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1960 RE – ARCHIVES After carefully studying the properties of the mother virus, Edward Ashford embarks on a quest to find the ‘Progenitor Virus’; a variant which will have the ability to recombine a living organism’s DNA. RE – ARCHIVES REUC – BARRY BURTON PROFILE Barry Burton is born. He will go on to have a solid career in law enforcement as both a SWAT and later STARS Alpha team member. He has a fascination with guns and collects them as well as being a member of the National Rifle Association. His personality is mild-mannered and emotional, with a strong sense of duty and responsibility. His number one priority is wife Kathy and daughters Moira and Polly. RE – ARCHIVES REUC – ALBERT WESKER PROFILE Albert Wesker is born. He will work for Umbrella, its rivals and become one of the most dangerous men on the face of the planet. Gaining a degree in bio-engineering, he will go on to meet William Birkin at the Umbrella Training Facility in the mid-seventies. He has a distinctly dignified way about him and his trademark sunglasses which he wears at all times gives him an unapproachable air. 1962 RE – ARCHIVES RE3 – CITY GUIDE The future Mayor of Raccoon City, Michael Warren, comes to the city as an electrical engineer to bring power to the city. Over the next several years he will work on the city’s electrical and cable car systems. RE – THE CATALYSIS RE – ARCHIVES REUC – ARKLAY RESEARCH FACILITY “MANSION” NOTES Lord Spencer begins construction of a luxurious mansion situated in a forest on the outskirts of his home Raccoon City in the mid-west United States. The mansion is designed by famous New York architect George Trevor. Trevor estimates the mansion will take five years to build. Spencer has expressed a desire that the building be fitted with many secrets that only he and Trevor will know about. RE – ARCHIVES REUC – WILLIAM BIRKIN PROFILE William Birkin is born. He will become an elite researcher for Umbrella and will create the G-virus and take official credit for the creation of the T-Virus after James Marcus is murdered. 1963 RE – ARCHIVES REUC – MONITOR NOTES Nicholai Ginovaef is born. He will become a supervisor for Umbrella’s Biohazard Countermeasure Service as well as Monitor; an internal espionage organisation within Umbrella set up to monitor suspicious company employees. Originally from Moscow, Nicholai will become a member of the Spetsnaz and take part in a number of political assassinations and insurgency operations during the Cold War. His skills as a warrior will be unsurpassed and that will be a fact recognised by those high in Umbrella Inc. RE – ARCHIVES REUC – BRAD VICKERS PROFILE Brad Vickers is born. He will go on to become a pilot for the STARS Alpha Team. With a bit of a cowardly nature, he would earn the nickname ‘chickenheart’ from his peers and his main talents for the team would lie in his flying and communication skills. He is also charged with chemical protection within the team and is a computer expert. 1966 RE – ARCHIVES Tyrell Patrick is born in the Republic of Surinam. He will join the foreign legion and get involved with black market arms sales. When the weapons he sold were used in genocidal killings, he was court martialed and sentenced to life imprisonment. He joined the UBCS to avoid that sentence. RE – ARCHIVES Birth of Rodrigo Juan Raval. Born on a village on Rockfort Island he began working for Umbrella when the company eventually purchased the island and his village was destroyed. He will eventually work his way up to Head of Security for Umbrella’s Paris facility in France. RE0 – MARCUS’ DIARY 1: DECEMBER 4TH Edward Ashford, Ozwell Spencer in collaboration with their friend James Marcus, successfully create a variant of the original Mother Virus called ‘Progenitor’. Marcus in particular is full of enthusiasm and wants to carry it back and start detailed investigations immediately. 1967 RE – THE CATALYSIS RE – ARCHIVES REUC – ARKLAY RESEARCH FACILITY “MANSION” NOTES Construction of the Spencer Mansion is completed. It is built over two main floors and includes a worker’s quarters and fully operational laboratory. RE0 – MARCUS’ DIARY 1: MARCH 23RD As work on the Progenitor Virus continues, Spencer confides in Marcus that he is planning on starting a company to cover up their research. Marcus isn’t particularly interested as long as he can continue his experiments into Progenitor; Spencer can do what he likes. UNOFFICIAL EVENTS: MARCH-AUGUST Spencer and Edward Ashford begin to lay down the foundations of a new pharmaceutical company which would eventually come to be known as Umbrella. James Marcus continues his research into progenitor. Edward’s son Alexander visits the mansion and is taken in by its beauty, particularly the main hall. RE1 – INVITATION: JUNE Lord Spencer officially moves into his mansion in Raccoon Forest. RE0 – MARCUS’ DIARY 1: AUGUST 19TH Spencer keeps pestering Marcus to become the Director of his new training facility, which will be constructed in Raccoon Forest a few miles away from the Mansion. It will be used to train and educate future employees of their company. Marcus initially isn’t interested and is becoming sick of Spencer’s pushiness. However, he begins to realize that having a special facility to study the Progenitor virus on his own would be an advantage, and so he agrees to Spencer’s request. RE1 – INVITATION: OCTOBER 9TH Lord Spencer writes a letter to George Trevor commending him on the excellent living conditions of the mansion. However, something unexpected has come up and he invites Trevor and his whole family over to stay, promising them a huge banquet in their honour. REMAKE – TREVOR’S LETTERS 1: NOVEMBER 10TH RE1 – TREVOR’S ORIGINAL LETTERS The Trevor family have been invited to the completed mansion by Lord Spencer. Trevor’s wife Jessica and their daughter Lisa arrive on the evening of the 10th. George, who is away on business, is scheduled to arrive on the 13th. Lisa plays the piano for her host, who warmly approves. As the music plays, they watch the moon illuminating beautifully in the night sky making the surrounding forest environment a beautiful sight to behold. However, something much more sinister is going on here. REMAKE – TREVOR’S LETTERS 1 George Trevor’s Aunt Emma falls ill and is hospitalised. REMAKE – FAMILY PICTURES AND NOTES The two women are captured and held against their will. They are taken to the labs deep within the bowels of the mansion. The progenitor virus is administered to both of them. Jessica is injected with virus type-A. The researchers note of plasmolyzing of tissue during cell activation. The virus fusion is negative and Jessica will later be disposed of. The daughter, Lisa, is administered with virus type-B. Again, there is plasmolyzing of tissue during cell activation. The virus fusion is positive but delayed. There were constant results of body modification. The researchers are happy with her progress and keep her under protective observation. REMAKE – TREVOR’S LETTERS 1: NOVEMBER 13TH RE1 – ORIGINAL TREVOR’S LETTERS: 6PM George Trevor arrives at the mansion. Lord Spencer notifies him that Jessica and Lisa have gone off to visit an ailing relative. Trevor doesn’t give it another thought, as he is revelling in his work at the magnificent mansion. He notes how the main hall is very spacious and the central stairs leading to the main hall are also very impressive. George decides the work he has done on this place is the work he is most proud of. As the evening wears on, the two men enjoy a banquet in the dining room on the fine mahogany dining table. REMAKE – FAMILY PICTURE AND NOTES REUC – A LETTER TO SOMEONE A stricken Jessica Trevor writes a letter to her daughter Lisa. She says the shots given to her by the men in white clothes make some of the itching go away and today she has another shot, they say it is nutrition. She writes how her memory is fading each day and that they have to plan some sort of escape attempt. Next time they are taken to the lab they will pretend to be unconscious and when the man in white clothes is off guard they will have their chance. However, this plan fails to come to fruition. REMAKE – TREVOR’S LETTERS 1: NOVEMBER 14TH RE1 – TREVOR’S ORIGINAL LETTERS Spencer takes Trevor on a tour of the mansion and informs him of his plans to establish a major chemical and pharmaceutical conglomerate called the Umbrella Corporation. The mansion will be used as a guesthouse for company personnel and VIP’s. Trevor notes how wondrous the mansion is. The rooms are decorated with expensive pieces by Raphael and Da Vinci. Spencer has collected these works over several years and Trevor believes he must be one of the richest men on the planet and that he oozes self confidence. REMAKE – FAMILY PICTURE AND NOTES Meanwhile, in the bowels underneath the mansion, Lisa writes in her journal that she is still feeling dizzy from the shot the men gave her. She can’t find her mother and wonders where they have taken her. She had promised her they would escape together and Lisa begins to get paranoid that Jessica has escaped alone and left her behind. REMAKE – FAMILY PICTURE AND NOTES: NOVEMBER 15TH Lisa is starting to become delirious under the effects of the experiment. She scrawls in her diary that she has found her mom and that they ate together. But she suspects that she is a fake and that she is not her real mom. The same face but different inside. She decides she has to find her real mom and give her face back. She wears her mother’s face so she doesn’t go away. Lisa knows mom will be sad when she meets here without her face. REMAKE – FAMILY PICTURE AND NOTES: NOVEMBER 17TH Lisa has found the sarcophagus chamber located under the mansion. She notes that she can smell her mom inside the coffin. However she cannot open the coffin because of the steel chains in the way. REMAKE – TREVOR’S LETTERS 1: NOVEMBER 18TH RE1 – TREVOR’S ORIGINAL LETTERS Trevor is beginning to worry about his family’s whereabouts. He is upset because he cannot find a telephone anywhere in the mansion, apparently none have been installed yet. He goes up to the second floor terrace to clear his mind. However, the crows perched on the railings unnerve him with their constant stares. He cannot shake the feeling that his every move is being watched. While out walking in the courtyard, he finds a secret tunnel, one that was not part of his design plans. Before he can investigate further however, he is apprehended by security guards who tell him he shouldn’t be wandering round alone. REMAKE – FAMILY PICTURE AND NOTES: NOVEMBER 19TH Lisa continues to scribble, though her writing is barely legible now. She tries to write down what has happened to her family and that she just wants to be with her mother. REMAKE – TREVOR’S LETTERS 1: NOVEMBER 20TH RE1 – TREVOR’S ORIGINAL LETTERS Whilst rooting around the first floor, instead of the shotgun that his wife had given Spencer for his birthday, he finds its broken, rusted counterpart in its place. He is becoming increasingly worried he cannot reach his family and tells Spencer he plans to travel to his relatives to meet up with them the next day. Spencer reassures him telling him not to worry and that he will be seeing them again soon. REMAKE – TREVOR’S LETTERS 1: NOVEMBER 21ST RE1 – TREVOR’S ORIGINAL LETTERS Trevor packs his bags and prepares to leave. Before he can however, he is asked to come down to the reception room {picture puzzle room}, and is escorted there by one of the courtroom guards. Once there he is informed coldly that his family is dead and is then knocked out with a sedative agent. REMAKE – FAMILY PICTURE AND NOTES: NOVEMBER 24TH Lisa writes that she misses her mom. It is her last entry. REMAKE – TREVOR’S LETTERS 2 RE1 – TREVOR’S ORIGINAL LETTERS Trevor has been imprisoned for four days now. A man in a lab coat arrives with a skimpy meal for him and informs him that he is sorry about all of this but it is for security reasons. That is when Trevor discovers what is going on. They want to kill him so only Spencer will know all the mansion’s secrets, including the labs. He thinks of his family and decides he will try to escape. REMAKE – TREVOR’S LETTERS 2: NOVEMBER 26TH RE1 – TREVOR’S ORIGINAL LETTERS Trevor curses his carelessness. He has lost his favourite lighter; the one Jessica gave him for his birthday. Now it will be much harder for him to escape the darkness of this place. He concludes that November 13th was the date his fate was sealed. His aunt was hospitalized three days earlier. Jessica and Lisa said they were going to visit her. They can’t be dead, can they? He struggles to remember what the men in lab coats said to him before his consciousness fades. REMAKE – TREVOR’S LETTERS 2: NOVEMBER 27TH Somehow, he manages to escape from his cell. But he realizes escaping from the mansion won’t be easy as there are hundreds of puzzles and booby traps. He forces himself to try to remember them all. RE1 – TREVOR’S ORIGINAL LETTERS: NOVEMBER 28TH Trevor stumbles across one of the experiments, a huge plant that fills an entire room. He is horrified; surely God could not have created such a thing. REMAKE – TREVOR’S LETTERS 2: NOVEMBER 29TH He is resigned to the fact that he cannot get out. He has been everywhere. The laboratory with the large glass tubes, those dark, eerie caves… He is struck with horror when he stumbled across a familiar high-heeled shoe in the corridor. He realizes it must be Jessica yet doesn’t want to believe his family have shared the same fate as him. He won’t give up hope. RE0 – MARCUS’ DIARY 1: NOVEMBER 30TH Spencer complains to James Marcus about the progress of the Progenitor project. Marcus is livid as he realizes Spencer thinks of the virus as nothing more than a money-spinning tool. But he realizes that if Spencer’s influence continues to grow, it can only be bad for his own research. Marcus decides that if he is to properly develop the progenitor, he has to strengthen his own position too. He will take more of an interest into the founding of their new company from now on. REMAKE – TREVOR’S LETTERS 2 Trevor hasn’t had any food or water for a few days now. He feels like he is going crazy. He curses himself with being too obsessed with designing this ghastly mansion. He finds himself in yet another dark and damp underground tunnel, and another dead end. He lights up his last match to find a gravestone. On it bears his name. He collapses, realizing now that they had let him escape, knowing he would end up here to die. His last thoughts are of his family. 1968 RE – ARCHIVES REUC – MEMO ON THE FOUNDING OF UMBRELLA The Umbrella Corporation is formed by Ozwell Spencer, Edward Ashford and James Marcus. As the years pass it will grow to become the world’s leading pharmaceutical company. The motto is “Obedience brings discipline, discipline brings unity, and unity brings power. Power is life.” RE-ARCHIVES Edward Ashford’s son Alexander majors in bio-genetics and joins Umbrella. RE3 – MANAGER’S DIARY: APRIL 25TH The future manager of the Dead Factory in Raccoon City is born today. RECVX-ALEXANDER’S MEMO: JULY RE - ARCHIVES Alexander begins work on a top-secret project with his father’s help. However, their research enters a difficult phase and the strain proves too much for aging Edward, who dies in the middle of the project, having been accidentally exposed to the progenitor virus. Alexander now takes over as head of the family but other members of the Ashford family blame Alexander for Edward’s death. RE – THE CATALYSIS: AUGUST The Umbrella Research Centre/Training Facility is completed 8 miles north of Raccoon City, in the Arklay Mountains. As well as the main training centre, it houses an observatory and a church, underneath which lies a laboratory and later on an underground cable car which leads back to Racoon City. James Marcus is placed in charge of the facility as Director. Spencer continues working at the Mansion labs. RE0 – REGULATIONS FOR TRAINEES: SEPTEMBER Director Marcus lays down the rules for the new Management Training Facility and what is expected of students and how they will be trained. Only by applying the strictest and most rigorous training standards, the facility will, without regard for gender, race, or creed, produce only the best candidates to be the future leaders of the Umbrella Corporation. Marcus orders all students to follow the law of the facility and to bring honour to themselves and the company. RE3 –MECHANIC’S MEMO RE – ARCHIVES Cable cars are imported from Europe and installed in Raccoon City. Michael Warren plays a big role in this. 1969 RE – ARCHIVES: FEBRUARY RECVX- ALEXANDER’S MEMO RE – THE CATALYSIS Alexander Ashford, now head of the family, realizes that he is now at a major disadvantage as there is great competition in the field of research for what would later be known as the ‘Tyrant Virus’ and its properties. He begins to believe himself that he has disgraced the great Ashford family that his ancestor Veronica had established. In order to let his dead father rest in peace, he will do everything he can to stop Spencer from getting total control of Umbrella. He decides to devote all his time to this task, without being detected by Spencer in the process. As the company begins to flourish, he gains permission from the board to construct a new large-scale research facility. It will be situated at the Ashford-owned transport terminal in the Antarctic. He decides that within this new facility, he will have a room built, similar in design to Edward’s mansion, the legacy of the late George Trevor. REOUT2 – OLD PAMPHLET The Kite Brothers railway line is completed and opens in Raccoon City. To start with it has only one mile of track and three stops. But over the next 20 years thanks to economic rejuvenation from Umbrella, it will increase to 8.5 miles and 8 stations by 1989. RE – ARCHIVES REUC – FOREST SPEYER PROFILE Forest Speyer is born. Future marksman for STARS Bravo Team, he will become highly regarded by other team members as a crack marksman and a man who will do whatever is necessary to fulfil the mission perfectly. Will also become very close friends with Chris Redfield. RE-ARCHIVES: NOVEMBER Alexander’s Antarctic base is completed. Now he will have a place to work where Spencer cannot constantly keep an eye on him. 1969-1977 RE0 – B.O.W REPORT In his private labs under the Church at the training facility, James Marcus conducts a detailed report on the Progenitor Virus and the work they have performed since its discovery. He notes that research to date shows that when the virus is administered to living organisms, violent cellular changes cause a breakdown in the system and that no satisfactory method has been found thus far for them to be able to control the organisms for use as weapons. Insecta exhibit only explosive high-energy growth and increased aggressiveness and therefore it is difficult to envision using them as BOWs. Amphibia reveals limited uses as examples such as frogs result in abnormal appetite leading to them randomly attacking all moving objects. For Mammalia, the progenitor was merged with monkeys’ cellular DNA, resulting in increased fertility, improved aggressiveness and some increased mental capacity. A side effect was that sight was lost, but this was offset with an improvement in hearing ability. Marcus concludes however, that all these subjects were unsatisfactory as weapons and that no progress will be made unless humans are the base organism.