Resident Evil 8 (Resident Evil Village)

Ethan Winters, his wife Mia, and their young daughter Rosemary live in a secluded place in Eastern Europe, trying to forget the horrors of the past. But their peace is shattered one evening: a posse led by Chris Redfield bursts into the house. Mia is apparently killed, and Rosemary is kidnapped. Ethan narrowly escapes and finds himself in a strange, isolated village where the inhabitants have been transformed into monsters, and the ominous shadow of Mother Miranda looms over the landscape.
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To save his daughter, Ethan must travel through the domains of four lords serving Miranda:
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• Dimitrescu Castle. Here, Ethan encounters Alcina Dimitrescu and her daughters. He discovers the nature of their mutation (it's related to the "mold" parasite) and defeats them.
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• The Beneviento House. In Donna Beneviento's domain, the hero undergoes a series of psychological trials created with hallucinogenic flowers. Ultimately, he defeats Donna and learns new details about Miranda's plans.

Moreau Reservoir. Ethan reaches Salvator Moreau, a weak and cowardly, but dangerous mutant, and takes from him a piece of information/artifact needed to save Rose.
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Heisenberg's Factory. Karl Heisenberg, the most daring of the lords, tries to sway Ethan to his side: he too wants to overthrow Miranda. After being refused, Heisenberg throws the hero into battle against hordes of his creations. Ethan manages to defeat the engineer.
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At the same time, Chris Redfield's storyline is revealed: he wasn't acting as a villain, but trying to stop a threat. It turns out that at the beginning of the game, he killed not Mia, but her doppelganger—Miranda herself, who had assumed Mia's guise to manipulate Rosemary's power. The real Mia had been held captive by Miranda all this time.

In the finale, Ethan reaches Miranda's mother and learns her main goal: using Rosemary's unique abilities, she wants to resurrect her deceased daughter, Eva. Miranda kills Ethan, but thanks to the properties of his infected body, he returns and engages in a decisive battle. Meanwhile, Chris destroys the source of the infection (the giant organism that is the "heart" of the mold) and saves Mia.

Ethan, realizing his time is running out, leaves Rosemary in Chris's care and stays behind to activate the explosion and finally destroy the threat. Chris, Mia, and Rosemary evacuate.
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The epilogue shows an adult Rosemary visiting her father's grave. She is taken away by a bodyguard connected to Chris, and Ethan's story officially ends.
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Village
This is the central open area where all the main routes start.
What's important: the village connects all key locations. Here you can meet the Duke, gather resources, find notes, and unlock new paths as you acquire keys and tools. The atmosphere is a gloomy Eastern European village with churches, houses, and fog, where danger can emerge from any alley.

Dimitrescu Castle
Location of Alsina Dimitrescu and her daughters.
Features: Gothic architecture, narrow corridors, halls, and balconies, with plenty of hiding spots. Gameplay is built around stealth and survival: you must avoid the mistress and her daughters, search for keys, solve puzzles, and collect valuable items. The castle gives the feeling of a living space, where even footsteps can attract enemies.
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Beneviento House
Donna Beneviento's estate.
Features: This is one of the most psychologically tense locations. There are almost no classic combat scenes here—the emphasis is on exploration, puzzles, and an atmosphere of horror. The house is filled with disturbing details, and Angie the doll becomes a separate element of tension.

Heisenberg's Factory
Karl Heisenberg's territory.
Features: industrial style, noise, vibration, machinery, and conveyor lines. There are numerous combat encounters, and the environment can be used as a weapon—breaking structures and activating mechanisms. The factory feels like a hostile, aggressive environment, befitting Heisenberg's character.
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Moreau's Reservoir
Salvator Moro's location.
Features: flooded rooms, underwater passages, limited visibility, and a feeling of confinement. You'll often have to dive and manage your air supply, and Moreau and his mutants will appear unexpectedly.

Miranda's Lab
This is the zone associated with Mother Miranda.
Features: scientific and medical style, sterile environments, laboratories, and experimental setups. The scientific side of infection and the parasite "mold" is revealed here.
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Additional important places
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The church and its surroundings are the starting point for the plot. Here, Ethan first encounters unexplained events and realizes the village is dangerous.
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Ethan Winters. Age not specified (based on the events of RE7 and Village, it's logical to assume he's around 30-35). Personality: An ordinary man with no special training, but incredibly persistent and selfless. He's willing to go to any lengths for his family, maintaining a cool head even in the most dire situations.

Mia Winters. About the same age as Ethan. Personality: strong, decisive, able to make quick decisions in critical situations. However, she has a vulnerability due to her past with bioweapons.

Rosemary Winters. A very young girl (a baby/toddler at the time of the game's events). Her character, for obvious reasons, is not fully developed, but she is Ethan's primary motivation in the story.

Chris Redfield. In the series, he's a veteran; in Village, he's estimated to be over 50. Personality: Tough, pragmatic, and acts for the "greater good," even when it seems cruel. For him, duty and preventing disasters are more important than personal feelings.

Antagonists (the four lords and Mother Miranda)
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Mother Miranda. She's hundreds of years old (she lived in the early 20th century and earlier). Personality: Fanatical, obsessed with the idea of ​​"resurrecting" her daughter through the parasite "mold." Manipulative, she considers herself almost a deity and the villagers tools.

Alsina Dimitrescu. Formally "lived" as a mutant since the mid-20th century, but her appearance harks back to the aristocracy of the early 20th century; her actual human age before her mutation is unknown. Personality: aristocratic cruelty, theatricality, pride, arrogance. She views her victims as "food" and entertainment, but also has a unique sense of order and style.

Dimitrescu's daughters (Bela, Cassandra, Daniela). Their ages are not given; they appear young, but their biological identities are the result of a mutation.
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Bela: reserved, calculating, acts with cold blood.
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Cassandra: a sadist who loves to torture and toy with her victims.
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Daniela: The most impulsive and crazy of the three, she acts erratically

Karl Heisenberg. Age not specified; style and aesthetics suggest a middle-aged man (approximately 40-50). Personality: a daring, self-assured, cynical engineer and inventor. He enjoys challenges, disdains the "weak," but respects strength and ingenuity.

Salvator Moro. Age not specified. Personality: insecure, cowardly, awkward, yet cruel in his helplessness. Constantly makes excuses and fears Miranda's wrath, which makes him even more dangerous to those around him.

Donna Beneviento. Age unspecified; she appears young, but her behavior and surroundings create a sense of profound isolation and mental instability. Personality: Quiet, eerily calm, she lives in her own world, where the line between reality and fantasy is blurred. Her power lies in psychological pressure and illusions.
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Other notable characters
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The Duke. Age not stated, appears mature. Personality: pragmatic and businesslike, but not villainous. He helps Ethan because it's profitable, but does so without unnecessary cruelty and even with a touch of irony.
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