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Obscuris is a private military contractor (PMC) organization based in Willamette, Colorado, contracted to complete Dr. Barnaby's immortality research by cloning humans and turning them into zombies in Dead Rising 4. Over time, their mission evolved to capturing and training the undead with the intention of creating a workforce for plantations, factories, and other industries, consisting of zombies that would never die and work without compensation.

Dead Rising 4[]

Obscuris is first introduced when Frank West and Vicky Chu investigate a military compound situated on the outskirts of Willamette—the site of the first zombie outbreak. Upon entering, they discover that Obscuris is conducting zombie research at the compound. However, the duo is discovered and forced to flee, with Frank falsely accused of terrorism by the US Government and labeled a fugitive.

Four months later, Frank and ZDC agent Brad Park travel to Willamette to investigate an ongoing outbreak. However, their helicopter is hit by a missile launched by Obscuris' lieutenant, forcing them to crash-land in a shopping mall. Frank eventually uncovers the organization's presence in the city, who are searching for a monstrous creature named Calder. Frank manages to approach an Obscuris truck carrying Calder, but it drives off, leaving Frank to confront the lieutenant.

Upon investigating the laboratory of Dr. Russell Barnaby, the main scientist behind the zombie outbreak in Santa Cabeza, Frank learns that during his last days, Barnaby was developing ways to make zombies with their human intelligence intact. Calder, a human soldier enhanced with a military exoskeleton, was accidentally transformed into a zombie, but not before downloading crucial data from Barnaby onto a hard disk he always carries. Frank confronts Calder to retrieve the data.

Subsequently, Frank infiltrates Obscuris' base and faces Fontana, the organization's leader. Fontana reveals that Obscuris was not responsible for the outbreak but was hired by an unknown client to obtain Calder's data. The client sought to utilize the research on intelligent zombies to create a cost-effective labor force for factories and plantations in developing countries. The confrontation is disrupted by Calder, who kills Fontana. Afterward, the base is then overrun by zombies, and Frank declares the end of Obscuris.

When Frank, having turned into a zombie, is rescued by Dr. Diane Blackburne, he meets Hammond's group of survivors. Learning of Blackburne's plan to commandeer an Obscuris evacuation helicopter to escape Willamette, Frank heads to the winery where Dr. Barnaby's lab is hidden. He confronts Obscuris soldiers, allowing the survivors to engage Obscuris and retrieve the chopper. Frank, Blackburne, and the survivors leave the town just as the military destroys it, seemingly putting an end to Obscuris.

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