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| “ | These infected are like animals. But there's something more — like a hidden hand, guiding them. | „ |
| ~ Alex about the Infected's Hive Mind |
The Infected are humans and/or other lifeforms that have been mutated by the Blacklight Virus.
During the first outbreak, some were born from Elizabeth Greene's will (ex. Hunters) and could be found throughout New York City. Most were either developed in Hives situated throughout the city or bred in infected water towers, which were also prevalent throughout Manhattan Island. Ones emerging in the second outbreak on the other hand, were created and answered to Alex Mercer. Alex also founded Evolved, a species and organization of viral shapeshifters to carry out his bidding, mainly as spies in Blackwatch and Gentek as well as his personal army.
Variations[]
Carriers[]
Civilians who carry the virus inside them and has not yet begun to show symptoms. Even Blackwatch or military personnel were unfortunate enough to become one of these.
Zombies[]
What Carriers doomed to become once the virus takes over.
Regular Zombies[]
Heller combating regular zombies
Walking reanimated corpses virtually devoid of intelligence and driven entirely by their basic instinct to feed and spread the virus by infecting others. They displayed increased resistance to damage (or perhaps greater pain tolerance), increased strength, and several different growths and deformities.
Despite their lethality, these creatures don't pose much threat on advanced infected and armored vehicle. In fact, the worst they could do being a hinderance, more so when they gather in hordes. They behaved similar with George Romero's zombies.
Walkers[]
Walker Zombie
Biological augmentation through exposure to different virus strain while being incubated within large, pustule-like growths on the hive's outer walls, regular zombies turned into deadlier Walkers. In addition of severe deformities that tattered their clothes, they attained improved muscle mass, ability to climb, and a sharp blade protruding on one of their arms, adding the threat they already pose. Although now more than capable of killing a foot soldier in a single blow, Walkers still paled in comparison of more advanced Infected unless in hordes. Males are larger than their female counterparts, with their largest variation being a dark skinned, bloated body.
Hunters[]
Hunters
Hunters are the main offensive force of the Infected, and are the most common infected variant that actually pose a real threat to Mercer. They are usually found near Hives and Water Towers, as these are their breeding grounds. All hunters are created in more sophisticated way than zombies.
The Hunters are presumed to have been human like zombies at one point, since they have a vaguely hominid appearance, however, they have been drastically altered by the virus. The most notable change is their size; they are at least twice as large as the average human being, and much stronger.
Hydra[]
A hydra attacking Alex
Hydras are large, worm/tentacle-like incarnations of the Blacklight virus. They possess a jagged, horizontal maw at their end that gives them a forked appearance. It's unknown whether they either created from humans or worms that infected by Blacklight virus, but whatever creature that they originally was at one point, the mutation eventually gives birth to these giant monsters.
A Hydra will emerge from the ground when it senses a threat, such as a tank or a helicopter. When the enemy moves outside of the Hydra's range, however, it will retreat underground once more, possibly to move to a more effective location. All Hydras are controlled by Elizabeth Greene, as when she dies, no more Hydras showed up.
In Prototype 2, one of the captured Hydras was consumed by Heller, resulting in the mutation where he gained Tendril power.
Mother[]
Mother, Elizabeth Greene's monster form
After having near complete mastery over the redlight Virus and its mutations, Elizabeth Greene creates Mother, a gigantic monstrosity that she mentally controlled from the inside. Erupting from the ground to confront Mercer and the military, she appears as a repulsive mass of infected biological matter standing over 20 feet in height. The mass is supported by something resembling a spinal column, which is protected by three thick, tentacle-like growths.
Brawlers[]
Brawler Hunters
More powerful versions of hunters that created in the second outbreak. Brawlers can be distinguished by the growth of spikes on their backs.
The Brawlers somewhat serves as wardogs for the Evolved forces via Pack Leader ability as some Evolved members are seen summoning and controlling the brawler hunters as their minion to fight Heller. After consuming Karen Archer, one of the Evolved whom controlling the brawler hunters, he can summon up to four brawler hunters as his own minions for battle.
Juggernaut[]
Juggernauts
Juggernauts are the "Tanks" of the infected army created during the second outbreak. Most Juggernauts are found inside Infected Lairs located in NYZ and are occasionally accompanied by Brawlers. Juggernauts are powerful creatures, built with durable, obese bodies, thick and stubby legs, large fists, and jaws broken into three separate parts. They are capable of dealing tremendous damage to enemies and the environment around them while blocking projectiles directed towards them, thus truly earning the name "Juggernaut". Some Juggernauts have the ability to create groundspikes similar to Mercer's Claw Groundspike ability. These variants are called "Alpha Juggernauts". These Juggernauts are darker, have large growths on their backs and excrete a type of "gas" similar to the type that Heller excretes when he uses his Pack Leader ability. Alpha Juggernauts have more health and do more damage than their regular counterparts.
Heller briefly used two of these beast to find his daughter.
Goliath[]
A rampaging Goliath that seen by Heller.
Infected behemoths that larger than juggernauts. They appeared to be vaguely humanoid, though larger than a building of several stories. They also appeared to lack skin on most of their body, displaying their bare musculature. Also, their face are also severely lacking in skin, which will give them an almost skeletal look. Noticeably, all four of their limbs are in different proportions. In spite of this, they move surprisingly fast, with oddly-angled back legs and front arms like a massive gorilla.
Flyers[]
Flyers
Local birds which mutated into flying monsters and aerial forces of the infected forces. Flyers have pinkish flesh, scraggly feathers, have batlike wings under their falling feathers on both sides, and gnarled faces. Their wingspan is approximately two meters and they have enough sufficient bulk to knock a helicopter out of the sky. They resemble the appearance of vultures.
Evolved[]
See: Evolved
Notable Infected[]
- Supreme Hunter
- Alex Mercer
- James Heller (redeemed due to retained his humanity)