Oswell E. Spencer

Voiced by: Adam D. Clark (RE5),^[15] Time Winters (REmake 3)

Voiced by (Japanese): Issei Futamata (REmake 3)

Motion capture: Adam D. Clark (RE5)

Oswell E. Spencer (オズウェル・E・スペンサー, Ozuweru E Supensā) is the owner and co-founder of the Umbrella Corporation, a pharmaceutical drug company that secretly manufactures bio-organic weapons.^[16] Spencer's backstory is largely told through in-game files. Born into one of the most powerful families of Europe, Spencer was given a prestigious childhood education, parts of the curriculum consisting of virology and eugenic studies. His favorite piece of literature was that of controversial explorer Henry Travis, who had documented a grove of rare culturally-sacred flowers in West Africa. As Spencer entered university, he formed a close friendship with James Marcus and Edward Ashford. Spencer would be forever changed during a hiking trip in the mountains of East Europe, where he became lost and then rescued by a mysterious woman known as Mother Miranda. A de facto biologist, Miranda was also a priestess who had cultivated a religion around a local super-colony of fungus that exhibited preternatural qualities. Under her wing as a research assistant, Spencer became inflamed by the idea of exploiting the biological secrets of the universe to improve and advance humankind. His views conflicted with Miranda, Spencer departed from his mentor, though he continued to correspond with her and would later dedicate his company's four-red logo to the Four Houses of Miranda's region. Inspired by the writings of Henry Travis, Spencer has his associate Dr. James Marcus make an expedition to West Africa, where the latter discovers the aforementioned flowers. Killing most people when ingested, the flower elicited superhuman abilities within a rare number of people who could survive its fatal effects—all thanks to a particular virus within the flower, a virus later dubbed by Spencer and his associates as the Progenitor virus. With the knowledge he acquired, Spencer developed a god complex while plotting to forcibly evolve humanity into a new superior race through genetic engineering and virology.^[17] With limited funding to exploit the flower and its virus, Spencer designs a seemingly benevolent front organization known as Umbrella Pharmaceuticals to accrue revenue so that his machinations on the virus may continue. His colleagues, James Marcus and Edward Ashford, join his company.^[16] Through a series of betrayals and espionage, Spencer quickly gains control of the company and its research, and sends subordinates to assassinate Marcus and Ashford.^[18][19] Spencer conducts some of his company's research in the Arklay Research Facility, located in the Arklay Mountains. He hires George Trevor, a famous architect, to construct a mansion to conceal the facility, however, with Trevor knowing the secret to the mansion he had just built, Spencer has the architect targeted for assassination and proceeds to abduct Trevor's wife and daughter, having them become test subjects for virus research and development.^[20] Trevor's daughter Lisa would become a promising specimen for new fields of bio-exploitation, experiencing much torment and mutilations in the process. Spencer's plans progress smoothly until Marcus returns from the dead through the Queen Leech as absorbing his genetic memory,^[21] motivated by revenge to destroy one of Spencer's luxury trains and cause a viral outbreak in the Arklay Research Facility.^[22] The outbreak spreads throughout the region, sparking the events of Resident Evil Zero and the original Resident Evil. The virus subsequently spreads to Raccoon City during the events of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, prompting the U.S. government to attempt to contain the outbreak by ordering the destruction of the city.^[23]

After the city's destruction, Spencer attempts to disguise the incident as a government conspiracy by hiring top lawyers and false witnesses. His actions prolong the legal proceedings and allow the Umbrella Corporation to stay afloat for five more years. Ultimately, Albert Wesker betrays Spencer by handing over secret documents to the U.S. government while providing personal testimony in court.^[24] Umbrella's business license is summarily suspended when most of its remains dismantled by the U.S. government.^[25] Spencer becomes a wanted man and goes into hiding at his mansion in Europe. Wesker kills Spencer before Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine can arrest him.^[26] His first name is written as Oswell in the original version, but misspelled as "Ozwell" in the English version.

Ashford family

In addition to Spencer, the Ashford family are responsible for the founding of Umbrella. The family are involved in various sections of the company though are exiled fifteen years before the events of the series. Twins Alfred and Alexia serve as the main antagonists in Resident Evil – Code: Veronica, while Alexander appears as a boss.

UBCS

One of Umbrella's subsidiaries is UBCS (Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service), a private military company with a highly trained security force composed of mostly war criminals and exiled soldiers^[29] and capable of rescue and reconnaissance paramilitary operations. The corporation also uses its top-secret special forces group to secure and protect its assets and high-profile employees.

USS

The Umbrella Security Service were first introduced in Resident Evil 2. USS Alpha team attempted to steal a sample of the G-virus, causing the citywide outbreak in the game. Delta team appeared in the prequel Resident Evil Zero, in which the team was sent in to blow up the Ecliptic Express after the trouble occurred, but was overwhelmed by the leeches and wiped out. Delta team was under the direct command of Wesker and Birkin. According to Code: Veronica, USFU agents were trained at the Rockfort Island facility.

Umbrella Corps

The Umbrella Corps, also known as Blue Umbrella, are a newly formed mercenary group working for the newly reformed Umbrella Corporation. They play a vital role in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard.

Notable researchers

Parker Luciani

Voiced by: Mitsuru Miyamoto

Parker was originally a member of the FBC tasked with helping out during the 2004 Veltro terrorist attack of Terragrigia. However he and his partner Jessica Sherawat barely managed to make it out alive and fled into the FBC building. During their trip to the Command Room, they met and saved the new cadet, Raymond Vester. He and Parker then bonded. At the command room, they met Morgan Lansdale, who was collaborating with Jack Norman, and in the midst of betraying him. After that, the group escaped the city. In 2005, Parker and Jill followed Chris and Jessica's last known coordinates to a stranded cruise ship named Queen Zenobia in the Mediterranean Sea. They realized that the entire crew of the Queen Zenobia had been turned into monstrous bio organic weapons named Ooze and are forced to fight for their lives. On the ship's bridge, they are surprised to meet none other than Vester who claims to be there by orders of the FBC. After Jessica is revealed to be a traitor, she sets the Queen Zenobia to self-destruct. Parker was later seen dangling above end then falling into a series of explosions after the floor he was standing on collapsed. It is ultimately revealed that Raymond Vester saved Parker from the explosion. Parker was then found adrift off the shore of the Republic of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. He resumed his position as a Special Operations Agent for the BSAA after a month of recovery.

Piers Nivans

Voiced by (English): Chris Emerson (RE6)

Voiced by (Japanese): Shuhei Sakaguchi (RE6)

Face Model: Adam Crosman (RE6)

Portrayed by: Wataru Kuriyama (stage play)

Piers Nivans is a member of the North American Branch of the BSAA in Resident Evil 6. He is a talented marksman, who served under Chris Redfield during the Edonian Civil War in 2012. On one of their missions, Carla Radames infects their comrades with the C-virus and turns them into mutants. Chris is knocked unconscious in the ensuing battle but is rescued by Piers. Chris becomes disillusioned and disappears after recovering. Piers tracks down Chris and successfully convinces him to rejoin the BSAA to avenge his dead comrades. They are deployed to Lanshiang, China and tasked to stop a bio-terrorism attack. The duo are eventually led to an underwater laboratory that is being used to create powerful bio-organic weapons. Piers is severely injured during their final battle with the B.O.W., Haos, and injects himself with the C-virus to continue fighting. After he and Chris manage to defeat the Haos, they then attempt to escape the laboratory during its self-destruction sequence, but after realizing that he is beginning to succumb to the C-virus, Piers seals Chris inside an escape pod in order to ensure his survival, while he stays behind during the laboratory's destruction to prevent himself from mutating any further, sacrificing himself in the process. Right before his death, Piers manages to save Chris from the still-alive Haos by killing it as it attempts to destroy the escape pod Chris is in. Chris honors Piers's memory by remaining with the BSAA (when before, Chris thought of retiring and leaving Piers in charge).^[62] Piers is mentioned by name during the epilogue in Resident Evil: Revelations 2, as he is in China with Chris.

Sheva Alomar

Hound Wolf Squad

Voiced by (English): Kane Jungbluth-Murry (Elba), Conner Marx (Wilson), Rez Kempton (Graham), Rey Silva (Perlman), Andi Norris (Berkhoff)

Voiced by (Japanese): Haruo Yamagishi (Elba), Kazuhiro Fusegawa (Wilson), Shigeo Kiyama (Graham), Kosuke Sakaki (Perlman), Farahnaz Nikray (Berkhoff)

Hound Wolf Squad are an elite BSAA taskforce under the direct command of Chris Redfield. Formed after the events of Resident Evil 7, they consist of operatives disgruntled by the organization's decision to cover up the Baker incident and primarily operate off the books, though are assisted by the Umbrella Corps. By Village's events, Hound Wolf consists of six members: Chris Redfield (Alpha), Rolando Elba (Umber Eyes), Dion Wilson (Canine), Charlie Graham (Night Howl), John Perlman (Lobo), and Emily Berkhoff (Tundra). During the game, they help Chris infiltrate the Village and investigate Miranda, uncovering her connections to both Oswell E. Spencer and the creation of the bioweapon Eveline. After Miranda's defeat, the squad also learn that the BSAA have also deployed BOWs to deal with Miranda. Hound Wolf are still active by the events of Shadows of Rose, set sixteen years after the events of Village. Rose is both trained by the members and joins the squad after the chapter's events.

STARS

S.T.A.R.S. (Special Tactics And Rescue Service, also known as the Special Tactics And Rescue Squad in early localizations) is a special operations force in the Raccoon Police Department, introduced in the original Resident Evil and disbanded before the events of the sequel. Its key members included Albert Wesker, Barry Burton, Brad Vickers, Chris Redfield, Enrico Marini, Forest Speyer, Jill Valentine, Joseph Frost, Kenneth J. Sullivan, Rebecca Chambers and Richard Aiken.^[63]

Raccoon Police Department

The Raccoon Police Department (R.P.D.) is a law enforcement service in Raccoon City, and is headquartered in the Raccoon Police Station, a former converted art museum.

DSO

The Division of Security Operations (DSO) is an anti-bioterrorism organization under the jurisdiction of the United States federal government.

Secret Service

FBC

The Federal Bioterrorism Commission was a United States government commission set up for handling bioterrorist operations under the command of Lansdale.

Strategic Command

Moira Burton

Voiced by (English): Marcella Lentz-Pope (Revelations 2)^[52]

Voiced by (Japanese): Ayumi Fujimura (Revelations 2)^[53]

Moira Burton (モイラ・バートン Moira Bāton) is the eldest daughter of STARS veteran, Barry Burton. In Resident Evil: Revelations 2, Moira and her TerraSave co-workers including Claire Redfield are captured and taken to an abandoned prison facility supervised by Alex Wesker. Moira is a secondary character in Claire's portion of the game. She refuses to use firearms after accidentally wounding her younger sister with a handgun as a child. Instead, Moira uses tools, such as crowbars, to break open boxes and to attack enemies. She is estranged from her father. Eventually while fighting a mutated Neil Fisher, who betrayed the TerraSave group, Moira overcomes her fear of using guns in order to save Claire if the player selects this option, which is canon. Moira is separated from Claire and saved by Evgeny, a sick Russian man who later chooses death once his daughter is dead. Moira then returns to save her father and friends from Alex Wesker, who is now fully mutated.

Neil Fisher

Voiced by (English): Yuri Lowenthal

Voiced by (Japanese): Eiji Hanawa

Neil Fisher is the founding leader of TerraSave, previously an FBC operative who saved Natalia Korda during the Terragrigia incident. But he later revealed to be affiliated with Morgan Lansdale, seeking to revive the FBC following its disbandment when Lansdale's role in the Terragrigia's outbreak is exposed. This motivates Neil to contact Alex Wesker, helping her organize the kidnapping of several TerraSave members for her selection experimentation with her T-Phobos virus in return for a vial of Albert Wesker's Uroboros virus to start his bioterrorist attack. After procuring Natalia for Alex, Neil is betrayed by Alex as she injects him with the Uroboros virus and sends him down to the lower levels of her tower to fight Claire and Moira Burton. The mutated Neil is killed during their fight when Moria, or Claire in the non-canon ending, shoots him in the head at point-blank range.

Osmund Saddler

Voiced by (English): Michael Gough (RE4), Christopher Jane (REmake 4)

Voiced by (Japanese): Hōchū Ōtsuka (REmake 4)^[83]

Motion capture: Kenji Hata (RE4)

Osmund Saddler (オズムンド・サドラー, Ozumundo Sadorā) is the main antagonist of Resident Evil 4.^[84] He is the leader of Los Illuminados, the cult responsible for Ashley Graham's kidnapping.^[85] Saddler plans on infecting Graham with a sample of Las Plagas, in hope that she will return home and infect higher-ranking members of the U.S. government.^[86] Saddler then attempts to control them and seize control of the country, and then the world.^[86] He uses samples of Las Plagas to infect and control villagers and even a local castellan Ramon Salazar to perform his bidding. However, his plans are foiled by the combined efforts of Kennedy, Wong and Luis Sera. Kennedy, with the assistance of Wong, kills Saddler near the game's conclusion, and destroys his research and production complex.^[87] Saddler also appears in the 2023 remake of Resident Evil 4, largely maintaining his original role. However, unlike the original game, Saddler does not make a physical appearance until Kennedy reaches the island in the third act of the game. The remake also expands slightly on his backstory, revealing he was a descendant of the first followers of Los Illuminados who ended up exiled to the island, rather than an outsider who took control of the cult to put his plan in motion.

Ramon Salazar

Voiced by (English): Rene Mujica (RE4), Marcio Moreno (REmake 4)

Voiced by (Japanese): Chō (REmake 4)

Motion capture: Tsurugi-Dan (RE4)

Ramon Salazar (ラモン・サラザール, Ramon Sarazāru) is an antagonist in Resident Evil 4. He is the castellan of the castle affiliated with Los Iluminados.^[88] He comes from a noble family, who were responsible for sealing Las Plagas beneath the castle's grounds.^[89] Years later, Saddler, a cultist who worships Las Plagas, persuaded Salazar to unearth the parasites, causing them to spread across the local area.^[89] Salazar controls the Ganados and orders them to kill Kennedy and apprehend Ashley Graham.^[90] He merges with his second Verdugo in a Queen Plaga to become a gigantic abomination in a desperate attempt to defeat Kennedy, but perishes during the ensuing fight. Salazar also appears in the 2023 remake, maintaining much of his role from the original game.

Bitores Mendez

Voiced by (English): Jesse Corti (RE4), Jon Bryant (REmake 4)

Voiced by (Japanese): Takeshi Oba (REmake 4)

Motion capture: Kenji Hata (RE4)

Bitorez Mendez is a minor antagonist in Resident Evil 4. He is the chief of the village taken over by the Los Illuminados cult and is given a Dominant Species of the Plaga Parasite, allowing him to command others infected with Las Plagas and granting him incredible strength. Mendez is confronted numerous times in the game's early chapters and confronts Leon Kennedy on multiple occasion. In their last confrontation, Mendez is forced to mutate after being doused in gasoline and set on fire, though is eventually defeated by Leon. Mendez also appears in the 2023 remake of the game, maintaining his role from the original game. Resident Evil Archives II states that Mendez used to be a Catholic priest before being converted to the Los Illuminados cult.

Jessica Sherawat

Voiced by (Japanese): Nana Mizuki

Jessica Sherawat is an operative of TRICELL who appeared in Resident Evil Revelations, first infiltrated the FBC during the Terragrigia Panic, and later transferred to the BSAA a year later during their investigation of Il Veltro terrorists to acquire a sample of the T-Abyss TRICELL made for Morgan Lansdale. She ultimately succeeds with the assistance of Raymond Vester keeping both groups unaware of their actual goals.

Jack Krauser

Voiced by (English): Jim Ward (RE4, The Darkside Chronicles , The Mercenaries 3D), Mike Kovac (REmake 4)

Voiced by (Japanese): Kengo Tsujii (REmake 4)

Motion capture: Ryouji Okamoto (RE4, in-game), Munenori Yuo (RE4, cutscenes)

Jack Krauser (ジャック・クラウザー, Jakku Kurauzā) is a freelance mercenary hired by Albert Wesker to infiltrate Saddler's cult.^[91] Originally a U.S. government special forces operative, he was partnered with Leon to arrest the South American drug lord Javier Hidalgo. They discover the village suffering a T-Virus outbreak while encountering Manuela Hidalgo who was injected with the T-Veronica virus,^[92] Krauser learning of Wesker and the Umbrella conspiracy from Leon. Discharged from the military after his arm was severely injured from fighting Hidalgo, Krauser seeks out Wesker to recover from his injury and become stronger.^[93] He later supposedly perished in a helicopter crash.^[94] Krauser is responsible for kidnapping Ashley, claiming he committed the act to gain Saddler's trust. He has little interest in Saddler's agenda, and only seeks to recover a Las Plagas sample for Wesker for the latter's plan to restore the then-defunct Umbrella Corporation, believing such would bring order and balance to the world.^{[95][96][97][98]} In addition to being a skilled knife fighter and archer, Krauser possesses superhuman speed, stamina, strength, the dominant variant of Las Plagas injected into his body can turn his left arm into a giant mutated claw.^[87] He confronts Kennedy twice in the game's main storyline and is defeated by him, later killed by Ada in the "Separate Ways" scenario.^[87][99] It would be later revealed that Wesker retrieve Krauser's corpse and extracted his Las Plagas after Ada gave him a recessive variant. Krauser is playable in Mercenaries mode. He uses his bow in combat and can also utilize his mutated arm as a melee weapon.

In the 2023 remake of Resident Evil 4, Krauser role is greatly expanded, with several changes made to his background. In the remake, he was a US Army Major and Leon's former mentor and instructor. The game also alters Operation Javier to have been a mission where he was the only survivor, with files indicating the military abandoned him and his men due to an internal power struggle. Unlike the original game, Krauser seemingly joined Los Illuminados on his own accord. He also does not appear to have any association to Wesker or TRICELL.

Excella Gionne

Voiced and motion capture performance by Nina Fehren

Excella Gionne is a British-Italian businesswoman who oversees TRICELL's Bio-Weapons program while also being the leader of the conglomerate's African branch, establishing a massive bio-weapons research facility in the Kijuju Autonomous Zone within a former Umbrella facility while regrouping a bio weapons dealer named Ricardo Irving to provide her with funding for the Uroboros Project she developed with Wesker. However, despite her love and loyalty to Wesker, he infects her with the Uroboros in an act of betrayal. With her body unable to stabilize the virus, she mutates into Uroboros Aheri while absorbing a pile of corpses to increase in size before Chris and Sheva manage to kill the creature.

Mother Miranda

Voiced by (English) and motion capture performance: Michelle Lukes

Voiced by (Japanese): Sayaka Kinoshita

Mother Miranda is the main antagonist of Resident Evil Village, a scientist who was born in an Eastern European village in the late 19th century and lost her daughter Eva during the Spanish flu pandemic. While entering a cave with the intent of following her daughter in death, a despondent Miranda is infected while coming across a fungal superorganism called the "Megamycete" within the cave that granted her immortality, the ability to assume the form of others, and the collective knowledge of those the fungus came in contact with prior. Miranda uses her gained abilities to experiment on the villagers for years, creating the Cadou parasites in failed attempts to create an ideal vessel to revive Eva in. Miranda is later revealed to be the mentor of Umbrella Corporation founder Oswell E. Spencer and inspired him to achieve his vision of human evolution, making Miranda the indirect instigator of all the major events that transpire in the series. She also provided her assistance to the Connections by providing them the means to create Eveline, later learning of Rosemary Winters from them as she abducts the infant so she can resurrect her daughter. She is ultimately killed by Ethan who rescues Rosemary from her before sacrificing himself to destroy the Megamycete. Miranda also appears in the game's Shadows of Rose DLC, where it's revealed her consciousness survived in the Megamycete's realm. During the events, she lures Rose into the realm to resume her plans, tricking her into depowering for her success. However, Ethan, having also survived in the realm, helps Rose escape and battle Miranda, resulting in her permanent death. She is based on witches.

Alcina Dimitrescu

Alcina Dimitrescu is the matriarch of House Dimitrescu. She serves as one of the four lords of the village and the owner of Castle Dimitrescu. Both she and her daughters are based on vampires.

Dimitrescu Daughters

Voiced by (English) and motion capture performance: Bekka Prewitt (Bela), Jeanette Maus (Cassandra), Nicole Tompkins (Daniela)

The Daughters of Alcina Dimitrescu are three women "adopted" by the lady and reside in Castle Dimitrescu. The trio are three human/blowfly hybrids created by their "mother" through experiments with the Cadou, granting them similar abilities to her. However, their nature renders them vulnerable to harm in colder temperatures. Bela is calm, level-headed and rather calculative. Cassandra is more reckless and sadistic of the trio, delighting in torture and painful deaths for her victims. Daniella is the quieter, but most seductive of the group. The daughters each fight Ethan Winters as he searches the castle for his daughter Rose, each confronting him alone in certain areas of the castle. They are each killed when he exploits their weakness to make them vulnerable to his attacks. The daughters are heavily influenced by vampires, specifically the Brides of Dracula.

Donna Beneviento

Voiced by (English): Andi Norris (Donna), Paula Rhodes (Angie)

Motion Capture: Andi Norris (As Donna herself)

Voiced by (Japanese): Miyuki Sato

Donna Beneviento is the matriarch of House Beneviento and one of the four Lords of the Village. Horribly disfigured since birth, Donna went into solitude after the death of her parents, residing in a lone estate north of the village. Through the Cadou experiments conducted on her by Mother Miranda, Donna is granted the ability to manipulate her dolls as extensions of herself and induce hallucinations through Cadou-infected pollen. She is rarely seen without her bride doll Angie, whom she usually speaks through. Entrusted with Rose's legs, Donna is the second of the Village Lords fought by Ethan, subjecting him to nightmarish hallucinations before he escapes and stabs her to death. She is based on Ghosts due to her "possession" of dolls and having a well in her home, referencing The Ring.

Salvatore Moreau

Voiced by (English) and motion capture performance: Jesse Pimentel

Voiced by (Japanese): Taisuke Nishimura

Salvatore Moreau is the patriarch of House Moreau and one of the Four Lords in Resident Evil Village. Taking residence in the windmills near the reservoir, he is granted aquatic abilities by Miranda's Cadou yet is hideously mutated with his body slightly unstable. Moreau is the least respected of the lords despite his utmost devotion towards Miranda. Ethan encounters him to recover Rose's arms, but Salvatore traps him within the reservoir's area and patrols the area in his more monstrous form. Ethan drains the site to battle Salvatore on the dried-up bed, during which he is killed. Though not based on gothic-horror, he might be based on the Gill-man from the Creature from the Black Lagoon, his last name is also a reference to the 1896 novel, The Island of Doctor Moreau due to him creating the Lycans just like the titular character created Human–animal hybrids.

Karl Heisenberg

Voiced by (English) and motion capture performance: Neil Newbon

Voiced by (Japanese): Hiroshi Shirokuma

Karl Heisenberg is one of the four lords of Resident Evil Village and the owner of a factory located west of the Village. Through experiments conducted on him with the Cadou, he is granted superhuman strength along with harnessing electromagnetism from the electric organs connected to his nervous system. Unlike the other lords, Heisenberg is more rebellious and actively plots to overthrow Miranda for experimenting on him. He is the last of the village lords Ethan faces, though he initially hands over Rose's torso willingly to help Ethan access his factory. Claiming Miranda has been using him to eliminate the other Lords, Heisenberg proposes an alliance with Ethan to use his daughter to kill her. When he refuses, Heisenberg locks him into his factory to be killed by Soldat experiments. With help from Chris Redfield, Ethan battles a heavily cyber-mutated Heisenberg and kills him in a metal-polymer tank. He is based on Dr. Frankenstein.

Shubhankar Parijat of Gamingbolt has said that Heisenberg is an "outstanding character" and one of the best villain in the series. He described him as the star in the Resident Evil Village, and said that "watching him control metal with his mind like he’s Magneto and use his powers to capture Ethan lets you know early on that Heisenberg’s got some incredible powers- and things only get better from there." But, was disappointed when the character died from the game.^[100] Meanwhile, Robert Zak said that Heisenberg was the most overlooked villain, particularly the meme appeal on Lady Dimitrescu. He further said that "he is a more significant and complex character in the story than Lady Dimitrescu, and every bit the badass that she is, yet ever since fans first caught sight of the giantess, he's been lower in the pecking order for both fans and Capcom."^[101]

Matthew Bryd of Den of Geek has said that his appearance resembles like Van Helsing and was said to be giving off as a big villain vibe.^[102] Wireframe has said that most part of the game plays like its star villain, Heisenberg. He calls him as "a volatile beast with a brutal streak and boisterous, irresistible charm".^[103]

Alan Droney

Voiced by (English): Kip Pardue (RE7)^[104]

Voiced by (Japanese): Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi (RE7)^[105]

Face model: Mark Hobart

Alan Droney is an agent for the Connections. He and Mia Winters were tasked with transporting the Bio Organic Weapon Eveline. Eventually, Eveline infects the people on board, including Alan, turning most into mold. When he began to show symptoms of infection, he dispatched Mia to kill or recapture her. Shortly afterwards, Alan is killed by Eveline.

Ark Thompson

Voiced by: Patrick Harlan (Resident Evil Survivor)^[106]

Ark Thompson is a friend of Leon S. Kennedy who was sent by him to Sheena Island to investigate the Umbrella's facilities there, where the company has its private township, soon after the Raccoon City incident in 1998. He ends up posing as Vincent Goldman, an Umbrella manager, but loses his memory after a helicopter crash. During the game, he is led to believe that he is Vincent Goldman and is mistakenly blamed for the T-virus outbreak on the island. As he investigates, he progressively gets his memories back and confronts the real Vincent Goldman. He eventually escapes the facility before its destruction aboard a helicopter along with Lott and Lily Klein, two children of Umbrella scientists whose parents died in the incident.

Ashley Graham

Voiced by (English): Carolyn Lawrence (RE4)

Voiced by (Japanese): Akari Kitō (REmake 4)

Motion capture: Yukiko Saitani (RE4), Ella Freya (REmake 4)

Ashley Graham (アシュリー・グラハム, Ashurī Gurahamu) is the new U.S. President's daughter in Resident Evil 4.^[107] A college student living in Massachusetts, Ashley is abducted by a mysterious cult while attempting to return to her home.^[85] She is taken to a remote part of Spain and held captive in a village inhabited by humans infected with mind-controlling parasites. The cult's leader, Osmund Saddler, plans to infect her with Las Plagas, to carry out the cult's secret agenda.^[86] She is rescued by Kennedy, and works alongside him to thwart the cult's plans and escape. In addition to being able to receive commands and perform simple tasks, Ashley briefly becomes a playable character for a portion of the game.

Baker family

The Baker family, under the influence of the B.O.W. Eveline, are the main antagonists of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Unlike the rest of her family, Zoe Baker is a supporting character who provides assistance to the main character Ethan Winters. A member of the extended family, Joe Baker, is the player character of its post-launch DLC End of Zoe.

Ben Bertolucci

Voiced by (English): Rod Wilson (RE2), Skip Stellrecht (The Darkside Chronicles)

Voiced by (Japanese): Atsushi Imaruoka (REmake 2)

Played by: Josh Cruddas (Welcome to Raccoon City)

Ben Bertolucci (ベン・ベルトリッチ, Ben Berutoritchi) is a minor character in Resident Evil 2. A journalist, he investigates Chief Brian Irons and Umbrella during their attempts to cover up the Mansion Incident. Eventually discovering evidence linking him to Umbrella, he is arrested and held in the RPD holding cells. In the original game, Ben is approached by Leon S. Kennedy and Ada Wong on information he has uncovered on Umbrella and helps them escape the building. However, he is killed by William Birkin before he can be released from his cell. Before dying, he gives Leon evidence linking Irons to a coverup of the G-virus. In the game's remake, Ben's role is significantly reduced to a brief meeting with Leon. He offers his parking pass to escape the building in exchange for his release, but is killed by the Tyrant before Leon can decide. Opening his cell, Leon retrieves both the pass and a recording of him confronting Annette Birkin on Umbrella's actions and the creation of the G-virus. Ben also appears in The Darkside Chronicles, though he is killed off-screen by Birkin before he can meet Leon, Claire or Ada.

In the reboot film Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021), Ben is played by Josh Cruddas.

Clancy Javis

Voiced by (English): Tony Vogel (RE7)^[104]

Voiced by (Japanese): Yu Seki (RE7)^[105]

Clancy Javis is a playable character from Resident Evil 7: The Beginning Hour. He enters the Bakers' residence with Andre Stickland and Peter Walken to film an episode of Sewer Gators. He is briefly a playable character while filming Peter. Clancy then searches for Andre who wanders away from the group but is knocked unconscious after discovering Andre's corpse.^[108][109] Later, Clancy was tied up and taken into a game room by Lucas who dares him to solve various puzzles in order to light the candle and put it on the cake. When Clancy removed the turner from the barrel, the oil leaks out. After various puzzles, he lights a birthday cake which suddenly exploded, causing him to be engulfed in flames, killing him in the process.^[110]

Clancy also appears in the Banned Footage DLC for the game, a collection of stories that take place before the events of the game. In "Nightmare", Clancy is forced to contend with seemingly endless waves of Molded throughout a night, eventually facing Jack in combat. In "Bedroom", he tries to escape the master bedroom of the house whilst being monitored by Marguerite. In "21", Clancy is forced to play a card game against another victim of the Bakers, Hoffman, by Lucas, eventually beating him and leading to Hoffman's death. His success leads to Lucas placing him in the Happy Birthday death trap.

Daniel Cortini

Daniel Cortini is a minor character in the Resident Evil 2 remake. The sheriff of Arklay county, he takes part holding back the T-virus outbreak in the Raccoon City area. Whilst investigating a gas station near the city, Daniel is killed by a zombie after being distracted by the arrival of either Leon or Claire. He appears as a playable protagonist in The Ghost Survivors DLC chapter "No Way Out", which is unlockable after completing the other chapters. A non-canonical account, Daniel battles a large number of enemies in a gas station until he can be rescued.^[111]

Deborah Harper

Voiced by (English): Kate Higgins (RE6)

Motion capture: Lauren Kim (RE6)

Deborah Harper is the younger sister of Helena Harper. In the past, Helena was known to be very protective towards Deborah, having wounded Deborah's abusive ex-boyfriend. In Resident Evil 6, the two sisters were held as hostages by Derek C. Simmons in the secret lab underneath the Tall Oaks Cathedral. Helena tried her best to keep a terrified Deborah calm and assures her. Helena offered herself to Simmons in exchange for her sister, but her pleas did nothing and Deborah was dragged away. Deborah was later taken to the catacombs of the cathedral, and was injected with C-virus; however, as she showed no signs of mutation, Deborah was left to die. After Helena and Leon rescue Deborah, they soon arrive at the lower levels of the catacombs, where Deborah becomes very ill before bursting into flames; a goo then hardens into a cocoon around her. As the lower levels then begin to crumble, Deborah emerges with spider-like appendages on her back. Despite Helena's pleas not to harm her sister, Ada reminds her that Deborah has to be killed or else they will die. After the battle, Helena grabs Deborah as she slips and falls over a pit. She then begs for forgiveness, saying she will avenge her sister after she and Leon kill Simmons, and releases Deborah as she falls to her death into the darkness below. At the end of Leon and Helena's campaign, Helena visits Deborah's grave at a cemetery.

Evgeny Rebic

Voiced by: Ben Hiura (Revelations 2)

Rebic is an old Russian man Claire and Moira meet on the island they are trapped on in Resident Evil: Revelations 2. He is a miner who is not happy that they are potentially alerting the afflicted to his hideout; Moira ends up doing this by mistake while later spending time with him after her near death experience that resulted in her being away from Claire for 6 months. Although Evgeny is just a bit part character in the main game, he is the co-op partner of Moira in "The Struggle" bonus episode, and uses a rifle to shoot wild animals (for food) and kill enemies. He rescued Moira beneath all the debris that fell on her, but does not call her by that name afterwards, and he teaches her to hunt for herself, while they are putting up with one another's whining. He later learns his missing daughter named Irina is already dead and feeling unwell, Evgeny chooses to die in the underground, with Evgeny and Moira revealing their names to each other just before he passes. His body is eventually found by Barry and Natalia.

Fong Ling

Voiced by (English): Claire O'Connor (Dead Aim)

Voiced by (Japanese): Kae Araki (Namco × Capcom)

A Chinese intelligence agent employed by the Ministry of State Security (MSS) of the People's Republic of China, Fong is infamous for her cold and stoic demeanor. Upon learning of her brother's involvement in anti-government activism, Fong arrested him. Following his arrest, Fong's brother was swiftly executed, although she never questioned the actions of her boss and remained absolutely loyal, stopping at nothing to accomplish her objectives. She is sent by the Chinese government to the Umbrella-owned luxury liner Spencer Rain to stop former Umbrella scientist Morpheus Duvall's plans and retrieve the sample of the virus he stole from an Umbrella's lab in Paris. Initially apathetic towards the presence of a rival operative, Bruce McGivern, going so far as to throw a grenade at Duvall who was holding him at gunpoint, she allies with him in order to stop Duvall. At some point, the Chinese government betrays her and attempts to kill her through the use of satellites armed with lasers, but Bruce saves her. Though greatly shaken by this event, she decides to complete her mission and to keep working for her employers afterward. And from that moment on, she becomes closer to Bruce. After killing Duvall and destroying an Umbrella secret laboratory underwater, it is implied that Bruce and Fong will start a relationship.

Katherine Warren

Katherine Warren is the daughter of Raccoon City's Mayor, Michael Warren. Left behind in Raccoon City by her father, she is left in the care of Chief Brian Irons. Driven insane by the outbreak, Irons instead murders Katherine, planning to stuff her body and keep it as part of his taxidermy collection. Warren's body appears in both versions of Resident Evil 2 and its retelling The Darkside Chronicles. She appears in the remake's Ghost Survivors DLC story "Runaway", which takes place outside of the main series canon.^[112]

Lisa Trevor

Played by: Marina Mazepa (Welcome to Raccoon City), Casey B. Dolan (Netflix's Resident Evil)

Lisa Trevor (リサ・トレヴァー, Risa Torevā) is a character and enemy in the remake of Resident Evil and The Umbrella Chronicles.^[113] Lisa Trevor is the daughter of George Trevor, the architect behind Ozwell Spencer's Arklay Mansion and the Queen Zenobia cruiser, and his wife Jessica. Following the completion of the mansion's construction, Spencer invites the family to stay there, but betrays George by kidnapping Jessica and Lisa and uses them as human test subjects for genetic experimentation. George is also forced to try to escape the mansion, eventually getting lost and dying of malnutrition.^[114] Lisa undergoes a series of painful experiments, including receiving the Progenitor virus, while her mother is secretly murdered.^[115] Lisa emerges with a grotesque and twisted physical appearance, but gains enhanced strength and nigh-invincibility. Further experimentation on Lisa allows Umbrella's top scientists, William Birkin and Albert Wesker, to develop the G-virus. Lisa is then executed and buried, but she survives and hides in the Arklay forest. She encounters STARS operatives during the events of Resident Evil before ultimately finding her mother's corpse, granting her some closure. Lisa makes her final appearance in The Umbrella Chronicles, where she is defeated by Wesker and left to die as the Arklay mansion and research facility self-destruct.^[116]

In 2012, IGN ranked as the ninth best boss in the series, adding, "Not only can her wails be heard throughout the game, she effectively can't be killed – only deterred. Few things are scarier than that, making her one of the more memorable and entrenched characters in the series."^[117]

In the reboot film Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021), Trevor is played by Marina Mazepa.^[118] Trevor also appeared in the fifth episode of the Netflix television series (2022), played by Casey B. Dolan.

Luis Sera

Voiced by (English): Rino Romano (RE4), André Peña (REmake 4)

Voiced by (Japanese): Kenjiro Tsuda (REmake 4)

Motion capture: Keiichi Wada (RE4), André Peña (REmake 4)

Luis Sera Navarro (ルイス・セラ・ナヴァッロ, Ruisu Sera Navarro) is a Spanish investigator who tries to assist Leon S. Kennedy and Ada Wong in their efforts against Los Illuminados during the events of Resident Evil 4 (2005),^[119] having worked with the cult's leader Osmund Saddler to research and develop their mind-controlling parasites, Las Plagas, before realizing their true intentions.^[120][87] While working with Leon, Luis claims he is a former policeman from Madrid who became dissatisfied with his job.^[121] Seeing the Las Plagas outbreak as his fault, Luis aids Leon in eliminating it until he is killed by Saddler.^[87][122]

Luis also appears in the 2023 remake, though his role in the game is expanded on, including his expanded past and full name. His backstory further reveals that he was also the former Umbrella Corporation's researcher prior to working for Los Illuminados, with the files revealing he was involved in the creation of the Nemesis. It is also indicated that Luis grew up in the village, though left after his grandfather died from an injury sustained in a wolf attack (suggested to have been under the result of a Plaga infection). Luis assists Leon in several additional sections, such as escaping the mines underneath Salazar's castle. Unlike the original game, he is killed by Jack Krauser rather than Saddler.

Mia Winters

Voiced by (English) and motion capture performance: Katie O'Hagan^[104][123]

Voiced by (Japanese): Akari Higuchi^[105][124]

Face model: Savannah Daniels

Mia is the spouse of Ethan Winters, the main character in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. A researcher for a criminal organization called The Connections, Mia was tasked with escorting a bio-weapon called Eveline to another facility. But the tanker crashes in a Louisianan swamp during a hurricane, with Mia infected by Eveline as they end up with the Baker family. As the result of her infection, Mia lashes out at Ethan when he came looking for her. From that point on, Mia works with a woman called Zoe (who is revealed to be a Baker) and Ethan tries to save them by receiving hints from Zoe when she telephones him, while Ethan is having to deal with constant attacks perpetrated by the other Bakers. After using one of the two serums Zoe created to kill Jack Baker, Ethan used the remaining vial on Mia as they are forced to leave Zoe behind. The two end up at the remains of the tanker, Mia regaining her memories while resisting Eveline to give Ethan samples from Eveline to develop a toxin to kill her with. She is reunited with Ethan after being rescued by BSAA agents, later giving birth to Rosemary while not telling Ethan the truth that he was infected with the Mold as they moved to Eastern Europe.

In the events of Resident Evil Village, Mia is abducted by her former colleague Miranda, who assumed her identity to steal Rose as a vessel for her lost child Eva. Mia ends up being rescued by Chris and revealing Ethan's altered nature when told that Jack Baker killed him. After Ethan permanently died destroying the megamycete, Mia raised Rosemary while Chris would later train the girl in using her abilities.

Natalia Korda

Voiced by (English): Gabriella Pastore (Revelations 2)^[52]

Voiced by (Japanese): Aoi Yūki (Revelations 2)^[53]

Natalia Korda is a playable character in Resident Evil: Revelations 2. A young survivor of the Terragrigia panic who lost her parents in the incident, she was saved by Neil Fisher and placed in a home before she was among those he abducts for Alex Wesker's selection experiment to transfer a copy of her mind into an ideal host able to suppress their fear. Natalia traveled with Claire and Moira before Neil spirits her away when Alex decides to make the girl her host, placing her in a deep sleep for the process before committing suicide.

Awakening six months later, with the copy of Alex's mind appearing before her as Dark Natalia while looking for her teddy bear Lottie, Natalia meets Barry Burton immediately when he arrives on an island to search for Moira. Natalia aids Barry by detecting monsters, go through small passageways, and using bricks as projectiles when not evading monsters. But Natalia is stalked by Alex, who mutated and survived her suicide with a maddened resolve to kill the girl before she fully awakens as her copy. Barry adopts Natalia following the ordeal, with the copy of Alex's mind appearing to be taking over as Natalia reads a piece by Franz Kafka while smiling.

Robert Kendo

Voiced by (English): Gary Krawford (RE2), Jason C. Miller (The Darkside Chronicles), Ken Lally (REmake 2, REmake 3)

Motion Capture Performance by: Ken Lally (REmake 2 ), Neil Newbon (REmake 3)

Voiced by (Japanese): Hideki Tanaka (REmake 2, REmake 3)

Robert Kendo is the owner of a gun store in Raccoon City. He and his brother Joseph are responsible for creating the Samurai Edge pistols used by S.T.A.R.S. members. In the original Resident Evil 2, he briefly appears in the opening of Scenario A, allowing the player to stay in his gunshop for protection. However, zombies soon break in and devour Kendo, leaving a weapon for the player to pick up. In the remake, Robert had brief reunion with Jill, before confronting Leon S. Kennedy and Ada Wong when the two latter attempt to pass through the shop to reach the sewers. It's also revealed he has a daughter, Emma, who he tries to protect from the outbreak. However, she is infected and Robert is forced to kill her. Kendo also appears in the game's The Ghost Survivors DLC as the player character in "No Time to Mourn". A non-canonical scenario, it follows him as he attempts to escape Raccoon City.^[125][44] He also appears in The Darkside Chronicles, though is killed offscreen before he encounters either Leon or Claire.

Steve Burnside

Voiced by: Bill Houston (Code: Veronica),^[27] Sam Riegel (The Darkside Chronicles)

Steve Burnside (スティーブ・バーンサイド, Sutību Bānsaido) is Claire Redfield's partner in the game Resident Evil – Code: Veronica. Steve was imprisoned in the Rockfort Island's facility alongside his father, a former Umbrella employee. He escapes from his cell during the viral outbreak. Steve was initially hesitant to trust Claire while reluctantly cooperating with her, but gradually cares for her after being forced to kill his own father when he becomes infected. Steve and Claire eventually end up in Umbrella's Antarctic Facility, where he is captured by Alexia and infected with the T-Veronica virus to be compelled to kill Claire. Though he mutated into a nearly invulnerable monster armed with a giant, ceremonial axe, Steve eventually regained control of himself and is fatally injured protecting Claire from Alexia's tentacles and reverts while professing his love to Claire in his final moments. Steve's body was later taken by Wesker to extract the T-Veronica virus. In The Darkside Chronicles it is revealed that Wesker contacted the drug baron Javier Hidalgo and took a sample of T-Veronica from Steve's corpse in order to sell the virus for Hidalgo's ailing daughter, Manuela.

The Duke

Voiced by (English): Aaron LaPlante

The Duke is a merchant and vendor in Resident Evil Village. An obese and mysterious figure, he sells items, weapons and upgrades to the player. The Duke also buys treasures and items, and will cook meals in return for the needed ingredients. The Duke helps Ethan traverse the titular village and helps him recover Rose's body parts from the Four Lords. After Ethan is mortally injured by Miranda, the Duke recovers his body and takes him to the ritual site to confront her. Like the Merchant from Resident Evil 4, the Duke's past and history remains mysterious, though files indicate that he sells objects and provisions to the entire village, including forbidden items. The Duke also appears to relocate without being detected and set up shop within three of the Four Lords' territory (except House Beneviento because Ethan's weapons had been taken). When Ethan returns to the ceremonial site after killing Donna and Moreau, he can be seen observing a Miss Madalina doll and a jar of a Cadou Parasite. A corrupted version of the Duke, referred to as the "Masked Duke", appears in the game's DLC chapter Shadows of Rose. Files in the game reveal this version to be a construct of the Megamycete created by Mother Miranda. The Masked Duke serves as an enemy to Rose Winters as she searches for a crystal to remove her powers at a recreation of Castle Dimitrescu.

The Merchant

Further information: Merchant (Resident Evil)

Voiced by (English): Paul Mercier (RE4) Michael Adamthwaite (REmake 4)

Voiced by (Japanese): Shigeru Chiba (REmake 4)

The Merchant is a mysterious hooded vendor in Resident Evil 4. Appearing in certain areas of the games locations, he sells to the player character in return for Peseta. The Merchant can also sell upgrades, including those to weapons and storage capacity, and buy treasures and items. While playing as Leon, the Merchant will set the player a number of optional quests, such as a shooting range or destruction of blue medallions around the village. The Merchant also returns in the remake, where he offers other features such as requests to complete, trading objects for spinels and repairing Leon's equipment. He is also mentioned in passing by the Duke in Village, who directly quotes him.