Alexander Ashford, 6th Earl Ashford

Alexander Ashford was the son of Sir Edward Ashford, co-founder of the Umbrella Corporation. His children were Alfred and Alexia Ashford.

Background
The year is 1983, and I'm afraid that my only daughter has become obsessed with the Veronica virus.

Alexander; the son of wealthy aristocrat Edward Ashford, aided his father in research on the Progenitor virus. However, Virology was not a biology topic he was especially knowledgeable of or deeply cared about, and instead used what he knew of Genetic engineering to become an Umbrella researcher. His most notable achievement was the discovery of the human gene that regulated intelligence. Despite this, he remained a relatively minor scientist and was never truly rewarded.

Hoping to put it to good use, he used advanced cloning techniques and stolen strands of DNA from the corpse of the Ashford family matriarch; Veronica. Along with his DNA, he created a pair of twins, whom he named Alfred and Alexia.

Alfred was of slightly above normal intellect, whilst Alexia was a genius. The creation of these twins were horrifying at best. Finding it unbearable that anyone should find these records, Alexander hid them in a secret room at the Antarctic Base. However, Alfred found the secret room, but was unable to open the doorway, requiring three family gemstones to open it. He easily accessed two of them, as they belonged to him and his sister, but tricking his father into surrendering his was another matter. He eventually succeeded, and opened the door. He read the records and became insane with the realization that he was merely the unintended by-product of an experiment on his father's behalf, and to the atrocious truth behind the experiments that ultimately resulted in his and his sister's creation.

Around this time, Alexander started to express concerns surrounding Alexia's obsession with the T-Veronica virus; a viral strain combining the Progenitor virus with Veronica Ashford's DNA. He became worried enough to install an experimental anti-B.O.W. weapon known as the "Linear Launcher" in the facility, just in case she would become an uncontrollable monster were she to infect herself.

Transformation


Embittered at his father for not making him as intelligent as Alexia, Alfred trapped him and used him as a guinea pig to test Alexia's experimental virus strain, the T-Veronica. After the experiments, finding him unacceptably inferior, the twins chained him in a secret room in the Antarctic base, where he eventually became the abomination known as Nosferatu.

He was held captive for 15 years but managed to escape after Claire Redfield and Steve Burnside attempted to escape the building by using a digger to drive through the wall. He quickly undid the majority of the chains around him with little to no effort before heading off in pursuit.

He made it to a Heliport just as Claire and Steve arrived on the roof and fought Claire. He, however, was killed due to damage to the chest and the two escaped.

Trivia

 * Alexander makes an untransformed appearance in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, noting his concern about Alexia's obsession with T-Veronica.


 * Alexander's abomination name, Nosferatu, is inspired by the vampire Orlok from the German horror film Nosferatu. The word's origin is unclear, but it may be derived from the Romanian word nesuferit (insufferable) or the Greek nosophoros ("diseased").