VERSION 1.3

For Resident Evil Horror

Written by Sean “[STARS]TyranT” Hall

INDEX
INTRODUCTION
TIMELINE
EXPLAINING OUTBREAK
BIOHAZARD – THE QUESTIONS
CONTACT INFORMATION
THANKS

FOREWARD

Well, to put it simply – this is my main goal of being a Resident Evil fan, short of directing the perfect Resident Evil movies, a timeline, with the entire saga constructed by myself was something I always wanted to be proud of.

BE AWARE

That within this timeline, which is combination of actual fact with some theory of myself and others, is NOT the official canon of Capcom. So if I say something that offends you, or goes against what you thought was the storyline – big deal – get over it. Because at the end of the day all it is, is my opinion, nothing more – if it bothers you THAT much – close the browser, but please don’t email me with a hate filled attack, honestly – it wastes both yours and my time, and neither of us get anything from it.

BUT JUST WHAT IS THIS TIMELINE?!

This timeline basically collects every single dated event (and sometimes non-dated) into one collective whole. Simply put – this is (hopefully!) the first time you will of seen Trevor’s Letters put adjacent with Outbreak File: 2 events in a single file. I have included EVERY SINGLE game bar one (check the Q+A).

A WORD ABOUT RESIDENT EVIL OUTBREAK

As most of you are aware, the general opinion regarding the Outbreak games is that the events and scenarios seen within them are, “what if” scenarios. But as someone who likes to try and justify as much as I possibly can, I’ve decided to include them here. If you are one of those people who ignores the Outbreak events within the actual Resident Evil storyline, that’s fine. Simply ignore the text that refers to the games here. One of the main things I’ve thought about when writing Outbreak’s stuff is that I don’t consider every character to be in every scenario – I’ve simply just included the content of the cut scenes and the general story seen within each scenario. If characters appear within cut scenes that are specially made for them (for example Yoko in Below Freezing Point) then it will be described.

CHRONICLING THE EVIL – A WORD ABOUT THE UMBRELLA CHRONICLES

The Umbrella Chronicles presented to many of the fans a nice round up of previous events. At the same time abridging some events so much that it contradicts canon. In other instances, it goes ‘behind the scenes’ and reveals things we’ve never seen before, such as Sergei. The way I am approaching the Umbrella Chronicles is as follows, if it didn’t happen in the previous games, then I accept that as canon. If it’s a retelling of previous events, then I’m always going to go by the original game. So for example, Ada’s Scenario – “Death’s Door” happened in my eyes as there is nothing in the original games to say that it didn’t. “Raccoon’s Destruction” which is a loose retelling of what Jill was up to during Raccoon City, didn’t because we already have Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. I hope you all agree.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES

Regarding Resident Evil’s [Original/Remake’s] events, I have bridged what happened in both stories.

I am using the N64 version for referencing the Night Watchman’s diary in Resident Evil 2. Ex files are too, being included.

I am in no way including the Resident Evil movies, to do so would be blasphemy.

Though I have stuck to the Remake’s files, I have nonetheless included dates from files that were only ever seen in the ORIGINAL (such as the newspaper clippings).

A few files in Resident Evil Zero (mainly Marcus’ diary), are missing the year – due to this I have simply had to take educated guesses at where abouts they fit. Many thanks to reHorror veteran Reb0rn for his Umbrella History file, I would have been stumped otherwise. Temp and DaMa also helped thanks to some dates within the Archives and Catalysis.

The original Trevor letters have been added, using reHorror veteran Temp’s translation. This only a few entries though, as the final dates were changed for the Remake.

I WANT YOUR QUESTIONS!!!!

Yep – the Q+A section is totally lacklustre at the moment and I want to fill it with plot questions and everything – don’t hesitate – ask me anything Resident Evil related.

VERSION INFORMATION

1.0 – The main bulk is completed and colour coded. The only thing that hasn’t been done are three scenarios for Outbreak – which I will do as soon as I find better evidence to place them.

1.1 – A brief paragraph explaining what this timeline exactly is. An important discovery about Nicholai added. Major amendments throughout and grammar fixes. Additions to the Q+A. Some of the scenario details for Outbreak File: 2 are going to have to wait, as I still don’t have my PS2 back.

1.2 – Hunk’s small scenario from Resident Evil 2 has now been added after it was unbelievably missing due to error from earlier versions. Further corrections throughout. The reasoning behind Monica’s death (Outbreak) has also been changed. Separate Ways added.

1.3 - The first version since the release of Umbrella Chronicles. The game has confirmed and added a large number of things. The most drastic changes are the whole of the Resident Evil 2 write up has been changed to reflect Claire A – Leon B as the game confirms this is the correct order of events. All the new scenarios added. Please refer to the CHRONICALING EVIL section to read how I have approached the timeline with regard to Umbrella Chronicles. This is the final update before the graphical overhaul that will be 2.0.