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|name = Queen Leech
 
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|jp name = 女王ヒル
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|doc = 1988
 
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|via = Primary t-Virus infection.
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The {{Nihongo|'''Queen Leech'''|女王ヒル|joō-hiru}} was a mutant leech created through experimentation on annelids with the [[t-Virus]]. Created as part of Dr. [[James Marcus]]' ongoing leech study, it was his final creation before his death. In the time after, it consumed his ''[[Wikipedia:hippocampus|hippocampus]]'' and gained his memories. Believing itself subsequently to be Marcus reborn, it sought revenge for his death.
   
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==History==
The '''Queen Leech''' was one of the most uniquely grotesque monsters to emerge from experimentation with the [[Progenitor virus]]. The 'Queen Leech' was one of [[James Marcus|Dr. Marcus']] pet [[leech]]es used in his experiments that began to grow a collective intelligence. After Marcus' death on the orders of [[Oswell E. Spencer]], his 'queen' leech merged with his DNA to create a new being, eventually succeeding after ten years.
 
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The Queen Leech was created in 1988 in a laboratory adjacent to Umbrella's executive training school in the Arklay Mountains. When Dr. Marcus was assassinated by the Umbrella Security Service, Queen Leech was dumped in a nearby treatment plant with his corpse. Seeing his body as a food source, Queen Leech began consuming it, and gained his memories after consuming the brain. It believed itself to be Marcus himself, reborn by divine intervention.
   
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Over the next ten years, the Leech developed the ability to change its body shape into that of Marcus'. In May 1998, the Queen Leech finally acted on its plan to avenge Marcus' death. Over the next few weeks, it manipulated an accident at the Arklay Laboratory, leading to the entire facility staff being infected with the [[ε strain]], while their B.O.W.s escaped into the forest. Umbrella's investigation teams sent to evaluate the training school and laboratory for recommissioning were attacked and infected by leeches, as were the entire complement of a passenger train transporting Umbrella staff through the Arklays. Queen Leech's goal was to create a devastating viral outbreak that would ultimately spread across the world. In keeping with Marcus' Christianity, Queen Leech saw itself as Jesus Christ and judged the entire planet to be wicked and be condemned to Hell.
==Biography==
 
===Vengeance===
 
[[File:James Marcus.jpg|thumb|210px|The Marcus/Leech being under the guise as a young Marcus.]]
 
   
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These attacks got the attention of Drs. [[Albert Wesker]] and [[William Birkin]], who were in charge of the training school operation. The two quickly recognised Queen Leech as a serious threat to the company and made preparations to destroy the facility.<ref>''Resident Evil 0'' (2002), cutscene: "[[Conspiracy (Resident Evil 0 cutscene)|Conspiracy]]".</ref> In the meantime, Queen Leech's attention was focused on S.T.A.R.S. member Rebecca Chambers and former Marine Second Lieutenant Billy Coen, who found their way in the training school when the train crashed into the underground station beneath it. Queen Leech eventually saw no other way than directly confronting the two after they survived repeated attacks from Marcus' B.O.W.s.<ref>''Resident Evil 0'' (2002), scene: "[[Eliminator (Resident Evil 0 cutscene)|Eliminator]]".</ref><ref>''Resident Evil 0'' (2002), scene: "[[Monitored (Resident Evil 0 cutscene)|Monitored]]".</ref> It abandoned its human form and transformed into its natural state, a large green monster. The fighting went awry when it accidentally revealed to Billy its sensitivity to sunlight.<ref>''Resident Evil 0'' (2002), scene: "[[Sunlight (Resident Evil 0 cutscene)|Sunlight]]".</ref> Distracted by the opening of a shutter, Billy fired at Queen Leech with a high power magnum, and its body fell down an elevator shaft where it was consumed by fire as Dr. Birkin set off the self-destruct.<ref>''Resident Evil 0'' (2002), scene: "[[Ending (Resident Evil 0 cutscene)|Ending]]".</ref>
The reborn Marcus, consumed with hatred, vowed a terrible revenge on Lord Spencer and [[Umbrella]] for their attempt on his life that cost him his humanity. To this end, Marcus unleashed the t-Virus upon the [[Arklay Laboratory]] and the [[Umbrella Research Center|Research Center]], and then attacked the [[Ecliptic Express]], a personal company train devoted to luxuriously transporting Umbrella employees.
 
 
All the inhabitants of the train were killed and transformed into [[zombie]]s due to the high concentrations of the t-Virus Marcus unleashed. Marcus effortlessly shirked off [[U.S.S.]] commando attempts to clean up the source of the biohazard. In control of the situation, Marcus displayed a video transmission across the training facility, where [[Albert Wesker]] and [[William Birkin]] remained in hiding from the zombie population, threatening his murderers that they would pay for their act of betrayal.
 
 
===Death===
 
When [[S.T.A.R.S. Bravo team]] officer [[Rebecca Chambers]] and Ex-[[US Marine Corps|USMC]] Second Lieutenant [[Billy Coen]] were lost in the forests of Arklay, hunted by [[B.O.W.]]s, they soon encountered several creatures that mimicked Marcus during their search of the train and training facility. Eventually, Rebecca and Billy confronted Marcus himself, in an underground location under the facility.
 
 
After revealing details regarding his mortal demise, Marcus uncontrollably mutated into a leech-like monster after the queen began to control his body. Although the new creature was impervious to small-arms fire, Rebecca and Billy managed to defeat it by exposing it to sunlight; its one weakness, and Billy finished off what remained of James Marcus with a single bullet.
 
   
 
===Legacy===
 
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The Queen Leech's transformation in its last moments was eventually found out by Wesker some time after the events at the Umbrella Executive Training School, which led to his theorisation of [[Progenitor virus and psychology|a connection]] between [[Progenitor Virus]] mutations and the psychology of the infected.<ref name="different">''Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles'' (2007), file: "[[Wesker's Notes on Differing Mutations]]".</ref>
Though Marcus did not live to see it, the events he had set in motion eventually led to [[Raccoon City]]'s destruction and the deaths of most of its population, along with the downfall of the Umbrella Corporation, which turned Spencer into one of the world's most wanted fugitives. This ensured Marcus had gained his vengeance on Spencer and Umbrella after all. However, it also resulted in Wesker's rise to power.
 
   
==Gallery==
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Aaaaab.jpg|The final form of the Queen Leech in the unreleased version of Resident Evil Zero for Nintendo 64.
 
Aaaabbb.jpg|First form of N64 version.
 
Queenleech1.jpg|The Queen Leech First Form
 
Marcus3.JPG|The Queen Leech in its first form
 
Marcus4.JPG|Billy and Rebecca fighting the Queen Leech in its first form
 
Marcus5.JPG|Billy and Rebecca fighting the Queen Leech (Now with tentacles)
 
Marcus7.JPG|Billy and Rebecca fighting The Queen Leech in its final form
 
Marcus9.JPG|The Queen Leech in its final form
 
queenie.jpg|Queen Leech's Bio
 
uc leech.jpg|Queen leech in UC
 
Queen leech Marcus card.jpg|Queen Leech/Marcus Card
 
final form queen card.jpg|Queen Leech Final Form Card
 
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Revision as of 17:03, 20 February 2020

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The Queen Leech (女王ヒル joō-hiru?) was a mutant leech created through experimentation on annelids with the t-Virus. Created as part of Dr. James Marcus' ongoing leech study, it was his final creation before his death. In the time after, it consumed his hippocampus and gained his memories. Believing itself subsequently to be Marcus reborn, it sought revenge for his death.

History

The Queen Leech was created in 1988 in a laboratory adjacent to Umbrella's executive training school in the Arklay Mountains. When Dr. Marcus was assassinated by the Umbrella Security Service, Queen Leech was dumped in a nearby treatment plant with his corpse. Seeing his body as a food source, Queen Leech began consuming it, and gained his memories after consuming the brain. It believed itself to be Marcus himself, reborn by divine intervention.

Over the next ten years, the Leech developed the ability to change its body shape into that of Marcus'. In May 1998, the Queen Leech finally acted on its plan to avenge Marcus' death. Over the next few weeks, it manipulated an accident at the Arklay Laboratory, leading to the entire facility staff being infected with the ε strain, while their B.O.W.s escaped into the forest. Umbrella's investigation teams sent to evaluate the training school and laboratory for recommissioning were attacked and infected by leeches, as were the entire complement of a passenger train transporting Umbrella staff through the Arklays. Queen Leech's goal was to create a devastating viral outbreak that would ultimately spread across the world. In keeping with Marcus' Christianity, Queen Leech saw itself as Jesus Christ and judged the entire planet to be wicked and be condemned to Hell.

These attacks got the attention of Drs. Albert Wesker and William Birkin, who were in charge of the training school operation. The two quickly recognised Queen Leech as a serious threat to the company and made preparations to destroy the facility.[1] In the meantime, Queen Leech's attention was focused on S.T.A.R.S. member Rebecca Chambers and former Marine Second Lieutenant Billy Coen, who found their way in the training school when the train crashed into the underground station beneath it. Queen Leech eventually saw no other way than directly confronting the two after they survived repeated attacks from Marcus' B.O.W.s.[2][3] It abandoned its human form and transformed into its natural state, a large green monster. The fighting went awry when it accidentally revealed to Billy its sensitivity to sunlight.[4] Distracted by the opening of a shutter, Billy fired at Queen Leech with a high power magnum, and its body fell down an elevator shaft where it was consumed by fire as Dr. Birkin set off the self-destruct.[5]

Legacy

The Queen Leech's transformation in its last moments was eventually found out by Wesker some time after the events at the Umbrella Executive Training School, which led to his theorisation of a connection between Progenitor Virus mutations and the psychology of the infected.[6]

Sources

  1. Resident Evil 0 (2002), cutscene: "Conspiracy".
  2. Resident Evil 0 (2002), scene: "Eliminator".
  3. Resident Evil 0 (2002), scene: "Monitored".
  4. Resident Evil 0 (2002), scene: "Sunlight".
  5. Resident Evil 0 (2002), scene: "Ending".
  6. Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (2007), file: "Wesker's Notes on Differing Mutations".

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