RESIDENT EVIL

SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE DOSSIER · MARCH 2026 · VOL. CXXIV · NO. 87
CLASSIFIED · UMBRELLA FILES · EYES ONLY

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30 YEARS OF CANON · INCLUDES REQUIEM

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This document represents the complete timeline of the bioterrorist incidents commonly referred to as the "Resident Evil" outbreaks. Compiled from leaked Umbrella files, survivor testimonies, and BSAA field reports. Information redacted where ongoing investigations remain classified. All subjects mentioned are 18 years or older.

THE PROGENITOR YEARS

1950–1968 · The Discovery

The Progenitor virus was discovered by Dr. Oswell Spencer, Edward Ashford, and James Marcus in the late 1960s. Derived from the Sonnentreppe flower native to West Africa, it had been used for millennia by the Ndipaya tribe in deadly rituals — survivors emerged with superhuman abilities. Spencer founded Umbrella Corporation in 1968 as a pharmaceutical front. The company's logo was copied from MOTHER MIRANDA'S VILLAGE SYMBOL. Facilities were built worldwide: the Spencer Mansion, an Antarctic base, and underground laboratories.

James Marcus later developed the T-Virus (Tyrant) by combining Progenitor with leech DNA. He was assassinated by Spencer's orders in ████ but survived as a leech creature.

THE ARKLAY NIGHTMARE

JULY 1998 · The Mansion Incident

Resident Evil 0 · Resident Evil

S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team investigates cannibal murders in the Arklay Mountains. Rebecca Chambers discovers an abandoned train and convict Billy Coen. The train crashes, revealing Umbrella's underground laboratory. Alpha Team enters the Spencer Mansion days later. Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield uncover decades of viral research. Albert Wesker betrays them, injects himself with a prototype virus, and fakes his death. The mansion self-destructs. Survivors escape, but Umbrella's web spreads further.

THE DEATH OF A CITY

SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 1998 · The Raccoon City Incident

Resident Evil 2 · Resident Evil 3 · Outbreak

The T-Virus floods Raccoon City's sewers. On September 28, Jill Valentine attempts escape, hunted by Nemesis, a Tyrant progra