Rodrigo Juan Raval

Rodrigo Juan Raval
Biographical information
Race/Nationality:	Caucasian/Hispanic
Occupation:	Head of security for Umbrella's #3 European lab & Head of prisoner escort
Status:	Deceased
Biological information
Height:	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Mass:	75 kg (165 lb)
Other Information
Voice:	Martin Roach

“

Go on. Get out of here. This place is finished.

”

Rodrigo Juan Raval was a team leader in Umbrella Paris' Security Force of the Umbrella Corporation, assigned as the commanding officer of the 3rd Security Unit.

Biography

Early life

Rodrigo was born a native of a small village in Rockfort Island, with relatives (possibly parents) named Robert and Maria. This lasted until the Umbrella Corporation purchased the island and destroyed the village, forcing all the villagers, including Rodrigo, off the island. With nowhere else to go, and no other choice, Rodrigo accepted security work with the very group that destroyed his home.

Capturing Claire Redfield

In an ironic twist, Rodrigo joined Umbrella's private security force, and soon rose to command his own elite commando unit.

While stationed in Paris, France, to protect Umbrella Europe's Paris Lab, Rodrigo and the rest of the guards were involved in the ambush of the Umbrella-wanted fugitive Claire Redfield, who had come seeking her brother and fellow fugitive Chris Redfield. Claire brought destruction on the base, and was able to kill or injure many of her pursuers. But it was Rodrigo who personally captured Claire, with Rodrigo sneaking up on her and the two of them holding weapons at each others' heads.

For capturing such a wanted fugitive alive, Rodrigo gained many rewards and significant prestige. Rodrigo and his unit were tasked to transfer Claire to a prison on Rockfort Island, which was now a military training base/illegal prison camp.

Change of Heart

Initially, Rodrigo felt nothing for his actions, only caring about his career and his men, relishing in the opportunity to take on the prestigious assignment of taking his commando team to Rockfort and fighting B.O.W.s for useful combat experience.

This changed 8 hours later, when a Special Forces team attacked Rockfort. Their air strikes impacting on the island's laboratory and unleashing the t-Virus, Umbrella's most deadly bio-weapon, upon the island. The outbreak turned many of the survivors into Zombies, and many B.O.W's were freed.

With Base Commander Alfred Ashford not doing anything to stop it, Rodrigo and the other ranking soldiers took charge, and lead a defense against the zombies. Soon however, all the soldiers, including Rodrigo's unit, were wiped out, and the island overrun.

Rodrigo remained in hiding from the undead, having lost his weapon some time before, and took serious internal injuries along the way. Rodrigo quickly began regretting all of what he had done in recent days. And even with death and destruction all around him, Rodrigo resolved to find and free Claire from the prison's isolation cell.

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Rodrigo made it to the prison, and released Claire from her cell, insisting on her leave, saying that he would be alright. This proved incorrect, as Rodrigo's injuries were incredibly serious, and soon blood loss and internal damage took their toll, making Rodrigo become increasingly weaker. Despite this, Rodrigo remained strong, gaining a pistol from a zombie guard who had fallen down the stairs and crawled into the cell room. Rodrigo killed the zombie with a boot to the head.

Claire returned some time later, providing medicine to relieve his pain, in exchange for advice on locating puzzle pieces to escape the island. Claire also left her lighter with Rodrigo for luck.

Rodrigo survived the self destruct system going off and destroying most of the facilities on the island. On his way, he spotted Claire and Steve Burnside escaping in a Jet.

Death

Rodrigo remained injured in the island's underground catacombs, near the graves of his relatives, until Chris Redfield came in search of his sister and met him. Upon telling him of what became of her, the two men were suddenly attacked by a Gulp Worm, a giant t-Virus infected worm, who promptly swallowed Rodrigo whole. Chris managed to kill the worm, who promptly spat Rodrigo out as it died. Chris attempted to save Rodrigo, but the acid burns inflicted by exposure to the chemicals in the creature's stomach proved fatal. In his final moments, Rodrigo believed Claire to be an angel (addressing her as such towards Chris) sent to comfort him in preparation for going to heaven. Before departing, he gave Claire's lighter back to Chris, and then died peacefully surrounded by his beloved family.

Personality

Rodrigo was a good person at heart, and a man of conscience. When Rockfort experienced a t-Virus outbreak, Rodrigo was greatly shocked at the appearance of monsters, especially when they turned his squad into spaghetti. In hiding, Rodrigo believed all that had befallen him and Umbrella is how it should be and was what they deserved. Refusing to have Claire's blood on his hands, as if Claire died on Rockfort it would be his fault due to him being responsible for her capture, and he also began believing in Claire's cause to bring Umbrella to justice. Rodrigo also regretted turning a blind eye and ignoring his conscience while in service to Umbrella, all for his own greed and not caring how it affected himself. Faced with this, Rodrigo did not shift blame on anyone else except himself. Rodrigo was also deeply religious, refusing to turn to suicide while suffering serious pain from his injuries due to it being a particularly awful sin, but feared he was going to hell all the same. This changed when Claire returned to help with his injuries, in gratitude for freeing her, and Rodrigo believed he wasn't going to hell after all.

Trivia

• Despite appearing in Resident Evil Code: Veronica, Rodrigo does not appear in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles.
• In the opening FMV sequence, Rodrigo is shown wielding a polished chrome Desert Eagle of unknown caliber (possibly .50AE, due to the lack of flutes on the barrel). This gun has vanished, likely during the fight with the Zombies, by the time Rodrigo sets Claire free in the game's opening moments.
• In Resident Evil Code: Veronica battle game, if a player chooses the 1st person view, he can be spotted behind some barrels, peeking at the player.
• He's a playable character in Survivor 2, he will only be armed with a Knife.
• If the player chooses not to come back and give Rodrigo the lighter while playing as Claire, the dialogue between him and Chris turns out a little different and Chris doesn't receive the lighter (which also means he can't get access to the weapons in the adjacent save room).