While Mold as a whole is identifiably fungal in nature, its unique biology renders it totally distinct from any other genus of fungus. These hallucinations could be used by the E-Type to drive their victims insane, especially to the point of self-mutilation, and the psychological shock helped break down the mind's natural barriers and open the way to Eveline's brainwashing abilities. In further analysis of Eveline's abilities, she was immediately able to induce visual hallucinations and bend the will of infected individuals from a distance, subjecting them to auditory hallucinations ranging from her talking, to humming, to a crowd of whispers, and even to sounds like a piano playing. Those suffering mycosis deemed undesirable could also be simply consumed by the mycelia and killed, as was the case of Alan.

This would result in complete assimilation of Mold within an imitation human who would appear identical to their pre-infection self, as was the case of Ethan Winters, or result in the extreme mutation of imitation humans who would serve a specific purpose for the E-Type, such as Jack Baker. The prototype E-Type, 'E-001' - otherwise known as Eveline - showed remarkable abilities, able to use quorum sensing to affect individual human hosts. Each was given a letter-number designation to determine their position in the line, starting from A-E. Over several years, five lines of human B.O.W.s were created, each better able to control the Mold than the last and blend into human society. To maintain the bioweapons' cover, the embryos were genetically modified to rapidly age, with a regular course of medication preventing growth beyond that of a 10-year old. These bioweapons were to infect enemy combatants through physical contact, allowing the Mold to enter the body and form a mass in the brain. Prototype human bioweapons were produced by infecting pre-Stage 4 human embryos with the prototype Mold species. Taking advantage of the Mold's natural quorum sensing abilities, work began on a bioweapon capable of neutralizing enemy combatants through mind control. In the 1990s, The Connections made contact with Miranda, seeking to genetically engineer a species of Mold to be sold as a black market bioweapon. Weaponized speciesĮveline was the culmination in human-Mold bioweapons research, and was the genetically-modified granddaughter of Mother Miranda.įor more information on the weaponised species developed for human bioweaponry, see D-Type and E-Type. The Black God was destroyed in February 2021 following a BSAA operation. Having made physical contact with the Black God, Miranda assimilated memories from hundreds of thousands who had been consumed by the Black God since it had emerged. For the next century, Miranda experimented on the other villagers and explored research into creating genetically-modified organisms from the Mold, such as the Cadou. The Mold first became the focus of scientific research in 1919, led by Miranda, a biologist of the region who herself mutated after being exposed to the fungus. This supercolony is linked to a cave-dwelling society native to the region, who are said to have disappeared, and there are signs of increased Mold activity in the 15th century as well, where those infected by it were seen as monsters. The exact origins of the Mold are presently unknown, though anthropological and architectural evidence in Eastern Europe suggest the Black God supercolony lived for millenia.

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