TheResident Evilseries has gone from strength to strength, shocking and exciting in equal measures with its scares, thrills, and dramatic turns. The extent of Wesker’s villainy in the firstResident Evil, William Birkin’s turn from scientist to monstrosity inResident Evil 2, and the truth behind Ethan Winters inResident Evil Villageare just a few of its twisting story beats.
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Still, with multiple mainline entries, remakes, reboots, spin-offs, and side stories,REis bound to have a few unanswered questions along the way. Some are minor details that have nonetheless got fans scratching their heads, while others are more perplexing.
10Who are The Merchant and the Duke?
Resident Evil 4refreshed the series with a new take on its gameplay and introduced a colorful cast of characters. One of the more enigmatic ones is the Merchant. He appears to be one of the infected Ganados, yet he speaks with an English Cockney accent, and actively aids Leon with his arms, equipment, and upgrades.
Perhaps he’s more interesting that way than if he had a rich backstory. Then again, hisRE8equivalent The Duke is more chatty and involved in the story, yetis just as inexplicableif not more so than his purple-hooded friend. He knows more than he lets on, yet he never reveals his sources or why he does what he does beyond it being “customer service”.
9Who’s the Person in RE3’s Post-Credits Scene?
The originalResident Evil 3was initially planned as a side-game titled “Resident Evil 1.9”, as it’sRE2from Jill Valentine’s perspective and anextremely shortResident Evilgame. Nonetheless, it was a welcome addition to the series, and it got a nice remake of its own that came with its mystery.
Once players beat the game and finished watching the credits, they’d get a brief scene of a man in an office picking up a broken vial from a desktop. Who is he? A pre-workout Chris Redfield? A surviving Nikolai? HUNK outside his uniform? Whoever he is, it’d likely take another remake or side-game to find out for sure, if they even follow up this thread.
8Who is Ada Wong Working For?
Beginning life as a name in a memo, Ada Wong became theseries’ super spy, working for one organization or another. Yet she seems to follow her agenda, working against her allies if they don’t fit her interests. For example, she threatened Leon with a gun to make him hand over the Plagas sample inRE4yet ignored Wesker’s order to kill him outright.
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Her soft spot for the former Raccoon City cop turned government agent is well-known. What isn’t known is her deal. Who is she exactly? Is she working for another party to get intel on all these different organizations and agencies? Or is she truly a one-woman operative playing the spy game for her curiosity? It’s hard to imagine her settling for one sideafter years of playingone side off against the other.
7Who is HUNK, and Where Is He?
The story behind the Umbrella Secret Service’s Alpha Team Leader will likely always remain a mystery. The “Human Unit Never Killed” is an extra to the main series’ plot, a figure who pops up for side ventures like “The 4th Survivor” and the Mercenaries Modes. Yet he does have his own story as an elite Umbrella operative who does their dirty work.
From trying to retrieve the G-Virus inRE2, to making a delivery to Rockfort Island inRE: Code Veronica, he’s dealt with a lot. Following Umbrella’s fall, he became a mercenary for hire. But is there more to him than that? What’s his real name? Where is he now? And as an ex-Umbrella worker, what would happen if Chris and the BSAA came across him? That would be interesting to see.
6What’s Going on with the BSAA?
Speaking of the BSAA, or Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance, they’ve taken a few turns since their debut inResident Evil 5. By that game, they were essentially the head honchos Chris and Sheva reported back to as they ran around West Africa shutting downhorrific bioweaponsand terrorist activities.
But byRE8, they had become another corrupt force, using bioengineered troops to attack the Black God fungal root while Chris and his Hound Wolf Squad acted on their own. They planned to get answers from the BSAA directly, but that wasn’t shown in the game. That likely won’t be revealed untilRE9.
5What Happened to Steve Burnside’s Body?
Code: Veronicais perhaps the one game thatneeds a remake the most. The game was popular enough on its original release, yet its difficulty, odd characters, and quick plot points (the Ashford twins have problems) have seen it fall by the wayside over the years. That, and Claire Redfield’s sidekick Steve Burnside was more of a pain than a pleasure to be around.
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When he died to protect Claire, the result wasn’t as tragic as Capcom hoped. Afterward, Albert Wesker’s HCF force picked up his body and took a sample of the t-Veronica virus he was infected with. He teased that there was a possibility he could be revived. However, with Wesker’s passing, Steve will likely be left to rest in peace wherever he is.
4What’s Alex Wesker Up To?
Albert Wesker’s end inRE5wasn’t the end of the Weskers in general. Kidnapped from her birth parents, Alex Wesker was adopted by Albert’s father as a test subject for the Progenitor Virus. Then she became a higher-up in Umbrella Pharmaceuticals before kicking them to the curb. As the main villain ofResident Evil: Revelations 2, she continued where her foster brother left off by torturing people with her science experiments.
She thought she could attain immortality by transferring her consciousness to another person. It kind of worked, as her consciousness made it into the mind of Natalia Korda, one of her test subjects, after her death. With consciousness transfer also being a plot point in the main games, the possessed “Dark Natalia” would give Alex the chance to continue where Mother Miranda left off.
3Where’s Jake Muller?
The side games can be fun, though they rarely cross over with the main series. If they do, then “Dark Natalia” might be interested in tracking down her foster nephew Jake Muller. Debuting inResident Evil 6, Jake is the son of Albert Wesker, and he only got some of his powers to show for it. His blood held the key to curing the C-Virus, though it took a lot of convincing for him to help out.
The game left off with him becomingmore willing to help others, and staying on friendly terms with his partner Sherry Birkin.RE6wasn’t the most well-received game, so fans probably aren’t waiting to find out where Jake went next. Yet without a definite end to his adventure, he has the potential to return.
2Where Did the Fungal Roots Come From?
AfterRE6’s over-the-top approach, it took a more horror-orientated follow-up to bring the franchise back on track.Resident Evil 7: Biohazardsaw Ethan Winters explore the Louisiana swamps for his missing wife Mia, only to bump into the Baker family and their horrifying home.
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The game revealed that they were duplicates made by a mold spread from an oil tanker.RE8then revealed that came from a bigger fungal colony in Europe worshiped by Miranda and her disciples as “the Black God”. Currently, no one knows where this root came from, but as the series' new focus, it’s bound to be expanded upon in sequels yet to come.
1What Happened to Mia Winters?
RE8ended with Ethan sacrificing himself to save his daughter Rose, who escapes the area with Chris Redfield and her mother Mia. The game then got DLC following a teenage Rose exploring what remained of the titular village and the secrets it left behind.
Her backstory said she was taken into protective custody by the US government, with Mia gradually drifting out of her life until disappearing completely in her teens. What happened to her? Why did she get phased out after all she went through? Is she the distant figure that approaches Rose’s car at the end of her story?Only time will tell.
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