One of the aspects that attracts the most attention in Resident Evil Village it is without a doubt its history. Everything that surrounds Ethan Winters, the presence of Chris Redfield or the mystery that the village unravels run by mother Miranda.
If you have spent the adventure, you will know what we mean. And it is that its end gives a lot of play and we want to explain its consequences, clarifying in passing certain key points that happen throughout the plot and that you may have overlooked. Needless to say (and repeat) that there will be SPOILERS below.
What is the reason for this attitude of Chris Redfield?
We begin with that opening scene, shortly after Mia’s story to her daughter Rosemary. Ethan replies to his wife, sarcastically, if “there was no other more gloomy story” and that if he had forgotten what they talked about what happened in Louisiana (in clear allusion to what he lived / suffered in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, of course). Because what Rose needs are children’s stories, no more terror.
Minutes later, after leaving the girl and returning to the kitchen, we are surprised by some shots that knock Mia down and throw her to the ground. Its author, Chris Redfield himself. What’s more, he walks up to her and gives her several extra shots in cold blood. Afterwards, he forcibly takes his squad to the girl, saying they have secured the “package.” What comes next is the van overturning and Ethan escaping, all the way to the village where the game “begins” on foot.
That role of Chris has its explanation. Even that kind of supernatural power from Ethan when it comes to regenerating his limbs with a liquid medicine. The first, wrapped in that Capcom promotional cover in which Chris himself has half his face as if he were a lycanthrope, makes the story play the distraction with us and causes us a concern for not knowing what happened to one one of the most beloved characters in the saga, capable of moving gigantic rocks with his fists, between more feats, such as what happened in Raccoon City
Already at the end of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Chris appeared by surprise, having a time later a DLC focused on him under the name of Not a Hero, where we face the twisted Lucas Baker again. With Redfield we saw for the first time the logo of Blue Umbrella, an organization totally unrelated to the Umbrella that we all know. Also, it is no longer part of the BSAA.
Ethan Winters, the eternal amputee sufferer
Since his debut in the seventh installment, there was some banter and disbelief with Ethan. It was by no means normal to have undergone amputations by the Baker family and to recover with some makeshift fixes and green herbs to regain mobility. That Ethan was special, it was always clear to me and finally one of the theories with its end has been confirmed. Yes, it was infected by the fungus.
The big reveal of Resident Evil Village It occurs shortly after his last talk with mother Miranda, with that “first” death in which she rips out his heart. The game makes us believe that Ethan is dead and we go on to control Chris Redfield in what looks like a Call of Duty with lots of lycanthropes where our main objective is to carry the megamycete that has “awakened” in the village after Miranda’s ritual with Rose, Ethan’s daughter.
After containing a small portion of that huge creature, we end up in an underground laboratory where we run into a kidnapped Mia. Yes, she was alive. Because the Mia that Chris had killed at the beginning of the story was the mother Miranda, thanks to that ability to transform into anything. Yes, she is also the old woman we crossed paths with Ethan on several occasions …
The megamycete, Miranda’s secret laboratory …
There are many interesting documents in the laboratoryApart from the books with information about the experiments with Cadou, that biological weapon shaped like a fetus and whose image appears throughout the game. His affinity with Karl Heisenberg is incredibly favorable, for example, with normal brain functions, while with Salvatore Moreau it is just the opposite. Beyond these details, the first thing that surprises is seeing Spencer’s name for the first time.
Yes, Ozwell E. Spencer, one of the founders of Umbrella appears in a note addressed to mother Miranda, telling her about a virus found in Africa, the progenitor, who will be the key to evolution. The cornerstone that would end up creating Umbrella with Edward Ashford and James Marcus, basically. He shows a lot of respect for Miranda, whom he met some time ago in this very village. There he was fascinated to discover that Miranda was immortal, being his inspiration when “thinking that a human being could be transformed by infecting it with an organism”.
Another no less interesting document comes from Miranda herself, in a letter addressed to his daughter Eva, who died a hundred years ago from the Spanish flu. In this diary he talks about his intention to bring him back to life with the megamycete thanks to the regenerative capacity of a hostess he has recently encountered. Yes, Rosemary Winters. Although to get to that point he first experimented with the villagers, whom he controlled by implanting the megamycete fungus. What’s more, he tried to increase the efficiency of the search for the perfect host by creating the Cadou parasite, but none of his experiments (the hierarchs) were successful.
Interestingly, he refers to Alcina Dimitrescu saying that he was an almost perfect host, despite the fact that in the laboratory book he records that Heisenberg had a greater affinity with Cadou. In addition, he adds that most of them became lycanthropes, finishing the letter with the mention of the “complete failure” that Eveline supposed, after giving samples of the fungus and Eva’s own DNA to an organization that contacted her. And there, next to that diary, a photo, with Miranda herself next to Eveline and the rest of the scientists. Damn me if the second from the left, without a robe, is none other than Barry Burton …
This dead man is very much alive, second … third part
And suddenly, after the reunion between Chris and Mia, the game returns to the place where the lifeless body of Ethan Winters lies. Or so we think. Because he regains his consciousness and a vision of Eveline informs you that her body is infected by the fungus, hence it has not died. In fact, this one tells him that he had already died once, shortly after meeting Jack Baker, three years ago, which also clarifies why Ethan Winters seemed immortal of “remove and put” in that game.
It was, therefore, a second meeting with Miranda, who was surprised to discover that Ethan’s body is “certainly special.” This final duel, with a transformation of Miranda and the megamicete with part of its power still in force, had reserved the typical Resident Evil moment, with a big bang
Chris Redfield, along with his squad, who barely had any relevance in the plot, manages to escape the area along with Mia and Rose, discovering a BSAA body in mid-flight, to which one of his companions reveals that this former organization he was a part of did not send soldiers, but a BOW.
After this, the credits and a cinematic in the style of the children’s story from the beginning of the story, summarizing everything that happened. And suddenly … we see that the book is holding it Rosemary Winters, as an adult, in a curious post-credits scene …
Rosemary Winters, the living portrait of her father
We say “curious”, because At no point in Resident Evil Village have we been able to see Ethan Winters’ face, not even unlocking his figure in the extras section (he appears without a head, literally). Just thanks to a mod on PC we have been able to see how it looks more current, which does not differ from that seen in artworks from the previous chapter. The impact is twofold, therefore: because Rose is a carbon copy of her father and because we already see her as an adult, on the way to the cemetery.
There, Ethan Winters grave reminds us again that his father is dead, although in these cases you never know, because this ruse was already used by Capcom in the promotion of Resident Evil 5, leading to one of Jill’s moments.
Without going any further, this epilogue with Rose raises certain unknowns, such as who really are the ones who take her away later in an armored vehicle, joking in the first instance with her (and us, as spectators) by referring to Rose as Eveline. Because Rose has great power within her, even if it is able to contain it (for now). What does not mean that he threatens that man in a suit …
And the great unknown. Who is that figure in the background before which the vehicle stops? Because yesterday we discovered that it is Ethan, but Capcom was able to use a generic figure to place it in that scene, since in the cinematic we only see one person about a hundred meters away. Will it have survived the explosion? Does Capcom want to play the game by raising more theories? Will Rose be the protagonist of the future Resident Evil 9? Be that as it may, a new future has been drawn for the saga and I hope that the Osaka company will one day provide us with a remake of Resident Evil Code: Veronica apart from the desired Resident Evil 4.
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