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"Oh, Mother Miranda... If it's for you, I'd do anything!"
— Salvatore Moreau

Salvatore Moreau (サルヴァトーレ・モロー saruvatōre morō?) was a mutant human who lived in a Eastern European mountain range. Presumably the last surviving member of the Moreau family, he resided at an abandoned reservoir until his death in 2021.

Biography[]

Salvatore Moreau's past is shrouded in mystery, although it is known he belonged to the Moreau family, who had maintained an alliance with the noble Beneviento, Heisenberg, and Dimitrescu families for generations. The location where he dwelled, signposted "Moreau's Clinic", indicates either he or a member of his family were physicians prior to his mutation. Nautical tattoos present on his body (a jellyfish tattoo with "Mother" written in the middle on his upper left shoulder, and an anchor on his left forearm), imply Salvatore may have himself once been a sailor or fisherman during his youth.

As with many others in the region, Moreau eventually became a follower of a local Pagan cult and was lured by its leader, Mother Miranda, to a crypt below the village cemetery, where he was surgically implanted with a Cadou parasite. His body and mind drastically altering from the infection, Moreau mutated into a grotesque fish-like monster, and was quickly judged as a failure by Miranda, as he was deemed an undesirable host for her deceased daughter's consciousness. Nevertheless, his ancient birthright was recognized and he was allowed to remain in the village as one of its Four Lords, maintaining a tyrannical rule over it alongside Alcina Dimitrescu, Karl Heisenberg and Donna Beneviento. Exhibiting an almost total lack of self-worth due to his grotesque appeararance, Moreau flooded the entire northern portion of the village to sustain his piscean body, feeding on unsuspecting fishermen either out of sustenance or simply for the sake of being cruel. Desperate to prove his worth to the other Lords and Miranda, whom he viewed as his actual mother, Moreau conducted a number of human experiments with the Cadou, one of which would eventually result in the creation of the Vârcolac, though none of his experiments would be considered successful.

Abduction of Rose (2021)[]

Shortly before the arrival of Ethan Winters, Moreau attended a ritual in an abandoned cave church south-west of the village, during which Ethan's daughter, Rose, was crystallized by Miranda as ensurance for a ceremony which would revive her true daughter. Charged with guarding a flask containing Rose's remains, Moreau worried he would be abandoned by Miranda once she resurrected her true daughter, but was determined to protect the flask due to Miranda and the other house Lords looking down on him.

Upon arriving at the reservoir, Ethan did not see Moreau as a threat and casually explained he was taking the flask from him. Moreau begged him to give it back, fearing Miranda and the other house Lords would disown him as soon as it became known, but when Winters refused, Moreau attempted to trap him by vomiting up mucus-like enzymes blocking the exit. Despite this, Ethan quickly escaped the reservoir and made his way to the windmills, only to once again encounter Moreau. Attempting to attack Ethan in his more monstrous sea monster form, Moreau cornered him after destroying the Hound Wolf Squad's station, taunting him that the only way out of the reservoir was underwater and that Miranda was already preparing for the ceremony. Vomiting large amounts of green acid, Moreau retreated into the water as he underwent further uncontrollable mutations, his original body now appearing in the mouth of his new form. As Moreau attempted to consume Ethan, he was unable to prevent him from draining all of the reservoir's water, and proceeeded to pursue him into a nearby valley, where he expressed hope that he would defeat Ethan and make Miranda proud of him. However, as Moreau's body greatly inflated, he exploded in a mixture of flesh, guts, and acid, leaving only his crystallized remains behind.

Sources[]

  1. Resident Evil Village (2021), file: "Diary".
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