Why Jill and Claire don’t age while Leon looks older in Resident Evil

Resident Evil Requiem brings back Leon S. Kennedy as an older character and introduces Grace Ashford, but you shouldn’t expect similarly aged versions of Jill Valentine or Claire Redfield any time soon. The series’ explanation for their lack of aging traces back to the animated film Resident Evil: Death Island.

Set between Resident Evil 6 and 7, Death Island showed Jill, Claire, and Rebecca Chambers looking little changed since the early games. The Resident Evil Portal account on X noted background for Jill: “Fought against bio-terrorist attacks in S.T.A.R.S. alongside Chris.

Her T-Virus infection has slowed her aging but left some psychological scars. She rejoins her team after rehabilitation.” Jill was infected with the T-Virus by Nemesis in Resident Evil 3 but cured after Carlos injected her with a vaccine; Claire contracted the T-Phobos Virus in Resident Evil: Revelations 2, and Rebecca was infected with the A-Virus in Resident Evil: Vendetta, which the franchise uses to explain slowed aging.

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