Excella Gionne

You'll be needing a partner, right? Someone suitable to join you in your new world...

Excella Gionne was a member of the Gionne family, which was well known and respected throughout Europe for their successful export-import business. Excella's model-like beauty and aristocratic upbringing made her haughty towards those around her, especially men. Her grandmother was of the Travis family; the founders of Tricell, Inc., which had bestowed Excella with quite a noble and storied lineage. She eventually became CEO of Tricell's African division, and the partner of Albert Wesker, sharing with him a vision for the future of the world. She intended to become the goddess of the new world with Wesker as her god, that is, until she discovered his true motives.

Biography
As soon as you two are done with your little 'vigilante mission', you should leave. There's nothing here worth throwing your lives away for...

The Gionne family is well known and respected throughout Europe for their successful export-important business. Her grandmother being from the Travis family, the founders of Tricell, has endowed Excella with quite a noble and storied lineage. Blessed with model-like beauty and raised in such an aristocratic family has led her being haughty towards those around her, especially men. But it was neither Excella's looks or family background that got her to where she is today. Gifted with a keen intellect and inheriting her father's business acumen, Excella quickly breezed through school and enrolled in a university at a young age. There she majored in genetic engineering, and her talents were recognized by her grandmother's family. With her connections she was able to enter Tricell's pharmaceutical division at the age of eighteen. Although she was a gifted member of Tricell's founding family, she was still a Gionne, an offshoot of the famed Travis family. Even with all the research teams at Tricell's disposal, she was only given one. Excella viewed this act as a slight.

Kijuju
I believe I've proven I'm worthy, haven't I?

After revealing the location of the facility through his possession of Oswell E. Spencer's personal records, Wesker demonstrated the effective usefulness of Las Plagas by developing the Type 2 Plagas and Type 3 Plagas with assistance from Tricell researcher and employee of Excella, Ricardo Irving, who most likely provided the pair with Las Plagas samples off the black market. This allowed Excella and Wesker to produce their own army of Majini as soldiers to help fend off persistent BSAA agents, Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar. The two had been dispatched into the area to investigate Tricell's mysterious project and later refused the order to retreat since Chris was in search of his previously thought dead partner, Jill Valentine. Wesker also entrusted Excella with his special vaccine, PG67A/W, which she administered to Wesker daily to keep his viral superhuman powers in balance and kept in attache briefcases beside her at all times.

Chris and Sheva found out about Excella's involvement in the odd events transpiring from the defeated Irving, who uttered her name to them in his dying breaths. They eventually made it to the facility and Sheva told Chris that she had heard the name before, and that it was the name of the CEO of Tricell Africa. Much deeper in the underground center, they discovered that Tricell had been kidnapping thousands of human test subjects and keeping them in cryogenic capsules. They found Jill in the computer and the platform they were on started going down to reach her pod. However the platform stopped before reaching the pod, blocked by the B.O.W. U-8 which the agents were forced to fight. When reaching Jill's pod, the agents discovered it was empty and then were contacted by Excella over the computer screen. Sheva asked why she was doing the strange experiments in the facility. Chris also asked where Jill was, though Excella denied knowing anything, saying she didn't know about Jill, and warned them to leave on the risk of their lives. Sheva could tell that Excella was lying and Chris guessed that Excella was the one who sent U-8 to kill them. The two agents pressed on in search of Excella. In a control room much deeper in the facility, Excella was shown injecting the PG67A/W serum into Wesker himself and informing him that they could soon leave, as preparations for their ship were almost complete. Excella expressed her initial doubt and surprise upon Wesker's arrival that Las Plagas and Uroboros had been so successful. This secured her position within Tricell, but Excella mentioned that she intended to uphold a much more significant authority, asking if she had proven herself worthy of being Wesker's partner in his new world, and making some sexual advances on him. Wesker said she may have proven herself but pushed her away, rejecting her advances due to being such a cold villain. An unnamed cloaked female apparently working for the two came in and informed them of Chris and Sheva's arrival into the facility. Excella noticed that Wesker seemed concerned about Chris, but he said he would not tolerate delays, and she left along with the cloaked woman and a briefcase full of PG67A/W.

Chris and Sheva soon heard over radio transmissions Excella and Wesker talking, leaving Chris distraught that his old nemesis was there. They soon made it to a strange experimental lab and found a silent test subject in some sort of a mechanical chair. Excella called out to the pair over an intercom from an observation window above the room with the cloaked woman beside her. Chris again demanded to know where Jill was, but Excella shrugged off the statement with "Jill, Jill, Jill. You're like a broken record, you know that?" She talked about evolution as the subject began to rise and transform, confusing Chris and Sheva. It eventually turned into the horrific monster Uroboros Mkono and Excella and the woman left the agents to fight the creature.

After defeating Mkono, the pair found Excella in a room deeper in the center, demanding again to know where Jill was. She refused and the pair were attacked by the masked woman. Her mask was knocked off in the battle and Wesker soon entered. He revealed that the woman was in fact Jill, who was under influence of P30 chemical. She and Wesker proceeded to battle the two, and Excella vanished. After Wesker finished fighting, originally saying he only had seven minutes, he was called by Excella and left Jill to fight the agents alone. Excella and Wesker boarded their large tanker with Chris and Sheva, having returned Jill to normal, in pursuit. They soon found Excella in a room on the boat filled with Progenitor flower specimens packing two cases with PG67A/W vials. Held at gunpoint, she quickly closed the brief cases while the two tried to interrogate her again. She casually denied to say any information and found an opening to run for a door. Chris and Sheva fired to try and stop her, but only managed to knock one of the suit cases out of her hand. She still managed to escape. Sheva commented that she was a bit tough for the move she just made and picked up the vials she dropped. Chris and Sheva kept them, knowing they must have been important for Excella to be so protective of them.

Death and Transformation
You said we'd change this world together! Unfortunately for her, Excella realized the foolishness of trusting Wesker when it was too late, and she paid the ultimate price for it. As Chris and Sheva came across an open area of the deck of the freighter, Excella was seen, next to an enormous pile of Majini corpses, in the throes of agony. The pair aimed their guns at her and Chris demanded to know what was going on. Excella cried out to Wesker in pain, asking how he could betray her after everything she'd done for him. From afar, Wesker spoke through a PA system, taunting her as Chris and Sheva looked on. He gloated about his new world to come, revealing Excella was just a pawn to him, and that he had injected her with Uroboros. Excella dropped to her knees and threw her head back as Wesker hinted that he knew all along that she would not be compatible with Uroboros, and said that he had one last task for her.

After one last heartbroken cry of "Albert!", Uroboros Aheri erupted from Excella's mouth, transformed her and mutated her body completely, absorbing the dead, and growing to massive size before battling Chris and Sheva. The two agents had to run for the inner workings of the freighter to avoid being killed by the monstrosity. It appeared that the creature retained its intelligence, as it reached through certain parts of the ship to grab Chris and Sheva. Wesker also managed to avoid the grasp of the beast by going below the deck and into a hanger deep within the ship, ready to go through with the plan without Excella. Chris and Sheva headed to the roof as the beast began to tear through the ship. Chris and Sheva made use of a satellite laser on the ship's roof, destroying the monster's primary weak points and freezing it into nothing more than a giant mass of condensed tentacles.

Relations with Wesker
Throughout the course of the game, some romantic affection can be seen through Wesker and Excella. She also considers herself a "Queen" in, what would have been, Wesker's New World. However, Wesker only used Excella's romantic interest to further his plans with Uroboros and Chris told Sheva that "Wesker doesn't give a damn about anyone but himself".

The Mercenaries
Excella is playable in The Mercenaries Reunion in Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition. Excella can easily be considered one of the best of the Mercenaries Reunion characters because of her strong melees and her flash grenade launcher. Making her a first choice for scoring high on stages with high plaga spawns.

Excella is equipped with the following items:
 * 1) The AK-74 Assault rifle with full capacity (50 loaded shots)
 * 2) The Beretta 93R Handgun with full capacity (30 loaded shots)
 * 3) The Milkor MGL Mk.1 grenade launcher with flash rounds
 * 4) A can of First Aid Spray

Resident Evil: The Deck Building Game
Excella is a character card in the Resident Evil DBG, introduced in the third set Outbreak. Excella's abilities lie mostly in the game's Outbreak Mode, possibly due to her Infection at the hands of Wesker. Her Level 1 effect allows the player to increase their Infection Level by 1, which grants them +20 Gold (a similiar ability was given to the first Wesker card). Her Level 2 effect states that if she has an Infection Level of 8 or higher she gets +3 cards. This is risky, since the max Infection Level for all characters is 10. Excella has 70 Health.

Excella is one of the few characters in the DBG to have an Infected counterpart, the others being Wesker and Jack Krauser.

Trivia



 * Excella Gionne can be considered a spiritual successor to Alexia Ashford, mainly because of the fact that both of them are the only female antagonists in the Resident Evil series. Both of them wanted to have ultimate power and rule the world. They also confronted the same character, Chris Redfield.


 * In the concept art of Resident Evil 5, Excella is shown wearing a pink and black business suit with her hair let down, different from her persona in the final build. Furthermore, the Excella-Uroboros Aheri transformation was to be completely averted: originally, she was going to die at the hands of a Tyrant-esque creature, as evidenced by official artwork.


 * Excella's trademark is a syringe which she is often shown holding in the game.


 * Her age is listed as a "Trade Secret".


 * Her exact nationality is unknown, but she is presumably Itallian due to her surname and accent.


 * Excella's wardrobe is actually based on haute couture design, for example her dress is made by famous fashion designer Alexander McQueen and her shoes are designed by Malaysian fashion designer Jimmy Choo.


 * Originally Excella was planned to be a secretary working for Tricell, but the creators decided to make her the CEO of the company instead.


 * She is the only deceased playable character in The Mercenaries Reunion.


 * She is the only character in The Mercenaries Reunion whose weapons don't show on her body when unequipped.


 * Her dialogue in The Mercenaries Reunion suggests that she is very rude and cold-hearted. For example when thanking her partner she says "Don't expect any thanks" or when her partner is in "DYING" mode, she says "Enough whining", or "I'll be there when I'm ready!"
 * The Royal Necklace found in the missile area control room most likely belonged to Excella as she was seen in this room earlier administering the serum to Wesker and has a taste for expensive clothing and jewelery.
 * Excella is the first playable female antagonist in the series.