chronicles"
Chris and Jill participate in an operation by a private anti-biohazard unit and succeed in destroying the new B.O.W., "T-A.L.O.S."
Wesker, having learned U.M.F.-013's location, storms the Russian branch and defeats Sergei, who transformed into a creature
Wesker obtains all the research data left in U.M.F.-013 and formats RED QUEEN
Unknown
Mysterious Umbrella data's submitted to the court, and Umbrella's found guilty. Umbrella effectively goes bankrupt
2003~2004
Wesker makes contact with Excella Gionne, an executive at the giant pharmaceutical company TRICELL. Using the Umbrella research data provided by Wesker, TRICELL advances its B.O.W. development, and Excella's standing within the company improves
The Pharmaceutical Industry Association, of which TRICELL's a board member, establishes the anti-bioterror unit "BSAA"
2004
Unknown
Ada intercepts an email sent by Luis Sera, a researcher for the cult Los Iluminados, to a friend asking for help. She obtains intel about the Plaga
Luis flees the cult with a sample of the dominant species Plaga
Wesker sends Krauser to the Los Iluminados cult to seize the dominant species Plaga
Autumn
Krauser abducts the US President's daughter Ashley Graham
US Government agent Leon travels to Europe for the operation to rescue Ashley ※ "biohazard 4"
Under Wesker's orders, Ada's dispatched as a separate task force to seize the dominant species Plaga
Luis is killed by the cult's leader Osmund Saddler
Lord Ramon Salazar, who fused with the Plaga mother body and transformed into a creature, is defeated by Leon
Ada defeats Krauser
Leon defeats Saddler who transformed into a creature
Ada seizes the dominant species Plaga sample from Leon and escapes from the isolated island where the cult's facility's located
Leon escapes the island on a jet ski with Ashley whom he rescued. The facility on the island's destroyed
2005
Aug.
The NGO TerraSave demands the publication of test results regarding clinical trials conducted in India by the giant pharmaceutical company WillPharma
Nov.
Protests break out in Harvardville against Senator Ron Davis, who brought WillPharma's research facility to the town
TerraSave member Claire arrives at Harvardville Airport ※ "biohazard DEGENERATION"
Under a plan devised by WillPharma's chief researcher, Frederic Downing, former TerraSave employee Curtis Miller carries out a bioterror attack at Harvardville Airport
Agent Leon, dispatched by the White House, arrives in Harvardville. Together with Angela Miller and Greg Glenn of the local police's special forces team SRT, he sets out to rescue survivors
Leon and Claire are reunited at the airport
Greg's infected with the virus and dies
The US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRID) identifies the virus used in the terrorist attack. They arrange for WilPharma's t-Vaccine, but the transport trucks carrying the vaccine are blown up in a terrorist attack
Claire learns the G-Virus is stored at WilPharma's Air Dome facility and informs Leon
Curtis breaks into the Air Dome and steals the G-Virus
Frederic blows up the Air Dome. Curtis suffers severe injuries and injects himself with the G-Virus
The Air Dome's sterilized by its automated system. The research facility's also destroyed
Leon, Angela, and Claire work together to defeat the G-Virus infected Curtis and escape from the Air Dome. They arrest Frederic at the G-Virus transaction site
TRICELL acquires WillPharma
A US Senator dies under mysterious circumstances
A TRICELL task force recovers Curtis' body
2006
Aug.
Chris and Jill storm the Spencer Estate to apprehend Spencer ※ "BIOHAZARD 5 EXTRA CONTENTS"
Spencer's killed by Wesker at the Spencer Estate
Chris and Jill confront Wesker. After a fierce battle, Jill and Wesker fall off a cliff
Wesker returns to his base. He places the captured Jill into cryogenic sleep to use her as a test subject for the Uroboros Virus
Based on diaries and other items discovered at the Spencer Estate, the following facts come to light
Spencer orders Alex to develop a new virus in order to achieve physical immortality. He sends hundreds of test subjects to a research facility set up on a remote island in the South Seas
Spencer receives a phone call from Alex requesting more test subjects
Spencer receives a report from Alex that the virus experiments have been successful
Alex disappears, taking all information related to the virus experiments with them
On Spencer's orders, the Oswell family butler Patrick begins human virus injection experiments in the Spencer Estate
Spencer instructs Patrick to ensure his whereabouts are indirectly conveyed to Wesker. The location of the mansion Spencer's secluded in is relayed to the informant Ricardo Irving
Patrick's fired by Spencer
Spencer's whereabouts are relayed to Wesker through the informant
Nov.
The BSAA's search for Jill's called off. Jill's officially declared dead and a grave with no body is erected
2009
Unknown
With the Uroboros Project's launch, TRICELL researchers involved in Uroboros Virus research, along with related materials, are eliminated
Ricardo Irving, a member of the TRICELL Resource Development Department, releases "Plaga 2" in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone, turning the residents into Majini
Mar.
The BSAA West Africa Branch moves to arrest Irving. Alpha Team led by Dan DeChant's dispatched to the Kijuju Autonomous Zone
Chris, having obtained information that Jill's still alive, joins the BSAA West Africa Branch's op as backup
Chris meets up with local BSAA agent Sheva Aloma in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone. They start operating as Bravo Team ※ "BIOHAZARD 5"
Alpha Team's wiped out after being attacked by test subjects infected with the Uroboros Virus
BSAA agent Reynard Fisher, who'd been in hiding in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone, is executed by residents turned into Majini
Delta Team led by Josh Stone joins forces with Chris and Sheva
Delta Team's ambushed by Ndesu, all members except Josh are killed
Chris and Sheva defeat Irving who transformed into a creature
Chris and Sheva discover a colony of Progenitor Flowers and traces of Umbrella deep underground in the ruins
Chris and Sheva encounter Wesker who has taken Jill captive. After a battle, Jill regains her sanity
Chris and Sheva confront Excella, who transformed into an Uroboros. They repel her with a satellite laser
Jill and Josh escape the TRICELL facility by helicopter. They set out to rescue Chris and Sheva
Chris and Sheva fend off Wesker and prevent the launch of Uroboros Missiles
Chris, Sheva, and Jill return safely aboard a helicopter piloted by Josh