Brian Irons

First appearance: Resident Evil 2

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Commander of the Raccoon City Police Department, and the man responsible for the horrific slaughter of his own people. While pretending to be a warm-hearted police chief, concerned first and foremost with the safety of the city, he was actually concerned only with lining his own pockets. For the past five years, Brian had been accepting illegal bribes from Umbrella Corporation to cover up all sorts of illegal activity. In addition, Brian's job was to stop any investigation into matters related to Umbrella's secret research. Any suspicious activity near Raccoon City was quickly hushed up.

Using the money he earned from these bribes, Brian purchased expensive paintings and trophies. His yen for collecting knew no bounds, and he became a true art maniac, even going so far as to adorn hidden rooms in the police station with his works. In his insatiable greed, Brian set up security all over the station in order to preserve his “secret," but his countermeasures weren't completely successful. In particular, the notes left by his secretary and the daily reports of the sewer repairman clearly show his scheming and his eccentricities. These documents not only showed what a stupid man he was, but also talked about how some people around him knew of his true nature.

Brian's situation started to spin out of control right after the Mansion Incident. When the four survivors returned, Brian was ordered over and over again by the Umbrella researcher William Birkin to increase his oversight of them. In response to these orders, he put a lid on the S.T.A.R.S. investigation of Umbrella. In return, he received a “gift” of $10,000. Eventually, however, he was caught in a sting operation launched by Internal Affairs, and some of that information was leaked to the media.

The I.A. report described a far different man than the one who had shown his face in the department. During his college years, he had been arrested twice for domestic violence against his wife, and he had even avoided taking his annual psychiatric evaluation. It turned out that Brian was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

When the destruction of Raccoon City was underway, his inner madness was revealed and he stepped off the path of sanity. He locked up the police station, and even tried to make the corpse of the Mayor's daughter into a stuffed trophy.

Death of Brian Irons

Brian Irons had taken Sherry Birkin to the Raccoon City Orphanage in order to persuade Claire Redfield to bring him the pendant which Sherry dropped. Unbeknownst to Claire, the pendant was of great importance in order to retrieve the anti-viral agent from William Birkin's lab.

Sherry almost managed to escape from Irons after wounding him with acid. Just as Irons was about to hurt Sherry, G attacked him, briefly saving Sherry.

As Claire made her way through the Orphanage, Irons appeared before her, just as the G-Virus killed him.