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The '''Chrysalid Virus''', abbreviated as '''C-Virus''', is a family of viruses that were created by [[The Family]] as a next-generation bio-weapon. With a genome containing genes from t-Veronica and Golgotha Virus, the C-Virus was able to both preserve some degree of intelligence in mutants and revive the dead and induce violent mutations in hosts.<ref name="C-Virus">''Resident Evil 6'' (2012), file: "[[The C-Virus]]".</ref><ref name="C-Virus+">''Resident Evil 6'' (2012), file: "[[Enhanced C-Virus]]".</ref> A vaccine was created in 2013, ending its reliability as a weapon.<ref name=":0">''Resident Evil 6'' (2012), file: "[[C-Virus Vaccine]]".</ref>
   
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== History ==
The '''C-Virus''', or '''Chrysalid Virus'''<ref>http://residentevil.wikia.com/The_C-Virus</ref> is a mutagenic, non-carcinogenic [[virus]] used in a [[Global Bioterror Attacks|series of bioterrorist attacks]] in [[2013]]. They are responsible for mutations such as the [[J'avo]].<ref>[http://www.shoptonews.net/2012/04/10/resident-evil-6-gets-new-trailer/ Shop to news.net]</ref>
 
   
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=== Initial research ===
Unlike the [[t-Virus]], the C-Virus allows the infected to maintain most of its intelligence allowing the creatures that mutate from the virus to co-ordinate attacks and use weapons.
 
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The "C-Virus Project" was the brainchild of [[Derek C. Simmons]], a senior American civil servant and head of [[The Family]], a fraternity with wealthy connections. Simmons believed that the use of bio-weapons in warfare was an inevitability, and with the US refusing to continue its own bio-weapons development after the [[1998]] [[Raccoon City Destruction Incident]], had The Family privately fund its own research on their behalf.
   
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The C-Virus Project itself was led by Dr. [[Carla Radames]], a child prodigy scouted by the [[Simmons Foundation]] immediately after graduation. Dr. Radames was quickly assigned to a Family laboratory and became influential in its viral and [[Bio Organic Weapon|Bio-Organic Weapon]] projects.<ref name=":1">''Resident Evil 6'' (2012), file: "[[Carla Radames (file)|Carla Radames]]".</ref> Though some degree of research took place since 1999,<ref name=":2">''Resident Evil 6'' (2012), file: "[[Tall Oaks Cathedral and the Underground Lab]]".</ref> the C-Virus Project itself started sometime in 2001, and went through considerable alterations.<ref name=":1">''Resident Evil 6'' (2012), file: "[[Carla Radames (file)|Carla Radames]]".</ref> Working on a variant of [[Progenitor Virus]] or [[t-Virus]], the C-Virus prototype was altered with the splicing of genes extracted from t-Veronica. The virus was acquired by Simmons, probably in 2002 from the recovery of [[Manuela Hidalgo]]. The "t-02" strain, as it was called, was found to preserve much of the intelligence of a human mutant.<ref name=":1">''Resident Evil 6'' (2012), file: "[[Carla Radames (file)|Carla Radames]]".</ref> With access to [[Sherry Birkin]], Simmons provided Dr. Radames with a sample of Golgotha Virus to alter the virus further.<ref name=":1">''Resident Evil 6'' (2012), file: "[[Carla Radames (file)|Carla Radames]]".</ref>
==Virology==
 
;Means of Infection
 
At this point, the infection methods of the [[virus]] are mostly unknown, however two forms of primary infection are known. Directin injection into the blood stream is the first, the result of wich is the infectee becoming a J'avo, takes effect almost immidiately, causig rapid increase in subjects, strenghth, speed and causing the subject to devlope several eyes. However it seems that by using a more advanced strain subjects injected can be immidiately mutated into [[Chrysalid]] form. This is seen when Carla Radames uses a [[Needle Bomb]] to inject several [[B.S.A.A.]] operatives, and again when she shoots B.S.A.A operative Marco with a needle. It would seem that the infection that mutates humans into a [[Zombie (Resident Evil 6)|Zombie]] is through a gas-based distribution method, via an airborne strain of the virus. The gas kills any who inhale it and later reanimates the corpses.<ref>[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/07/21/resident-evil-6-producer-talks-story-combat-amp-multiplayer.aspx?PostPageIndex=1 Producer Interview w/ Game Informer]</ref> The [[Lepotitsa]] replicates the C-Virus infection through a gas it expels through its pores, as this gas is seen causing a nearly-immediate transformation into a Zombie. It is presumable that like the [[T-Virus]] secondary infection occours when an individual is bitten or scratched by a Zombie.
 
   
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=== Finalization ===
==Incubation Period==
 
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Over the next several years, Dr. Radames created a number of strains that would induce more specific mutations in humans. This method of creating B.O.W.s was vastly different from Umbrella's t-Virus Project, which used cloning methods to replicate successful B.O.W.s. By splicing DNA from a particular individual into the C-Virus, a strain could be created that would turn others into duplicates. Using the massive resources available to The Family, tens of thousands of people were abducted and used as test subjects for the project.
The incubation period of the virus in unknown but it seems to be very short. If a person becomes infected via [[virus]] cloud then a person can become a zombie within seconds. [[Liz]] and her father took significantly longer to transform, though how long it would have taken for her father to do so is unknown, as she killed and ate him before it could continue. Again, those infected via Primary infection take little time to become a [[Chrysalid]] or a ''[[J'avo]]''.
 
   
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One such sub-project was the creation of a doppelgänger to [[Ada Wong]], a woman Simmons had fallen in love with sometime in the 1990s.<ref>''Resident Evil 6'' (2012), file: "[[The End of Derek Simmons]]".</ref> Having a sample of her DNA, a C-Virus strain with her genes was tested 12,235 times. Until Dr. Radames herself was forcibly used as a test-subject, each one before became a deformed mutant with only vaguely feminine attributes. This project officially came to a close on 30 April 2009 with Dr. Radames as a successful subject.<ref name=":2" />
==Use in terrorism==
 
The first recorded usage of the C-Virus was during the [[Edonian civil war]] in late-2012, being completely-unknown to the B.S.A.A. beforehand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://capcom.co.jp/bio6/introduction9.html |title=CAPCOM:BIOHAZARD 6 公式サイト INTRODUCTION (page 9)|publisher=Capcom |language=Japanese |accessdate=2012-09-27}}</ref> [[Carla Radames]] provided the [[Edonian Liberation Army]] with C-Virus samples, which were widely-distributed to their soldiers. To lull them into a false sense of security, the men were misinformed about the nature of the samples, believing them instead to be specialized stimulants to improve combat-effectiveness. Due to the effects of Primary infection, the men turned themselves into [[J'avo]].
 
   
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The attempt to clone Wong also birthed other projects, like Lepotica. While accounts differ as to its exact origins, it would appear the strain was an off-shoot of this attempt and was later used by Dr. Radames in 2012 to infect [[Nanan Yoshihara]] during a test at the [[Marhawa School]]. A sample was taken from Yoshihara after her death which,<ref>''[[Resident Evil: The Marhawa Desire]]'' Vol.5, chapter: "[[Part 38: Pride of the B.S.A.A.]]".</ref> with further alteration, was completed in time for the mid-2013 attacks.<ref name=":5">''Resident Evil 6'' (2012), file: "[[Lepotitsa (file)|Lepotitsa]]".</ref>
The next attack took place six months later in June, 2013. In the American city of [[Tall Oaks]], a C-Virus attack took place during President [[Adam Benford]]'s visit to the nearby [[Ivy University]], where he planned to make a speech on bioterrorism. At least one [[Lepotitsa]] was used to disperse a cloud of the virus across the campus, leading to the transformation of anyone who breathed in infected-air into [[zombie (C-Virus)|zombies]].
 
   
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As seen during the attacks in Edonia and Lanshiang, and using the J'avo in Neo Umbrella's ranks, Dr. Radames' research resulted in the creation of a number of viral strains equally useful in B.O.W. production. By the Lanshiang attack in mid-2013, strains were in use which turned humans into [[Napad]]s, [[Mesec]], [[Strelac]], [[Ubistvo]] and [[Gnezdo]], among others. Other creatures such as Iluzija were created, but as no others are known to have existed it ''may'' have been a freak mutation.
Meanwhile, in [[Lanshiang]], China, another C-Virus outbreak occurred. Again, this involved a number of cases of Primary infection, as J'avo were rampant throughout the city.
 
   
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Following the acquisition of Jake Muller in December 2012, six months of research at a facility in Lanshiang resulted in the creation of the [[Enhanced C-Virus]]. Whereas the viral strains designed to create B.O.W.s were known to halt mutations upon achieving a [[Complete Mutation]] stage of development, this strain effectively made mutation the standard response to severe injury, allowing an organism to mutate into more powerful forms so long as they were still alive.<ref>''Resident Evil 6'' (2012), file: "[[Enhanced C-Virus]]".</ref> Only three known samples of this virus were created, and mutated Simmons, Dr. Radames, and Piers Nivans in radically different ways.[[File:Piers C-Virus.png|thumb|right|200px|[[Piers Nivans]] holding a syringe with the enhanced C-Virus]] Another strain was created at the Seabed Laboratory many miles off the Chinese coast, starting from 2011 at the latest. By collecting samples of microorganisms living in and around an underwater volcano, test subjects would mutate to gain the properties of extremophiles, able to survive in harsh environments such as excessive heat.<ref name=":3">''Resident Evil 6'' (2012), file: "[[Underwater Facility (file)|Underwater Facility]]".</ref> This was different from other C-Virus strains, which were known to raise a mutant's body temperature enough they would incinerate.<ref name=":4">''Resident Evil 6'' (2012), file: "[[J'avo (file)|J'avo]]".</ref> The research on this strain resulted in "Haos".<ref name=":3">''Resident Evil 6'' (2012), file: "[[Underwater Facility (file)|Underwater Facility]]".</ref>
==Known infected==
 
*[[Ben Airhart|Airhart, Ben]]
 
**Former [[Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance|B.S.A.A.]] operative. Mutated into a [[Chrysalid]]. Likely killed by [[Chris Redfield]] and/or [[Piers Nivans]].
 
*[[Carl Alfonso|Alfonso, Carl]]
 
**Former B.S.A.A. operative. Mutated into a Chrysalid. Likely killed by Chris Redfield and/or Piers Nivans.
 
*[[Adam Benford|Benford, Adam]]
 
**Former United States president. Mutated into a [[Zombie (C-Virus)|Zombie]]. Killed by [[Leon Scott Kennedy|Leon S. Kennedy]]
 
*[[Deborah Harper|Harper, Deborah]]
 
**Sister of [[U.S.S.S.]] agent [[Helena Harper]]. Mutated into a [[B.O.W.]]
 
*[[Liz]]
 
**Student at [[Tall Oaks]] [[Ivy University]]. Mutated into a Zombie. Killed by [[Helena Harper]].
 
*[[Finn Macauley|Macauley, Finn]]
 
**Former B.S.A.A. European Branch operative. Mutated into a Chrysalid. Likely killed by Chris Redfield and/or Piers Nivans.
 
*[[Andy Walker|Walker, Andy]]
 
**Former B.S.A.A. operative. Mutated into a Chrysalid. Likely killed by Chris Redfield and/or Piers Nivans.
 
   
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== Transmission ==
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Though there are many strains of C-Virus, there are only two means of infection. The first is through direct injection into the body, which normally creates a J'avo. The second means of infection is exposure to the virus in fog-like form, which can be produced by both Lepotica and Haos.<ref name=":5">''Resident Evil 6'' (2012), file: "[[Lepotitsa (file)|Lepotitsa]]".</ref><ref>''Resident Evil 6'' (2012), file: "[[Haos (file)|Haos]]".</ref> Humans exposed to the virus in this matter become Zombies. Zombies cannot infect others through bites and, like J'avo, a mauling by either will only result in the individual's injury or death. This inability to infect through bites was discovered by Dr. [[Doug Wright]] during the 2012 [[Marhawa Desire]] case.<ref>''Resident Evil: The Marhawa Desire'', Vol.2: "[[Part 12: Rooftop Alliance]]".</ref>
*[[C-Virus Zombie|Zombie]]
 
**A zombie created from the C-Virus capable of running and using weapons.
 
*[[Whopper]]
 
**A hulking version of the C-Virus zombie that uses its weight to its advantage.
 
*[[Screamer Zombie]]
 
**A C-Virus zombie with mutated lungs capable of producing an ear-piercing scream.
 
*[[Zombie Dog (C-Virus)|Zombie Dog]]
 
**Dogs that have been mutated into zombies through the C-Virus infection.
 
*''[[J'avo]]''
 
**Fully-intelligent humans infected with the C-Virus causing spontaneous regeneration and mutation.
 
*[[Chrysalid]]
 
**A multitude of creatures deriving from advanced mutation of the C-Virus or direct injection.
 
*[[Lepotitsa]]
 
**A tall creature covered in pores capable of expelling a gas that turns humans into zombies.
 
*[[Ogroman]]
 
**A behemoth of a creature with a growth on the back of its neck with some kind of metal connector.
 
*[[Unidentified Snake Boss|Giant Snake]]
 
**A giant mutated snake that hunts using its ability to blend in completely with its surroundings.
 
*[[Ubistvo]]
 
**A human-shaped monster with a chainsaw made of flesh, bone, and muscle tissue fused to its arm.
 
*[[Deborah Harper]]
 
**An apparent human with discolored skin and spider-like appendages that can extend from its back.
 
*''[[Ustanak]]''
 
**An overly-muscular human-like creature with a metallic arm attachment and a variety of accessories.
 
   
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== Effects ==
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C-Virus causes extreme mutations in humans, though different strains can induce different kinds of mutations. The C-Virus contains certain genes from Golgotha that allow it to revive the dead. As a result, if the virus is released within a gas, it can revive corpses as Zombies and, if preserved well enough, this can happen centuries after their original death. Another aspect taken from Golgotha is the ability to mutate into another organism after initial mutation, though it may do so by expressing genes from that particular strain. If a J'avo is injured in their arms, they may develop a "[[Ruka-Hvatanje]]" mutation, which grows a new arm with traits of another animal.<ref>''Resident Evil 6'' (2012), file: "[[J'avo Mutations]]".</ref> If a J'avo has sustained too much damage, the virus's attempts to regenerate may instead create so much heat they self-immolate.<ref name=":4" />
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Intelligence remains in hosts to a greater extent than t-Virus strains. In J'avo, they are capable of following orders received before mutation as well as still retaining their knowledge of how to perform actions. For example, the Edonian rebels continued to fight the BSAA as they did the Edonian military, through the use of firearms, tanks, and planes.<ref name=":4" />
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== Treatment<nowiki/> ==
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As of 2013, the only known treatment for the C-Virus is the "Anti-C" vaccine. While it is possible other iterations were made in the years after, the initial Anti-C was only recommended in vaccination of people not yet infected with the virus. It had a low success rate in those immediately infected with the virus, while mutants like J'avo and the Complete Mutants had a 0% survival rate.<ref name=":0" /><nowiki/>
 
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Revision as of 20:43, 10 November 2019

Prime universe
(Capcom's primary storyline)
See also: C-Virus (Liberty)
C-Virus cloud

C-Virus spreading through the air over Lanshiang

The Chrysalid Virus, abbreviated as C-Virus, is a family of viruses that were created by The Family as a next-generation bio-weapon. With a genome containing genes from t-Veronica and Golgotha Virus, the C-Virus was able to both preserve some degree of intelligence in mutants and revive the dead and induce violent mutations in hosts.[1][2] A vaccine was created in 2013, ending its reliability as a weapon.[3]

History

Initial research

The "C-Virus Project" was the brainchild of Derek C. Simmons, a senior American civil servant and head of The Family, a fraternity with wealthy connections. Simmons believed that the use of bio-weapons in warfare was an inevitability, and with the US refusing to continue its own bio-weapons development after the 1998 Raccoon City Destruction Incident, had The Family privately fund its own research on their behalf.

The C-Virus Project itself was led by Dr. Carla Radames, a child prodigy scouted by the Simmons Foundation immediately after graduation. Dr. Radames was quickly assigned to a Family laboratory and became influential in its viral and Bio-Organic Weapon projects.[4] Though some degree of research took place since 1999,[5] the C-Virus Project itself started sometime in 2001, and went through considerable alterations.[4] Working on a variant of Progenitor Virus or t-Virus, the C-Virus prototype was altered with the splicing of genes extracted from t-Veronica. The virus was acquired by Simmons, probably in 2002 from the recovery of Manuela Hidalgo. The "t-02" strain, as it was called, was found to preserve much of the intelligence of a human mutant.[4] With access to Sherry Birkin, Simmons provided Dr. Radames with a sample of Golgotha Virus to alter the virus further.[4]

Finalization

Over the next several years, Dr. Radames created a number of strains that would induce more specific mutations in humans. This method of creating B.O.W.s was vastly different from Umbrella's t-Virus Project, which used cloning methods to replicate successful B.O.W.s. By splicing DNA from a particular individual into the C-Virus, a strain could be created that would turn others into duplicates. Using the massive resources available to The Family, tens of thousands of people were abducted and used as test subjects for the project.

One such sub-project was the creation of a doppelgänger to Ada Wong, a woman Simmons had fallen in love with sometime in the 1990s.[6] Having a sample of her DNA, a C-Virus strain with her genes was tested 12,235 times. Until Dr. Radames herself was forcibly used as a test-subject, each one before became a deformed mutant with only vaguely feminine attributes. This project officially came to a close on 30 April 2009 with Dr. Radames as a successful subject.[5]

The attempt to clone Wong also birthed other projects, like Lepotica. While accounts differ as to its exact origins, it would appear the strain was an off-shoot of this attempt and was later used by Dr. Radames in 2012 to infect Nanan Yoshihara during a test at the Marhawa School. A sample was taken from Yoshihara after her death which,[7] with further alteration, was completed in time for the mid-2013 attacks.[8]

As seen during the attacks in Edonia and Lanshiang, and using the J'avo in Neo Umbrella's ranks, Dr. Radames' research resulted in the creation of a number of viral strains equally useful in B.O.W. production. By the Lanshiang attack in mid-2013, strains were in use which turned humans into Napads, Mesec, Strelac, Ubistvo and Gnezdo, among others. Other creatures such as Iluzija were created, but as no others are known to have existed it may have been a freak mutation.

Following the acquisition of Jake Muller in December 2012, six months of research at a facility in Lanshiang resulted in the creation of the Enhanced C-Virus. Whereas the viral strains designed to create B.O.W.s were known to halt mutations upon achieving a Complete Mutation stage of development, this strain effectively made mutation the standard response to severe injury, allowing an organism to mutate into more powerful forms so long as they were still alive.[9] Only three known samples of this virus were created, and mutated Simmons, Dr. Radames, and Piers Nivans in radically different ways.

Piers C-Virus

Piers Nivans holding a syringe with the enhanced C-Virus

Another strain was created at the Seabed Laboratory many miles off the Chinese coast, starting from 2011 at the latest. By collecting samples of microorganisms living in and around an underwater volcano, test subjects would mutate to gain the properties of extremophiles, able to survive in harsh environments such as excessive heat.[10] This was different from other C-Virus strains, which were known to raise a mutant's body temperature enough they would incinerate.[11] The research on this strain resulted in "Haos".[10]

Transmission

Though there are many strains of C-Virus, there are only two means of infection. The first is through direct injection into the body, which normally creates a J'avo. The second means of infection is exposure to the virus in fog-like form, which can be produced by both Lepotica and Haos.[8][12] Humans exposed to the virus in this matter become Zombies. Zombies cannot infect others through bites and, like J'avo, a mauling by either will only result in the individual's injury or death. This inability to infect through bites was discovered by Dr. Doug Wright during the 2012 Marhawa Desire case.[13]

Effects

C-Virus causes extreme mutations in humans, though different strains can induce different kinds of mutations. The C-Virus contains certain genes from Golgotha that allow it to revive the dead. As a result, if the virus is released within a gas, it can revive corpses as Zombies and, if preserved well enough, this can happen centuries after their original death. Another aspect taken from Golgotha is the ability to mutate into another organism after initial mutation, though it may do so by expressing genes from that particular strain. If a J'avo is injured in their arms, they may develop a "Ruka-Hvatanje" mutation, which grows a new arm with traits of another animal.[14] If a J'avo has sustained too much damage, the virus's attempts to regenerate may instead create so much heat they self-immolate.[11]

Intelligence remains in hosts to a greater extent than t-Virus strains. In J'avo, they are capable of following orders received before mutation as well as still retaining their knowledge of how to perform actions. For example, the Edonian rebels continued to fight the BSAA as they did the Edonian military, through the use of firearms, tanks, and planes.[11]

Treatment

As of 2013, the only known treatment for the C-Virus is the "Anti-C" vaccine. While it is possible other iterations were made in the years after, the initial Anti-C was only recommended in vaccination of people not yet infected with the virus. It had a low success rate in those immediately infected with the virus, while mutants like J'avo and the Complete Mutants had a 0% survival rate.[3]

Sources

  1. Resident Evil 6 (2012), file: "The C-Virus".
  2. Resident Evil 6 (2012), file: "Enhanced C-Virus".
  3. 3.0 3.1 Resident Evil 6 (2012), file: "C-Virus Vaccine".
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Resident Evil 6 (2012), file: "Carla Radames".
  5. 5.0 5.1 Resident Evil 6 (2012), file: "Tall Oaks Cathedral and the Underground Lab".
  6. Resident Evil 6 (2012), file: "The End of Derek Simmons".
  7. Resident Evil: The Marhawa Desire Vol.5, chapter: "Part 38: Pride of the B.S.A.A.".
  8. 8.0 8.1 Resident Evil 6 (2012), file: "Lepotitsa".
  9. Resident Evil 6 (2012), file: "Enhanced C-Virus".
  10. 10.0 10.1 Resident Evil 6 (2012), file: "Underwater Facility".
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Resident Evil 6 (2012), file: "J'avo".
  12. Resident Evil 6 (2012), file: "Haos".
  13. Resident Evil: The Marhawa Desire, Vol.2: "Part 12: Rooftop Alliance".
  14. Resident Evil 6 (2012), file: "J'avo Mutations".