• Bold text in BLUE refers to names of key characters.
• Bold text in Orange refers to Key Information
• Bold text in Green refers to Locations
• Bold text in Red refers to Creatures/EnemyList

THE BEGINNING

• Oswald Spencer 
• Edward Ashford 
• James Marcus 

• Oswald Spencer was…
  • Obsessed with the concept of immortality and believes the world is self-destructive
  • Twisted vision of remaking the world into a new Utopian era with himself as a ruler
  • Believed a mythical flower “The Stairway to the Sun” (native to Africa) contains a mutagenic virus enhances anyone that consumes it
  • Traveled to Africa and discovered the flower in an underground garden and the virus it contained.
  • He named the progenitor virus
    • This virus has the ability to affect many forms of organisms (includes plants)
    • Recombining the host genes and under certain special circumstances, spontaneous mutations can take place.
  • In order to continue the research Spencer needed funding and therefore along with Ashford and Marcus created Umbrella Pharmaceuticals
  • They used the company to transport samples of the virus across the Atlantic for research
  • They also needed a place for their experiments
    • Spencer hired architect George Trevor to construct a mansion in Arc Mountains in Midwesterntown of Raccoon City
    • A hidden underground lab is in the mansion
  • They believed that the progenitor was the key to creating a race of supermen

• • They needed funds to continue researching
    • So the corporation agreed to create bioweapons for the U.S. government in return
    • They used the funds to study the virus from different labs
    • Eventually they cultivated a mutated strain called the T-Virus (aka The Tyrant Virus). 

• • Umbrella used the funds it received from the government to create a superior human being
    • The project is called “The Whesker Project” after the scientist in charge of it.
    • Umbrella kidnapped intelligent children and injected them with the virus at some point in their lives
    • Most of these children didn’t survive except a few and those were raised by Umbrella
      • They are given the surname Whesker and raised to fulfill the corporation’s needs.
      • Eventually many of these Wheskers couldn’t survive because of exposure to the prototype virus
      • Only 2 survived into adulthood: Albert Whesker & Alex Whesker (who still didn’t take the virus)
        • Eventually these two kids became a major threat to the world.

• • Spencer decided to get rid of George Trevor and his family (wife Jessica and daughter Lisa)
    • They turned them into experiment subjects (because they knew too much) and Umbrella needed people to test on.
    • George managed to escape below the mansion
    • George’s daughter Lisa was injected with the progenitor virus and multiple drugs which drove her to madness
    • Lisa made an attempt to escape and was lured back by someone wearing her mother’s clothes
      • Lisa killed the imposter and wore her face (yes face…wth!)
      • Eventually Lisa was recaptured by Umbrella and underwent further tests and experiments
      • Lisa as a result mutated into a grotesque creature
      • Lisa’s reactions to the experiment were crucial to the development of the T-Virus & its strains.

• • Albert Whesker during his younger years was employed by the same company that raised him
    • He helped expand on the T-Virus with the help of a brilliant scientist named William Birkin at the end of the 1970s
    • Birkin gave Whesker the prototype virus that was given to the other Wheskers curious to see what’s going to happen
    • Birkin successfully was able to weaponize the T-Virus
    • Birkin was also able to keep the infected alive but only at a severely cannibalistic state devoid of humanity
    • One problem kept the T-Virus from becoming the deadliest
      • This problem is related to Birkin discovering that 10% of the population would be immune to the virus’ effects
        • In Umbrella’s eyes this could be effective as a biological weapon.
      • To create ways around these immunities Umbrella created and engineered different species of creatures
        • This lead the virus to become very unpredictable and uncontrollable
        • This also ensured that whatever population that is immune would be cut down by these creatures killing them
    • Birkin discovered that there’s a new strain of virus in Lisa’s body different form the T-Virus.
      • He named this new strain “The Golgatha Virus” (AKA the G-Virus) 
      • This virus enabled the creation of breeding creatures, coinciding with the initial vision of Spencer and the future he dreamed of.
    • Whesker and Birkin worked together and Umbrella grew to become the largest corporation in existence with many branches around the world
      • Umbrella providing jobs worldwide and gained positive public appearance.
      • No one was aware of the corporation’s darkest secrets.

Raising to Power & Beginning of Destruction

• • As the company and its power grew, the three founders began clashing against each other.
    • Ashford was killed by an accident involving the T-Virus which Spencer believed to be the mastermind
    • Ashford’s son Alexander was a minor scientist in Umbrella who mysteriously disappeared
      • His genetically engineered daughter Alexia was infected with an experimental T-Virus strain known as the “T-Veronica Virus”
      • Alfred, Alexia’s brother, was given minor administrative roles within Umbrella
        • This way Spencer believed that the Ashford’s family no longer posed any threat to him

• • Dr. Marcus was busy experimenting with the T-Virus and leeches.
    • He created a creature known as The Queen Leech in 1988
      • This creature has the ability to change shape and consume organic matter
    • Marcus; however, became unpopular with the company’s executives due to using his trainees as test subjects
    • Eventually Umbrella’s security service was sent in to execute Marcus with the help of Whesker & Birkin
    • His body was disposed in a nearby sewage plant with his queen leech
      • The queen leech used Marcus’ body and over the years mutated and merged with Marcus
        • This creature is now seeking bloody retribution.

• • Spencer is now the sole controller of Umbrella’s corporation
    • In 1995 Lisa was killed after causing trouble
      • Her body was watched for 3 days to ensure she won’t come back alive
      • She was dumped somewhere in a secret location
      • Lisa did indeed come back alive and lived a solitary life in a cabin surviving on vegetation in the area

Establishing S.T.A.R.S. 

• • In 1996, Whesker joined Raccoon City’s newly found Special Tactics and Rescue Service known as S.T.A.R.S.
    • S.T.A.R.S. is a specialized division of a the nearby Raccoon Police Department  
    • Whesker as captain of the S.T.A.R.S.’ Alpha Team is playing double agent
      • He’s keeping tabs on any possible police investigation that could expose the company
    • As the head of the team Whesker has taken note of exceptional team members
      • Chris Redfield, who developed a strong trust for his captain, a trust that will soon be betrayed

• • Eventually other corporations become aware of Umbrella’s corruption with attempts to steal their secrets for some time
  • In 1998, a rival company of Umbrella only known as The Organization had sent one of its agents known as Ada Wong 
    • Ada Wong was to infiltrate the company and gather information about all of its current projects
    • Ada began a relationship with one of the company’s scientists to gather information

The Beginning of Destruction

• • In 1998, the queen leech had finished consuming Dr. Marcus and has taken his younger form & believed itself to be “Dr. Marcus Reborn” 
    • The leech has recreated Dr. Marcus’ personality and demanded revenge for his betrayal.
    • Using its shape-shifting ability, the creature manipulated an accident in the laboratory resulting in the T-Virus being released
      • This has also lead the company’s monsters escaping into a nearby forest
      • The corporation’s secrets can no longer be contained.

The First Public Outbreak 

• • Umbrella has sent investigation teams to the nearby training center near the mansion to see what has happened
    • They were as a result attacked and infected by the T-Virus and the queen’s leeches.
    • A nearby train also got infected and attacked

• • Queen leech/Dr. Marcus Reborn decided to judge the whole human race and infect the whole world
    • During the summer of 1998, bizarre murder cases broke out in Raccoon City
    • Mutilated bodies were found everywhere and it is becoming now common

Resident Evil Zero 

Bravo Team 

• • S.T.A.R.S.’ Bravo team was sent to investigate what’s happening in the nearby forest
    • This begins the game’s plot of Resident Evil Zero 
    • While investigating, the Bravo team discovered a crash site of a military vehicle
      • Rebecca Chambers (the youngest member & medic) discovered the convoy was transporting a deadly criminal “Billy Coen” 
      • The team decided to look for Billy as a suspect for killing the convoy’s team
        • In reality the team was attacked by Cereberus (zombie dogs)
      • Becca discovered the train that was infected and knew it was unlikely that one man caused this much destruction
        • In the train, Becca also came face to face with the infected and saw what the virus was doing
        • Becca met up with the team pilot (Edward) who got attacked
          • Edward informed her that the situation is beyond control and there were creatures everywhere
        • However, Bravo’s captain still named Billy as being responsible for killing 23 people on site.
      • Becca teamed up with Billy and investigated the insides of the train
      • Birkin and Whesker, meanwhile, were investigating how the virus got leaked.
        • But even their crew members were falling victims to the virus and getting attacked
      • The Stinger, one of Umbrella’s experiments also found its way into the train
        • A creature that is the result of bioweaponry experiments.
        • An infected scorpio that has grown to an uncontrollable size

The Facility: Executive Training Center

• • The train Becca & Billy were on could not be stopped and went crashing into a strange facility near the Spencer Mansion
    • This facility is The Umbrella Executive Training Center
      • A building dedicated to training researchers as potential executive officers to become the next generation of the corporation’s management
    • Whesker & Birkin saw Becca & Billy through the security camera of the center as the Queen Leech also revealed itself
      • The Queen Leech told them it was behind the virus leakage and pursuing revenge on Umbrella
      • The Queen Leech decided to get rid of Becca & Billy who are considered now as a nuisance by unleashing The Eliminators 
        • The Eliminators: Primate-based bio-organic weapons; another type of Umbrella’s secret project

• • Whesker realized that this outbreak would eventually mean the end for Umbrella so he decided to take his knowledge & pursue his own path
    • He knew Umbrella had a new complete project called “The Tyrant” but wanted to see the tyrant on the  field to gather information about it.
    • He lured the Alpha team to Spencer’s mansion in order to gather the data he needed
    • Whesker manipulated fellow team member Barry Burton to force him for assistance.

• • After Whseker left, Birkin decided to collect his research on the G-Virus
    • He activated the self-destruct mechanism in the facility to destroy Queen Leech & S.T.A.R.S. members investigating

• • Becca & Billy’s trust in each other during this time grew. Becca asked Billy whether he really killed 23 people
    • Finally Billy tells Becca what really happened last year before his arrest
      • His unit was ordered to Africa to intervene in a civil war
      • Their mission was to raid a hideout deep in the jungle; only there was really no guerrilla hideout
    • • They were operating on false information but in order not to head back empty handed they were ordered to attack an innocent village
      • Billy was against this and clashed against his team.
    • Becca and Billy were attacked yet by another Umbrella creature – The Centurion (giant insect/worm with tentacles)
    • Eventually Becca, Billy and the Alpha team discovered what Umbrella was really doing
      • Billy seems to associate the test subjects/dead bodies they found in the facility with bodies he saw in Africa
    • Becca and Billy finally faced Queen Leech who they thought was Dr. Marcus

• • As Whesker made his way out of the facility he was stopped by a man named Sergei Vladimir (a ranking executive in Umbrella)
    • Sergei was sent to retrieve the prototype of Umbrella’s most important bio-organic weapon known as “TALOS” 
    • Sergei never trusted Whesker and wanted to punish Whesker for not reclaiming the management of the facility for Umbrella
    • Sergei’s bodyguard (Tyrant Virus experiment, aka Ivan) was sent after Whesker
      • Whesker managed to escape Sergei and Ivan after setting the self-destruct mechanism

• • Meanwhile Billy & Becca killed Queen Leech and escaped the facility moments after the facility self-destructed
    • Becca let Billy go without arresting him convinced he hasn’t really committed any crimes
    • Becca and Billy parted ways

The Spencer Mansion 

• •     On her way to the mansion Becca couldn’t find her Alpha team
    • She realized that the outbreak has extended to nearby areas & was surrounded by creatures
    • She escaped to a hideout and met Richard Aiken (Bravo team’s communications expert)
    • Becca & Richard decided to look for their captain who they believe would be the best person to find a way out of this place
    • The pathway to the mansion however is now covered by infected
    • Upon reaching the mansion, it was swarming by more infected
    • Meanwhile Sergei & Ivan took their TALOS prototype and left the mansion while Becca and Richard looked for their team
      • Becca and Richard noticed from afar how Sergei & Ivan fearlessly walked among the infected towards the forest
    • Becca and Richard were then attacked by yet another experiment known as the Yawn (massive snake)
      • Richard rescues Becca from the Yawn and as a result got affected by the Yawn’s venom

Resident Evil 1

• • Whesker made it to Raccoon City’s Police department
    • He gathered the S.T.A.R.S’ Alpha team together and told them Bravo team is now missing & must set out to find them
    • Alpha team has found the crash site and this brings us to the opening events of Resident Evil 1 

• • The Alpha team got attacked by Cereberus as soon as they tried to investigate the crash site
    • Jill Valentine, Chris Redfield, Whesker and Barry Burton escape to the mansion.
    • Chris got separated from the rest of the team and so Jill and Barry set out to find him
    • While looking, Jill & Barry witnessed for the first time what the virus could do & also linked it to Umbrella
    • Chris also witnessed zombies on his part of the mansion
      • He then found survivors: Richard & Rebecca (from the events of Resident Evil 0) who warned him about the situation
      • Chris found an antidote for Richard to cure the venom. Rebecca stayed behind with Richard to help him
      • On his exploration Chris stumbled on the remains of Forest Speyer a member of the Special Tactics & Rescue Service.

• • The Yawn is still alive and looking for prey. It tried to attack Jill
    • Upon defeating the Yawn, Jill found the cabin/guesthouse that Lisa Trevor has made into her new home.
    • Terrified of what she saw, Jill escaped and overheard a conversation between Whesker & Barry

• • That same night, Chris found the same guest house and a secret passage that lead to an underground water area
    • In it Chris found Umbrella’s Aquarium/Tank where the corporation kept their Neptune (A combination between T-Virus & Shark)  
    • Richard, although cured from the venom, sacrificed himself yet again to rescue Chris and couldn’t make it.
    • Chris killed the Neptune

• • Jill & Barry discovered that an enormous T-Virus plan known as Plant 42 has taken over
    • They also discovered a formula that can severely weaken it
    • Jill poisoned its roots; the Plant 42 still stayed strong but eventually Barry brought it down

• • Jill separated from Barry and met up with Whesker
    • Jill expressed concern that Barry might not be trusted and something seems off. She suspects him for not being honest.
    • Whesker informed her that getting out of here should be their priority and should stop thinking about it.

• • Chris and Rebecca are getting attacked by hunters that are now swarming in the mansion
  • Both Jill & Chris at this point discovered plenty of information incriminating Umbrella and these experiments
    • They realized that there’s more to this mansion than meets the eye & resolved there must a lab somewhere where these creatures are coming from

• • After getting attacked by & killing the Yawn, Chris found himself underground and met up with Captain Enrico Marini from Bravo team
    • Enrico told Chris that there’s a double-crosser/betrayer in their team
    • He was about to tell Chris more before Whesker shot him from afar.
    • Chris couldn’t see Whesker.

• • Jill also found herself underground followed by Lisa Trevor. She met up with Barry & confronted him with her suspicions.
    • Before he got a chance to reveal the truth, they were both attacked by Lisa Trevor

• • Chris and Rebecca found the lab that is the source of these creatures. Rebecca also found out there’s a live virus still in the facility
    • They decided to activate the self-destruct mechanism and blow up the building with everything in it.
    • Rebecca decided to activate the self-destruct button herself and meet up with Chris outside
    • Meanwhile Chris has to find Jill, Barry & Whesker

• • Jill met up with Barry & Whesker in the lab where Whesker finally revealed his true intent: The Tyrant project.
    • Jill also discovered that Barry is manipulated by Whesker and they’re both working together to fulfill Whisker’s personal gains
    • She was held at gun point by Barry while Whesker activated the Tyrant project.
    • Whesker asked Barry to leave and was about to activate the Tyrant project on Jill
    • Barry; however, came back and shot Whesker, rescuing Jill and asking for forgiveness.
    • The tyrant was already activated at this point and clawed at the first thing in its way – Whesker!
    • Barry was attacked next by the Tyrant but somehow made it and proved his loyalty to his friends.

• • Chris contacted Jill & Barry and told them about the self-destruct mechanism and they all met outside while Rebecca activated it.
    • The Tyrant appeared again outside and fought Chris, Jill and Barry

• • Meanwhile something was happening to Whisker’s body after being attacked by the Tyrant. His cells were mutating and repairing themselves.
    • Whesker regained his consciousness and felt stronger
    • The prototype virus Birkin has given him as part of the Whesker project has now activated & bonded with his genetic
    • The superhuman Umbrella sought to create has now successfully been achieved in the form of Whesker

• • Whesker makes his way through the mansion taking out everything in front of him
    • Eventually Lisa Trevor sees Whesker & remembers him from back in the day when they conducted the experiments on her
    • Furious, Lisa faces Whesker and a brutal battle ensues.
    • Whesker kills Lisa and heads out

• • After killing the Tyrant, Chris, Rebeea, Jill and Barry flee the site in a chopper.
    • Whesker also runs away from the facility
    • The mansion self-destructs with everything inside it.

• • Resident Evil 1 ends with the Alpha team seemingly thinking the nightmare is over
    • They are confident they have enough evidence to expose Umbrella now for everything they’ve done
    • Unkown to them; however, Whesker is still out there plotting
    • Birkin is also still alive continuing his research into the G-Virus; an event that will cause the worst tragedy
    • This begins the events of Resident Evil 2