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“ | They are incredibly intelligent. And are capable of mutating in response to injury. | „ |
~ Piers with the report on J'avos. |
J'avos are the major antagonistic species of videogame Resident Evil 6. Unlike ordinary zombies, J'avo maintain intelligence, and are capable of using weapons. They also mutate into next form when injured.
Appearance[]
All J'avos appeared as normal humans, with multiple eyes bursting out their foreheads; notable bleeding and pseudo eyelid shapes are visible close up. The J'avos in China wear kabuki masks and pirate clothes, Edonian J'avos wear winter-camouflage jackets, Neo-Umbrella J'avos wear insect helmets with special armor, and security J'avos wear black or white suits.
Types of J'avo[]
Edonian Liberation Army[]
ELA are the renegade military forces of Edonia. Carla Radames provided the rebels with C-Virus, which makes the first appearance of J'avo and Ogroman. The C-Virus was given to the mercenaries under the ELA's employ; under the belief that it was an energy booster. Only Jake Muller avoided becoming a J'avo. Those J'avos are capable of using firearms, even controlling gunships and anti-aircraft cannons.
Weapons:
- Submachine gun.
- Light machine gun.
- RPG.
- Sniper rifle.
- Combat knife.
Neo-Umbrella[]
Neo-Umbrella is a bio-terrorist organization founded by Carla Radames, and the soldiers are mostly comprised of J'avos.
They wear insect-like helmets and crimson body armor, providing extra durability. Aside from gunships, Neo-Umbrella J'avos also pilot military-grade vehicles like fighter jets, gunboats and tanks.
The J'avos in the Neo-Umbrella research facility wear black, white or gray suits.
Weapons:
- Assault rifle.
- Submachine gun.
- RPG.
- Machete.
- Sniper rifle.
- Stun rod.
- Wrist-mounted blade.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
After being injected with a syringe of the C-Virus, the J'avo possesses several superhuman abilities, such as;
- Human-Level Intelligence: What makes the J'avo different from most bio organic weapons is that they are able to retain their higher brain functions. But they also possesses the aggressive tendencies of people infected with the T-Virus and attack anyone they feel hostile towards. This allows them to communicate like normal people do, organize strategies, use technology and military weapons as well as maintain their combat skills post-infection.
- Enhanced Strength: The J'avo, even in their human forms, have shown a degree of enhanced strength. They are able to easily lift a full grown adult male off the ground with one hand without experiencing physical exhaustion.
- Limited Healing Factor: The J'avo possesses a limited healing factor that allows them to heal from severe damage within mere moments. When the BSAA shot a J'avo on the face and blew off half of its skull, it momentarily collapsed before it regenerated its head and continued fighting the BSAA.
- Regenerative Mutations: In most cases when the J'avo is severely damaged, the damaged area of the body begins to mutate rapidly. These mutations are usually insectoid in nature and as long as the head is not mutated, they maintain their human intelligence. Any J'avo is not limited to a single mutation and can experience multiple mutations around its body.
- Interestingly, the J'avo employed inside Neo-Umbrella were able to willingly mutate parts of their body for offensive purposes. Whether this was due to some form of training or better understanding of how the C-Virus works or due to a different strain of the C-Virus was never specified.
- Chrysalid Mutations: In rarer cases, a random mutation can occur randomly when a J'avo is damaged. This causes them to enter a stasis and form a cocoon around their body as they quickly undergo metamorphosis. The transformed creatures that erupt from the cocoon can vary and are very powerful.
Weaknesses[]
- Unstable Body Temperature: As a side effect of their fierce regenerative abilities, the J'avo have a higher body temperature. The more they need to regenerate from damage, the higher their body temperature becomes. However, this is also dangerous for the J'avo because the body heat increases as the J'avo heals itself from damage. Eventually the J'avo body heat will increase to the point where the J'avo unwillingly self-immolate and disintegrate into ashes before they can fully regenerate from their injuries.
Trivia[]
- The J'avo are the successor of the Ganado and the Majini from previous Resident Evil games.
- Jake killed his first J'avo with precise torso blows and slamming it into a wall hard enough to break a spine; said J'avo burned up less than a minute after collapsing. This ether means the regeneration needs time to incubate before it's fully effective or rapid strikes that damage vitals are too much for the Edonian batch of C-Virus to heal.
- The Edonian and Liangshan J'avo can all be heard laughing as they attack; Neo Umbrella's personal batch do not.
- It's unknown if Sherry's regeneration ability could work as well as Jake's antibodies in repelling the virus. Seeing as the C-Virus that created these abominations were made partially from G-virus strains.
External Links[]
- J'avo on the Resident Evil Wiki