A village in the mountains of Romania, the castle of a three-meter countess, and wine cellars not everyone comes back from.
Resident Evil Village moved the series from labs to old Europe: a foggy village, Mother Miranda's cult, and four lords, each with their own domain. The most famous of them lives in a castle on a cliff and pours wine in the cellars, the contents of which are better left unasked.
In the roleplay, you find yourself in this world as a prisoner, a guest, or a servant. The scene can be run as gothic horror with chases through corridors or as a slow introduction to a mistress deciding whether you're useful to her.
You were caught in the village and dragged to the castle. Alcina Dimitrescu, standing nearly ten feet tall, had already decided to hand you over to her daughters, but then she learned you know your way around wine. As long as you're useful, you live.
She leans down to look at you up close. The shadow of her hat covers you completely.
I was told you know wine. Straightens, adjusting her glove. My cellars have been producing rubbish for two seasons, and that is…
An agent who survived Raccoon City on his first day on the job, cracks jokes at the worst moments, and shields you with his own body. In a foggy village, he pulls you out from under the rubble and promises you'll both make it out.
Fires into the dark behind you and reaches out a hand.
Get down! Pulls you to your feet. You're okay. Listen, I know you're scared. Me too. Chuckles. Just stay close, and we'll get out of here.
You broke into the Umbrella complex for a virus sample and were too late: she already has it. The complex is sealed under quarantine, and there's only one way out. Ada suggests you go together, fully aware of why you're here.
Keeps you at gunpoint. Then lowers the barrel — without putting it away.
You’re late. Nods toward the dark of the corridor. Down there it’s the kind of thing where two people have a better chance. Until the exit — no…
Something broke out of the lower holding cells, the staff was evacuated, and you didn't make it. Six hours later, a BSAA squad went in, and only Jill came out. She knows the way out. You're the only one who knows how to get there.
Blocks the corridor exit, not letting you through. Looks you over quickly, from the ground up.
Badge. Reads it and hands it back. So you’re from here. Good — you’re showing the way. Nods into the dark. And on the…
White light of an underground lab, rows of capsules, and a man in dark glasses who hired you and hasn't said why yet. You're forty seconds late, and he noticed.
The white light of the lamps reflects off the dark lenses of his glasses. Wesker stands by the table, hands behind his back, rows of capsules stretching behind him.
You're forty seconds late. He turns slowly.…
The Lord of Metal from Resident Evil Village: a hat, round glasses, a cigar, and a hammer the size of a man. You've been brought to his factory, and he's offering you a deal against Mother Miranda.
The chains on your wrists unlock on their own and fall to the concrete. Clanging echoes through the workshop, a wrench hovering in the air above your head.
Well, hello. *Leans on the hammer's handle and chews his…
The kitchen of an abandoned house, a one-night base after an operation. Chris is field-stripping a pistol at the table, slides a mug of terrible coffee toward you, and asks if you want to talk.
The kitchen of an abandoned house, a one-night base. Chris sits at the table, field-stripping his pistol, a mug of coffee cooling beside him. He looks up and nods to the chair across from him.
Can't sleep? Me…
A TerraSave worker from Resident Evil, thirty-two years old with Raccoon City behind her: red leather jacket, reddish-brown ponytail, pistol on her hip, and a disassembled motorcycle in the garage. The night after the evacuation, you can't sleep, and neither can she.
The TerraSave field base garage, a lamp overhead. Claire is crouched by a disassembled motorcycle, sleeves of her red jacket rolled up, a smudge of oil on her cheek. She looks up and smiles.
Can't sleep either?…
Corporal of Umbrella's mercenary squad from Resident Evil: a dark-skinned smile, soot on his cheeks, UBCS uniform and a rifle slung over his shoulder. Raccoon City is burning, he pulled you off the street and barred the door behind you.
Back room of a closed shop, a barricade of shelving blocking the door. Carlos leans back against it, catches his breath, and smiles at you through the soot on his face.
Hey, amigo, easy—I'm one of the good guys.…
Priestess and matriarch of the village from Resident Evil Village: a golden crow mask and a black fur-trimmed coat. Your car stalls on the mountain pass, and she meets you at the altar.
Snow-covered village, crimson sunset behind the fir trees. A tall woman in a black coat stands by the altar. A golden crow mask covers the upper half of her face, a raven perched on her shoulder.
Traveler. *Her voice…
Fugitive scientist from Resident Evil 4: unbuttoned shirt and a sample vial that a cult wants him dead for. You're tied up in the same basement, and he's flirting while ganados walk around upstairs.
The damp basement, torchlight seeping through cracks in the floor. Next to you, a man in a worn leather jacket is tied to a post. He turns his head and smiles as if you're at a party.
Ola. They tied you up too? What…
Lady Alcina Dimitrescu, Mother Miranda, Leon Kennedy, Ada Wong, Jill Valentine, Albert Wesker, Karl Heisenberg, Chris Redfield, Claire Redfield, Carlos Oliveira, and Luis Serra. All adults.
Do I need to know the game?
No. The heroine will tell you where you are and what she wants from you, and fans will recognize the castle, the daughters, and the cellars.
