When he finally arrives in Persephone, Lamb lays a trap for him, luring him to the decontamination chamber where her daughter sleeps, and non-fatally smothers Eleanor before his eyes, stopping her heart long enough to fatally disrupt their bond. He even builds an underwater utopia so that the weak do not keep the strong down. [10] With Gil Alexander's help she also succeeded in removing the Little Sister mental conditioning from Eleanor. After Ryan uses the phrase to force Jack to kill him, Atlas comes in and uses the phrase to make Jack use the genetics key to turn off the self-destruct and to give control of Rapture to Fontaine Futuristics, Fontaine then reveals himself to Jack, before abandoning him to be murdered by the Security Bots. "[3] Sofia Lamb adopted his philosophy and later followed in his footsteps, specializing in psychiatry at the University of Oxford. P. Pettifog and Harrison Powell | Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Ivan Karlosky | He is extremely successful, taking over Rapture, using Elizabeth to find The Ace in the Hole and manipulating Jack to kill Andrew Ryan, all which he succeeds. Fontaine was a masterful con artist who was so good at his job that he could even impersonate a "chinaman" for as long as two weeks. The spy, Rapture Tribune reporter Stanley Poole, eventually gathered enough evidence for Ryan to make his move. Gilbert Alexander | In BioShock, he was voiced by Greg Baldwin, who also voiced Aku in the final season of Samurai Jack. Reggie, Fontaine Fisheries He arrived in Andrew Ryan's city of Rapture sometime in 1948 and founded Fontaine Fisheries. Daniel Wales | Fenella Woolgar. Controlling Splicers.Blackmailing his employees.Conning people. Escape from Housewares.Use Elizabeth to find "The Ace in the Hole".Manipulate Jack into killing Andrew Ryan (all succeeded).Get rid of Jack and bring ADAM to the surface (failed). Sofia Lamb's idea of eliminating the "Self" to create a Utopian society may be a reference to Ayn Rand's novel. Industrialist and scientist wunderkind Andrew Ryan, influenced by the Objectivist philosophy of Ayn Rand, has built an underwater city called Rapture, where he has opted out of society to rebuild it anew as a shining Utopia. Sofia Lamb | Place of Death Jack and Fontaine come face-to-face in Point Prometheus, however. Reed Wahl | Sinclair's Lifeboat,Rapture (choice only) Burial at Sea BioShock est un jeu vidéo de tir en vue à la première personne développé par 2K Boston/2K Australia et conçu par Ken Levine pour l'éditeur américain 2K Games sur le moteur Unreal Engine 2.Il sort sur Xbox 360 et Windows en août 2007.Le titre est porté par 2K Marin et Digital Extremes sur PlayStation 3 en octobre 2008, puis par Feral Interactive sur OS X en février 2009. Fontaine has spliced himself with ADAM, he throws an iron statue at Jack. [13] However, the experiment began to go wrong as the ADAM distorted Gilbert's genetic structure, eventually driving him mad and severely mutating him. Lamb's phrase "Big Sister is always watching" is likely a reference George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Amused, Fontaine reveals he has another way to control Jack, called Code Yellow, another hypnotic phrase which will make the heart stop beating, however the heart is a "stubborn muscle" described by Fontaine, which is the sole reason Code Yellow doesn't just stop the heart immediately, this gives Jack enough time to make Lot 192, a cure to Code Yellow, after taking Lot 192, Jack is completely freed from Fontaine's control. Sofia Lamb, with Eleanor on her left on New Year's Eve, 1958. [17] Lamb is also seen on the "Rapture Best and Brightest - 1952" poster, next to the rest of Rapture's elite. Subject Delta comes into conflict with Sofia when he finds himself revived by a Vita-Chamber, beginning his search for his original Little Sister: Eleanor Lamb. By exploiting Andrew Ryan's philosophy and free market policies, Fontaine made himself rich through smuggling and built Fontaine Futuristics, which commercialized consumable ADAM, the genetic material needed for the manufacturing of plasmids and gene tonics. Crimes Peach Wilkins | This is done ironically to illustrate Fontaine's mockery of the objectivist philosophy. From 1959 to 1960, Lamb remained in Persephone, tinkering with Plasmids and Gene Tonics on her willing test subjects, and making tactical excursions to bring down more supporters from above. During this event, a Splicer Hypnotized Delta, allowing Sofia to command Delta to kill himself through the use of a pistol to his head (achieved through the removal of his helmet, also by Sofia's command). You cannot make said Removal Proposal without permission from an admin first. Quote by Jeff Weir, Animation Supervisor, 2K Marin, in, See the "People of Rapture" section of the. Originally hoping for victory in this genetic arms race, "Atlas" soon found himself trapped in Rapture, with Ryan in control of the bathyspheres and the Splicers through his pheromone systems. She has assumed Andrew Ryan's position as the leader of Rapture, albeit with a completely different ideological view. He denied her request, knowing she only wanted him for control of Rapture Central Computing. From an early age, Sofia Lamb was raised by her father. Sofia knows that her plans for her daughter will be ruined if Delta survives, so she forms a last-ditch plan to sever the bond between them. However, Stanley Poole did not discount the rumors. Malicious, cruel, sadistic, monstrous, greedy and heartless, Frank Fontaine is a highly intelligent but also extremely wicked monster. He grew rich from these practices, and they led him to a new line of business. His journey brings him into conflict with Lamb as well, since she will not allow any of the Little Sisters to be tampered with. BioShock Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Appearances He opened Fontaine's Home for the Poor and sought to build an army from the masses of people that were victimized by Ryan's free-market policies. He achieves this by tricking people into believing in something greater than themselves, id est Fontaine's "Atlas" persona and has them fight against Andrew Ryan, who for all intents and purposes was a self-made-man. In the past, she was able to exploit this by consistently winning big on her weekly poker nights in Pauper's Drop, then using her stake to benefit the neediest players; in the process she would gain the loyalty of her fellow players and satisfy her desire for victory. 2K publishes titles in today's most popular gaming genres, including shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, sports, casual, and family entertainment. In contrast, Fontaine is a crook who wishes to make money by profiteering off of other's gullibility and misfortune. Having gained economic dominance in Rapture, Fontaine sought ultimate control. Any act of removing this villain from the category without a Removal Proposal shall be considered vandalism (or a futile "heroic" attempt of redemption) and the user will have high chances of being terminated blocked. Through various audio logs, it becomes clear that Lamb has an iron grip over Rapture and murders all who attempt to flee. AtlasFrank Fontaine (novel continuity)Frank Gorland (novel continuity)Barris (novel continuity)Winston (novel continuity)Moskowitz (novel continuity)Wang (novel continuity)Lucio Fabrici (novel continuity)Bill Foster (novel continuity) However, Tenenbaum and her girls safely escape and part ways with Delta, who partners up with Augustus Sinclair. After this, Lamb retreated back to Persephone, biding her time and avoiding the worst of the Civil War that raged throughout the city. Birthplace After Delta either kills or spares Grace, Lamb states her opinion on the matter. Manipulative Crime Lord, Frank Fontaine (novel continuity)Frank Gorland (novel continuity)Barris (novel continuity)Winston (novel continuity)Moskowitz (novel continuity)Wang (novel continuity)Lucio Fabrici (novel continuity)Bill Foster (novel continuity), Barkeeper of the Clanger (novel continuity; formerly)Bookmaker (novel continuity; formerly)Crime LordOwner of Fontaine FuturisticsRevolutionary Leader (as Atlas)Ruler of Rapture (after Andrew Ryan's death; formerly), PersuasionActing skillsAccent imitationAfter Splicing himself:Super strengthSpeedDurabilityPyrokinesisCryokinesisElectrokinesisTeleportation. However, Sinclair soon began selling volunteer inmates to Fontaine Futuristics as Plasmid test subjects and Big Daddy candidates. Frank Fontaine (video game continuity)Frank (novel continuity) Lamb did not immediately return to Rapture. J.S. Like many studio success stories, Bioshock locked Irrational into a path that ultimately doomed it. Her ultimate fate depends upon the actions and choices of the player: if Delta has been benevolent towards the Little Sisters and spared the NPCs, then Eleanor will be influenced to forgive her mother and save her from drowning; however if Delta chose to harvest/kill some or all of the NPCs and Little Sisters, then Sofia will drown as Eleanor either ignores her and leaves her to die or drags her by the leg. Delta then enters Fontaine Futuristics and encounters the past recordings of Gilbert Alexander, who urges Delta to kill what remains of himself after Lamb's experiments on him. When Delta reaches Pauper's Drop, Sofia Lamb puts all of Rapture in city-wide lockdown, trapping Delta in the level. The finest and best video game stories ever, from Mass Effect 2's intergalactic soap opera, to Life is Strange's affecting, grounded drama Hair Color Type of Villain Physical Description He was a physician, and was a firm believer in the utilitarian ideal of the greater good, which he referred to as "the triage imperative. Anthony Perrotta of Entropy commented that the film was inspired by the beliefs of both Walt Disney and Ayn Rand, similarly to Andrew Ryan, the villain in BioShock who constructed Rapture, a city that resembles Tomorrowland in its secrecy and intention to encourage scientific development of idealists by isolating them from the rest of the world. However, Jack survives, Fontaine, not wishing to fight Jack, locks himself in Point Prometheus' tower, threatening to completely flood Rapture if Jack continues to chase him. Yi Suchong | Sofia Lamb's background is partially inspired by the life and philosophies of John Stuart Mill. Looking for a way to produce ADAM more quickly, Fontaine opened the Little Sister's Orphanage, where little girls were experimented on and turned into the ADAM producing Little Sisters. Esther Mailer | Later, her followers even shaped a religion around her ideals, referring to themselves as "The Rapture Family" and treating her philosophical book Unity and Metamorphosis as a sacred text. Andrew Ryan | [16] To further her plans, Sofia needed a large supply of ADAM. Lamb knows that the slow degradation of the broken bond will eventually kill Delta, but she orders her minions to simply restrain him and not harm him, since a violent, traumatic death would only resurrect him at a Vita-Chamber. If these attempts fail and when Delta 'deals' with the Little Sister, Lamb sends a Big Sister to hunt him down. On September 12, 1958, Fontaine apparently died in a shootout with Ryan's men, sealing himself the status of a martyr to those who did not know his true nature. Sander Cohen | This situation brutally tested Lamb's ideals as she maintained her position by selecting people from among her own supporters for ADAM experiments. His original voice remained, covered for with a heavy Irish accent. The name Fontaine or Fountain could also be an allusion to Ayn Rand's novel "The Fountainhead", from which Bioshock takes inspiration. Dionysus Park was Sofia's home and center of operations, and she does not take kindly to Delta infiltrating it. 1950? Hobby [10] Sightings of her throughout the city were rumored, but Ryan ignored them, focusing on his conflict with Atlas. She learned about Fontaine's program of genetic tampering that had created Jack's conditioning, and was inspired by it. United Kingdom[citation needed] Fraternal Order of the Raven | However, this also manifests as a marked aversion towards failure that verges on petulance, enough to overcome her normally unshakable stoicism and even her desire for the common good. Gender As Sofia herself freely admits, she is highly competitive and demonstrates a strong desire to win. Nigel Weir | Appears in In addition, the audio diaries also show that Lamb is obsessed with using ADAM and Rapture's splicing technology to transform Eleanor into a "Utopian" or "the People's Daughter" based on Fontaine's creation and indoctrination of Jack. After faking his death, he re-emerged as the revolutionary Irishman Atlas, in which he lead a large-scale rebellion and "genetic arms race" against Ryan, inciting a civil war which brought Rapture to the brink of ruin. [9] Lamb eventually led an uprising within the prison, taking control from Sinclair and gaining her freedom. BioShock 2The Protector Trials (Heard)BioShock: Rapture She had control over most of Rapture's populace through the influence of the Rapture Family, but the Little Sisters who could supply ADAM were becoming too old. Lamb is outraged by Delta using the Little Sisters within the city for his own purposes, and whenever Delta gathers ADAM with a Little Sister, Lamb sends Splicers to kill him and take back the Sister. Gilbert Alexander, Ryan Security Zachary Hale Comstock | Eye Color One of his smugglers discovered a sea slug that regenerated tissue. Just in case, despite her claims to have made Subject Omega (Sinclair) a better person by removing his free will, she had no trouble leaving his conscious mind and voice intact, allowing him to spend his final moments begging Delta to put him out of his misery by killing him. Throughout the game, Lamb sends her Splicers to attack Delta. At the same time that Delta is exploring Dionysus, Mark Meltzer arrives in the park and finally finds his daughter. If one looks closely, you can see this pistol has had its trigger guard removed. Frank Fontaine's family name is a reference to the novel. Voice Actor Along with Dr. Yi Suchong, they founded Fontaine Futuristics, which eventually discovered how to reproduce and refine the healing properties of the slug, which became known as ADAM and made the plasmid and gene tonic industries possible. It will exist the moment we are fit to occupy it.” ― Sofia Lamb[src] Dr. Sofia Lamb M.D, Ph.D, is a clinical psychiatrist and the main antagonist of BioShock 2. Distributing ADAMMass murderSmuggling racketeeringBlackmailScammingKidnappingTortureVandalismInstigating a civil warUsurpationUsury (novel continuity)Identity theft (novel continuity)Drug trafficking (novel continuity). The pistol Lamb gives to Delta in the intro is based upon the Artillery Model Luger P08 Pistol, a handgun commonly used by the German military since the early part of the 20th Century. Female While under his Atlas persona and in BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea, he was voiced by Karl Hanover. He is a criminal mastermind, businessman and con artist who resides in the underwater city of Rapture. As Delta draws closer to Persephone, Sofia Lamb becomes aware of her daughter's psychological connection to him. Delta overrides the lockdown and leaves the Drop, but he is forced to stop at Siren Alley after Simon Wales (one of Lamb's most faithful followers) crashes his train car with a torpedo and leaves Sinclair trapped and running out of oxygen in the flooded Dionysus Park. Organized crimeDistributing ADAMMass murderSmuggling racketeeringBlackmailScammingKidnappingTortureVandalismInstigating a civil warUsurpationUsury (novel continuity)Identity theft (novel continuity)Drug trafficking (novel continuity) On New Year's Eve, 1958, she journeyed to the Adonis Luxury Resort and orchestrated the abduction of her daughter, Eleanor, from Subject Delta, who had been Pair-Bonded with her. She has assumed Andrew Ryan's position as the leader of Rapture, albeit with a completely different ideological view. This plan involved giving the subject massive doses of ADAM, in the hopes to place all the genius of Rapture's citizens through the transfer of memories stored in ADAM into them. Her supporters saw Persephone as a bastion of hope from which they could eventually emerge to rebuild the city after the fighting was done. Eventually Lamb became so much of a threat to Ryan that he resorted to less ethical means to have her brought down. Splicer The Founders In order to prevent Delta from succeeding, she smothers Eleanor, sinks Persephone to the bottom of the ocean, and even attempts to abandon Rapture altogether so long as she will be able to ensure her victory above all others. Photo Dr. Sofia Lamb M.D, Ph.D, is a clinical psychiatrist and the main antagonist of BioShock 2. The Saturnine | Fearing that Lamb would seek revenge for his betrayal, he orchestrated the flooding of Dionysus Park, killing the remainder of Lamb's artistic followers there. Sofia's office in Outer Persephone from the outside. Chief Sullivan | Affiliation Sofia Lamb She attempted to keep her daughter isolated from other children and privately tutored her, hoping to raise a genius-level intellect. Steinman | Regardless, she does not seem to care what Delta does with him. Furthermore, despite her claims to love all sentient beings in equal measure, this ultimately amounts to loving no one. Eleanor manages to free Delta, and Sofia realizes that her hopes for her daughter have been ruined. Cold, superficially educated, and fanatical to the point of insanity, Sofia focuses on the needs of the community at the expense of the individual, being more than happy to mutate Gilbert Alexander beyond recognition or destroy her own daughter's mind if it means guaranteeing the creation of her world-saving "utopian". [4] Lamb was appalled when she discovered the United States were using her own altruistic ideal of "the greater good" to justify the bombing,[4] and this convinced her that the world was doomed to destroy itself. Pat Cavendish, Fontaine Futuristics Goals After the deaths of both Andrew Ryan and Frank Fontaine during the events of BioShock in 1960, Sofia could truly move throughout Rapture without fear. This is likely due to the fact that she is not mutated from ADAM and the girls have no reason to fear her. At the conclusion of the game, the last charge detonates and all of Persephone crumbles into the deep ocean trench, but Sofia joins Eleanor and Delta in Sinclair's escape pod. Cohen's Disciples | [14][15] Lamb realized that the only person who could contain all the ADAM of Rapture was one who had previously been a Little Sister, Eleanor Lamb, due to her physical adaptation to the substance. Just as Andrew Ryan is based off of Ayn Rand and represents Objectivist Idealism, Frank Fontaine embodies the same philosophies' core vices. Again relating to Objectivist philosophy. BioShock series The Elite of Rapture (left to right) Brigid Tenenbaum, Sander Cohen, Gilbert Alexander, Andrew Ryan, Sofia Lamb, and Yi Suchong. The BioShock series is a collection of story-driven first person shooters in which the player explores dystopian settings created by Ken Levine and his team at Irrational Games.The first two games, BioShock and its direct sequel, BioShock 2, take place in the underwater city of Rapture in 1960 and 1968, which was influenced heavily by Ayn Rand's Objectivism. In Persephone, Sinclair put Lamb to work as a therapist for the other inmates, hoping to make them more docile. Frank Fontaine | Meanwhile, Lamb gives the captured Mark Meltzer a choice: die at the hands of the Rapture Family or become a Big Daddy and be bonded to his daughter. Rand's Objectivism teaches that it every human being's core responsibility to achieve self-fulfillment in whatever it is they do by means of rational thinking, assertiveness, and most of all by achieving said goal on one's own. [11] Thus, Lamb began her attempts to create an intellect that would be completely selfless and unerringly good.[12]. Take over Rapture through any means necessary. Evil-doer Stanley Poole | [4] While living in Hiroshima, Japan during World War II, she worked as a missionary providing medical relief for the survivors of the Hiroshima bombing. Frank Fontaine is one of the main antagonists of the science fiction video game series BioShock, serving as the main antagonist of both BioShock and its prequel BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea, a posthumous character in BioShock 2 and one of the two main antagonists of BioShock 2's multiplayer mode Fall of Rapture. Augustus Sinclair's firm, Sinclair Solutions, was given the task of planting a spy in Sofia Lamb's inner circle to find any crime for which she could be jailed. Full Name She becomes more desperate as she sees Eleanor draw away from her, becoming more resistant to her treatments as her bonded Big Daddy approaches. Maximilien de Robespierre (Assassin's Creed), Headlined Villain - William "Wild Bill" Wharton, https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Frank_Fontaine?oldid=4191091. It politicised a generation, driving unprecedented traffic to Ayn Rand's Wikipedia page. Luckily, Jack survived, Fontaine then decides to dispose of Jack one and for all, to ensure Jack dies, Fontaine commands Jack to get stepped on by a Big Daddy by once again using the Would You Kindly phrase, however thanks to Tenenbaum, some of Jack's mental conditioning was removed, making Jack immune to the Would You Kindly phrase. Eleanor, being the "First Utopian", is of great importance to the Rapture Family, prompting Sofia's actions to stop Delta from reaching the girl. LibriVox About. 1968 (choice only) Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The Rapture Family He then charismatically charmed the mob as a humble freedom fighter, while setting the stage for the Civil War which would tear Rapture apart. Objectivism pans theft, manipulation of others and restrictions by outside forces. When Delta learns about the actions of Stanley Poole and has the option of murdering him, he is informed by Lamb that she learned a long time ago of what Stanley did and has forgiven him. Arrived in Rapture Edward Grimes | For Jack, Atlas was the friendly tutorial and friend that helped and would stick with him through his adventures, this is, however, until Ryan reveals that Atlas has been playing him for a fool this entire time, controlling Jack's actions without him noticing by using a hypnotic phrase, Would You Kindly? Extracting ADAM.Controlling Splicers.Blackmailing his employees.Conning people. In his statuesque, ADAM infused form during the game's end, Fontaine resembles an Art Deco statue, possibly relating to the Atlas statue located in front of the Rockefeller Centre in Midtown Manhattan. Gilbert Alexander | The topics of these debates ranged from religious rights to the very nature of reality. Origin Meltzer cannot bring himself to abandon Cindy, especially after his long journey to find her, and gives himself up to Lamb to be converted. Died As Delta nears Grace's position to take the key to override the lockdown, Lamb believes that he will kill Grace and states that she does not deserve to be murdered by him. Rupert Mudge, Columbia Oddly enough, Lamb's appearance doesn't change when she is seen through the eyes of a Little Sister. Beyond being a kind of virtual Watchmen: The End is Nigh test, BioShock is also enormously influential for advancing steampunk chic in the form of its beautiful but decaying Art Deco environments, as well as for condensing highbrow philosophical concepts (particularly Ayn Rand's Objectivism) into a gripping, digestible game experience. [1] After the birth of her daughter, Eleanor Lamb, she made certain that Eleanor would be the perfect vessel to continue furthering her goals. Eleanor Lamb (Daughter)Unnamed Father [5] When Andrew Ryan invited her down to his utopia to provide counseling for the isolated populace, she welcomed the opportunity.[6][7]. Most of the upper class citizens of Rapture soon forgot about Dr. Lamb, but in Pauper's Drop her following remained strong. Additional Notice: This template is meant for admin maintenance only. Despite this threat lingering in the air, Jack comes to fight Fontaine at the top of the tower, Jack finds that Fontaine has strapped himself into a big machine that pumps his body full of ADAM, transforming him into a bigger version of himself, Jack comes up into the strapped Fontaine and begins sucking him of his ADAM, Fontaine knocks Jack back to the elevator and breaks himself out of the machine, using Fire abilities, after receiving a brutal beat down from Jack, Fontaine quickly renters the machine which uses the ADAM to refuel his strength, however Jack comes back up and once again sucks out some of Fontaine's ADAM, Fontaine knocks Jack back to the elevator before breaking out of the machine, using Ice abilities, receiving another beat down, Fontaine once again retreats to the machine, Jack sucks up more of Fontaine's ADAM, Fontaine knocks Jack back to the elevator and breaks out a third time, this time using Electric abilities, receiving one final beat down from Jack, Fontaine tried to regain his strength, however Jack sucks up more of his ADAM, Fontaine then knocks Jack to the floor, very weak and almost falling, Fontaine contemplates what a family is before he tries to kill Jack, however a Little Sister comes behind him and stabs Fontaine, Fontaine manages to get her off, but she signals for more Little Sisters, the Little Sisters then bombarde Fontaine before stabbing him with their needles and sucking out his ADAM, explained by Tenenbaum, the body becomes desperate for ADAM, to the point it needs ADAM to survive, with the Little Sisters draining him of his ADAM, and too weak to get back to the machine to refuel his ADAM, Fontaine's body just couldn’t survive, leading to his demise.