Diego Hariwald



Diego Hariwald is one of the three founders of the pharmaceutical company known as Kutma Giroartee, together with his two founding colleagues, Welles Edworth Gilles Recneps and Hilderbrand Krieg. He is also one of those responsible for the zombie apocalypse, and the main antagonist in Zombie Apocalypse Zero.

History
Diego Hariwald met Hilderbrand Krieg when he proved to be an expert in the fields of biology and virology. The two then left Sanford School. And they became partners in researching the Progenis virus and enlisted one of Krieg's closets friends, Welles Edworth Gilles Recneps, who also provided them with funds for the Progenis virus in 1966. Meanwhile, both Welles and Diego wanted to create the weapon for military use, while Hilderbrand wanted only for research. They wanted at any cost, so the three decided to create a pharmaceutical company known as Kutma Giroartee that the three made huge profits. And also having authorization from the government to do their research, while the three hid their bad things behind a company, which soon became a powerful and influential company. Then in 1969 Diego became general manager and director of research and development. Then while, Krieg lent his help, Spencer took care of the finances and the corporation, and Krieg ended up dying on that one when he contracted the Projenis Virus.

Zombie Apocalypse Zero
Hariwald started reseaching the virus and he created the B-Virus by combining the leeches' DNA using the Projenis Virus, with which he would later create the El-virus and the MALs of Kutma Giroartee; these discoveries gained the attention of those around him mainly Welles. After that, Hariwald became very close to two of its main researchers, Smith Reksew and Wilson Byrond. After that, he tried to use his discovery to become a managing member of Katma Giroartee, but before he could introduce them. Recneps closed the training center and transferred the B-Virus project to the Angus Research Center. However despite this, Hariwald continued to work at the training center for 80 years, he was almost confined there due to the extreme isolation that drove him crazy.

However Recneps' paranoia started to grow so he ordered Byrond and Reksew to kill Hariwald had placed cameras in the laboratory that would be destroyed by Reksew and Byrond who arrived and sedated him.They then mocked Hariwald before killing him, and they poisoned Hariwald and threw his body into the sewer at the company's inn, however Hariwald had not died and the poison he took actually brought him back to life since he was studying the details of the B-Virus. He then had his body rejuvenated for twenty years and learned to manipulate the leeches of the B-Virus.

After feelings betrayed, Hariwald vowed Recneps revenge, first he led the B-Virus and attacked the company's training facility, called Barkley, and killed all passengers on the company's transport train. Turning them into zombies, Hariwald also got rid of the VV commands, and soon broadcast to Reksew and Byrond and threatened them by telling them that they would pay for their betrayal.