Created by former members of Umbrella USA, Blue Umbrella purports to be on the side of good: focusing on destroying viral threats rather than creating them. Umbrella eventually found itself dismantled following the Raccoon City incident with its eugenics-based mission being carried on through other groups and affiliates, but, as fans know, after Resident Evil 7Umbrella has returned under the name Blue Umbrella. The Umbrella corporation, as fans have come to know it, was born. Following the financial success of these experiments, the company grew exponentially, with regional subsidiaries like Umbrella USA and Umbrella Europe being formed. These trials eventually lead to chimeric creations called bio-organic weapons (b.o.w.s) which would be sent into the combat to kill those immune to the T-virus. So, as a workaround, the company began animal trials. The only problem with the virus was the high immunity rate, around 10%. The virus caused those it infected to become cannibalistic monsters – making the virus an effective tool in warfare. At the end of the 1970s, James Marcus and Umbrella scientist William Birkin made significant discoveries tied to a new strain of the progenitor virus, called the T-virus (also known as Tyrant). Umbrella expanded quickly thanks to the progenitor virus research, but it wasn't until the 1980s that the company became a true mega-corporation.
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While initially costly, the research enabled Umbrella to grow as the resulting discoveries, including new viruses and vaccines to said viruses, could be sold to military groups around the world. For instance, Umbrella established research sites and tourism firms to legally transport virus samples from Africa, since the flower that produced the virus could only properly grow in its native soil. Once found, all of Umbrella's activities began to focus on research into the virus. They believed it could be the answer to man's evolution because it bestowed enhanced abilities onto those it infected. Umbrella's founders discovered the virus in the 1960s while doing research in West Africa. Umbrella became what it did because of the discovery of the progenitor virus. Related: Why Resident Evil 8 Is Actually Resident Evil 27
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The capital they gained helped Umbrella begin, but it alone did not create the company's mass fortune. The company itself ran legal operations, with a specific focus in pharmaceuticals, but the vision of its founders was to find a means to improve the feeble human race. Lord Oswell E Spencer, James Marcus, and Edwrad Ashford founded the company in 1968 as a front for eugenics research. Resident Evil's Umbrella initially got off the ground thanks to the familial wealth of its founders and their patrons. Seemingly unstoppable, Umbrella represents the power of a true plutocracy, but where did all that cash come from? How was Umbrella able to finance the costly horror? Even after it was disbanded following the Raccoon City incident, Umbrella's legacy continued in the form of leaked data/tech sold on the black market and by angry associates, like Albert Weaker, carrying the company's misanthropic mission forward. Everything, from tourism to bio-terrorism, occurs under the auspices of this frightful company. While directly not "in-between" the games, this background info remains essential to build context.Few insignias in gaming, or pop culture in general, carry the gravitas of the umbrella logo from Resident Evil's malicious mega-corporation, Umbrella. From the 1990s and across the years, The Connections would create unsuccessful BOW prototypes named A-Types through D-Types. To accelerate her own experiments, Miranda gave samples of the virus to The Connections and the HCF, the military arm of Umbrella's unnamed rival. Spencer eventually formed Umbrella, using the Lords' crest as its logo. One of her students, Oswell Spencer, believed in the capabilities of the Mold to help humanity evolve - thus motivating his eugenics efforts. She indoctrinated students - chief among them the four "Lords" of the Village - into experimenting with the Village's inhabitants. Soon, Miranda surmised that she can experiment with the Mold to create a host for her reborn Eva. The original Mold in Eastern Europe mutated with Miranda upon death, seemingly granting her immortality.
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As RE Village's Miranda reveals, she discovered the Mold as part of her efforts to revive her daughter Eva, who perished due to the Spanish flu.