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RESIDENT EVIL™ IV
Prologue: Baptism in Europe He ducked, then rolled forward. The man swung his axe at him, grazing his
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back and rending the air forcefully. Leon turned and pulled out his 9mm auto-
matic. He gave the man a warning.
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“Freeze!”
A dirty car drove down a mountain road. Winter was still a distant warning, but The strange incidents he’d dealt with over the years came flooding to his mind.
the trees on either side of the road were bare, ringed by carpets of dead leaves.
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He had been attacked by ordinary citizens before, but those were walking
corpses infested with the T-Virus. This man’s eyes were an unnatural red, but he
The plaintive Flamenco melody drifting through the car seemed well-matched to
didn’t look like any zombie Leon had ever seen.
the dreary scene. Leon S. Kennedy sat in the back seat, contemplating the view.
“I said freeze!”
“Yo, who are you really?”
The man just screamed and held his axe aloft.
The elderly cop in the passenger seat addressed Leon. The younger cop at the
steering wheel looked up as he spoke. They had been assigned to take Leon to his Leon pulled the trigger. The bullet tore through the man, sending him to the
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destination, a certain village out in the countryside. floor in a motionless heap. Leon heard an engine revving up outside, followed
by the sound of the officers screaming, and a violent crash. That couldn’t be
“Guess that’s a local’s way of breaking the ice. Anyway, you know what this is all
good. He went outside and saw that the bridge was down, with black smoke bil-
about. My assignment is to search for the President’s missing daughter.”
lowing up from below. He looked off the edge of the cliff and saw the truck and
“What, all by yourself ?” the police car in ruins at the bottom. There was no sign of the officers.
“I’m sure you boys didn’t just tag along so we could sing “kum-ba-yah” together at That was only Leon’s first glimpse of the madness into which he was about
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some Boy Scout bonfire. Then again, maybe you did.” to stray…
The older cop chuckled, but didn’t press him any further.
“It’s a direct order from the chief himself. I tell you, it’s no picnic.” 2
“I’m counting on you guys.” The village square was lined with stone buildings. Women carried water, while
The older cop just smiled and shrugged. the men piled up a mountain of straw, which they had cut by hand with their
sickles. Livestock and chickens could also be seen.
The car passed over a wooden suspension bridge, then stopped. The cop at the
wheel pointed to a small path through the woods. One could make out farmhouses At the center of the square was a stake about 3m in height. The elderly police-
just beyond the trees. man was tied to it, hanging limply, as flames crackled up from the mountain of
straw at his feet.
“Just up ahead is the village.”
Leon watched the scene through his binoculars, then started moving toward
Leon was just heading off on his own when he got a radio transmission from his the village again. In one house he found a mountain of bleached bones—of visi-
backup at headquarters. tors burned at the stake, and villagers who went against the grain. If this town
really did have something to do with Ashley’s disappearance… then Leon didn’t
“I’m Ingrid Hunnigan. I’ll be your support on this mission.” have a moment to lose.
“So the subject’s name is Ashley Graham, right?” As Leon crept quietly toward the village, he suddenly ran into a villager, who
“That’s right. She’s the daughter of the President.” pointed at Leon and shouted an alarm. Villagers started rushing toward him
from all directions. They did not attack individually, but cooperated in small
Several days earlier, a mysterious group had abducted Ashley from her college in groups, as if the crowd itself was all parts of a single predator.
Massachusettes. Leon had just been assigned as Ashley’s bodyguard, so the Presi-
dent entrusted him with the mission to rescue her. His only lead was an eyewitness “Who are these people?”
report of a gang dressed in black, escorting a girl who fit her description into the Leon ran to the safety of a nearby house.
village ahead.
The villagers kept banging at the door. Someone revved up an engine outside,
“I’ll try to find more information on them from my end as well.” and Leon looked out to see a villager carrying a chainsaw. Other villagers were
Leon ended the transmission. He decided to start with the first house he came to. raising ladders to get at the second-story windows. As if they weren’t already
strange enough, their ability to apply problem-solving logic to situations was
The house seemed dilapidated, as if it hadn’t been lived in for years. A man who truly terrifying. He was trapped like a rat.
might have been its owner was feeding a fire in the hearth. Leon called out to
him, but the man didn’t turn. Leon approached him, and showed him a picture of Leon fired off round after round, but for each villager that fell, a new flood of
Ashley Graham. them came to take its place. The situation was getting worse by the minute. He
had to find a way to break through…
“I was wondering if you might recognize the girl in this photograph?”
He heard a sound… the church bell was ringing. Leon watched on in disbelief as
The man looked up from the hearth. He took a glance at the picture, then started the tide of villagers stopped, turned, and murmured to themselves as they filed
barking angrily at Leon. Leon couldn’t make out what he was saying, but it was off together towards a building further into town.
obvious that the man wanted him to leave.
Leon stood alone in the village square. Beside him, the charred remains of the
“Sorry to have bothered you.” police officer flickered with the dying flame.
As he turned to go, a tremor went through the room. Leon sensed someone behind
him—someone out for blood.
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Chapter 1: The Cult of Los Illuminados
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Dreams are fleeting things. Through the veil of unconsciousness, Leon saw an
old man in a hooded robe, carrying a staff. He looked like a magician from a
Leon searched the village house by house, and came upon a memo inside an old fairy tale. The magician spoke.
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shack. Photos of himself were attached to it.
“Feeble humans…”
The memo spoke of an American agent who had recently been asking questions
about the village. It included a warning not to let the agent get in contact with “the His voice resounded in Leon’s mind.
prisoner.”
“Let us give you our power.”
The prisoner in question was being held in an old house beyond the farm, but
preparations were being made to transport the prisoner to the valley for closer He felt a pain in his neck, like a prick from a needle.
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monitoring. The memo stressed the importance of keeping the American far away. “Soon, you will become unable to resist this… intoxicating power.”
It was signed by the village chief, Bitores Mendez. If the prisoner in question was Leon wondered to himself in his dream: What magic is this? What did they
Ashley, he knew he would have to get to her before they moved her. inject me with?
Leon made his way out past the farms, taking care not to be seen. As he came to, Leon found himself in an old house. His hands were tied behind
At last, he found the old house and crept inside. He heard something banging in a him, bound to the Latino man’s. He had awakened from the nightmare… but
the reality wasn’t much better.
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wardrobe near the back. He opened it, and a dark-haired Latino man tumbled out.
As Leon untied him, the Latino man inquired, “Hey, wake up.”
“You’re… not like them?” The Latino man grumbled a response,
“No. You?” “Crawl out of one hole, and into another. Americano, sí? Now what brings a
Loosed from his bonds, the man flexed his fingers. They were covered in flashy bloke like you to this part of the world?”
rings, which seemed out-of-place in such a backwater village. “My name’s Leon. I came here looking for this girl. Seen her?”
Leon thought back to the memo he found in the village. If this man was the As Leon introduced himself, he showed the man Ashley’s photo.
“prisoner” in question, he must have been an enemy of the village… but that didn’t
necessarily make him Leon’s ally. He would have to be cautious. He suspected the “Let me guess. She’s the President’s daughter?”
man felt the same way about him.
The Latino man said he had heard the villagers talking about the President’s
The man spoke again. daughter. He speculated that she might be locked up in the church. As Leon
thought this over, he asked the Latino man about himself.
“I only have one, very important question. You got a smoke?”
“Me llamo Luis Sera. I used to be a cop in Madrid. Now I’m just a good-for-
The inappropriateness of this question stunned Leon, who flatly offered him gum nothing guy, who happens to be quite the ladies’ man.”
instead. It looked like they’d have a long way to go before he could get any real
answers. He could have been talking about Leon himself. Leon told him that he had been
a cop, too, if only for a day.
Their conversation was cut short by the appearance of two villagers wielding farm
implements. The Latino man’s attention was focused behind them, though. He “Somehow I managed to get myself involved with the incident in Raccoon City,
spoke up sarcastically, on my first day in the force.”
“Perfect.” “That is the incident with the viral outbreak, right?”
Behind the villagers was a large man dressed in a dingy trenchcoat. A long beard Leon nodded, and Luis continued.
hung on his face, a strange contrast to his completely hairless head. Leon remained
silent and regarded him, carefully. “I think I might have seen a sample of the virus in a lab at the department.”
The Latino man whispered, He stopped. A villager had entered the shed, covered in blood and carrying a
huge axe.
“The big cheese.”
“Do something, cop!”
In other words, this was village chief Mendez. Leon threw a spin kick at him, but
Mendez caught his foot with his right palm, and threw him effortlessly into the air. The villager turned toward them, raising the axe.
Leon landed hard against the wall. His consciousness slipped away. “After you!”
The two of them both leaned forward, extended their arms. When the axe came
down, it cut through the bonds that held them together. Leon easily dealt with
the villagers who came along as reinforcements, but when he looked up, Luis
was gone.
There was only one place left for Leon to go. He left the old house behind.
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Leon was heading toward the church when he came upon a large mansion. It
was scrupulously maintained, from which he inferred it was probably the village Leon found the church. It was completely quiet, and the door
chief ’s house. Creeping in through a back window, he found himself in a room that was shut tight. He would need a key to get in. Forcing his way
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seemed to double as a study and bedroom. There was a memo on the nightstand. might put Ashley in even greater danger. Leon had a new goal:
he had to search the village for the key.
As instructed by Lord Saddler, I have the agent in confinement, alive. Why keep
him alive? I do not fully understand what the Lord’s intentions are. Two villagers were riding a small boat into the misty lake. They
had the body of the young cop with them, which they threw
If for some reason, an unknown third party is involved, I don’t think they’d let a
into the water. The ripples around the floating body suddenly
chance like this slip by.
turned to waves as the head of a huge, stone-skinned creature
Leon speculated that the third party could be another group acting against them. burst forth from the surface. The salamander-like creature de-
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As he looked out over the room, a portrait caught his eye. There was something voured the officer’s body, then sank again with a roar. Feeding
familiar about it. time, it seemed.
It was a hooded old man, the sorcerer from his dream… Leon made his way to the shore, and set out in a boat.
He heard a sound. Someone else was in the mansion. Leon drew his automatic and It appeared before him on the misty lake: The great creature
went out into the hallway. A hand grabbed him from behind, causing Leon to drop burst forth from the water, seeking to devour the boat itself.
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his gun. The large man in the trenchcoat began to lift him up by the throat. Leon harpooned it over and over again, and when the battle
was over, it sank back below the water.
Leon felt his consciousness slipping away. Everything was going red.
Leon disembarked at the far shore, heading for a small hut.
“You carry the same blood as us, it seems.” There, he was beset by a sudden pain running through his
chest. He covered his mouth and coughed, and found blood on
With those words, Mendez suddenly dropped Leon down on the floor. There was a
his palm. Suddenly, his body felt heavy. The world around him
sneer in his voice as he spoke again.
went black. Cold sweat ran down his forehead. As he strode
“Nevertheless, you’re an outsider. Just remember, if you become unpleasant to our through the door, he went limp and passed out on the floor.
eyes, you face severe consequences…”
There was something squirming inside of his body, moving
When Leon looked up again, Mendez was already gone, disappeared into the around in his chest, his stomach, and down his legs. That feel-
bedroom. ing of violation was more terrifying even than the pain. Leon
looked down at his hands. Blue and red blood vessels traced
Just then, he got a call. Hunnigan had been researching a religious cult that called visible lines up his arms. They swelled, pushing up against the
the village home. They were the black-clad gang that had abducted Ashley. skin, and then…
“They’re called the Los Illuminados.” He heard a scream. Leon sat up, and realized that it had been
his own. He had been unconscious in the small hut.
Leon relayed his encounter with village chief Mendez to Hunnigan.
He contacted Hunnigan back at the base and explained the
“He could have killed me, but he let me live. And he mentioned something about situation. She told him he had been out for at least six hours.
me carrying the same blood as them. Whatever that means.”
“I started to feel dizzy. Then I guess I must have lost conscious-
Leon ended the call, and started back toward the mansion’s lower floors. Then, he ness.”
stopped. Mendez was still in the bedroom. He had to find the church as quickly
as possible, and it would be quicker if he could get information about Ashley’s “Maybe that has some connection to what the village chief was
whereabouts from Mendez. This was his turn to catch him off guard. Leon retraced talking about.”
his steps, and opened the bedroom door.
Hunnigan’s words reminded Leon of his strange dream, but he
Mendez was waiting for him. The large man ran at him with cat-like grace, bowled knew he couldn’t stop to think about it. He had to hurry and
Leon over, and planted his right foot on his chest. As he slowly applied more pres- find Ashley. As he dropped the call, he noticed a scrap of paper
sure, Leon heard his ribs creak. in the hut. Someone had left a letter for Leon. It gave him the
location of the key to the church where Ashley was held. It had
There was a gunshot, and the sound of breaking glass. Mendez turned toward the the following sentence added as a post-script:
window, releasing Leon. Outside the window was a woman in a red dress aiming a
gun at him. Mendez crashed out the window in pursuit, but the woman was already About what’s been going on in your body… If I could help you,
gone. I would. But unfortunately it’s beyond my power.
The room was quiet again. That woman… memories flooded Leon’s mind, but he Leon looked down again, to the hand which held the letter. It
knew this was no time to get lost in sentiment. was still stained with blood.
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Chapter 2: The Terror of the Blood “Leon, what’s gonna happen to us?”
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Leon’s response was as much for his own ears as for hers.
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The chapel was a simple room. A narrow balcony ran around the outer circumfer-
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ence, with two iron grates blocking the way past. Leon discovered the mechanism
to unlock the grates, and opened the door beyond.
Inside was what looked like a small store room. A blonde-haired girl was standing Heading eastward from the church, they fended off wave after wave of villager
there: Ashley. When he called to her, she immediately threw a board at his head. attacks. Leon wanted to move as fast as possible, but Ashley’s presence made it
hard. Still, she had turned out to be much tougher than he expected, and even
“Don’t come!” helped him bypass a few obstacles.
Leon became acutely aware of the gun in his hand. After being abducted and It was just then that Hunnigan contacted him with some bad news.
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dragged halfway around the world by a creepy cult, it was only natural that she
would be afraid when a stranger appeared brandishing a weapon. Leon holstered it, “We’ve lost contact with the chopper. Someone must have shot it down, though
and spoke to her again. we can’t determine who.”
“My name’s Leon, I’m under the President’s order to rescue you.” “Great…”
“What? My father?” “We’re prepping another chopper for you. Meanwhile, I want you to head
towards the extraction point.”
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Her eyes shone with child-like hope as she looked up at Leon. He pulled out his
radio and informed Hunnigan that he had Ashley in custody. It wasn’t just losing the helicopter that bothered him. It was the idea that some-
one out there was anticipating their every move. He wondered if there might be
“Good work, Leon. I’ll send a chopper over right away.” a leak in the government’s information department.
The extraction point was a place to the north-east of the village farms. As they made it over a suspension bridge, they saw a crowd of villagers assem-
bling before them. A torch-wielding mob was also coming up on them from
“Got it. I’m on my way.”
behind. They dove for the shelter of a nearby cabin, where they were addressed
Leon led Ashley out of the room and back into the chapel. But as they made their by a man’s voice.
way down the ladder towards the exit, they heard a voice from behind.
“Small world, eh?”
“I’ll take the girl.”
It was Luis. He tossed the door bolt to Leon, and began speaking, his eyes on
The speaker was a man in a hooded purple robe, carrying a staff like a magician. Ashley.
“I see that the President’s equipped his daughter with ballistics, too.”
2 “How rude! And I don’t believe there’s any relevance with my figure and my
standing. Who are you?”
“My name is Osmund Saddler, the master of this fine… religious community.” “Excuse me, Your Highness. Perhaps the young lady might want to introduce
The portraits he had seen everywhere in the town. The magician from his dream. It herself first, before asking someone his name?”
was the man who stood before him now: Saddler. Even at a time like this, he was so laid back. It must have been the Latin blood.
“What do you want?” “Her name is Ashley Graham. The President’s daughter?”
“To demonstrate to the whole world our astounding power, of course. No longer Leon noticed Luis focused intently on Ashley’s eyes. He murmured to him
will the United States think they can police the world forever. So we kidnapped the quietly.
President’s daughter, in order to give her our power, and then send her back.”
“Don’t worry. She’s cool.”
Behind Leon, Ashley whispered in shocked recollection.
Luis must have known something about the thing they had put inside of Ashley
“Leon, I think they shot something in my neck.” and Leon. That was why the Los Illuminados cult was after him.
“What did you do to her?!” “Ehh, never mind. There’s supposed to be some obvious symptom before you
“We just planted her a little…gift. Oh, there’s going to be one hell of a party when turn into one of them, anyway…”
she returns home to her loving father.” “Look!”
Saddler lowered his voice and continued. Ashley cut Luis off before he could say anything more. Torchlight was flickering
“I believe I forgot to tell you that we gave you the same gift.” in through the windows. The villagers had surrounded the hut, preparing to
make their move.
It all came back to him. That horrible nightmare… the prick of the needle.
“Ashley, upstairs!”
“I truly hope you like our small, but special contributions. When the eggs hatch,
you’ll become my puppets.” Luis stood next to Leon as they got ready for the villagers’ entry. He had an old
army pistol in his hand.
Leon didn’t want to believe it, but he remembered all too well the suicidal behavior
of the villagers. “Okay… it’s game time.”
Just then, a pair of hooded men appeared, each carrying a flaming crossbow. Leon The villagers pounded on the door and poured in through the windows. Leon
grabbed Ashley’s hand and pulled her crashing into the stained glass window and heard ladders being raised to the upper floor. They were coming in in waves
out of the church. from any point they could, but the two men held their own, with Luis proving
himself quite capable in a fight.
Outside, the rain was falling. Ashley lay on the wet ground for a moment, then
looked up at him in fear.
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The bell rang-- No, was it just thunder? The footsteps from above began mov- Chapter 3: The Little Demon, Ramon Salazar
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ing back to the windows, and the torch flame receded into the distance. As Leon
lowered his gun, Luis turned toward him.
“What do we do now?”
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“The bridge I crossed to get here is out, so I guess we have no choice but to keep Their pursuers were relentless, and the heat of the torches grew stronger at
moving.” their backs. Leon and Ashley barely managed to escape and take shelter in the
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Luis met Leon’s eyes, then abruptly turned toward the door and started walking. grounds of a nearby castle. As they made their way toward the main structure,
He called back carelessly over his shoulder. suddenly, they heard a voice behind them.
“I forgot something. You guys go on ahead.” “Leon!”
Leon moved to follow him out the door, but Luis was out of sight. The night fog It was Luis.
was creeping in all around them. “I’ve got something for you guys.”
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He rooted furtively around in his pockets, then swore aloud.
4 “Shit! I must have dropped it when I was running away from them.”
“Dropped what?”
Leon and Ashley kept moving toward the extraction point, when they stumbled
“A drug that’ll stop your convulsions.”
upon a suspicious-looking building. Leon told Ashley to wait outside, then opened
the iron door and went in. Inside, it looked like a slaughterhouse. The place seemed It was clear Luis knew a lot about what was infesting the villagers.
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abandoned. Farm tools, straw, wood, and metal canisters lay strewn about every- “Look, I know you are carriers. You’ve been coughing up blood, right?”
where.
Luis was completely direct now, with none of his earlier kidding. Leon
Leon felt something creeping up on him from behind. He turned around just in murmured in the affirmative, and Luis asked Ashley the same question.
time for a large hand to clamp over his throat. The owner of the hand was the large
man in the trenchcoat, Bitores Mendez. “Yes.”
“The eggs have hatched. We don’t have much time.”
Mendez threw Leon through the air and into one of the support beams. He then
approached Leon, right hand raised. Leon dodged the blow and kicked over one His words called to mind what Saddler had said in the church—about “planting
of the metal drums. Gasoline flooded out of it onto the floor, pooling around them” with a “gift.”
Mendez’s feet. “What are you talking about?”
“Hasta luego.” “I have to go back and get it.”
Leon fired into the fuel, sparking a wreath of flame at Mendez’s feet. The blaze “Why are you--”
burned higher, engulfing his coat. The drum canister exploded with a deafening Luis brushed off the question.
roar.
“It makes me feel better. Let’s just leave it at that.”
At the center of the inferno, Mendez’s body underwent a bizarre transformation.
His tattered torso began to rise, supported on an elongated spinal column. Two
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inside him that was only now showing its true form.
Leon took his distance from Mendez and fired a series of shots at the monster’s As they entered the castle’s main hall, they were greeted by a piercing laugh. A
spinal column. The spine snapped under the force of the assault, leaving Mendez figure was looking down on them from the second floor terrace: a small man,
toppled on the burning floor in in two broken pieces. dressed up like a renaissance noble. He was flanked by two hooded men who
seemed to be acting as his bodyguards.
It was not over yet, though. A black shadow leaped from the flames—Mendez’s
upper half. Using the protrusions on its back, it dangled from the rafters, looking “Who are you?”
down at Leon with lifeless eyes. Truly, it was tenacious. Mendez flew down at Leon,
thrusting out with one of its scorpion tails. Leon winced in pain as the tip grazed “Me llamo Ramon Salazar, the eighth castellan of this magnificent arcitecture. I
his side, but he rolled along the ground and unloaded his payload into him. have been honored with the prodigious power from the great Lord Saddler.”
With a final roar of agony, Mendez at last stopped moving for good. Looking down On a closer look, Leon realized that Salazar’s face was covered in wrinkles. He
on his inhuman visage, Leon recalled the words he had spoken. was like an old man in the body of a child—a fitting master for the creepy old
castle.
“You carry the same blood as us.”
“I’ve been expecting you, my brethrens.”
Those words seemed to linger in back of his mind.
“No thanks, ‘bro.’”
Salazar’s words unsettled Leon. They seemed to imply that the parasite inside
him was a link to the creepy little man.
“My my, we’ve got a feisty one.”
He clearly enjoyed provoking them.
“If you care for your own well-being, I suggest you surrender yourself and
simply…become our hostage. Or, Mr. Scott, you can give us the girl because
you’re not worth a penny, I’m afraid. You can die.”
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Salazar let out a cackle, then disappeared with his hooded escorts. Leon watched He was searching a guest house on the west side of the castle, when he suddenly
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him go, seething. Ashley spoke up. felt a gun at his back.
“I am never turning into one of them! Never!” “Put your hands where I can see them.”
Her eyes welled up with tears, and Leon suddenly felt ashamed of the expectations It was a woman’s voice.
he had placed on her. No matter how tough she acted, she was still just a girl,
battling with a nameless, invisible horror inside of her. Under the circumstances, she “Sorry, but following a lady’s lead just isn’t my style.”
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had been extraordinarily brave. “Put them up. Now.”
“Got that right. We’ll find a cure.” She would have to be a formidable opponent to sneak up on him unaware—but
His response was gently reassuring. if she really wanted to kill him, she would have done it already.
Leon turned around, putting his opponent in an arm-lock as he grabbed at the
3 gun. The woman didn’t miss a beat, lowering her body to break out of the hold
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and kick the gun away, then somersaulted forward to catch the weapon on its
downward arc. But just as she caught it and turned it on him, she felt a sharp line
The castle was a maze full of armed cultists. Leon and Ashley progressed slowly of cold steel at her neck. It was Leon’s knife.
through its rooms and passageways, but had no way of knowing whether their path
would take them to safety. “Bit of advice, try using knives next time. Works better for close encounters.”
On their way down one long hallway, Ashley suddenly began coughing. She put a Before him stood a raven-haired beauty in a red dress – a familiar one, at that.
hand over her mouth, and blood leaked out between her fingers.
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“Leon. Long time, no see.”
“You alright?”
“Ada…”
Leon put a hand on Ashley’s shoulder, but she shook him off. The fear that was
Ada Wong, mystery woman. They had fought together six years ago during the
eating at her had finally become too much to bear.
T-Virus outbreak in Raccoon City. She had thrown herself in front of an attack
“I’m fine! Leave me alone!” meant for Leon. He thought she had died for him that day…
Ashley began to run off down the hall. Suddenly, a row of spears shot up from the But then, back when he started doing missions for the U.S. government, he
floor between her and Leon, separating them with their metal bars. began hearing rumors about a woman matching Ada’s description. He had no
doubt that the woman standing before him was Ada herself.
Row after row of spears burst upwards, forcing Ashley down the corridor. As she
backed up against the wall, metal restraints lashed out of it, pinning her before it “So it is true.”
pivoted her around to the other side. Leon could hear her screams from beyond the
“True? About what?”
wall. He shouted,
“You, working with Wesker.”
“Don’t worry, Ashley! I’m coming for you!”
“I see you’ve been doing your homework.”
His transmitter vibrated. Leon quickly answered it.
Albert Wesker had once been commander of Raccoon City’s elite S.T.A.R.S.
He was met by a shrill cackle.
division, but had sold out his own men to realize his ambitions. An infamous
“Salazar! How did you…” shadow man, his name had come up time and again in connection with certain
international incidents, usually T-Virus outbreaks.
“We’ve jacked the line. We didn’t want you telling everyone any unnecessary
information.” Leon’s knowledge of Wesker came not only from government reports, but from
the testimonies of some of his closest friends. It was hard to believe that the Ada
“Where’s Ashley!?” who had saved his life could be working with such a man.
“Aw…So she fell into one of our wonderful traps. We’ll make sure we find her. Don’t “Why, Ada?”
you worry about her.”
“What’s it to you?”
Leon knew that his first priority was saving Ashley. He would deal with Salazar
later. Ada dropped her sunglasses. She avoided his gaze, and stared off into space.
“Why are you here? Why’d you show up like this?”
Just then, her sunglasses exploded with a flash, forcing Leon to cover his eyes.
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back to her, she was already halfway to the window.
Leon made his way to where Ashley was waiting for him, navigating both the “See you around.”
castle’s intricate network of traps and sporadic attacks from the cultists. On his
way, he discovered some very interesting memos documenting the researchers’ With that, she vanished.
experiments with the parasites.
The Los Illuminados cult called the parasites “Las Plagas” and those implanted with
them, “Los Ganados.” It seemed the cultists had begun researching the Plagas after
exhuming their fossilized remains from beneath the castle. Leon couldn’t help but
notice that many of the memos bore Luis’s name.
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Leon found himself in a large chamber near the center of the castle. He was sure he Leon managed to free Ashley, but as they continued through
was nearing the other side of the wall where Ashley had disappeared. the castle, a humanoid insect snatched her away. Leon left the
“Leon!” castle in pursuit, and caught sight of a tall tower in the distance.
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Through his binoculars, he could see Ashley being coerced into
He turned around to see Luis Sera standing there. Luis raised his arms with a the tower, led there by Salazar.
triumphant smile. In his left hand he was gripping a sample case.
When Leon arrived at the top of the tower, he found Salazar
The sound of ripping flesh rang through the room, and the sample case fell from standing in front of an altar. His black-hooded bodyguard was
Luis’ hand. A blade the size of his head was protruding from his chest, mounted with him, and his eyes were focused on something above and
on a long tentacle. Blood spurted from the wound as the tentacle lifted Luis’ body beyond the altar. On realizing that Leon had come in search of
higher. Ashley, Salazar turned to him, smiling like a boy who had just
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played a devilish prank.
“Luis!”
“Ah, you just missed her. The ritual is over. She left with my
The tentacle shook Luis’ body off, deposited him unceremoniously on the floor, men to an island.”
then withdrew. Saddler was standing behind them, the tentacle retracting back
under his robe. A huge flower adorned the wall beyond the altar. But it wasn’t
a mere decoration—it was actually growing out of the wall!
Saddler picked the sample case up off the floor, and spoke in satisfaction.
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Feelers undulating in the air around its base.
“Now that I have the sample, you serve me no purpose.” “I think it’s time I paid my due respects towards your impressive
“Saddler!” and stubborn will.”
“My boy Salazar will make sure you follow the same fate.” The feelers wrapped around Salazar and his bodyguard, and
drew them both into the central petal mass. The petals closed
Saddler sneered at Leon, then left the chamber. Leon ran up to Luis, who was now around them and pulsed in an unsettling matter. Suddenly, a
lying in a pool of his own blood. Leon spoke to him. huge tentacle burst out from the open bloom. At the end of
it was a grotesque face, which looked down at Leon with its
“Stay with me, Luis.” unnaturally swollen left eye. Back at the base of the tentacles,
Luis coughed, squeezing out the words. Salazar had fused with the flower, his torso protruding from the
blossom itself.
“I am a researcher…hired by Saddler.”
“Monsters…”
That explained why he knew so much about the Plagas.
The room shook violently, and another two tentacles broke
“He found out what I was up to.” through the walls of the tower. It was almost as if it was a
parasite infesting the tower itself.
“Don’t talk.”
“Guess after this there’ll be one less to worry about.”
Leon pressed a hand onto the wound to stop the blood, but Luis forced it aside. He
held up a small bottle of pills. Leon slipped through the tentacles, switching between attack
and defense. He aimed his gun at Salazar’s head and pulled the
“Here. It should suppress growth of the parasite.” trigger.
Luis’ pupils dilated. The light was fading from his eyes. With his dying breath, he The bullet pierced Salazar’s forehead, causing his body to slump
whispered his last wish to Leon. like a puppet with its strings cut. The tentacles extending from
“The sample…Saddler took it. You have to get it back.” the main body of the monster and growing out of the wall
instantly shriveled and fell.
Perhaps this was what Salazar wanted: to become a martyr for
his faith. Leon spared that last thought for him, then stood up
and walked away.
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Chapter 4: Showdown With an Old Friend “It’s already begun…”
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As Leon ran once more in pursuit of Ashley, he eventually reached
1 an expansive underground complex. It looked less like a mining
institution, and more like a large-scale research laboratory.
The vague silhouette of an island could be made out through the night ocean fog; He sensed someone behind him and turned…but no one was
it became clearer as they drew closer. Dawn would break soon. Leon sat in the there. Then, sensing an attack from above, he rolled backwards.
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motorboat’s passenger seat, surveying the industrial buildings that lined its cliffs. He looked up just in time to see a man plunging a knife into the
floor where he had just been. The man turned, and slowly raised
The driver of the boat was Ada Wong. She had been there when Leon arrived at the his eyes to him.
castle dockyard after defeating Salazar. It was almost as if she had been waiting for
him. He didn’t ask if she was there to help him or for some other purpose. He just “Been a long time, comrade.”
gazed at her profile in thoughtful silence. Leon knew the man.
“Got some business to take care of.” “Krauser…”
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Ada noticed that Leon was looking at her and gave the steering wheel a quick turn, Jack Krauser. He and Leon had once fought together as fellow
slamming the boat into the base of the cliff. She pulled her grapple gun from her soldiers. But soon afterward, Krauser had…
thigh holster and shot a wire at the cliff head, mounting the distance in an instant. “I died in a crash two years ago. Is that what they told you?”
“See you later.” Krauser took his distance. He began to circle Leon, like a
predator sizing up his prey.
Ada’s form vanished into the fog. Leon grabbed the wheel in panic, then righted
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the crawling boat. “You’re the one who kidnapped Ashley.”
Krauser answered Leon’s question indifferently.
“Women.”
“You catch on quick. That’s expected. After all, you and I both
Leon landed on the island, and realized that it was a mining camp. As he followed know where we come from.”
the winding paths inside, the workers came to attack him, with axes, crossbows and
dynamite. There was no question that they were infested by parasites. Some had Suddenly, Krauser swung his knife. Leon dodged by a hair, then
fully-grown Plagas inside and kept going, even after they lost their heads. thrust his own at Krauser’s throat. Krauser bent backwards to
dodge, then stepped back to appraise his enemy again.
Leon discovered a control room inside the main structure, and used the security
This man was a professional knife-fighter, trained by the US
cameras to pinpoint the store room where Ashley was being held. Rushing forward
Army. Leon knew he wouldn’t be an easy opponent.
in determination, he found a card key in what looked like a laboratory, and used it
to enter her makeshift cell. “What do you want?”
“Leon!” “The sample Saddler developed, that’s all.”
“Leave Ashley out of this!”
Ashley was huddled up in the corner. When she saw Leon, she smiled and stood
immediately. “Oh, I needed her to buy Saddler’s trust in me. Like you, I’m
American.”
“You okay?”
The exchange of swipes continued. They two ended up
Ashley seemed calm. She nodded to him quietly. It seemed they still had some time. grappling, but Krauser broke the hold, whipped around, and
kicked Leon in the back. Leon fell, his knife clattering across the
“Come on, let’s get out of here.” floor. Krauser walked up to the fallen Leon and whispered to
him.
2 “All for Umbrella’s sake.”
“Umbrella?”
The three-legged race resumed. The team fought in mining carts, dove into trash
“Enough talk. Die, comrade!”
compactors, and pulled through a number of tight situations. Ashley followed
Leon’s instructions, showing all the decisiveness one would expect from the Krauser leaped through the air and brought the knife down on
President’s daughter. Despite occasional complaints, she understood that he knew Leon. Leon caught it with both hands, but with Krauser’s weight
what was best for her. behind it, the tip of the knife was still inching towards his throat.
Waiting for them in the underground escape passage was Osmund Saddler. He There was a gunshot, and Krauser’s knife went flying. Leon
seemed pleased as he looked them over. kicked him in the stomach and got to his feet. Krauser looked
at where the shot had come from, and spoke, his voice dripping
“I can feel them, growing ever-so-strongly inside you.”
with sarcasm.
Leon felt his rage overflow at being reminded of the Plaga inside him. As Saddler raised
“Well, if it isn’t the bitch in the red dress.”
his hand, a crippling pain ran through his chest, and he fell writhing to the floor.
Ada held the gun on him. Krauser looked back at her in silence,
“Perhaps you can resist, but you cannot disobey.”
then turned a glare to Leon.
Saddler turned his hand to Ashley.
“You may be able to prolong your life, but it’s not like you can
“Now, come to me, Ashley.” escape your inevitable death, is it.”
Ashley’s expression went blank as she looked at Saddler, and her eyes took on the As Krauser disappeared, Ada walked up to Leon, inquiring.
same red glow as the villagers’. She began to walk forward, as if pulled by an invisible
“You knew each other?”
string.
…and Krauser seemed to know Ada. Leon pressed her for
By the time Leon’s pain died down, the two were already gone. He picked himself
answers.
up on trembling legs, and realized he couldn’t deny his situation any longer.
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“Maybe it’s about time you told me the reason why you’re here?” Chapter 5: The Last of Saddler
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“Maybe some other time.”
With that blunt response, Ada left the room.
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Leon left the ruins and made his way to the mining complex,
3 where a large crowd of Ganados were waiting. The structure
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was fortified with barricades and search lights, its defenders
In an artificial tunnel through the ground, Leon found a memo that Krauser had armed with rocket launchers, crossbows, and even gatling guns.
written to his allies. It explained that the reason he had insinuated himself into Approaching the makeshift fortress would not be easy.
the Los Illuminados cult was to obtain a sample of the Plaga. Krauser had been Just then, Leon heard a helicopter’s rotors in the sky above. It
working with Ada under Wesker’s orders, so somewhere along the line, things must was the United States helicopter he’d been waiting for.
have gone awry between them.
“Man, it’s about time.”
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He came out of the tunnel and into the ruins of an ancient city – he wondered if its
inhabitants had once dealt with those abominable parasites, too. “Sorry, bad traffic. I’ll cover you.”
“So, you two are all hooked up now, is that it?” The pilot turned its vulcans on the fuel supply tank on the side
It was Krauser. He was looking down at Leon from a rampart. of the fortress. It exploded and wreathed the Ganado outpost
in flames.
“Where’s Ashley?”
“Now that’s what I call backup!”
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“Do you really want to know? She’s beyond that gate.”
Leon spoke over the radio, openly glad for the support. The
Krauser indicated a stone doorway near the back of the ruins. He told Leon that he pilot responded cheerfully.
would need three insignias to open the door. Two insignias were hidden in the ruins.
“The name’s Mike. You lookin’ for firepower, you come to the
“And let me guess…you got the last one.” right place.”
Leon had guessed right: Krauser was here to settle things between them, once
When the gatling guns held Leon back, Mike used his vulcans
and for all. He had been given the order to dispose of Leon, and with his skill, he
and rockets to blow up their turrets. Mike allowed him to slip
could have easily dispatched him from a distance. But Krauser didn’t want that. He
past the barricades, towards the staircase at the back.
wanted to fight Leon man to man, and he would—whether Leon liked it or not. It
was the only way to know who was truly the greater soldier. He had just come out to the opening at the top of the cliff,
Krauser readied his sub-machine gun. Leon dodged the hail of fire as he ran off to when a group of armed Ganados appeared. They surrounded
recover the two insignias, then called up to him. Leon.
“To bring order and balance to this insane world of ours.” Leon reacted immediately to Mike’s directive. He dove behind
a pillar as the helicopter’s vulcans laid down suppressive fire.
Was he being serious? Surely the true insanity was using viruses and parasites to The Ganados spread in panic beneath the rain of bullets; none
control humans! Leon spoke. escaped alive. Leon raised his eyes to the hovering helicopter,
“A psycho like you can’t bring order or balance.” and expressed his thanks in a warm voice.
“You don’t seriously think a conservative mind can chart a new course for the “Thanks. When we get out of here, drinks are on me.”
world, do you?” Suddenly, there was a bright flash of light, and the helicopter
Krauser threw his gun away and raised his left hand to the heavens. It swelled, his exploded. Smoke billowed from the wrecked machine as it
fingers merging into a talon as a row of blades burst out of his arm. It was clear he plunged off the cliff.
had already taken a Plaga inside of him.
“Mike!”
“Witness the power!”
Leon turned to see a Ganado carrying a rocket launcher
Krauser’s eyes glowed with a red light. standing on top of a turret some distance away. Saddler was
beside him.
“Prepare for your death, Leon.”
“I’ll make sure you’re the next to go, Saddler.”
Krauser covered the distance to Leon in an instant, thrusting forward with his new
blade arm. Leon barely managed to dodge his strikes and fired off a counterattack,
but Krauser flipped back, dodging the bullets. This was the power his mutated
body had given him.
Their showdown to the death continued.
Krauser turned his blade into a shield to deflect Leon’s bullets, then slowly walked
forward. He tripped Leon and sent him falling to the ground, then tried to skewer
him with his blade. Leon evaded quickly, and sliced at his opponent’s leg with his
knife. As Krauser fell to his knees, Leon pointed his gun at his head. He pulled the
trigger without a moment’s hesitation.
Krauser stood for a moment, uttering a groan…then fell to the ground, motionless.
A pool of blood spread around him as his left arm withered silently.
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Leon infiltrated the island’s underground structure, and eventually found Ashley. On their way out, Leon discovered some data concerning the
She was locked inside a large capsule chamber. Leon tried to run up to her, but Plagas. It seemed that a special kind of radiation could be used
Saddler’s voice stopped him. to purge a Plaga from the body, as long as it wasn’t yet fully
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“You’ll soon harbor an awesome power. Yet it seems you would rather choose grown. However, if the Plaga was already matured, destroying
death.” the Plaga could also kill the host.
“I’m taking Ashley back, whether you like it or not.” The memo was signed by Luis Sera. Even in death, he had
provided the answer to their prayers.
“Ah, the audacity of youth.”
That Leon and Ashley found the operating room was almost
Saddler slid across the ground to close the distance, and struck Leon’s chest with as if Luis had planned it. The room seemed long abandoned,
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the heel of his right hand. Leon was powerless to dodge, and slammed into the but the equipment was still working. Leon turned it on and
capsule behind him. He coughed as the pain ran through his chest. Saddler drew examined the control panel, then lay down on the operation
close, a laugh rising in his throat. His left hand was extended towards Leon, just as table. Ashley asked if it would still work.
it was when he had kidnapped Ashley.
“There’s only one way to find out. You operate.”
Piercing gunshots ran out. Saddler stopped and turned around, his eyes falling on a
woman in a red dress. It was Ada, laying down fire with a sub-machine gun. An x-ray image appeared on the control panel, showing the
Plaga inside Leon’s chest.
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“Leon, now!”
“You sure you want to do this?”
With Ada holding down Saddler, Leon was able to release Ashley from the capsule.
“Yeah.”
Just then, Saddler let out a low groan, accompanied by the sound of creaking flesh
and bone. Just as with Mendez and Krauser, it was clear that Saddler also had a Ashley began to operate. Leon groaned as the radiation
Plaga inside of him. targeted the Plaga inside his body. It was as if all the pain
sensors in his body were firing at once. After a while, the
“Move!” machine stopped, and the x-ray showed the complete
evaporation of the Plaga.
On Ada’s urging, Leon took Ashley for the exit. Behind him, he heard the rapid fire
of the machine gun, followed by some kind of explosion. It took everything he had It was Ashley’s turn, now. She had been infested with a Plaga
not to look back. He hurried forward with Ashley in tow. long before Leon, and as he began the treatment, Leon prayed
that the pills Luis had given him had done their job.
Ashley screamed in agony as the Plaga inside her body began
to writhe, but Leon could only watch helplessly. At last, the
radiation stopped, and the screen reported that the purging
was complete. Still, Ashley didn’t move.
“You okay?”
Ashley slowly opened her eyes, and hugged Leon. Freed from
the immense burden that had been forced upon her, her long-
repressed emotions overflowed.
Leon put a hand on her shoulder, and spoke.
“I don’t know about you, but I think it’s time we go home.”
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Ada threw something to Leon. Then, her helicopter took off for the horizon.
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4 What Ada had left behind was a key to a jet ski. A small teddy bear dangled
from the keyholder.
Leon made it outside with Ashley, and checked the surroundings. Close by was a
giant steel tower. Leon was sure they were being watched, so he ordered Ashley to “Very cute.”
stay where she was, then rode the lift up the metal structure.
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At the top, he found Ada bound, hanging at the end of a rope. She had allowed
Leon and Ashley to escape, only to get captured herself. Before her stood Osmund
Saddler. He raised is hand to activate the parasite inside Leon, and stepped toward
him, slowly.
“Better try a new trick, because that one’s getting old.”
Leon threw his knife, and cut through the rope binding Ada. Saddler let out a
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laugh.
“What’s so funny?”
Epilogue: A New Dawn
“Oh, I think you know. The… ‘American prevailing’ is a cliche that only happens
in your Hollywood movies. Oh, Mr. Kennedy, you entertain me. To show my “We have to get off this island now, It’s gonna blow any minute.”
appreciation, I will help you awaken from your world of cliches.”
As he got down off the tower, Leon grabbed Ashley’s hand. Without waiting for
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Slowly, he opened his mouth to reveal a giant, staring eye. As the eye turned to a response, he pulled her towards a drainage canal. A jet ski was parked there. He
Leon, Saddler’s body began to shake and transform. used the key he had gotten from Ada to start the engine. Ashley boarded behind
him and, Leon rushed down the tunnel. He was sure it would lead them to the
A talon pierced through his neck from the inside, and from there, the parasite burst ocean.
outwards, forcing off his head. Four insectoid legs broke out of his neck, followed
by a tentacle. Saddler had become a monstrous arthropod. There was a roaring sound around them as they made their escape, and massive
explosions rocked the whole island.
The monster’s tentacle slammed Leon to the ground, then tried to slice him
open with its sharpened tip. Its body was like a living weapon, and its onslaught “Waves! Behind us!”
seemed unstoppable. Leon went on the defensive, looking for a weak point. As he
desperately avoided the attacks, he realized that there were eyeballs set at all the Ashley looked back and raised her voice. A tidal wave was pressing down on
monster’s joints. them from the tunnel.
The monster let out a scream of pain as Leon shot out the eyeballs on each of its “I know! Just hold on!”
legs. But no matter how many times the monster stumbled, it always rose again, The light was coming into view. Leon set the jet ski to full throttle. Just before
forcing Leon into a corner. This inexhaustible unwillingness to die…was this the the wave hit them, they emerged out onto the open water. The wave crashed
‘power’ of which Saddler spoke? behind them, its spray creating a rainbow in the sky.
“Use this!” “Come on. Let’s go home.”
At Ada’s cry, something fell down at Leon’s side: a rocket launcher. He picked it up Leon spoke to Ashley over his shoulder.
and aimed at the approaching monster. The warhead it released ran the creature
through. There was a momentary flash, and then an explosion. Chunks of its body “Sounds like a great idea. Mission accomplished! Right, Leon?”
flying as the monster withered into a smoking mess.
“Not quite. I still have to get you home safe.”
Beside the monster’s remains fell a familiar glass tube. That was the parasite
“sample” that Luis had talked about. Leon hit up the throttle again, and sped them towards land.
“Sorry, Leon. Hand it over.” “So, after you take me back to my place, how about we do some…overtime?”
Leon turned to see Ada holding a gun on him. So, this was what she was after after Leon gave her a clipped response.
all. He handed her the sample, and looked at her again. “Heh. Sorry.”
“Ada, you do know what this is.” Ashley didn’t seem very discouraged at being shot down.
Ada gave him a smile in lieu of a response, then ran to the side of the tower. She “So…who was that woman, anyway?”
jumped off and boarded a helicopter that was waiting for her there. She waved the
hand holding the sample. She knew just where to strike. Leon was at a loss for how to answer her.
“Gotta go. If I were you, I’d get off this island, too.” “Come on. Tell me.”
Ada took out a hand-held device, and pressed the switch. An alarm began to sound. Ashley was like a girl teasing her older brother. Leon thought back to the
affection in Ada’s voice…when he murmured his response, it was as much to
“She really pushed it!” himself as to Ashley.
Explosive charges began to go off all around the island. “She’s like a part of me I can’t let go. Let’s leave it at that.”
“Here, catch.”
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United States Government Cult of Los Illuminados Salazar Household
Character
Implanted a Plaga in
Oppressed
Father & Daughter Seal the Plagas
President’s daughter Founder
PRESIDENT GRAHAM ASHLEY GRAHAM 1ST CASTELLAN
OSMUND SADDLER
Saddler’s trust
Creature
Likes
Implants a Plaga in
Reveres
Obeys
Demands
United States Secret Service ransom from
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Former
Supports via radio comerades
Agent Priest/Village Chief 8th Castellan
INGRID HUNNIGAN LEON S. KENNEDY BITORES MENDEZ RAMON SALAZAR
unconditionally
Trusts
person?
an agent ZEALOTS
Same
Joins to acquire “Master Plaga”
SOLDIERS
BUTLER
Trusts
Old friends
Dead
Pursuing
Former Cult Researcher
FRIEND FROM COLLEGE Sends email LUIS SERA
asking for help Stole “Master Plaga” from,
escapes
Taps email contacts
Cult Staff
JACK KRAUSER
Distrusts
Kills
ALBERT WESKER POLICEMEN
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Following the incident, a government intelligence officer recruited
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Leon to begin training to become a US Agent, deeming that a sur-
vivor of Raccoon City must have exceptional potential in physical
Leon S. Kennedy prowess and judgment. Naturally, his Police Academy training
was not enough, and Leon went through an intense training
Character
period to pick up the skills to become an agent. It was during that
Formerly with the Raccoon City Police Department, Leon is now time period that he learned that Ada was still alive, and that she
an agent with the US Secret Service. His middle name is Scott. He had joined Wesker’s organization.
has a keen sense of justice, and a calm, usually imperturbable charac- Once his training was complete, Leon was dispatched to South
ter, though he does act recklessly from time to time. He has matured America to find a drug lord with connections to a former
considerably since his days as a rookie cop, and is now confident
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Umbrella researcher. His support on that mission was Krauser, a
enough to crack a joke in times of crisis. member of US SOCOM. Krauser had a history of brave service,
When the President’s daughter, Ashley Graham, is kidnapped, Leon but found himself outdone time and again by the more kind-heart-
is given a solo mission to fly to Europe to rescue her. An eyewitness ed Leon. Upon completion of their mission, Krauser was discharged,
report leads him to a small village deep in the countryside. That vil- and was later reported to have died in an accident.
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lage turns out to be the home of a cult known as Los Illuminados. Now in the European countryside in 2004, Leon sees with his own
As Leon continues his search, it becomes clear that this is more eyes that Ada is really alive, and is shocked to see that
than a simple kidnap-and-ransom case. The cult founder Osmund Krauser didn’t really die either. Ada manages to elude him
Saddler plans to use parasitic organisms known as “Plagas” to bring and escape with a Master Plaga sample, but he destroys
influential people from every country of the world under his direct the cult and Krauser with it, and returns Ashley to safety.
control, and thus shape the world in his image. Returning home with mission accomplished, Leon writes
the “Kennedy Report” detailing everything he learned
While in the village, Leon finds himself face-to-face with Ada about the Ganados. The report is classified, for the
Wong and Jack Krauser, two of the last people he ever expected eyes of only the US Government and the BSAA.
to see again. He has little time to be surprised, though, as he is
immediately thrown into battle with monstrous humans trans- About a year later, a T-Virus outbreak occurred in
formed by the Plaga parasites. America’s Harvardville Airport. Leon was given
charge of a special response team to handle the
Leon was one of a handful of survivors of a massive viral threat, and when he arrived at the airport, he hap-
outbreak in Raccoon City in 1998. Fresh out of the pened to run into Claire. The two dealt with the
academy and in his first day with the department, he zombies and saved the people there, but immediately
was forced to deal with both a biohazard situation after, they were forced to resolve a string of bio-
and streets running rampant with zombies. There, he terrorism incidents revolving around WilPharma, the
met Claire Redfield and Ada Wong, and worked with company that took Umbrella’s place at the head of
both of them to find a way to safety. Though Ada was the pharmaceutical world.
secretly a spy hired by one of Umbrella’s rivals, the
two gradually bonded. When Ada was apparently killed by a
B.O.W., Leon swore that he would bring down Umbrella at
any cost.
Personal Data
Age 27
Blood Type A
Height 180 cm
Weight unknown
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his life to protect her, she began to fall in love with him, and within the
Story
span of a few hours she would do the same for him. She took a critical
blow to save Leon from an attack by the B.O.W. Tyrant, and as he held
Ada Wong her in his arms, her breathing slowed.
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wounded, Ada wasn’t dead. Perhaps she intentionally misled him out
of concern, afraid her injuries might make her a burden to him. She
Personal Data made her way to a hotel in the city where she found Wesker watch-
Age unknown
ing her on his computer. She showed him a sample of “G,” which
she had collected from William Birkin’s body after he injected
Blood Type ab
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himself with the G-Virus. Wesker immediately sent a rescue
Height unknown
helicopter to get Ada out of Raccoon City.
Weight unknown
Six years later, Ada appeared before Leon again. They were
Current Unit unknown
on opposite sides now, but she still remained close, supporting
him and offering advice when he was in trouble. One moment
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she was throwing him a rocket launcher to help him out in
his battle against Saddler, the next, she was holding him
An oriental beauty who wears a crimson cheongsam embroidered at gunpoint while she stole a sample of the Master Plaga.
with butterflies. She is a top-notch fighter and a skilled spy whose She then gave him a key to a jet-ski so that he could es-
background is a complete mystery. Even her name, Ada Wong, is cape. It’s almost as if she enjoys the on-again, off-again
merely a pseudonym. nature of their relationship.
On order of Albert Wesker, she infiltrated the home base of the Los Getting on board a helicopter from an organization
Illuminados cult to bring back a sample of the Master Plaga. other than Wesker’s, she disappeared with the sample.
She has stated that it has all been to get closer to “her
One look at her in her long cheongsam might lead you to believe
own objective,” but the nature of that objective remains
she’s not suited for heavy action, but she’s found ways to make sure
shrouded in mystery,
her fashion doesn’t interfere with her job. She’s altered the bodice
to a low-cut western style, and increased the length of the leg slit for
easy access to her thigh holster. Her gadgets are similarly fashion-
able, such as her delicate and stylish hook shot, and flash grenades
shaped like sunglasses. Her decision to dress in her
own style in any situation is her way of asserting
her femininity.
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Ashley Graham Personal Data
Jack Krauser
Age 20
Character
The only daughter of the President of the United States. Her upper- Height Unknown Krauser went to Europe and Personal Data
class upbringing has made her somewhat headstrong, but she has Weight Unknown infiltrated the Los Illumina-
an optimism that makes her truly fearless. On her way home from dos cult on Wesker’s orders to
Age unknown
college in Massachusetts, she was abducted by Krauser. He took her acquire a sample of the Master Blood Type unknown
to a village in Europe that was home to the cult Los Illuminados. Plaga. In order to ingratiate Height unknown
The people of the village had gone mad under the control of the himself to the cult’s inner circle,
Creature
Weight unknown
parasitic “Plagas.” She was found by Leon, who protected her he headed up the kidnapping of
through numerous Ganados attacks to lead her to safety. the President’s daughter, Ashley
Graham. Afterwards, he was
She was already implanted with a Plaga egg by the time Leon
welcomed by the cult’s leadership, but still couldn’t get close to the Plaga
found her, and as they were escaping, signs of assimilation
sample. Reluctantly, he had to accept help from Ada. When Leon came
began to show themselves. At first, she was understandably
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to Europe to save Ashley, the two ended up on opposing sides, despite
panicked about the unspeakable horror growing inside
the fact that they had been partners risking their lives for each other two
her body, but she eventually calmed down enough to
years ago on a mission in South America.
joke about it, and was even able to help Leon out of a few
scrapes herself. Seeing her tenacity in the face of such a Krauser had been in South America as a member of US SOCOM. He forged
cruel situation gave Leon the courage to go on. a rivalry with Leon that bordered on jealousy, as Leon was on the orders of the
President himself. Even back then, the two were walking opposite paths. After
The minute she was back home safely, per-
completing his mission with Leon, Krauser was discharged. Later it was said that
haps as a result of her tremendous relief,
he died in an accident, but his body was never discovered.
she began to show an intense interest
in Leon. The mission in South America had given him a taste of the superhuman
potential of the B.O.W, and he found himself driven to acquire that power for
Ashley’s mannerisms are somewhat
himself. He faked his own death to get him-
childish, but she has a mature sense of
self off the radar, then approached Wesker.
style, to which Luis Sera takes careful
Krauser knew about him from research he
note when he first meets her. Her top
had done based on Leon’s account of the
is a sleeveless, form-fitting orange
Raccoon City incident, and he happily
sweater, over which she ties a practical
joined Wesker’s organization. His left
brown cardigan with a knit pattern
arm had been badly injured during the
on the sleeves. Below, she wears a
mission in South America, but he was
green plaid miniskirt cut on the
still very strong, and a skilled combatant
bias. Brown accents her outfit in a
with a knife.
nice balance across her cardigan,
belt, and boots, with silver buck- While acquiring information on the cult,
les to add a hint of class. Krauser became obsessed with the pow-
ers offered by the Plaga. He accepted a
Her other outfit is a white
Control Plaga into his own body to give
top/pants combo. The blouse
himself superhuman powers.
is quite revealing, but a silk
ribbon hanging from the When they
breastbone adds a touch of met again in
elegance. The outfit is ac- Europe, he was
cented by a burgundy belt finally able to
and a matching white challenge Leon
bracelet. to the duel he
always wanted.
However, he
was defeated in
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Story
Luis Sera Ramon Salazar
A Latino man whom Leon met in a dilapidated house. He
claimed to have been Madrid police at one time, but he was Personal Data
Character
Personal Data
actually a former researcher for the Los Illuminados Age 20
Age 28
cult. He studied the parasites out of scientific curios- Blood Type unknown
Blood Type unknown
ity, but when he learned that his research would be Height unknown
Height unknown used for nefarious purposes, he turned against them,
Weight unknown
Weight unknown and hatched a plan to escape with a sample of the Master Plaga. As a former
Creature
resident of the cult’s village, he used his knowledge of the land to evade
capture for some time. Eventually they caught him, and locked him away in
The eighth head of the Salazar family, hereditary rulers
a house outside of town.
over the local territory. As a child, the orphaned Salazar
He deflects questions about his past with a lighthearted air, and never shares fell easily under the sway of the leader of the Los Illumi-
his true feelings. He prefers to make smalltalk and is often sarcastic, but this nados cult, Osmund Saddler. Under Saddler’s influence,
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is all meant to mask his incredible distrust of others. Salazar turned his back on the will of his predecessors –
who had suppressed Los Illuminados to protect the locals
A brilliant scientist, Luis knows a lot about the parasites, and even discov- – and ordered the parasitic “Plagas” unsealed from beneath
ered a way to remove parasite eggs implanted by the cult members. Though his family castle. Salazar reveres Saddler, and cooperated with him whole-heartedly in
his initial decision to escape from the cult was most likely one of simple self-preservation, when he learns that expanding the cult’s influence throughout his domain. He has a Master Plaga in his
Leon and Ashley are infested with Plaga larva, he returns to Salazar’s castle to procure medicine to restrain it, own body, which gives him control over the cultist Ganados in his castle.
regardless of the danger to himself. There is no question that meeting Leon and Ashley reignited the true gener-
osity of his spirit. Salazar’s appearance is unsettling, with a child-like face covered in wrinkles more
suited to an old man. He is haughty and cruel, with a tendency to throw childish tantrums when things don’t go
his way. His strange robed attendants are known as Verdugos, bio-weapons engineered by the cult.
Height unknown
known as a “Control” type, which makes him differ- two types of Plagas: Subordinate Plagas, Height unknown
ent from a standard Ganado. It gives him powers far who have the power to control their hosts’ Weight unknown
Weight unknown
greater than an ordinary man, while letting him keep minds, and Master Plagas, who control
his independent will. the Subordinates. Saddler uses these proper-
When Mendez learned that Leon was coming to inves- ties to keep an iron grip on the region. His
tigate the village, he directed the villagers to increase ambition does not stop there, however, and
the defenses around the town. On his first meeting has recently begun studying ways to use the
with Leon, he let him live, having realized that Leon parasites to engineer new biological weap-
also had a Plaga egg implanted within him. Saddler ons. He even has his sights set on world
ordered him to keep an eye on Leon and just wait for domination, the first step of which is to kid-
the parasite to mature inside of him. However, Men- nap the American President’s daughter, Ashley. After getting the heads
dez felt a sense of growing anxiety over the way Leon of the world’s most powerful nations under his control, he intends to
continually evaded the traps he sets for him, and tried expand his influence over the entire world.
to dispose of Leon anyway. His left eye is artificial, and His purple mantle signifies his status as supreme leader of the cult,
doubles as the key to the front gate of Salazar Castle. and he carries a staff adorned with a live Plaga. Despite his
This is a symbol of his determination to be the wall anachronistic appearance, his robes conceal a tentacle
protecting the cult from outsiders. with a sharp blade mounted at the end. Turn your back
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on him at your own peril.
RESIDENT EVIL™ IV
Story
The Merchant Mike
Character
Personal Data An army helicopter pilot dispatched by the US Government to as-
Age unknown sist Leon. He meets up on Leon on the island where Ashley is being
Blood Type unknown held captive, and helps him out during his midnight raid against the
Soldiers of the fortress.
Height unknown
Creature
Weight unknown Mike’s helicopter is equipped with heavy armaments such as vulcans
and missiles, and the backup he provides gives Leon a morale boost
in his darkest hour. Together, they easily manage to drive back their
attackers, and Leon invites him
A weapons peddler who dresses in a long black coat. A pale blue
back for a drink when it’s all
flame marks the location of his shop, and he appears capable of Personal Data
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over. Unfortunately, he is soon
traveling great distances in the blink of an eye. He carries a wide Age unknown
shot down by Saddler’s min-
selection of weapons inside his huge backpack and coat. It is obvious
ions, and becomes but another Blood Type unknown
from his appearance that he is a Ganado, but he doesn’t seem to
casualty of this gruesome battle. Height unknown
regard outsiders as a threat, and will deal with anyone as long as the
price is right. No one knows how he gets his weapons, but his selec- Weight unknown
tion is enough to impress even Leon. He’s very good at his trade,
flattering the buyer with phrases like “The choice of an avid gun
collector!” and “You’ll need guts to buy that weapon!”
HUNK
Height unknown
Weight unknown
Personal Data
Age 25
(degeneration)
A former member of the Umbrella Security Service. He was part
Blood Type unknown of the elite forces sent into Raccoon City during the outbreak,
Height unknown and became the lone survivor of that mission, a grim honor that
Weight unknown
earned him the nickname “Mr. Death.” His first-class combat
skills come from the military training he received at Rockfort
Island under the leadership of Alfred Ashford.
Story
Facility in Raccoon City. Spencer recognized him as the pinnacle of the
already-elite group of “Wesker children” and wanted to keep him close
Albert Wesker by. Spencer then pushed forward the next stage of the Wesker project:
injecting all the Weskers with an experimental virus. Almost all of the
Character
subjects died, but Albert was one of a small handful of survivors. He was then
reborn with superhuman abilities that put him on the level of a B.O.W.
Personal Data
After his time at the Arklay Research Institute, Wesker joined up with Rac-
coon City’s special forces, S.T.A.R.S. He nominally served as captain of
Age 48 (RE5)
Alpha Team, but was secretly acting as a spy for Umbrella. He sacrificed
Blood Type 0
Creature
his team to acquire B.O.W. combat data in a mansion in the Arklay
Height 190 cm Mountains, but he had no intention of turning the data over to Um-
Weight 90 kg brella—rather, he meant to take it with him to one of Umbrella’s
rivals. His plans were shattered, however, when Chris and
Jill killed the B.O.W., Tyrant. Wesker was thought to
have died at that time as well, but in fact, his death was
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only faked, as part of the process of injecting himself
Every time a viral or B.O.W. incident occurs across the globe, with Spencer’s virus.
one man always seems to be there, either standing at the fore-
Several months after the Mansion Incident,
front or controlling things from the shadows. That man’s name is
Wesker surfaced again at Rockfort Island,
Albert Wesker.
leading an invasion force for Umbrella’s ri-
Upon learning of the mind-altering properties of certain parasites in Europe, val. He successfully stole the T-Veronica,
Wesker hatched a plan to obtain a sample of these “Las Plagas” from the Los and had an unexpected reunion with
Illuminados cult. Then, in 2004, he sent Ada Wong and Jack Krauser to infil- Chris, who had come there to save his
trate the cult and return with a sample of a control Plaga. His best-laid plans little sister.
went foul, however, as Krauser was defeated by Leon, and Ada betrayed
In 2006, Wesker brought an end to the man
him, bringing him a sample of an inferior subordinate Plaga. Undeterred,
who had made him. Chris and Jill also hap-
Wesker later acquired a dead control Plaga through alternate channels.
pened to be there to apprehend Spencer, but
Five years later, Wesker appeared in Africa, with both the pharmaceuti- could not hope to compete with Wesker’s
cal branch of the company Tricell and one of its major players, Excella, superhuman abilities. He made sport of them
under his command. He wanted to use them to bring about his dream: both, but as he moved in to finish Chris, Jill
The realization of the “Uroboros Project.” charged at him and took him with her off the cliff.
Wesker survived, took Jill in and injected her with the
Wesker had once served Spencer as a genetic researcher with Umbrella, P30 drug to keep her under his strict control. After-
and he had inherited Spencer’s long-cherished wish—to use the Pro- wards, he deepened his involvement with Tricell, in
genitor Virus to create a new race of humanity. Wesker’s entire blood- hopes of using them to achieve the Uroboros Project.
stained history was in the service of this, his “father’s” ambition.
Wesker’s condition was not entirely stable, and in order
As president of Umbrella, Spencer poured his life’s blood into the to maintain his condition, he regularly had to inject
development of B.O.W.s. Behind his actions, however, lay a far himself with a drug called PG67A/W. Chris and She-
grander and more terrifying motivation: To use viruses to evolve va caused him to overdose on this drug, thus weaken-
humanity, and declare himself God in a new world of his own mak- ing his abilities. In one final attempt to destroy them
ing. The realization of this dream, however, would require prepara- forever, Wesker injected himself with Uroboros—an
tion. He amassed some hundred children with superior genes from attempt that proved in vain. Wesker was defeated by
around the world, then inoculated them with the Progenitor Chris and Sheva, and his body lost in the lava flow.
Virus to further increase their intelligence and grant them su-
perhuman abilities. The plan was named “Project Wesker,” after
Spencer’s head researcher at the time, and all of the children were
thus given the surname “Wesker.” These children were sent all around
the world, and kept under close supervision.
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CREATURE
Creature
RESIDENT EVIL™ IV
Story
CULTISTS GANADO (PARASITE)
Plaga Followers of the cult of Los Illuminados. Known for their These Ganados have sustained enough damage that the
pale white skin and robes, they use powerful weapons like Plaga breaks through its host’s head and starts protruding
Character
flails, rocket launchers, and personal Gatling guns. The from the neck. Their general combat ability and endurance
A parasite which has lost its host. In Spanish, cultists who dress in the is a bit higher than that of the standard Ganado, and they
“plaga” means “plague”, and “las plagas” means gold-trimmed red robes can be sub-divided into A, B, and C types based on the
“the swarm.” Their silhouette adorns the Los and goat masks have parasite’s stage of development.
Illuminados cult insignia. A Plaga can’t live long greater endurance than
without a host, and will quickly weaken and die most cultists, and act A-types are parasites in the larval stage. They flail around
Creature
on its own. As a result, a lone Plaga will attack as commanders on the with a long tentacle with a sharp blade on the end. B-types
anything in its path in its search for a new host. battlefield. are a mid-stage between larval and adult. They spit acid
They are weak against light. and have large mouths to bite into their victims. C-types
are adult-stage parasites.
They are fully grown,
and if you do enough
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Ganado damage to one, it
will shed its host and
come after you as an
A human inhabited by a Subordinate Plaga. In Spanish, the word means “cattle.” independent Plaga.
When a Plaga integrates with a person’s central nervous system, they fall under its
thrall, and can be easily herded through the use of certain sounds, such as the ringing
of bells. They lose their reason, becoming driven only by the Plaga’s survival instinct,
and demonstrate extreme hostility towards any who are not likewise infested. They GANADO (GATLING)
maintain their human intelligence, and remain capable of setting traps, using weapons,
A burly Ganado who
and communicating with each other. Several kinds of Ganados exist, based on the
carries a Gatling gun.
kind of person they were before they were infested. FIGHTERS
He wears a beret and an
These soldiers await you in the island castle. As trained eyepatch over his right
VILLAGERS combatants, many of them carry heavier equipment than eye. Though normally
your standard Ganado. They can use any of the weapons such a gun would have
Ganados made from ordinary townspeople. The first modern appearance of the Plagas employed by Cultists, to be mounted, his Plaga
was in miners who inhaled the spores of the parasites. Soon after, the cult began as well as advanced gives him the strength
actively injecting Plaga eggs into people. These Ganados continue their communal weapons like stun rods to wield it with his bare hands. He sends
lifestyle just as they did when they were humans, so from a distance it is hard to tell and morning stars. down showers of bullets indiscriminately
that anything is amiss. However, the moment they notice an intruder in their midst, on enemies and allies alike.
they become extremely aggressive. They will fall on the intruder with kitchen knives,
farm tools, and whatever else they have on hand.
GANADO (CHAINSAW)
These Ganados have a higher compatibility with Plagas
than normal, which gives them superior physical strength
and endurance. Motivated by their strong destructive
urges, they swing their lumberjack chainsaws in
restless pursuit of those they perceive as enemies.
There are three
types: the bag-
head man, the
bandage-wrapped
sisters, and large
but nimble man.
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Story
El Gigante Bitores Mendez
Character
A massive creature four times the size of a This is the monstrous form taken by village chief Mendez after he
normal Ganado, Gigante is the result of unleashes the Control Plaga inside his body. He uses the sharp
genetic manipulation on a Plaga-infested talons at the end of the two tentacles on his back to run his
human. Its name means “Giant” in English. enemies through, and is extremely strong and tenacious.
The Plaga infestation is centered in its back,
His first form is human from the waist down, with the Plaga
Creature
particularly the cervical vertebrae around
its neck. It drools copiously. Its strength fusing with him from the waist up. Bone marrow extends out
and endurance are truly incredible, and the sides of his overgrown, exposed spinal column in the form
it is so reckless it will even kill other of creepy, squirming centipede-like legs. His second form appears after he
Ganados. Because they are so hard to loses his lower half. In this form, the Plaga can be seen protruding from
control, only his exposed tailbone.
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a few have
been created.
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Story
Jack Krauser Regenerator Iron Maiden
Character
Krauser takes this form by releasing the Plaga Regenerators are the product of experiments A type of
slumbering inside him so that he can have his to integrate multiple parasites into a single Regenerator,
showdown with Leon. The Plaga infection seems human host. As their name suggests, further altered to make
to spread along the swollen veins radiating out they have astonishing regenerative them even more suited to combat.
from his left shoulder, with the majority of the capabilities, and can recover even entire In addition to the self-renewing
Creature
transformation extending from his powerful limbs in a matter of moments. Their properties of the standard
tricep. He’ll slash continually with the blade basic form is humanoid, but they have Regenerators, they are also
extending from his transformed left arm, and no ears or nose, and their eyes are tiny covered in retractable spikes.
can even convert it into a shield, powerful red pinpoints. They drool continuously They use their extendable
enough to deflect even rocket attacks. from their huge, fleshless mouths, which arms to seize enemies,
are lined with razor-sharp fangs. Although
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then impale them on their
While his own body remains more or they are slow, their arms bodies.
less human-like, it is as powerful and can stretch to great
as suited to close-range combat distances, allowing them Their name comes from the
as Krauser ever was. to snatch their prey and torture device used during
snap them back into the European renaissance,
their waiting maw. a coffin-like chamber
into which a person was
Their smooth bodies are placed to be impaled by
free of sexual characteristics, making it impossible to tell if the spikes within. It is
the original test subjects were male or female. Their internal sometimes known as the
organs, including their brains, seem to have coalesced into “Iron Virgin.”
a uniform mass, so that no human intelligence remains
within them.
Osmund Saddler
Novistador
Through the power of the Plagas, Saddler has
transformed his own right arm into a tentacle. “Insect Men” born from applied experiments as part of the cult’s Plaga research.
The tip is sharp enough to effortlessly run a man They have the ability to change the color of their carapace to blend in with their
through. surrounding environment and stalk their prey. Appropriately, their
name in Spanish means “The Unseen.”
When Saddler fully releases the power of the
Plaga, he transforms into a massive, spider-like Despite being human in origin, their Novistadors’
creature. Countless tentacles and four crab-like ecology is entirely insectoid, and they are
legs emerge from his head, leaving his body little known to construct large nests for
more than a shedded husk. Gnashing jaws sit breeding purposes. An inferior breed of winged
at the end of his extended neck, and each of his Novistador lacks the camouflage abilities of
legs is mounted with an eyeball, allowing him an their brethren, and instead, swarm their
unimpeded, 360 degree view of the battlefield enemies in large groups.
around him.
His incredible jumping ability belies his enormous size, and his carapace is so
durable that even high-grade weaponry will have trouble making a mark.
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Story
Verdugo Colmillos Del Lago
Character
These creatures were the fruit of experiments into splicing Dogs infested by Plagas. Originally an aquatic
human and insect DNA. Not only do they possess incredible They act in packs, where life form similar to a
battle prowess, they are completely under the thrall they use their sharp, salamander, it was used
of the Plagas inside of them. They typically appear exacting movements to as a test subject in early
hooded as Salazar’s bodyguards, but their soft robes hide overwhelm intruders. Plaga experiments. As
Creature
a carapace harder than steel. They are the most resilient In Spanish, their name the parasite grew, so to
of all of the cult’s bio-weapons, but supple enough to means Fang, and their did the creature, until it
squeeze themselves into tight places, from which they lash razor-sharp teeth are, appropriately, reached a massive 20m
their talons out at their unsuspecting prey. their primary in length.
weapon.
“Verdugo” means “Executioner” in Spanish. However, Its Plaga tentacle wriggles
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sometimes the inside of its massive
Plaga will rip out of mouth, and it uses its
their back and attack wide, flat tail to dispatch
with their tentacles. They swimmers with ease. It has unparalleled maneuverability in
were always animals the water, but since it cannot be subjugated through its Plaga,
suited to combat, but it has been isolated in the village lake instead. It has four
after fusing with the Plagas, legs, but they have atrophied to the point where they cannot
their ferocity and resilience support its massive bulk. As such, the village’s wide, deep lake
reaches absurd levels. has become the Del Lago’s territory.
U-3
Armadura
The fruits of applied Plaga experiments
by the cult to fuse human, insect, and These creatures come from the Spanish word for “armor,” and possess both light- and
reptile DNA. The fusion is still imperfect, heavy-armored variations. Plagas who have lost their hosts will inhabit these armored
however, and the result is a grotesque chimera suits, remaining dormant to conserve energy as they wait for a creature suitable to
with obvious vestiges of each becoming a host. The Plaga stretched out inside the armor and manipulates it with its
species. It has three primary tentacles, allowing it to move in human-like ways, swing swords and axes to subdue
stages: In the first, it uses a lithe, its prey.
whip-like tentacle on its left
arm to attack its prey; in the
second, the huge, claw-like Plaga
extends out from its spinal cord
to attack; in the third, it uses its
powerful jaws to burrow into the ground and ambush its
prey from below.
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VISUAL WORK
WORK
RESIDENT EVIL™ IV
Leon S. Kennedy
Story
Character
Creature
Visual Work
Full body model
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Ashley Graham Luis Sera
Story
Black leather vest
Character
Creature
Visual Work
Weapons Merchant
Final draft
Story
Ada—Approved
Character
Creature
Visual Work
Ada—RE2 version Spy Ada
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Bound parasite woman B-type
Creature Drafts Two-headed parasite woman Ganados
Story
Initial concepts Bound parasite woman A-type Initial concepts
Character
Bound slave type
Gatling man
2nd stage Ganado
Super-dynamite man
Creature
Visual Work
Big and fat • Hitting their armor • Must be hit
makes noise, even if through the cracks
2nd stage Ganado using a silencer in their armor
It should look like Assassin bear claw man
guns can’t hurt it 2nd stage Ganado
2nd stage Ganado
Arcanist Arcanist
Lurching man
(transformation)
Armored
Ganados
Parasite tentacles hang from its
arms and mouth
Female
Zealots
• Changes the silhouette, but
Both arms end in mouths Regenerators how about female zealots?
Initial concepts
Parasite looks like a tongue Multiple eyes on back Parasite emerges from
Cannot see shoulder like in movie Lurching man
“The Hidden”
Lurching man
General-purpose
parasite human
Upper half is a bound human
Lower half is a parasite
Slides across the ground when it walks Upper half made from Like a lab experiment Human face, can talk
supple material
Lurching man
(strong)
Story
Human zealot versions
Scythe-carrying type
Wears a ram’s skull on his head
Might be a good base design
Character
Torch-bearing type
Wears a ram’s skull
Robes are very fine
Creature
Visual Work
Tattooed type Masked type
A very devoted type Wears the cult insignia
Wear the cult Good design for female characters
insignia on his
whole body
Mouth-hidden type
Charges with a large scythe Combat tips
Good design for female characters You’ll first see these characters on the 2nd
stage. The covers on their faces and heads
must be destroyed before you can head-shot
them. However, this also opens them up to
using bite attacks.
Costume variations
Face variations
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Ganados (Plaga) Plaga
Story
Initial concepts for parasite-exposed variations
Character
Larva
Creature
Adult
Visual Work
Semi-transparent threads, like Tentacles writhing out
spider's silk (coccoon) hang off it
Semi-transparent Mouth
sacs
Side view
Parasite details
Night Ganados Body swells
Way of opening mouth when tentacles
are hit
Side
Parasite out of the view
Parasite in dog mouth like an alien Creepy rolling
Can appear in packs Almost like the
eyeball tentacles are
in 2nd stage night, in
forests and such... Eyestalks forming a face Face loses its shape as Symbol modeled
make up you shoot it more on parasite
the core
Idea for emergence of
parasite from neck
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El Gigante Del Lago
Story
Character
Creature
Visual Work
First-stage variations
Salamander
Resident Evil™ 4
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Verdugo Final draft & parts detail Bitores Mendez
Story
Detail 1 Arm
Character
Creature
-Should feel like the bones are twisting
Visual Work
Leg
Accent enemy
Bug-human, image with tail
Eye
Detail 2
Battle posture image
Detail 3
Story
Character
Creature
Visual Work
Final draft
Extreme caricature
Story
has lived in the old castle
Image sans hat and coat for generations
• Peculiar and eccentric,
chatters a lot
• Doesn’t attack directly,
but sets traps for the player
• Becomes a stationary
boss after transformation
Character
His ponytail is tied with a ribbon
Creature
Tentacles extend from fingers
Visual Work
-Can implant humans with parasites using tentacles
-After retracting, wounds heal and return to normal
Robe image
• An old man
with imposing eyes.
Face is etched with
dark wrinkles
Final draft
Story
Cult Symbol
Character
Bears the Salazar family crest dating back to
the 15-16th century (different from cult mark) King Queen
Please make them stand out by color;
King - Blue, Queen - Red
Weathered version
Creature
◆ itm17: Salazar family key (with crest)
Note: Bears Salazar family mark, not cult mark
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◆ itm70: Zealot Rod
Used as a lever (up to 1.2-1.5m)
Note: Unlike Japanese crests, European crests Crest reverse side How deep in you can slide it will be affected Normal version
are used to differentiate individuals by its ornamentation. This shows how far in
the lever should go.
Simple version
Bronze
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Staff Credit ™
RESIDENT EVIL™ 4
ORIGINAL GAME CREW Motion Facial Animation Lead Designer In-Game Motion Actor Engineer MANABU SHIMADA -Motion Capture-
Director NAOHIRO TANIGUCHI YOICHIRO TAJIRI Krauser Motions ELLIOT ANDERS NAOTAKA YOSHITOMI Actor
SHINJI MIKAMI NOBUAKI YAMAZAKI Faial Animation Assistang MUNENORI YAO Sound Design by Soudelux Disign ATSUSHI NISHIBORI KENJI HATA
EIJIRO NISHIMURA HIROTOSHI ISHIBAI MOCAP System Engineers Music Group AKIO KAMIJI HARUMI UEDA
-Game Design- KEIICHI SATOU SHINJI MIKAMI TAKESHI KUNITOU
CG Opening Scene Operators Sound Designer
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