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'''Frank Fontaine''' | '''Frank Fontaine''' | ||
| − | Fontaine arrived in Rapture sometime in [[1948]] where he soon expanded his income by creating a smuggling ring to bring high demand, contraband items into Rapture. | + | Fontaine arrived in Rapture sometime in [[1948]] where he soon expanded his income by creating a smuggling ring to bring high demand, contraband items into Rapture. He soon expanded his income by creating a smuggling ring to bring high demand, contraband items into Rapture. Fontaine loved nothing more than the power of a good grift. He regularly disguised himself with various false identities to carry out crimes. |
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| + | In a chance encounter on Fontaine's fishing dock in Port Neptune, Brigid Tenenbaum observed the result of a sea slug's venom upon an injured hand of a worker. That sea slug produced raw ADAM, a substance with near miraculous medicinal properties. Tenenbaum went to Fontaine with a proposal that he fund research on the slugs, and he quickly saw the business possibilities of the endeavor. Fontaine set up an ADAM business, Fontaine Futuristics, employing Tenenbaum and Yi Suchong to research and develop Plasmids and Gene Tonics. Tenenbaum informed Fontaine that they required little girls to mass produce ADAM. Fontaine created the Little Sister's Orphanage, a charity which was a front to get parents to willingly give up their children, who would then be turned into Little Sisters to generate ADAM. Taking inspiration from Sofia Lamb's appeal to the lower class, Fontaine created Fontaine's Home for the Poor, which provided for the destitute in Rapture's free market society.[11] Fontaine used these charity angles to boost his public image in opposition to Ryan's, while at the same time using the unfortunates for medical research. | ||
Andrew Ryan at first observed Fontaine's rise to power as proof of the opportunity for determined men to better themselves, exactly the purpose for which Rapture was built. Even when Fontaine's empire began to compete with his own, he merely admonished Fontaine's detractors, who complained of ADAM's side effects, to "offer a better product". When Ryan discovered the criminal arm of Fontaine's enterprises, he saw Fontaine's smuggling operations as a serious threat to Rapture, as such activity might reveal the city's location to surface dwellers. Ryan instructed Security Chief Sullivan to put an end to the smuggling ring, employing increasingly severe measures to prove the connection to Fontaine. | Andrew Ryan at first observed Fontaine's rise to power as proof of the opportunity for determined men to better themselves, exactly the purpose for which Rapture was built. Even when Fontaine's empire began to compete with his own, he merely admonished Fontaine's detractors, who complained of ADAM's side effects, to "offer a better product". When Ryan discovered the criminal arm of Fontaine's enterprises, he saw Fontaine's smuggling operations as a serious threat to Rapture, as such activity might reveal the city's location to surface dwellers. Ryan instructed Security Chief Sullivan to put an end to the smuggling ring, employing increasingly severe measures to prove the connection to Fontaine. | ||
After Ryan nationalized '''Fontaine Futuristics''', Atlas was among those that protested against him in front of citizens. | After Ryan nationalized '''Fontaine Futuristics''', Atlas was among those that protested against him in front of citizens. | ||
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| + | Facing growing pressure from Ryan, Fontaine engineered, as his back-up plan, an elaborate scheme to take control of Rapture. Secretly acquiring the unborn son of Ryan, he instructed Suchong to artificially age, brainwash, and train the child, creating an obedient assassin whom he sent to the surface as a sleeper agent. | ||
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| + | On September 12, [[1958]], Fontaine was apparently killed in a shootout with Ryan's men. His death was faked, allowing Fontaine to escape punishment for his crimes, and giving Ryan and Rapture false hope that their enemy was dead. Fontaine reemerged as "Atlas," a fisherman, proletariat hero, and family man, his original voice now covered by a heavy Irish accent. Atlas characteristically charmed the masses pretending to be a humble freedom fighter, and by handing out supplies to the poor, telling the disillusioned what they wanted to hear. He channeled the growing discontent and disenfranchisement of the poorer citizens, setting the stage for the civil war, which would soon tear Rapture apart. Atlas rebuilt his army of Splicers and released mayhem and destruction upon Rapture, terrorizing the populace, disrupting Rapture's economy, and forcing Ryan into taking drastic measures. Even without Fontaine Futuristics, Fontaine still managed to produce much sought after Plasmids, some in his illegal production lab hidden behind Joe's Green Groceries in Siren Alley. | ||
Atlas came to act as a guide and ally to Jack in the unknown and alien city of Rapture. He explained to Jack the fallen utopia, ADAM, and the events that occurred after the 1958 New Year's Eve Riots. He would ask Jack to help him reach his family in a submarine hidden in the Smuggler's Hideout, a secret cave used by the smugglers before the Civil War and located below the foundation of Fontaine Fisheries in Neptune's Bounty. Atlas' plan was to escape the city once he was reunited with his family at the submarine. | Atlas came to act as a guide and ally to Jack in the unknown and alien city of Rapture. He explained to Jack the fallen utopia, ADAM, and the events that occurred after the 1958 New Year's Eve Riots. He would ask Jack to help him reach his family in a submarine hidden in the Smuggler's Hideout, a secret cave used by the smugglers before the Civil War and located below the foundation of Fontaine Fisheries in Neptune's Bounty. Atlas' plan was to escape the city once he was reunited with his family at the submarine. | ||
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Atlas is a male video game character who features in BioShock.
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Biography
Frank Fontaine
Fontaine arrived in Rapture sometime in 1948 where he soon expanded his income by creating a smuggling ring to bring high demand, contraband items into Rapture. He soon expanded his income by creating a smuggling ring to bring high demand, contraband items into Rapture. Fontaine loved nothing more than the power of a good grift. He regularly disguised himself with various false identities to carry out crimes.
In a chance encounter on Fontaine's fishing dock in Port Neptune, Brigid Tenenbaum observed the result of a sea slug's venom upon an injured hand of a worker. That sea slug produced raw ADAM, a substance with near miraculous medicinal properties. Tenenbaum went to Fontaine with a proposal that he fund research on the slugs, and he quickly saw the business possibilities of the endeavor. Fontaine set up an ADAM business, Fontaine Futuristics, employing Tenenbaum and Yi Suchong to research and develop Plasmids and Gene Tonics. Tenenbaum informed Fontaine that they required little girls to mass produce ADAM. Fontaine created the Little Sister's Orphanage, a charity which was a front to get parents to willingly give up their children, who would then be turned into Little Sisters to generate ADAM. Taking inspiration from Sofia Lamb's appeal to the lower class, Fontaine created Fontaine's Home for the Poor, which provided for the destitute in Rapture's free market society.[11] Fontaine used these charity angles to boost his public image in opposition to Ryan's, while at the same time using the unfortunates for medical research.
Andrew Ryan at first observed Fontaine's rise to power as proof of the opportunity for determined men to better themselves, exactly the purpose for which Rapture was built. Even when Fontaine's empire began to compete with his own, he merely admonished Fontaine's detractors, who complained of ADAM's side effects, to "offer a better product". When Ryan discovered the criminal arm of Fontaine's enterprises, he saw Fontaine's smuggling operations as a serious threat to Rapture, as such activity might reveal the city's location to surface dwellers. Ryan instructed Security Chief Sullivan to put an end to the smuggling ring, employing increasingly severe measures to prove the connection to Fontaine.
After Ryan nationalized Fontaine Futuristics, Atlas was among those that protested against him in front of citizens.
Facing growing pressure from Ryan, Fontaine engineered, as his back-up plan, an elaborate scheme to take control of Rapture. Secretly acquiring the unborn son of Ryan, he instructed Suchong to artificially age, brainwash, and train the child, creating an obedient assassin whom he sent to the surface as a sleeper agent.
On September 12, 1958, Fontaine was apparently killed in a shootout with Ryan's men. His death was faked, allowing Fontaine to escape punishment for his crimes, and giving Ryan and Rapture false hope that their enemy was dead. Fontaine reemerged as "Atlas," a fisherman, proletariat hero, and family man, his original voice now covered by a heavy Irish accent. Atlas characteristically charmed the masses pretending to be a humble freedom fighter, and by handing out supplies to the poor, telling the disillusioned what they wanted to hear. He channeled the growing discontent and disenfranchisement of the poorer citizens, setting the stage for the civil war, which would soon tear Rapture apart. Atlas rebuilt his army of Splicers and released mayhem and destruction upon Rapture, terrorizing the populace, disrupting Rapture's economy, and forcing Ryan into taking drastic measures. Even without Fontaine Futuristics, Fontaine still managed to produce much sought after Plasmids, some in his illegal production lab hidden behind Joe's Green Groceries in Siren Alley.
Atlas came to act as a guide and ally to Jack in the unknown and alien city of Rapture. He explained to Jack the fallen utopia, ADAM, and the events that occurred after the 1958 New Year's Eve Riots. He would ask Jack to help him reach his family in a submarine hidden in the Smuggler's Hideout, a secret cave used by the smugglers before the Civil War and located below the foundation of Fontaine Fisheries in Neptune's Bounty. Atlas' plan was to escape the city once he was reunited with his family at the submarine.
After his death, several of his audio recordings came to be encountered by people. In one recording, Fontaine mused about Sofia Lamb's status in Rapture and her falling out with Andrew Ryan. In another recording, he reflected on his decision to adopt the guise of Atlas.
Overview
Personality and attributes
After his seeming death, he came to re-emerge as the mysterious revolutionary figure known as Atlas.
Fontaine loved nothing more than the power of a good grift.
He did not consider himself to be a liberator as he believed such people did not exist. Instead, he thought that these people were capable of liberating themselves.
Andrew Ryan believed Fontaine to had been a menace to be convicted and hung. Over time though, he considered him to be the most dangerous type of hoodlum which was the kind with vision.
Powers and abilities
He regularly disguised himself with various false identities to carry out crimes which would otherwise fail.
At Rapture, he established one of the first ADAM businesses with this being Fontaine Futuristics that was responsible for the research and development of Plasmids and Gene Tonics.
Within Rapture, he had his followers gather a range of weapons which included Plasmids, and Gene Tonics to arm themselves.
Notes
- Atlas was created by Ken Levine and was voiced by actor Karl Hanover where he featured in the setting of the BioShock universe.
Appearances
- BioShock: (2007)
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