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Sherry Birkin is the daughter of William and Annette Birkin who became an agent of the U.S. Federal Government in her adulthood.
Biography
Sherry Birkin was born around 1986 to Umbrella Corporation top scientist William Birkin, and his assistant and new wife, Annette. Due to their key participation of developing biological weapons for Umbrella, William and Annette's work schedules were very intense and busy, and as such weren't around as Sherry grew up. Nevertheless, she loved her parents very much and enjoyed spending whatever time she had with them, with her parents feeling the same way.
In 1995, William and Annette were transferred from the Arklay Laboratory to a newly-constructed underground laboratory in the outskirts of Raccoon City to finish William's work on a new biological weapon called the G-virus.
Raccoon City
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Finished in mid-1998, William refused to hand the virus over to Umbrella, instead preferring to hand the virus over to the U.S. Government in exchange for a larger reward. As such, a special forces unit was sent in to forcefully retrieve the G-virus, which was done after fatally injuring William in a hailstorm of bullets. Knowing he was about to die, William injected himself with the G-virus, turning into a hideous monstrosity, hunting down and killing or crippling[2] all but one of his assailants. As he did so, several vials containing the Tyrant virus; kept in a sample case stolen by the Umbrella soldiers, were scattered on the ground and broke. Rats interacting with and consuming the liquids proceeded to carry the infection to the rest of the city.
Sherry as she appeared during the Raccoon City Incident; 1998.
Sherry remained unaware of this; especially the fact that Raccoon City was to be totally consumed with zombies in a matter of days. Annette contacted her daughter at her school; East Raccoon Elementary, and implored her to head home immediately. Upon reaching their house, Annette asked Sherry to retrieve her locket from a jewellery box and quickly seek refuge in the Raccoon City Police Department, warning her not to speak to anyone. Unfortunately for Sherry, by this time the police station too had been overrun and most of its personnel were now undead. Sherry complied with her mothers request and made her way to the station, unaware of this latest development, and remained in hiding, seeking sanctuary from the zombies, Umbrella's escaped B.O.W.s, and later her mutated father. Soon, Sherry encountered another survivor; Claire Redfield (while searching for her missing brother Chris Redfield). With Sherry gaining Claire's protection and friendship, the two worked together to escape the infested precinct.
As Sherry and Claire looked for a way out of the city, they were continuously stalked by the mutated Birkin. While inside the sewers, Sherry and Claire were separated. While exploring the sewers, she was able to slip by the monsters through a series of shafts and eventually found a Wolf Medal. However, what she had not realized was that the floor she had been standing on was used to dispose of trash, and was thus, collapsible. With her added weight the floor drop opened causing Sherry to fall deeper into the sewers depths. Although filled-up bags of trash broke her fall, the shock of the impact as well as the position she fell still knocked her out. Unconscious, she was unable to protect herself against her mutated father and was implanted with a G-embryo.
Sherry in the infirmary after being implanted with the G-Virus embryo. Note Claire's jacket.
Upon reuniting with Claire, Sherry began to experience an intense pain in her stomach. Claire quickly recognized the symptoms from her experiences with the G-embryo before, but due to Sherry's direct relation to her father, she was a compatible host and her body did not reject it like Chief Iron's had. After finding a safe place for her to rest, Claire attempted to find a cure for Sherry within Umbrella's underground labs. While in the laboratory, Claire ran into Annette one more time, before William arrived and fatally wounded her. Before dying, Annette gave Claire the instructions for creating the G-Virus antidote, DEVIL. Soon after creating the antidote, Claire attempted to make her escape, having Leon take Sherry to an escape train before the lab self destructed.
Her escape, however, was thwarted once again by Birkin, forcing her to fight the monster and incapacitate it. Claire then rushed to the train, joining Leon, and successfully administering the vaccine to Sherry. Unfortunately, Birkin, now a gigantic, amorphous blob, attacked the train, thus triggering another self-destruct sequence. Claire, Leon, and Sherry escape moments before the train exploded, destroying Birkin once and for all.
Government Supervision
Upon their escape, Claire left on her own to find her brother,[3] leaving her prized red vest as a reminder of their time together. Leon and Sherry were eventually rescued by U.S. official authorities and Sherry's safety was used to force Leon into becoming a government agent.[4] However, due to her infection with the G-embryo, Sherry became an “object” of strict surveillance by the US and though relatively safe in the government's care, Albert Wesker also had spies working within keeping an eye on her.
Several years later, running out of options, Sherry’s only bargaining chip was to become an agent for the US. Never wanting to be seen as the person she once was, a girl without any hope for a future, ever again. [5]
2013
Agent Sherry Birkin.
After successfully becoming an agent for the U.S. Federal Government, she was given the duty of infiltrating the war-zone of Edonia, a republic situated in Eastern Europe, to ensure the safety of a man, Jake Muller, who allegedly carries some sort of special blood type.[6]
Non-canon character development
In addition to the canon storyline of Resident Evil 2, Sherry's ordeals have been adapted differently in various media.
In the Claire B scenario, the mutated William and Sherry never cross paths and thus she is never infected with the G-virus. Having never lost her pendant she is stalked, instead, by T-00 who is trying to secure the G-virus sample contained within. Annette and Claire witness Sherry being attacked by the Tyrant on a monitor and Annette educates Claire of the pendants contents. Claire manages to find Sherry in time and uses the pendant to trick the Tyrant into falling into a pit of molten liquid. Sherry, who had escaped prior to the tyrants defeat, reunites with her mother whom is on the brink of death. The two exchange final words, before escaping on the emergency train like the original scenario. This ending is used in the Resident Evil book, City of the Dead.
In The Darkside Chronicles, Sherry is depicted as having resentment toward her parents for their neglect. Also, not only does Sherry not lose her pendant, the Tyrant never makes an effort to secure it preferring to attack. At one point, Claire questions if Sherry is his target but he pursues Leon and Claire completely ignoring the room she was being held in. In the end, Sherry escapes with the pendant and no mention of the virus encased inside is ever mentioned.
In Operation Raccoon City, due to Umbrella's desire to acquire the G-virus, Sherry's abduction is a primary objective of the Wolfpack. Leon and Claire, assisted by a Spec-Op's squad, are eventually subdued and apprehended with Sherry.If the player chooses to kill Leon and Claire, Sherry is abducted and taken into Umbrella's custody.
- In the Spec-Ops DLC, Sherry is featured. Claire requests the Spec-Op's assistance in locating her after they were separated in the sewers. After finding her the team is attacked by William Birkin whom Sherry is horrified to see mutated. Claire returns and the two escape, though as they do Sherry pleads with the Spec Ops not to hurt her 'daddy'. The team is then forced to take him down and Claire and Sherry are re-intrusted to the Spec-Ops squad of the main campaign.
In the non-canon "Sherry The Young Runaway" drama album, Sherry is separated from Leon and Claire at the end of Resident Evil 2 by Umbrella's attempts to capture her. She eventually ends up in Stone Ville, where Zombies have been approaching. The town's mayor, in an effort to appease Umbrella and convince them to construct a factory within the town, offers to hand Sherry to them. With the help of the town sheriff and a young girl named Meg, they survive the zombies while Stone Ville becomes a second, smaller Raccoon City, and Umbrella's continued attempts to capture Sherry are thwarted, and she escapes to Canada with Meg hoping to reunite with Claire.
Trivia
- Laura Bailey, who provides the voice for Sherry in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, also provides the voice of Angela Miller, both of which are stalked by a member of their family who desires to impregnate them with the G-embryo.
- Eden Riegel,who provides Sherry's voice in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City,is the younger sister of the man who plays Claire Redfield's other support character, Steve.
- Sherry's model appears to defer in Darkside Chronicles between gameplay and cutscenes. Her hair appears darker, almost brown, in gameplay but becomes the usual blonde in cutscenes. Also, her hairband appears red in gameplay and pink in cutscenes.
- Wesker's Report stated that Sherry was 'safe' in his hands, implying she was under his custody. However, the "Inside of Biohazard The Darkside Chronicles" book provided closure on this plot point by explaining that Wesker simply had spies in the government keeping an eye on her.
- Sherry and Alexia were both first shown at the age of 12 and introduced as adults at the age of 27. Also, Sherry, Alexia, and Alfred are the only Resident Evil characters that have been seen as children and adults.
- In Resident Evil 6, Sherry's outift bears a resemblance to Nathan Drake's outfit in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.
- While controlling her in Resident Evil 2, she can't be bitten by zombies, but they can bile her to death; only the Cerberus will bite her. The will however bite her in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles.
- Despite implications that William had been calling out to Sherry in Resident Evil 2, he is only heard doing so in the non-canon events of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles and the prototype Biohazard 1.5
- In the Echo Six DLC of Operation Raccoon City, Sherry becomes aware that the creature chasing her is her father, William Birkin, while in Resident Evil 2 she never realizes it.
- Sherry has some similarities with her new partner Jake Muller in the upcoming Resident Evil 6. Both of them have something special in their bodies (Sherry has the G-virus and the G-antigen while Jake, according to the unidentified woman, has a special bloodtype due to his relations to Albert Wesker). Also, both of their fathers worked for Umbrella and were valuable members to the corporation. They were also research colleagues who were former students of James Marcus. They also were the ones who assassinated Marcus under orders from Ozwell E. Spencer. Birkin is also the one who gave Wesker the experimental virus. In addition, William Birkin was the closest thing that could be considered "friend" to Albert Wesker.
- Before the Captivate trailer of Resident Evil 6 was released, there had been a debate as to whether or not it was Sherry or Resident Evil 4's Ashley Graham due to them having similar high-pitched voices, and also due to speculation that Adam Benford was President Graham.
Gallery
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Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Resident Evil Archives. BradyGames. p. 129.
- ↑ "OPENING" shows an injured USS member unable to move - he is thus eaten by rats.
- ↑ Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Claire's Epilogue
- ↑ Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Leon's Epilogue
- ↑ http://www.capcom.co.jp/bio6/character_sherry.html
- ↑ Resident Evil 6 Captivate 2012 trailer
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