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Chapter 1 - The Mansion Incident (July 24, 1998 - July 25, 1998)

Overview
Perhaps the most infamous event in RE history, the Mansion Incident is the true beginning of Resident Evil's massive web of biohazards and outbreaks as we know it today. Whether it's through the campy dialogue of OG RE1, the intensely dramatic, decrepit & dusty Gothic mansion of REmake, or through the tinted shades of Wesker in Umbrella Chronicles, the Mansion Incident stands out as a stark example of how dangerous these outbreaks are on a small scale before the expansion into a citywide catastrophe.

Canon Entry 1.0 - RESIDENT EVIL (CHRIS & JILL)

Before we begin, it's important to note there's no concrete canon interpretation of the Mansion Incident's events we can see from our own perspective, but just keep in mind that Chris & Jill are both active in the Mansion and that Rebecca & Barry both survive the incident no matter what endings are shown. I will take some artistic liberties in my retelling of the events, but I will try my best to keep them rooted in the game's real scenes.

Part 1 - Spencer Mansion (Night, July 24th, 1998)

Alpha Team is flying around the forest zone situated in Northwest Raccoon City, looking for the helicopter of their compatriots, Bravo Team. Alpha Team is the much more elite unit of S.T.A.R.S. and is of course the team that represents some of the most famous characters in the series: Albert Wesker, captain; Chris Redfield, point man; Jill Valentine, rear security; Barry Burton, weapons specialist; Brad Vickers, pilot; and Joseph Frost, omniman. Of course, Alpha Team was doomed from the start. After Wesker's recent escapades at the URC, Wesker returns quickly to Raccoon City to launch the next phase of the Arklay investigation, but it's all secretly just a ploy to gather combat data on the STARS members at Arklay Mansion. Before deployment, Wesker threatens Barry's family, allowing him to use Barry as his personal puppet during the Mansion Incident. Chris' opening narration expounds on some of the background incidents going on in Raccoon at the time: strange murders, disappearances, victims being attacked by large groups, the monstrous by-products of Umbrella's immoral experimentation encroaching on quiet suburban life in Raccoon City.

Alpha Team touches down and immediately burst on to the scene. Not much out of the ordinary, save for the body of Bravo pilot Kevin Dooley, discovered by Joseph Frost who flees in disgust at the visceral scene.
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The Remake Difference
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In original RE, Joseph only finds a severed hand, implied to belong to Bravo member Edward Dewey, though it isn't ever mentioned in game, only in-manual. In the prototype of RE0 for N64, Edward appears with a bloodied hand, possibly a placeholder or implication that his model would eventually feature the bloodied stump.
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Alpha Team is ambushed by a pack of Cerberus. Frost has no chance as his arm becomes trapped in the tight jaws of the a dog, before being completely overrun by the pack. Jill unloads her pistol into the pack with ill effect, and stands in shock still trying to fire an empty gun as she witnesses the sickening nightmare unfold before her; this brief pause almost costs Jill her life as the Cerberus charge at her next, but Chris saves her with a well-timed pistol shot. Alpha Team attempt to make a break towards their helicopter, but the cowardly Chickenheart Vickers takes off without them. It's Chris next up on the chopping block as a Cerberus lunges towards him, but now it's Wesker's turn to save his life. With some of the pack thinned out, this gives the team enough time to seek shelter in a mysterious mansion up-ahead.


Alpha Team is now down to Chris, Jill, and Wesker; Barry was separated from the group and they have no idea where he ended up. Cerberus still can be heard barking outside the main doors of the mansion, but there's no way they can get in. Before they can even catch a breath, a gunshot rings out. Is it Bravo Team? Barry? Either way, they have to investigate. Wesker stays behind as Jill and Chris enter the dining room adjacent to the main hall. Empty, but shows recent signs of use, such as a fireplace still burning bright. There's one more door to check: leading into a hallway, they hear faint sounds of crunching. Turning the corner, they witness the source: a man crouched down, eating the corpse of what used to be their comrade: Kenneth. The man turns around but it is no man; his rotting deformed face clues Chris & Jill into one fact: whatever happened to the dogs outside also happened to the people here. They take down the hideous creature, and report back to Wesker. Except, there is no Wesker. Now he's missing too, and Chris and Jill are left to wonder just what the hell they are going to do now. Being such a big mansion, it's probably best to split up despite the dangers the house poses, with periodical check-ups back in the main hall. With the plan agreed upon, Chris tackles the West Wing while Jill takes the East.


Chris heads upstairs and enters a balcony area overlooking the dining room. Another walking corpse but Chris sneaks by it entering a winding hallway with a staircase leading down. It's the same everywhere, zombies infest the mansion, but at the bottom of the staircase, Chris enters a medical storeroom where he stumbles upon a much more pleasant sight: Bravo Team members Rebecca and Richard! Rebecca, being a rookie, does not know much about Chris yet but their meeting is still quite the relief. Rebecca explained what happened to Richard, laying in the sickbed as the serum Rebecca found works magic throughout his body. He'll live, thankfully. With some supplies found in the medical room and new teammates to back Chris up, maybe survival will be possible after all.

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I've decided to put my fears behind me. I'm not going back.
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