Progenitor virus and psychology

It has been observed a number of times that there is some link between an infection and mutation from a Progenitor virus variant and the mindset of that person. Former-Umbrella virologist Albert Wesker had long believed that the mutations inflicted on those who did not transform into zombies was simply random. However, it was his encounter with Colonel Sergei Vladimir in the Caucasus Laboratory that changed his views.

Steve Burnside (1998)
Steve Burnside was infected with the t-Veronica virus as part of an experiment by Alexia, comparable to the infection of Alexander over fifteen years earlier. Imprisoned behind an axe, it seems likely that Alexia intended him to wield it in his mutation to attack Claire, which he did. However, he had grown close to her while being human, and regained concious thought in time to prevent her beheading. Rejecting the virus, the mutations reversed and he died as a perfectly-normal human.

Manuela Hidalgo (2002)
Manuela Hidalgo was infected with the t-Veronica virus by her father, Javier, in the hopes of curing his daughter's degenetative illness. Filled with pain at her arm injury and the virus' progression in her body like Steve's, Manuela was confronted with two options: she could give in to the virus and lose the feeling of pain, or to reject the virus and face the possibility of death. Seeing the horrible monster that her parents had become thanks to the virus, and the threat they posed to Leon S. Kennedy, Manuela chose to die a human. Seeing Javier prepare to strike Leon down, Manuela came to his aid, using the powers given to her by the virus (flammable blood) to counter her father, without actually-succumbing to the virus, itself. For Manuela, she willed herself into remaining human.

Morpheus D. Duvall (2002)


Morpheus infected himself with the t+G virus in 2002 to cheat death after being wounded by a hand grenade. The man was obsessed with beauty and elegance. As a consequence, his mutation gave him a particularly-feminine form of such elegance that he would make perfect front-flips.

Morpheus was able to control his mind until being damaged by the Charged Particle Rifle. His subsequent rapid mutation led to the loss of his concious mind, driven solely by the aparent desire to kill Bruce McGivern.

Sergei Vladimir (2003)


The mutations suffered by Sergei were what drove Wesker to first suspect the psychological relation to mutation.

Similar traits
As shown in at least two instances, mutation from the t- and t-Veronica virus can be surpressed for some time after infection, until being willed into occuring. In another two instances, those infected have been able to reject mutation and remain human.