capture: Adam D. Clark (RE5) is the owner and co-founder of the Umbrella Corporation, a pharmaceutical drug company that secretly manufactures bio-organic weapons. Spencer's backstory is largely told through in-game files. Born into one of the most powerful families of Europe, Spencer was given a prestigious childhood education, parts of the curriculum consisting of virology and eugenic studies. His favorite piece of literature was that of controversial explorer Henry Travis, who had documented a grove of rare culturally-sacred flowers in West Africa. As Spencer entered university, he formed a close friendship with James Marcus and Edward Ashford. Spencer would be forever changed during a hiking trip in the mountains of East Europe, where he became lost and then rescued by a mysterious woman known as Mother Miranda. A de facto biologist, Miranda was also a priestess who had cultivated a religion around a local super-colony of fungus that exhibited preternatural qualities. Under her wing as a research assistant, Spencer became inflamed by the idea of exploiting the biological secrets of the universe to improve and advance humankind. His views conflicted with Miranda, Spencer departed from his mentor, though he continued to correspond with her and would later dedicate his company's four-red logo to the Four Houses of Miranda's region. Inspired by the writings of Henry Travis, Spencer has his associate Dr. James Marcus make an expedition to West Africa, where the latter discovers the aforementioned flowers. Killing most people when ingested, the flower elicited superhuman abilities within a rare number of people who could survive its fatal effects—all thanks to a particular virus within the flower, a virus later dubbed by Spencer and his associates as the Progenitor virus. With the knowledge he acquired, Spencer developed a god complex while plotting to forcibly evolve humanity into a new superior race through genetic engineering and virology. With limited funding to exploit the flower and its virus, Spencer designs a seemingly benevolent front organization known as Umbrella Pharmaceuticals to accrue revenue so that his machinations on the virus may continue. His colleagues, James Marcus and Edward Ashford, join his company. Through a series of betrayals and espionage, Spencer quickly gains control of the company and its research, and sends subordinates to assassinate Marcus and Ashford.Alexander Ashford: "If nothing is done, Umbrella will be taken over by Spencer." Capcom, Resident Evil – Code: Veronica, Capcom, Nintendo GameCube, (in English), December 3, 2003. Spencer