
A little girl can blend into a crowd much better than a hulking great mutate-o-Marine.Īs explained in a lab report found in the salt mines, late in the game, early infection results in “remarkable regenerative abilities”, including the ability to regrow body parts within minutes, a trait certainly present in the Bakers. Her mind-control abilities were intended to bring enemies under control without the mass destruction or conspicuous conflict associated with previous bioweapons. Known as an E-series weapon, the purpose of Evie’s design was military. We’re told in an R&D report found in the salt mines that Evie’s victims are controlled via pheromone-induced hallucinations, which is why you’ll often see the Baker family seeming to talk to people who aren’t there. That’ll be the black goop you’ll find all over the Baker estate. The first truly successful version of the weapon design - the D-series being the last of four failed attempts - Evie can produce the “mutamycete” Mold herself, using it to gradually bring human subjects under her control, and spewing up gallons of it to perpetuate further infections. It’s infused in a human embryo, which is then extracted around the 38 – 42 week stage.

She’s a living weapon, bioengineered from an unnamed fungus found in an unnamed location. Evie already has the Bakers’ son, Lucas, kidnapping people in an attempt to expand her family unit, and so has very probably manipulated Mia into contacting Ethan, in order to complete that family with a father. But Evie wants a family, and Mia is now intermittently under her control.
