Bio Organic Weapon

A Bio-Organic Weapon, or B.O.W., is an Umbrella and Tricell term for a creature intentionally created or genetically modified using a mutagen. These mutagens are: Progenitor, Tyrant, GENE, Las Plagas, and NE-Alpha Parasite.

Umbrella took pride in their weapons, thinking of them as the next step to the perfect life form.

The the term "bio-organic" is redundant, as anything biological is organic.

Naming
Umbrella preferred to name many of their B.O.W.s after Greek and Roman deities and other religious entities.


 * Chimera was named after a monstrous creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of multiple animals. It was a sibling of Cerberus.


 * MA-39 Cerberus was named after the multi-headed dog which guards the gates of Hades, to prevent those who have crossed the river Styx from ever escaping.


 * Thanatos was named after the personification of Death and Mortality. Thanatos is the romanization of the ancient Greek: θάνατος "Death."


 * Nemesis T-Type was named after Nemesis, the goddess of vengeance.


 * Hypnos T-Type was named after Hypnos, the god of sleep, son of Nyx, brother of Nemesis and twin of Thanatos.


 * Nyx was named after the goddess of night.


 * FI-03 Neptune was named after the Roman god of the sea.


 * Pluto was the Roman god of the Underworld.


 * Reaper was named after the Grim Reaper.


 * Anubis was named after the Egyptian god of the dead.