The Keeper

Prime universe
(Capcom's primary storyline)

Unknown
Biographical information
Date of death:	June 1998
Race/Nationality:	Caucasian/American
Occupation:	Caretaker of creatures used as test subjects
Status:	Deceased
Biological information
Sex:	Male
Other Information
First appearance:	Resident Evil (1996)
Last appearance:	Resident Evil (2002)

"Itchy... tasty..."

"The Keeper" was an Umbrella employee assigned to take care of creatures used in t-Virus experiments in the Spencer Mansion.

Biography

Aside from the fact that he had a girlfriend named Nancy and who liked to play cards, nothing is known about the Keeper's life before his arrival at Arklay Laboratory in 1998.

Mansion Incident

On May 12, 1998, weeks prior to the Special Tactics And Rescue Service's investigation of the Arklay Mountains and its associated research outpost, the keeper was infected by the t-Virus after Queen Leech intentionally released the experimental mutagen as revenge on behalf of Dr. James Marcus against Umbrella, although he assumed the leak was accidental due to the research staff being sleep-deprived.

He wrote down his progress through infection of the virus as it destroyed his sanity day by day from May 9, 1998 until June 4, 1998. Because of this, he would neglect to feed the Cerberus, which led some of them to escape from their cells, culminating in the keeper hiding the flight of his superiors for fear of retaliation. When his mental stability finally breaked on May 19, he killed a fellow employee; Scott, for having an "ugly face", and then, based on his response being "tasty", consumed the corpse.

During the Special Tactics and Rescue Service's exploration of the mansion on July 24, an Alpha Team member found the Keeper's Diary in his bedroom, and was attacked by a zombie hiding in the nearby closet, which may very well have been the keeper himself. With that diary, the operative obtained a crucial evidence of what actually transpired in the mansion.

Further notes

• Despite the character not being directly named, in the original version of Resident Evil, the name 'Peter' can clearly be seen on the front of the file. The surname also begins with an 'S', and quite closely resembles 'Smith'.
• Sometime between the release of the virus in the mansion in May and its destruction in July 1998, the Keeper's diary was duplicated and sent to Oswell Spencer. Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield would find this copy over a bedroom desk in the Spencer household in 2006.
• In the fan-made short film The Keeper's Diary, the keeper was played by Charlie Kraslavsky (Chris' actor in the original Resident Evil) and voiced by Joe Whyte (Chris' voice actor in the Resident Evil remake).