Rebecca Chambers (character)

Rebecca Chambers is a video game character from the Resident Evil series of survival horror games. She first appeared as a supporting character in the original Resident Evil and later as a protagonist of the prequel Resident Evil Zero. She subsequently starred in two separate chapters of Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles.

In the games Rebecca is a rookie member of S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team, who is in charge of rear security and serves as the team's medic. She is experienced in the field of biochemistry and many of the events in the game reflect this. She was voiced by Lynn Harris in the original version of Resident Evil, Hope Levy in the GameCube version, and in Resident Evil Zero by an uncredited third actress and modelled after Japanese pop star Ayumi Hamasaki, who was the official spokeswoman for the game in Japan.

Resident Evil (original and remake)
In the first Resident Evil, Rebecca is a supporting character who appears only in Chris' scenario in the game. She is one of the surviving Bravo Team members who is already in the mansion prior to Alpha Team's arrival in the game. Her introduction and other appearances throughout the game differ depending on what path the player takes in the game, but her role is essentially to assist Chris. Examples including mixing healing potions or playing the piano in order to solve a puzzle. Depending on what path the player takes, Chris may have to save Rebecca from a Hunter during the second visit to the mansion. The player has the choice of saving Rebecca or leaving her for dead, with the latter resulting in one of the game's lesser endings.

Not much is mentioned about Rebecca's fate in the games following the original Resident Evil other than she indeed survived the so-called "Mansion Incident". The official Resident Evil website says she is active but her current locations are unknown. This is also hinted at in Birkin's "Mail to the Chief" letters in Resident Evil 2. A police report written by Rebecca was added to the Nintendo 64 port of the game, which serves as a foreshadowing to the then-unreleased Resident Evil Zero. At the time, Zero was under development for the N64 but later shifted to the Nintendo GameCube.

Resident Evil Zero
Prior to the release of Resident Evil Zero, the original Resident Evil was remade on the GameCube. Rebecca's portrayal in the game was changed considerably, resulting in her being more serious and acting less like a rookie (although her role in the game was essentially the same), to suit the darker tone of the remake as well to fit in with her characterization in Resident Evil Zero.

Rebecca serves as the main heroine in Resident Evil Zero, which depicts Bravo Team's ordeal prior to the events of the first game. In the game, she is separated from her Bravo Team comrades and teams up with an escaped convict named Billy Coen. The pair find their way into one of Umbrella's abandoned training facilities, where they're confronted by the recently resurrected James Marcus and his swarm of mind-controlled leeches. After the events of the game Rebecca helps Billy fake his death by writing a police report featured in Resident Evil 2.

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
Rebecca returns in two chapters of Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles for the Wii. The "Train Derailment" scenario is based on the events of Resident Evil Zero and again has her starring alongside Billy Coen. Rebecca's second scenario, "Nightmare", has never been portrayed in the series before. "Nightmare" covers her ordeal in the Spencer Mansion, and has her fighting alongside fellow Bravo Team Member Richard Aiken as they investigate the mansion and engage in a fatal fight with the giant snake known as Yawn.

In other media
Rebecca has a central role in S.D. Perry's uncanonical Resident Evil novels, especially the original stories Caliban Cove and Underworld in which she teams up with members of the Exeter, Maine branch of S.T.A.R.S. In Underworld, she and the surviving S.T.A.R.S Exeter members team up with Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield. She is also the central character in Zero Hour (Perry's novelization of Resident Evil: Zero), along with newcomer Billy Coen.