Chris Redfield

Chris Redfield is a male video game character who features in Resident Evil.

Biography

Chris Redfield (Japanese: クリス・レッドフィールド, Hepburn: Kurisu Reddofīrudo) was a male human born in the modern age where he was the older brother of Claire Redfield.

It was noted that he began his military career in the United States Air Force where he gained a service record filled with both commendations and disciplinary actions. Chris's various conflicting traits earned him his awards but also brought him into conflict with his superiors. Unable to settle these differences, Redfield ultimately came to retire from the United States Air Force. After retirement, he came to be scouted by Racoon City's special forces unit known as S.T.A.R.S. due to his unique set of skills. Accepting the offer, he joined as the point man for Alpha Team where he served as a scout and tasked with securing positions in the field.

In the Spring of 1998, Raccoon City was haunted by a series of cannibalistic murders and animal attacks on hikers and residents living near Raccoon Forest. The R.P.D. suspected the attacks were perpetrated by a satanic cult who would consume massive quantities of narcotics in order to carry out the gruesome attacks on men, women, and children as a sacrifice, which included violent facial mutilations and evisceration. Police progress went as far as establishing the Arklay Mountains to the northwest of the city as a likely base of the cult's operations, but could not identify any suspects. After two months of little progress and a growing death list, the RPD gave in to public pressure and put S.T.A.R.S. on the case. On 23 July, the S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team travelled into the mountains to verify the existence of the suspected hideout, but was downed during a storm and lost radio contact. The following night, the Alpha Team was sent out into the same area to investigate the loss of contact. There they discovered the corpse of its pilot, Kevin Dooley, and were soon after attacked by a pack of dogs, who killed Frost. Taken entirely by surprise, Alpha Team were unable to put up a fight and were forced to run into a mansion when their pilot, Brad Vickers, took off without them. Chris lost his Samurai Edge during the chase and was unable to recover it.

Redfield, Burton, Wesker, and Valentine split up to investigate the mansion. Redfield found Bravo Team member Rebecca Chambers, whose team had also sought shelter in the mansion and split up. It became clear by the early hours of the morning that the mansion had links to Umbrella U.S.A. and was constructed by Umbrella Pharmaceuticals co-founder, Oswell E. Spencer. A laboratory was also found on the grounds, which was used for illegal bio-weapons research on behalf of the United States military. It was discovered that a strain of the t-Virus escaped containment and infected the staff, turning them into Zombies which were responsible for the bizarre murders in Raccoon Forest. Captain Wesker was discovered to have been an agent for the corporation's intelligence department and had received orders from the company to destroy the facility to cover-up their connection to the killings and silence any witnesses. When Wesker released the Tyrant (T-002 Model) from containment, it seriously injured him before being killed at the laboratory's helipad just before the facility's self-destruction. Redfield, Valentine, Burton, and Chambers escaped on Brad's' helicopter, while Wesker, recovered thanks to a Prototype virus he had infected himself with, escaped on foot. After his ordeal, Redfield was treated at Raccoon General Hospital where the doctors confirmed that he sustained no permanent injuries. Redfield, Valentine, Burton, and Chambers made a number of attempts following their recovery to report Umbrella to the authorities. Taking bribes from the company, Chief of Police Brian Irons resorted to shutting S.T.A.R.S. down entirely while Redfield himself was placed under surveillance. Redfield nonetheless obtained information on the G-Virus and, suspecting Irons of corruption, asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to handle an internal investigation of Irons and further investigate the G-Virus. Deciding to investigate the Umbrella Corporation's headquarters in Europe with Burton, Redfield began an aggressive streak which included the assault of another officer, Elran. For these actions, he was suspended, leaving Valentine to oversee the police investigation. As was part of his plan, these aggressive acts were merely a ruse to allow Redfield to go to Europe to investigate Umbrella, under the guise of a 'vacation'.

Redfield's search for the Umbrella headquarters ended quickly in late December. His sister, Claire, was captured by Umbrella's security division in France and transported to a prison camp on Rockfort Island in the Southern Ocean. A strain of the t-Virus engulfed the island as its security forces defended an invasion from HCF, a paramilitary unit under the command of Albert Wesker. Redfield himself was made aware of this when he was contacted by Leon S. Kennedy, a former rookie RPD officer turned US-STRATCOM agent that Claire met in Raccoon City. Redfield immediately traveled to the island to rescue her. Immediately, he met Rodrigo Juan Raval, a security guard who freed Claire from her cell earlier during the chaos. Redfield continued to explore the remains of the island's facilities after he learned that Claire left the island altogether, and was confronted by Wesker, who revealed his superhuman abilities, and informed him that Claire was at an Umbrella facility in Antarctica. Redfield piloted one of the facility's Harrier jets to the Ross Ice Shelf. Upon reaching the Antarctic Base, he found her unconscious in a replica of Spencer's Mansion. Wesker himself traveled to the base in pursuit of Alexia Ashford who possessed the last remaining sample of the t-Veronica Virus. Redfield and Claire's reunion was brief as they are separated when Claire departed to find a fellow prisoner named Steve Burnside with whom she was cooperating. Redfield watched Wesker and a mutated Alexia fight after he demanded that she should hand the Veronica Virus over, but was forced to deal with her himself when Wesker fled the scene. Redfield brought her down temporarily. After Steve's death, Redfield activated the base's self-destruct system and reunited with his sister. They attempted to escape, but Alexia reappeared and tried to stop them. Redfield and Claire activated a special weapon, known as the Linear Launcher, but the weapon needed time to charge. Redfield told Claire to wait for him at the Harrier jet while he dealt with Alexia. Claire reluctantly agreed, but as she tried to leave, Alexia blocked her path and tried to attack her. Redfield shot Alexia whose body responded by mutating into an arthropod-like monster. Claire ran away and Redfield battled Alexia alone. During the fight, Alexia left her cocoon body and transformed into a dragonfly. The Linear Launcher finally charged, and with only one shot, Redfield was able to finish her off.

He continued his search but was unable to find Wesker's location. This was until a few years ago when BSAA received intelligence on the whereabouts of Ozwell E. Spencer. The European Headquarters authorised an operation to capture the mysterious Umbrella founder with agents Redfield and Valentine dispatched on the assignment. Chris had hoped that arresting Spencer would lead to further information that could lead to the capture of Wesker. The two agents arrived at the site and entered the mansion where they found Spencer had been murdered by Albert Wesker. Wesker then battled the two where his superhuman nature allowed him to outfight the two BSAA agents. In desperation, Jill Valentine tackled Wesker in an effort to save Chris thus sending her and Albert tumbling out the window seemingly to their deaths.

Overview

Personality and attributes

His commanding officers often described Chris as being uncompromising and had an unwavering dedication with him having a high level of adaptability.

Powers and abilities

Chris Redfield was an ordinary human with no supernatural powers with his abilities coming from training, conditioning, and combat experience rather than superhuman physiology. As he was human, his physical capabilities depended on peak conditioning and tactical augmentation rather than innate mutant-like strength. Overview of abilities: he operated at peak-human levels for strength, stamina, and durability—able to sprint long distances under load, endure extreme trauma and keep fighting, and perform sustained close-quarters combat; he was an expert marksman and weapons specialist, proficient with pistols, rifles, explosives and mounted heavy weapons; he has advanced hand-to-hand combat skills, field medicine and survival training, demolitions and breaching expertise, and tactical leadership experience that lets him coordinate team assaults on B.O.W. threats.

He was known for his superior use of firearms and his hand-to-hand combat skills. His duties required him to be both a good shooter and fighter who was able to use a wide variety of weapons.

In addition, he had qualifications in both fixed-wing aircraft and could serve as a helicopter pilot.

Notes

• Chris Redfield was created by Shinji Mikami and Tokuro Fujiwara where he featured in the Resident Evil universe.

In other media

Films

• In Resident Evil: Afterlife, Chris Redfield appeared in the setting of the live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Wentworth Miller.

Appearances

• Resident Evil: (1996)
• Resident Evil 5:
• Resident Evil 6:

External Links

• Resident Evil Wiki Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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