Chief Brian Irons is a fictional character and Chief of Police in Raccoon City. He appears in the Resident Evil Franchise.
History[]
Early Life[]
Prior to his life as a cop, Irons attended university, but was also placed under psychiatric evaluation due to accusations of sexual assault and violent tendencies towards female students. Surprisingly, these incidents were not investigated, mostly due to his excellent academics.
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Irons would eventually become a cop in Raccoon City, becoming the chief of police by 1996. On his behalf and secret gain, Irons looked to upgrade the police, as well as acquiring a recently retired art museum for it's strategic value and parking space. He also had use of newer equipment, as well as art believing it would aid further in the battle on crime. Thanks to his position as chief, Irons became close with the US branch of the Umbrella Corporation, who had a majority of the city working for it, as well as secretly running illegal experiments that would violate the Bioweapons Convention of 1972. He would become close friends with individual members of the corporation as well receiving bribes of up to $15,000 dollars from Annette Birkin. He would use it to fund his art habit, which would be distributed throughout the station. He also had cops in the sewers as a means of security for the NEST facility at the request of Annette's husband, William.
In order to disguise their testing on child subjects, Umbrella had Irons also in charge of the Raccoon City Ophanage. He would regularly attend meetings with Umbrella personnel and was ordered to keep Umbrella's operations secret, with excessive force if needed. He also became friends with Dr. Nathaniel Bard, as well as Senator Greg Tester, who with he conducted secret deals. Umbrella also funded the creation of the Special Tactics And Rescue Service, which was an elite group of ex-military personnel who would take on cases normal cops were not equipped to handle, with Captain Albert Wesker as leader of Alpha Team. It's unknown, however, if Irons knew about Wesker's affiliation with Umbrella or not, but he kept up a prestine public image to cover his illegal activities.
Manor Incident[]
In 1998, following a containment breach within the Arklay Mountains, several B.O.Ws escaped and began a reign of murders. These murders included both hikers, as well as suburban families, leading Irons to become heavily stressed with Umbrella's failure to counter them, as well as the Birkin's ongoing strain with the company and their developments. By July of that year, the police and Umbrella failed to contain the attacks, leading S.T.A.R.S. to take over the investigation. It was then revealed that the attacks were the result of zombies and Cerberuses infected with the T-Virus, which not only led to the deaths of many members of S.T.A.R.S, but also the destruction of the Spencer Mansion in the mountains.
Following this incident, the surviving members of the team including Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Barry Burton and Brad Vickers demanded to begin investigating the Umbrella Corporation's illegal activities. On advice from William Birkin, Irons not only denied the team and stone-walled their investigation, but would also completely dismantle S.T.A.R.S. altogether. He stated that it was due to the loss of too many members of the team, resulting in him replacing them with a regular S.W.A.T. team.
Raccoon City Incident & Death[]
In the beginning of September, Irons would receive his regular bribe from Umbrella of up to $10,000 dollars, however by that time, the T-Virus was able to make its way into the city. The Birkins would also report a possible plot by Umbrella to steal samples of their G-Virus, leading him to have people seek out any suspicious activity and bring those involved to them for execution. He would be further pressed to keep any evidence or possible witnesses from making his link to Umbrella public, resulting in him incarcerating activist and reporter Ben Bertolucci. Through his interrogation by Annette Birkin, Umbrella was able to find hacktivist reporter January Van Sant and even placing Jill Valentine under both house arrest and surveillance by Umbrella, as a way to keep her from investigating them further.
By the 23rd of September, Irons was alerted to the T-Virus having made its way into the city's water supply. This resulted in him not only breaking down and believing he was infected, but also having issued confusing orders to officers under him to ensure that the precinct died with him. Such orders included the looting of arms lockers and the dispersal of weapons throughout the station, which deprived the officers of any defenses when the station was inevitably overrun. He also hunted down survivors, including shooting one of his own cops and even killing Mayor Michael Warren's daughter Katherine, who he planned to turn into a taxidermy trophy. Information on his death is contradictory, with one account believing he kidnapped the Birkin's daughter Sherry, as a way for another survivor, Claire Redfield to obtain Sherry's pendant. Irons would take Sherry to the orphanage, where he caught the girl attempting an escape, resulting in her throwing formaldehyde onto his face and then attacked by a mutated William Birkin, who implanted an embryo into him. 2 other accounts indicate that he left the station with Warren's body and headed for his killing room, where William either tore him apart or implanted him with an embryo. Regardless of which account is followed, he still dies right in front of Claire upon her arrival.
Characteristics[]
Physical Appearance[]
Irons in the early games is depicted of being a somewhat overweight Caucasian male, possibly in his late-40s or mid-50s. Early on, he had short brown hair and mustache with a widow's peak, but later depictions have him much older, with gray hair and mustache. He typically wears a dress shirt, vest, trousers, shoes and tie, as well as a police uniform in tabloids.
Personality & Traits[]
Irons is an extremely dangerous individual, despite being a cop. Even in his early life, he had tendencies towards females, particularly those of sexual assault and violent tendencies. He would abuse his power as a police chief and accepted bribes from the Umbrella Corporation as a way to keep their name out of investigations, regardless. His tendencies of violence also led him to begin a secret career of serial killing, with an unknown amount of victims or even the identities of said victims.