Yi Suchong | He then came to a conclusion: if she keeps out from Minerva's Den, he will keep Rapture "from grinding to a complete and sudden halt". 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. Just as Andrew Ryan is based off of Ayn Rand and represents Objectivist Idealism, Frank Fontaine embodies the same philosophies' core vices. He even builds an underwater utopia so that the weak do not keep the strong down. Frank Fontaine | 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. He then charismatically charmed the mob as a humble freedom fighter, while setting the stage for the Civil War which would tear Rapture apart. His journey brings him into conflict with Lamb as well, since she will not allow any of the Little Sisters to be tampered with. Jack and Fontaine come face-to-face in Point Prometheus, however. Pat Cavendish, Fontaine Futuristics 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. 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. In reality, he faked his death, hoping to stir up discontent among the lower classes and give Ryan the false hope that his nemesis was dead. His original voice remained, covered for with a heavy Irish accent. BioShock series However, Stanley Poole did not discount the rumors. Birthplace Regardless, she does not seem to care what Delta does with him. 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. Additional Notice: This template is meant for admin maintenance only. Peach Wilkins | 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). She has assumed Andrew Ryan's position as the leader of Rapture, albeit with a completely different ideological view. Sofia Lamb's idea of eliminating the "Self" to create a Utopian society may be a reference to Ayn Rand's novel. Her supporters saw Persephone as a bastion of hope from which they could eventually emerge to rebuild the city after the fighting was done. The Founders Malicious, cruel, sadistic, monstrous, greedy and heartless, Frank Fontaine is a highly intelligent but also extremely wicked monster. Fontaine has spliced himself with ADAM, he throws an iron statue at Jack. Despite her broadcast claims that her goal is to ensure happiness for the greatest number of people, Eleanor notes that Sofia would gladly see the entire world turn miserable rather than allow one person to find their own way to live in satisfaction. Meltzer cannot bring himself to abandon Cindy, especially after his long journey to find her, and gives himself up to Lamb to be converted. 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. BioShock shook up the gaming world when it was released. However, Fontaine used it as a front for smuggling and selling contraband items from the surface. 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. With no other way out, "Atlas" activated his sleeper agent, Jack. 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. [13] However, the experiment began to go wrong as the ADAM distorted Gilbert's genetic structure, eventually driving him mad and severely mutating him. United Kingdom[citation needed] 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. If these attempts fail and when Delta 'deals' with the Little Sister, Lamb sends a Big Sister to hunt him down. Andrew Ryan noticed Lamb's growing influence with the citizens of Rapture and began to regret bringing her in. Her ideology of altruism largely clashed with his own, and Ryan saw her as a corrupting influence in his paradise. Sofia also made numerous visits to the nearly-abandoned Fontaine Futuristics building, where she met Gilbert Alexander and converted him to her altruistic beliefs, eventually persuading him to become her prime test subject in her quest to create the "first true utopian". [16] To further her plans, Sofia needed a large supply of ADAM. [10] With Gil Alexander's help she also succeeded in removing the Little Sister mental conditioning from Eleanor. When Delta reaches Pauper's Drop, Sofia Lamb puts all of Rapture in city-wide lockdown, trapping Delta in the level. Lamb did not immediately return to Rapture. 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. 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. At the same time that Delta is exploring Dionysus, Mark Meltzer arrives in the park and finally finds his daughter. Leo Hartwig, Splicers Rose | 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. Con artistBarkeeper 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) Her unconventional techniques involved free therapy sessions for the poor citizens in Pauper's Drop, poker games in which she intentionally lost to spread wealth to those who needed it,[8] and the creation of an artistic commune at her personal property in Dionysus Park. Evil-doer Chief Sullivan | LibriVox About. Ryan Industries 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". 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. 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. Simon Wales | Throughout most of the game, Lamb stays in frequent contact with Delta over his radio, often attempting to taunt or intimidate him from continuing further while also spouting her beliefs and philosophy; rather similarly to Andrew Ryan's messages for Jack during the first game. [11] Thus, Lamb began her attempts to create an intellect that would be completely selfless and unerringly good.[12]. Sinclair's Lifeboat,Rapture (choice only) Preston E. Downs. Hobby 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. Ivan Karlosky | Shovel Knight is a 2D platformer developed and published by Yacht Club Games.Featuring a Retraux 8-bit graphical style and inspired by the likes of Mega Man, DuckTales, Castlevania, and Dark Souls, Shovel Knight is a game that seeks to pay homage to the 8-bit era, while also...ahem, digging out its own place in the Video Game landscape.. He agreed to a series of public debates, hoping to defuse Sofia's support by showing the flaws in her reasoning. BioShock 2The Protector Trials (Heard)BioShock: Rapture He reemerged as Atlas, a fisherman, proletariat hero, and family man. [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. 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. 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. Stanley Poole | From an early age, Sofia Lamb was raised by her father. These debates did not have the effect Ryan hoped. Blue Otherwise, you should close this page and view another page. 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. 6' 0" (1.83 m)[2] Furthermore, despite her claims to love all sentient beings in equal measure, this ultimately amounts to loving no one. Place of Death 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. 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. Lamb survived the bombings, but learned that the long, dear friends she made in Hiroshima were killed. The spy, Rapture Tribune reporter Stanley Poole, eventually gathered enough evidence for Ryan to make his move. Frank Fontaine's family name is a reference to the novel The Fountain Head by Ayn Rand, while his Atlas persona references Atlas Shrugged, a novel also by Rand. Objectivism pans theft, manipulation of others and restrictions by outside forces. While under his Atlas persona and in BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea, he was voiced by Karl Hanover. Take over Rapture through any means necessary. Origin 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. This caught the attention of a scientist in Rapture named Brigid Tenenbaum, who asked Fontaine to fund her study of the slug. Rupert Mudge, Columbia He also serves as the main antagonist of the prequel novel BioShock: Rapture, as well as one of its main POV characters. Hair Color 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. 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. He grew rich from these practices, and they led him to a new line of business. 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. After this, Lamb retreated back to Persephone, biding her time and avoiding the worst of the Civil War that raged throughout the city. Through various audio logs, it becomes clear that Lamb has an iron grip over Rapture and murders all who attempt to flee. Fraternal Order of the Raven | Gilbert Alexander volunteered as the first subject. J.S. Maximilien de Robespierre (Assassin's Creed), Headlined Villain - William "Wild Bill" Wharton, https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Frank_Fontaine?oldid=4191091. Family Lamb sends a Big Sister to capture him, and both he and Cindy are taken to Fontaine Futuristics. Yi Suchong | However, Tenenbaum and her girls safely escape and part ways with Delta, who partners up with Augustus Sinclair. 1950? 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. Eventually Lamb became so much of a threat to Ryan that he resorted to less ethical means to have her brought down. [9] Lamb eventually led an uprising within the prison, taking control from Sinclair and gaining her freedom. Attempting to force Delta to surrender, she directs her followers to set explosive charges throughout Persephone, detonating them as Eleanor and Delta try to find a way into Sinclair's emergency escape craft. 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. Splicer Crimes LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to help bring books in the public domain to life through podcasting? Eleanor, being the "First Utopian", is of great importance to the Rapture Family, prompting Sofia's actions to stop Delta from reaching the girl. She attempted to keep her daughter isolated from other children and privately tutored her, hoping to raise a genius-level intellect. Voice Actor Sofia Lamb | He arrived in Andrew Ryan's city of Rapture sometime in 1948 and founded Fontaine Fisheries. Photo Despite her firm belief in the common good above all else, Sofia also seems to suffer from some kind of messianic complex, believing herself to be the only person with the ability and will to save the world, even allowing her followers to worship her as a figure similar to the Virgin Mary. If one looks closely, you can see this pistol has had its trigger guard removed. 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. The Elite of Rapture (left to right) Brigid Tenenbaum, Sander Cohen, Gilbert Alexander, Andrew Ryan, Sofia Lamb, and Yi Suchong. 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 name Fontaine or Fountain could also be an allusion to Ayn Rand's novel "The Fountainhead", from which Bioshock takes inspiration. Goals Gilbert Alexander | Cohen's Disciples | When Delta finally reaches Brigid Tenenbaum and her rescued Little Sisters at the ticket booth of the Atlantic Express, Lamb directs her forces toward them, endangering their lives. High intellectPersuasionActing skillsAccent imitationAfter Splicing himself:Super strengthSpeedDurabilityPyrokinesisCryokinesisElectrokinesisTeleportation Andrew Ryan | She has assumed Andrew Ryan's position as the leader of Rapture, albeit with a completely different ideological view. Sofia Lamb's background is partially inspired by the life and philosophies of John Stuart Mill. Thus, in 1967, Big Sisters were sent up to the surface to abduct young girls to be converted into new Little Sisters. Extracting ADAM.Controlling Splicers.Blackmailing his employees.Conning people. Regarding the world entirely through the lens of her collectivist beliefs, she refuses to believe that Subject Delta could ever be a creature with a will of his own, and claims that humanity can only be saved from an impending apocalypse if it is deprived of self-conscience. After the birth of her daughter, Eleanor Lamb, she made certain that Eleanor would be the perfect vessel to continue furthering her goals. Daniel Wales | Big Sisters | This situation brutally tested Lamb's ideals as she maintained her position by selecting people from among her own supporters for ADAM experiments. The topics of these debates ranged from religious rights to the very nature of reality. Appearances 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. Once Delta kills Simon and drains Dionysus, Lamb floods Siren Alley, drowning everyone in the district but Delta, who moves on to the Park. Burial at Sea The character Frank Fontaine appears as the main antagonist of the first Bioshock game. As Sofia herself freely admits, she is highly competitive and demonstrates a strong desire to win. He also built other business such as Fontaine Fisheries, which was a front for his smuggling ring, and Fontaine's Home for the Poor, a charity program he used to recruit the poor citizens of Rapture to his cause while getting them addicted to plasmids. Oddly enough, Lamb's appearance doesn't change when she is seen through the eyes of a Little Sister. 1968 (choice only) However, Sinclair soon began selling volunteer inmates to Fontaine Futuristics as Plasmid test subjects and Big Daddy candidates. Delta enters Dionysus Park to save Sinclair. Take over Rapture through any means necessary.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). Once Dr. Lamb arrived in Rapture, she began spreading her altruistic ideals, hoping to enlighten the citizens through "the common good" and create a true utopia. Physical Description Lamb herself seems to think Gilbert's death is a good thing, in service of the common good. Powers/Skills 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. Users who misuse the template will be blocked for a week minimum. Height Dionysus Park was Sofia's home and center of operations, and she does not take kindly to Delta infiltrating it. 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. She learned about Fontaine's program of genetic tampering that had created Jack's conditioning, and was inspired by it. 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. Alias 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. Eleanor Lamb (Daughter)Unnamed Father Gilbert Alexander | Most of the upper class citizens of Rapture soon forgot about Dr. Lamb, but in Pauper's Drop her following remained strong. Dr. Sofia Lamb M.D, Ph.D, is a clinical psychiatrist and the main antagonist of BioShock 2. 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. Appears in After Delta either kills or spares Grace, Lamb states her opinion on the matter. Occupation Lamb's phrase "Big Sister is always watching" is likely a reference George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. 2K publishes titles in today's most popular gaming genres, including shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, sports, casual, and family entertainment. He denied her request, knowing she only wanted him for control of Rapture Central Computing. This is done ironically to illustrate Fontaine's mockery of the objectivist philosophy. 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