Chris Redfield

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Resident Evil 6 Flashbacks

In 2012, Chris and Piers were sent to Edonia. This Eastern European country was experiencing a civil war. The rebels had started deploying J’avo mutated soldiers.

Redfield brought along a team of trainees so they’d gain field experience.

Their Armored Personnel Carrier was destroyed by heavily armed J’avo troopers. Then an Ogroman giant BOW attacked. As all seemed lost, one of the recruits used the APC’s main gun and saved the day.

The capital’s city hall had been overrun with BOWs. But the team ran into Sherry Birkin. One of the few survivors of Raccoon City, she was now working for a US anti-biological-terror agency.

Ms. Birkin was accompanied by a mercenary named Jake Muller – who seemed familiar, but Redfield couldn’t quite place him.

The trap

They then ran into a woman claiming to be the mysterious Ada Wong, another Racoon City survivor. She said that the BOWs in Edonia had been engineered by a faction called Neo Umbrella, using the C-Virus.

Chris decided to join forces with her, but it was a trap. They were separated from Sherry and Jake, then all BSAA agents but Chris and Piers were trapped and infected.

Chris was savagely beaten by the mutated trainees, but Piers dragged him out of the building. The pair were rescued at the last minute by BSAA reinforcements.

Breakdown

Chris regained consciousness before doctors could see him. The shock had left him an amnesiac, and he fled in a panic.

He then became a drunk and brute somewhere in Eastern Europe. Known as “the stray dog”, he was a dive bar’s worst customer. The stray dog occasionally worked as a bodyguard to pay for his booze.

But Piers eventually found him. He restored his memory by showing him photos of the BSAA and their fallen teammates.

Redfield thus began his long difficult road to recovery. But his memory remained hazy for a long while.

The Chinese Connection

Chris returned to active duty, hoping it would help with recovering his memory. He was dispatched to Waiyip, a city in the Chinese Province of Lanshiang. The job was to free Americans held hostage by Neo Umbrella.

The team fought its way through waves of J’avo troopers. Seeing these BOWs restored Chris’ memories of Edonia. He vowed to avenge his fallen comrades by bringing Ada to justice.

The hostages were freed, but as they evacuated a BSAA agent was slain by an invisible BOW. The others gave chase – which is how they stumbled upon Sherry and Jake, who had been missing for months.

Piers wanted to escort them out, but Chris was determined to find his quarry.

This was the wrong choice. The BOW was an Iluzija, a giant snake that could turn invisible. It had reeled them into a trap.

Most of the BSAA team was slain, but Chris managed to fry the BOW using the building’s electrical system.

Wong again

Ada Wong then came in and shot one of the few survivors with a C-Virus dart. Only Chris and Piers survived this.

They still gave chase, but an attack helicopter ambushed them. They destroyed it, then cornered Ada in a warehouse. But as Chris was about to execute her, Leon Kennedy and his partner Helena Harper came in.

Leon wanted to capture rather than kill Ada. He thought that she was merely an agent of the real mastermind, US national security advisor Derek Simmons. As the two argued, Ada escaped.

Impersonator

Leon continued to confront Chris as he sought to resume the chase. Redfield realised that his bloody-minded yearning for vengeance was acting more like “the stray dog” than like himself. He therefore agreed to capture Wong while Leon dealt with Simmons.

Commandeering a well-armed jeep, Redfield and Nivans caught Wong again. She had a briefcase full of enhanced C-virus. However, one of Simmons’ men shot her from a helicopter, and she fell to her death.

It was later revealed that “Ada Wong” was actually an altered Carla Radames, a Neo Umbrella higher up. She had impersonated Wong to create discord and mistrust between BSAA and its allies.

Outbreak

The agents then learned that a nearby ship was equipped with C-virus missiles. Chris hijacked a jump jet to sink it, but the missiles were launched. They turned most of the city’s population into flesh-eating zombies.

At Leon’s request, Chris and Piers went to rescue Sherry and Jake from a Neo Umbrella underwater facility. In so doing they learned that Jake had antibodies to resist the C-virus, and was Wesker’s son.

Jake almost shot Chris upon discovering that he was Albert’s killer. But he ultimately decided that the mission was bigger than their personal grievances. Chris and Piers stayed to fight the HAOS monster as Sherry and Jake escaped.

Piers’ sacrifice

They were overcome. Piers was seriously injured, and Chris was about to get killed.

Seeing no other way, Piers injected himself with the C-virus. He mutated into being capable of shooting lightning. The electrical attacks allowed Chris to butcher the HAOS with his knife.

They made their way to the escape pods. But despite Chris’ pleas, the infected Piers refused to leave. The HAOS then attacked Chris’ escape pod, but a huge electrical discharge killed it and destroyed the base.

Chris was eventually rescued by a BSAA search party.

Resident Evil Heavenly Island

Chris had been considering retiring and letting Piers succeed him. But he decided to carry on in Nivans’ honor, and remained a Captain with the BSAA.

As he grieved he visited the dive bar where he had been “the stray dog”. But before he could drink anything, a BSAA agent came in with new mission orders.

In 2014, Chris was working in the Mojave Desert. Claire called to request backup to face a zombie outbreak. There was no way for Chris to reach her in time, but he dispatched trusted field agent Parker Luciani to the Sonido de Tortuga Island to help his sister out.

Resident Evil Vendetta

Chris’s next mission took him to Mexico to retrieve BSAA operative Kathy White and her son Zack. They had valuable intel on wanted BOW dealer Glenn Arias. Chris also seemed to have some ties with Kathy.

Redfield and team infiltrated a seemingly abandoned country mansion that was her last known location. But they were attacked by a horde of zombies, including Zack, and Arias had trapped the mansion.

Chris was the only one to get out. Upon exiting he was confronted by Glenn Arias, but he was too badly wounded to fight. Arias therefore beat Redfield further, then sent a zombified White after him. Unlike other zombies, the infected White wouldn’t attack her handlers.

The hunt for Glenn Arias

Chris survived and swore vengeance. He also sent samples to Rebecca Chambers. She isolated the A-Virus, as well as traces of the Las Plagas parasite. This was useful for her current vaccine research.

However, Becky’s lab was attacked. It was gassed with the virus, turning everyone into zombies. She had little choice but to inject herself with her prototype vaccine, but she was now on borrowed time.

Seeking more information about the Las Plagas parasite, they located Leon Kennedy in Colorado. However, Leon had recently lost an entire team in an ambush. He was depressed, drunk and apathetic.

Chris almost got into a fight with Leon, but Becky calmed them down. Arias’ mutated thugs then came in, shot up the place, killed an informant and kidnapped Ms. Chambers.

Chris and Leon put aside their differences and determined that Arias’ next attack would take place in New York City.

The New York City Outbreak

They arrived too late, and force reaction was too slow. They therefore had to dive in to limit the bloodshed.

Chris drove a Hummer to take out Arias’ trucks before they released the virus. One of his men aboard was killed by mutated attack dogs, but he persevered.

The rest of Chris’ Silver Dagger squad provided fire support from an Osprey, and Leon rode a motorbike to help stop the trucks.

With the spread somewhat contained, they stormed Arias’ HQ. After shooting his way through zombie hordes, Chris reached the lab where Becky was held. Arias’ mutated strongman Diego almost stopped him, but Redfield killed him with an incendiary grenade.

Get Arias

Chris ended up fighting Glenn Arias on a glass roof. Glenn had Chris pinned, but the beefy agent threw him through the glass roof in a last ditch effort.

Glenn and Diego were mortally wounded, but they fused into a sort of two-headed Tyrant variant. Chris was too badly wounded to face it, but Leon came in in the nick of time. As Leon fought the thing, Chris recovered the vaccine Becky needed.

He then returned to the roof. At this point, the wounded Tyrant was clinging under the fire support Osprey. Chris shot the monster into its exposed heart with a grenade, blowing it to pieces.

The team then distributed their stocks of vaccine to finish containing the outbreak.

Resident Evil 7 Biohazard

Blue Umbrella, a private mercenary firm made up of former Umbrella troopers, requested Redfield’s help in Dulvey, Louisiana. Not trusting them one bit, Chris nevertheless agreed – so he could monitor them.

Their objective was to arrest Lucas Baker. He was a suspected operative of The Connections, a criminal syndicate and known bioweapons dealers. Lucas was supposedly in possession of the Mold, a new horrific BOW.

On-site, Chris helped one Ethan Winters fight off a monstrous BOW. He then had Winters and his wife Mia evacuated by helicopter.

He then located one of the Blue Umbrella agents lost at Baker’s hand. Baker himself attacked Redfield, and managed to strap a bomb to Chris’ arm before he had to flee.

Bakers

Within a salt mine, Lucas killed two more agents and triggered the bomb on Chris’ arm. But Redfield received expert instructions over the radio, and used liquid nitrogen to disarm the explosives.

He survived Baker’s next trap, and confirmed that he intended to sell files to The Connections.

Chris laid a trap for Lucas, but was ambushed in turn. This forced him to shoot in self-defense, activated Baker’s latent mutation. The criminal had to be killed, whereas the objective had been to interrogate him.

Ethan Winters then contacted Chris, requesting that he save his friend Zoe Baker. Redfield succeeded.

History (Resident Evil VII_I_age, aka RE8)

(As of this writing this game was released fairly recently, so S P O I L E R S warnings here).

The BSAA covered up the Dulvey incident, damaging Chris’ trust in the agency. He took command of the elite Hound Wolf Squad and seemingly went rogue. Their objective was to hunt down a new BOW codenamed Miranda.

Miranda sought Rosemary Winters, Ethan and Mia’s baby. She impersonated Mia Winters.

When Chris came in he stormed the Winters’ house, executed “Mia” in front of Ethan, and kidnapped little Rose. To determine whether Rose was an advanced BOW, as Miranda thought.

Miranda survived and kidnapped Rose. She took her to The Village, which was under her mental control.

Chris and his team came in, seeking to rescue Ethan and his daughter. They found Ethan, but he still thought that Chris had murdered Mia. At this point a mutated fish attacked, separating them.

Redfield located Winters again, but had to disarm him and knock it out. Ethan refused to believe him about Mia.

Get Miranda

Chris planted explosives within the factory, while telling Ethan about the origin of Miranda and her monster squad.

They then commandeered a self-propelled gun  to take out the factory’s owner Heisenberg. But this resulted in the premature detonation of the explosives, separating them again.

Despite Chris’ warnings, Ethan attempted to kill Miranda. But she ripped his heart out. Considering that he had failed Ethan, Chris vowed vengeance.

By this point, Miranda controlled the entire Village.

A BSAA team then came in. But Chris didn’t trust them. He had one of his men keep an eye on them, while he led the rest in locating Miranda.

Redfield ordered not to attack right away. He first had to destroy the Fungal Root at the source of her Mold, and gather intel from her lab.

In the lab, Chris found out that Miranda had associated with Oswald Spencer, decades before. She and her Mold seemed to be the root cause behind bioweapons tech.

Found Mia

Chris also rescued Mia. He told her he was looking for Rosemary, and about Ethan’s death. But Mia thought that Ethan was still alive – she knew that he had special characteristics that even her husband was unaware of.

When Miranda attempted a ceremony to awaken Rose’s mental powers, Chris and team crashed the party. Ethan, still weakened, also showed up. Chris tried to keep him out for Rose’s sake. But while Miranda was killed, Ethan was once again fatally wounded.

The dying Ethan made Chris promise that he would raise Rose to be strong. Chris then blew everything up as they evacuated, and told Mia about Ethan.

Epilogue

As they flew out, one of Chris’ men told him that at least one BSAA agent was a BOW. Chris decided to go to the BSAA’s European headquarters and demand explanations.

What happened next remains unrevealed.

An epilog showed that Chris kept his promise, raising and training Rose Winters. But even he didn’t know about every single one of Rosemary’s powers…

Description

Chris is a large and intimidating individual.

He always was big and muscular, but the games kept making him larger to emphasise his strength. By RE5 he basically looks like an upside-down triangle whose neck is disappearing. After that, they started toning it down.

When in the field he dresses in the kind of flak jackets and combat gear that one would expect.

Otherwise, he wears covering, loose-fitting clothing such as turtlenecks, overcoats, and looser pants.

The latter is to make himself look a bit less intimidating. He still doesn’t look like the sort of person you’d want to get into a bar brawl with, but it makes him look more approachable.

He usually goes unshaven – a rugged outdoorsman type.

RE8, with Wolf Hound Squad heraldry.

Personality

Redfield is a soldier through and through, but he’s certainly not one to blindly follow orders.

While he’s obviously intelligent he often leads with his heart. He has shown honor and compassion more often than not, and clearly has a deep burning sense of justice.

He particularly hated Wesker. Who not only betrayed his team, but also humanity. All in the name of profit and power.

Chris is a natural born leader, in large part due to his sense of empathy. He will, without hesitation, put his life on the line to rescue a teammate. He also feels deeply about casualties, which once resulted in a breakdown and depression.

Relationships

Chris cares deeply for Claire. But he respects her independence, and is proud of how well she can take care of herself. He respects her as an equal, and won’t intervene unless zombie hordes are involved.

Leon Kennedy is a sort of frenemy of his. The two have quite a bit in common, but they just can’t seem to get along. They might have too much in common, making them too prone to see in the other their shared weaknesses.

But they respect each other. And on the rare occasions when they do manage to put their differences aside and work together, they make one hell of a team.

One of Chris’ strongest bonds is with teammate and often partner, Jill Valentine.

Other traits

Like so many Capcom characters, Mr. Redfield just doesn’t seem to be interested in love and romance.

Along with his strong sense of justice Chris will do almost anything in his power to right wrongs. This was evident when he spent over a decade chasing Wesker. Or when he agreed to take in Rose and raise her to be strong after Ethan sacrificed himself.

Other than all that he is generally a warm and caring man, who’s friendly and outgoing. He generally doesn’t have too much trouble making friends especially when it comes to his coworkers.

Quotes

“We continued in search of the other members… and it turned into… a nightmare…”

“Yeah ! It’s payback time. It’s time to destroy Umbrella. Now let’s finish this once and for all !”

“The nightmare ends, here and now.”

“We’ll find you, Jill… I promise…”

“A few years ago, the BSAA received intel into the whereabouts of Umbrella’s founder Oswell E. Spencer. Jill and I were ordered to the BSAA’s European Headquarters to apprehend him. We accepted that mission in hopes of uncovering some info that would lead us to Wesker.”

“More and more I find myself wondering if it’s all worth fighting for. For a future without fear ? Yeah, that’s worth it.”

“I know that it’s not any of my business, but I want you to think of us as a family… no matter how this all ends.”

“My colleagues and I have been fighting bioterrorism for years. I am used to it.”

“Most of the victims were just innocent kids… including her !”

“Finn… hang in there. No, goddammit !”

“I’m Redfield. I’m glad we found you.” (To Ethan introducing himself.)

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