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The Queen Plaga was an enormous immobile Plaga organism that appeared in Resident Evil 4. Appearing to be almost plant-like, this creature was the "mother" of the Plagas that had been revived by the Los Illuminados cult. The cult used the Queen to spawn new Plagas with which to convert new subjects into Ganados.

History[]

In 2004, the Illuminados had orchestrated the kidnapping of Ashley Graham, the daughter of the then-President of the United States. In a sinister ritual overseen by Ramon Salazar, Ashley was indoctrinated into the cult after being brought before the Queen Plaga. The precise details are unknown as the ritual was never witnessed.

US agent Leon Kennedy entered the tower where the Queen Plaga was housed and there he confronted Salazar. Salazar and his remaining Verdugo bodyguard were snatched up by the Queen's tentacles and absorbed into its form, becoming one with it. However, this wasn't enough to stop Leon who managed to kill the Queen Plaga and Salazar along with it.

Combat[]

When Salazar and his bodyguard are pulled inside the Queen Plaga's bulb, they fuse with it and emerge as a long, serpentine head with the vestigial upper body of Salazar connected to its base. Salazar can conceal himself behind the petals of the Queen Plaga, so Leon must attack the Verdugo head's large, swollen eye. Damaging the eye sufficiently will cause Salazar to appear, at which point Leon must focus fire on him until he withdraws again.

During the boss fight, the Queen Plaga will attempt to crush Leon with several large tentacles and Leon must take care to avoid these whilst also aiming for the boss' weak point. The Queen Plaga can also perform an instant-kill attack: the Verdugo's head will open open vertically to reveal a gruesome mouth lined with many sharp fangs and will lunge at Leon. If Leon is caught by this attack, he will immediately die regardless of how much health he has.

Trivia[]

  • The Queen Plaga only appears in the original 2005 version of Resident Evil 4. In the 2023 remake, Salazar mutates without fusing with a Queen Plaga or Verdugo. He is also much more mobile in the remake as he can move all about the boss room, whereas the Queen Plaga was anchored to a wall.