The Cadou Parasite Lycans from Resident Evil Village ( 8) Explored | How the hosts rejects the Mold

Through experimentation in a small village in Eastern Europe, fabled werewolves would invade the town and drag townspeople away to their fates, which were usually pretty grisly. But, in Resident Evil Village or Resident Evil 8, it really doesnt matter, these creatures aren't so much fables, but biological organisms. in this episode, we will discuss how they came about and why they are the way they are!
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[@RoanokeGaming]

Thanks for watching guys! I hope yall have a good weekend, we will start getting into the deep lore of this game in the future, but since its just out, I dont want to ruin anything quite yet! Already on my 2nd playthrough now, total blast!

[@kingshadow8782]

Hype

[@kingshadow8782]

Hello Roanoke Gaming

[@kingshadow8782]

🤘🏼😎👍🏼

[@cloberlobster2276]

Yay!!!! I can't wait to see you discuss the cadou variations, people say the monsters in re8 are to far fetched, but they give it a good explanation in the game!

[@tristonshortt5379]

Please for the love of whatever chaos god u believe in PLEASE do more Warhammer

[@avronthecorrupted2781]

The most realistic werewolves in fiction barely look like wolves, go figures

[@buIIetbobbyy]

Werewolf means human wolf btw

[@captainmackerel4482]

doge god we know.

[@XSL17X]

@@buIIetbobbyy man wolf not human wolf

[@avronthecorrupted2781]

@Megan Davis agreed

[@justsomeguywithaplan971]

I mean man wolf just implies man with with wolf capabilities technically

[@justneedaname]

Wow. Makes sense now why heisenberg said, “your not local, even better”.

[@Raccon_Detective.]

True

[@user-mc6nm1ru3o]

Because he understood that Ethan was pretty strong even without the local Parasyte?

[@nickolausafon5458]

Imperialists gotta say..

[@angelO5-043]

@@user-mc6nm1ru3o I'd say because he and the non-locals retain their minds and got superpowers instead of turning in to a simple lycan.

[@CatChaos369]

@@user-mc6nm1ru3o that and he’s not under Miranda’s thumb

[@GermanKinsmen]

The irony that having a better immune system leads to an arguably worse fate.

[@NeflewitzInc]

This happens. There are a lot of things that aren't that serious if you get it as a child, but deadly if you get it as an adult for that reason.

[@Slimtunes-367]

@@NeflewitzInc actually studies show that is the exact opposite of what happens, your immune system tends to weaken overtime, did i misunderstand something here?

[@capolean2902]

@@Slimtunes-367 yea u did u said the exact opposite of wat he said whether studies show doesnt mean hes wrong

[@Slimtunes-367]

@@capolean2902 so you're saying the word of a professional is wrong if compared to theirs because it is a study, did i get that right?

[@ElNegus9985]

@@Slimtunes-367 Sources bud?

[@Laur_Stefan]

"the 4 lords who had their body interact with the parasite in a favourable way" meanwhile lord Moreau sitting there watching romance movies eating chees and vomiting constantly =)))

[@CapraDaAlbaRegia]

Poor guys just saving it up...

[@jordangarcia465]

Moreau definitely got the short end of the stick when it came to super-mutant abilities

[@Jernewein]

Moreau actually had pretty low affinity so it makes sense on why he got so screwed over, he's luck to be upright let alone able to perform higher brain functions.

[@xxvaltielxx1789]

I resonate with the dude

[@nickolausafon5458]

I feel sorry for that apostle. He’s supposed to be a Mermaid but he’s more like a total freak. I do think fighting them should be optional apart from the final/inevitable boss. It would be interesting if you can have at least ally.

[@babysaint111]

16:29 Lady Dimitrescu is Romanian, Salvatore is French, Donna is italian and Karl german // the events take place in Romania

[@jordangarcia465]

no one has an accent so it was really hard to pin down locations

[@SnorlaxFriend]

To be fair a name like Salvatore sounds Spanish from my perspective.

[@ravenshill]

@@jordangarcia465 Dimitrescu is a romanian name look for Stefan Dimitrescu who is a romanian painter

[@borealsullivan5486]

@@SnorlaxFriend But the surname is clearly french

[@SnorlaxFriend]

@@borealsullivan5486 Yeah Moreau is a french name, but almost all the lords are referred to by their family name, Lady Dimitrescu, Lord Heisenberg, etc. So when I was playing through I described Moreau as Salvatore which seems Spanish

[@l0rdapophis]

*"LYCANS AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME!!!"*

[@RoanokeGaming]

Actually a pretty damn awesome character, wish they had expanded more onhim though!

[@lexisking152]

@@RoanokeGaming we can only hope when Duke said he felt Heisenberg's essence through it that it means he somehow survived, but as stated we can only hope

[@l0rdapophis]

I said the exact same thing, like I needed a LOT more lore than that. I wish they would've let him live and come back as the antagonist for a DLC or something like Lucas Baker.

[@cloberlobster2276]

@@lexisking152 I honestly think the duke is a sketchy b.o.w merchant who sells b.o.w's to willing buyers. I mean he has all their crystals (except for Donna's strangely) and Angie the doll, which still has Donna's cadou inside it. So maybe all the 4 lord's will be resurrected, considering the megamycete records the memories of all infected by it.

[@killerqueen6054]

@@RoanokeGaming That’s my biggest problem with Village, so much awesome characters and lore that has so much wasted potential.

[@venomsnake4042]

so the reason why Ethan never gets infected and turns into a lycan whenever he got bit was because he was always a mold creature

[@seby826]

i feel like he have the same abilities as mother miranda and the reason why he was so delicious to lady alicina and the lycans is because he believed ( somehow) he was still human so he tasted like one

[@THEO00900]

Alcina found him "stale" . I bet my two coins that was because of the mold in the bloodstream.

[@dodomessiah]

Man, that explained, why he always acted like a fucking fungus-brain.

[@kingkong9169]

I mean the dude got his fuckin hand cut off then re attached it😂 he just built different

[@dodomessiah]

@@kingkong9169 He maxed out Con.

[@DarkPhoenix671]

One thing I just noticed after playing through the game, Lady D actually looks at Ethan in the mirror when he's peeking through the window. Maybe it just appears that way but it does look that way

[@makaylakraus1897]

considering how she knows he is there, as she immediately comes back, this seems to be the case

[@Deon82]

I'm just amazed that a "vampire" can actually see her reflection in a mirror!

[@xxscribbledragonxx9744]

not all vampires fully follow traditional vampire rules :)

[@teddnaing6851]

@@xxscribbledragonxx9744 Some shine in the sun light.

[@donuts3476]

​@Deon Flowers she isn't a vampire she just drinks blood due to her blood condition wich she had before she turned.

[@spetr2060]

Cadou means Gift in Romanian by the way, so the Parasite is literally named "The Gift" EDIT: Good to see you guys so interested, here's another fun fact, the "Regina Rosie" Wine used in the game is actually a reference to the movies , it translates to "Red Queen" an AI in the movie

[@cookiesnugglez7318]

Which is what Eve calls the mold in re7

[@jvjv8093]

Romanian? French? Same thing really to Americans. Everything Europe is potato potato and tomato tomato.

[@betauniformbravo8350]

🧐& I never knew 😂

[@conanhighwoods4304]

Gift means poison in German, no relation, just thought it was cool.

[@danielrat1584]

Also "Vârcolac" is Romanian for "Werewolf"

[@hodgknob3545]

"Okay fellow Umbrella Scientists, Zombies and Mutated Parasites aren't working, what do we try next?" Mother Miranda takes off glasses: " *MOLDY WEREWOLVES* "

[@Adahy_Bullet]

"AND A TALL VAMPIRE LADY, A FISH MAN, AND A MAN THAT IS ABLE TO BECOME A LIVING MACHINE CREATURE THAT'LL ALWAYS BE PLOTTING MY DEMISE!" Why is that last one so specific? _shrugs_ Alright, Miranda. It at least is better then what we been trying.

[@Meravokas]

Problem here is that her experiments with the mold predate Umbrella. (Spoiler warning) you find a page note that's addressed from and written by the founder of Umbrella whom happened to be friends with Mother Miranda. He was initially interested in the mold himself but upon the stalling of Miranda's research at the time and the discovery of the progenitor virus, he wrote that he'd be shifting his own interests and research to it. Seeing it as a more promising path of research and use. As such, much like the release of the uncontrolled T-Virus release in Racoon City, there was no 100% knowledge or thought on what it would do outside of experimental conditions. So, while thematically appropriate for the area that the game is set in, it's more an environmental factor that then follows a certain path, perhaps due to mental pre disposition to beliefs in lycanthropy.

[@shinazu_k]

Well technically those aren't werewolves due to the fact that the term "Werewolf" is formed from the ancient word of "wer" which means human and "wolf", which would refer to a humanoid hybrid of wolf. And the same applies for lycans, since the term "lycanthrope" is based on the ancient greek word of "lykos" and "anthropos" which also means wolf and human respectively. So in general, the only thing that is suitable to be described as a werewolf or lycans, is actually the Varcolacs that has both the key traits of both humans and wolf alike. :D

[@olivierluisin1790]

@@Adahy_Bullet what about the doll girl?

[@griffiththechad9483]

@@shinazu_k I liked Roanoke’s explanation on that it makes a lot of sense they’re called Lycans based on the nearby culture. I wonder what they’d be called in different parts of the world.

[@BlankSpaceMonsterASMR]

“If you haven’t played this game yet, go get it” *starts pulling money out of my ass*

[@robertoneal8137]

While you're digging could ya loan me $60? 😆

[@BlankSpaceMonsterASMR]

@@robertoneal8137 sure 😂

[@Zzantzanter]

@@BlankSpaceMonsterASMR when you can afford it get it its a fantastic game

[@BlankSpaceMonsterASMR]

@@Zzantzanter so I hear

[@lukaimedashvili270]

I think ill get cracked one for now, because my pc is weak to play it with full blast on high settings

[@amynikira9216]

Cadou (Kado) is actually Romanian (the game is set set in Romania, so it would make more since to be Romanian) for gift. For it to be French it would be spelled Cadeau (Kadu).

[@joueusedelacave7798]

Cadeau is not pronounced "Kadu" but "kah-doh" , eau is always pronounced like an o sound.

[@JoKer-il3vy]

And it means "Gift"

[@slaviclad9705]

​@@joueusedelacave7798eau means water in french

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

It'd be awesome if you could cover all of the mutations from the Four Lords, like Heisenberg's ability to control metal like Magneto or Dimitrescu's regenerative capabilities to heal and grow claws like Sabretooth

[@uzielperales2667]

Someone actually did.

[@wovensystem1782]

@@uzielperales2667 yeah but that one wasnt roanoke and some perfer others voices and such

[@GG-ou7it]

He says in the video he will cover it and doesn’t want to spoil the game

[@frozenskygaming3970]

I never thought she was sabretooth like at all

[@philipmohlin3887]

why are u comparing this to x-men?

[@ichkannix2499]

It's actually said in the concept art section that the megamycete stores the genetic code as well as the consciousness of any organism that died in the area at some point, thus granting Miranda the power to switch between many different animalistic shapes in the final battle. The cadou/mold might be utilizing some of those genomes.

[@Cybuhr]

Yeah, I remember having read that too.

[@Randomeris1]

Giga Chad knows his shit !

[@HazyGrove]

It's kind of confusing; Moreau also has notes talking about injecting people, who had a Cadou implanted, with wolf blood. So who knows for sure lol Edit: I realize now that only applied to the Varcolacs

[@ichkannix2499]

@@HazyGrove Yeah, yet his diary also mentioned most of the subjects bloated like crazy only to "pop like a balloon", hence making like 98% of his experiments a complete failure. That's most likely due to the fact he used the mold/a cadou created from the mold in his area, thus containing genomes of various fish living near the settlement. In fact, some marine animals, especially those who live near deep sea spaces have to internally regulate their pressure to survive. So if you place them in an environment with much lower pressure, the pressure outside and inside the animal is imbalanced, thus making them bloat up and pop. I guess the wolf blood just messed up things even further. Combined with the genes of a regular human, this could actually be the case. Hope my theory cleared up some points.

[@SleepingsGaming]

@@ichkannix2499 he did mention that some did survive but it went feral and wouldn't even listen to him. He even created a weapon for putting them down in case another feral one was created. So he most likely found out a way to balance the parasite with wolf blood so as the infected keeps some level of sanity but is still subservient to the four lord's.

[@aconcernedcommissar6261]

To avoid confusion I call the 10ft guy the Lychad

[@shirel.a8421]

Santa Claws

[@landonmiller5448]

The big beef

[@lilywong9672]

You're incorrect about the Vârcolac. The Lycans do not evolve into them out of the blue. Vârcolac are created when Moreau injected wolf blood into the spine of a Lycan. It's in the in-game files.

[@Ingmatter]

Yeah I always assumed the experimentation entries you find in the mountains next to Moreau indicated he created those things. He was bad at mass production and production in general, but still got a few potent results.

[@danielmcguire7752]

Would be really cool tho if that we're the case

[@voidokami1427]

You forgot the mention that the fish dude was injecting wolf blood in the spine of some people that caused them to change into the more wolf like monsters.

[@enthiegavoir5955]

I just realized that this is why they're name is the Latin word for "werewolf" the rest are just fungus folks, the big bois ARE actually part wolf!

[@voidokami1427]

@@enthiegavoir5955 yesh!

[@Oakpaw]

@@enthiegavoir5955 Vârcolac is in fact the Romanian word for werewolf. :)

[@bagniacz3264]

16:25 Well, Lady Dimitrescu is actually most probably local to the area. From context clues we can assume that the village is located in Romania (Mia at the start of the game is cooking Romanian dish, it is mentioned few times that action takes place in Eastern Europe and money used in game is Lei, which is actual Romanian currency). So, as Dimitrescu is in fact a Romanian surname, (suffix "-escu" is typical for Romanian second names, meaning something like "son of" or "child of") we can assume that Lady Dimitrescu is native to the region and is not really French. Perhaps she may have lower immunity to the parasite, due to being from the "higher" class, as she seems to mention her ancient bloodline and nobility, so perhaps higher social status and better hygiene and lack of exposure to dirt or perhaps contaminated water may have caused her to do not develop immunity to Cadou, but this is only my rather quick hypothesis.

[@cristiancojocaru9821]

It is 100% set in romania, also "cadou" means gift in romanian. And the name bugs me to no end because I always hear "Dumitrescu" which is actually quite the common last name in romania.

[@Espadafinger]

If she is a noble, then possible inbreeding lineage.

[@cristiancojocaru9821]

@@Espadafinger I know we imported a lot of nobles, one of the dynasties that ended up rulling romania was german if memory serves.

[@ignatzbubis3610]

She also had a blood disease. Maybe that could be the reason for her special reaction to the cadou even though she is from Romania

[@Espadafinger]

@@ignatzbubis3610 porphyria? House of Hanover inherited a lot of porhyria due to inbreeding. Good ole' CK3

[@stormjin2242]

also to be fair the lycans were "treated" with wolf blood, and thanks to the HGT effect of the mold, started adding in wolf traits

[@badassproductions4734]

Let's take a moment to ponder how badass he made your immune system sound

[@Sharticus94]

Your immune system IS bad ass little bastards are blood thirsty killers

[@cloberlobster2276]

Wish Donna and marou had their own custom monsters like dimistrescu's sword wielding zombies, or heisenbergs soldats. Like a good coverd fish lycans with a "deep ones" vibe that live in the resovvour, and for Donna, maybe dolls filled with her cadou, and only move when you look away.

[@Quirderph]

Donna even *does* use her powers to make her dolls move... but only to scare you in a cutscene.

[@cloberlobster2276]

@@Quirderph I know, I meant that, and to have them around the map, like how dimistrescu zombies are around

[@jeambeam3173]

Tech Maru atleast made the more wolf version of the Lycan

[@jordangarcia465]

when I saw the lockers everywhere during the puzzle section of Donna's house I was like, "ah, since I don't have weapons there'll be zombie doll things I have to run and hide from later during a combat section". And well..kinda. You could hide from the baby thing in the locker. As scary as that section was I just wished there was more to the combat than hide and seek.

[@angellara7040]

@@Quirderph that's not true. If you dont find her right away the tolls attack Ethan in a short cutscene

[@Trxlyy]

Boutta wait 14 hours for a 10 minute video, priorities lads

[@RoanokeGaming]

Lmfao late squad

[@glowingforthe1654]

Frrr

[@bigfckingbug10k45]

@@RoanokeGaming starship troopers

[@slurper5300]

Same but I skipped up to 4 hours left

[@MultiKeto]

@@RoanokeGaming didn't the documents state that heisenberg was the one with the highest affinity? And didn't he create the lycans by merging the cadou with wolf dna? if you read all the documents in his factory he states that. the lycans were his first try in creating soldiers against miranda

[@demonman905]

Correction for the Varcolac (the massive, quadruped beast): These creatures were not regular Lycans that devolved into monstrous beasts over time, but instead were the direct result of experimentation by Moreau, the village doctor (who then came to be the resident hunchback/fish monster). This was done by injecting wolf blood directly into the spine of a freshly made lycan, causing violent transformation and aggression (Source: File named Moreau's Diary of Experiments). Also fun fact, all Lycans are males, as females instead became Moroaica (the zombie like creatures under Castle Dimitrescu) or Samca, the winged monsters with long tongues. There are no female Lycans at all in RE8.

[@godlyhorror3809]

Happy birthday big man! Thank you for all the work you've done for us, we all love it so much! F to the end of your twenties, but here is a cheer to all the years to come!

[@c.Orange]

I shall exist as a reverse plant for the next 13h then, turning oxygen into carbon dioxide.

[@hacked2813]

15 hours. what now ?

[@benmiller5015]

You really should branch out lol

[@c.Orange]

I watched it around 40ish minutes after the premiere started, what now? I may wait again. For what? The end maybe, or another video. Even if I were to perish whilst waiting for decades the atoms constructing my body, floating trough cosmos would be still waiting until the eventual heat death of the universe and the collapse of dimensions, or whatever happens, maybe I'll become black hole's dinner hundreds of millenia later. Patience. We'll see. Eitherway, Farewell it is travelers, I must go back to reverse plant mode.

[@TheRealFobican]

Let's make a machine that can convert carbon dioxide to oxygen. Now when I'm thinking about it, the insects might get huge again as their ancestors billions of years ago before shrinking down to the sizes of today.

[@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

@@TheRealFobican Millions of years ago, not billions.

[@ianasm8026]

This guy predicted the Ethan mold twist years before on one of his reziden evill 7 videos. Genius!

[@arandomt-9056]

Wait he did?

[@camarofan2008]

Hope he does a video on Ethan and Rose

[@lankhoose9302]

After 7 it was pretty clear what happened with Ethan I thought 🤷‍♂️

[@docduck1122]

F

[@docduck1122]

Happy birthday to you 🥳🥳🥳

[@SoftDadLeon]

Ever since I played Village I've been waiting for this video! Love it, great work Roanoke!

[@hansvonheileger5791]

I have been waiting for these! Excited for the rest, love that this was the first! THANKS!!!

[@colinvanhoutan5540]

When Ethan gets his hand bitten he only has 8 fingers throughout the game this is a suttle nod to it being the 8th game in the franchise

[@coustom_8030]

Are u sure

[@Bricriu-gj9dd]

Don't worry, when you play the game you will also see that Ethan gets his hand bitten resulting in losing 2 fingers.

[@joshuawadsworth6417]

No that would be six fingers and 2 thumbs left.

[@qwonktheduck4796]

@@joshuawadsworth6417 u must be fun at parties

[@joshuawadsworth6417]

@@qwonktheduck4796 You dis-lycan satire my guy?

[@roxololindo4664]

A note about the Vârcolacs is that one of Moreau's journals states he added wolf blood to the spines of some individuals he used the Cadou on, so that also contributes to their formation. There also is a second type of Vârcolac, the alfa is a separate one only encountered in the later game near Luiza's house.

[@MadHunter8]

So excited to go through the whole game with you!

[@calebhamilton8382]

Happy birthday. Thanks for your content dude

[@SellingSouls]

Fun fact: Varcolac - Werewolf in Romanian. 8:24

[@killerqueen6054]

Can’t wait for the morphology of Lady Dimitrescu

[@raceemrobinson2578]

Oh yeah bro I know right but remember she's mine

[@lordshivonski6149]

We all know why we want that.

[@matthewellison1025]

starting with the feet...

[@robertnelson9599]

There are going to be a lot of RE8 videos.

[@ahardworker2154]

Along with her daughters

[@supervlad4150]

17:58 From Moreau's Log of Experiments: "I put in the Cadou and then I tried putting wolf blood from a needle into the spine. The person wriggled a lot and then killed my assistant. I could not hold it down so I put it in a cage. Now I have to feed it." This could also explain why some of them have extreme wolf-like features, while others can be explained by mutation.

[@songbird6414]

“It’s more action y than other resident evils” *forgets about the Beneviento fetus*

[@Vintage218]

I thought there was an entire thing about Moraue injecting wolf blood when he was experimenting on the townspeople

[@BilboSwaggins723]

That was for the bigger wolf things yes. It says so in a note next to the magnum. So there is probably a flaw in his theory

[@harfar1690]

@@BilboSwaggins723 Yeah, he must've missed that.

[@angellara7040]

That applies to just varcalacs. He already called the pre injection subject a lycan

[@chaosdragon-fox1864]

There was but I don't think he injected it into every test subject.

[@Vintage218]

@@chaosdragon-fox1864 from the note it looked like it was the initial testing that he was doing and he came across making lycans

[@jesserobo2138]

When i heard RE 8 was coming out the first thought i had was. “Roanokes vids are gonna be interesting” Mainly caus my potato of a brain couldnt comprehend the creatures

[@KOOLAIDisgood100]

Im glad it wasnt just me 😅

[@camarofan2008]

Dude same love this channel and i love resident evil

[@Raccon_Detective.]

@@camarofan2008 Me too!! I hope someday he does all the viruses and parasites in resident evil.

[@williamthomas7587]

ROANNN!! AWESOME VID MANNN! I hope to see Lady Alcina and her daughters. Keep up the super informative and interesting work.

[@slademcpherson9459]

Happy birthday Roanoke wish you many more to come

[@SaiyanDemon]

I’m gonna be lycan this video Edit: Dear god what did I start 😂

[@RoanokeGaming]

Bro, thats a dad joke that rivals mine!

[@SaiyanDemon]

Yea I’m sorry 😅 I couldn’t resist

[@melt-down]

Burn the pun witch!

[@ahardworker2154]

Nice

[@joshuawadsworth6417]

I ain't lycan that pun

[@coyoterenzo2203]

Happy bday Roanoke I love your content man it’s so interesting to learn the biology of these enemies from games

[@AceNinjaViking]

Always appreciate the research you do that makes ideas this wild sound at least a little bit plausible. Another prime example of how nature really is stranger than even our wildest imaginings.

[@nielsfrisk723]

An interesting part of the creation of a Vârcolac/Alpha is the fact that they're the result of adding wolf DNA into the spine of a person undergoing the Lycan transformation, resulting in a more animalistic appearance.

[@shinazu_k]

I thought the Varcolacs are made with the standard lycan with the cadou but with wolf blood injected into their spinal cord? I remember seeing the note at the shack somewhere after we entered Moreau's area and one of the Varcolacs attacked us.

[@ctcrosby01]

Same. Although I actually kinda like Roanoke’s theory better, as kind of a nod to the old t virus infected zombies being able to evolve further.

[@cristiancojocaru9821]

With the gift, cadou = gift.

[@jonathansuarez4111]

They are is were you find the magnum

[@jonathansuarez4111]

@@ctcrosby01 yeah but they straight up say that it is a wolf hybrid I thought they were going to be like lickers

[@julianswinton5355]

@@jonathansuarez4111 To be fair hunters are human reptile hybrids to but were made different than the vârcolac

[@deceptimus3688]

Happy Birthday! Just subscribed last week or so... Really enjoying your content!

[@stevennavarro9294]

came back to this video to say hbd, hope u had a good one man, keep up the good work

[@vii3796]

2:15 "Having her child expired" something I never thought I would hear in my life time lol.

[@fallencrusader7104]

Fun fact for anyone who cares: Cadou = present 🎁 in Romaian

[@cristiancojocaru9821]

Also not pronounced like in french.

[@hamsandvich8956]

How is it pronounced? I’m just curious because it reminds me of cadeau

[@cristiancojocaru9821]

@@hamsandvich8956 CA like in CADMIUM and DOW afterwards. I remember as a child it was weird when I heard how you pronounce certain letters in english, I is AI, E is I, A is AE, etc. so I get that it is difficult to pronounce romanian words if you're coming from an english mindset. Or even easier go to google translate, type in cadou, select romanian if it doesn't automatically and hit listen.

[@fallencrusader7104]

@@hamsandvich8956 It's pronounced cah-dough

[@hamsandvich8956]

@@fallencrusader7104 thanks, I appreciate you telling me

[@cmar601]

Love the actual anatomical breakdown. Subbed

[@nolongerhuman13]

I was waiting for this !

[@terapziegames]

I thought I remembered reading in Moreau's journal that the varcolac were made when injecting subjects (that already are implanted with a cadou) with wolf blood directly into the spinal cord. You can find this entry in his shack which also contains the wolfsbane revolver. side note: the varcolac and varcolac alfa are two different entities. The one covered in spears that is later found in the fallow plot is the alfa variant; you even get an achievement for killing it.

[@productunknown3985]

As someone who has gone into the field of virology this channel makes me so happy it’s unbelievable

[@rosecarmichael5966]

Happy Birthday Roanoke!! I love watching your videos and listening to them while playing games. Glad i stumbled on your channel!!

[@jacoblesperance2115]

Loving the RE 8 vids. As always, great stuff.

[@Fubukio]

There are some incorrect information in this video. For example, Varcolacs are not natural further mutation of the Lycans, but Lycans that mutated due to wolf DNA being injected into them. And also Varcolac Alfa is an alpha version of the Varcolac that is stronger and has more HP than normal Varcolac. It's a secret mini boss that Roanoke most likely missed in-game.

[@Cybuhr]

Yeah, the concept art section of the game even explicitly mentions the megamycete stores the genetic coding of any organism that died in the area. That's why Miranda could take on many different animalistic shapes by utilizing the mold in the final battle, it says.

[@Scorched-Knight]

This

[@lucasfraczek4320]

Of all the viruses, infections, and mutations throughout the Resident Evil franchise, the Cadou has to be my favorite.

[@CapybaraConnoisseur89]

Yeah this one and T Virus.

[@Raccon_Detective.]

Me too and the T-abyss virus because I have a soft spot for aquatic monsters. Also G-virus because it's the only semi-sentient virus in the whole series.

[@Raccon_Detective.]

@@CapybaraConnoisseur89 Me too and It still exist within Jill.

[@ethanlackey8048]

Always a pleasure mate, also happy early birthday! Can’t wait for the gears Seeker/siege beasts episodes.

[@wangkong905]

This is such a fun channel! I don't have the patience (or enough brain power lol) to have ever gone into any science but I always found biology, specifically viruses, interesting. I've really been enjoying all these videos! :D

[@Endorser]

Need to hear about the morphology of reattachable limbs

[@namethis658]

I don't recall Lycans having reattachable limbs. Or are you talking about Ethan?

[@HenriqueLSilva]

@@namethis658 most likely, he's the only one who's doing it fairly often.

[@jesseallen3109]

if you rewatch/play RE7 it kinda makes sense with Ethan.. and the plot twist in 8.. damn it i should have known. i only started thinking about it after Watching The Rad Brad killed Lady D. Hint, Ethan gave Mia the serum to cure from RE7 mold.. but he himself was infected as seen by a cut arm AND foot being reattached in RE7.. so.. .... Ethan died in RE7 and is just a living mold not controlled by Eve who's a sister essentially to the mold in RE8. Which also means Mia fucked a moldy corpse to create a mold-human hybrid that's more stable and deadlier than ANYTHING UMBRELLA EVER MADE.... who will be the main protagonist or main villain of RE9.

[@christianordonez9231]

​@@jesseallen3109 I think Ethan was just revived by the mold. And yes he was infected, but in the same way the Bakers were. When Jack says: "Welcome to the family son", he basically is saying that Ethan is just like them. Maybe just as it gave Jack regenerative abilities it did the same way with Ethan. Just happen to be that Ethan was a better host for the mold.

[@jesseallen3109]

@@christianordonez9231 Kay.. beware. this has spoilers: Even RE8 points out (after Ethan has his heart ripped out by Mother Miranda after he defeats magneto wannabe) that when Ethan first had his hand cut off and blacked out there's a high chance that he's dead in RE7. But the mold of RE7 has the same capacity as RE8 mold as RE7's is a sample of RE8's. That means that the mold, if the host is viable enough, (as we see with Mother Miranda) grants immortality as well as the ability to change shape to the host.. Because the mold remembers the consciousness/dna/memories/etc of the person it consumes. EDIT: OOOH! further evidence of this is Ethan's weird seance/ghost communication with Jack and family despite two (mother and Jack) of the family having been killed and where they say that EVE willn't let them go. This is because as we read/learn in RE8 the megamycete keeps their consciousness and thus it could be said EVE had some of that ability too. it just manifested as some crazy dream/ghost seance vision/what have you with Eve. Which means the line "welcome to the family, son" means they had killed and reborn Ethan as a mold person, fully infected but with much of his mental self and mind fully intact. Now obviously Ethan never uses the change shape ability because he STILL BELIEVES HE'S HUMAN. This also explains why he doesn't just regrow his two lost fingers in RE8 because he just can't fathom that he's not human. Which could be said then that since EVE couldn't control him and he didn't die or become mindless/rabid monster like the rest of the mold humanoids in RE7 did whence eve died that ETHAN has either a VERY STRONG SENSE OF SELF.. or something else is weird about him that made it so he wasn't affected. But finding out and starting to realize that he is IN FACT a walking mold corpse starts breaking down his strong sense of self and this is why in the finale against Mother Miranda you see him starting to crystalize, and even loose functionality of his left hand. And rather then risk that at this point, if he decided to fight to survive, he becomes a monster like those he killed in RE7, he instead gives into his fate, by walking INTO and blowing up the megamycete, thus ending him entirely as even a failing mold body like his own couldn't reform and harm anyone or anything from such a destructive explosion.

[@cyphir1156]

"Let's see what your really made of....Ethan Winters" To be honest I really loved resident evil 8, I'm currently on my second playthrough on the hardest difficulty and still love it

[@RoanokeGaming]

Such a great game

[@jkwellness1639]

Happy belated 29th birthday! Thanks for the resident evil series videos! Been binge watching them I'm going to be 29 in August.

[@matthewmitchell6001]

Fairly new to this channel I totally love it. That being said let's mix up the term force multiplier. I laughed when you joked bc I'm sooooo tired of it lol. Much love

[@cyrussantangelo5159]

Im about to tell everyone who sees this what the aliens told me.... have a good day.

[@RoanokeGaming]

Ill try

[@connorllewellyn6289]

Well that's not ominous at all.

[@ryantagonist924]

Well what did they say🧐

[@bigfckingbug10k45]

@@RoanokeGaming starship troopers

[@matmil5]

Alien invasion chances have dropped to 0

[@ThiccNoodlez]

Two hours till the video goes live and I'm already Lycaning the video.

[@Carnige32]

Happy late birthday 🎂 love your vids here since the beginning

[@jonmurphy4889]

Just discovered your channel I think I've watched a few of your videos before but as someone that aced all of their advanced biology, zoology and botany classes in high school and took some advanced classes in college in the same 3 subjects I find your channel Fuckin awesome!!! All of my favorite subjects bashed into one!! 👍👍👍

[@pakkokiller]

I think you made a mistake about the “alpha” (the more werewolf like lycan); in the lab of Salvatore Moreau (the freak one), it’s said that he injected lycans with werewolf spinal fluid in their column. I think that’s the reason they became more werewolf like, not because evolution

[@chumorgan443]

Yup, to be fair to him. He only did one play through. I think I missed that doc first time over too. Also he called them Alpha Valcalac. Another mistake since there is only one that appears as a Mimi boss.

[@bradleyforney4520]

You mean wolf's spinal fluid not werewolf dummy

[@joshuawallace4405]

He says off hand, “there’re going to be so many of these...” my heart leaped with joy, couldn’t wait for Dr. Roanoake to cover Village

[@lukelyon1781]

Happy belated birthday Roanoke!!!

[@dracodragneel5836]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROOOOOOOO!!!!!Thanks for the explanation.

[@theafflictionvhs17]

It’s currently 9:32 PM where I live, & I will legitimately stay up the entire night waiting for this video to premiere...

[@Vrinara]

I actually wanna see more of the Lycans in RE.

[@thepubknight6144]

Me too they're awesome antagonists

[@kingofgoths4478]

Hearing we share a bday is great and you doing a video on re8 just makes it even better

[@GuyChooo]

So basically, the Lycans are more humanoid while the Varcolac (Werewolf) are more wolf

[@jbrcook01]

Very Underworld of them...

[@SamsarasArt]

Yay! I was hoping you were gonna cover re8. There's so many different monsters and bosses to work with

[@mirceapatcas231]

"Cadou" is a romanian word that means "gift". There are no french relation (i mean i didnt found) to this word. BTW since "cadou" means "gift", remember in RE7 how the Baker family is talking about Evelynns "gift"?

[@SpencerCJ]

It's also important to note that Heisenburg is romanian, he has romanian military tags on him. Could be him who initailly gave the parasite to Miranda calling it "the cadou" as in a gift for her but she just liked the name and it stuck

[@awesomepocalypse3203]

The French relation is that it sounds more or less the same and also means gift. The difference is it's spelt cadeaux in French

[@Keikorian]

Thank you Roanoke for the entertaining content and happy 30th birthday 🥳 I hope it was a great one.

[@dangjellywastaken1207]

Happy birthday buddy you earned it

[@tungstentarkus8626]

Now I’m curious about Urias and his brother

[@STppNGMTN]

Can't wait for the next one. Vamp mommy gigantism.

[@Fink-id6yg]

You're awesome. You should also do "cells at work", I think it's called you'd be amazing at explaining the interactions.

[@Callofduty799]

Been a long time subscriber man happy early birthday!! Awesome videos as always!

[@cloberlobster2276]

*Where the lord's are from* Lady dimistrescu: Romanian Salvatore marou: french Donna beneviento: Italian Karl heisenberg: German. The village takes place in Romania. Lady D's family are connected the the area of the village, so I think she would have the "immune system" thing as the villagers, but mutated because of her families hereditary disease.

[@quartzskull8772]

Huh, salvator sounded Spanish

[@osblarg]

@@quartzskull8772 He would be named "Salvador" is he were spanish

[@quartzskull8772]

@@osblarg I know he wasn't the name just sounded like it was

[@cloberlobster2276]

@@quartzskull8772 I think it's all about the last names, not the first names that bring out the ethnic lineages of the houses.

[@quartzskull8772]

@@cloberlobster2276 yeah beneviento is very Italian

[@manifestednightmare]

I would like to see him cover the Kharaa bacterium in subnautica

[@DasLPEis]

Happy belated birthday man! Loving your content, and as much of a blast RE8 is, I much more enjoy watching your videos on it and the other REs to hype me up before playing through them again ^^ I wish you all the luck and happiness in the world, happy birthday :)

[@gantref9202]

Great video, definitely more thought than Capcom put into it but I love the explanation!

[@utahraptor2000]

There is a spacific Varcolac, called the Varcolac Alfa, it’s skin is slightly orange and its eyes are red, it’s also larger and has spears sticking out of its body, the other Varcolac’s are not referred to as Alphas

[@corevo7570]

I was hoping you’d cover this! I have no clue how true to life these enemies could be lore wise, but I’m excited to see you explain it! Loved the game too.

[@moth8775]

Dude it's just a virus

[@corevo7570]

@@moth8775 No it isn’t in this game, but I’ll let him talk about that.

[@iAmPimmiCue]

@@moth8775 It's not a virus.

[@masonscruggs1209]

Great video!!!

[@Crazycler]

Yay !! I really hope you do more explanations on this game!! Ps I love you

[@jawgscrew1095]

Yes he’s finally doing RE village and I’m excited to what he got planned next

[@Babbleplay]

Lycan sounds exactly like lichen. It sounds like savage rock moss is attacking.

[@ephemal]

Ahh dope your birthday is a day after mine, Happy early Birthday Roanoke!

[@wetgarbo8769]

I usually watch long and informative videos to fall asleep but damn this just keeps me up cause it's so damn interesting

[@giventoringybanez5799]

Day 3 of ditching my biology class to watch Roanoke again: Ahh yes I feel the growth of my frontal lobe getting more complex. Btw Happy Birthday Roanoke 🎂

[@christianrosenberger3219]

I can’t wait to watch this video

[@landoncube769]

I've seen most of your videos probably twice just cause I watch them while I play games and then again when I'm about to lay

[@AwkwardLee_1920]

I love the actual scientific research you did to explain the virus from a microbiology standpoint Great job! 🙂