Changes: BIOHAZARD UMBRELLA CHRONICLES: Prelude to the Fall 1

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BIOHAZARD UMBRELLA CHRONICLES Prelude to the Fall #1 is a manga published in 2007 alongside Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles.

Plot

The story begins with Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine driving in to the Russian Caucasus. Now working with a private anti-biohazard PMC, the two are investigating reports of a mutant wolf being captured in the area. Spotting an unconscious man lying outside in a small village, Jill approaches to see if he is OK and finds he is suffering from Cannibal Disease. As another five Zombies appear, Chris and Jill are forced to kill them all. When Chris' handgun jams, he is forced to kill one man with his combat knife impaling the man's head.

Though they are disappointed the village appears lost to a t-Virus outbreak, Chris starts to suspect there is something else going on, as while they killed six Zombies the rest of the village's population is unaccounted for. While he considers calling on the radio for reinforcements, the two check out a house and run into a young girl. Showing no signs of Cannibal Disease, the two begin interrogating her. With Chris already having frightened her with his gun, Jill plays the good-cop and learns from the girl, Anna, that a wolf attacked the village two night ago, turning its victims into Zombies. When her mother began displaying symptoms, Anna's father sealed her in a closet to hide. Learning this, Chris considers remaining in the village to look for other survivors in a similar predicament as Anna.

As night falls, Anna leads Chris and Jill over to a grain silo outside the village, where she heard the villagers were being evacuated to. In their initial exploration, there seems to be no sign of the villagers until the discovery of the village chief frozen to death in a refrigerator. Confused as to why he chose to freeze to death, their question is soon answered when the other villagers make their way down the corridor, measured at over one hundred Zombies. The three soon begin running for the exit, but find the door has become jammed. Now cornered, Chris chooses to stand alone against the Zombies, and as Jill and Anna hide in the refrigerator he begins shooting bags of flour, which coat the Zombies. When he shoots out a light bulb, a fire spreads across the corridor, heating up the flour and burning the Zombies covered in it.

Jill and Anna leave the refrigerator with the building now safe from the Zombies, but their safety is short-lived when a man begins approaching them, congratulating Chris on his handiwork. As the man approaches, Chris recognises his face as Dr. Albert Wesker.

Characters

Chris Redfield
Jill Valentine
Anna
Anna's mother
Anna's father
Albert Wesker

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-'''''BIOHAZARD UMBRELLA CHRONICLES Prelude to the Fall #1''''' is a manga published in 2007 alongside ''[[Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles]]''.
 ==Plot==
+The story begins with [[Chris Redfield]] and [[Jill Valentine]] driving in to the Russian Caucasus. Now working with a [[Private Anti-Biohazard Service|private anti-biohazard PMC]], the two are investigating reports of a mutant wolf being captured in the area. Spotting an unconscious man lying outside in a small village, Jill approaches to see if he is OK and finds he is suffering from [[Cannibal Disease]]. As another five [[Zombie]]s appear, Chris and Jill are forced to kill them all. When Chris' handgun jams, he is forced to kill one man with his combat knife impaling the man's head.
-The 32-page first part begins with a Hummer stopping at a deserted town in the Caucasus region of the Russian Federation. Chris and Jill exit the vehicle discussing their mission. Chris explains their mission: to investigate the area for B.O.W. activity after a "mutant wolf" was recently captured nearby.
+Though they are disappointed the village appears lost to a [[t-Virus]] outbreak, Chris starts to suspect there is something else going on, as while they killed six Zombies the rest of the village's population is unaccounted for. While he considers calling on the radio for reinforcements, the two check out a house and run into a young girl. Showing no signs of Cannibal Disease, the two begin interrogating her. With Chris already having frightened her with his gun, Jill plays the good-cop and learns from the girl, [[Anna]], that a wolf attacked the village two night ago, turning its victims into Zombies. When her mother began displaying symptoms, Anna's father sealed her in a closet to hide. Learning this, Chris considers remaining in the village to look for other survivors in a similar predicament as Anna.
-Jill discovers an unconscious man leaning over a bench. Moving nearer to investigate, she is horrified by the man's appearance as he turns around to face her: he is a zombie. Walking towards her, Chris forces his handgun down the man's mouth and kills him (á la [[Klaus]]). He then berates Jill for not keeping her guard up, exclaiming that the village is already "too far gone". Five more zombie villagers appear in front of them. The two understand who is to blame for this tragedy - Umbrella. Although defeating the group, Chris is forced to use his Combat Knife after his old S.T.A.R.S. Beretta jams.
+As night falls, Anna leads Chris and Jill over to a grain silo outside the village, where she heard the villagers were being evacuated to. In their initial exploration, there seems to be no sign of the villagers until the discovery of the village chief frozen to death in a refrigerator. Confused as to why he chose to freeze to death, their question is soon answered when the other villagers make their way down the corridor, measured at over one hundred Zombies. The three soon begin running for the exit, but find the door has become jammed. Now cornered, Chris chooses to stand alone against the Zombies, and as Jill and Anna hide in the refrigerator he begins shooting bags of flour, which coat the Zombies. When he shoots out a light bulb, a fire spreads across the corridor, heating up the flour and burning the Zombies covered in it.
-The two enter a bar, finding it odd that even during a recent t-virus outbreak, there are no uninfected survivors. Just as Chris finishes his sentence, a young girl leaves her hiding place. The girl, Anna, tells the two what happened: The village was attacked by a wolf two days earlier, [[t-Virus infection|transforming]] those attacked into zombies. Too late to simply "flee", Anna was hidden by her father after her mother also transformed. Chris and Jill agree that they should continue their search for survivors, after the discovery of Anna gives them hope.
+Jill and Anna leave the refrigerator with the building now safe from the Zombies, but their safety is short-lived when a man begins approaching them, congratulating Chris on his handiwork. As the man approaches, Chris recognises his face as Dr. [[Albert Wesker]].
-Reaching a flour silo outside of the village, Anna explains that her father and the other survivors re-grouped in the structure, barricading it to stop the zombies. Entering the building, they find the corridor empty. Chris calls out to any survivors to confirm that they are ''not'' zombies. Jill finds the village chief inside a refrigerator - he wasn't infected, but he froze to death. Cornered by zombies, Chris cites them as the reason why the man hid. Over a hundred other zombies come into view. Jill heads for the exit, covered by Chris, but discovers the door to be locked - it's a trap! Finding no other way out, Chris orders Jill and Anna to hide in the refrigerator while he continues fighting the zombies. Out of ammo, he picks up a shotgun and fires at a lightbulb, using it as a heatsource for the flour underneath, to create an explosive that wipes out the zombies.
+== Characters ==
-A voice remarks on Chris' ingenious display of chemistry, soon revealed to be none other than Albert Wesker.
+* Chris Redfield
+* Jill Valentine
+* Anna
+* Anna's mother
+* Anna's father
+* Albert Wesker
 ==Sources==
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+{{Prelude to the Fall navigation}}
 [[Category:Prelude to the Fall issues]]