@ivorybound   —   portrayal of original character  Luciel Benavente  crafted for the Resident Evil universe.   written by  ELÍAS  (he/him, 21)   

GUIDELINES

  001.    i'm selective with who i interact with, mostly because i'm naturally introverted and take some time to feel comfortable around new people !! this doesn't mean i'm uninterested in meeting others, i just prefer genuine interactions and taking things at my own pace.  002.   chemistry is important to me. i don't force ships or dynamics, and i prefer letting relationships develop naturally through interaction.  003.    this account may contain dead dove topics. themes such as self harm, suicidal ideation, blood, severe trauma, psychological struggles and other dark subjects may appear. everything will be handled with care, but please keep that in mind before interacting.  004.    transphobia, racism, homophobia of any kind will not be tolerated here. please do not follow me if you are proship, taboo, a minor or if youre a zionist or if your face claim is.  005.    i'm neurodivergent and naturally pretty shy, so i might take some time to approach first or start interactions. my dms are always open for plotting. sometimes i need time for myself, but i'll always try my best to communicate it.  006.    english isn’t my first language so i'm sorry if i make any mistake! :)

  DISCLAIMER    —  if you write any canon muses connected to luciel's backstory, please know that you're not expected to follow the dynamics established in his history. they're simply my personal portrayal and can be adjusted or rewritten to fit your own interpretation. if you'd rather explore a different dynamic, just let me know beforehand! i'm always happy to discuss ideas. :)


  Leon Kennedy    —  closest friend.  Chris Redfield    —  friend.  Claire Redfield    —  acquaintance.

  Ada Wong    —  acquaintance.  Sherry Birkin    —  friend.  Lucía Nava @saccharinsaints    —  friend cousin. one of the people closest to him, the two of them bonded because of their similar pasts, and thanks to her, Luciel doesn't feel so far from his original home.

  NAME    Luciel Adrián Benavente  AGE    19—47 ( timeline dependent )  DATE OF BIRTH    november 6, 1979  GENDER & PRONOUNS    male, he/him — 🏳️‍⚧️  ORIENTATION    homosexual  POSITIVE TRAITS   
• observant
• compassionate
• loyal
• resilient
  NEGATIVE TRAITS   
• jealous
• self - sacrificing
• stubborn
• emotionally guarded
  MBTI    INFJ  NATIONALITY    chilean  MENTAL HEALTH   
• c-ptsd
• major depressive disorder
• history of self - harm
• insomnia
  HEIGHT    5’9" ( 1.76 cm )  HAIR    chestnut with a white forelock on the right side due to poliosis.  EYES    green  MARKS & SCARS   
• scar across the right cheek and corner of his mouth.
• multiple healed scars across both forearms.
• beauty mark beneath the right eye.
• beauty mark below the lower lip.
• beauty mark on the left & right side of his neck.
  OCCUPATION    biological intelligence analyst, D.S.O — ACTIVE.  LANGUAGES    spanish ( native ), english ( fluent )

LUCIEL A. BENAVENTE

  pieces of himself ;   luciel benavente left chile at seventeen to study forensic science in the united states, hoping to build a future for himself. two years later, that future disappeared overnight. while working on a forensic exercise, an infected corpse attacked, killing the only friend he had made since moving abroad. forced to leave, luciel eventually found refuge inside the r.p.d., where he met rookie officer leon kennedy.balancing on each other's strengths. leon handled what luciel couldn't, fighting, protecting, making impossible decisions——while luciel relied on observation, reasoning, and piecing together information others overlooked. by the time they reached nest, their paths split.after becoming trapped inside one of nest's research rooms, luciel was left behind as the facility collapsed. leon searched for him until the very end, but with no way to reach him, he was forced to leave believing luciel & ada had died alongside raccoon city.but, somehow—— luciel survived.he became one of the few survivors of the raccoon city incident. while people like leon fell in ' good ' hands, and claire decided to find his brother, luciel fell into the hands of umbrella.recovered during one of umbrella's cleanup operations, he was given a simple choice: cooperate or they kill him. with nowhere left to go, he accepted. umbrella transferred him to one of its european facilities, where his little forensic background was put to use as a biological analyst. he spent the next few years performing autopsies on infected subjects, documenting viral mutations, and helping the company understand the very creatures responsible for destroying his and other people's life.the work slowly broke him. every report felt like another betrayal, every body another reminder of raccoon city. sleep became rare, memories began slipping away, and the faces of the people he once knew slowly blurred together. he struggled with constant guilt, recurring thoughts of suicide and self-harm, cutting himself became one of the few ways he could regain even the smallest sense of control over his own life, if only for a moment. convinced he deserved whatever happened to him. the only thing stopping him from giving up entirely was the hope that leon had survived too. survival stopped meaning living. it simply meant staying alive long enough to see the people he had lost one last time, even if they hated him for what he had become.when umbrella's russian facility fell in 2003, luciel surrendered without resistance. after years of wishing for death, he found himself unable to take his own life, instead leaving that decision to someone else. transferred into u.s. custody as a person of interest, he spent more than a year refusing to cooperate with interrogators. he barely spoke, barely slept, and answered almost every question with silence. the only thing he ever asked was whether leon kennedy was still alive.in the year 2005, his insistence eventually reached the right people.when leon was finally allowed to review the case, he discovered that the man he believed had died in raccon city survived, and had spent years working for umbrella. the revelation left him confused, frustrated and unable to understand how everything had gone so terribly wrong. their first meetings were tense. luciel expected anger, disgust, even hatred. instead, leon listened.as the visits became more frequent, leon slowly pieced together what had really happened. luciel had never chosen umbrella; he had survived it. over time, leon became the only person luciel was willing to speak to, and those visits gave him something he hadn't felt in years: hope.even then, luciel never believed he deserved freedom. he saw himself as evidence more than a person, convinced that prison—or even death—would have been a fairer ending. leon refused to accept that. over the following years, he continued fighting for luciel's case, helping the government understand that survival and loyalty were not the same thing.by 2011, luciel was quietly released under government supervision and officially integrated into the d.s.o. as a biological analyst, occasionally consulting for both the d.s.o. and others organizations. although he prefers working behind the scenes, he is capable of operating in the field whenever necessary.luciel doesn't believe he's redeemed. he still carries umbrella with him. in sleepless nights, in laboratories that make his stomach turn. but, little by little, he begins rebuilding the life he thought ended during raccoon city. he doesn't feel fixed, and he doesn't feel forgiven. he simply keeps moving forward, hoping that one day surviving will finally feel like living again.