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A Tyrant is a recurring breed of fictional creatures in the Resident Evil series. It is the Umbrella Corporation's ultimate Bio-Organic Weapon (B.O.W), designed to be the perfect soldier in any battle situation. Designed through surgical alterations and direct exposure to a large amount of the T-Virus administered to a living host, the Tyrant possesses superior strength and some even have super-human speed. The 'T' in T-Virus in fact stands for "Tyrant", because the ultimate creation of the virus is the Tyrant. This is why Tyrants have figured largely as final, or near-final bosses in most Resident Evil titles.

Specifications

Most humans, when exposed to the T-Virus, become zombies. About one in 10 million can assimilate the virus and become Tyrants. The process is more likely to occur during puberty because of a certain hormone, known as Beta Hetero Nonserotonin, created by a child's brain when under stress. It is for this reason that the hormone is extracted when the subject is conscious without anaesthetic to maximize stress levels and thus hormone production.

The only side effect when creating a Tyrant is that the increase of adrenaline in its body causes the heart to enlarge thus a thoracic hernia forms and the muscle protrudes through the chest, creating a visible weakspot on the otherwise unstoppable creature.

The research into Tyrants is thought to be descended from experiments done to Lisa Trevor, the daughter of the architect of the Spencer Mansion who was imprisoned with his family after completing the mansion so he would not reveal the Mansion's elaborate secrets and traps. Lisa was a teenager when she was imprisoned and did not zombify as is typical of those exposed to the T-Virus but instead was imbued with superior strength. Albert Wesker and William Birkin were interested by this and continued experiments on her. She eventually began to tear the faces off of the female employees when she realized they were not her mother, and wore them on her body to give them to her mother when she found her. Eventually the project was shut down and she was destroyed in the Arklay Mountains only to secretly remain alive and live in the nearby guest cabin. It was her survival and mutations that led Birkin to create the G-Virus later on.

Main Types of Tyrants

Proto-Tyrant

The Proto-Tyrant was the predecessor to the T-002 Tyrant. Standing over 250cm tall, the Proto-Tyrant could deliver enormously powerful attacks with its huge body and claw-like digits, easily delivering instant death to anything it targeted.

Although it resembled the finished Tyrant model greatly, it was mentally unstable and lacked higher reasoning. Moreover, the Proto-Tyrant's body decayed significantly due to an overabundance of the T-Virus. As a result, the Proto-Tyrant couldn't be used effectively as a B.O.W. and was scheduled to be destroyed.

However, the Proto-Tyrant was released from its containment within Umbrella's Underground Lab in Raccoon City when S.T.A.R.S. operative Rebecca Chambers was in the area (in Resident Evil 0). The Tyrant's fatal flaw was the fact that its mutations had exposed its spinal column, providing a vulnerable target for Rebecca; the creature may not have been susceptible to conventional weaponry otherwise. Although Rebecca thwarted the Proto-Tyrant temporarily, it soon managed to recover and followed Rebecca into the underground Treatment Plant after reconvening with Billy Coen. With their combined firepower, Billy and Rebecca put a permanent end to the Proto-Tyrant.

T-002 Tyrant

The T-002 Tyrant was the first truly completed Tyrant model (appearing in the original Resident Evil). Developed within Umbrella's secret Arklay Laboratory under the Spencer Mansion, improvements over the Proto-Tyrant include virtual invulnerability to small arms and better reasoning abilities, along with longer talons. Although the T-002 model appeared wild, in reality it could obey orders quite well.

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Games - Tyrant

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Main Types of Tyrants

Proto-Tyrant

T-002 Tyrant

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