Luis Serra

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Dr. Luis Serra Navarro, often shorted to Luis Serra, is a Spanish biologist native to an isolated region of Spain and former employee of the Umbrella Corporation.

After leaving his job and returning home, he was recruited by Osmund Saddler into the cult of Los Iluminados' research into the Plaga parasite. Unbeknownst to Dr. Serra, the true purpose of his research was to assist in the genetic strengthening of the Plaga against any possible resistance, as well as the engineering of several bio-organic weapons.

Learning the true purpose of his research, Dr. Serra quickly betrayed the Illuminados, offering up a sample of the Plaga's dominant-stain and all his research to an anonymous organization in exchange for his safety. Unfortunately, in attempting to undermine Saddler's efforts, Serra himself was ultimately killed.

Dr. Serra was born and raised in Valdelobos, a devoutly Catholic village located within the sparsely populated mountainous region of the same name in Spain; the population there were traditionalist luddite isolationists who had shunned most modern technology in favour of a pre-industrial lifestyle. His mother died in childbirth, leaving him to be raised by his grandfather, who hunted in the woodlands in the valley

From a very young age, Dr. Serra had a curiosity for the world around him and was observant beyond his years. He would often attempt to follow his grandfather on hunting trips and had become fascinated with fairy tales and stories, most notably that of Don Quixote. His grandfather would note that, had he not been stuck in the reclusive village, he would make a worthy scholar.

In his adolescence, Serra's grandfather was attacked by a ravenous wolf while hunting, the old man managed to make it back to the family's cabin, but had become infected with an unknown illness as a result of the attack and his condition would only further deteriorate, leaving rumours of "madness" spreading among the villagers. The word of the grandfather's strange illness soon reached the then-current village chieftan, who confided in Bitores Méndez to prevent the infection from spreading. Thus, one night while Serra was out of the house, he would return to find his family's cabin set ablaze, with his grandfather lost to the flames. Méndez would write that the entire village had gathered to watch in shock and terror, yet even after the last ember had been extinguished, the young Serra still looked on without uttering a word, not moving a muscle until dawn. After which, he disappeared from the village

After leaving, Serra set out to make a name for himself in the modern world in his grandfather's memory and enrolled in a public university, earning a degree as a prodigy biologist. After leaving, Serra set out to make a name for himself in the modern world in his grandfather's memory and enrolled in a public university, earning a degree as a prodigy biologist.

However, Luis would become disillusioned with the company and his work and soon resigned from the company

In 1998, following the widely-publicised Raccoon City Destruction Incident, an international investigation was carried out by various government bodies and law enforcement agencies to locate and subpoena everyone associated with the conglomerate's R&D division in the ongoing Raccoon Trials. However, by this time, Dr. Serra had already returned to his isolated home of Valdelobos without leaving so much as a trace to his identity or whereabouts.

Dr. Serra returned to Valdelobos as it was being taken over by Los Iluminados, a cult which worshipped a parasitic organism native to the area. The cult's leader and prophet, Lord Osmund Saddler, used the village's superstitious legends and devout religiosity as a recruiting tool for his real objective: to spread the Plagas across the planet and achieve his ideal world peace. Dr. Serra was hired to lead the genetic research and modification of the Plagas on a private island facility, and had been given instructions by Saddler to discover ways to weaken and/or remove the Plaga from hosts. But Luis learns his research was meant to found and parasite's weaknesses and thus engineer a more resilient generation of Plaga. Dr. Serra became guilt-ridden upon learning of Saddler's true agenda, he ended up contacting Ada Wong and her employer, requesting their aid to escape in return for a vial containing an egg of the Dominant subspecies.

Dr. Serra was kidnapped by Fr. Bitores Méndez's forces while making through Valdelobos village, and was sealed in his house basement to be interrogated later. Saddler refused to allow his execution until the location of the sample because Luis cannot be injected by another plaga egg due to the suppessor he put himself on earlier. This opened up a window for his escape when the decision was made to take him to a camp with fellow prisoner, Leon S. Kennedy, a USSTRATCOM agent sent to search for Ashley Graham, who the group had abducted. Serra was aware of the operation, but refused to divulge his identity to Kennedy, who later learns of his history with UMBRELLA. The two worked together on several occasions to subvert the efforts of the Los Iluminados and, with Ashley, made their way into Salazar's Castle with him promise to get Leon & Ashley the solution of their parasite.

Dr. Serra later finds Leon in the underground of Salazar Castle after he lost Ashley, giving him designed suppressor to halt the growth of the Plaga in his body. Dr. Serra then helps Leon get back to the ground level, only to be fatally stabbed by Jack Krauser and muster enough strength to drive off Krauser with a warning shot before collapsing. Near death, Serra provides Leon with detail on the island complex and hands over the key to his laboratory. Leon thereafter swore vengeance for Dr. Serra's death.

Later on, Leon comes across Ashley who is informed of Serra's passing and swears to remove the parasite and escape in honour of him. As they go on, Leon manages to use the given key and removes the Plaga inside them with his sacrifice contributed to their escape from the clutches of Saddler.

Luis Serra uses Spanish words in his dialect. He likes to replace some words with Spanish, such as Yes and No, and swear words. Sometimes he says sentences in only spanish, but he will translate if he's asked to.

Luis is a heavy smoker.