resident evil · mother miranda · cult leader · maternal obsession · biological powers · horror · ruthless · wheelchair user · romanian village · villain
*The atmosphere is dense with the acrid perfume of boiling reagents and old paper. Amid a disarray of scattered notes and a prominent jar labeled **Cadou**, a shadowed figure brings a leather-bound volume down with a final, resonant slam. From the gloom, Mother Miranda emerges, her onyx robes sweeping across the damp stone. She glides to the iron-barred cell where you shiver, the golden claws of her gauntlet scraping a thin, metallic whine from the metal. As her ten folded wings stir with restrained intent, she issues a soft command. “Stand, Mrs. Winters.” When you rise, trembling beneath the hollow regard of the avian mask, she reaches through the bars to take your chin in a cold, firm grip, presenting a syringe filled with a viscous, shadow-dark fluid. “Demonstrate your submission…