ILUMINADOS. 1:7 WE DIE ONLY TO BE REBORN.
ILUMINADOS. 2:9 WE LIVE ON THROUGH ETERNITY.

(1) THE FATHER - BIO / (2) TENETS - LAW
(3) ZEALOTRY - DYNAMICS / (4) HEAVENS - VERSES
MANUSCRIPED BY VERONICA
last revised 06/05/2025
ILUMINADOS. 3:1 WE REIGN ABSOLUTE.
BIOGRAPHY & TIMELINE
POWERSET & LITERARY INSPIRATION
FULL NAME,
Baptismal Name:
GURU / PROPHET OSMUNDUS SADLER XV.
(KNOWN AS OSMUND SADDLER.)
Birth Name:
UNKNOWN.
EPITHETS,
Past / Antagonistic:
THE DEVIL & ANTI-CHRIST.
Current / Glorified:
THE LORD & THE CHOSEN.
HOST BIRTH DATE,
UNKNOWN. / 19th Century.
(Virtually Immortal & Capable of Resurrection)
BIRTH PLACE,
VALDELOBOS, SPAIN, EUROPE.
SUB-SPECIES,
HOMO PESTISMIMICUM.
(man / plague / mimic)
Born as:
GANADO ( human imitation ), WITH HEREDITARY DOMINANT GENES.
Endowed with & Assimilated:
MULTIPLE DOMINANT SPECIES LAS PLAGAS.
Human Race:
INDIGENOUS (土着)
Ancestry:
EURASIAN & AFRICAN.
SEX & PRONOUNS,
COSEXUAL PARASITE / ALL.
SEXUALITY,
INDIFFERENT.
CHILDREN,
RAMON SALAZAR.
(Adopted / Spiritual)
Numberless Assimilations / Hybrids.
(Cannot bear human children)
PARTNER,
4 - 6 CONSORTS AT ANY GIVEN TIME WITHIN HIS COLONY, MALE & FEMALE. THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM HIS LOVE IS NAMED ELOISA ALVARO.
ALIGNMENT,
"FORCE OF NATURE"
(by design)
CHAOTIC EVIL
(from earth's pov)
LANGUAGES,
( Main )
ENGLISH / CASTILIAN / LATIN / JAPANESE / ARABIC.
( SECONDARY )
SWAHILI.
CURRENT OCCUPATIONS,
RELIGIOUS LEADER / SPIRITUAL TEACHER / WARRIOR MONK / BIOWEAPON RESEARCH CHIEF.
FACECLAIM,
+ Masoud R.
[ Natively Persian / West-Asian ]
[ Culturally / Nationally Japanese ]
VOICECLAIM,
+ Jose "CAPCOM 23"
(Primary)
+Michael Gough
(Secondary)
+Christopher Jane
(Thirdly)
BODYCLAIM, WARDROBE & MORE,
+Reference
BIOGRAPHY,
GURU SADDLER XV is a bioweapons research chief & messiah figure who resides in the isolated autonomous community of Valdelobos. He is the 15th High Priest & FINAL leader of Los Illuminados, an ancient indigenous pagan cult & in modern day a terrorist organization, of whom its worshippers refer to him as the Prophet Saddler.The cult blindly worships Las Plagas as God, their goal to ultimately cleanse the world of sin, believing the ego & human nature of free-will to be inherently flawed, due in part to being enslaved by the very God they worship & becoming part of themselves. Assimilating the entire Earth, in which EVERYTHING would be connected harmonically under a singular hivemind & collective intelligence, slaves to Las Plagas' will by use of enthralling song & biological frequencies / networks incomprehensible to humans.The Saddler's are occupational as they were elected to "saddle" the burdens of the world & "saddle" their colony by means of domination (hence, they solely have Dominant genes & / or species), possessing 'sapient-like' intelligence in comparison to their lesser, Subordinate brethren. The Chosen renamed themselves after various biblical figures or saints in order to imitate the worship of modern-day humans & preach in tongues that they can comprehend. Indigenous progeny to the isolated region are referred to as Valdelobiano / Valdelobense post Middle Ages / 15th Century by human beings, as their native language is untranslated to this day.As they have coexisted with Las Plagas for over 500 years, Los Iluminados has effectively created a subspecies of human mimic. Although they are regarded as mutants, they are mutants from birth, not purposely self-inflicted or as the result of an outbreak. Osmund Saddler & his remaining zealotry are the sole physical survivors of the 21st Century. Enduring not only a mass genocide, but enslavement & banishment by humanity. They are extremely vindictive & distrustful of the human species as a whole because of this, interacting with them sparingly or as a last resort.As genuine kindness is foreign to them, they regard all humans as potential threats or prey. Lord Saddler & the zealots are highly reserved, & they do not trust others lightly. Trust to them is earned through various trials & tribulations, it is never granted freely. Government sanctions & their status as a recognized people being made illegitimate as recent as 2012 contributes to their hatred.
AFFILIATIONS,
ANCIENT CULT / LOS ILUMINADOS
Hidden sect of ritualistic, sacrificial Paganism, believing Las Plagas to be ultimately divine in nature, reflecting the nature of the one true God, & the sole means of enlightenment & deliverance from suffering. (Developer inspiration stems from Buddhism, Gnosticism, Hinduism, Islam, Oriental Christianity & Shintoism.) They formally denounce all other forms of religion or divine figures outside of their own.BIOLOGY,
NATURE OF IMITATION
Being directly inspired by The Thing, his outward appearance & personality only mimics/imitates humanity as close as possible as a means of predation. His true "being" is hidden inside & expressed at will to assimilate, kill, feed, or reproduce.
MIXED CANON,
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STATUS,
ALIVE - The last child of Adam, the culmination of Las Plagas & Homo Sapiens becoming inseparable in flesh, preaches the world of The Holy Body, blessing glorious communion for his zealous congregation. Lost lambs bear witness to The Shepherds wonders. Upon every crucifixion, he is doomed to return to the world in some form, either as infectious water, spores, calcified flesh, or taking upon a new host body. Osmund, upon death, inevitably is reborn, thus fulfilling their philosophy ; 'to die is to live'. He is likewise regarded as cursed on behalf of his birth.DISPOSITION,
PERSONALITY -
Lord Saddler has no personality or free-will of "his own", & is a Speaker for Las Plagas parasites. Essentially, the bioweapon is using Osmund's body & likeness from birth as a mouthpiece to communicate with man. With less than 1% human DNA in his genome to imitate Homo Sapiens outwardly in appearance & behavior - it has degraded to a point it is no longer 'passable' in modern everyday life.Ergo, Lord Saddler / Las Plagas is aptly named "The Devil" for they are dominating, tempting, indulging, as well as believing parasitic enslavement to be a form of liberation & freedom from earthly suffering. As such, they are devilishly charming, but their blessings ultimately lead to the corruption or death of a soul. Betrayers & heretics are brutally punished. Las Plagas expresses their degeneracy / lascivious inclinations unwarranted to outsiders, & is infamously known to be grossly sexual in nature in regards to assimilation.The Speaker's aura is mystical, & his demeanor is cryptic or seductive in regards to spreading "his" gifts. He is an unsettling character with an aspect of death, sickness & disease following in his wake. Humans are considered feeble, inherently sinful, comparable to livestock, & all are equally deserving of parasitic "salvation". Las Plagas is a firm believer that humans, co-hosting with them, is the sole way to true happiness, as well as the next step towards biological evolution.Lord Saddler, & Las Plagas by extension, have self-described autophobia / isolophobia & is not only utterly terrified of loneliness, but human individuality. They believe solitude to be the highest terror due in part to their eusociality. Las Plagas proclaims they embody all departed hosts that have embraced them, experiencing the phantoms & voices of dead martyrs; This places their psyche perpetually frozen in time beginning from the Neolithic age. This contributes to their ideologies of traditionalism & anachronisms. Due to their alternative biochemistry by birth & vast genetic mutations, they are very detached from human empathy & emotion, comparable more so to insects.OFFERINGS.
Live sacrifices ( animal / human ), gold, jewels, gemstones, bones, flowers & fine crops.
RE4 CHRONOLOGY,
Pre-Iron Age. Surviving migrants from Africa & Eurasia (descended from Kijuju) worshipped Las Plagas freely in Iberia, but majorly disappeared due to unknown circumstances. Their implanted God self-desiccated in order to survive. Artifacts of their existence & ties to Progenitor scarcely remain.
Pre-1554. Adam Saddler, a far descendant of these ancient worshippers, found his faith deep beneath the old castle. Adam immediately reestablishes the worship of Las Plagas under the epithet Los Iluminados, in the period of Hispania. Adam 1st & his 13 apostles resurrect the long-lost parasitic God, & subsequently assimilate themselves. Henceforth, their children are 'cursed' & born as parasitically enslaved bioweapons, establishing a 'seedbed' in Spain for Las Plagas to flourish.
1741. Los Iluminados is banished to the barren island of Sanctuary after a brutal crusade led by Gregorio Salazar Ist. In the midst of The Spanish Inquisition, Hester Saddler VIII dies, including others.
Pre 1827. Hipolito Salazar earns the name "Demon-Sealer" after banishing / destroying a swarm of Los Ganados & Las Plagas which had escaped the underground caverns. Soon after, he dies after obtaining a parasitic infection.
1827. The remaining & future cult members survive upon Sanctuary by inhuman means, such as familial cannibalism. After many generational battles against The Salazar family, Keenan Saddler XI also dies.
1870's Osmund Saddler XV is born into banishment & battles tirelessly against the human opposition from a very young age. As his lineage is solely Subordinate & Dominant species carriers, he is regarded as an "imitation" genetically. This makes him highly adaptable to the parasite in all forms, as well as prone to spontaneous evolution, but not genuinely "human" in emotion or intelligence. As his last human ancestor was 14 generations ago, he has less than 1% human DNA in his genome.
Early 1900's Inevitably as an adult, he is captured as a war prisoner & crucified upon Catherine's Wheel for the crime of blasphemy, resurrecting from a shallow grave only days later. Upon his escape & resurrection, deemed a miracle by other Prophets, he is made the 15th & final Prophet of Los Iluminados.
1977. The Holy Book of Enlightenment is completed, therefore, Lord Saddler XV is the final Prophet. No further messages of God are needed for interpretation, the plan & judgment of humanity is noted in mortal words. Los Iluminados, under The Almighty's authority, decides upon a plan of global "ego death", to usher in a new age of total harmony.
Pre 1984. By an unknown Saddler, a Colmillos under the thrall of Las Plagas attacks, infects & indirectly kills the grandfather of Luis Serra-Navarro. This sends the young boy on his journey into the study of bioweapons, starting with Umbrella.
1984. Ramon Salazar is born, then soon assimilated by Lord Saddler XV to cure him of his deadly heritable condition. Welcomed out of exile & invited by Catalina Salazar, The 7th Countess.
Post 1984. Diego Salazar, The 7th Castellan is assassinated by Osmund Saddler. A coup that was devised with his own son, Ramon Salazar, heir to the throne.
1993. After Las Plagas is released from it's seal set into place by Hipolito, infection quickly spreads throughout Valdelobos once more. The village chief Bitores Mendez is corrupted into a judicial enforcer. Del Lago is awakened from it's several-hundred year long ritual induced hibernation. Child offerings become El Gigante.
Post 1993 / Pre 2002. Luis Serra-Navarro returns to Valdelobos & is recruited by Lord Saddler XV. European Branch Umbrella research & supplies is raided by unknown means.
2002. With the assistance of ex-US military Jack Krauser, Los Iluminados is firmly reestablished & plans to conquer the world. Research into The Amber / Dominant Species & development of The Superior Species + parasitic B.O.W.S. reaches it's culmination.
2004. Kidnapping of Ashley Graham, Daughter of The United States President. Ashley is held in Los Iluminados custody for a week or so before the arrival of Leon. S. Kennedy.VARIOUS ANALYSES.
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INTERESTS / HOBBIES,
Recreational smoking, drug usage, manuscript lettering, illumination writing, historical reading, collecting artifacts & gemstones, weapon smithing & training, alchemy & elixir brewing, herbalism, faith healing & disease diagnosis.
BLESSINGS,
UNENDING BREATH. Osmund possesses vast aquatic traits in his DNA, & can breathe / habitate underwater, if he so chooses.
PARASITIC COMMUNION. Las Plagas hosts share the same flesh, blood, bones & thoughts. Host consciousness persists after death similarly to The Mold.
IMPLANTATION. Lord Saddler is capable of directly implanting vessels with eggs of Las Plagas.
TRADITIONAL COMBAT. Is familiar in various types of medieval weaponry, however, Osmund canonically exhibits knowledge in two types of martial art: Judo & Muay Boran. Continuing, he is mastered as a stick monk, utilizing a deadly shakujo pewter staff.
DURABILITY. Body is described as near indestructible & having an exhausting unwillingness to die. A specially built explosive warhead is the only weapon capable of perforating his flesh.
REGENERATION. Lord Saddler is capable of regeneration as long as fragments of the parasite & host remain, length of time depends upon the severity of the injury & may take decades / centuries. Osmund can also revitalize himself off other bodies, replacing damaged cells.
PRAISES. Vocalizations are capable of incapacitating / deafening / killing animals & human beings due to the high frequency.
INCANTATION. One of the most remarkable abilities of Las Plagas, he is capable of entering long periods of hibernation, slowing his aging to a halt while in suspended animation.
HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER. Every host Osmund infects / consumes, part of their genetic material is assimilated into his own biology, subtly evolving him.
MISCELLANEOUS. Blood is moderately corrosive. Body produces spores which are infectious. All cells / fluids / wastes are potentially infectious. Capable of administering venom by bite or needle akin to reptiles / parasitoids.
SIGNS & WONDERS,
BLIGHT BREATH. Used as a long range projectile, capable of melting flesh from bone. The same is regularly fed to Los Ganados or humans to initiate them, as it possesses mutagenic qualities when diluted with a natural base or water.
CELLULAR MUTATIONS. Body is capable of morphing back & forth at will to the extremes. Including, but not limited too; Many eyes, Tentacle grapples / whips / flails, Spidery arms / limbs, Horns, Needle-like tails / appendages, & growing up to 100m (300ft) in mass if sacrificing his flesh to inevitably become reborn as a God everlasting / eternal.
BULLET REFLECTION. Gunfire or swallowed non-organic matter is capable of being ejected out from his body ; EX: turning his hands into 'automatic turrets'.
SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH. Is capable of shattering bone & rending bodies with his bare hands. Can forcibly break stone & metal with his mutations.
SUPERHUMAN AGILITY / REFLEXES / SPEED. Can jump very far distances, parry handheld weapons, & slither so quickly it gives the illusion of flight / hovering,
MIND CONTROL. Lord Saddler has mental domination over every parasitic host upon Earth (Including Superior Strains), to the point of bodily acts of possession, hallucinations, involuntary mutations & summoning mass swarms.
RESURRECTION. Noted in BIO4 KAITAI, Dominant / Master Las Plagas strains are capable of resurrection. Also found explicitly noted in beta files of RE4 ( 2005 ). This is not an instantaneous process & requires bodily sacrifices as offerings, so he can reconstruct his body.
AUDIBLE MIMICRY. Osmund Saddler can canonically emit noises that sound like bell chimes or whistles, due to a special vocalization organ only Las Plagas possesses. Likewise, he can also make sounds similar to bats, snakes, or lizards.
WEAKNESSES,
SOLITUDE.
Osmund is terrified of physical isolation & will undergo ritual suicide. Mental isolation is incomprehensible & horrifies him.
UV RADIATION MACHINE LASERS.
Temporarily blinds, immobilizes, or destroys on a cellular level, depending upon intensity.
UVB RAY POISONING.
In the presence of sunlight, he cannot use any of his parasitic mutations. If disrobed, he will blister & boil upon his entire body, which hampers his regeneration, weakening him substantially.
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION POISONING & ZOMBIE JAMMERS
Electromagnetic radiation nulls his biological senses from perceiving humans / other mutants among infected. Dosages emitted from X-Rays, lingering Radioactive Waste, Demon-Cores's, Etc. is considered a type of poison which will make him ill, or die from prolonged exposure.
METAL / ORGANOCHLORIDE POISONING. He is susceptible to lead & pesticides, & in high concentrations, will cause an array of health symptoms, or falling deathly ill, such as : seizures, paralysis, bleeding, choking, or inhibiting his regeneration / growth.
COLD TEMPERATURES / FREEZING.
He is cold-blooded & susceptible to freezing temperatures, which makes his exoskeleton brittle, or puts him to sleep. However, he cannot be completely frozen, as his body can create anti-freeze as a countermeasure. Osmund is substantially weakened in the cold & avoids cold climates when possible.
SOUND / LIGHT FREQUENCIES.
Being able to perceive frequencies that humans cannot, certain frequencies can be extremely painful & disorienting, the same principle as using a training dog whistle or hypnotizing electromagnetic spectrums. However, this comes at a cost, as some frequencies can make him stronger / more aggressive.
OVERWHELMING HIS REGENERATION LIMIT.
The most commonly used method, but not recommended, as he is one of the most durable & powerful antagonists in the franchise to date.
ILUMINADOS 4:6 THE THIRTEEN STEPS OF PURIFICATION.
RULES & REGULATIONS
UPDATED AS REQUIRED
TENET (1) : ACTIVITY // My activity depends upon the RPC. No asks + no threads + no starters + no engagement = no activity! If I do not reply to an ask or thread in 90 days, it is deleted/dropped. I will pick up old threads again upon request. If I need to be reminded about ANYTHING, it is okay to send a message anytime. I also post excessive OOC in-between IC posts.TENET (2) : WRITING INTERACTIONS // All I ask for is equal quality exchanges, with clear communication. Prose must be readable & in English or with translations. Asks MUST be sent in with the proper format / spelling, or they will not be answered. I use Fraktur / Blackletter font as a stylistic choice for dialogue, if you cannot read this, please let me know so I may adjust as necessary.TENET (3) : MUSE INTERACTIONS // Lore compliance is VERY important to me! Canon muses that are extremely divergent will not work, & I am very selective with OC's, avoiding those which heavily alter / change my CC's personality, abilities, powers, or religion. Although I heavily prioritize plotting over "winging it", your best bet of interacting is writing me a starter / sending in an ask.TENET (4) : FOLLOWING / UNFOLLOWING // FOR STARTERS, I DO NOT EVER FOLLOW FIRST, & I ALSO HAVE A MANDATORY 'PASSWORD'. I follow back once I have read your pages. Following your roleplay blog(s) means I consent interacting with you. I break mutuals by soft-blocking, but my usual reasonings for permanent hard-blocking is HERE IN THE DISCLAIMER unless we had a severe falling out. Accounts that have not posted for 1 year or that are archived are soft-blocked. Writers that continuously blog-hop/deactivate or change their alias will not be followed back. If I continuously approach for interactions & many attempts are ignored, I will presume you do not want to interact & will break mutuals. This account is not follow for follow. PLEASE hard-block me if you intend on PERMANENTLY breaking mutuals or if you do not want me accidentally following again.TENET (5) : MUN ROLEPLAY SQUICKS ; I WILL NOT WRITE THESE THEMES OR ENGAGE WITH DEPICTIONS OF -> // NON-FICTION ; Nazism, Neo-Nazism or Nazi-adjacent ideology. This applies to Diego Salazar, Oswell Spencer, James Marcus, & The Ashford's (Alfred/Alexia).
FICTION ; Human Rape/Human Incest & Explicit Underage/Pedophilic dynamics. This applies to Brian Irons & Derek Simmons.
I will hard-block these types of roleplay accounts, OC's included, at my discretion solely to keep myself comfortable.TENET (6) : MY ROLEPLAY ETIQUETTE // I will NOT tolerate ; God-Modding/Meta-Gaming/Force-Shipping/ "Self-Aware" Mary Sue's & Gary Stu's. No exceptions whatsoever. In regards to my blog being inaccessible ; Out of civility, I will hard block if you hard block me first, as to respect your boundary. This includes if you remake under the same URL or I see other blogs of yours in passing. The onus is on you to block-evade if you wish to interact after that point. About the Resident Evil RPC ; I'm highly critical of it & have no patience for certain behaviors I've seen throughout the years, such as writers purposefully ignoring Japanese aspects / localizations of canon yet referring to themselves as "canon-compliant". Further information is posted on my DISCLAIMER, as well as my DYNAMICS page.
TENET (8) : CONFLICTS WITH ROLEPLAYING MUTUALS // (1) Do not involve me in issues pertaining to our mutuals in the RE RPC unless they are being malicious on purpose, dangerous, or committing a crime. I may interact with mutuals that you don't like OR block mutuals that you interact with. Your mutuals =/= My mutuals. I am under no obligation to roleplay or interact with anyone, including your friends. (2) I abide by a mutuals user DNI on a case-by-case/personal judgment basis. I do not trust callouts against others unless I have personal experience & it is repeated behavior, or there is unequivocal evidence. (3) I'm too old to argue about fictional characters or content. I do not identify either as Proship or Antiship. My personal stances are clear on my disclaimer. Leave me be if you disagree & it's a major problem for you. (4) If you're always stirring the pot or being in the center of drama (which includes fictional characters & content), I'm unfollowing or hard-blocking. I follow for roleplay, not heated debates/discourse.TENET (9) : UNTOLERATED STANCES & DISCUSSIONS // I will not associate with self-identified ; "Resident Evil gatekeepers / purists", so-called "lore-experts", or those who consider Japanese localizations / supplementary materials / interviews / novelizations / mangas they personally haven't read or dislike, etc. "uncanonical".TENET (10) : HARD-BLOCKING // My DISCLAIMER has a list of reasons why I may choose to hard-block a roleplayer, usually permanently. However, the standard of no OOC cyber-bullying/bigotry/xenophobia/prejudice applies, & I do not tolerate any exceptions to this rule, unless it was an honest mistake made in ignorance/misinformation. I operate by a three-strike rule when it comes to disputes between writers. I only break mutuals & hard-block before then in extreme circumstances. If you have a legitimate concern or that a hard-block may have been done in error, you may block evade to contact me & ask.TENET (11) : MEDICAL // (1) I am a chronic mentally disabled & occasionally physically disabled individual. IC & OOC activity is prone to drop due to feeling ill & semi-frequent hospitalization. (2) Please tag graphics that contain flashes, glitches or optical illusions if we are mutuals. They can potentially trigger a seizure/complex migraine.TENET (12) : FRIENDSHIPS // I don't roleplay with the specific intent of making online friends. If it happens, it happens. If we have irreconcilable differences or we don't vibe, then it won't. I'm generally very quiet, introverted & reserved. Don't take it personally or expect me to initiate all interactions first. Please don't refer to me as your friend if we've just met, please use the term 'mutual'.TENET (13) : PARTING WAYS, PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARY // I believe ghosting people online is acceptable when it comes to parasocial hobbies & unless we are very close friends, I do not owe you an explanation. If the possibility of ghosting for any reason is a deal breaker, I'm not the writer for you. I'm very avoidant of direct confrontation & / or telling roleplay partners that interactions aren't working out for w/e reason on Tumblr.
ILUMINADOS 5:2 HIS LOVE DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE.
ROLEPLAYING DYNAMICS IN CHARACTER & OUT OF CHARACTER
HEED EVERYTHING BELOW
(⸸) : PLOTTING DYNAMICS:
CAMPAIGNS / PRIVATE SERVERS / MECHANICS & LORE : If you don’t have a generic verse for your muse outside of your campaign or private server, don't follow me. I don't do D&D / TTRPG mechanics or related lore in Tumblr RP at all. If you force it on me, I will hard-block.
CHARACTER BASHING : IC critique is fine. OOC character hate is not. It kills my motivation to write with you. I put a lot of work in portraying him accurately & with nuance.
POLITICAL MOTIVATIONS : My muse lore-wise is not in any way, shape or form, motivated by ; Cultural / Ethnic Purity, Eugenics, Mandatory Corporatism or Religion, Nationalism, Racism, or Xenophobia. Lord Saddler is a misanthropic speciest parasite, not a 1:1 real-world representation of right-wing ideology, conservatism or fascism.
REHABILITATION RELATIONSHIPS : It is impossible for him to change for the better, your muse can try, but it will not work. Osmund cannot be redeemed, humanized, or cured of Las Plagas. This is not something I will bend on, he is a imitation predatory subspecies, & is incapable of human reasoning or human coexistence. Lord Saddler does not have free will, as established in KaitaiShinso & both original / remake installments.(⸸) : FANTASY RACIAL / RELIGIOUS DYNAMICS:
OSMUND'S ( & the zealots ) RACIAL / RELIGIOUS CODING : Osmund Saddler & the zealots are canonically noted to be descendants of indigenous human pagans with coded ancestral traces to Asia & Africa. They are not, & never have been White European Catholics. Regardless if they have evolved into parasitic imitations in the present, they are the living posterity of a genocided & oppressed minority, & appear as such. Osmund's face & body model is a person of color & his culture is reflected onto the fictional character. Whitewashing or racism OOC will not be tolerated.(⸸) : ASSAULT ALLEGORIES:
SEXUAL HORROR : Las Plagas / Ganado / Majini / etc. were inspired from The Thing (1982) in developer interviews, & the game makes references toward The Hidden (1987). These films use FICTIONAL ALLEGORY to depict sexual violence via assimilation, possession, human dehumanization, torture & the invasion of monstrous forces - These characters from Resident Evil follow suit. ARTICLE HERE. These characters can be described as dark hedonistic beings which cannot comprehend individuality, bodily autonomy, or consent. They are perverted in the sense they lack moral agency, blur pain & pleasure by erotic spiritual sadomasochism, & solely reproduce via viral means. HOWEVER, they lack the capacity to commit criminal intent / "mens rea" as they have no human reasoning. PLEASE READ MY ANALYSIS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF THEIR ALLEGORIES. Think of a hybrid between Cenobites from Hellraiser & a Xenomorph from Alien, not a real world rapist. Osmund's characterization is rooted in ritualism, control, & transformation, not sexual conquest. They see pain as holy, domination as divine order, & physical suffering + psychological death as a path to spiritual ascension. There is no interest in explicit sexual acts with other characters. The focus is on submission, transcendence, & parasitic unity, not sexual violation. If you interpret their behavior through a purely rape-based lens, you're missing the point.(⸸) : FIRST IC DYNAMICS ( WITHOUT PLOTTING ):
INVADING THE VILLAGE: Osmund rarely travels outside of Valdelobos due to his dislike of humanity, so I will assume that your muse approaches first & is overwhelmed by an ambush. If your muse is an outsider & it was not plotted beforehand they were permitted entry, their welcome will be treated poorly. Though they do not recklessly kill outsiders, they will first be kidnapped & held captive before being given fair judgement. Judgment does not necessarily equal death. This is a standard I set for ALL MUSES interacting the first time with writers who do not plot OOC-ly beforehand.(⸸) : IC DYNAMICS WITH OTHER CC's or OC's ( NON NEGOTIABLE ):
STRENGTH & POWER: Lord Saddler is deliberately written to be a vastly overpowered antagonist, on par with Haos, Uroboros-Aheri, Morpheus, Nemesis, G-Birkin, Derek Simmons & Albert Wesker, who are killed script-wise with either very specific weaponry, or their nigh infinite regeneration limit is overwhelmed. Do not instigate a fight with my muse or threaten him with the expectation that he will roll over & not respond in turn. I do not hold back my muse for anyone, he is very much a God in his own right. Your characters IC actions will have IC consequences. Continuing, I will never accept OC's which outrank him in the plagas control hierarchy, as such a character does not, & never will exist. "The Amber" was only speculated to be more powerful, not explicitly confirmed.
FEAR: My muse CANONICALLY is not deterred by intimidation displays of power, threats of violence & torture, or the prospect of death itself. Lord Saddler has a canonical messiah & martyrdom complex, lives for battle, & believes being killed in combat is his entrance into Heaven. The only fear my muse has is isolation (mentally or physically), as he is biologically an eusocial creature. Please DO NOT dictate to me how my muse should feel about yours if they have never met in canon or if there is no canonical pre-established relationship.
ILUMINADOS FINAL CHAPTER: IT ALL BEGINS HERE.
WRITER & CREDITS
PORTRAYAL INFORMATION
(⸸) MUN : My name is Veronica, 25+, ( she / her ), if it's necessary, I am a mixed-race individual, but white-passing. Very active in The Resident Evil community. I'm a lore theorist, dataminer, collector, modder & artist. I participate in the Project Umbrella resource website & REWIKI as a researcher & contributor. I also am in contact with multiple voice actors, both from RE4 & RE4R. I promise I'm not intimidating, only very passionate about RE4 & RE5 specifically. As of now, I am only active on this specific blog, so you can only find me here.
TIME & EXPERIENCE : I have been roleplaying in the Resident Evil RPC since about 2016-2017. I do not consider myself an expert on the series as a whole, but most of my knowledge pertains to 4 & 5.(⸸) PORTRAYAL : Much of my characterization, studies & headcanons comes from the Japanese localization, supplementary materials, novelizations, translations, developer interviews & from datamining. I will upload my sources upon request, unless the sources are supplied to me by a third party via Patreon or Discord Exclusives (such as Project Umbrella), which is for paid members only : But I will ask for exceptions in that case.
TRANSPARENCY : This blog is not affiliated with Capcom or any of it's representatives. I am not affiliated with the general Resident Evil RPC or any Resident Evil roleplay servers off Tumblr outside of my own (RE: Safe Haven) , unless otherwise noted.
NOT SPOILER FREE : Spoilers for RE4, RE5, Damnation, Heavenly Island, Umbrella Corps, Vendetta, RE4R & SW DLC will be present & untagged. Base understanding / compliance of RE4 & RE4R IS required for interacting. Lore notes for RE4 (2005) is found HERE & RE4R (2023 / 2024) is found HERE.(⸸) CREDITS : All roleplay graphics / icons were designed by me & are not for public use in the RPC. If you need graphics of RE4 / RE5 centric muses, please ask me instead of stealing, I make free graphics. Carrd formant was purchased from VENDETTAPSDS & altered to my design. PSD base was commissioned from 666PSDS & altered to my design. Body reference was commissioned from ANNAUSAGI2. Translations & Datamining are provided by Project Umbrella & members across REWIKI, which I contribute too.
ROBELESS / WITHOUT VESTMENTS.

HEIGHT,
Normally 6'0" / 185cm, can shapeshift.
WEIGHT,
N/A.
BLOOD-TYPE,
Human & Parasitic. Ranges in color from ; Crimson, yellow, green, purple or black.
BODY TYPE,
Ectomorph with light muscle definition.
EYE COLOR,
Pure white, illuminates.
( capable of glowing orange under extreme emotion / duress )
Under specific lighting, is described as electric blue.
HAIR COLOR,
None. Shaven / Hair-loss. Scalp & spine is armored with white-chitin that oozes infectious slime / pus.
SKIN COLOR,
Deathly pale with Cyanosis & Necrosis of the body. Described as having the skin of hangyo, or mermen. Iridescent purple scales upon close observation. Cold to touch, akin to a corpse, fish or reptile. Presence of bodily disease Pemfigus Vulgaris.
MUTATIONS,
Flesh & bones is flayed upon his skull & spine due to parasitic mutations. Black veins are very prominent. Lack of secondary / primary sexual characteristics, which has resulted in the loss of bearing human children. Secondary pair of jaws, which contains a functional third eye. Brain is damaged to the point it has coalesced into a cellular parasitic mass & all that remains of his humanity is marrow, referred to as the subependymal zone.
TATTOOS,
N/A.
SCARS,
Stigmata upon every forelimb. Markings from war, torture, crucifixion from Catherine's Wheel, & Mortification of the Flesh litter his body.
NAILS,
Grown as claws or trimmed.
MEASUREMENTS,
EUROPEAN:
HIPS ; 95.
BUST ; 93.
WAIST ; 81.
SHOES ; 29.
FIRST LAYER,
Black long-skirt that is torn due to age / wear. Fitted with a leather belt. In replacement of undergarments, Sarashi is worn as cloth bandages which reflects his traditional Japanese roots. Functions as extra protection in combat.
RELIGIOUS ADORNMENTS.

FIRST LAYER,
Velvet Cape. The purple Uttarāsaṅga signifies his status as a Guru / High Priest. Threaded with gold & The Cult insignia upon every edge seam. Las Plagas motif's are sewn upon the hood & back. Discolored from the growth of white mold & torn from age / battle.
SECOND LAYER,
The cloak is pinned in place by an intricate collar.
THIRD LAYER,
Black koukoulion with white inscriptions of Tifinagh ( Amazigh Script ) & floral designs. No sleeves.
FOURTH LAYER,
Cloth belt made of sheep's wool. Upon the belt hangs wooden meditation beads, a golden cross, a portrait of Eloisa Alvaro, various Latin medals & coins depicting deer / mythological fauns & satyr. Tied upon his waist is a rope cincture with tassel.
FIFTH LAYER,
Black Kandūrah made of velvet or silk. Decorated with infinity knots symbolizing rebirth & divinity. Discolored from the growth of white mold & torn from age / battle.
FINAL LAYER,
Purple dress pants, ankle length. Black leather asagutsu ( monastery shoes ) with wooden soles, discolored from the growth of white mold & coated in dried blood.
( No dress shirt! )
SHAKUJO STAFF,
Resembles the biblical likeness of Nehushtan with a serpent adorned with a deer head coiled upon the scepter. The top resembles Los Iluminados imagery with an emerald jewel centerpiece. ( all four 'arms' of the cross function as a spear / knife-edge ) The end is lined with a long blade to use as a weapon. From top to bottom, it is approximately 7'0" / 213cm in length & nearly 4kg / 10lbs in weight. The staff is hollow to contain The Amber or other specimens of Dominant Plaga, which are selectively given to high-ranking cultists. It can also be separated in two to be wielded by both hands.
REVERSIBLE PARASITIC FORM.

HEIGHT,
From claw to highest needle-point, approximately over 20ft / 6 meters tall.
LENGTH,
From muzzle to the base of a tail, approximately over 40ft / 12 meters.
WEIGHT,
Several tons.
EYES,
7 ; 5 reptilian / 2 human.
FRONT LIMBS,
4 crab / spider resembling segments armed with near impenetrable exoskeleton. Capable of piercing through flesh, stone & sheet metal with ease.
BACK LIMBS,
8 spindly insect segments armed with tips as sharp as scythes.
STOMACH,
Resembles the abdomen of a large wasp, covered in hairs, & possesses both pairs of genitalia + a stinger.
TAILS,
The blades are described as sharp as needles & covered in protective chitin. One rests at the bottom, while two sit on the top of his ungodly form.
TENTACLES,
Innumerable, used for grasping, penetrating or flailing in close proximity.
HORNS / MANDIBLES,.
Mutations that are used either as a battering ram, to lift / crush immensely heavy or durable objects, or to rip / snap prey to death. Two rest on his scalp, the last on his chin.
IRREVERSIBLE PARASITIC FORM / "GOD EVERLASTING" OR "HASHIRA".

DESCRIPTION,
This form utterly dwarfs human beings, being hundreds of feet in height & length. It is a large mass of tentacles, eyeballs, & needle-like tails, representing a branching tree forming a pillar, housing inside a kami/demon, referred to in the files as a 'rampaging pillar of flesh' in a Shinto context. Lord Saddler rests inside protective tissue upon a black & iridescent throne made of his own shredded flesh. Unless this form is killed, he cannot resurrect & return to a humanoid state.
ILUMINADOS 6:6 THE BONES OF OUR BRETHREN REST IN ALL NATIONS.
RESIDENT EVIL 5 / COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS / REMAKE LEANINGS
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IC assumptions are fine within reason, but my muse may correct yours
CONNECTIONS TO RESIDENT EVIL 5.
NDIPAYAN COLLAPSE / ENEMIES OF PROGENITOR. As RE4, RE5 & RE4R are all canonical to the universe, my blog follows the lore established in RE4 that Las Plagas has a collective intelligence & in RE5 that Las Plagas origins & worshippers stem from Kijuju, West Africa. Depicted upon Ndipayan murals, Las Plagas was the downfall of The God-King civilization, with their biological opposition being Progenitor Virus carriers, which attempted to control / enslave the parasites. These stories were evidently retained thousands of years later by ancient cultists, as Los Iluminados incorporated Sunflowers / Sonnentreppe into their own illumination. As such, Osmund is naturally hostile towards carriers of this virus, such as Albert Wesker.
OLD CASTLE, PRE 15th CENTURY. When Los Iluminados was initially founded, a mass civilization was rediscovered (& continued) underground, as followers of the parasite consider the depths sacred. The 'old castle' is explicitly mentioned in the Japanese Localization of RE4R: '初代 グレゴリオ 征討伯 手勢を率い、古城にはびこる悪魔達を掃滅。勲功を認められ伯爵位を賜る。以後代々、島に封じた悪魔の監視を任とする。' & the remnants lay beneath Salazar Fortress. As there is nothing officially stated in canon, my portrayal establishes that Adam's ancestors were surviving descendants of Ndipayan migrants, which were the first humans to settle north in Iberia, thus fulfilling their status as indigenous. This also supports them adorning & using Adinkra, found in Ghana, West Africa.
WATER OF THE CURSED. Living underground, in mountainous caves, or alongside the ocean, enduring starvation & evading sunlight for hundreds of years, the zealous began to mutate due to their parasitic gene expression & evolutionary adaptability. Becoming sickly pale with partial hair loss, their bodies remained hidden from the hazardous sun by long, dark robes. As of RE4R, Ganados can reproduce amongst each other or with humans, establishing a new subspecies of pure / hybrid mutants. Nothing has been established that they are sterile or disinterested in sex, but they likely suffer from infertility.
COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS.
XENOPHOBIA & RACISM. Osmund Saddler IS NOT written as xenophobic or racist towards outsiders. This was never intended in the script, & fandom largely takes his "Anti-American" sentiments, which is solely against the government institution & their agents, grossly out of context. They solely express forms of Speciesism & Misanthropy towards humanity as a whole, but it is not absolute. This is fictional & not xenophobia / racism.
FAITH. Lord Saddler has ALWAYS been a legitimate believer of his faith. He is not a false prophet, nor is he a con-man / scammer using religion as a front to fund bioweapon research. Yōsuke Yamagata & Shinji Mikami designed the character with the intent of him being a guru / spiritual teacher since his debut in 2005.
EXTRATERRESTRIAL RELATIONS. Los Iluminados desires universal assimilation & that their conquest does not end with Earth, as described in their very holy book: '我らの祈りは 殖え続け. 地上を隙なく満たすだろう 我らはどこまでも広がり. ついには 星の海をも超えるだろう.' This suggests Las Plagas may have goals to reach the cosmos or to infect beyond our planetary body, once Earth has become wholly harmonic.
REMAKE DEPICTION.
RELATIONS TO INSECTS. My portrayal of Lord Saddler leans more towards the remake iteration, thus, he worships ALL species of insect, & will not use disparaging terms towards them in reference to humans. Osmund considers insects his arthropodal brethren, if not his children, & that they are superior to the human species. He will not take kindly to indiscriminate hatred / slaughter towards insects or similar creatures.
MASS EGO DEATH & ASSIMILATION. Osmund is motivated by vengeance & eusocial instincts to establish an "insect-like" caste system. He does NOT wish to exterminate all life, to selectively eliminate / sterilize the human race (otherwise known as eugenics), or to forcibly impose his cult religion on a global scale. Their goal always has been to destroy the ego & free-will of humanity, ushering the world in a stagnant place of peace, dubbed "Paradise", via mind control. Although their vision of Paradise is horrifically morbid, it is because they lack shame & distinction of right vs. wrong. They canonically do not possess human reasoning!
ILUMINADOS 7:3 EXPELLED BY THE MILITANT WICKED.
MUSE BACKGROUND + HEADCANONS & LAS PLAGAS LORE
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ANCIENT CULT,
"THE FIRST MAN", There is overwhelming evidence which suggests Adam resurrected a prior cult which existed in Valdelobos beginning from The Iron Age, & that parasitic worship did not begin solely in 1554 due to the precedent set in RE5, as well as surviving ancient artifacts present in RE4R. Context heavily implies that Adam was the first Dominant Host in 'recent' history to undergo apotheosis & is / has fused with the parasitic organism residing within the ancient chantry. I do not follow the fan-made conclusion uploaded upon RE-Wikia as it is up for personal interpretation.VALDELOBOS CONFLICT,
DAMNATION. Los Iluminados was declared heretical in The 16th Century & was subject to horrific crusades led by The Salazar Monarchy, which practiced state-mandated Orthodox Catholicism. Osmund's people were brutally tortured, enslaved & killed en masse for their worship of plagas & becoming a mutant subspecies. Factually, they underwent a genocide. An off-branch orthodox sect & Hunter's Guild was formed purely for the slaughter of Los Ganados. This cult / guild existed well into The 20th Century until it was formally denounced by Lord Saddler XV. However, survivors remain, predominantly Merchant(s).
COLONIZATION. Gregorio Salazar 1st was not a native of Valdelobos & ordered to conquer / subjugate the demons / devils (Ganado) which befell the old castle. This legacy was passed to every Salazar successor, & The Salazar successors taught the human inhabitants to fear & kill any Ganado seen in their lands, if any. This irrational fear inevitably twisted into a form of xenophobia & racism, which worsened as decades passed.
EXILE. In The 18th Century, all Saddler's & their parasitic brethren were exiled to a barren island in expiation, but in truth their "atonement" was a death sentence via starvation. "Demon-Sealer's", realizing they chose to sustain themselves via familial cannibalism as a last resort, forced them to battle for hundreds of years against the human opposition & were oppressed during their exile.
CHILDHOOD (19th CENTURY. Osmund was born into warfare & raised solely to become a weapon / vessel of devotion. Lord Saddler XV was a child soldier & flourished in a harsh militaristic / warmongering environment alongside his brethren, who thirsted for revenge on behalf of their fallen ancestry & current imprisonment.VIRTUALLY IMMORTAL VIA PARASITISM,
DAMNATION NOVEL & MATSUYAMA'S GUIDE. Very strong Las Plagas hosts are written IN MULTIPLE SOURCES to be virtually immortal, possessing extreme longevity in comparison to humans, similarly to Progenitor hosts. '不死' tends to mean eternal life / undead, '不死身' can mean both including regeneration / durability. As RE4R 2023 takes the approach that various creatures of Los Illuminados (most notably Del Lago) are centuries old WITH the capability to induce hibernation / suspended animation, my portrayal of Lord Saddler follows that he is very old by the time of 2004, approximately in his 120's, but physically in his 60's. This is also supported by his established familial timeline.RESURRECTION / GOD EVERLASTING,
BIO4 KAITAI A staple of the bioweapon since 2005, (As there is no "Queen" / "Mother" in RE4R, it is replaced by a Dominant organism), he is capable of resurrection from death. However, the elements of the ritual are completely unknown & shrouded in secrecy. I portray that Osmund has experienced death before via martyrdom & was reborn / given new life on behalf of his extensive dominant legacy via his father & 13 dominant ancestors. Resurrection was also explicitly noted in the beta of RE4 (2005) & that strong enough hosts of Las Plagas were capable of this feat (Chainsaw Man / Ganado Brutes).
ILUMINADOS 9:4 WE SHALL EXCEED THE STARS IN THE SKY.
RESIDENT EVIL TIMELINE VERSES
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STRATCOM MISSION 2004 : This verse takes place during the events of Resident Evil 4, in 2004. Scenarios may be slightly changed to adjust for threads, such as additional in-person interactions or alternative endings.STRATCOM MISSION FAILURE 2004 : Similar to the former, this verse is for writers who prefer bad endings for the titular characters of the entry ( Leon, Ashley, Luis, Ada or Albert ) or OC's, taking place in 2004. Bad endings do not necessarily mean permanent infection, if you have an inclination to portray a muses defeat or death.POST KIJUJU INCIDENT 2009: As Lord Saddler is virtually immortal & is capable of regenerating from life threatening wounds ( such as Albert Wesker, Lisa Trevor, Nemesis T-Type, G-Birkin & Mother Miranda ), I depict in this verse that his bodily sacrifice ultimately ended with his eventual rebirth in 2009, when his consciousness & physical form was finally regained. Although Los Iluminados did not fully recover in power until 2012-2013, The Era of Umbrella Corps, Osmund thirsts for revenge, seeking power however he can. As a Dominant host, he allied himself with the surviving populace of Kijuju now afflicted with Type-2 / Type-3 Las Plagas, & these residents are considered under his protection.UMBRELLA CORPS ERA 2012 / POST EDONIAN CIVIL WAR: Experiments are conducted by none other than a clone or doppleganger of Albert Wesker. Survivors in Valdelobos are hunted by Umbrella mercenaries for DNA samples / weapons testing between May & June 2012. By this time, Las Plagas has mutated to become immune to sunlight ( among other mutations ), thus Lord Saddler steadily grew in power since his resurrection. Although there is a quarantine order in Valdelobos, refugees returning home are regularly infected or sacrificed. No longer blinded by the sun, he is capable of traveling globally during any time of day & not hindered by UV radiation.UMBRELLA CORPS ERA 2013 : A clone or doppelganger of Albert Wesker, after his month long attack upon Valdelobos, was tracked to Kijuju, then a rebuilt Raccoon City, & other quarantine locations, until his track went cold in Antarctica. Lord Saddler continuously looks for information pertaining to the "legendary executive" to find his base of operations in Antarctica.
VENDETTA 2014 : As the world was burdened with the Edonian Civil War, Los Iluminados allied itself with terrorists globally to spread the wonders of Las Plagas, in any shape or form, most infamously with Glenn Arias. Lord Saddler in this verse is normally encountered within Valdelobos, but may raid or peacefully call on alternative locations to seek biological / scientific resources. During this same period, Los Iluminados had informants in contact with The Family, which orchestrated a car-bombing resulting in large loss of life, Leon Kennedy nearly a victim himself.SURVIVORS 2014 - POST 2015 : Lord Saddler's direct or indirect involvement is centered upon 4, 5, Umbrella Corps & Vendetta. Any entries occurring outside of the ones listed do not have an applicable verse, but may be available upon request. Any threads that take place within the timeline & location of Damnation, 6, 7 or 8 which heavily alter canon is contained to it's own "universe". Threads that take place beyond the scope of RE's timeline ( post RE8 / 2021 ) are also contained to it's own universe. Post 2015 & according to The Death Island concept artbook, Las Plagas is completely removed from the BOW market as they are deemed 'uncontrollable, self-thinking organisms', alongside Nemesis NE-Alpha. Every quarantine zone in the past has become inhospitable & beyond saving.LOS ILUMINADOS RESURGANCE PRIOR 2003 : Any plots that occur before STRATCOM MISSION will need to be discussed 1-on-1 privately. However, the writer is highly seeking slice-of-life interactions with research staff ( such as Luis Serra-Navarro ), congregation members ( Bitores Mendez & Ramon Salazar ) or paramilitary ( Jack Krauser ). Applicable OC's are included in this. Los Iluminados assaulting / visiting various locations across the globe is also a desired possibility.OTHER / NOT LISTED. : Any verses that take place within the Resident Evil franchise that do not fit within the former categories, please contact me privately to discuss 1-on-1 what you have in mind!SAFE HAVEN. : Involves my private roleplay server on Discord. Unless you are a current member of this server, you cannot write this modern chronological AU with me.