This week, Capcom surprise launched a PlayStation 5-exclusive Resident Evil Village demo called Maiden. While Maiden is primarily designed to offer a visual guide to the upcoming horror game, it does offer snippets of lore that give us an idea of what the main game is about – and the tall vampire lady’s backstory.
THERE MAY BE SPOILERS AHEAD.
(Before we get started, be sure to watch our Aoife’s video running through her Resident Evil Village theories, below. There’s some really interesting stuff in there I didn’t pick up on!)
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The tall vampire lady is of course the internet’s current obsession, with fan art, cosplay and… other things already online. But Resident Evil lore fans want to know what she’s all about, the nature of her relationship to the overall Resident Evil story, and, just what is she?
Alongside the release of Maiden and the latest Resident Evil Village trailer, Capcom updated the game’s official website to confirm the tall vampire lady’s name: Alcina Dimitrescu.
“The mistress of the castle that overlooks the village,” reads the official description. “A towering woman with bewitching looks.”
That’s not much to go on but thankfully, via Maiden, we learn a little more. In the demo is a note, dated 1958 and written by someone who begins work at the castle. The note mentions a “mistress” and her three daughters. At one point, a Miss Daniela (one of the daughters?) slashes the author’s face with a knife. Then, an interesting line: the author opens a window and the daughters shriek “shut it!” in unison. Are they vampires? Or vampiric in some way?